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You might think this is a bad thing, but in fact it is not.
When you and the three sisters met the sea god, the deity was unusually kind. He said that you had completed the trial and would give you everything you wanted. However, he hoped that you would tell him in detail how you conquered Medusa.
Poseidon's amused expression and Dione's indifferent attitude towards Medusa, who had been waiting for you in the temple, make you realize that the gods may not really care about the lives of the Gorgons.
From their perspective, killing Medusa or subduing her is an acceptable scenario. As long as the three sisters can be restrained, they might even spare the lives of these native gods. So, in front of Medusa, you begin to embellish the trial to win the favor of these two gods.
Medusa watched you fabricate how you conquered her through love, and Poseidon listened with relish, laughing heartily. In that instant, the goddess's disgust for the Olympian gods deepened, but she didn't utter a word. She knew this was the best chance for the three sisters to change their fate.
[Therefore, she tacitly accepted your claim that you defeated her with force and then conquered her body and soul through the most primal means of mating.]
Poseidon is extremely pleased with your story. This happy sea god approves of your personality and feels that you two share common interests. He fulfills his promise and begins to bestow his blessing upon your doll. He grants your doll the ability to adapt to any environment and location, allowing it to move freely at sea as it would on land.
Dione watched the blessing process unfold, and as the doll Jupiter grew ever more like her own image, she couldn't help but smile brightly. Only after Poseidon finished blessing and disappeared from the temple did this "priestess" speak to you, asking about your next steps.
What's next on the itinerary?
Looking at Dione, who seemed determined to follow him everywhere, Quinn fell into thought. He had already achieved his initial goals in Greece: he had collected one-third of the blessings of the twelve Olympian gods for the puppets, and he had also brought the three Gorgon sisters, who were known to bring trouble, into his possession. It was time to carefully consider his next move.
He pondered for a long time, glancing at Dione, who seemed to want him to continue his journey, and then at Medusa, who was curled up and clearly uncomfortable in the Temple of Poseidon. Finally, he made his decision.
"I plan to build a city, and first I'll find a place for my future wife to live."
“Build a city for your wife?” Dione’s eyes flickered. “Indeed, you are the son of Cupid. This is quite a choice that suits Cupid’s tastes. But… the wife you speak of, could she be Gorgon’s two older sisters? Hmm, those two beautiful young women whose appearances never change are certainly women who can win the heart of a hero, but I don’t really recommend it to you…”
"No, it's Medusa."
What is Medusa?
Dione's face instantly showed an expression of being unable to hide it. She stared at Quinn in astonishment, wanting to see if he was lying.
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"This is the woman beside me. Didn't I just say that I have already made love to this woman? We are both very satisfied with each other and plan to get married. Therefore, I have decided to build a city as the future residence for Medusa and her two sisters. I believe that Medusa will give birth to strong enough offspring for me in the future. They will be future heroes and heirs to the city."
Quinn's bluntness struck Dione like a thunderbolt, and made Medusa, who was standing to the side, feel somewhat embarrassed.
It was one thing to tolerate Quinn's nonsense in front of the sea god for the sake of her future, but it was quite another to hear Quinn bluntly tell another woman that she had had a relationship with him. Even Medusa found it hard to bear this, but now that she was in the temple, she couldn't bring herself to speak up.
This hesitant, shy expression, when seen on Dione, is what one would call a young girl blushing.
Dione's mind went blank. She stood there for a long time before finally coming to her senses and uttering lewd words while looking at Quinn's lower body.
"She's so big, how did you manage to squeeze her in there?"
Upon hearing this, Medusa blushed completely, lowered her head, and dared not speak. On the contrary, Quinn raised his head and proudly said with an expression that was completely unlike an act.
"Don't ask, I just did it. A real man should be able to satisfy every woman in the world."
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Author's note: P.S.: There will be another update later, but don't wait, it will probably be very late.
