Greece: I am Zeus!

Chapter 209 The Three Maidens of the Moon
The confused god-king said very frankly, "My dear Selene, your beauty is beyond my imagination."

“I think that from now on, if we want to describe the beauty of all living things in this world, we only need to say one sentence, ‘as beautiful as the moon goddess,’ which is enough to establish the unparalleled charm of any living thing.”

"I can hardly imagine that I could see such a beautiful dance in this world. Selene, thank you for giving me an unforgettable and most precious memory."

Although the God-King had been completely bewitched by the radiant Moon Goddess, after a moment of respite, his instinct as a "love saint" led him to utter the most moving words.

“But, my dear Selene, you are so cruel.”

"You showed me the most beautiful scenery in the world, a beauty that no language can describe."

"But how painful it would be if I could never see such supreme beauty again."

"My dear Selene, how could you be so cruel?"

The God-King, who was always good at sweet talk, finally managed to make the aloof and proud Moon Goddess unable to resist raising the corners of her thin, frost-like lips slightly.

To be praised and loved so highly by this supreme god-king is something to be proud of and happy about.

Moreover, this god-king was the one he had always secretly admired, making his joy even more overwhelming.

However, after hearing the God King's words, the aloof Moon Goddess gently withdrew her slender, jade-like hand, which the God King had been playing with instinctively.

The Lord of Clarity turned his head slightly, looking at the tranquil sea of ​​flowers beside him, leaving Zeus with only a perfectly curved and impeccable profile.

Her cool words, like dewdrops condensed from moonlight, drifted gently from her thin, silvery lips: "Great God-King, among all beings in this universe, who dares to be cruel to you?"

“If you do not find my clumsy dance for you just now unacceptable, I would be happy to perform it for you again in the future, as long as you wish, without neglecting the sacred duty you have bestowed upon me.”

The god-king, who couldn't touch the goddess's hand, was quite disappointed. But upon hearing her words, he happily rubbed his hands together and then beamed with joy: "Really? That's wonderful! My dear Selene, I knew it. You are so gentle that you would never be so cruel to me."

Upon hearing this, Selene revealed a smile that was extremely rare, one that even Zeus found deeply stunning.

At this moment, it was as if the hazy clouds that had been shrouding the crescent moon were quietly blown away by the night wind, and suddenly, the endless holy radiance was revealed to the entire universe.

However, the words spoken by the Moon Lord next were quite incongruous with his smile: "Your Majesty, I wonder, between the Moon of Olympus and the Moon of the Underworld, which one can receive your 'less cruel' treatment?"

Zeus blinked twice, and the sense of danger instantly brought his intelligence back to its peak.

But Zeus is Zeus after all.

Without changing his expression, he spoke resolutely in an unquestionable tone, filled with supreme affection: "My dear Selene, you must know that in this universe there will only be one Lord of Light; and in this world there will only be one Ruler of the Moon. That is you, the most beautiful and the most radiant one!"

"My sky is bright because of your existence; my night is dazzling because of your light. You are the most indispensable, eternal, pure radiance in my sky!"

“My Selene, with me by your side, who would dare to usurp your pure and mighty authority? I will forever defend your honor and forever protect you!”

The eloquent god-king spoke beautifully, his words were dazzling and flawless, but he completely lacked any focus.

However, how could the radiant and wise Lord of Light possibly argue with the God-King?
Selene's delicate lips curled up slightly, like a crescent moon, hooked and sharp.

She said softly, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

Before she finished speaking, she had already turned around gracefully, intending to leave without saying a word more.

Upon seeing this, Zeus hurriedly caught up and walked alongside the moon goddess, who was as aloof as ice and jade.

He quickly explained, “My dear Selene, the world and the underworld are different after all. The underworld is ultimately a dark and desolate place, and it is truly too tragic for those dead beings to live in the dark and sunless underworld for so long.”

"I believe that someone as compassionate as you would feel the same deep sorrow and remorse as I do for this."

“Your brother Helios, His radiant light is so intense that the souls of the underworld cannot bear it. I have also thought of asking you to bring light to the underworld.”

