Greek Demon Myth

6 – Chiron’s Astonishment

‘You were looking at me, no, you were observing me?’

Since when?

Eyes resembling a black night where not even the moon is visible.

Those eyes were so deep that even an old centaur, who had raised countless heroes, could feel a chill in his spine.

As if he did something useless, the light of disapproval is clear, but how strong is this guy?

It was the eyes of a wild beast, full of interest.

‘…Things are things.’

In fact, it was a long time ago that Chiron found this child called Dianes.

I was planning to come in from the other side of the island and take a break in the forest for a while before entering Pasos in earnest, but I felt a foreign energy running through the forest as if it were my living room.

Perhaps the spirit was playing a prank, but it jumped out of the cave where it slept and found this bold black-haired human child.

His eyes widened as he almost missed Chiron if he didn’t do his best.

Seeing the child running freely through the forest, I realized that he was the reason he came all the way to this faraway Pasos.

Looking at the wooden sword on his back, he must be going to practice.

In order to see the child who would soon become his disciple, he borrowed the power of the spirits and killed his footsteps and chased after him.

However, an unexpected incident occurred. The crescent moon arrow made by smelting moonlight was aimed at the child.

Before he could block it, the arrow aimed at the child was aimed at the head without an inch of error, and Chiron was horrified that the child would die.

Something happened that even the twelve gods of Olympus, the three old women of fate, and even his father Cronus could not believe.

A human child.

It’s not a divine weapon forged by the kidney, nor a treasured sword passed down from ancient times.

I blocked the arrows of the goddess with a wooden sword that was roughly carved with my own hands.

Unbelievable things continued.

The child with the wooden sword and the bone in his arm pulled out nonetheless, pulled out an arrow containing divine power and absorbed the divine power of the goddess.

Then, it wasn’t enough to pick up an arrow and deflect the arrows that flew in succession, so he openly raised the heat in Artemis’ face, and even blocked her goddess’ attack and even drove an arrow into her goddess’ shoulder.

Chiron has taught countless heroes and mastered countless martial arts and magic that exist in this vast land of Greece.

However, even as Chiron, he had never seen a martial art as secretive and bizarre as the throwing technique that child had just shown.

A throwing technique in which arrows freely change direction in the air as if they had their own will.

Of course, to make this happen, Chiron, who borrowed the power of magic and spirits, could do nothing, but

The problem is that the child achieved this with only his own abilities, without any external force.

An attack so subtle and bizarre that even a god misses a moment.

As a result, Artemis’ innocent skin was left with scars from her own arrows, and at the hands of Artemis, who was enraged by this, the child was literally in danger of dying.

‘…Different!’

Generally, humans who face an angry god are divided into three categories.

Begging for mercy in fear, cursing God until the end, or facing God’s judgment resolutely.

However, the child was different.

Artemis was a very cruel goddess when it came to humans, especially human men.

For example, a forest keeper who happened to set foot in her hunting ground was transformed into a wild boar and died while being teased by her hunters.

Even in the face of Artemis’ wrath, the child remained calm.

No, can the passion in those eyes be described as calm?

The joy of meeting an opponent overwhelmingly stronger than oneself.

And the prudence to find a gap to defeat such an opponent.

Above all, the joy of not knowing what to do with this situation, the willingness to throw oneself into an extremely unlikely gamble with one’s life.

It was a child who seemed to have been blessed with a commitment to be born.

And the ensuing confrontation between the goddess and the little hero was a solemn and electrifying confrontation that would never be forgotten as long as Chiron’s life continued, although it would not remain in the myth.

“…”

“…”

The eyes of Chiron and her child crossed.

Deep in the child’s eyes, the predator’s desire to hunt that gigantic predator, to grow himself with its blood and flesh, flickered.

However, the dizzy eyes of the old centaur stopped it.

It was the moment when Chiron was about to be wary of the child who moved first.

“The excitement is broken. Let’s not see it next time. It’s annoying.”

