"The Royal Palace and the Temple of the Moon Goddess have been renovated inside and out; they can serve as a sanctuary when necessary."
Upon hearing this, Luo En urged with keen interest, "It looks like you've put a great deal of effort into this. I must take a good look."
Watching the trio gathered together, laughing and talking, Helen felt a wave of sadness, being left out in the cold.
Seeing that there was no room for her, the dispirited princess excused herself on the pretext of feeling unwell and left the scene.
Luo En thought the other party was fatigued from caregiving, thanked her warmly, and then called the Twins to escort their sister back to rest.
However, the certain individual, who turned his back to engage in jovial conversation with Atalanta and dea, failed to notice the even more lancholic gaze of Helen as she departed.
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"Bang!"
After watching her brothers leave, Helen could no longer contain the resentnt in her heart and slamd her room door shut with force.
Why? It was who stood guard for three months, it should have been first!
The young princess vented her frustration while mistreating the pillow in her embrace.
But the more she did so, the more the scene of the three on the city walls, intimately together, floated through her mind.
Finally, after tossing and turning in bed, Helen rose in a huff, clenched her fists in anger.
No! I refuse to lose to them!
Then, the girl hopped barefoot out of bed, took a deep breath, opened the Magic Circle Diagram, and three fragrant Golden Apples fell onto the plate.
Staring at the mouthwatering Golden Divine Fruit before her, Helen swallowed hard, her face lit up with smugness.
Hmph, I'll let them have the dayti.
But co night, with the treasure bestowed upon by the God of Love, Aphrodite, I'll surely snatch my beloved back!
Thinking thus, Helen glanced at the newly-risen Sun outside her window and suddenly felt deflated.
It's still so long until nightfall; how will I endure this entire day?
The disheartened princess looked around her room; her gaze soon settled on a bed soone had lain on, and her eyes began to sparkle.
A mont later, Helen pounced onto the bed, hugging the velvet duvet tightly to her chest, buried her face into it, and took a deep breath of the lingering scent in the bedding, her face full of contentnt as if her soul had been purified.
"The scent, hehe, his scent..."
The girl rubbed her flushed face against the duvet, her murmuring becoming more and more indistinct.
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At nightfall, after wandering around the city for the day, the trio finally returned to the courtyard.
Luo En took out so homade nectar to relieve their fatigue and thirst, then sat aside, reminiscing about the news he had heard from the two during the day.
Strictly speaking, the Beast Disaster extermination mission was far from perfect due to too many variables.
Although the Temple of Typhon had been destroyed, and its will expelled, the second generation of Typhon's Offspring created by him had spread across Greece, accompanying the Beast invasion.
Now, news of Magic Beasts obstructing roads and harming people were already spreading through the neighboring city-states.
This was a case of unjust misfortune for the first generation of Typhon's Offspring, who were wrongly blad in War God Mountain.
But this was no bad thing; it was an opportunity for the second generation outside causing trouble to take the fall for those little fellows on War God Mountain, allowing them to lurk behind the scenes.
Even, quietly doing bad deeds under the guise of Typhon's na, they could just pin the bla on those second generation troublemakers.
After calculating the pros and cons with a sly intention, Luo En felt a bit more pleased with himself.
anwhile, Atalanta and dea, having drunk several cups, felt their tummies rumble with hunger.
Luo En, snapping back to reality, said with a chuckle.
"Hungry? Alright then, it's my turn to cook tonight, as a reward for your excellent performance over the past three months!"
Upon hearing this, Atalanta and dea instantly nodded with cheerfulness, their faces full of anticipation.
Being regulars at War God Mountain, they knew all too well that their teacher and senior brother were deeply endowed with culinary skills passed down by the God of Stove, Hestia.
However, since becoming the Chief God, this God of Wine had been busy with his duties and rarely cooked.
Now the prospect of tasting his cooking excited both Atalanta and dea.
"Alright, I'll go out to get so groceries; you two go next door to play with Helen. At alti, call her over too. She has had a hard ti guarding all this while."