"But... that netherworld is full of cold and filth, and I... I really can't bear to let you suffer such an injustice."

"Furthermore, you already work too hard every day worrying about the workings of the moon's energy. How could I bear to add such a burden to you?"

As he spoke, Zeus gently took the hand of the elegant and graceful moon goddess and held her cool, jade-like hand once again.

The moon goddess's steps slowly came to a stop.

Zeus spoke in an incredibly gentle voice: "My holy and radiant moon, how could I bear to let you be tainted by the dry, weary, dark, and filthy underworld?"

Selene stopped her uneasy steps, raised her eyes to look at the handsome and sincere face of the God-King, and finally nodded in agreement, saying softly, "Your Majesty is right."

"The universe is indeed becoming more and more prosperous. Fortunately, Your Majesty has established this new Heavenly Order, so the gods are not endlessly busy. But even so, there are still too many things related to my authority."

The Sovereign of Qinghui paused slightly, her beautiful brows furrowing gently as she slowly said, "To be honest, I am indeed quite tired, and I do need some help. Right now, relying solely on the few fairies in my temple is far from enough. There are many things that are beyond their ability to handle."

Zeus nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, and smiled, saying, "My dear, it's wonderful that you understand. I really don't want you to suffer even the slightest bit more. Please rest assured, I will always stand by your side. The moon will only ever be the moon of the underworld, and will never overstep its bounds or show you any disrespect."

Selene's silvery-white and bright eyes, as radiant as her own inner light, gazed silently at Zeus.

Suddenly, she smiled.

With just a gentle smile, the cold moon goddess made this incorrigible god-king's heart flutter once again.

Selene spoke softly in a tender tone that would flatter even Zeus, saying, "Your Majesty, are you truly willing to relieve me of some of my burdens and add a few more helpers to assist me?"

Without the slightest hesitation, the God-King immediately replied decisively, "Of course!"

Selene nodded slightly, and the next moment, she took the initiative to embrace Zeus!
And gently yet irresistibly, this supreme god-king was pushed down onto this lunar realm, onto this soft and fragrant sea of ​​flowers covering the mountains and plains!
The Lord of Qinghui had already pinned the God King beneath him.

Her cold, elegant, and fragrant silver-white lips were already pressed against the God King's ear.

Even Zeus could clearly feel the cool touch.

"My beloved, magnificent Your Majesty, what are you waiting for?"

"Isn't the child we're carrying together my best helper?"

Qingyue's murmured words immediately shattered all of the God King's reason.

Unbeknownst to them, a cool sensation had suddenly entered the God King's embrace.

This aloof and beautiful moon goddess has already unreservedly bumped into Him.

The moonlight is beautiful tonight.

Looking across the entire universe, there are very few sights more beautiful than the moonlight.

When describing a beautiful woman, people often say "a beauty is like the moon."

If one could possess even a tenth or a twentieth of this moonlight, it would already be an unparalleled beauty, rarely found in this world.

So, how unparalleled is this Lord of Pure Radiance, this embodiment of the eternal moon?

The supreme and boundless ruler of the heavens, by nature, is the sole master of this clear and bright moon.

No matter how bright, flawless, clear, pure, or radiant the moon may be.

She can only exist in this sky.

Only within the embrace of that sky can she fully display all her beauty and radiance.

Only in the embrace of this sky can the lonely moon possess that most fulfilling and eternal sense of security.

Only when the bright moon hangs high in the sky is one truly at home.

And only with the bright moon can the sky fully display its boundless brilliance and clarity.

In this sacred, flawless, and exquisitely beautiful realm of the moon, for the first time, dark clouds disappeared and thunder ceased to roar.

Yes, only the brightest and purest sky gently enveloped the cool, bright, and eternal moon.

The clear and bright moonlight, for the first time, shone with unparalleled brilliance in the sky, illuminating the entire world with the most flamboyant and proud posture. This dazzling light was in no way inferior to that of the sun.

How could the ruler of the sky bear to obscure even a sliver of the exquisite, clear moonlight when faced with such beauty?
For a time, the sun and moon shone brightly throughout the world.

