Greece Brings Evildoers Chapter 307

Chapter 307 Helen, no! (4.7k)

In the small courtyard, the atmosphere fell into silence.

Atalanta looked at Lorne, who was frowning, feeling uneasy and quickly explained.

"Teacher, I just want to know who my parents are? Where do I come from? I have absolutely no intention of drawing a clear line with you! I will always bear in mind the care you and Lady Artemis have given me!"

"I know."

Lorne nodded and cast a relieved look at Atalanta.

On an island in ancient Greece, one day, as the sun set, the sage Socrates looked at the vast sea and sky, and asked three questions: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?

Once the question arises, it becomes the ultimate proposition of philosophy, always testing human wisdom and dialectically proving human existence.

Because when everyone reaches a certain period of time, they will basically think about similar questions and explore the meaning of their life.

Apparently, Atalanta has reached this age as well.

Of course, Lorne could understand this and was not angry because of it. What he was thinking about now was actually another issue.

"What if I tell you the answer after you meet them?"

"I want to know why they left me?"

Atalanta answered without thinking, with a serious look on her face.

Lorne sighed and told the truth calmly.

"Because your father wanted a son to inherit his family business, but you turned out to be a baby girl, so you have no value to him."

When Atalanta heard this, a hint of paleness appeared on her pretty face, and her tiny silver teeth unknowingly rubbed a **** mark on her cherry lips.

Abandoning a newborn baby in a deserted jungle has obvious consequences.

If the teacher and Lady Artemis hadn't happened to be hunting in the Arcadia Mountains, she might have been reduced to meat under the iron hooves of the centaur, or food in the mouth of the monster...

Atalanta gritted her silver teeth and asked in a deep voice.

"Who is he? I want to see him!"

"Then what?"

Lorne still had the same question and looked at his student with penetrating eyes.

"Accept him? Submit him? Spat him? Or kill him?"

Hearing these soul-piercing questions, Atalanta was at a loss and stood there blankly.

Indeed, even if the father and daughter can recognize each other, she doesn't know what attitude and how to face the blood relative who abandoned her.

Looking at Atalanta's lost look, Lorne couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

The daughter is a good daughter, but the father may not be a good father.

The King of Arcadia, Iasos, whom they met together before, was the unscrupulous father that Lorne said was the unscrupulous father who abandoned his daughter Atalanta in a rage because he could not give birth to a son.

Moreover, in order not to see this embarrassing daughter again, he specifically ordered his servants to abandon the newborn Atalanta in the Arcadia Mountains far away from the main city. This was clearly intended to make him feel ashamed. Completely dead in the deserted mountains and old forests.

What is even more chilling is that after Atalanta grew up and showed great success in the Calydon Hunt, the King of Arcadia took the initiative to come to the house to recognize his marriage, and falsely introduced Atalanta to her. Te took him back to the palace.

What awaits Atalanta next is not her father's guilty favor, but forced marriages one after another.

Since it is not easy for a daughter to inherit the throne, then marry a man and give birth to a grandson for him.

-This is the true intention of the King of Arcadia.

From beginning to end, he never showed any remorse for his crime of abandoning his daughter.

After being repeatedly nudged by her father, Atalanta finally relented and agreed to set up a ring to attract a bride.

But as a believer of Artemis and having sworn to remain chaste forever, her choice was tantamount to betrayal for the hunting goddess in the original myth.

As a result, she lost the protection of Artemis, the goddess of hunting, and was subsequently influenced by the power of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and married an unknown suitor, Hippomenes.

In the end, Hippomenes, who embraced the beauty, was cursed because he forgot to sacrifice to Aphrodite. Atalanta was also implicated in this, and accidentally violated the crime of blasphemy. She was turned into a lion and served as a puller for the gods.

After reviewing Atalanta's life experience in his mind, Lorne spoke earnestly.

"Think about it carefully. When you figure it out for yourself, it won't be too late for me to tell you the answer."

Atalanta, who came back from her daze, heard the concern in those words, nodded slightly, and then walked back to her bedroom with her mind full of confusion and thinking.

Indeed, she needed to think carefully about how to face the father who abandoned her.

Looking at the somewhat lost figure of his student Atalanta, and remembering the tragic life of his junior sister Medea, Lorne had a headache.

Alas, neither of these two makes me worry.

After muttering to himself, Lorne raised his hand and took the fragments of the crystal ball scattered in the pond into his palm, preparing to take them back to his bedroom to study the meaning of the divination just now.

In any case, Hecate, as the goddess of the road, is quite good at prediction.

If we can interpret the meaning of that omen, it may be able to provide some help for the next journey to quell the beast disaster.

Soon, Lorne erased the traces in the yard and walked into the bedroom with a bag of crystal ball fragments.

