His disdain for other women angered Aphrodite, the goddess of love who symbolizes marriage and married women. This angered Aphrodite, who used magic to make his stepmother, Phaeder, fall madly in love with him as punishment.
After Hippolytus rejected his love, Phaeder committed suicide out of shame. This led Theseus to see the suicide note and, in a fit of rage, banished Hippolytus and asked the sea god to execute him.
Afterwards, the prince was knocked down by the bull released by Poseidon, causing his carriage to hit rocks and nearly die.
Fortunately, Hera, another goddess symbolizing marriage, did not intervene; otherwise, Hippolytus would probably be nothing but dust by now, having been excreted in the excrement of some legendary monster.
After learning of this, Artemis personally rescued Hippolytus and brought him back to the temple, casually assigning him the role of a priest.
Although Artemis did not accept Hippolytus's advances, she still felt a pang of pity for the mortal who had fallen victim to a trick because he respected her more than the goddess of love.
Luna possesses tolerance and empathy towards those who are on her side or whom she approves of.
Compared to Hippolytus, who loved but couldn't have, and only saved Hippolytus because he couldn't bear to see him abandoned by everyone, it's clear that—
For Artemis, the night who voluntarily passed her trial held a much larger place in her heart.
If the favorability towards Hippolytus is 1, then the favorability towards the night is 100.
This doesn't mean the moon goddess fell in love with the night, but rather that compared to the moon goddess, the former was insignificant, and might not even remember her name after so long.
For Apollo and Artemis, Night is now a rare hero.
It's the kind of thing that can be taken to heart.
If the night has good potential for development, they will not hesitate to help the night grow into their subordinate god, complete the leap from man to god, and become their right and left arms.
For deities, one's background is not as important as finding someone they like.
The night is now very much to their liking.
Riding a tall, mighty divine stag with antlers that shimmered with golden light, the goddess spoke: "I am Artemis, the goddess of the hunt—"
She is also your moon goddess.
I heard someone praying to me.
Is it you? You lost sheep trapped in suffering?
Those who seek the way in the direction of the moonlight—
When Artemis spoke in this way.
The sailors, who had been filled with fear and trepidation, were stunned.
Pray to the moon goddess?
No, that's not it. We were clearly praying to the sun god—
Well, but then I felt the terrifying divine power around me, like a prison, an oppressive force that seemed to materialize and crush the space, and the sudden, even more intense, thunderous storm.
People were pale and terrified.
Then finally, someone with a bit more courage and quick reflexes nodded hurriedly: "No—that's right. Great moon goddess!"
Our ship was wrecked after a storm, struck a reef and was destroyed. After rebuilding the ship, we lost our way.
We pray to you, asking you to guide us to the right place where Troy is.
Upon seeing this, Artemis's cool and beautiful face finally revealed a slightly satisfied and mischievous smile.
Unfortunately, apart from Ye, none of the other sailors who kept their heads down saw that smile.
night:"………"
Good grief, so you're using torture to extract a confession?
This playful look is undeniably adorable! You're actually the goddess of the moon like this? But moonlight does belong to the category of sunlight.
It's not entirely accurate to say they were praying to the moon goddess.
Artemis, who noticed Ye's gaze, quickly regained her cool demeanor, though her earlobes flushed slightly, revealing a hint of embarrassment deep within her.
Artemis quickly changed the subject, saying, "The storm you encountered was a trial I was putting on you."
Agamemnon had only managed to appease my anger by killing one of my beloved sacred deer and offering up his own daughter, thus paving the way to Troy.
But my anger has not completely subsided. Anyone who wishes to help Agamemnon will only be qualified to go to Troy if they pass my trials.
Artemis made up a random excuse and said this.
She would never admit that out of curiosity, she had deliberately put on a trial for Ye, just to meet him and steal him away.
The sailors below were unaware of this until they heard the moon goddess's words and suddenly realized what had happened.
so now--
They passed the trial, right?
But soon the sailors thought of another question: if the storm was a trial imposed by Lady Artemis, then were the Sirens they had encountered before also trials?
