"Actually, I just had a dream."
Sophia turned her head and looked at the ceiling above her head.
"I dreamed of everything that happened to me since I was born. Didn't someone once say that if a person is about to die, he or she will see everything that happened to him or her before? Actually, I thought I was about to die, but... I suddenly realized that if I really died like this, Sissi, what would you do? Who would stand by your side and protect your fragile heart like you protected me?"
"……so what?"
“I realized I couldn’t die.”
Sophia couldn't help laughing.
"As a result, a god whose name I didn't know suddenly appeared in my consciousness. She said she would give me her power and asked me to do something... Ah, I forgot what the god said, but she gave me power anyway. Horns grew on my head, just like your horns, Sissi. I also had horns. At that time, I was thinking, in this case, aren't you and I the same person?"
“But this is not a good thing.”
"What's wrong with it? It's just that you have a pair of horns more than ordinary people. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Some people have nothing on their heads, but they are evil and make many people fall into pain. People like you, Xixi, may have horns on your head, even wings, and can even suck blood, but you have allowed many people to live a happy life. Aren't you much better than those people before? They can't be compared with you..."
Having said that, Sophia reached out and touched the top of her head.
"..."
"Did you touch it?"
"Really!?"
"Right……"
Sophia sat up suddenly, and then tightly grasped the pair of horns on her head with both hands. The cold feeling made Sophia sober up all of a sudden. She inevitably showed a panic expression on her face, and then quickly turned her head to look at Hilde. Obviously, when Sophia found that she really had horns in real life, she could not accept this situation.
"Ah, it seems my dream is true!"
"You...what else?"
"…Forget it, it doesn't matter even if this thing grows. This is what I thought in my dream, and I will think so in real life. But who is the goddess who gave me the power? If I can meet her, I must thank her, because I think I should have died at that time, and it was the goddess who saved me. Moreover, since the goddess has appeared, does it mean that I have become an oracle now?"
I was just too shocked.
Hilde didn't even notice the existence of the goddess Sophia was talking about.
But now when Sophia mentioned these two words again, Hilde had to pay attention. A goddess appeared in Hilde's dream, and the goddess said that she gave her power to Sophia. According to Sophia's reaction in the dream at that time, it is very likely that Sophia herself has a problem, or is really dying. But the goddess suddenly appeared and saved Sophia...
"Goddess? Don't you know who she is?"
"I don't know... I asked her who she was, and she told me that they had been forgotten and then disappeared." Sophia looked at her arm, and suddenly she found that the rune that originally appeared on her arm had disappeared. "Hey? Where is the rune on my arm? Why did it suddenly disappear?"
"I don't know... The rune on your arm disappeared after glowing for a while. I don't know what happened, but this is good. Does it mean that the blood-sucking curse has disappeared from your body?"
Hilde looked at Sophia with some concern.
so……
Is this guy really careless, or does he simply not care about this kind of thing?
The goddess that appeared in the dream and the sudden changes in her body did not seem to have much impact on Sophia. At least after Sophia woke up, she was very calm, which made Hilde a little difficult to accept. He was almost going crazy with worry, but after Sophia woke up, she seemed to be fine.
But being able to wake up is already the best thing. Hilde felt that he couldn't ask for too much, and what Sophia said just now, that goddess said she was forgotten... and the forgotten gods, could it be the Titans? In other words, the one who gave Sophia power and saved her was a Titan goddess?
But this does not conform to the epic records.
You have to know that almost all the gods of the Titans are imprisoned in Tartarus in hell. These Titans and the giants imprisoned in it will never escape from Tartarus. So if the history of this world is really as recorded in the epic, then these Titans will not be able to come out of Tartarus and provide their divine power to Sophia.
But it's just epic after all.
The content recorded in the epic is not necessarily completely correct. There must be many problems in it. No one can say what the specific problems are. So it is possible that the Titans are not in Tartarus, but really exist in a place they don’t know, and they are indeed involved in this fluctuation.
But if it really is the Titans, then the problem is really serious. It's not that the Titans are a very scary race of gods, because they are the same as the Olympians, there is no difference between them. The real problem is that the Titans are a race of gods that have been defeated by the Olympians. They are in a loser position in this world and are very taboo.
If the Titan Oracle really appeared in this world.