“Heung! I will watch over you. You’re a wild child.”

Artemis gnashed her teeth at the child’s wild words and disappeared in the moonlight, leaving only the old centaur and the boy in the clearing in the forest.

“…You’re gone”

“You’re gone.”

The child raised her head again and her eyes were shining brightly with fighting spirit and irritation that were still unresolved.

“Huh… sh*t, Young Suji doesn’t fit.”

Her child clicked her tongue as she looked up at her broken arm from the aftereffects of her blocking the arrow of her goddess.

She was something I had thought of before, but she spoke in an arrogant manner, but for some reason she suited this child so well that Chiron didn’t even think to argue.

“hehehe, an angry goddess, and it’s not enough that she faced Artemis in front of her. Wouldn’t it be a miracle that she didn’t die after leaving her scars on her body?”

“You know what I’m saying doesn’t mean that. Why are you pretending not to know?”

Chiron understood at once what this child was talking about.

She drew out her goddess while suffering injuries like this, but it must mean that it was a waste of the opportunity for her to absorb more of her power or compete with her in her hand.

At that tone, Chiron smiled bitterly and shook her head.

“hahahaha, you’re a bold kid, but you can’t refute the fact that it was dangerous, right?”

At that, the child smiled and glared at the centaur.

“That’s ridiculous. What do you get without risk?”

Huh! Uranus Oh my God.

Chiron couldn’t quite understand whether she was talking about exclamation or lamentation.

Such a wild word.

She sees the enraged goddess as just a danger and wants to use the moment she might die as an opportunity for something?

‘Zeus, Zeus. My dear brother, it seems fate has sent us a great gift. Hi.’

Whether this is a gift or the beginning of another disaster remains to be seen.

“First of all, I’ll have to make a statement. My name is Chiron. I’m raising her disciples in the Forest of Heroes.”

“Dianes. I don’t have anything to put forward. I’m an orphan entrusted to the temple of Zeus on Pasos Island.”

“Are you an orphan?”

Chiron was again surprised by the words of her child, who without hesitation introduced herself as an orphan.

“Well, it’s not surprising that there is no mother and father in the world. I don’t want to falsely introduce myself as the son of a god whose face I don’t even know.”

“You have a big bowl.”

At the benevolent Chiron’s words, the child who revealed himself as Dianesra said while shaking his hand.

“Rather than necessarily, isn’t it not that everyone lives well and grows well even if they have a mother or father?

Shrugging his shoulders, the child looked up at the old centaur.

“So what is the teacher of the heroes who is busy with construction work? I heard that you were coming, so I was upset that we were cleaning our temple.”

“Oh, I didn’t contact you personally, but I guess someone else contacted you first.”

“Didn’t you contact me?”

“Right, anyway, let’s go quickly, but I’m in a position where I have to go back as soon as possible.”

In fact, his forest has been crowded with unusual people lately.

Prince of Iolkos, Thebes, and Athens, son of Apollo and son of Thetis.

Even the prince of Mycenae, who was entrusted by Zeus himself.

It’s just the unusual ones, one by one, already showing the spirit of a hero.

Chiron also guessed that something unusual would happen in the future.

But today he is faced with a child who is even more unusual than any hero he has ever seen.

“In her dream that came to her, someone told her, just like her, the child I will lead will suddenly face me. I think that child is you.”

Chiron slipped down on his knees and held out his hand, making eye contact with the child.

“How are you? Would you like to come with me?”

“What will happen when I go?”

“Probably sounds like a lot of fun to you.”

He was a child who was eager to fight with the goddess who was angry.

To such a child, the forest of Chiron, which is crowded with children who show off their heroic spirit, must be quite exciting for this child.

‘In addition… you never know. I might be a suitable companion for him.’

“It’s nice to hear that, Master.”

“hahahaha, that’s good.”

Chiron smiled bitterly as he recalled the little hero of supernatural power that had clearly emerged in his mind.