Simulate the universe, starting with speedrunning Greek.

After all, most heroic legends are still admired, worshipped, and loved by women.

If the hero was handsome, the princesses would be even more passionate and infatuated. For Greek women, it would be an unparalleled honor to have a descendant of the hero.

Although they no longer have the chance to change their own lives, they may have the opportunity to raise their sons to become new heroes in the future, which would at least allow them to reap the glory of being great mothers.

Such a good opportunity to leave behind the seeds of heroes has slipped away right before our eyes.

Many princesses looked at the palace where Ye was resting, even revealing predatory desires, wishing they could climb over the wall at night and offer themselves up to be tempted.

However, when one of the princesses actually dared to sneak into Ye's room, only to be slinked out, the others were immediately dampened and abandoned their plans.

Since things are beyond our control, let's not embarrass ourselves by going through with it.

After witnessing all of this, Apollo, the god of light, and Artemis, the goddess of the moon, continued to pay close attention.

It's a bit of a shame that Ye doesn't even play with beautiful women.

If it were him, even if he wasn't particularly interested in a princess who offered herself up, he could still have some fun with her because she was beautiful, and he wouldn't have to take any responsibility anyway.

The addition of Hercules' descendants only fuels the desire to conquer, doesn't it?

Contrary to her brother's expectations, Artemis's impression of the night changed drastically because of this incident, and she began to appreciate it.

As a virgin goddess, she does not advocate impure relationships between men and women.

It's not that I don't believe in love, but rather that I've witnessed my mother and other goddesses being bullied by male gods since I was a child, and the various unhappy lives after marriage have made me afraid to easily trust anyone or anything.

In that case——

Rather than pursuing love and potentially meeting the wrong person, why not give up the idea of ​​dating from the start? Isn't being single more appealing?

If you don't date, you won't have the chance to get hurt.

It's worth mentioning that Artemis was always a staunch advocate of remaining single...

There's a rumor in some future version of the myth that she was in love with Orion, which is a complete fallacy.

Perhaps one day Artemis will be moved to open her heart, but that person will definitely not be Orion.

In some earlier versions, Artemis and Orion were not lovers; in fact, Orion was Orion's killer. For example, Orion would take a fancy to the goddess and try to have sex with her as an infant, or he would try to take advantage of the goddess's handmaids but was instead shot to death by Artemis with an arrow.

He also fell in love with the goddess of dawn, which aroused the jealousy of the gods, who asked Artemis to shoot him dead with an arrow.

Or perhaps it was out of the jealousy of the gods, who sent Artemis to kill it by sending her scorpion.

In short, the only instance where Artemis and Orion are suspected of having a romantic relationship is in the later Roman mythology period, when Artemis had become Diana, the moon goddess.

The ancient Roman astronomy records a sentence that only states Orion was loved by Diana, but does not explain why.

This book from the Roman period claims to have borrowed from Istrous (a scholar from the Greek period) (the veracity of this claim is still unknown).

In almost every version, he is portrayed as extremely lewd, enjoying forcing beautiful women to be his own Orion. This is not the beautified Orion from the neighboring Moon World.

To say that the moon goddess would fall for such a scoundrel is simply outrageous. It would be more believable to say that Artemis fell for her brother, the sun god.

“This is the second time already…” Artemis, the moon goddess, murmured softly.

Last night, he rejected the love of Chryseis, the witch who had previously rejected her brother's advances; now, he has rejected the princesses arranged by King Telephorus.

This is indeed a very different hero, with a personality completely different from the heroes I've known before.

No wonder Apollo was so interested in him.

Even Artemis has now taken an interest in it, and has begun to believe that Night, like herself, is a vegetarian.

Artemis, who had a deep-seated aversion to men, did not accept male followers, and even found it impossible to feel any dislike for Night. She even considered whether to recruit Night as her follower.

In the past, she would have even wanted Night to interact more with her other believers, such as teaching Atalanta and others how to resist temptation and strengthen their inner beliefs.

(Night: No! I still like beautiful women, I just don't like taking the bus.)

She suddenly had the idea of ​​meeting this hero in person and communicating with him up close. Her brother Apollo clearly had taken a liking to him and wanted to develop him into a follower.

After all, Artemis had never seen Apollo be so generous to anyone else, bestowing blessings and giving Night the lyre that he had once prepared for Orpheus.

That's right—that divine harp was a weapon Apollo prepared for his beloved son, and it holds a special meaning.

They're even willing to give away such good things.

This reminded Artemis of a similarly handsome young human—Hyacinthus, the son of a former Muse and the king of Sparta.

God's love is too intense for ordinary people to bear.

Apollo once favored Hyacinthus greatly, even following him closely like a guardian deity. This scene was recorded by others, who said that from then on, Hyacinthus was always accompanied by a male god wearing a silver bow.

Apollo considered him a close friend.

During a playful game, Apollo lost control of his powers and accidentally killed his friend.

