Chapter 213 Half-Siblings

After Hestia gave her blessing to Roy, she walked towards the sea with huge steps.

Seeing Hestia leave, Roy hesitated for a moment and said to Io on the altar.

"Princess Io, I'm leaving for a while."

After saying that, Roy turned around and chased Hestia to the sea.

The coast south of the Eleusis village is surrounded by the estuaries of two rivers.

Roy chased Hestia to the coast and saw Hestia stop on the beach, looking southeast.

Looking southeast from this coast, Roy could only see the outline of Salamis Island ten miles away, but Hestia's eyes might be able to see beyond Salamis Island and the distant Argos region.

For Hestia, the Argos region is not only her territory, with the Argos people she has protected for hundreds of years, but also her hometown where she has lived for hundreds of years.

But now, Hestia was driven out of her hometown by Zeus and became a wandering god with no place to live.

Seeing Hestia's desire to return to her hometown, Roy couldn't help but say.

"Goddess Hestia, if you are willing to marry me, let me share your--"

Before he finished speaking, Roy stopped.

Because Roy suddenly felt that in order to obtain eternal life and divine power, he actually proposed to marry Hestia, whom he met for the first time, which was a bit crazy.

Although Roy didn't finish his words, Hestia still looked down at Roy and looked at Roy with a blank look.

Roy said to Hestia with a bright smile.

"Goddess Hestia, I know that losing the patron saint and being driven out of your hometown has caused you a great blow. But I promise you here that I will soon take back the Argos region for you, so you should get back to normal as soon as possible!"

Hearing Roy's words, Hestia's blank eyes showed hope.

"You..." Under Roy's suspicious gaze, Hestia squatted down and stretched out her right hand to touch Roy's left cheek. After finding that her palm was too big to hold Roy's cheek with her palm, Hestia's body quickly shrank and finally turned into the figure of a human girl. After the transformation was completed, Hestia stretched out her right hand to hold Roy's left cheek, and then said with a smile. "You are very strong! You have the ability to fulfill your words just now, so don't betray your promise." Roy's words just now were just to please Hestia, but he didn't expect Hestia to really rely on him. "Goddess Hestia, what reward can I get if I take back the Argos region for you?"

"You have already received my blessing and divine power, but you are still not satisfied? Then you can use me to deify yourself and build the foundation for you to become a heroic god. Because I am a virgin goddess, you cannot claim to be my son, but you can claim that you are my brother. I will also publicly admit that I am your sister."

"Brother? Sister?"

The reward for taking back the Argos region for Hestia is to become a brother and sister with Hestia.

But I want to lie down directly, marry the goddess and share the goddess's immortality and divine power. I don't want to spend a lot of hard work to become a heroic god who will be deified after death.

Looking at Hestia's innocent eyes, Roy did not make his shameless request after all.

"Sister Hestia, since I am your brother and you are my sister, can I hug you?"

Hestia nodded without hesitation, and Roy slowly stretched out his hands to hug Hestia's slender waist that could be held in one hand, and then held her whole body in his arms.

After putting his chin against Hestia's smooth forehead, Roy felt that Hestia did not waver at all, just like a human girl being hugged by a child, and Roy could not help but feel a little disappointed.

After reluctantly parting with Hestia, Roy said to Hestia with a serious expression.

"Sister Hestia, although I cannot deprive other goddesses of their territories and give them to you, my Kingdom of Athens is your second home. In my Kingdom of Athens, you will be respected by all humans and gods."

"Thank you..."

Hestia said with a sweet smile.

"Is this the feeling of a sister being taken care of by her brother? I have seen many scenes of human brothers and sisters taking care of each other, but I didn't expect that one day I would experience it myself."

"Sister Hestia..."

Looking at Hestia's beautiful smile, Roy couldn't help but hug Hestia again.

Although Roy did not get Hestia's permission, Hestia was not angry.

After a moment.

Hestia said in a gentle voice.

"Brother Roy, I should leave the ground."

Roy reluctantly let go of Hestia, and Hestia's body immediately turned into a burning red-gold flame, flying high into the sky at an incredible speed.

Looking up at Hestia who had returned to the sky thousands of meters high, Roy couldn't help but say.

"The downtrodden goddess who lost her patron saint, her territory, and her people is different from the proud goddess standing on the patron saint throne! Although I was helping a downtrodden goddess in her time of need, her favorability towards me increased too quickly, and she became a half-sister and half-brother with me the first time we met."

When night fell.

Roy, Io, and Pallas returned to Athens from the village of Eleusis together.

The Royal Palace of Athens.

When Procne, Philomela, and Chione came to the courtyard outside the hall to greet Roy, they saw Roy and Io riding a horse, and Io, who was sitting in front, leaned on Roy's arms very naturally. Philomela asked Roy directly.

"Brother Roy, who is this woman you brought back?"

After returning to the ground from the horse's back, Roy held Io down and explained.

"Don't get me wrong, she has nothing to do with me. She is Io, the daughter of King Inachus of Argos, and now she is a civilian in our Kingdom of Athens. Because I want to use her as a legitimate reason to conquer the Argos region, I want her to live in the palace."

Seeing Roy holding Io in a princess hug, Procne said faintly.

"Brother Roy, even if she falls off the horse's back, she won't get hurt. You hold her like this now, who would think she has nothing to do with you."

After Io left Roy's arms, she took the initiative to bow to Procne, Philomela, and Chione and said.

"As your majesty said just now, as a princess of a fallen country, I am now a commoner in the Kingdom of Athens. I have no intention of competing for your majesty's favor, I just want to serve your majesty and repay your majesty's care for my people."

Procne and Philomela looked at each other, and when they looked at Io again, the hostility in their eyes disappeared.

As a princess of a fallen country, Io is now just a commoner.

This alone makes Io unqualified to be a love rival of Procne and Philomela.

Since Io's attitude is so submissive, Procne and Philomela must of course show the tolerance of the wife.

Procne came to Io, took the initiative to hold Io's hands and said.

"Sister Io, I sympathize with your experience very much. Now that we have become a family, we will take care of you as a sister, and you can get along with us on an equal footing."

Io certainly knew that Procne's words were all polite words. If she really treated Procne as a sister, it would definitely cause Procne's dissatisfaction.