Chapter 126 Proposal

But soon he was attracted to the next figure that entered the great hall with all of his mind. Her face was veiled, and her rough dress couldn't hide her seductive features, like a rose blooming in a thorn bush, more beautiful than any woman he had ever seen in his life. Polydectes felt as if he had been struck by the arrow of the goddess of love, and a strong desire to possess her, to have her only for himself, to be his jewel, welled up in his heart. This king who had been pampered for many years had only this one thought left in his heart at the moment, the rumors were true, such a stunning beauty had been dominated by his own brother for more than ten years! She should be wearing long dresses made of golden threads, necklaces made of deep-sea pearls, eating fresh fruits and beef, drinking fine wines and delicacies, instead of following that lowly fisherman brother of his to live that kind of poor life, which is just a waste! 'Dictys, is this your wife? It really is as beautiful as the rumors say." Polydectes stepped down from his throne and greeted his brother 'warmly", his eyes couldn't stop glancing at Danae on the side, that eager expression made Danae feel uncomfortable and lowered her head to avoid his gaze. '......" Perseus hastily stepped in front of his own mother, his sharp gaze locking with Polydectes, his eyes full of warning for the insolent king. Perseus's bloodline was noble, and the faint pressure that arose invisibly caused Polydectes to uncontrollably develop a few moments of timidity, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back, followed by irritation. He was the high and mighty king of Serifos, the most honorable person in this kingdom, and as a result, he actually showed his cowardice in front of a commoner today, which was really too humiliating! 'Daring! How dare you look at a king with such a gaze? Dictys, is this your tutelage?" Polydectes growled colorfully at his fisherman brother. 'Brother, Perseus is young and uninformed, so don't take it out on him. And Danae is not my wife ...... 'Dictys does like Danae, but he is a kind and sincere person, he can see that Danae has always had a knot in her heart that she can't let go of, so he just chooses to accompany her quietly, and doesn't want her to go against her will because of favors or anything else. his own will. 'Oh? Not your wife?" Polydectes was overjoyed when he heard this, he interrupted Dictys' words at once and said excitedly, 'I told you, with you being a lowly fisherman, how do you deserve to have such a stunning beauty." The king of Serifos looked towards Danae who was hiding behind Perseus, and said with a look of what he thought to be deep love, 'The stunningly beautiful Danae, from the very first moment I saw you, I knew that you are my destined lover, be my queen, you will become the most honored woman of the kingdom, no matter what you want, flowers, wine, jewelry or gold, I can give it to you, you'll be the most honored woman of the kingdom. , I can give it all to you, and your son, Perseus, can just as well be a prince of this country as my child and enjoy supreme honor." '......" Danae didn't have half a good feeling in her heart for this overbearing and brutal king, hearing what he said, she couldn't help but stand out from behind Perseus, and rejected this king's marriage proposal without any hesitation, 'Honorable king of Serifos, thank you for your favor, but my heart has long since had a place to belong to, and doesn't want to become a queen, I just want to weave quietly in a small fishing village and live a peaceful life, so please forgive me for refusing your marriage proposal." '...... "Polydectes's face was grim for a moment, since his birth, he could be said to have what he wanted, in his heart, he was able to look at Danae, it was her blessing, not to mention that he didn't mind that she was carrying a burdened son, and had already made a great concession, he didn't expect the other party to be so ungrateful, daring to reject his marriage proposal. 'Hmph! Today you have to marry even if you want to, and you have to marry even if you don't want to! Do you really think that I am discussing with you? Come on people!" A group of soldiers wearing armor and holding spears walked into the middle of the royal palace all of a sudden, separating Polydectes from the three Perseus, the spears in their hands flashing with a cold light, pointing at the Perseus family. The original atmosphere of the ball scene which was relaxed and joyful suddenly became tense and serious, many princes and nobles were shocked by the situation in front of them, and couldn't help but let out a shriek of surprise, and hastily retreated backward, fearing that they would be affected by this sudden battle. 