Children of Zeus (1
by Afuhfuihgs
Children of Zeus (1)
2 years is quite a long time.
To put it extremely, the military is about 2 years.
What? You’re saying it’s over in a year and a half these days?
Back in my day….
Anyway.
2 years is enough time for something to be accomplished.
Farming, which humans spend a lot of time on, is commonly called a year’s farming, so how long would twice that, 2 years, be?
“Has it already been 2 years since Leto gave birth to the twins?”
It went by so fast.
This time too, I spent my time mindlessly ruling Olympus and taking care of my children.
After Leto’s escape.
Hera cherished Leto with sincerity.
Leto told Hera everything about the fear she had felt, and Hera scolded her, saying how could she hate them when they are all the same children of Zeus-nim?
-But to dare not give birth to Zeus-nim’s child right away. This must be punished.
-Excuse me?
-Until the children’s bodies become adults, you will have to fornicate with Zeus-nim as ‘Zeus-nim anywhere’.
Hera gave Leto the punishment of ‘weenie control’.
And after that, no goddess dared to give birth to my child and think of running away.
The women who were not only satisfied with giving birth to my child, but also waited for the night with me, stayed quietly in Olympus.
Thus, for 2 years, I felt proud watching my children grow up one by one.
Unlike when Themis gave birth to children, childcare was also easier because the children I had played with diligently before were old enough to play with the babies, which reduced my burden.
Why did the children help with the difficult childcare?
Because the children were cute?
That’s also part of it, but they each had their own ulterior motives.
-Grow up quickly and do my work for me instead.
Children are the future.
The children who were born first also knew instinctively.
That even though playing with the children is difficult at that moment, the burden on them gradually decreases as these children take on the work of the existing Olympian gods one by one.
Oh, the power of great division of labor!
As expected, just as the Titans and humans form groups and societies together, everything goes well when each person does their best in their field.
Here, each person’s field refers to the talents that each god has.
My children, the gods who are newly born in Olympus, were born with abilities or special abilities that are more outstanding than other gods.
For example, Hephaestus is talented in blacksmithing, and Ares is talented in war.
And the next twin sisters born, Apollo and Artemis, are talented in medicine and hunting, respectively.
They honed their talents, and finally today became the ‘day of reckoning’.
The day to decide each person’s field of expertise in order for Olympus to be established as a system of 12 gods.
It is the day to decide who will be responsible for solving the problem if something happens to Olympus in the future.
In other words, division of work.
I, Zeus, the chief god, will oversee everything.
This refers to the things that happen on land and in the sky, and Neptune takes care of the sea.
Since the underworld is so large and complex, Hades has to work at a level comparable to me, so I set Hades’s domain as an independent organization.
Sky and land.
Sea.
Underworld.
Because I cannot handle all the major and minor events that occur in these three places, the areas of work that each god prioritizes are different.
For example, if we decide on a god of war, at least for war, the responsible god – Ares will make the first judgment.
Whether this war is really necessary or not, how much more beneficial this war will be to Olympus if it happens, and how the power structure will be if Olympus enters the war.
Ares will now do those things, not me.
Why?
One is because I want to rest a little now.
One is because Ares still lacks experience in the field of war, but has enough talent.
Gods have unique talents.
That doesn’t mean that other gods don’t have that talent at all.
Athena also has a talent for war.
And Athena’s military talent is superior to Ares’s.
Even Ares himself picks fights with Athena out of inferiority complex, but Ares is always defeated by Athena.
So, should Athena be the god of war as well because she fights better than Ares?
-Zeus-nim, I’m not supposed to be in charge of war when I’m already busy, am I? Isn’t the god of wisdom enough?
-Of course. The war you will be in charge of is enough to be the war on the bed.
Our generation has worked enough, so shouldn’t we rest a little!
We’ve been eating dirt and living in caves to build Olympus from scratch, now it’s time to enjoy our work!
-Even if they are our children, they shouldn’t just lie down and swallow the peace we have gained with our blood and sweat.
He who does not work, neither shall he eat.
I’m sorry to my children, but if they want to enjoy the authority as the chief god of Olympus, they have to work hard.
And the 12 Olympian gods that I am planning will have more authority and higher status than other gods, but they will have to work harder for Olympus.