Chapter 114 I've Become Palu? (Bonus Chapter)
[Your account of your subjugation of Medusa was vague, which displeased Dione. She could tell you were just giving a perfunctory answer. After all, you were only human, and the size difference between you and Medusa was simply too great. The story of forcibly conquering Medusa through physical intimacy was just nonsense told by busybodies. But in the end, she didn't choose to investigate your lies further.]
[You are fortunate, because Dione's tacit approval confirms your suspicions: the Olympian gods are indeed not very concerned about the life or death of the Gorgons; what they seek more is stability. But you also see that Dione is extremely unhappy about your marriage to Medusa.]
This makes you even happier. If your union with Medusa truly gains the approval and blessing of the Olympian gods, it would actually contradict your original plan.
A romantic love story always needs a strong external obstacle to become a timeless classic, just like Romeo and Juliet, or Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. However, what you're thinking is different from these pure romantic stories; what you crave is unofficial history and gossip.
And your story of conquering Medusa, just as you expected, spread along with the captain who carried you back to Atlantis.
Your legendary seed has been elevated.
According to Greek folklore, the son of Aphrodite and Ares went to the Isle of the Unknown and defeated the infamous Gorgon. With the birth of a hero and the defeat of the Gorgon, the new hero finally found the one he cherished. He not only defeated the monster with force but also moved Medusa, who had transformed into a monster, with his love. He planned to build a city to celebrate his encounter with his lover.
According to some Roman historians, the son of Aphrodite and Ares was the future founding father of Rome. After defeating the Gorgon sisters, he married Medusa, the third daughter, and subsequently founded the city of Rome, thus beginning the prelude to its great empire.
[You have acquired a new legendary tale, "Monster Conqueror." When facing non-human characters from Greek culture, you are more likely to recruit them into your faction after defeating them. If the character is male or bisexual, they are more likely to be attracted to you.]
You decide to leave Atlantis and head to Mount Aventino, one of the legendary seven hills. At this time, the seven hills of Rome were still virgin land. After all, the famous Greek hero Perseus had not yet been born, and the Greeks did not have much actual control over the Mediterranean region. Many places were still undeveloped.
Considering the relationship between the Gorgon sisters and Athena, it's impossible for you to bring them back to Athens. Establishing your own kingdom is your best option. As the saying goes, first come, first served. You've got the title of founder of the Kingdom of Seven Hills. Anyway, with Medusa by your side, you're not worried about how difficult it is to create a kingdom alone, because Medusa alone is equivalent to the labor force of hundreds or thousands of people.
Yes, if you want to achieve what you used to trick Medusa, you still need to rely on Medusa's power. Her enormous body and strength are the symbol of her innate earth and wood sacred body. With her huge serpentine body, as long as you give her little guidance, Medusa can perform the work of heavy industrial machines such as cranes and excavators. And her demonic eyes, which can turn everything into stone statues, are a natural stone wholesaler.
As for her two older sisters, even though they are powerless, you have plans for them. As the epitome of beauty in the eyes of the Greeks, her two older sisters can debut as Greek idols, increasing your fame and attracting a base of people to expand the workforce of Rome's future residents.
You were absolutely confident in your city-building ideas. With the three Gorgon sisters by your side, what could you possibly fail to achieve? But you didn't tell them this. You only told them that you were going to leave Atlantis to find a new home where you could live permanently. Faced with this, the three sisters, who had always longed for their own proper place to live, couldn't refuse. They prepared to leave almost immediately, their hearts filled with the desire to escape the Olympian gods and establish their own little base.
However, this expectation did not come true. When you were all ready to set off, Medusa and her sisters discovered that you had brought another person with you.
Dione was also your travel companion. You didn't hide her identity as a priestess of the gods, which led to her being ostracized by the three sisters. However, due to Zeus's prestige, even Medusa didn't deliberately make things difficult for her, only intentionally keeping her distance. As for Dione, she was always indifferent; she didn't take the sisters' isolation seriously at all. In contrast, she tirelessly tested your sensibilities throughout the entire journey.