That would be so interesting.
The whole world would probably be in chaos.
Chapter 3, Section 10: Unknown God Rune
But we can't be so pessimistic. Although there is such a contradiction between the Titans and the Olympians, they are from the same source after all. Strictly speaking, they are all one family. So even if the Titans, who had disappeared, reappeared during this chaos, the Olympians should turn a blind eye. What's more, no one knows who Sophia's god is.
Because even Sophia herself doesn't know.
Now Hilde could only try it out. If he could find out what characteristics Sophia's ability had, he should be able to find Sophia's patron saint through this method. So Hilde said to Sophia, "Since the goddess you saw in your dream said that she gave you divine power, you should be able to feel this power now."
“…Should I give it a try?”
At this time, Hilde couldn't help but think of the incident with the King of Thrac.
In order to allow Sophia to successfully draw out her power, Hilde stretched out his hand, letting the purple electric sparks continue to flash in his hand. This purple electric spark is one of Hilde's abilities, and it is also something that requires divine power to appear, so Hilde said to Sophia: "Try it now, feel the divine power contained in this lightning, and quietly examine your heart to see if anything can emerge from it?"
"……OK, all right."
Hearing Hilde say this.
Sophia also closed her eyes gently.
She could feel the sparks in Hilde's hands and the power behind the sparks that no mortal being could possess. She had never been able to feel these before, but now, just like her own vision, smell, and hearing, the perception of this divine power had become a sense for Sophia. She quietly felt the sparks in Hilde's hands, and in her heart there was indeed a strange, yet very familiar power that was guiding Sophia.
What kind of power is that?
Indescribable.
No one can say well...what kind of power is this?
But this power is so kind and familiar that it cannot be ignored...When Sophia closed her eyes, an entire starry sky appeared in her mind. It was an endless night and stars. It was as if she was in the universe and could see the whole picture of the universe. This sudden grand cognition poured into Sophia's brain like a flood.
"Did you feel something?"
“…I saw the starry sky.”
"Starry sky? Do you mean the starry sky at night?"
"Yes... I saw a lot of stars. There were stars all around me." Sophia closed her eyes tightly. At this moment, she seemed to have discovered something. "I seemed to see something very strange... I can't tell what it is."
Suddenly, Sophia felt as if she was pushed out by a powerful force. She opened her eyes, and then her legs softened and she fell directly onto the bed. At this time, Hilde came over anxiously, grabbed Sophia's hand, and asked with concern: "What's wrong? What happened?"
"...I, I feel like I saw something, but when I want to take a closer look, I am pushed out of the galaxy." Sophia was stunned for a moment, then raised her head and looked at Hilde with surprise, "Sissi, do you know? The scene I just saw! It's so beautiful! I never thought I would see such a beautiful scene! Ah...Sissi, you really should see that scene with your own eyes!"
"..."
Hilde sighed.
It turns out that Sophia is really simple.
"I see...but what did you see besides the stars? Did you feel anything?"
"I do not know……"
At this time, Sophia felt something strange on her back. She couldn't help but reach out her hand and wanted to scratch it, but Hilde immediately turned Sophia around and took off her robe. Now Hilde paid special attention to any irregularities on Sophia's body, so when she saw Sophia trying to scratch her back, she was worried about whether something would happen.
Finally, when the clothes were taken off, I saw.
Hilde was stunned.
"…What is this?"
"what happened?"
"The runes on your arms disappeared... but many more runes appeared on your back. You shouldn't be able to see them, but they appeared directly on your back... This should be a constellation map? Then, there is a very thin straight line in the middle, and below the line is a round spherical object, and on the left of the line is a ruler, and on the right is a balance. A whole star map, plus a vertical line, a ruler and a balance? What on earth is this?"
"Xixi, you, don't scare me."
"Why would I scare you about this? I told you what I saw... I don't know if other oracles have divine things on them, such as runes like this... But I know that Xerxes doesn't have these things."
“…Isn’t it ugly?”
Sophia asked, somewhat worriedly.
And Hilde looked carefully at the rune that was emitting a faint glow.
"...No, it's not ugly, it's very beautiful, like a work of art, my God...So what kind of god is this, representing the Milky Way, a ruler, a scale... and this one in the middle, which always feels like a plumb line? If it's the goddess of fate, there should only be a scale, so what do the ruler, the plumb line, and this Milky Way map represent?"
