"Koeus?"

"What is he here for?"

His expression changed slightly, and then he shook his head gently.

Demeter hesitated for a moment and did not choose to come at this time.

On the one hand, as Volos said, she only has one golden arrow.

On the other hand, even if she had two, she would never choose the one of the God of Lightless Celestial Bodies.

This has nothing to do with strength, it is purely a mental post-traumatic stress disorder.

To be more precise, it is the goddess of agriculture's natural aversion to the male god.

You know, among her three younger brothers, two raped her, and the last one took away the daughter of her and one of her brothers.

This kind of bizarre experience is not common even in the chaos of Chaos gods, and it is even an extremely rare phenomenon.

Under such influence, it is not surprising that the goddess of agriculture would have such an attitude.

Sometimes, when Demeter looked up at the sky, she would even have strange ideas.

But the idea was so absurd that she never told anyone about it.

"Your Highness Volos, I have a question for you."

While waiting, the Goddess of Agriculture couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"what is the problem?"

"Your origin is very special, you are very knowledgeable, and you know a lot about the original gods. You also have a companion treasure like the golden arrow, which can break some of Chaos's restrictions..."

"Then let me ask you, why is it that since the beginning of creation, there has only been [paternal authority] held by the Heavenly Father in this world?"

"what?"

With his mouth open, Volos didn't react to the other party's meaning for a moment.

"What's wrong with [patriarchy]? Is there anything wrong with this?"

"I mean, everything is interdependent. If there is [light], there is [darkness]; if there is [life], there is [death]; if there is [order], there is [chaos]; if there is [spirituality], there is [matter]."

Demeter spoke slowly and narrated everything one by one, with logical reasons and evidence.

"Then the question is, Your Highness Volos, if there is [Patriarchy], why is there no [Matriarchy]? This doesn't make sense."

"According to the records of ancient mythology, perhaps the behavior of Poseidon and Zeus is also a manifestation of the influence of [patriarchy] on the gods."

"Then why can't there be [matriarchy] in the world to fight against this unreasonable violence?"

"..."

There was silence on the spot. Although Volos didn't quite understand the question from the Goddess of Agriculture, he was greatly shocked.

After hesitating for a long time, he thought for a moment and tried his best to give an answer.

“Maybe it’s because of different emphases.”

"The counterpart of [Patriarchy] is not [Matriarchy], but the divine right of [reproduction] held by the successive God Queens, starting from the Earth Mother."

“But that’s not right, is it?”

Raising the question again, the goddess of agriculture's thinking became quicker.

"You see, Zeus once mentioned that if it weren't for the end of the First Age, perhaps the ancient gods would have been able to achieve great power just by relying on [Patriarchy]."

"Even if he hasn't woken up, this power that has never been gathered is accumulating imperceptibly."

"In contrast, the Earth Mother Goddesses of all generations have never taken the power of childbirth seriously."

"It is indeed very powerful, but only for a true god."

"Compared to the God King and the Primordial God, its power is simply insignificant."

"Ah... well, maybe it's because reproduction requires the power of life?"

Asking tentatively, Volos felt as if he had touched an unfamiliar realm.

"You know, [fertility] and [life] are so closely related, that's why Mother Earth Gaia was born holding the [Vase of Life] in her arms."

"That's even more impossible."

Shaking her head, Demeter retorted.

"If we follow this logic, does [patriarchy] include [death]?"

"But unfortunately, in that era, there was no such thing as acquired life."

"In his entire life, the God of Heaven probably only destroyed some plants."

"..."

After being refuted continuously, Volos was speechless.

However, the lustful Gemini has never been a person who follows the rules, and he doesn't think there is anything worth thinking about this issue.

"My respected goddess of agriculture, have you ever thought that perhaps there aren't so many reasons for things in this world?"

"Just as Chaos's [Darkness] is naturally stronger than [Light], is it also natural that the power of [Patriarchy] is stronger than [Reproduction]?"

