Greek Mythology: I open a treasure chest at Olympus - Chapter 134

Chapter 134: Pandora’s Curse

In the great temple of the Athenian palace, Creusa, who had put back on her gorgeous princess dress with an elegant smile, gazed at the hale old man who was half man and half horse in front of her.

“Sage Chiron, it is wonderful to have you teach my children. I have heard your stories from the poets since I was a child.” She said reverently, holding Foppers, who had grown to the size of a ten-year-old child, in one hand.

Looking at the handsome blond child below, Chiron hastened to say, “It is an honor to be the teacher of the son of light, praise the light, willing to deliver his son to me.”

Half man, half horse, his hooves bent, kindly squatted down to look at the handsome face of Foppers, and said softly.

“I have had many students and disciples, most of them have achieved extraordinary achievements, but I believe you will be the greatest one among all my students.”

As he spoke, King Erechtheus, who had been sitting in silence above the palace, spoke out.

“Sage Chiron, children should be raised from a young age. This child of my daughter grows too fast. You should take him and teach him earlier. It is better to depart today.”

Her father’s words made Chiron’s face change, and she wondered, “Father, it’s true that Foppers is growing fast, but there’s no need to be in such a hurry.”

Her heart was full of doubts.

Since her return, her father, Erechtheus, had restored her title as the princess and treated her child with the same respect as the heir to the throne.

But always in words, urging her to leave Athens quickly and enter the church of light as ‘holy mother’.

And now she was urging her child to hurry up and leave with Chiron.

Sensing the king’s discomfort, Chiron smiled and looked up, “I am living not far from Athens, and so if Your Highness misses her child, she can come and visit often.”

With that, he took Foppers to walk outside.

Creusa reluctantly stroked the head of Foppers, pinched his cheeks, and said softly: “My child, you were born less than ten days ago. You have to leave my side, follow the sage of Chiron, you have to be good, and take care of yourself.”

Foppers nodded obediently, but his golden eyes swept over the King of Athens, Erechtheus, with a deep look.

Only after her son and Chiron left, Creusa came to her father with an anxious face: “My revered father, something must have happened. Please do not deceive your daughter.”

Looking into his daughter’s beautiful eyes, the king sighed.

“My daughter, it is not that my father is cruel and wants to separate you and your children, but we are about to have a great disaster in Athens, and you can only be spared if you leave early.”

“A great catastrophe?” Creusa opened her mouth in surprise as if she had thought of something.

Erechtheus nodded profoundly: “That’s the thing!”

……

Foppers followed Chiron outside, his small face pensive.

Chiron’s pale face was also thoughtful.

At this time came a beautiful young girl with long pale gold hair. She was mother’s sister’s daughter, Finetin.

She changed out of the dry practice clothes and put on a white one-piece dress, slim and wonderful girl. The whole person was less sharp, more elegant, and quiet.

Long light gold hair, tied into a braid, finely coiled on top of the head; so that the girl’s height looks close to the adult, set off by the delicate porcelain beautiful face crystal clear.

Seeing her from afar, the maids and guards in the palace stretched their eyes.

“Your Highness Finetin has grown more and more beautiful, so much like Her Highness Ketonia.” A few of the older maids whispered.

The mention of the name Ketonia filled all of their faces with regret.

“It was the damned Thrace who invaded our country, and in order to defeat them, the king had to sacrifice his highness Ketonia to the gods in order to save Athens,” said the maids and guards through gritted teeth.

Listening to their words, Foppers’ eyebrows twitched, and he suddenly looked at Chiron: “The sacrifice here should be straight forward. Which gods have such unique tastes that they do not want the chastity of a maiden but prefer to use her as a sacrifice?”

The half-human, half-horse sage shook his head: “I have lived for so long, I know almost all the gods, most of them are very savage and rude, take over the maiden that is very common, but to say that like to use the maiden as a sacrifice, but I have not heard of.”

Foppers couldn’t help but think of another reason why Creusa was chosen as the mother of the ‘holy son’ in the first place.

