[Trait — Beautiful Boy: As you grow, your features will become increasingly handsome, reaching their peak in your youth. Even as age eventually claims you, your appearance will be etched into history for all eternity.]
[Pollux looks at you and cannot help feeling startled. So men can be this beautiful too?]
[Originally, she had only wanted to see what sort of ability this younger half-brother of hers—one only recently born—possessed, that could make their worthless father, Zeus, the Father of Heaven, utter such a prophecy.]
[Now, she fully understands what it means to be utterly outclassed in terms of physique.]
[Even the swordsmanship her brother has honed through long years of training amounts to little more than an appetizer before you. Perhaps only she herself, wielding divine power, might be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with you.]
[Of course, as demigods, neither brother nor sister has been deceived by the false rumors spread by Alcmene.]
[They know that you are truly of Zeus's blood, and they know Athena herself blessed you. Their visit this time is genuinely meant to instruct you.]
[As children of the Father of Heaven, you have carried a mission different from ordinary mortals since the moment of your birth.]
[These two demigod siblings—who in death will one day ascend as Gemini—understand that deeply.]
[They want you to grow stronger as quickly as possible, so that you can face what lies ahead.]
"Why are you calling me mister?"
Tia voiced the question.
The woman before him was in reality nearly forty years old, yet she was addressing a younger junior like him with an honorific.
Was that some kind of Moon World custom?
"Mm... it's just what slipped out all of a sudden~"
Pollux twirled a strand of hair around her finger, her gaze subtly dodging away, as though she did not dare meet the man before her eye to eye.
Tia knew very well this was the effect of his trait. In truth, he had long since seen his own reflection clearly in the water by the riverbank.
Handsome was one thing, but being so charming it was practically lethal really was a bit ridiculous.
When her brother Castor saw this, he quickly snapped out of his crisis of self-doubt and pulled Pollux behind him.
"Then that concludes today's swordsmanship lesson. Let's move on to boxing training."
Tia thought for a moment, then slowly replied,
"...Understood."
[Castor seems to sense that you possess some inexplicable charm. Even as a man, he feels himself growing slightly captivated by you.]
[He finds this extremely dangerous.]
[So he has no choice but to play the villain and forcibly push the lesson onward.]
[As for you, being an ordinary man who understands modern fighting techniques, you naturally assume that boxing, at least, will be just as easy to conquer as you imagined.]
The atmosphere in the courtyard grew a little strange because of Castor's "intervention."
Pollux stepped forward. She wore no heavy armor, only a light Greek short tunic that exposed her well-proportioned, explosive calves.
It was worlds apart from the playful softness she had shown just moments ago.
Though, as a woman, she had a certain favorable impression of the man before her, as a warrior born of Sparta, only skill and strength could be considered eternal measures of worth.
"Then..." Castor stepped aside.
If his own technique and strength could be called among the finest within the human realm, then Pollux—who had inherited most of the divine nature—could truly be called a complete demigod.
After all, that sister of his...
was immortal in the truest sense of the word.
"...Begin!"
The instant her brother gave the signal, Pollux moved.
Her first attack was a lightly lifted whip-like kick that lashed viciously into Tia's waist.
At once, tremendous force came crashing in, heavy as a war chariot.
And yet Tia took the blow head-on as though nothing had happened, not moving so much as half a step.
In ancient Greek combat, receiving an opponent's opening strike head-on was considered a way of showing respect.
At the same time, it was also a form of contempt born of overwhelming superiority.
"A splendid strike."
Pollux had clearly never imagined her whip kick would be received so casually. In her shock, she even forgot to lower the leg she had kicked out with.
After praising her, Tia reached out and caught the thigh still resting at his waist in one hand. Her fine, smooth skin felt almost comparable to heavy, luxurious silk.
Perhaps that too was the influence of demigod blood.
Then he slowly set her leg back down on the ground.
Only when Pollux finally came back to herself—feeling the rough brush of his fingers over her skin—did she flush red and recover her senses.
"Your body... is it really human?"
This question came from Castor.
He had thought perhaps he had simply overestimated his half-brother's constitution, and that Pollux would surely be able to defeat him with ease.
He had not expected this.
This was no mere difference in judgment.
[Pollux, after sensing that your body is as robust as a bull's, promptly flees the courtyard with a crimson face.]
[You are speechless. What kind of teacher runs away halfway through class?]
[At the same time, this makes you realize just how terrifying Heracles' strength truly is. This is absolutely not power that any of the third-rate Servants you knew in your past life could compare with.]
[And you find yourself thinking that after the simulation ends, with this power, you could easily pin that so-called King of Streetlamps to the ground and grind him into the dirt.]
[Castor watches his sister flee in disorder and offers you a slight apology.]
[You wave it off, saying it is nothing serious. Still, you remain very interested in learning proper technique.]
[You invite Castor—who had originally intended to go after his sister—to continue with swordsmanship instead. After hesitating a moment, he readily agrees.]
[From how to hold the sword in the beginning, to how to tighten your grip and exert force, to slashing, and even how to break through armor and strike effectively through the gaps—]
[You absorb it all like a sponge soaking up water. Though you do not grow enough to defeat Castor in a single afternoon, compared to how you were before, you are already transformed beyond recognition.]
[Time passes quickly. Training in the courtyard, the two of you eventually notice how late it has grown.]
[After bidding each other farewell, you return to your room.]
[Your room is a separate chamber set apart from the others. Though still within the main hall, it lies far from where your mother resides.]
[You know very well that you could never inherit the burdens of the mortal world afterward, so complete withdrawal allows you to pass your brother's rebellious years in relative peace.]
[You lie quietly on your bed, savoring the brief stillness.]
[This world has no such thing as electronic devices, so at times like this, boredom hits you especially hard.]
[While idly wondering whether your demigod body could be used to develop something interesting, the door—rarely disturbed at this hour—was suddenly struck by a rapid knock.]
"Who is it?!"
Tia roared toward the door, power already surging through his entire body, ready to smash apart whoever dared force their way in.
At this hour, no one should have been knocking at his room.
No one should have come looking for him.
Even his mother, Alcmene, had given up that habit after Tia repeatedly instructed her not to.
So other than those gods who might harbor improper intentions toward him, it could be no one else.
Especially Hera.
Tia had no idea whether, after these fifteen years, that gentle wet nurse from the past might have changed her mind. After all, the Hera of myth never knew that the child she had suckled back then was named—
Alcides.
If.
What if.
Perhaps...
"It's me."
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