"You see, both gave birth to offspring. Mother Earth Gaia first gave birth to the three ancient gods alone, and then gave birth to a group of Titans with the gods."

"Without her, there would be no subsequent gods, but the throne of the God-King, which was granted by heaven, did not fall on him, but was given to Uranus."

"So this is the conclusion," Volos said, not wanting to discuss this issue any further. "In Chaos, even if the world favors darkness and the patriarchy that dominates masculine reproduction, this is a matter of course."

"Just like mortals would not question why there is earth under their feet or sky above their heads."

"This is how the world is ruled. This is an iron rule that has existed since the beginning."

With a sigh of relief, Volos felt that the topic should be over here.

There are not so many problems in this world; they are as natural as one plus one equals two.

He looked back at the blue star in the distance, and Voros did not notice the gleam in Demeter's eyes, who seemed to be convinced by him.

She felt as if she had suddenly understood something, but also as if she had understood nothing.

"...It is true that the [darkness] in this world is naturally stronger than the [light]."

"But it has always been like this, is that right?"

"According to ancient rumors, Chaos's Life force is naturally stronger than Death, but hasn't the Well of Samsara been created yet?"

"Besides, Zeus once said unintentionally that in the past, the power of the world's [Order] was almost overwhelmingly stronger than [Chaos]."

“Almost everything in the material world has the participation of the forces of [order] to a greater or lesser extent, while manifestations of chaos are rare.”

"But as time goes by, the power of the world is getting stronger and stronger, and the distance between [Order] and [Chaos] is no longer that far apart... Maybe that's the influence of the source of the evil?"

“This shows that just because something is natural doesn’t mean it will always be that way.”

"And anyone who is willing to promote change is an ancient and powerful being."

"If one day..."

Her eyes flickered, and Demeter didn't know what she was thinking.

Although she didn't know, the reason why Chaos's [Chaos] power increased significantly was actually more related to the destruction of the foreign land and the absorption of its origin. After all, destruction would cause great chaos, and the existence of the mother tree was just icing on the cake.

But from another perspective, her idea is not entirely wrong.

If the goddess of agriculture could really expand [fertility] or some other concept like Ryan expanded [death], then as the god of growth of all things that are already related to it, she would definitely benefit greatly.

But this kind of thing is not what a true God should do...

"Look, he's gone!"

A low cry woke her up, and Demeter looked into the distance.

Sure enough, the star field near the blue star trembled, and along with the rumbling echo of the sound of the celestial body, a heavy and huge breath moved away from this place.

She tried her best to conceal her presence, even though Volos told her not to worry, as he was sure he could cover up their traces.

After a long time, the goddess of agriculture's eyes flickered when she was sure that Koeus had gone far away.

"You said...what did they talk about?"

"How would I know that? Why don't you just go and ask later?"

Curling his lips, Volos finally confirmed:

"So she is my target?"

"Ah."

Demeter affirmed, nodding.

"Confirmed?"

"Confirmed."

"No regrets?"

"No regrets."

"Should we reconsider——"

"Are you so talkative?"

She asked coldly. The Goddess of Agriculture felt that this guy was just looking for trouble.

"...Okay, now that you've decided."

Shaking his head helplessly, Volos did not express his feelings.

He always felt that after he shot this arrow, something bad might happen in the future - this was his unique intuition.

But then again, he didn't feel it too deeply, so the effect was either a false feeling or it had little to do with him.

In this case, he doesn't have to worry about others.

By then, maybe he could find some preserved fruits and have some fun watching it with Eros.

So standing in the starry sky, Volos drew his bow and drew his arrow.

Just as he had aimed at Poseidon, he did not see the enemy in person, but he did not need to see him.

[Revenge] will give him guidance, emotion can help him find traces, and finally the little bit of 'certainty of hitting' inherited from [Gungnir] will keep his golden arrow moving forward.

Once the arrow is shot, it becomes a carrier of a certain conceptual power, and even carries some special abilities.

There is almost nothing in the world that can stop it, not even Poseidon in the past, and not even Theia now.