With a wave of his hand and a few parting words, Luo En set out to prepare for dinner.
The Twins should have been invited too, but unfortunately, they had just received a hunter's ssage and were leading a troop out of the city, heading to the Arcadian Mountains to deal with a fully-ford Beast Nest. It seed the opportunity to entertain these two would have to wait.
Watching Luo En leave, dea and Atalanta, with nothing else to do, approached Helen's door, tapped gently to socialize with the Spartan princess.
But, after waiting a mont, there was no response from inside.
Not there?
The two were taken aback, and with their senses dulled by a slight buzz, they pushed open the half-closed door and entered the room, activating the illuminating Fluorite.
To their surprise, Helen was inside, deep in slumber, clinging to a duvet.
The flushed girl on the bed was rubbing her cheek against the velvet duvet, her legs clenching and straightening at intervals, while murmuring unclearly in her sleep, seemingly caught in the midst of a delightful dream.
dea poked Atalanta's arm and whispered,
"Should we wake her up?"
"Shh!"
Atalanta gestured for silence and shook her head softly.
"She has been by the teacher's bedside for three months, she must be exhausted. Let her rest well. Plus, it's still early for dinner, no rush."
dea nodded in agreent and was about to quietly leave with Atalanta when their eyes were irresistibly drawn to three shiny golden apples on the table.
They sll so good...
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"Creak~ Creak~~"
Noises resembling gnawing rodents gnashing their teeth reached their ears, and Helen, who was sound asleep with her head under the covers, woke up annoyed and opened her eyes.
She was so close, so close to finishing her coming-of-age ceremony.
And the main character was that very person she'd been longing for.
"Creak~ Creak~~"
The familiar gnawing sounds ca again, and Helen, now angry, imdiately threw off the covers and glared at the two people causing the noise.
"What are you two doing in the middle of the night?"
Atalanta and dea, who were sitting at the table, stopped their chewing and looked apologetic.
"Did we wake you up? Sorry..."
"These apples slled too good, we couldn't resist..."
Apples?
Helen paused for a mont and then looked at the golden apple cores in their hands, her vision darkened, and her heart montarily stopped.
"You, you..."
After a frozen several seconds, the girl let out a trembling wail.
"My golden apples!"
Seeing Helen's utterly heartbroken expression, the two exchanged glances.
"It's just two apples, right? They tasted pretty good, but there's no need to be so stingy, is there?"
"How about this, where did you buy them? We'll go and get so for you!"
At these words, Helen felt a profound sadness well up.
"Buy? Can you even afford it?! They are..."
Her words stopped abruptly.
Helen realized that these gifts from the God of Love were probably not ant to see the light of day. She could only press her lips tightly together and let out tears of anger and frustration.
"You two went too far!"
"No, no, don't cry! It's all because the apples slled so delicious, we couldn't help ourselves!"
"Besides, we didn't finish them; we left one for you."
Atalanta and dea said this, hastily handing over the remaining golden apple to Helen.
Seeing only one left, Helen grew even angrier.
"Get out!"
"But, we..."
"OUT!!!"
Jumping off the bed with a dark face, the girl dragged Atalanta and dea out of the room, then slamd the door shut. Clutching the only remaining golden apple to her chest, she couldn't help but burst into tears once again.
Looking at the closed door, Atalanta and dea were at a loss.
"What should we do? Helen seems really mad, right?"
"Why don't we find our senior? Let him co and soothe her."
The two of them decided to head to the kitchen to seek Luo En's help.
But for so reason, the more they walked, the hotter they felt inside, and their vision started to blur, especially when they saw the figure bustling around in the kitchen, it felt as though a switch inside them was abruptly flipped on.
An indescribable urge and hunger surged, overwhelming everything.
"What's wrong with you two? Why are your faces so red?"
"What are you pouncing for? Dinner isn't even ready..."
"Wait, don't touch randomly!"
"Help, help !"
A pitiful cry was torn and drowned out by the night.
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