Before dawn, little Zeus gently and slowly moved Gaia's arms that were holding her. To prevent Gaia from noticing her departure, she even conjured a soft pillow for her.
When she ran out the door, Zeus didn't see that Gaia had been watching her back for a long time. Otherwise, she would have obediently laid on the ground, waiting for Gaia's 'training.' But Gaia didn't stop her from leaving. After Zeus left, Gaia disappeared from her spot, and no one knew where she went. But this no longer concerned our protagonist. She ran into a small grove near her two brothers' tombstone and whistled. The crisp sound echoed throughout the quiet forest. Soon after, a two-meter-tall white wolf appeared before Zeus.
"Little Ha, let's go play by the river today." Zeus walked to the side of the large wolf named Little Ha. Little Ha was also very cooperative and squatted down, allowing Zeus to sit on her back. Once Zeus was settled, Little Ha shot out like an arrow, her silver-white fur flashing through the forest. Zeus's clothes began to get wet from the forest's dew, but Zeus didn't mind. She was currently immersed in the thrill of speeding. No wonder everyone says, 'See you at Akina.' It was simply superb.
A month ago, the encounter between the two... oh no, one god and one wolf, was quite natural. While Zeus was constantly exploring the island where the goddess Gaia resided, she discovered a twenty-meter-tall silver wolf and an equally formidable unknown snake species.
They were fighting over territory. Zeus was conveniently on the side, eating popcorn and watching the giant beast battle. It was just a little imperfect without soda. When the two beasts fought to the end, Zeus got bored and helped the white wolf. The main reason was that Zeus couldn't warm up to reptiles; furred animals looked more pleasing.
A two-meter-thick lightning bolt struck directly on the giant snake's head, instantly decapitating it. The giant wolf saw this scene and immediately submitted to Zeus, shrinking herself in fear. Zeus was very happy to have gained a subordinate. She originally wanted to name it according to animal fur color, but she didn't expect Little Ha's intelligence to be so high. Hearing the malice in the name, she didn't agree to the name Zeus gave her, which made Zeus a bit troubled. She suddenly thought of her husky that she had before transmigrating, which resembled the shrunken Little Ha.
So, Little Ha was named Little Ha. When Zeus led Little Ha to meet the goddess Gaia, Gaia looked at Little Ha with amusement and said to Zeus, "Suit yourself!" While Zeus was cheering joyfully, hugging Little Ha, she didn't see Gaia's eyes sharpen.
This 'primate killer' was sent in without her knowing. It seemed that this island of Crete had changed without her knowledge. It seemed she needed to speed up her plan, no matter who the mastermind was.
I will not let you harm Zeus. Let her relax for these two days. I will first reinforce the barrier placed here, and then I will investigate. Zeus, when will you truly awaken! Quickly awaken and strengthen your power. Time waits for no god (person). Thinking this, Gaia let Zeus and Little Ha go play together, and she disappeared from her spot.
"We're here, it's so beautiful!" In less than five minutes, Zeus and Little Ha arrived at the 'small river' bank. To call it a small river was more like a lake, except that both were connected to flowing rivers, and the middle was more like a transfer station for two rivers. The water surface sparkled in the sunlight. This was a scene not seen in modern times, which made Zeus, who had only seen beautiful scenery in photos before, stare in a daze.
"Ah! This child." Not far away, Gaia looked at the wildly playing god and wolf, sighing.
"That's enough, I can't let this continue. Starting tomorrow, I will increase the intensity. Work hard, Zeus!" Gaia watched the innocent and romantic child from the side. She truly couldn't bear for the trajectory of fate to treat her this way, but she also had no choice. Even as the Mother of the Earth, she couldn't resist the trajectory of fate. She could only make this child suffer more now so that she would suffer less in the future. Looking at Zeus, who was sleeping on Little Ha's soft belly, Gaia, as if possessed, kissed her cherry blossom-pink lips without Zeus's knowledge. It was sweet and soft.
When Gaia came to her senses after doing all this, she suddenly realized what she had done. She had actually done something to an underage girl, and her own granddaughter at that! Instantly, Gaia's face turned crimson. She looked at Zeus with a sigh. She was this child's grandmother; how could she be lusting after a child!
