Mount Of Olympus

"What are you doing?! WHO DID THIS TO MY MOTHER?!" Ares, the God of war shouted as soon as he saw his mother. Upon hearing the bad news that had happened to Hera, Ares who was engaging in a battle fled just to see his mother.

"ARES!" Hera shouted in her most affectionate tone. Her enraged face disappeared when her son went in her direction. "My adorable son, your mother had been bullied."

Ares, Hera's son with Zeus, was the most favored child by the Goddess. Unlike Hephaestus who had an ugly and disfigured look, Ares was beautiful and had a manliness circulating around him.

He is Hera's pride, the child that she had always wanted.

And most of all, Ares doesn't have his father's eyes.

"Who did this to you, Mother?" Ares asked as he kneeled beside his Mother's lap. The God of War dropped his bloodied weapon, his eyes fell to the Golden chains around his Mother's body. "I'll surely make them pay!"

Upon hearing that question, Hera momentarily became silent.

Zeus who was observing his faithful wife noticed the hesitation on her face.

"It was Hephaestus," Hera answered in a low tone. The queen lowered her gaze as she clenched her fist. "Your brother did this to me, your mother was tricked by Hephaestus!" Hera shouted.

Ares became enraged as soon as he heard it.

"HOW DARE HE?!" Ares shouted as he clenched his fist. "How dare that man horrid my mother? How can he do this to you?"

"Stop making a scene, you are disgracing me," Zeus said with his coldest tone. "And stop whining, Hera, I'll do everything to get out you of that chair."

"You keep saying that, but I can't even see any progress," Hera mumbled.

Zeus frowned.

"Do you think it was easy?" Zeus asked his wife "Stop nagging, If you only didn't throw Hephaestus away, none of this will happen."

Hera who heard that from her Husband can't help but grit and bit her lips. Fury was written on her distorted face, but at the same time, she can also feel tremendous pain and sorrow in her heart.

"And now this is my fault?" Hera asked with her fist shaking in anger. "If you never cheated on me, do you think this will happen to me? HEPHAESTUS MADE ME REMEMBER YOU! AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT IT'S MY FAULT?!"

Zeus frowned when his Queen told that to him.

"Now you're justifying your jealousy? And how can you compare me to that thing?" Zeus asked her with a displeased face. "Your insult to me went overboard, Hera. I cannot accept such words."

Hera who was filled with both fury and sorrow remained silent as she lowered her head. The Queen was trying to stop the tears that were forming in her eyes.

Him, being ugly was not the reason why I threw him away from Olympus.

His eyes... His eyes reminded me of yours!

I cannot stand those eyes... It will make me insane.

Ares' furious Golden Eyes went to Zeus who had a displeased expression on his face. He can't stand his father's ridicule of his mother.

"Stop spouting such nonsense to my mother," Ares spoke as he stands up. "As the king of Gods and Olympus, what were you doing when that bastard did this to my Mother?"

Ares gritted his teeth.

"YOU ARE THE KING OF OLYMPUS AND HER HUSBAND!" Ares shouted at Zeus. His Golden eyes glowed when he met his father's sapphire orbs. "HOW CAN YOU LET THIS HAPPEN TO MY MOTHER?"

Zeus frowned when his son asked him that question.

Truth to be told, Zeus had never liked any of his children with Hera. The other one was ugly and disfigured, while the other one was nothing but brute and violence.

If not only for Hera, he'd happily send them to Tartarus.

"How can you ask me that question, when you also did the same?" Zeus asked his son with a displeased expression. " Where are you when this happened to your mother? Weren't you busy handling some useless war?"

Ares growled at his father.

"Even so! My mother is your resposib--"

"Why can't you be more like your brother Apollo?" Zeus asked in a mocking tone. His Sapphire eyes glowed while looking down on his Son. "You're useless."

Ares who was stunned by his father's word cannot utter a word. He could only grit his teeth and clenched his fist in irritation.

He could only glare at his father while not being able to do anything to him.

Just like Hera, he had been also tired of this. It'll be better if he could really become a mad war God that cares nothing but wars and battle just like the rumors that has been circulating in the mortal realm and Olympus.

It will be better if he's truly insane.