The crescent moon, like a hook or a bow, the waning moon, like a ribbon, covered the courtyard; the full moon, bright and clear, shone in the sky. The supreme Lord of the Sky experienced for the first time the strange feeling of being dominated by the other from the very beginning.

This proud and aloof moonlight, though lacking in experience, is extremely determined to maintain control.

Although, it was quickly taken over.

How could the greedy Thunder Lord possibly allow the bright moon to maintain the upper hand over him forever?

You should know that the moon should be in the embrace of the sky!
Moreover, although the moon was bright and full, this novice who took the initiative to attack was naturally going to suffer heavy losses, killing eight hundred enemies while losing three thousand of his own, when facing this experienced and invincible god-king.

The gap is too big.

Our side is already in complete disarray, while the enemy has not yet used their full strength.

However, all the sacrifices made by this Radiant Lord were rewarded with the most generous and grandest favor from the Thunder Lord.

After the Thunder Lord gained absolute dominance, He generously bestowed upon His beloved moon the most perfect and supreme divine honor!

Selene, the eternal radiance, will henceforth represent the fullness of the night, the "moon's gaze"!
With the generous gift of the Lord of the Sky, the Light of Hope, the Holy Spirit, and the Father of Destiny and Time, three goddesses, as radiant and beautiful as their mother and in charge of the phases of the moon, were born from the hazy, clear light that enveloped the entire world!
The first goddess is two-faced, her figure constantly shifting between light and darkness.

Sometimes she is a pure young girl; other times, she is a frail old woman.

When the light shines, the purest and most beautiful young girl appears within it; when the light fades, an old woman with white hair transforms out of the girl's body.

She symbolizes both youthful beauty and old age and experience.

This is the supreme manifestation of the "new moon" and the "waning moon"!

New life and rebirth, beginning and death, end and transformation
The king of the gods generously bestowed upon his beloved eldest daughter of the bright moon a portion of the "cyclical" authority he had received from Iapetus.

Her sacred name is Ioskia (Greek for "dawn" or "new life").

The second goddess is a vibrant and radiant goddess in the form of a bride.

She was beautiful and radiant, charming and gentle, and full of endless hope.

She is the perfect embodiment of both the waxing crescent moon and the waning crescent moon!

She is the potential for growth, the new hope, the independent responsibility, and the nourishing vitality!
The God-King bestowed upon him the authority that symbolized "purity".

Her sacred name is Karante (Greek: Καλλνθη, meaning "beautiful bloom").

The third goddess is the youngest, yet the most mature.

She is a voluptuous and mature goddess, radiating maternal glow.

She is the mother goddess of childbirth, possessing mature wisdom, and is generous and abundant.

The god-king bestowed upon her the authority that symbolized "light".

Her sacred name is Teresphra (Greek: Τελεσφρα, meaning "the one who brings perfection" or "the one who matures").

Their great mother goddess, under the personal nourishment of the Lord of Heaven and the most supreme Father God, was officially elevated from the "Lord of Clear Radiance" to the great Moon Mother Goddess who governs "perfection" and "abundance"!
From then on, the natural rhythms of the seasons, the growth and death of all living things, the ebb and flow of the tides, and the abundant growth of all things were all under the eternal light of the moon!

With this sacred union, the supreme authority of the Moon Lord, from this moment on, began to slowly spread throughout every aspect of the world like a silent tide.

At the same time, a light drizzle, carrying the gentle glow of moonlight, was gently falling on the earth.

Gaia, the mother goddess of all things, who had just calmed down, watched as the entire earth was once again drenched by the rain that contained special divine power, and she cursed silently in her heart once again.

The words were harsh.

The god-king, lost in the moon goddess's tenderness, was completely unaware that the gentlest moonlight, with His silent consent, was deliberately revealing its most magnificent spectacle at this moment.

The moonlight, so bright and pure, shone upon the entire world, its brilliance no less than the dazzling light of the sun in broad daylight!

The entire Mount Olympus seemed to have transformed into a silvery-white kingdom bathed in moonlight, with a gentle yet cool silver glow that completely enveloped everything.

The goddesses who were preparing to ambush Zeus in the temple also stopped their conversation.

