"Ugh……"
Amyntas sighed.
"Let's wait until His Majesty wakes up before we talk."
"Then... Her Majesty the Queen will be left in our care. Our doctors will be responsible for examining her body. Please rest assured, there is a doctor sitting over here. I don't think your envoys brought a doctor with them."
"Indeed not."
Amyntas looked at Sophia.
"You decide this matter."
"I...I'll listen to Lady Tomyris then."
Amyntas felt that she had no say in Hilde's problem, so she gave the right to decide the matter to Sofia. But Sofia hesitated again and again, thinking that even if she brought Hilde to her, she would not be able to do anything. The other party was the benefactor who rescued Hilde from the forest, so there should be no problem if she handed her over to the other party. She would come to check on Hilde's condition frequently, and when she woke up, everything would be fine.
"Okay, don't worry."
Tomyris said so.
"According to the situation, Her Majesty the Queen will probably wake up within a day, so please don't worry. If she wakes up, we will immediately send someone to notify you to come." At this time, the black-haired woman who had been silent said, "You must be tired from the journey, please have a good rest."
"Thank you very much."
In fact, Amyntas was slightly concerned.
The woman in front of me is so beautiful that it's unbelievable.
Hilde was already beautiful enough. In Amyntas' eyes, all the Greek women he had seen could not compare with Hilde's beauty. But the black-haired woman in front of him had a beauty that could be on par with Hilde, a look that no human could possess. If the perfect appearance should be like this, even in Amyntas's mind, he knew that humans appeared based on gods, so Hilde and the black-haired woman's appearance was the appearance of gods themselves.
What's more, she is just a doctor.
This is very concerning.
But since the other party had said so, and Sophia had also decided so, Amyntas could not say anything more. So under Tomyris's arrangement, Amyntas and other Byzantine envoys found a high ground nearby to set up camp, and Tomyris also asked the troops to allocate some very good food to them as part of the compensation.
"It's strange."
Tomyris looked at Hilde lying on the bed.
"Isn't this Lady Athena?"
"Looking at it now, there may be a lot of things we don't know. In fact, Athena has been missing for more than 16 years. Even I don't know where Athena went. I have even prepared myself for not seeing her again for many, many years, but I didn't expect that she would appear in front of me again in this identity and in this situation. So what happened over the years, I really want to know..."
"Master Artemis, please don't worry."
At this time, Tomyris hurriedly comforted her.
"Once Lady Athena wakes up, we will know what is going on."
"yes……"
Artemis looked at Hilde lying on the bed with some worry.
"Blame me……"
"Lord Artemis, this is not your fault."
"I shot that arrow with the intention of killing her directly. Fortunately... she dodged it, so she didn't die. I really regret it. If I really killed her accidentally, I would be the murderer of Athena." Artemis said this, she reached out and gently held Hilde's hand, "And now I'm a little scared. I'm afraid that she is no longer Athena... After all, if she was Athena, she wouldn't call herself the Oracle of Athena, nor would she become the queen of the Byzantine Kingdom."
"Master Artemis..."
"Okay, I'm fine."
Mistress Artemis shook her head.
"Don't worry about me too much."
"Yes……"
Even so, for Tomyris, it was the first time that Artemis showed such an expression and such fragile emotions. She could also see how important Athena was in her heart. But at this moment, she suddenly felt a pang of sadness. She didn't quite know why, but seeing Artemis's sorrowful expression towards the unconscious Athena, Tomyris' heart felt like being cut by a knife. What's more... Compared with the beauty of Lady Artemis, perhaps only Lady Athena could match it. When the two stood together, this was called a good match.
No, what am I thinking about?
Tomyris shook her head quickly.
"what happened to you?"
"it's okay no problem……"
"If you are tired, go and rest first."
"What about you?"
"I want to wait until she wakes up."
"...Yes, I'm going to rest first."
Tomyris had an indescribable feeling in her heart.
It's like it's blocked.
However, she turned around and went to another tent to rest. Artemis continued to sit beside Hilde, gently stroking her long silver hair. Artemis had not touched this smooth silver hair for more than ten years. Athena, who was like a sister, fair, serious, but gentle, now appeared in front of Artemis again. Her heart was filled with indescribable emotions, and this was the best thing.
Chapter 4, Chapter 7, Memories of the Hunting Goddess
Artemis called softly.
"Athena..."
"..."
However, Hilde is still in a sleeping state.
There was no reaction to the name Athena.
However, Artemis was not in a hurry. She felt that she still needed time to wait for Athena to slowly wake up. So, Artemis stayed by Hilde's side, waiting for her to regain consciousness.
After several hours.
The time has already entered late night.
Hilde, who was lying on the bed, suddenly moved.
"Um……"
At this time, Artemis, who was sitting nearby and wiping the wooden bow, turned around and saw Hilde's hands moving slightly and she gradually woke up. She quickly carried the candlestick and walked to Hilde's side, sitting next to her, looking at Hilde who was gradually waking up with an eager look on her face.
