"Yes, it is Thracian."
When he heard that it was a Thracian, Hilde breathed a sigh of relief and put the woman back on the ground.
The mysterious Thracian woman slowly stood up and raised her head. With her eyes covered by sackcloth, Hilde had no idea whether she could see anything. But for some reason, Hilde always felt that this woman was a little pitiful, too pitiful to be pitied. She looked around and said to the woman in front of her, "Who are you and why are you here?"
Sitalces translated it truthfully.
The woman was stunned for a moment, then said:
"I...I am the priestess of Lord Apollo..."
"Priest of Apollo?"
"This... is where we worship Lord Apollo."
"This is really ironic..." Hilde sneered, "Apollo, the god of light, didn't go to Delphi to bask in the sun, but came to this gloomy underground cave. He really has the leisure time. Sitalses, ask her what her name is, what her relationship with the King of Thrace is, and why there is a temple here. Ask her all the details."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Sitalces walked up to the woman.
"Listen carefully first."
"Hmm..." The priestess nodded.
"The King of Thracian is dead."
"...What? The king, the king can't be dead! He can't be dead! He is the oracle of Lord Apollo, and he has powerful divine power! He can't be dead!" Upon hearing this news, the woman's emotions suddenly became a little out of control. She stretched out her hands, grabbed Sitalses' hands, and said, "Who are you? Only the king and Lord Apollo can come in here. Why... why are there so many people? Who are you!!!"
"calm."
Sitalses exhaled.
"Answer my question first."
"The king can't be dead!"
"The King of Thrace is indeed dead, and he died at the hands of the oracle of Lady Athena. Lord Apollo abandoned the King of Thrace, and the brutal rule of the King of Thrace has also ended. Calm down, I don't know why you are here. Were you forced to be imprisoned? Or did something else happen that put you here?"
The third chapter, the first section, Children of the God of Light
"..."
The woman looked incredulous.
"Can't you see?"
"Well... my eyes can no longer see anything."
Sitalces sighed.
"Your Majesty, she said she was already blind."
"Normal, otherwise why would you cover your eyes...but."
Hilde stood aside, feeling something was a little strange.
The woman in front of him seemed overly familiar to Hilde.
Although Hilde thought it was unlikely, she thought about the evidence she had and felt that her thoughts might be reasonable. So Hilde reached out and took off the cloth covering the woman's eyes. Now, the woman's eyes were completely exposed to Hilde. When Hilde saw those eyes, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, "Ask her if she knows Dione?"
"Yes."
Sitalses asked quickly:
"Do you know Dione?"
"...Dione?"
The woman was stunned at first, then quickly reached out and grabbed the clothes on Sitalses.
"Dione! How did you know this name?!"
"You know her? Who is she to you?"
Sitalses probably understood now.
The eyes of the woman in front of him were as blue as the sea. Such eyes and hair were rare among the Thracians. Sitalses had not thought so far, but now he suddenly realized that the blonde and blue eyes were exactly what Dione looked like. After saying this, Sitalses realized that the woman in front of him was indeed very similar to Dione... So Sitalses continued to ask:
"Are you Dione's mother?"
"Yes, I am!"
The woman was completely invisible, and her beautiful blue eyes could only silently shed tears.
She held on to Sitalces tightly and asked hurriedly: "Tell me, my child, where is she!?"
"Don't worry, Dione is very safe now. It was Her Majesty the Queen of Byzantium, Her Majesty Hilde, the oracle of Lady Athena, who saved her. Now, she lives with Her Majesty Hilde."
"Is she, is she okay?"
When the woman heard this, her tone became much calmer.
"You mean, she's doing well now?"
"Yes, good."
After Sitalses saw that the woman had calmed down, he turned around and said to Hilde, "Your Majesty, she said that she is Miss Dione's... mother."
"really."
Hilde nodded.
It seems to be similar to what she thought.
The woman in front of me does look very similar to Dione.
In this case, everything makes sense. The reason why Dione is familiar with Adlisia and feels a sense of familiarity here is that Dione is from Adlisia... However, judging from the current environment, Dione is definitely not a legitimate child, otherwise it is impossible that the entire Adlisia does not know Dione. So Hilde said to Adlisia: "I want to know everything about this temple, about her, and about Dione."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Sitalses can only serve as the translator.
Hilde felt the same way.
It's time to learn Thracian properly.
"Next, I will ask you a few questions. Please answer them one by one. Don't worry, we will not hurt you, nor will we hurt Dione. If you cooperate with us, we will try our best to meet all your requests." Sitalses calmed the woman's excitement first, then asked, "So, the first question is, who are you? What is your name?"