They all raised their heads in unison, gazing at the unprecedentedly bright moon. Their faces gradually turned as cold as the pale moonlight.

In an instant, many goddesses in the temples of Mount Olympus couldn't help but smash their beloved objects.

The curses I was thinking were equally nasty.

Hemera, the goddess of daylight who had finally recovered some of her spirit from the exhaustion of having her divinity reshaped, had an unconcealable deep envy in her pure white and clear eyes when she saw the hazy and holy moonlight wandering freely in the sky.

Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately and quietly rushed to the Netherworld at her fastest speed!

A beam of incredibly warm and pure light burst into the dark realm, which had only recently acquired a faint glow, instantly startling the goddess of the night.

The goddess of the night, who had just awakened, was now happily gathered with her newborn children.

The family was in a state of celebration, and she didn't even care about the commotion she had just noticed from Olympus. She simply curled her lips, gave a disdainful snort, and continued to feast with the children.

All her children were present at that moment, and she was introducing them to their two newly born sisters who wielded supreme laws.

All the children that the goddess of the night had ever given birth to, including Hecate, who had just received the honor of "the Moon of the Underworld," looked at their two new sisters with the deepest envy in their eyes.

These two sisters were conceived by the supreme Father God and their most noble Mother God through the deepest primordial union!
They are the deities who control the entire network of destiny within the order of Heaven, and the honor they possess can be described as incomparably great and powerful!

Not to mention the unfortunate children born to the goddess of night herself, even Hecate, who rules an entire world and is the Moon of the Underworld, is far inferior in status and power.

In the new sacred and just order, apart from the primordial gods, the primordial titans, and the brothers and sisters of His Majesty the God-King, the authority related to "fate" is undoubtedly the strongest!
However, although the nature of the laws governing these children born of the night is not very positive, they are still very harmonious in terms of family unity.

After all, in the hard times of the past, they could only stick together for warmth.

At this moment, facing these two newborn sisters, aside from an undisguised sense of envy, I didn't have any bad thoughts.

As the goddess Nyx looked at the children before her, she felt an unprecedented and most fulfilling happiness.

She felt she had gotten everything she wanted.

Everything she has now is something she never dared to even dream of before.

The only slight regret was that his eldest son, Aetel, and eldest daughter, Hemera, could not yet be truly reunited with him.

Just as Nyx was overcome with emotion and thought of her eldest son and daughter, she was overjoyed to realize that her eldest daughter had returned!
The source that symbolizes "light," after being forcibly taken away by the ancient god-king Uranus, has returned to the embrace of night for the first time!
Only now does Hemera dare to return to the night. She wouldn't have dared to do so in the time of Uranus, and she certainly wouldn't have dared to do so in the time of Cronus.

Even though Zeus now allows her and her brother to have two mothers at the same time, she still cannot directly enter the underworld.

Normally, she would reunite with the Mother Goddess Nyx on Mount Olympus.

It was because what she wanted to discuss today was something that was really difficult to say in Olympus that she took the liberty of returning.

The moment the goddess of the night sensed Hermella stepping into the Netherworld, she immediately erected the gentlest veil of night for her beloved daughter.

With the brightest light, she guided Hemera on her path, leading her to her temple of the night, where she could reunite with her family.

The moment Hermes saw Nyx, she saw her mother goddess, who, having received the ultimate nourishment, appeared radiant and dazzling.

A faint blush inexplicably rose on her already fair and radiant face.

Facing the Mother Goddess's open arms, she threw herself into her embrace without hesitation, her sweet voice filled with longing echoing in the ears of the Night Goddess: "Respected Mother Goddess, I miss you so much."

Nyx was overjoyed, for now the entire family, except for Ether, was present.

She gently stroked her beloved daughter's pure white, shimmering hair and said softly, "Hermes, my dear child, what brings you all the way from Olympus today?"

The radiant goddess of daylight blushed slightly on her pretty face.

Although the blush was fleeting, Nyx noticed it clearly.

Hermella said softly, "Dear Mother Goddess, I am... I missed you so much. And, and I sensed that there were a few more sisters in the family, so I rushed back to meet them."

(End of this chapter)