I made a suggestion to them one by one in the order they were born, but….
-Dad, we’ll work hard in the areas we’re good at. Hoho.
-We’ve been working hard since Olympus was created, so now we can just do what we’re good at, right?
-Ah, my back…! My back hurts from taking care of my younger siblings too much…!
-Honestly, don’t you think our younger siblings will work harder than us?
There were children born before the large-scale pregnancies like the Horai or the Moirai.
Since these children were born much earlier than Apollo and Artemis, they can be said to be higher in the hierarchy, but they gave up their authority and chose a comfortable life.
‘Are they passing the buck to their younger siblings?’
I had that thought, but their younger siblings were just as capable.
Especially the four I already knew well.
Hephaestus, Ares, Apollo, and Artemis, who are listed in the 12 Olympian gods.
These four had much more outstanding talents than the other children.
And above all, their unique talents will be of great help in the future in leading Olympus forward.
Manufacturing, war, medicine, hunting.
All of these were indispensable forces in living in ancient times, and were also the key to preparing for the future we would face.
The war with Gaia.
I ended up remembering it.
That Titanomachy is not the end.
That I can’t just lie down and watch the Trojan War.
‘Gigantomachy.’
Olympus and Gaia will go to war.
I don’t know what the original reason for the war was, but now I have created the reason for the war.
The reason I remembered this was because I realized it while organizing the positions of the 12 Olympian gods.
1. Zeus
2. Neptune (Poseidon)
3. Hades
4. Hera
5. Demeter
6. Hestia
7. Athena
8. Hephaestus
9. Ares
10. Apollo
11. Artemis.
12. ….
I felt like something was wrong.
There is only one spot left, but there are as many as three people who are emerging as candidates.
One is the goddess of beauty, Aphrodite.
I heard that this goddess, also called Venus, was born from the genitals of Uranus that Cronus cut off a long time ago.
I’ve never heard of Aphrodite and Zeus doing it, but I’ll judge after seeing her.
One is the god of wine, Dionysus.
That guy, who looks like he’d say you have to take responsibility if the fun is ruined, snatched the position of chief god of Olympus with just one achievement of inventing wine.
And the other one.
The owner of shoes that seem to reduce the duration of various status ailments and give resistance to magic if you wear them.
‘Hermes.’
While recalling his story and thinking about it, I suddenly remembered a very terrible story.
Hermes, he uses his winged shoes and quick movements to retrieve Zeus’s tendons.
It is said that Zeus, who regained his tendons, defeats some kind of monster and wins with the help of Hermes.
That’s Gigantomachy.
It is said that all the gods except Zeus transform into animals and escape from Olympus, and Zeus is left alone to fight, but is defeated by the monster and his tendons are pulled out.
‘That can’t happen.’
I don’t want that kind of future.
If that is the destiny set by Gaia, I will overcome that destiny wonderfully.
Tendons?
I don’t know what kind of monster will come, but I will pull out the monster’s tendons before I even receive Hermes’s help.
‘Heracles.’
The birth of famous children who have not yet been born.
The division of work that is still concentrated on a very small number of people.
And the greatest hero of Greece that even the gods fear.
It is by no means a bad thing for me to impregnate many children until he is born.
Yes.
I must impregnate countless women for the peace of Olympus.
Even if it is not only Titan goddesses, but also nymphs and humans.
To do that, humans must first prosper, and for that reason, it was necessary to first establish the positions of the 12 Olympian gods.
So I will interview my children one by one.
Are they prepared enough to be named in the 12 gods as in the original story?
If they pass this interview, they will sit at the ‘Round Table’ with Rhea’s six siblings and discuss various issues of Olympus.
“Shall we start, Zeus-nim?”
“Yes, Athena. Tell them to come in.”
With Athena by my side, I began 1:1 interviews with my children.
Kkiiik.
The woman who came in as the door opened was a woman with red hair and freckles.
Hephaestus.
“Welcome, my daughter. What god do you want to be?”
“I….”
After hesitating for a while, Hephaestus raised her head with a determined face.
“I want to be the god of blacksmiths.”
At Hephaestus’s words, I was faced with difficulties from the start.
“Well….”
“……A woman, the god of blacksmiths.”
Behind me.
“Hee. I definitely…talked about it yesterday.”
Hera is smiling.
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