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Chapter 54 Pandora and the Eye of Odin

A sculpture, a sculpture of a woman. She was exquisitely beautiful, like a real, living thing, and when she was placed in the center of the great hall, all the gods couldn't help but be captivated by her.

"This is…"

With a keen sense of the statue's uniqueness, Hera felt a disturbance in her authority.

Zeus hadn't spoken to her about this so-called gift; she hadn't known of the sculpture's existence beforehand, if it indeed was a sculpture.

As the goddess of Fertility, the Heavenly Empress sensed a similar power within her. If nothing went wrong, it was propagation, the source of new life.

And a lifeless object should not possess such power.

"She is the gift I have prepared. I had the Cyclops sculpt her meticulously, and our new friend, the embodiment of love and beauty, bestowed upon her peerless looks. And I," Zeus said, "endowed her with a good heart—a desire to explore and learn about everything. I think that's not a bad thing, right?"