"...Let's do it this way."
After pondering for a long ti, at a certain mont, Hera made up her mind.
Zeus's actions were too excessive, and she could not tolerate Hebe being with this human.
Although, as the guardian of marriage, actively destroying a marriage didn't align with her principles, this relationship was built on deceit and coercion from the very beginning.
Hmm, perhaps her understanding of 'marriage' was not yet perfect.
It's not a contract, not an unchangeable vow, but a relationship that can be ford and can be dissolved.
Especially those marriages that have problems from the mont of their inception, they are even more so... pondering this, a flash of insight crossed Hera's mind. A flash of insight crossed Hera's mind.
"...Let's do it this way."
After pondering for a long ti, at a certain mont, Hera made up her mind.
Zeus's actions were too excessive, and she could not tolerate Hebe being with this human.
Although, as the guardian of marriage, actively destroying a marriage didn't align with her principles, this relationship was built on deceit and coercion from the very beginning.
Hmm, perhaps her understanding of 'marriage' was not yet perfect.
It's not a contract, not an unchangeable vow, but a relationship that can be ford and can be dissolved.
Especially those marriages that have problems from the mont of their inception, they are even more so... pondering this, a flash of insight crossed Hera's mind.
Vaguely, her intuition told her that this fleeting inspiration might assist in the evolution of her power, allowing her to delve deeper into human culture and faith.
All Gods had a significant interest in such matters.
But those were matters for later; what she was about to do now was undoubtedly more important.
Whoosh...
With a gentle shake of her robe, she endowed the Helt of Invisibility with the Heavenly Empress's power.
An invisible force instantly spread out, and with the help of the sa origin power, even the warning set up casually by the Divine King Incarnation did not respond at all.
Looking back towards Olympus, Hera's gaze flickered slightly.
The opponent truly had no defenses against the sa origin power of the Heavenly Empress... with this, before Zeus's true form escapes, he probably won't be able to notice the happenings here.
Is this considered betrayal?
"Of course not, I'm rely correcting the mistakes you made in defiance of , just like those lovers you sought in the past."
She whispered softly, her expression determined.
"The Heavenly Empress should have her own power as well, which is sothing you once told yourself... isn't that right, Zeus?"
"You will understand , won't you?"
No one answered, nor could anyone possibly answer.
Heading towards the building built by the river, Hera's goal was quite clear.
At this mont, the human was not at ho, and the Heavenly Empress didn't plan to et him anyway.
She only wanted to take Hebe away, hiding her in a place known to no one, and leave a small hint for this human.
She was eager to see, if one day, when Zeus suddenly found his painstakingly nurtured offspring turning swords against him, whether he would feel more genuine emotion than he felt upon seeing the fate of those lovers.
...
At dusk, the sun set.
The evening breeze brushed over the river's surface, and the afterglow of the setting sun shimred golden on the water.
Carrying an ancient tree as thick as an ordinary person could wrap around, and dragging his prey in hand, Heracles made his way back along the path to the ho he built.
The power within his body was firmly sealed, and the great hero had lost his overwhelming might.
Yet, even so, he could still rely on his martial skills to ta tigers and leopards.
Moreover, the aura of the Demon Relics was enough to drive away creatures with extraordinary power, so Heracles was quite at ho around the vicinity of Mount Othrys.
If he wished, he could live here peacefully forever... with no one to disturb him and nothing dangerous present.
Sotis, staying close to the goddess fallen to earth, such thoughts did flicker through the great hero's mind.
After all his past endeavors were over, he had found his mother's whereabouts, and without any power to defy the God-King, choosing to move forward wasn't a bad option.
But at these tis, Heracles would rember the other two promises he made.
Even if his anger could be extinguished, he couldn't disregard his promises to others.
"And these seals."
"If they are not resolved, everything is but empty talk."
Looking within himself, Heracles could sense that deep within his body, his sealed power was constantly struggling.
But when faced with the Power of the God-King, it was like a droplet on a boulder, unaware of how long it would take to erode a path through.
Perhaps a hundred years, perhaps a thousand, in any case, this was a number far longer than the hero's past life.
Precisely because of this, the sowhat bewildered Heracles chose to stay here, settling down with an amnesiac deity.
Tap, tap...
Shaking his head to push the thoughts aside.
Not far from the great hero, the wooden house he built himself ca into view.
Subconsciously, he quickened his pace a little, feeling a subtle anticipation rising within.
Perhaps due to the strong backlash of the Law, without external intervention, the amnesiac goddess has not yet recovered her mory.
Normally, she should have been waiting at the door by now... however, at the next mont, Heracles's expression changed dramatically.
Bang—
The giant tree was flung to the ground, sending clouds of dust into the air.
Rushing forward, the hero pushed open the courtyard gate.
But as he looked around, there wasn't a single figure in sight.
"Hebe, are you there?"
Clatter—
Casually pushing away the objects blocking his path, Heracles called out loudly.
He didn't see any signs of battle or destruction, clearly, no conflict had broken out here.
But inside the house, it was an empty space, with no living presence to be found.
"This is..."
After searching around the courtyard for a while, Heracles finally found a clue in a side room.
The kettle here was still warm, suggesting its owner had used it not long ago, but when the sudden change occurred, she vanished from this place.
"The deities, have they finally rembered Hebe's existence."
Without panic, upon seeing this, the great hero easily made a judgnt.
He had already anticipated this day, as the daughter of the Heavenly Empress, the Goddess of Youth falling so far is inherently unreasonable.
Now that she has returned, there's nothing wrong with that. Only by returning to the divine realm can she reclaim mories of her past... after a mont of silence, the hero suppressed the emotions in his heart.
The deity who visited here may have noticed him, but they probably didn't take him seriously at all.
In any case, he was once again left here alone... with quiet resolve, Heracles turned and stepped out of the room.
But just then, out of the corner of his eye, he seed to spot sothing.
"Hmm?"
Pausing his steps slightly, the great hero reached out and took it in his hand.
He was sure this wasn't sothing originally from this place.
It was a silver key, with a pair of pale golden wings grown on it.
Intricate patterns entwined its surface, along with a small inscription.
"[Unlock the shackles of power... leave the kingdom's territory]?"
Gently reading the inscription, before he could try to understand it, a ssage appeared in the hero's mind, leaving him standing there, dazed.
anwhile, in the corner of the room, the abandoned puppet nodded slightly, a sigh flashing through its eyes.
"So that's how it is... truly unexpected..."
Unable to hide its surprise, since the mont it found him again, the puppet had been certain that the seals on Heracles would eventually be lifted, be it sooner or later.
But witnessing its lifting in this manner was truly beyond its expectation.
Even though it's just a key and needed a suitable place to be used, that was fundantally not a problem.
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