However, before he could start researching, there was a gentle knock on the door.

As the door opened, the graceful Helen was standing quietly in the darkness of the corridor, carefully handing over a delicate food box hidden behind her back.

"My brothers and I haven't had time to formally say thank you for what happened before, so I specially made some snacks tonight and wanted to treat you to a try."

Having said that, based on the sneaky movements of the blonde beauty just now, the specially changed white dress on her body, and the scent of roses left on her skin after bathing... etc., Lorne estimated that this box of snacks Most of it has nothing to do with the careless Gemini, but is just Helen's personal behavior.

Although he knew this was a trouble, looking at the blond beauty's hopeful face, Lorne nodded helplessly.

"I just haven't slept yet, come in."

Helen heard this, with a bright smile on her face, she quickly got into the house, opened the food box, put several plates of freshly made snacks on the table, and invited her savior to taste them.

As for herself, she sat across from Lorne after he took his seat, holding up his chin and staring at his savior up and down.

The undisguised curiosity and a burst of passion in those bright eyes made Lorne feel a little on pins and needles.

The emotional expressions of beings in the age of gods are often unrestrained and passionate.

Judging from Lorne's many years of experience as a "Friend of Women", it is very likely that Princess Helen has taken a liking to him.

Of course, this is just a result of desire and extends from appearance. It is an instinct to pursue beauty in life, and it is far from being said to be loved or not.

Just like the black humor of the past, the handsome hero saves the beauty, and there is a plot of "the little girl has nothing to repay, but can only promise her body".

If it's too ugly, I'm sorry. "In the next life, we will be cows and horses, and we will make grass and rings to repay each other." This is the copy of You.

With the excellent genes of his parents and the power of love from [Rose], Lorne's appearance and attractiveness are already top-notch among male gods.

Moreover, he stepped forward twice along the way, not only saving Helen herself, but also pulling the twin brothers back from the brink of death. Under the influence of the suspension bridge, it was no surprise that the handsome Princess Helen was attracted to him. .

However, Lorne was a little uncomfortable with the most beautiful woman in Greece who came to her door.

On the one hand, this is not a peaceful woman. After a few years of marriage, she became obsessed with the visiting Trojan prince Paris. She chose to blindly listen to the sweet talk of the pretty boy and ran away with him, chasing the so-called "Love," which ultimately led to the Trojan War;

On the other hand, although Lorne is a bit scumbag, he has not yet fallen in love with everyone he meets.

Moreover, there are so many goddesses around who are beautiful, meet XP, and have unique characteristics, so why bother with this love-minded little girl?

Many beautiful things can be admired from a distance, and you don't necessarily need to pick them all and insert them into your own vase.

Lorne responded with a few words without saltiness, and after roughly tasting the snacks Helen brought, he was ready to get up and see off the guests.

Seeing this situation, Helen was a little anxious. She quickly raised her blushing face and stammered. "I, I think you are a very good person, so..."

"Well, thanks for the love."

Lorne immediately interrupted Helen's combo and reminded him with a smile.

"If nothing happens, go back to bed early. I want to rest too."

Hearing the expulsion order from the other side, Helen couldn't help but froze on the spot, her childish face full of shock and confusion.

As a little princess of Sparta, she has been favored since she was a child. With her amazing beauty, everyone around her obeys her.

Especially the opposite sex, who almost never refuses any of her requests.

But why is the man in front of her not only indifferent to her advances, but also seems to be interested in keeping a distance from her?

Puzzled, Helen asked naturally.

"You seem to be avoiding me?"

"Well, sort of."

Lorne nodded and answered straightforwardly.

The girl was even more confused.

"You don't like me? Why? Is it because I'm not pretty enough?"

"This has nothing to do with whether you are beautiful or not. Liking is a matter between two people."

Lorne shook his head and advised patiently.

"If you can't figure it out, wait until you grow up before thinking about it. It's too early for you now."

"I'm not a child!"

Helen protested angrily, feeling quite unhappy after being frustrated one after another.

Looking at the little girl in front of him who was trying to stand on tiptoes to honor him, but who didn't look like a high school student, Lorne was a little bit dumbfounded and then said seriously.

"Okay, tell me what is liking? What is love? If you need to marry someone you don't love, what choice will you make?"

Hearing this barrage of questions, Helen was stunned for a moment, her face full of confusion.

Isn't it just that I like it? How can there be so many reasons?

Unable to answer the question, the Spartan princess was pushed out of the house in a daze.

"It's not too late to come to me after you figure these things out."

After the man at the door said this, he closed the door directly.

A gust of cold wind blew up in the corridor. Princess Helen, who was wearing a thin long skirt, couldn't help the coldness of the night. She couldn't help but fold her arms and her delicate body was shivering.