"My name is Milinda..."
The woman said tremblingly:
"I am the priest here."
"Well, have you been here all this time?"
"Yes... I came here when I was twelve years old. Yes, it was the king who asked me to come here. He told me that I should serve Lord Apollo here, because Lord Apollo gave the king great power. So, if I don't do well, Lord Apollo will be angry, and we will all be destroyed. So, I have been a priest here."
The woman's words always made Sitalses feel a little strange.
And after Hilde listened to Sitalses' translation.
She then asked:
"Who is Dione's father?"
Hearing the question translated by Sitalses, the woman was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and said, "Yes... it's Lord Apollo."
"Gan!"
really!
It's the same old Greek mythology cliché.
"After all this time, Dione is a demigod!?"
"Your Majesty, this..."
Sitalses was also a little surprised.
And Hilde continued to say to Sitalses: "You ask her to tell you the whole story."
"Yes."
So, Sitalses conveyed Hilde's meaning.
"Dione... my child, she is just an ordinary girl. She originally had divine power. After all, she is the child of Lord Apollo. However, Lord Apollo was very angry about the birth of the child. He not only took away Dione's divine power, but also, he took away my eyesight. From then on, Dione stayed by my side, in this place, for four years. Later, the king came and took Dione away. I have never seen Dione again."
When the woman said this, she couldn't help but burst into tears again.
"my child……"
"Okay, stop crying."
Sitalseth consoles Milinda.
Hilde stood aside and began to think.
Dione is the daughter of Apollo, which really surprised Hilde. However, this is not impossible. Now the barriers between the gods and the human world have disappeared, and all gods can come down to the human world as recorded in mythology. Zeus is autistic, so this old pervert should not have the opportunity to harm the women below, but it does not mean that gods like Apollo will not do it. And Dione does have divine power, but Apollo took it away...
Hilde was a little surprised by this.
Apollo did not want this child.
But, just kill Dione directly.
Why take away her powers and then take away Milinda's sight?
"Why did Apollo take away your sight?"
"Because Lord Apollo is the god of light, he thinks I am not worthy of seeing the light, so..."
(I have been busy with my thesis recently. The level of busyness has exceeded my imagination and my condition is not good. Therefore, I can only focus on the thesis for now. I hope everyone can bear with me.)
The second verse of the third tune is really an exaggerated god
When Hilde heard this, her eyes widened.
This Apollo!
The respected Apollo is actually a god who does such a thing!
He is really different from his sister Artemis.
However, thinking back to the Greek mythology I had read, Apollo was also a god with various romantic legends, but of course he was still far inferior to his father Zeus. Now it seems that this guy really does not deserve to be called a god. As the god of light, he actually chose a temple hidden underground as his place of worship. It is ridiculous to worship the god of light in a place where there is absolutely no light. Therefore, it is unknown whether this is the temple of light or the place where Apollo vents his desires.
God, there are always some personal needs.
Otherwise there wouldn’t have been so many demigods before.
"I didn't expect Dione to be Apollo's child..." Hilde couldn't help but murmured.
This is really interesting.
Dione, who she had absorbed for so long, the innocent and cute little girl, turned out to be Apollo's daughter. This was too ironic... However, Hilde was not worried. After all, it was obvious that Apollo did not want this girl to be born in this world and take away Dione's power. However, Hilde was a little curious, why didn't Apollo kill Dione directly, but left her here...
However, this issue is not a problem now.
Hilde walked up to the woman and continued to ask:
"Then how do you survive here during this period of time?"
"We have food here... but no one has come to see us for a long time." Milinda lowered her head and said in frustration, "The food will soon be insufficient, and we don't know what to do next."
"We...are there others here?"
Sitalses asked hurriedly.
Melinda was stunned for a moment, but finally decided to tell everything honestly.
"Yes, there are others."
"I see... Then where are the others?"
"He, they are all hiding in the temple. Please don't hurt them. They are priests of this temple like me. There are eight of them, including me." After saying all this, Melinda was obviously a little overwhelmed. She didn't know if she had done the right thing. Hilde patted Melinda on the shoulder and said to Sitalses:
"Look for them."
"Ok."
So, Sitalses arranged for people to find other priests.
The temple was not very big, and after the soldiers rushed in, they caught the other seven girls soon. Unlike Melinda, who was blind, these girls had no problem with their eyes. They just trembled and spoke Thracian when facing some rough soldiers, as if they wanted these soldiers to bypass them. However, these soldiers were all from Samos, and they did not understand Thracian.
