Greek Demon Myth

13 – The Story of Little Heroes

As is usual when a new freshman enters, the entire forest heats up with a party atmosphere.

Fire was set on the great altar where sacrifices were made to the gods in the center of the forest, and around it, centaurs carried dozens of tables and made bonfires.

Under the direction of Kariclo, the mistress of the forest, the nymphs filled jars with the most fragrant wine in the forest, white bread, seasoned vegetables, and fish flowed nonstop in the kitchen stove, and countless pigs and chickens climbed the bonfire to make it delicious. It sizzled.

The time when all Greeks unanimously say it is the most suitable time to throw a party.

When Helios rested the golden chariot and Selene held the reins of the silver chariot, the gentle evening came, and the heroes gathered in groups of twos and threes to the party.

There is definitely one topic among the young heroes gathered in one place.

It was Dianes, an extraordinary newcomer who entered the forest just this time.

“Illusions of countless spears reminding me of the black wind, the galloping horse, and the hydra!

This was definitely a showdown that should go down in history as a song!”

“Ha ha ha Orpheus. You must be really mesmerized.”

The first to speak was a musician with long white silver hair slowly tuning the lyre.

It was Orpheus, a handsome boy with hazy eyes that seemed to be dreaming.

“Isn’t that obvious? A great teacher who inherits the genealogy of Cronus, a beautiful boy wrapped in wind who held a spear and fought against him! Ah… The inspiration, the inspiration never ends!”

“….Probably stays like that all week”

Watching Orpheus wander in ecstasy, Jason, who was sitting across from him, shook his head.

Beside him, Theseus had just sat down, smiling as if he was already used to it.

“Come to think of it, Actaeon, what was your joining ceremony?”

“Me?”

The boy suddenly pointed out at Theseus’ sudden question blinked.

Dark green hair resembling a forest, and a sleek body reminiscent of a leopard.

On the contrary, it was a timid boy with bright brown eyes.

Actaeon is one of the best hunters in the forest and the owner of fifty hounds, Lyrapus.

He asked back while accepting the cup that Theseus had given him with a question.

“That… I, I was going to catch the monster wild boar of the eastern forest”

“It was quite a feast that day, right? In addition to the boars you caught, you also brought dozens of hunting dogs.”

“hahahaha, go, thank you”

Jason held out his cup with a cool smile, and Actaeon laughed lightly and clinked his cup.

-Titling~

“In my case, it was to get a standing ovation from more than half of the 50 nymphs who were taught by the muses.”

When Orpheus, who was in ecstasy, interrupted the topic with the sound of the lyre,

Theseus, who was sitting across from him, snorted and filled his wine glass.

“What is fifty? The sound of you tearing your lira made all of your female companions faint and made all of your male friends whimper behind you.”

“Ah, the whole forest was a sea of tears that day. Remember how we had to cook because all the ladies fainted?”

Orpheus’s initiation ceremony that turned the entire forest upside down was unusual.

Laughter broke out at the table as I recalled the memory of carrying the fainting woman on a stretcher and having to do everything with my own hands until dinner that day.

“Ahahahahaha! That’s right. There was a hunting festival the day before, so there was enough meat, so it was a shame.”

“It was the first time that a whole roast was so salty because everyone grilled the meat and drained all their tears.”

“The guys who went into the kitchen to cook there summoned a monster from Tartarus.

My adoptive mother, Cariclo, who fainted, got up right away.”

“That, at that time, I was really scolded to the point of tears.”

-Puhahahaha!

It was probably the biggest event in the history of the Forest of Heroes, so the four laughed while banging on the table.

“Ahahahahaha! Huh… That happened. Come to think of it, Jason, you must have been fighting bandits who were rampaging in the nearby mountains, right?”

“Oh, that. It was nothing, to be honest.”

“Bye, it wasn’t a big deal… Wasn’t it a pretty big gang of bandits in the area?”

Jason shook his head as if he was doing all the noise, and Actaeon tilted his head and asked.

At that, Jason smiled mischievously and waved his finger as he explained.

“They were big, but they were all in a mess.

I sneaked in, manipulated a few ledgers, and stole some wallets.

After that, he bribed and instigated the bandits who were trying to leave the bandit in a nearby village, and made them into his army, albeit crudely.

After that, he subjugated the members of the bandits to his army one after another, and subdued the bandits using the bandits.

After that, the bandits inspired by him were working as forest guards.

“The more I look at you, the more you are…”

“Ha ha ha, but it’s great, right? Making bandits into soldiers?”

In spite of the subtle compliments of the two friends, Jason laughed loudly and drank the wine.

