Chapter 201: 39 Hephaestus_2

Chapter 201: Chapter 39 Hephaestus_2

Although she didn’t want to get involved in this matter, as the youngest and smartest of the three Graces, Aglaea knew she had no choice but to agree.

However, thinking about the Olympian gods’ subtle fear of the God of the Ocean, Aglaea felt that perhaps her aunt’s family, who lived far away, were more suitable to take on this ‘heavy responsibility’.

After all, getting close to Poseidon meant she could no longer be favored by King Zeus, so doing something for the Heavenly Empress, she thought, they would not refuse.

“Very well, then you may go,”

Nodding with satisfaction, Hera did not realize that in such a short time, Aglaea had already thought of a solution. She simply signaled for the other to leave.

When she was once again alone in the palace, looking at the empty halls, anger once again surged uncontrollably in the heart of the Heavenly Empress.

Her own sister, Demeter, Hera had thought was uninvolved with the world’s strife, but, to her dismay, she had betrayed her.

As for Zeus, Hera knew that his inability to restrain himself was the root of all problems, yet she couldn’t do anything about him.

“Hush—stay calm.”

“And this child, was he influencing me just now?”

Striving to calm her emotions, Hera unexpectedly discovered that perhaps due to the negative emotions she had infused into the embryo, this newly born deity seemed to have a closer connection with her.

This gave Hera a vague glimpse of the future, revealing that he seemed to possess divine authority related to the earth and fire.

“He should not be weak.”

She breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously. If she could give birth to a normal, powerful deity, that would certainly be best.

Yet feeling this connection, the Heavenly Empress couldn’t help but recall the source of her negative emotions.

A husband, a sister, and the child soon to be born.

“Zeus, this had better be the last time,”

Her expression was cold. In just a decade or so, the once bright and kindly goddess seemed to have accepted reality. At this moment, Hera silently made a decision.

This at times caused Cohen to feel frustrated. But now, it ironically served as a pillar for his past convictions.

Everything he saw in the ruins made the King of Men doubt the gods, but to completely deny the faith he had held for thousands of years, the belief that Golden Humanity had clung to, was somewhat unacceptable to him. Fortunately, Cohen found that there seemed to be differences among these deities.

Now, he wanted to know why, even though they are all gods, the past Titans, the current Olympian Gods, and that unnamed deity differed so greatly.

Intuition told him that the reason behind this might just be the answer he had been searching for.

“Brother Cohen, why are you zoning out again?”

Lost in thought, Evans’s voice instantly brought Cohen’s attention back.

“...Sorry, the place I used to live in is quite different from here.”

Snapping back to reality, Cohen gave Evans an apologetic smile, his face still a bit unnatural.

After all, even if it was for self-preservation, hiding his origin from others still contradicted the conduct that the King of Men had followed in the past.

“It’s normal for things to be different. Giant Wood Town is near the forest and lacks stone. Apart from The Temple, there are hardly any stone structures. It’s normal for you to find it new.”

“If you’re not in a hurry to get back, you could stay in town for a while, but for now, we’ve arrived.”

With an understanding nod, Evans gestured for Cohen to look ahead at a place dense with crowds.

“Do you remember what I told you before?”

“...You mean, those ‘unbelievers’?”

With just a bit of thought, Cohen recalled what Evans had previously told him.

It seems that in Giant Wood Town, there are some who are unwilling to offer sacrifices to deities anymore, which undoubtedly angered the priests in charge of The Temple. Today, in front of everyone, the priests are set to announce the verdict on their punishment.

“That’s right, them.” Nodding, Evans showed an intrigued expression, “In front of King Zeus’s temple, the goddess of justice and law’s sacrifice will publicly adjudicate the fate of those irreverent ones today.”

“Of course, the creator once said that the revered goddess always listens fully to both sides in the Divine Court before making a just judgment, so the priests are following suit, ready to give those unbelievers a chance to speak, and then find and criticize their faults in public.”

“Speaking of which, I’ve been quite curious for a long time about what they could possibly say.”