Chapter 8

Sitting down Eleri placed down her books on the table and opened first the book [Story of Zeus]

[Page 1]

[Zeus known as The God of Thunder and Sky was a greek mythology God who is also known as the father of all Gods and humans]

[Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus stomach. Zeus is also known for having many wives, he is married to Hera by whom he is said to have fathered Ares, Eileithyia, Hebe, and Hephaestus. At the oracle of Dodona, his consort was said to be Dione by whom he iliad states that he fathered Aphrodite and his first wife Metis by whom he had with Athena.]

[Zeus was also infamous for his erotic escapades which resulted in many divine and heroic offspring, including Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Dionysus, Perseus, Hercules, and more]

Reading the rest of it took Eleri two hours and once done she heaved a sigh of relief as she smiled and thought 'That was interesting, I never knew about that about Zeus'

'By the way' Touching her chin she thought 'Why does the name Dionysus sound familiar? What's more it wasn't written here who his mother was…'

"Oh, Ms. L it's surprising to see you here"

Suddenly hearing that familiar voice Eleri tilted her head to the side to see a boy wearing a beige colored school uniform with his eyes both covered by his bangs

"Oh it's you Dion" Eleri smiled at him but then remembered something and said "By the way may I ask you a question?"

Dion hummed and nodded as he sat on the seat next to Eleri and said "What is it?"

"Do you have some knowledge about the greek mythology gods?"

Dion nodded and said "Yes. My school subject thought me about the gods and also…" he scratched his cheeks as he said "I'm a big fan when it comes to gods"

[Why did his voice sounded innocent but his words gave me chills?]

[The one upstairs I agree]

[At first the anchor was really boring but now for some reason I'm also interested in the topic]

[Back to school jpg. Lol]

"Oh I see, that does sound interesting" Eleri nodded

Dion then thought of something and asked "Do you have a religion?"

Eleri nodded and said with a smile "Yes, I'm a christian. By the way how did you know?"

"I just thought so since it seems you don't know much about the greek gods"

"Oh was it so obvious?"

"Yeah a little bit. So,what do you want to know?"

Hearing him getting to the topic Eleri turned serious as she said "Do you know who is the mother of Dionysus?"

Dion smiled as he said "Now that's something that most people actually questions about. You see Dionysus was known as the God of wine and ecstasy who is also known for being twice born"

Eleri raised one eyebrow as she said in an amused tone "Oh? How so?"

Dion explained patiently "Because there is two beliefs in who is his mother. One says that Dionysus was born from Semele a Human and the other says that Persephone was the one that gave birth to him"

"Huh?" Eleri was flabbergasted as she said "Isn't Persephone the daughter of Zeus? She is also the wife of Hades then how can she and Zeus have Dionysus?"

Dion shrugged as he said "Well Zeus married his own sister Hera so I don't think it's impossible to do it with his own daughter"

Eleri's face turned ugly as she said "This makes Zeus really infamous you know?"

Dion laughed as he said "I agree actually, but he is not all that bad since he also had done some heroic things"

Eleri jummed as she said "Touche"

Dion then said "So, for your belief who do you think is the real mother of Dionysus"

Eleri was silent for a moment before leaning on the chair and closing her eyes as she said "I'm not sure, it can be Semele, Persephone, or it can even be both"

Opening her eyes she said "But I think for me, it's Persephone"

Dion raised one eyebrow as he asked "Why so?"

Eleri shrugged as she said "I don't know, just a gut feeling"

[Woah is this really true?]

[I searched it in google and it did say it was]

[Damn even when playing a dangerous game we could still learn like this]

The barrage was stunned from the information they got and couldn't help getting excited for more

[Fortunately I passed by the channel and so I could see this!]

[It's not exciting as the other's but it's worth it]

"To be or not to be, that is the question" Dion mumbled as he looked at the book he's holding

Eleri was stunned and she asked "You also read William Shakespeare's books?"

Dion smiled shyly and said "Uhuh"

Eleri chuckled as she said "You're a little bookworm aswell like me I see"

Eleri then asked "Have you read the novel if his <The Tempest>?"

Dion nodded

Eleri then asked "Then what is your favorite line in it? Mine is 'Let us not burthen our remembrance with a heaviness that's gone' which is about the regrets of the past"

Dion touched his chin as he said "Hmm, mine is probably 'Now I want spirits to enforce, art to enchant, and my ending is despair, unless I be relieved by prayer--'"

Eleri continued it and said "'--Which pierces so that it assaults mercy itself and frees all faults'"

Both of them then said simultaneously "As you from crimes would pardond'd be, let your indulgence set me free."

Both Eleri and Dion chuckled as Eleri said "Ah good all days, it's been a long time since I have someone to talk to that knows about those lines"

Dion hummed as he said in a slight sad tone "I never had someone to talk about it"

Eleri was surprised before she patted his head and said with a bright smile "Well now you have one to talk with"

Dion's body was stiff and was stunned as he touched his head which was patted

Eleri noticed his small actions but ignored it as she stood up and said "Well then I have to go now, see you again"

Saying that she left with her books.

Dion stared at her fading back before he left into the darkness.

*****

Eleri got back to the center of the library and found that everyone was already there

Kyle waved his hand at her as he asked "Found anything?"

Eleri shook her head as she said "No unfortunately"

As they both stood together a man wearing a company suit coughed and said "Well, how about we introduce ourselves to each other?"

Everyone nodded and agreed. There were currently seven of them left present, two females and five males.

The man then said "I'll go first, my name is Jerry"

A girl with pink hair wearing a nurse uniform was next as she said "My name is Lana"

The next one was a middle-aged man as he said "I'm Jerome"

Wearing a formal suit with blond hair he said"My name is Luc"

Next was a boy with brown hair and eyes as he said "I'm Angus"

The next one was Kyle with gray hair, ocean blue eyes, tan skin, wearing a white polo shirt and black trousers with beige colored coat he said with a smile "My name is Kyle, nice to meet you all"

Although he smiled innocently this gave chills to everyone as they know his true nature

Eleri unaware of it just said casually "You can call me L"

Seeing that the atmosphere was turning awkward Jerry coughed as he said "Well the reason for the discussion is because I want to ask something"

Everyone's gaze fell on him and he said in a solemn voice "This is a multiplayer game right?"

"Then where is the Judge?"

The atmosphere turned cold as they heard this and everyone couldn't help thinking the same thing

'The Judge is one them'