"Athena..."
"Um……"
Hilde opened her eyes slightly.
The first thing that caught my eye was the image of a strange woman.
Hilde was very alert. She didn't trust a woman who suddenly appeared, so she planned to stand up and react. But at this moment, the woman suddenly stretched out her hand and pressed it on Hilde's shoulder. With a gentle and elegant smile on her face, she said, "Your body has not fully recovered yet, so you can't move around casually. Please continue to lie down. Don't worry, I won't do anything bad to you."
"Who are you!?"
Hilde looked around.
I am now lying in a tent. Judging from the decorations around it, it should be a Scythian tent.
Was he rescued?
Just as Hilde was thinking this, the strange woman continued, "I hope you can calm down, because I have many, many questions to ask you. Judging from your reaction just now, you must have forgotten the past, so you can't remember who I am? Is that right?"
"I really don't know you."
Hilde looked at the other person's face carefully.
I have to say that the woman in front of me is indeed very beautiful.
Hilde was not exaggerating about her beauty. After all, she was one of the most beautiful women. The beauty in front of her was not much different from Hilde in terms of appearance. Both of them were stunning beauties. This surprised Hilde. How could such a beautiful woman appear in the Kingdom of Scythia? Just when Hilde was so confused, the woman suddenly said, "How about this? Calm down first. I will tell you my identity."
"……Um."
Hilde chose to trust the other party temporarily.
Then Artemis said seriously:
"My name is Artemis."
"Artemis? You're...you're the goddess of the hunt?!"
"Yes... that's what the Greeks believed in me, but it doesn't matter."
When Hilde heard the other party say that she was the hunting goddess Artemis, her heart instantly rose to her throat. She was suddenly panicked. After all, she, a "fake" oracle, did not expect to meet a real god. The other party also controlled her. For what purpose, Hilde did not know. At this time, Artemis continued: "I don't know how much you remember now... But do you know that your true identity is actually Athena?"
"..."
Hilde replied nervously:
"I, I know...but it's different from what I know."
"what do you know?"
Facing Artemis' question.
Hilde felt that it would be better for him to tell the truth honestly in front of God.
"I... this body of mine was given to me by Lady Athena."
"Hmm? Tell me more about it!"
"Actually... I was another person before, but I died. After I died, my soul met Lady Athena, and she told me that her body couldn't hold on any longer, so she decided to give me her body... That's it." Hilde said this, and then she secretly observed Artemis's reaction. She didn't know what Artemis' attitude was towards her. But Hilde was not afraid, because the other party was a god, and if he really planned to do something, Hilde would not be able to escape.
Just face it openly.
At this time, Artemis said:
"You mean, your body was given to you by Athena herself?"
"correct."
"...So, this means that Athena's consciousness has dissipated?"
This result was somewhat unacceptable to Artemis.
Although she had made all the preparations, she had never expected that Athena had completely disappeared and given her body to someone else. The woman in front of her, although her body was Athena's, her soul was no longer the Athena she was familiar with. She couldn't help but think of what she saw at that time, and the facts she knew now were also connected with her own guesses at that time. A battle broke out between Athena and Zeus, and Zeus hit Athena hard, leaving her with no choice but to escape, but under the situation of being too seriously injured, Athena could only make this decision in the end.
Now, everything makes sense.
The reason why Athena gave her her body.
The reason lies in the special existence in Athena's body.
That is, the original book library of creation.
That was a very important artifact. Athena could not let it return to Zeus's hands, so she sealed it in her own body and let the girl inherit it. However, the woman did not seem to know the existence of the original library of creation. Artemis initially guessed that Athena originally intended to let the girl live a peaceful life, and Zeus could not go down to earth to find it one by one. But who would have thought that this girl was so powerful that she could become the king of a country.
It seems that Zeus doesn't know yet.
Artemis sighed.
"Master Artemis?"
"Your name is Hilde, isn't it?"
"Yes……"
"Since Athena gave you her body, it means she hopes you will inherit her legacy. This is at least a good thing. I originally thought that Athena had completely disappeared from this world. However, you are still here. You are Athena's successor, and you are also the queen of the Byzantine Kingdom. This shows that she did not choose the wrong person. A woman with strong ruling ability, confident and powerful, who leads the people to victory."
"Thank you for the compliment."
"Hilde..."
At this moment, Artemis suddenly hugged her.
This sudden hug.
Hilde was a little surprised.
"What, what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry... I know it's not nice to do this, but after all, you are the one chosen by Athena, and you are Athena's incarnation. I... I really miss her. Although she is no longer with us, please allow me to hold you like this and miss Athena." As she said this, Artemis began to tremble uncontrollably.
Is she crying?
Hilde was a little puzzled.
It turns out that God can cry too.
"It's fine……"