Yes, it seems she cares more about your sexual preferences than your harmonious relationship with the old gods who were exiled by the gods.
[Only after you indicated that your XP was very tolerant, but still within the normal range, and not like Poseidon's indiscriminate nature, did Dione stop testing you and visibly breathe a sigh of relief.]
You make no comment on this. In your view, as long as this god-king's alias doesn't actively pursue your heinous crimes that would be punishable by beheading or burning at the stake in certain regions, nor does he pressure you to rush the completion of Jupiter's creation, you can tolerate most of Dione's actions.
Thus, in this dangerous and eerie atmosphere, you arrived at your destination with four women.
[Since you are currently on Mount Aventine, you can initiate the resolution "Found the City of Rome"]
When Quinn reached the summit of Mount Aventino, he looked down at the Tiber River and gazed at the vast plains in the distance, pondering what kind of building he should construct first when establishing the city of Rome.
At this moment, he was accompanied only by the three Gorgon sisters and Dione, whose ship that had brought them here had already returned to Atlantis.
So, the question is, with only one man and four women at your disposal, how can you start the game to ensure that you can successfully establish a city-state in this uninhabited land?
A city hall? A castle? Or a standard Greek temple? Or perhaps, to go back to basics and start a farm?
Quinn remained silent, deep in thought. The attention of the women around her was already focused on him. Leaving aside Dione, who had little interest in such trivial matters as city building, Gor...
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The three sisters, a small group, had begun to whisper amongst themselves. Stheno and Euryale realized that the promises Quinn had made earlier would likely have to be fulfilled from scratch, while Medusa…
The goddess, unaware that she was about to be doing illegal work for an unknown period of time, was completely unable to join in her two older sisters' discussion. All she knew was that after whispering behind her back for a moment, her two older sisters gave her a task. So, she moved her huge body to Quinn's side, then lay down on the ground, trying to make herself at eye level with Quinn, and then spoke in a rather awkward tone.
"Human... no, my future husband, what about the home you promised me?"
"Oh, I was just thinking about that." Quinn snapped out of his thoughts and turned his head to see Medusa's face, as well as two huge spherical objects pressed against the ground.
"What are you thinking about?"
"I'm wondering, after a lot of exercise, do you feel more comfortable taking a bath, or would you prefer to have a room with a fireplace?"
Taking a bath and warming yourself by the fire?
Medusa didn't understand Quinn's words at all, but she subconsciously thought of her life on the Isle of No Return, where she lived in caves for long periods and only occasionally went to the beach to play in her spare time. So, she habitually said, "Take a bath."
“Okay, I understand. I’ll respect your wishes.” Quinn raised an eyebrow, not expecting Medusa to speak like that.
"What do you mean, my will?" Medusa suddenly felt a little uneasy. She looked at Quinn nervously, and the feeling that she had fallen into a trap made her instinctively regret what she had just said.
"Let's build a large bathhouse here first. That way, when you start building the city and palaces, you can relax with a hot bath if you get tired. Don't worry, my lovely goddess, I won't ask you to do too much heavy work. Let's build our love nest together."
Upon hearing this, Medusa's face contorted in pain.
Well, thank you so much! You actually considered the feelings of a slave like me!
Chapter 115: No Benefits, But Incomparable Value
At the foot of Mount Aventino.
A massive building, large enough to accommodate thousands of people and constructed entirely of expensive marble, rose from the ground in just three days. Heat emanating from within swirled like clouds around the twelve tall, sturdy beams surrounding the building's exterior, resembling clouds in the sky.
If a traveler happens to pass by this place, he will surely think that this large building built in the deep mountains and forests is the palace of a god.
This guess is actually quite accurate, because goddesses do indeed live inside, and there is more than one.
The Great Baths are to Rome what steam plants are to England and the Eiffel Tower is to Paris—an indispensable part of a nation's civilization.