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. How could I have fallen in love with my granddaughter? How could this be?" Gaia looked at Zeus's face, which became increasingly charming and alluring with age, denying it internally. But could this evasion truly work? Gaia fled from the spot as if escaping. She was very confused now and needed to find a place to calm down and think.
Her departure made the already quiet lakeside even more silent. There was only the faint breathing of Zeus and Little Ha, who were sound asleep.
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Watching Zeus grow day by day, Gaia was both relieved and sad. Relieved that this child had grown up healthy (and could be eaten), and sad that she was one step closer to her destiny (unfortunately, she could only look but not dare to eat).
But she couldn't not urge the child! Like a stone, she would only move if kicked. The key was that Gaia couldn't bear to kick her; she was too precious (in bed) to even hurt, let alone hit.
But seeing Zeus's 'ignorance' day after day, year after year, Gaia gradually hardened her heart. On Zeus's sixteenth birthday, she issued an ultimatum.
"Zeus, if you are unwilling to fight your Father, then I will no longer shelter you!" The implication was, Zeus, if you don't go fight your old man, I'll just throw you at her doorstep. Let's see how you'll escape then!
Zeus, holding Little Ha, blinked her big eyes, which had long ceased to be teary. Her long, narrow phoenix eyes flickered, trailing streaks of dark purple light, extremely enchanting. In her heart, she couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with her grandmother: "Why does this grandmother insist on forcing her to overthrow her old man's government? Doesn't she know that the transition of power is a very deadly affair? Although she's not human anymore, being swallowed is even more tragic than death, isn't it?"
"Grandmother, you must know that one god cannot accomplish great things. Without allies, I cannot win. Father has so many gods on her side; each of them could drown me with a single spit!"
"Zeus, my dear granddaughter, as far as I know, spit cannot drown a god, even if the spit belongs to a deity!"
Gaia closed her eyes and grumbled. Now she had to harden her heart, absolutely not look into Zeus's eyes. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to resist the temptation.
Seeing the goddess of the earth in front of her, determined not to give up until her goal was achieved, Zeus's beautiful and seductive face became conflicted. Zeus, Zeus, you are a tragedy. It seems the days of being a shut-in are over. What to do?
"Then how about this, Grandmother? Let's first find a way to rescue my five sisters. After all, more gods mean greater strength!"
A soft, sweet, and slightly seductive baby voice rang in Gaia's ears. It scratched at Gaia's heart like a kitten, stirring the illicit, wicked fire that Gaia had deeply suppressed. Fearing something might happen, Gaia quickly nodded in agreement.
Anyway, Zeus had compromised a step this time, so she would fulfill Zeus's wish and rescue the other granddaughters first!
While Zeus was excitedly thinking about how she could openly slack off, she didn't notice Gaia's calculation: "My adorable little Zeus, do you think you can retrieve your five sisters from your Father's belly without fighting her? Even if you could, what then? Afterward, both Cronus and her poor granddaughters, who were swallowed by Cronus, would choose to fight. At that time, Zeus, do you think you can escape?"
Therefore, as the saying goes, the older the ginger, the spicier it is. This is not only a maxim in the human world, but sometimes also applies to the divine realm!
Zeus did not know of Gaia's little scheme, and Gaia discussed the rescue plan with Zeus.
"Grandmother, how can I retrieve my sisters from Father's belly?"
"Hmm, what do you think?"
"That's simple!"
Zeus's eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly like a happy little kitten. But the joy in Zeus's tone sent a chill down Gaia's spine, even with her eyes closed. A bad premonition intensified. Sure enough, she then heard Zeus's enchanting yet crisp voice excitedly describing bloody scenes of disembowelment, broken hearts, and being torn limb from limb.
Gaia had a headache and quickly interrupted Zeus's even more "wonderful" fantasies. "There's an emetic. If Cronus takes it, she'll vomit out the children she swallowed!"
"By the way, why didn't I notice before how dark this child actually is! I remember I didn't raise her to be crooked!" Gaia grumbled.
