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[As a modern man, your courage has surpassed all imagination. You are not afraid of the glory of the gods, and you dare to seek out Hephaestus without permission.]
[And you, having lived here for sixteen years, truly had a way to find this god of forging! ]
[Keeping to your schedule and bypassing Okreya and Otenia who were cleaning the temple that day, you carefully walked to the palace in the deepest part of the temple. ]
[Because there was a volcano inside the temple, the temperature rose the further you ventured. ]
[Perhaps for Hephaestus and Okreya, creations of the gods, this temperature was insignificant. ]
[Even the great heroes of the Age of Gods could easily withstand the high temperature.]
[But a weak chicken like you is obviously a bit overwhelmed. ]
[With every step, sweat poured from your body, evaporating in the high temperature before it could even drip.]
[As the palace gate approached, you gritted your teeth and walked inside step by step, your face pale.]
[Closer, closer. ]
[You touched the cold steel of the door with your hands, and used all your strength to push a gap and get in. ]
[Then, a heat wave hit, almost knocking you to the ground. ]
[The inside of the palace used for forging is simply a big furnace! ]
[If you can still endure the temperature outside by gritting your teeth, then the temperature inside is like roasting you dry! ]
[You will die here in a minute at most! ]
[Do you want to go back? ]
[You looked back and saw that Okleya and Otenia were indeed looking at you with worried eyes outside the door. ]
["Come back, Zoe." ]
["If you go any further, you will die." ]
["Come back now, the master won't blame you." ]
[Eukleya didn't say this, but you felt her thoughts. ]
[Will I die? ]
[I thought I wouldn't be scared at all. After all, it's just a simulation, and death is not real death. ]
[Until the moment you really stand on the edge of the cliff, you realize that you have not overcome the fear of death. ]
[Your legs are shaking and your heart is beating fast. ]
[I don't know if it's because of fear or because your body has reached its limit. ]
[But it doesn't matter. ]
[You take a deep breath, and your lungs are burning. ]
[This pain makes you realize that if you want to see Hephaestus, you must pass the test in front of you. ]
[This is the first trial she has given you. ]
[If you can't even take the first step, how can you become a world-famous hero? ]
[Go forward. ]
[Keep going forward. ]
[Your brain is getting more and more dizzy, and every step takes all the strength in your body. ]
[I don't know how long I have been walking, and I have long lost the sense of temperature. ]
[Finally, with perseverance and faith, with a weak mortal body, he walked in front of Hephaestus. ]
..................
Hephaestus is the child of Hera, the Queen of Heaven, and Zeus, the King of Gods.
Because the right half of his face covered with flame patterns was too ugly, Hera was displeased.
So Hephaestus was born unfortunate.
The indifferent Hera couldn't stand the ugliness of her child's appearance, so she threw her down from Mount Olympus.
Hephaestus tumbled in the air for a whole day, and finally fell heavily on the island of Lemnos, breaking both legs.
She became a disabled god.
Unable to stand up again, he could only sit on the chair all day, relying on his forging skills to gain a place among the gods.
But his disabled legs and ugly appearance will always be the pain in Hephaestus' heart.
It is also the source of her inferiority complex.
Therefore, Hephaestus is crazy about perfect things.
He used a trick to shrink the queen Hera on the throne and asked to marry the beautiful goddess of love Aphrodite.
Unfortunately, the goddess of love Aphrodite looked down on Hephaestus. The god she liked was the god of war Ares.
The combination of two gods who did not love each other would naturally not have a good ending.
As it should be, Aphrodite gave Hephaestus a green hat.
Hephaestus himself did not mind much, she was a goddess, not a male god.
Just wear it.
Originally, it was only out of the desire for beautiful things that he asked the queen Hera to marry the goddess of love to himself.
But........
"Why is it still so unwilling?"
"Why can't the anger in the chest be calmed?"
Hephaestus didn't understand until sixteen years ago, when Eucleia brought a baby, she had a vague understanding.
"I am an incomplete god. So my creations are also incomplete."
Just like Eucleia and others who can never transform from puppets to humans, incomplete gods are destined to be unable to create perfect works.
With his eyes shifted, Hephaestus quietly watched the boy who fell unconscious on his legs as soon as he came in.
Subconsciously, he gently rubbed the boy's weak hair with his slender fingers.
I felt a little relieved for the first time in a long time.
Sure enough, I still like beautiful things.
Hephaestus's left eye, which was not covered by the mask, became a little gentler.
It's a pity that this gentleness turned into indifference the moment he noticed that the boy woke up.
"Huh-"
"My head is dizzy, where am I?"
Alex woke up slowly, his head hurt a little, but he could think normally.
"Since I'm not dead, it means I've come to His Majesty Hephaestus, right?"
Hmm?
Why is it a little soft?
While talking to himself, his clever IQ quietly returned.
Alex's body stiffened, and he successfully realized what the soft flesh he pinched was.
He raised his head guiltily like a thief caught on the spot, and faced Hephaestus's expressionless half face.
Oh no!
I really touched Hephaestus's leg!
Who doesn't know that Hephaestus' biggest taboo is her legs and the right face under the mask?
Dare to humiliate her like this, even if he is thrown into the volcano on the spot, it is normal.
Alex withdrew his hand inside and tried to make a final struggle.
The boy quickly stood up and showed a flattering smile.
"Your Majesty Hephaestus, if I say I didn't mean it, do you believe it?"