"…I'm a little scared by what you said."
"it's okay no problem."
Finally, Hilde gave up and put Sophia's clothes on.
No one knows what happened in this situation, but if such a complex pattern really represents a god, what she is responsible for and her divinity, Hilde can't guess who this goddess is. The gods of ancient Greece are generally simple, and the content they are responsible for can be expressed with just one symbol. Some more important statements will have multiple directions of responsibility, such as Athena, who is not only the goddess of war, but also the goddess of craftsmanship and wisdom.
However, the most common image of Athena is always that of a female warrior wearing armor, holding a round shield and a spear. This also shows that Athena’s most important divinity is probably that of the goddess of war.
The first section of the fourth tune: A fist hits the face
Therefore, gods all have a fixed divine nature. If the oracle really needs to rely on such runes to determine his own divine nature... then, what do these images on Sophia's back mean? It is very intriguing.
"Sissi..."
Sophia looked at Hilde with some concern.
"I'm okay like this, am I?"
"Don't worry, nothing will happen... I can assure you of this, but... there may be some trouble in the future. Is there any way to take back your horn?"
"How to collect it?"
"That's right, if you want to take it back, just take it back."
Long horns suddenly sprouted from Hilde's head, then shrank back and disappeared completely.
"It's like this."
“…I, I can’t do it!”
"Oh, there's no need to rush about this kind of thing. Maybe it's just that you've just become like this, so, right... you're not quite used to it." Hilde stretched out her hand and gently stroked the horns on Sophia's head. The hard touch and the cool feeling really made people feel unable to stop. Hilde didn't know what to say. Now, it felt like any words of comfort would be of no use, so Hilde could only think about it.
"If your horns are going to be like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to go out casually in the future... After all, if others see a pair of strange horns growing on your head, they will definitely be suspicious. So... I think, before you learn how to control this thing, you can cover it with a cloak. You stay in the house for the next two days. Remember, you are not allowed to see anyone except Dioni."
"Um... Ok, ok."
on this matter.
Sophia had no reason to disobey.
She was a little scared now. What would she do if her posture scared others?
"Sissi... you, tell me, if Dione saw me like this, and if she thought that if her blood was sucked any more, she would become like this, would she hate having her blood sucked because of this?"
"This... is hard to say. It's very possible that Dioni doesn't seem to have much objection to my horns, but I can't guarantee that if I have such horns, I will have objections. This matter needs to be dealt with slowly... First of all, what I need to figure out is why this horn grew. If you say that the goddess gave you the power, then this goddess is also mentally ill. Why did she give you the power but let you grow horns?"
"I-I don't know."
Sophia shook her head innocently.
"But she's a good god, isn't she?"
"Alas, what can I do? After all, she saved your life. Just based on this, I will consider her a good god."
Hilde also had a headache.
However, this god said that he gave Sophia some kind of divine power, but it felt like there was no divine power at all. So far, this divine power has not actually manifested itself. In addition to allowing Sophia to see the endless galaxy, there are constellation diagrams and a bunch of strange runes on Hilde's back. Hilde couldn't crack the secrets of these things for the time being, so Hilde felt that she still needed to consult Herodotus.
maybe……
Herodotus knew the truth.
So Hilde comforted him:
"Don't worry about it for now. I will go to Herodotus tomorrow and tell him about the patterns on your back to see if he can give me an answer. If Herodotus knows, he should be able to know who the goddess who saved you is... But what can we do if we know? She herself said that she was forgotten... Really, do all these gods have this bad habit, always pushing things aside and ignoring them."
The same was true of Athena back then.
Found Hilde after her death.
Then, he suddenly gave his body to Hilde.
A lot of things that should have been said were not said, and they suddenly disappeared.
Unexpectedly, this situation happened to Sophia again. It was a goddess who came, and this goddess was even more excessive than Hilde. Not only did she not say anything, she didn't even tell Sophia what kind of god she was. Therefore, Sophia naturally didn't know what kind of power she, as an oracle, had inherited.
Hilde felt that just waiting like this was not a good idea.
So, Hilde said to Sophia:
"Sophia, look at my face."
"OK, all right."