“Puhahahaha. For me, this is natural. Come to think of it, Theseus must be…”

As if it was my turn now, Theseus smiled and accepted Jason’s words.

“Hmm… In my case, it was a series of battles with Fifty Warriors…”

Theseus shook his head as if thinking about it again gave him a headache.

“Ugh, I was wondering how much it would be possible to do 50, but I can’t believe there are centaurs, spirits, and even magicians. It was terrible”

“Me, I was there too, but it was a winning streak, right?”

“That’s right, because the last opponent was that damn Hercules”

Ah…..

At the bitter laughter of Theseus, all those gathered at the table sighed in unison.

The power and unbelievable speed that make people curse at how the hell was this supernatural power.

On top of that, the only thing that could be said was that his head, which spins tight when he fights, is a scam.

“And that Hercules’ ceremony of joining…”

“Today’s freshman test, it was a one-on-one sparring with Master Chiron”

Chiron, the teacher of heroes.

That name is by no means light.

In terms of genealogy, it follows the same lineage of Cronus as the three major gods of Olympus, and was raised by Rhea, the goddess of motherhood and fertility, and was an immortal being who studied with Apollo and Artemis.

Since ancient times, countless heroes have been taught by him, and even Ares, the god of war, acknowledges his inaction.

Even the god Zeus honored him as a wise man and asked for his advice. No one can dispute his prestige and power.

But a one-on-one sparring with Chiron?

“Um…. I don’t have any knowledge in radish…”

“I would faint too if I had to deal with Master Chiron…”

Orpheus and Actaeon shook their heads in horror.

“Hmm…if you give me 5 million elite soldiers, I can last for 5 minutes”

“Assuming that Master only carries a wooden stick, and I have prepared all the preparations. About ten minutes possible”

Jason and Theseus made cool calculations and presented the results.

In the end, the words of those gathered here were the same.

“In the end, let alone victory, it means that it is difficult to endure…”

“Hey, Akti. Do the descendants of Kronos look like rice? The horse is the master. If you go out with a spear right away, the monsters called monsters will dry up.”

“In the first place, the bowl itself is different”

Those who are not warriors will not know, Jason and Theseus protested with one voice.

In the first place, isn’t the opponent the oldest and most powerful immortal among the demigods?

I was convinced that only the real Hercules could stand up to such a mortal.

At least until today.

“Yeah, then we should add Dianes now too?”

“……”

At Actaeon’s words, Jason and Theseus silently turned their heads and clashed their glasses.

“…We are also heroes who will be in the limelight wherever we go.”

“Not a single monster would be too much to die, but another monster like that… It would be easier to just quietly go home and take over the throne…”

Seeing the two heroes instantly depressed, the hunter and musician silently filled their glasses with wine.

Even so, the despair of the two little heroes has already been driven by Hercules reigning over his head.

It was chronic. However, when someone similar to him came in as a new recruit, the situation seemed to get worse.

“Kuhm! Um, but where did Hercules go?”

“Yeah, that’s right! If it was a place like this, I would have come first and drank a bottle of wine.”

“I thought you were following Asclepius taking him to look after the freshmen.”

“I couldn’t stand it because my blood was boiling when a similar tribe appeared.”

To both of them, Hercules was a very complicated being.

It is a symbol of despair that their era will eventually be under the name of Hercules no matter what.

The main character with tremendous strength and charisma that you can only admire as a man.

Also, a miserable existence that can only be lonely because it is a heterogeneous person who has no choice but to go to war alone.

“I can only be glad to have a guest on such a lonely peak for the first time”

“Maybe I can be a good friend to him too”

Theseus and Jason laugh bitterly with full emotion. Seeing this, Orpheus began tearing the lyre in admiration.

“Oh, I was born as a hero with glory and prestige. That’s why he is a lonely lofty hero.

A person like that has a friend to walk with. Ah! A bad image comes to mind!”

“…It’s a start again, Orpheus”

“Napdugena Akti. Isn’t it the chronic disease of artists?”

At the sound of Orpheus’ lyre, Actaeon and Jason laughed and shook their heads.

Orpheus, who falls into ecstasy alone at the thought of a bad image, is already a daily life in the forest.

“By the way, when will the hero of the day come? I just wanted to share a story with you.”

“Hmm?”

As Theseus said, everyone gathered at the party, but only the main character, Asclepius, and Hercules, who went to take care of him, did not appear.

What the hell are they talking about? It must be a story of great mythology worthy of the next generation of great heroes, right?

As all sorts of speculations came and went, expectations were gradually growing.