In addition to the fact that she was a virgin who devoutly believed in the light, but also because of his other body, he felt a strange aura in her, which seemed to be extremely close to fate.

Otherwise, there were actually quite a few virgins who devoutly believed in the light.

Suddenly, his golden eyes were directed at the young girl with long pale gold hair in front of him.

In a trance, he once again saw a wisp of fate’s breath.

……

“Her name is Pandora!”

“Although I falsely claimed to the public that I sacrificed your sister to the gods, I actually sacrificed that box in her hand in exchange for the victory of Athens.”

Erechtheus’ pale face was filled with pain.

Creusa, on the other hand, was stunned and stared at his father in a daze.

“Pandora, the most perfect woman who was created by our ancestor Hephaestus, the God of fire, blessed by the gods and brought eternal disaster to mankind? The box in her hand isn’t that…” The young girl’s face was filled with fear.

“Yes, it is the box that symbolizes disaster and nightmare!” Erechtheus lowered his face, his palms clenched tightly.

“My daughter, do you know why I had to lock you up in the depths of the palace before? Not only because you were unmarried and pregnant, but also to protect you!”

“When I first sacrificed your sister to that box, that woman once told me that the price for saving Athens was not just her life but our entire family!”

“It’s a curse!”

“I and you…  All will die!”

Erechtheus’ eyes snapped open, and his face was pierced with strange terror.

Creusa bit his lip and muttered in her heart: I don’t believe there is such a curse. After all these years, we are all alive and well, and I have even more Foppers.

Erechtheus collapsed on the throne as if he had been drained of his strength: “I used to be lucky, but when I went to Athens this time, I heard a message.”

“I killed his son, who I thought was dead, but he crawled back from Hell,” He said. “His father, Emalad, the King of Thracians, was not dead.”

“He threatened to take revenge on me; he was fathered by Poseidon, the Sea Emperor, and he was preparing a ritual to implore Poseidon to come to Athens.”

“Just a few days ago, I had a nightmare.”

“I dreamed that I was pierced through the chest by Poseidon’s trident!”

“And all of my children, except you, we’re also all drowned by the monstrous sea!”

“That dream was so real; it was like a clearly visible future.”

“So, my child, please hurry to the church of light. That is the place where the God of light takes refuge, and the Sea Emperor cannot harm you.”

“The pale king looked at his daughter with sorrow and kindness.”

Creusa bit her lips to death and trembled.

“Since that’s the case, then father, go to the church of light with me to avoid it for a while.”

Erechtheus shook his head firmly. His body burned with a brilliant gold cumulative energy faintly almost collapsed with the sky of starlight.

“I am the King of Athens, Poseidon, if killed, is bound to come with a boundless flood to bring disaster to Athens, and how can I put down my people, alone to escape?”

“What’s more, this is the punishment given to me by fate. This curse can’t be avoided. Even if we avoid Poseidon this time, he will descend on our heads in other ways in the future.”

“Instead of worrying in fear about the fate of the calamity to come, cannot end the day. Your father would have preferred to fight the Sea Emperor  head-on to see if his trident was as strong as the legend says.”

“When I die, please carve the name ‘Poseidon Erechtheus’ on my tombstone to represent that I was the one who fought against the Sea Emperor!”

The old king, standing tall from the throne, had wrinkled cheeks full of pride and perseverance.

Finally gazing at his daughter, he said softly: “Originally, I wanted to take your uncleanness as the reason, after the birth of your child, removes you from the royal family, to see if you can escape this curse.”

“But now, since you are really favored by the God of light, with his shelter, you should not be enveloped by this curse.”

“Don’t blame your brother too much. If my guess is right, he also knows from somewhere that this curse exists, so he has been worried that this curse will come in an unknown form.”

“From the time he knew about your mysterious pregnancy, he stubbornly believed that this was the way the curse would descend, that your child was a monster representing a calamity that was destined to destroy the entire royal family and even Athens.”

“What a cowardly fellow, not daring to face the challenge of fate head-on.”

“As his father, I will let the world know that the royal family of Athens is the great bloodline that inherits the valor of the Goddess of wisdom and that we are fearless of any enemy!”