Zeus took a deep sigh when everyone became quiet. It seems like his jealous wife and useless son won't dare to talk anymore.

Zeus gained the opportunity to speak.

"Just like what I had said, you have nothing to worry about, I'll make sure that I will free your mother from that chair," Zeus explained before glancing at his wife. "I already called Dionysus to ask for his assistance."

Ares raised his gaze with a frown.

"Dionysus? What could a drunkard could possibly do?" Ares chuckled but Zeus' face remained cold. "Send me instead and I'll bring that bastard Hephaestus here."

"Unlike you who only use brute and violence, Dionysus had a proper plan," Zeus replied to him with mockery in his tone. "Do not make a fuss about this anymore, I won't let a muscle brain like you to handle this."

"YOU---"

"That Dionysus..." Hera suddenly mumbled in a lifeless tone. The Queen suddenly raised her head as she glanced at her husband. "Will he go to Hephaestus to persuade him?"

Zeus paused for a moment as he nodded his head.

"Indeed," He answered.

Hera's lifeless expression was suddenly replaced with determination and hope upon hearing those words.

Her Golden eyes shone brighter.

"The Nymph..." Hera mumbled. "My Little Nymph..."

"Nymph?" Ares mumbled.

Upon hearing the word 'Nymph' from his wife. Zeus who had a displeased expression on his face suddenly felt obsession and jealousy. The Deity immediately denied his feelings while staring at his wife.

He could remember that Green-haired Nymph.

She was the Nymph that was favored by his wife.

'I might fall in love with the Queen.'

"Bring My Asche to me," Hera said with a determined voice. "If that Dionysus was able to bring back that Little Nymph to me, I'll grant him anything... Anything that he wants as long as he returned Asche to me."

Zeus unknowingly balds his fist into a tight clench while listening to Hera. For some reason, he felt threatened by the favored Nymph of his Queen.

"Who is this Nymph mother?" Ares asked in curiosity.

Hera remained silent.

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And thus, Dionysus, the God of winemaking, was sent to persuade Hephaestus to come to Olympus. He set his journey to the Island of Lemnos to find Hephaestus, but he soon realize that Hephaestus was not home.

"Hephaestus himself is interesting, but Hera's promised award made me curious about that Forest Nymph," A man mumbled with a smirk on his face. In his hand, he was holding a bottle of a high-class alcohol that he created himself.

"Now, now, I wonder where they went?"

Dionysus, the God of Winemaking, glanced at the Nymphs who were sneaking a glance at him. A smile appeared on his beautiful face which made the sea nymphs blush.

One of the water nymphs swam to the shore of Lemnos.

"This lowly one greets the God Dionysus," The sea nymph greeted. "Is there something that we can help you with?"

Dionysus kneeled on one knee and leaned on the sea nymph. The Diety smiled brightly as he caressed the cheeks of the sea nymph.

The sea nymph stared at the beautiful Deity. Her eyes blinked twice at the unbelievable beauty in front of her, it is an utter shame that this man is more beautiful than a woman. His beauty was intoxicating.

"Have you seen Hephaestus?" The Deity asked with a bright smile. "Where did he went?" He asked.

The Sea Nymphs glanced at each other upon hearing those words. Upon reading the situation, all of them nodded their heads. The sea nymph who was in front of the Deity smiled shyly.

"Hephaestus rode our friend Whaily and went to the Coast Of Cythera," The sea nymph answered. "The Deformed Deity took his wife along with him."

"Oooh?" Dionysus responded. He suddenly retracted his hand off the sea nymph before standing proudly. The Deity laughed loudly while staring at the endless sea. "HAHAHAHA, I didn't expect this, how amusing!"

The sea nymphs suddenly tilted their heads. They glanced at each other before shrugging their shoulders while observing the Deity's strange actions.

Dionysus laughed playfully.

"How would Hera react if she found out that the Forest Nymph became Hephaestus wife?" Dionysus laughed loudly before drinking his alcohol in one gulp. "This will be a good show!"

Well, little did he know.

The Sea Nymphs misunderstood Hephaestus' relationship with Asche.

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This is my first time publishing five chapters in one go.

(I really hope I can finish writing this novel huhu, I truthfully like this book's plot!)