Several days later, a young bard with golden hair and blue eyes, carrying a pack on his back, arrived outside the city of Thebes.
Gazing at the familiar yet unfamiliar "hometown" before him, Luo En, in his new disguise, was flooded with mixed emotions.
Not long ago, he successfully incited Aphrodite's wrath by orchestrating the death of Adonis.
As a result, War God Ares, under his old flame's frenzied pursuit, skulked back to Olympus, disgraced, and dared not leave his home.
The Sea of Okeanos naturally returned to its former tranquility, and the troubles of Thetis were likewise smoothly resolved.
But to be on the safe side, Luo En didn't turn back to cozy up with the Ocean Goddess, but decisively left the scene of the crime, prepared to lay low in a different city-state for a while, avoiding attention and clearing his name.
Thinking it over, the nearly faded words "hometown" in his memory came to mind.