'Polydectes! You've gone too far!" Even as good-tempered as Dictys was, he was also enraged by this overbearing behavior of his elder brother, and he hurriedly stood out and blocked in front of Danae and Perseus, 'Do you know what you're doing?" 'Hmph, I don't need you lowly fisherman to teach me yet, arrest them!" Polydectes directly waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to get right to it. 'Hmph, with these few soldiers?" Perseus looked at the soldiers who surrounded them with great disdain in his heart, he leapt out violently, his figure was as swift as a cheetah, in the blink of an eye he arrived in front of the two soldiers, before they could react, he lifted his hand and seized the shields and spears in their hands, and raised two consecutive kicks, and the tremendous force directly kicked them off, the soldiers were kicked backwards and flew out, and heavily smashed against the wall, and then fell down, unconscious. 'Father, take that!" Perseus threw a pair of spears and shields towards his adoptive father, the divine bloodline in the body of the son of a demigod had already begun to awaken, under the cooperation of Perseus' main attack, and Dictys was responsible for protecting Danae from being harmed, the soldiers inside the royal palace were simply unbeatable under Perseus' hands, as if sweeping away the leaves in an autumn wind, they were cleaned up, and all of them were heavily injured and fell on the ground and couldn't get up. After solving the siege of soldiers, Perseus raised his eyes to the unrivaled king, carrying a blood-stained spear in his hand and walked toward him. 'What do you ...... you want! You stay back! Killing the king is a felony! You will have no place in this country again, and other countries will not take you in if they know of the crimes you have committed!" Polydectes only knew fear at this time, the killing intent in Perseus' eyes was so obvious that he couldn't stop backing up, finally reaching the point where he couldn't back down, all of a sudden paralyzed on top of his throne, trembling. 'Perseus!" Dictys hastily pulled Perseus back, fearing that his adopted son would do something irreparable under the impulse. He then looked at his brother again, his tone was a rare tough one, 'Polydectes, more than ten years ago, I found Danae's mother and son on the great sea, do you know by whom they were sent here? It was the great sea god Poseidon! I wish you would think twice before you make a foolish decision whether you can afford the cost of it! We have attended your banquet, so we will leave you alone!" Dictys slammed the spear and shield in his hand in front of Polydectes and left the palace with Perseus and Danae. This banquet fiasco was only temporarily over, and Dictys had thought that his warning had worked, and that his confused elder brother would not have any more thoughts that he shouldn't have. But he still did not expect, he underestimated the king's paranoia and cunning, half a month later, Polydectes threatened to propose to the neighboring country's princess, need to prepare the bride price, so that the inhabitants of the island country to hand over a horse as a tax. But Dictys was only a fisherman, and his poor family could not afford to pay this harsh tax, so Polydectes took this opportunity to punish him, Perseus could not bear his foster father to suffer such a hardship, so he offered to let the king in exchange for something else, exempted his foster father from the tax. This, of course, played right into the hands of Polydectes, who knew that the tax on horses and cattle was only an excuse, and knowing of course that Dictys could not afford it, and that he could not defeat the martial Perseus, the king intended to use his power and trickery to get the hated Perseus out of the way. So Polydectes asked Perseus to offer the head of the monster Medusa, one of the three sisters of Gorgon, who had been widely known on the sea, and Perseus, who was young and vigorous, did not know the power of Medusa, and immediately agreed to this thing, and then prepared to set out in search of Medusa's location. But before he set off, he still let Polydectes make a vow, before he came back, not to force his mother to do anything. Naturally, Polydectes agreed wholeheartedly, and as long as Danae nodded, it wouldn't be considered coercion hehehe ...... Perseus went home and packed his bags and planned to leave, but he didn't know where Medusa was, and he had heard that Athena, the goddess of wisdom, was the teacher and guide of mankind, so he went to Athena's temple, wanting to pray to this goddess of wisdom to give him guidance.