This incident left the elder brother depressed for a long time, and he even had the urge to go to the underworld to find Hades and demand the person back, but was stopped by his father Zeus.

People ridiculed Apollo as a philodendron.

But Artemis knew that there was only pure and intense affection between the two, and nothing as sordid as others imagined. Compared to her uncles who really didn't care about anything, Apollo was much better.

Apart from Hyacinthus, the elder brother never showed any particular affection for other men.

After all, the concept of Platonic love didn't exist in Greece at that time.

However—Artemis is actually quite worried that Apollo will repeat the same mistake, otherwise she wouldn't be so interested in a human male.

At least before that, when she first began observing the night, Artemis was more influenced by Apollo.

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Return Journey, A Sign of an Approaching Storm

Artemis now appreciates the night and believes that the love of the gods is too intense for the night, as a mortal, to bear.

to this end--

Feeling pity, she conceived the idea of ​​taking Night away from her brother Apollo.

For the sake of her troublesome older brother, she reluctantly decided to find an opportunity to take Ye as her follower first.

Anyway, his brother Apollo hasn't shown any interest in recruiting followers yet.

As long as you haven't spoken, you're not yet a follower of his.

First come, first served! Goodbye, brother. Don't blame me, it's all for your own good!

(At this point, he was completely unaware that the hero he had his eye on was already being admired by his sister, Apollo: He was furious and trembling with cold!)

So you want to play like this? Fine!

If you've set your sights on someone and want to steal them, just say so, using the guise of "for your brother's good" to openly steal a man?

Thank you so much!

Back on Earth, Night bid farewell to Theophos and prepared to embark on their return journey with his retinue.

Although he had only used these people to build reputation before, having a follower by his side would indeed be more in line with his identity as a hero when he met Agamemnon. He should add as much credibility as possible.

If there is a risk of exposure (possibility), find an opportunity to send Kreis out again.

Ye Xin was prepared to die on this trip, but she didn't intend to implicate too many people, even if this was just a simulated history.

But when the simulation produces such huge changes that it can affect reality, then there is no difference between this place and reality.

His every move can affect many people's lives, and that's why—

He was fully aware of the gravity of the situation and would not frequently use other people's lives in the simulated universe to achieve his own goals by any means necessary.

This is the bottom line.

Some things, once done too much, can never be undone; otherwise, he would eventually become as cold-blooded, selfish, and indifferent to the lives of others as the other Greek heroes.

Night doesn't want to become that kind of human.

That night, when he brought Cress to the port, Theophos personally led the people to see him off and presented him with a fully equipped luxury medium-sized ship.

Night played a farewell piece herself.

When the beautiful yet melancholic music, symbolizing farewell, drifted along the coast of Misia under the masterful skill of the musicians, even the seagulls circling in the sky alighted on the nearby rocks, leaving behind sorrowful tears.

Even the animals stopped in their tracks at the beautiful sound. This scene, which had only appeared in epics and legends, was actually playing out before our eyes, bringing even greater fame to the night.

—A hero named Griffith, skilled in playing the harp, who brings beautiful music to the world.

This fame spread towards the Trojan War even faster than the night itself traveled to Greece.

At the same time, Telefose's letter of recommendation, which he had already written, arrived at the Trojan War before Night.

Odysseus was the first person to receive this letter.

When he saw the information in the letter about 'Griffith Lista'?

Odysseus, who had initially harbored some doubts about the name of any hero, had never heard of such a surname before. However, he quickly finished reading the letter, especially the part about Telephus's claim of being a descendant of the Argonauts' heroes.

Even when the other party's ancestors were on very good terms with Hercules.

Odysseus was surprised, but regardless of whether it was true or not, and not daring to be negligent, he personally took the letter to Agamemnon.

When Agamemnon learned of the news, he did not take it seriously.

Griffith and Kratos? Never heard of them. Where did these country heroes come from?

Agamemnon didn't have high hopes for this foreign player.

If it weren't for heroes of Achilles' caliber, no matter how many ordinary heroes came, it wouldn't help the current battlefield situation. His camp had no shortage of heroes.

Meanwhile, on the Trojan side, which also received the information, Paris and many other Trojan heroes paid no attention to it.

Only Hector was shaken—upon hearing that familiar name, Hector clenched his fists; he knew his brother had succeeded.

Although I don't know how the other party managed to get the son of Hercules to endorse their identity, with this official status, they are completely secure.

Recalling the crazy, audacious plan he had described in the temple before nightfall, Hector clenched his fists, his blood boiling.

You will succeed... my brother!

For no particular reason, Hector simply held such a strong trust in the night.

Chrysei, who also received the news, locked herself in her room for an entire day and began to pray for the night.

I pray that he will return safely and peacefully with Briseis...

A new force joined the Trojan battlefield, which inevitably attracted the attention of the gods in the heavens.

However, the gods, led by Zeus, found that they knew very little about this suddenly appearing hero.