But compared with the chill that invaded his body, the cold reception that hit his soul just now was more powerful.

Now, she was doubting her own charm.

Just as the frustrated little Spartan princess was about to turn around and leave, the door creaked open and a warm blanket covered her body.

"It's cold outside. Don't catch a cold. Put this on."

After a brief explanation, the door closed again.

Helen shrank into the warm blanket, stood in front of the door and stared for a moment, a cheerful smile bloomed on her pretty face that was originally full of decadence.

He still cares about me!

It's just that I'm too young to answer the questions he raised.

What if I find the answer?

Helen's eyes lit up when she thought of this, she immediately wrapped herself in a blanket and walked excitedly to her bedroom.

Finally gone...

Lorne stood in front of the window, looking at Helen's leaving back, and breathed a sigh of relief.

He has said everything that needs to be said. I hope this little girl can hear it and not follow the same old path of beauty and misfortune.

In the original history, the twin brothers who loved Helen so much were supposed to inherit the throne of Sparta and let their sister live a carefree life.

However, due to a trick of fate, one of the twin brothers died in infancy, and the other was buried and lifted into the sky. Together they turned into stars, embellishing Zeus's divine power in the sky, and caused the throne of Sparta to be suspended for a long time.

The King of Sparta had no successor, so kings and princes from various city-states came in an endless stream.

They either coveted the beauty of Princess Helen, or coveted the throne of Sparta, and jointly put pressure on the aging King of Sparta.

Being surrounded by a group of demigods at the door of his home, the King of Sparta was frightened by this scene. He felt that no hero of any country could be offended, so he followed the advice of the suitor Odysseus.

That is, "Determine who can marry Helen by throwing a ring, and make all the suitors swear that they will never take up arms against Helen's husband and will fully help him if he needs help."

As a result, Menelaus, the younger brother of King Agamemnon, snatched the ring and successfully married Helen.

Because of the favorable conditions of the marriage contract, the kingdom of Mycenae where the two brothers lived suddenly became the leader of all Greek states.

Whoever owns Helen will have the strongest Spartan warrior, and can command the heroes of all Greece with the help of the marriage covenant.

This is the real reason why Helen is called "the most beautiful woman in Greece".

—a title based not on beauty, but on power.

As a victim of politics, Helen's marriage was naturally far from happy, so there was the story of her elopement with the Trojan prince Paris.

King Agamemnon of Mycenae, who was preparing to expand his territory, took this opportunity, as the leader of the alliance, to call on all the city-states and military forces in Greece to attack the city of Troy.

Achilles, Odysseus, Ajax and other demigod heroes, forced by their previous oaths, had to obey Agamemnon's instructions and join the conquest, thus staged a protracted drama. of the Trojan War.

At the beginning of the war, Hector, the eldest prince of Troy, knew the inside story and understood that the war was inevitable. He gave Helen a chance to make a new choice and allowed her to return to the side of the Greek coalition.

Helen finally chose love and stood by Troy and her lover Paris.

But as time went by and the war situation worsened, Paris's useless white-faced nature was completely exposed.

Not only did he not dare to challenge Helen's ex-husband to a duel, he settled his personal feud with a duel between the two, thus reducing the number of innocent people sacrificed;

Even, according to the records of the epic "Iliad", after being poisoned by an arrow, the pretty prince even said classic scumbag quotes to his ex-wife Oenone in order to survive.

"Noble wife, I am in pain, please do not resent me. The cruel goddess of fate brought Helen to me and made me leave you. I point to the gods and our past love and beg you, please have sympathy. I, use medicine to heal my wounds and save me from the unbearable pain, because you have predicted in the past that only you can save my life.”

Yes, just like Helen, pretty face Paris has a real wife, a nymph who has been with Paris since he fell into despair.

For the sake of beauty, he abandoned his original wife.

In order to be saved by his original wife when he was dying, he poured all the dirty water of cheating and trouble on Helen.

After paying a heavy price and being stigmatized as beauty, the most beautiful woman in Greece ultimately failed to get the "love" she wanted.

Therefore, when Lorne raised those questions, he hoped that Helen would return to rationality and really think about what she really wanted in love and marriage, so that she would not get too hot-headed and continue on her old path.

But speaking of it, the Golden Apple Incident—The Twins Turned into Stars—The Spartan Oath—The Trojan War…

These interlocking things seem to be full of calculations.

It seems that there is a pair of invisible hands controlling the fate of all the heroes and beauties in the world.

Thinking of Helen's bloodline, Lorne looked up at Olympus among the stars and understood.

Tsk, Zeus, it's you old boy again!

(End of chapter)

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