Boom——!

The bowstring vibrated and the golden arrow broke through the air.

Without looking at the final result, Volos took a step back with a blank expression on his face, and it took a while for him to return to normal.

"Get ready to receive your spoils...but I hope you still remember."

“Everyone has love, but everyone expresses love differently.”

"I hope you can understand it and accept it, after all, you can't change it."

"And in this world, there is very little 'love' that can be interpreted as 'obedience'."

"Of course, I remember."

"If not for this, I wouldn't have insisted on choosing the goddess."

A long-lost joy surged in her heart, and without caring about Voros's departure, Demeter took a step forward.

Finally...from this moment on, she is no longer the agricultural goddess who can be stepped on by anyone.

From now on, she will embark on a new path.

And those who have hurt her in the past will have to pay the price one by one.

……

An unknown planet, inside a simple stone temple.

The door closed and he returned to the bedroom.

Theia looked calm, and it was hard to tell what she was feeling at the moment.

Just now, she sent away the God of the Lightless Celestial Body who came to visit her, and reached an agreement with him that had no guarantees and did not need any guarantees.

That is, if one day, if Coeus could shake Phoebe's divine power, she would be able to help personally.

As for the price, she could take whatever she could.

Shaking the authority of God sounds bizarre and does not seem like something a true God would do.

However, from Coeus's perspective, he had reason to believe that he and Theia could do it - after all, if even the original god was going to commit suicide, what else couldn't happen?

No matter from which angle you look at it, in the eyes of the laws of the world, the power of the original god is countless times more important than that of a Phoebe.

Therefore, if Erebus could perform a sudden death on the spot, then there must have been some kind of turbulence in the order of the world.

Therefore, for Koos, it doesn’t matter how the Dark Lord did it, because his series of arrangements were based on the premise that the other party could succeed.

If Erebus cannot succeed, then he can just pretend he never said it.

But he couldn't tell Theia about this, so Coeus didn't have much hope for it at first.

However, to his surprise, although the Goddess of Light seemed to have raised some doubts, she finally agreed.

"Anyway, this is something for the future, and none of us need to do anything in advance."

"If you can do it, then I don't mind helping you. After all, neither you nor Phoebe have ever been allies."

Koos knew what she meant, because in the Second Age, they had stood on the side of Kronos and waged war against the Ancient Sun God and Mother of Light.

At that time, it was he and Phoebe who were responsible for restraining Theia.

But compared to the hidden jealousy of the Goddess of Light, Koos only fulfilled his basic duty of restraint.

Therefore, the relationship between Thea and Phoebe is not good, and the Mother of Light does not mind giving her a finishing blow at a critical moment.

In comparison, the God of the Lightless Celestial Body was not so bad. The two of them could not be called friends, but they were no longer hostile.

After the matter was settled, Coeus did not stay long.

In his opinion, Theia is the last existence that needs to be dealt with in the starry sky.

As for the people in broad daylight, he could defeat them with just a flick of the hand, and it had no effect on his actions at all.

In the future, he only needs to wait silently...

"Koos... they are all here..."

Inside the temple, Theia sighed and straightened her clothes in front of the bronze mirror.

Just as Koeus had not told her his entire plan, she had not told her her true thoughts.

The Mother of Light felt conflicted as she turned her eyes and recalled the 'key' and coordinate track left by a visitor.

She is not a god who must possess great power and status, nor does she particularly care about getting anything.

Even her own children don't listen to her much, let alone other people.

Putting aside the unnecessary thoughts, Theia thought of Apollo.

That young man, Phoebe's grandson.

Like the sun, patriarchy, sky, ocean and water, Theia would have been promoted long ago if there had not been a second god of light to divide the power.

But as long as there is a second powerful God of Light, unless the complete God of Light becomes more powerful, no one can become a God dominated by Light...

The mind is moving, but it is not expressed.

Just at this moment, silently.

A golden arrow broke through the air from outside the palace and headed straight for the bedroom.