This is what Quinn said to Medusa when he decided to build the baths first. At the time, Medusa couldn't understand what he meant at all, but now she probably does.
As the saying goes, Rome wasn't built in a day. Building the city of Rome was a long and arduous task, involving a lot of heavy physical labor. Obviously, Medusa's two sisters couldn't handle this kind of work, and Quinn was responsible for the design and planning. In the end, the heavy physical labor fell on Medusa's shoulders.
After a period of strenuous physical labor, a hot bath that could relax the body and drive away fatigue became Medusa's salvation.
Medusa sat in the center of the building she had personally renovated, lazily stretching out her astonishing length. The warm water easily embraced the goddess's entire body, gently trying to relieve the fatigue within her. This was the first time Medusa had enjoyed the comfort of a hot bath. Only her head was above the water, her dark purple hair spreading out in the water like seaweed.
This is the perfect resting place for the serpent goddess.
Medusa felt she could soak in this huge bath for months on end, fully enjoying the bliss of being embraced by hot water.
But that was impossible, because when the sun rose tomorrow, she would have to leave the Great Baths again and travel back and forth between the Seven Hills to build the city for Quinn and construct the castle in the sky that Quinn had promised her. The thought of this made Medusa feel somewhat frustrated.
From a feared monster to a laborer building a city and practicing Taoism, such a huge change in status is not something everyone can accept.
To establish Rome in Greece during that era was like embarking on the westward expansion of America in the 18th century. Although the west gave rise to countless farmers after the reclamation ended, laying the foundation for America's later abundant agricultural production, this achievement was built on the blood and sweat of countless people.
Medusa took on this role of sacrifice, which made her cast a slightly resentful glance at the man at the other end of the bathhouse.
However, the moment her gaze fell upon Quinn, she was met with an unpleasant snort.
"My poor sister, is there anything you want to say?"
Medusa shrank back at her sister's voice and buried most of her face underwater, looking pitiful. Quinn, who was also taking a hot bath, felt a pang of conscience, but Quinn didn't speak. He knew it wasn't the time for him to speak.
Because Medusa's two older sisters are now nestled naked on either side of him, kneading his shoulders with their small hands, acting as qualified masseuses. If Quinn dares to speak now, it will only increase Medusa's resentment. This is a treatment that Medusa herself has rarely enjoyed.
Unfortunately, Quinn's silence did not mean that Medusa's two older sisters would let go of this opportunity to bully their younger sister.
“Just say what you want to say. We’re not demons,” Euryale continued, speaking up after her older sister, Stheno.
"..."
Medusa became increasingly hesitant to surface, but she expressed her displeasure by blowing a series of bubbles underwater.
Upon seeing the bubbles, Stheno's face immediately lit up with a smile. "What? You're unhappy that you're only made to do the work? That's all your fault. It's because my poor sister isn't very bright and can only do manual labor."
"Sigh, it's also our fault. We have no strength and can only watch you work."
The two older sisters worked together, causing Medusa to exhale more and more bubbles underwater, making the entire bathtub seem like a boiling spring. Her aggrieved eyes were endearing, and Quinn's compassion was finally moved when he saw Medusa's pitiful little eyes.
Although he knew this was a unique way of interacting among the three sisters, he was not a true god and found it hard to accept this behavior that was almost bullying.
So Quinn raised his hand and slapped away the small hands of Stheno and Euryale that were on his shoulders, rejecting their attempts to woo him. Instead, he swam towards Medusa in the deep pool that could accommodate her body. "Stop soaking for now. I need to talk to you about something. Come out with me for a bit."
Hearing Quinn's words, Medusa raised half of her face slightly, looking sullenly at the man who had forcibly intervened in her life. After hesitating for a moment, she finally floated up and left the large bathhouse she had built herself with Quinn. As the two left, Stheno and Euryale's smiles grew even brighter.
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