“Those sirens were not part of my trials—they were not my doing.”
"However, only one of you performed to my satisfaction." Artemis said.
Subconsciously, everyone looked in the direction of Ye, their eyes filled with envy.
Whether it was the previous storm or the sudden attack by the Siren, Ye's performance in the end, where he successfully turned the tide and saved everyone, was incomparable to the others.
If anyone could truly satisfy Lady Artemis, then that person could only be Lady Griffith.
as predicted--
Soon people heard Artemis utter that familiar name: "Griffith Lista!"
At the same time, just as Artemis began to utter the night kana.
Apollo's expression also turned green.
After Chapter Thirty-Two, we can also shout: "Undying warrior, Son of the Moon!"
People experience sadness and joy differently.
Apollo had a bad feeling from the moment Artemis appeared.
When Artemis clearly pronounced Griffith Lista's full name, Apollo instantly realized—without a doubt, Artemis had come for the night!
And maybe they'd been eyeing Ye from the very beginning, just like I was. They wouldn't have acted so decisively if they hadn't been watching for four or five days.
Apollo: No!!
You can't do this to me, Artemis!
Although he was extremely anxious and agitated, Apollo would not go out and undermine Artemis at this time.
As family members, Apollo and Artemis had a very good relationship.
In both the sibling and brother/sister versions, these two gods have always supported each other as they grew up, and their relationship is much better and closer than that of Zeus' other children.
So even if the hero he was most favored was about to be snatched away, Apollo had no intention of running away.
On the other hand, Artemis declared that among all these people, only Griffith Lista had performed the best and was the one she favored the most.
At this moment, in the name of the moon goddess, she asked Griffith if he would be willing to become her servant and follow her from now on.
Faced with the goddess's invitation, and the fact that she was almost the only one in all of Greece who rarely allowed men to get close to her, he was drawn to her.
Ah, this, this is... what an honor!
shock--
The sailors gasped, their eyes widening in shock, and for a moment they all wore expressions of envy and disbelief.
Passing the goddess's trial actually brings such benefits?
That virgin goddess would actually recruit male relatives?
When everyone's eyes were on the night—
I took a deep breath in the deep of night.
I never expected that the goddess of the moon would actually come for me.
Although he wanted to firmly refuse... he didn't want to have anything to do with gods or anything like that.
No sooner had they left Troy and thought of distancing themselves from the gods than the gods themselves came knocking on their door.
At this moment, he was of course—
Praise be to you, my goddess...
"Griffith Lista, I pledge my life's loyalty to you." Night bowed slightly with his left arm forward in a sword salute, then gracefully knelt down.
The night was quite pragmatic!
Or rather, those who are out of touch with reality have long been played to death by the gods. Besides, he played a word game with the goddess, offering his loyalty for this lifetime (in the simulated world).
The oath was still made in Griffith's name.
Of course—if Artemis doesn't force him to do things he doesn't like, he wouldn't mind becoming the goddess's kin.
He had once fantasized about a day when he would be forced by the gods to temporarily submit to the belief in a certain deity.
I don't dislike this night either.
Since there's no way to avoid it, having a supreme god protecting you will make traveling in Greece much easier in the future.
He had thought that the most likely god to whom he would swear allegiance was Apollo, but he never expected that he would swear allegiance to the moon goddess so inexplicably today.
At this time, the other side.
Apollo sadly covered his forehead with one hand...—!
He knew this would be the result.
That night, after agreeing to become a servant of the moon goddess, Artemis in the heavens revealed a radiant smile.
She commanded her beloved divine deer to slowly descend from the sky. The divine deer stepped down the air, descending the steps one by one, until it finally arrived on the ground in front of Night.
Artemis, atop her steed, gently extended one of her delicate hands towards the night...
"As your deity... I bestow my blessings upon you in the name of Artemis, the goddess of the moon."
"I will bestow upon you the protection of the moon." Then, a faint moonlight flew from Artemis's palm into the night.
Good heavens! First came Apollo's blessing, then Artemis's blessing.
Now the sun and moon shine together in perfect harmony.
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