Chapter 12 What are you going to use to pay me back for what you owe me?

A serpentine twelve-sided dice rolled on the stone table as the white fingertips flicked it, and the lavender lips under the veil raised a happy arc.

"It seems that she taught you well."

"Thanks to you, Goddess."

Loen closed the door of the temple, sat down at the stone table, and insincerely complimented a creditor with a fake smile on his face.

"Oh, by the way, or should I address you as Her Highness 'Persephone'?"

"We were born nameless, and our names are just code names. You can call us whatever you like."

The "Queen of the Underworld" opposite still had a smile on her face, but did not comment.

I don't believe you!

Loen's dim gaze passed over the head of the "Queen of the Underworld" and fell on the three-phase, six-armed goddess sculpture in the hall, and he sneered in his heart.

Hecate of the Dark Moon, strictly speaking, this goddess does not clearly belong to the gods of heaven or earth. In the attribute-classified world of gods, she represents a certain kind of game, happiness and chance, and represents the randomness of fate. She can be beneficial to someone, or harmful to him, and the other party does not know why.

Because Hecate can bestow good fortune or bad luck at will.

She can make fish in the water more diverse or extinct, and the same is true for birds in the sky and livestock on the ground. In the world of gods, she represents a factor of chance, adding a little luck. Zeus and Gaia pull out time, and they can predict how time will run; while Hecate puts a little lubricant on the gears, leaving some unpredictable room, which will make the world run more smoothly.

She intervened in the birth of babies, the education of children, the creation of wealth, fishing, hunting, and sailing. In later times, it was said that she was the only one, besides Helios, the god of the sun, who witnessed Hades, the god of the underworld, snatching Persephone away. She helped Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, to find her daughter, and became the protector and godmother of the queen of the underworld...

——The protector and godmother of Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld...

——It represents [a certain game], [happiness], [chance] and [the randomness of fate]...

These records in the "Divine Genealogy" undoubtedly correspond closely to a creditor in front of Loen.

Therefore, the true identity of this "Queen of the Underworld" has long been revealed.

What's more, this is the temple of Hecate. Who else can appear here quietly except the goddess herself?

Obviously, it was no coincidence that he drifted to the island of Aeolus and was picked up and raised by the witch Circe. Everything was under the control of this goddess.

After all, which creditor would let the debtor go easily based on just a few words?

As for Hecate's beloved disciple, his dear foster mother and teacher, the great witch Circe, did she know the inside story and was she involved...

When Loen thought of the wise look in the eyes of a certain silly bird and her parenting skills that almost killed him several times, he immediately shook his head and put this conjecture behind him.

After briefly organizing his thoughts, Luo En greeted him with a smile: "Why don't you enjoy yourself in the underworld and come to this barren island?"

There seemed to be some obvious disdain between the lines.

"Of course I'm here to visit my lovely apprentice and grand-disciple." Hecate turned a deaf ear to this, and held up the mysterious and beautiful profile with her bare hands, looking up and down at the "disciple" in front of her with interest.

That familiar feeling made Loen feel as if he had returned to the past and turned back into the piece of pork that was on the chopping board.

A wave of chills came over me.

Loen couldn't help but twitch his lips, and quickly stopped the goddess's [Gaze of Love] and forced a dry smile on his face.

"You came at the right time. I am confused about my magic studies and would like to ask you for advice."

"You want to know the fastest way to become a demigod?"

Hecate smiled slightly and bluntly revealed the purpose of her disciple.

Obviously, this goddess has been doing a lot of peeping work behind the scenes.

I don't know how many times this woman has molested me with her eyes since I was a child.

Realizing this, Loen suddenly felt a tight pain in his anus, but considering the huge disparity in status and strength between them, he could only pinch his nose and suppress the depression in his heart and nodded obediently.

"I know that." Qing Yue's voice echoed in his ears, and Loen was suddenly overjoyed.

But before the smile on his face lasted for a few seconds, Hecate glanced at him with a smile and changed the subject abruptly; "But why should I tell you?"

“…”

Seeing that playing the emotional card didn't work, Loen's lips twitched speechlessly, and he could only despise this nominal master in his heart.

Hecate was not in a hurry. She fiddled with the serpentine twelve-sided dice on the table with her white fingertips and waited with a smile.

After a brief silence, Loen gave in and surrendered reluctantly.

"Well, the old rules apply. If I win, you tell me the method."

"make a deal!"

When this was said, Hecate readily agreed.

Under the expectant gaze of his master, Loen reluctantly took out a wooden board divided into squares and painted with different pigments from the storage compartment under the long table, as well as two marble boxes, each containing 16 black and white chess pieces.

The outline of chess can be clearly seen based on the division of the chessboard and the number of chess pieces.

However, in order to adapt to local customs, the images carved on the chess pieces adopted more Greek characters such as kings, legion commanders, famous gods and monsters, etc.

To put it bluntly, it is a pirated version of chess.

The reason why he came up with this thing was purely to get rid of the gambling goddess in front of him, so that this woman would not come to Aiyu Island for no reason and have fun with him all day long.

By the way, you can also use the method of gambling on chess to get some benefits from Hecate.

But unexpectedly, Hecate developed a strong interest in this educational board game as soon as she started, and learned it very quickly.

After just a dozen or so moves, all the skills and chess strategies in Loen's mind were taken out by his opponent, and the fight on the chessboard became more and more intense.

Seeing that he, the founder, was about to be defeated by a student he had only accepted for a few days, Loen immediately decided to quit while he was ahead and stop playing chess with Hecate.

However, for a gambler, winning or losing is not important.

The biggest punishment is to not let her continue gambling.

For this reason, the anxious Hecate would come around every now and then, trying to trick Loen into continuing the bet with her in various ways.

And today, she finally got her wish.

After setting up the chessboard and placing the chess pieces, Loen took out another serpentine twelve-sided dice from the box.

"The rules remain the same. Whoever has the most points goes first."

"etc."

However, just when Loen was about to loosen his fingers and roll the dice to decide the order, Hecate raised her eyes and smiled teasingly.

"You haven't told me yet, what will happen if you lose?"

"Yeah?"

Luo En smiled awkwardly and changed the subject.

"As for games, having fun is the most important thing."

As he said this, he calmly loosened his five fingers and wanted to throw the dice first.

But in the face of the absolute gap in strength, this little trick was completely futile. Hecate just raised her hand with a smile, and Loen was like a solidified sculpture, losing control of his limbs, with only his head able to move.

“Having fun is important, but fairness is more important for the game.”

Hecate waved her white index finger in front of Loen's eyes and explained the rules with a smile.

"Since I lose, I have to give you what I have; then in return, you have to pay the same price if you lose. Every time I win a game, you have to give me something you have."

"But what to pay is up to me to decide!"

Luo En's eyes flashed, and he added his conditions in a deep voice.

"Otherwise, I refuse."

Hecate looked at the face that said "If you don't agree, I will fight to the end", and nodded in agreement helplessly.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

Almost at the same time, Loen's whole body relaxed, and the dice in his hand fell to the table. After rolling a few times, it stopped at 12 o'clock.

"It seems that today is your lucky day."

Hecate glanced at him with a smile and casually threw the other dice in her hand.

It's also twelve o'clock.

But according to convention, if the points are the same, the first one to win wins.

The pre-match bargaining is settled and the new game officially begins.

Here comes the third update, 7,000 words. By the way, I'm begging for votes. I only need three monthly votes to get the badge achievement. I'm begging readers who have some free time to help satisfy my collecting addiction.

(End of this chapter)