Zeus was currently too preoccupied to care about the medicine that, by its name, could be associated with a accelerator . She had a very big question she wanted answered. "Grandmother, may I ask a question?"
"What?"
A well-behaved Zeus could always easily make people compromise with her, even if that person was Gaia, one of the primordial Titans and a creator god! Whenever this happened, Gaia would always feel a sense of emotion : Zeus, this child, was truly born to bewitch human (and divine) hearts, not just in appearance, but more so in her aura, that captivating aura that made people unable to look away. Combined, even enemies couldn't deny Zeus's charm.
Even if I do that every night... cough cough, I misspoke. She is still a child. You are an elder, an elder, an elder. Important things must be said three times.
"Why must Father drink the emetic?"
"Didn't I say? To make your father vomit your five poor sisters!"
Gaia asked, somewhat puzzled, when did her clever granddaughter, who gave her both a headache and affection, become so unable to understand her words.
"No, Grandmother, you misunderstand me. I wanted to ask, why must we use an emetic and not something else?"
"For example?"
Gaia asked with interest, she didn't know there were other potions with similar effects to an emetic.
Zeus's eyes lit up, her voice clear and forceful, "Croton!"
"..." She should have known that this child, Zeus, might really be dark!
Zeus didn't seem to notice her grandmother's suspicious silence, and continued to lobby like a salesman with bright eyes, "Grandmother, you see, croton is easier to obtain and less noticeable than an emetic. Since that's the case, why don't we choose croton? Anyway, the results are the same, the only difference is that one comes out from the top and the other from the bottom. I don't think my dear sisters will mind!"
"..." No, I think the difference is huge, and I'm sure your sisters will not only mind, but mind very much!
"So, Grandmother, let's use croton!"
"..." Gaia continued to be speechless.
Zeus, if you really use croton, I estimate Hades and Poseidon they won't be able to help but send you to the Sanzu River...Pooh, got sidetracked, it's the Styx, for a lifetime of tourism!
In the end, Zeus's croton (death-seeking) operation was stopped by Gaia. Helpless, Zeus could only agree to use the emetic, which sounded unpleasant just from its name. But how to make her so-called powerful, cunning, and cold-hearted father drink it? After Zeus brought up this question to Gaia, she received a powerful answer from Gaia.
"It's very simple, you go to the God Realm and put this in Cronus's food. As for whether it's food or water, it's up to you. Don't worry, I will fully support you here!"
The implication was that she wouldn't help? "Grandmother, can you give me a GPS? I don't know the way?"
Gaia directly cut off the part she didn't understand, leaving the part she did understand, "Doesn't dear little Zeus know the way? Then let me give you a kick!"
By the time Zeus came back to her senses, she was already in an unfamiliar forest. Zeus hugged Little Ha and rubbed her butt that had been hurt by Gaia, and took off half her skirt. However, was it really a kick.
Why was there a palm print on her fair butt? Seeing a slender palm print, seeing the injured butt, Zeus put on her clothes and went to observe the vicinity. However, Zeus, who was walking in a hurry, didn't notice that in the place where she had been, Gaia appeared in the same place, covering her nose.
From her hand, drops of golden liquid dripped from time to time. It seemed that following her was indeed the right choice. Such a benefit... ah, Pooh, this child is really thick-skinned! Daring to do this even at home, it seems that following her to protect her was the right choice. Thinking of this, Gaia went invisible and followed her.
However, the palm just now, slapping on the fleshy place, was soft and full of elasticity, really comfortable! The invisible Gaia clenched her right hand, as if reminiscing about the touch just now. A pool of golden liquid appeared again on the deserted ground, and after being directly absorbed by the plants, the plants instantly grew wildly. For the plants, the blood of the Mother Earth is the spring of life. Yes, they grow wildly, maybe some little fairies will grow out in a while, but this has nothing to do with our Zeus and Gaia.
PS:This is the image of Zeus in my mind.
I couldn't find a picture that could be used as a cover, so I had to use Angela Balzac. The black version is used instead. Speaking of which, there are so few beautiful girls with silver hair and purple eyes, I can't find them. If anyone has one, please tell me, I can use it to make a nice cover, thank you everyone.