Chapter 172 The So-Called Demigod Is an Illegitimate Child

Ariadne, a young woman, has an innocent and lovely delicate face, and her beautiful silver hair flutters in the sea breeze.

After meeting her loving gaze, Luo Yin couldn't help but push her away from his arms.

"Brother?"

Ariadne looked at Luo Yin, who rejected her, in confusion.

Luo Yin looked at Ariadne's exotic golden dress, and her beautiful ankles wearing golden strappy sandals under her short skirt, and finally looked back at Ariadne's slender waist that seemed to be grasped in one hand and said.

"Ariadne, since you are here, does it mean that Theseus has killed the Minotaur and returned to Athens?"

Ariadne nodded and said.

"Theseus, this damned human, promised to help me return home, so I gave him the sword to kill the Minotaur and used the ball of thread to help him escape from the maze. I want to curse Theseus and make him the most failed and incompetent king of Athens--"

Before she finished speaking, Ariadne covered her lips with her right hand and looked at Luo Yin in panic.

"Brother, I cursed Theseus because I was angry. Now that I have found you, let you decide how to punish Theseus!"

"How to punish Theseus should be decided by you. Even if you are really my sister, I will not ask you to follow my advice in everything."

"Even if I am your sister-can't you really recognize me? I am your favorite sister!"

Ariadne turned around unwillingly and showed Luo Yin her beautiful goddess-like figure.

Although Luo Yin's eyes were honestly attracted by Ariadne's figure, Luo Yin still did not accept Ariadne.

"Princess Ariadne! Since you want to go back to your hometown, I will send you back to Crete. There is a merchant ship heading to Crete on the sea not far away."

"Brother——"

Ariadne shouted helplessly, looking at Luo Yin with some disappointment.

"I was suddenly transferred to Crete by a force that distorted reality and became a princess of Crete. Then I was abandoned on Naxos by the liar Theseus who accepted my help. I was pursued by Glaucus and Dionysus——I have already decided to commit suicide to keep my brother unmarried. My brother appeared in time to save me, why did he pretend not to know me?"

Seeing that tears had begun to roll in Ariadne's eyes, Luo Yin hurriedly comforted her.

"Don't cry! I was wrong just now. I will send you back to your hometown Colchis."

Ariadne smiled and threw herself into Luo Yin's arms and said tenderly.

"Brother! We two are going back to our hometown together."

"But my hometown is Thebes..."

Naxos has many natural ports and is a maritime trade transit point for merchant ships.

In order to send Ariadne back to Colchis, Luo Yin took Ariadne to a nearby port and found a merchant ship heading to Athens.

Because in this era, only grain merchants from Thessaly and the Kingdom of Athens would sail to Colchis to buy grain.

On the sparkling sea.

The merchant ship that Luo Yin and Ariadne were on sailed towards Athens.

Looking at the beautiful sea scenery, Luo Yin began to think about the upcoming First Theban War.

Theseus returned to Athens with the merit of beheading the Minotaur, and he would inherit the throne and become king.

The First Theban War launched by Polynices and his allies took place after Theseus became the king of Athens.

Theseus was the son of King Aegeus of Athens and the grandson of the false king Pandion II who usurped the throne of Athens.

Theseus' mother was Aethra, the granddaughter of King Pelops of Inlis, and the daughter of Pelops' eldest son Pitheus.

Although he had parents of prominent status, Theseus was actually the illegitimate child of Aegeus and Aethra's secret marriage.

In real history, for demigods like Perseus and Hercules who had parents, being the son of Zeus was just an honor given to them.

As an illegitimate child, Theseus was a true demigod in real history and mythology.

Because demigods are illegitimate children born to royal princesses and unidentified men.

As the illegitimate child of his mother Aethra and his father Aegeus' secret marriage, after his birth, his grandfather Pitheus claimed that he was the illegitimate demigod of Poseidon, the patron god of the Inlis region.

Just like Bellerophon's daughter Laodamia gave birth to Sarpedon with an unidentified man, Bellerophon claimed that Sarpedon was the illegitimate son of Zeus born by Laodamia, and killed Laodamia, who brought shame to the family, to keep the secret.

Even the death of Laodamia was claimed to be shot by Artemis.

During the Trojan War, Hercules' son Trepolemus mocked Sarpedon for claiming to be the son of Zeus.

Unfortunately, Hercules, who had both parents, was a fake demigod, and Trepolemus was also a fake son of a demigod.

Sarpedon, as an illegitimate child with only a mother but no father, was an orthodox demigod, so Sarpedon killed Trepolemus at the cost of being injured.

Theseus was raised by his mother and grandfather, and he always thought he was the illegitimate son of Poseidon born by his mother.

It was not until Theseus was sixteen that he knew his life experience.

Theseus, who had grown up, naturally would not have any father-son feelings for Aegeus.

He would go to Athens to find Aegeus, just to inherit the throne and become the King of Athens.

In Theseus' heart, he might be full of resentment for Aegeus, who brought shame to his mother Aethra and made him born and raised as an illegitimate child.

Before Theseus went to Crete to kill the Minotaur, Aegeus had agreed with the sailors that if Theseus died in Crete, the sailors would hoist black sails when returning, and if Theseus came back alive, they would hoist white sails.

Theseus, the filial son, deliberately hoisted black sails when returning in order to kill his father Aegeus.

Aegeus was already an old man in his sixties or seventies, and Theseus, the illegitimate son, was Aegeus' only son.

Theseus' ship returned with a black sail, and Aegeus thought that his only son was dead, so he jumped into the sea in despair and drowned.

After the filial son Theseus happily held a funeral for Aegeus, he inherited the throne and became the King of Athens.

Thinking of his fiancée Antigone and his cheap father-in-law Oedipus, who wandered to the village of Cycnos near Athens after Theseus became the king of Athens, and Insmene would also go to Cycnos to find Antigone and Oedipus, Luo Yin couldn't help but hesitate whether to go to Cycnos first to protect Antigone and Insmene.

Because before the outbreak of the First Theban War, in order to claim their legitimacy, Etecles and Polynices both wanted to get Oedipus.

In order to bring Oedipus back to Thebes, Creon did not hesitate to use force to snatch Antigone and Insmene away.

If Luo Yin did not protect them, the one who would protect them would be Theseus.

"Knowing that my fiancée needs protection, should I send Ariadne back to her hometown first, or protect Antigone and Insmene first?"