Holding the shield given by Athena, Ares, in the guise of Perseus, was grandly received in the kingdom of Ethiopia.
After he repelled Triton, the vast floods that had covered the land of Ethiopia slowly receded, and due to the floods, large areas of fertile soil were left behind, which made the people of Ethiopia begin to welcome this hero.
No matter what, this hero from afar solved their problems, allowing the people of Ethiopia to resume production and return to normal life, which was the most welcome aspect for them.
And regarding King Cepheus's proposal to marry Princess Andromeda to Perseus, no one in the entire kingdom objected, so soon, the wedding of Perseus and Andromeda began in the royal palace of Ethiopia.
However, on the wedding night, some complications arose. Just as Perseus, played by Ares, and Andromeda, played by Hecate, were receiving guests in the grand hall of the palace, a group of warriors suddenly burst into the front hall of the palace.
It turned out that the leader was Phineus, King Cepheus's brother. This uncle of Andromeda had once pursued Princess Andromeda before her misfortune, but after the sea god's divine power descended upon the kingdom, Phineus dared not oppose the sea god. He remained silent when Andromeda was offered as a sacrifice by Cepheus and fled the kingdom.
But after Perseus repelled Triton, he somehow got news that Andromeda was getting married and rushed back with his men, demanding that Cepheus return his "fiancée."
Ares and Hecate had always ignored people with such problematic thought processes. He didn't dare provoke Poseidon's son, Triton, and his sea monsters, but he dared to draw swords against Perseus, who had repelled Triton. Both Ares and his master felt that any normal person's mind should have already compared their strengths, but whether it was because Andromeda's body was too enticing, Phineus ultimately brought his men.
Since he had come, Ares was not polite. The divine shield Athena had given him before his departure was meant to deal with these people. Facing this group of warriors, Ares was too lazy to exert effort. He directly told the guests at the banquet to turn their heads, then swept his gaze around with Medusa's remaining magic eye, and the scene instantly fell silent.
Phineus and his group instantly became decorations at the banquet, and Phineus himself turned into a stone statue leaning against an altar, his face filled with terror. And because Ares's movements were too swift, the guests didn't even have time to panic before the matter was over.
So the wedding continued, and everyone continued to celebrate joyfully, happy that Princess Andromeda had found such a good husband.
However, after three rounds of drinks, Ares suddenly observed Athena appearing in the palace through Perseus's perspective.
She remained invisible, undetected by the other ordinary people in the palace, but this could not hide from the highly skilled Perseus. And beside him, Hecate had clearly also discovered Athena's presence. She was currently smiling, politely looking at the guests at the banquet, pouring wine for Perseus, while subtly nudging Perseus with her elbow.
"I see her, don't act rashly."
Ares secretly transmitted a message to Hecate, while controlling Perseus to subtly cast a questioning look at Athena.
Athena also saw Perseus and knew he had discovered her, but she showed no signs of guilt. Instead, she openly pulled out a small child with a pair of angelic wings from behind her.
Damn it!
When Ares saw this little brat, he couldn't help but curse inwardly. Of course, he knew who this little brat was: Eros, the son of Aphrodite, the god of love. Many troubles in greek mythology were caused by this brat shooting his arrows of love everywhere.
In the original myths, even Hades and Apollo were tricked by him, and it was the same here. If Ares hadn't interfered, Hades would probably already be wearing a cuckold's cap and weeping for his deceased lover in the Underworld.
And seeing Athena with little Eros, directing him to draw an arrow of love and aim it at himself and Hecate, Ares immediately knew what she wanted to do.
He instinctively tensed his body and looked at little Eros with an unfriendly gaze. When little Eros saw Perseus's eyes, he also jumped in fright.
"Don't be afraid."
Athena comforted the little god of love, while grabbing him by the neck, then commanded Perseus:
"Perseus, do not resist."
Upon hearing this, Perseus's face showed a struggling expression, but he ultimately lowered his head helplessly and softly replied to Athena, "Yes."
"Damn it, why did you give up resisting?"
Seeing Perseus's reaction, Hecate directly slapped Ares's true form with her own, then glared and said:
"You actually want to take an arrow from that little god of love?"
"I can't help it, that's Perseus's character setting, and I can't disobey, can I? Otherwise, Athena would find out something's wrong with me."
Ares said, while using Perseus to glance at little Eros, noticing that the little god of love was holding two arrows between his fingers. So he said to Hecate:
"Teacher, he most likely wants to shoot you too, but Princess Andromeda definitely won't be able to detect little Eros and Athena."
"Then what do we do?" Hecate asked.
Ares thought for a moment and replied, "How about we just endure it?"
"?" Hecate stood up in shock. She stared at Ares and said, "Are you out of your mind? Enduring an arrow of love?"
"No problem. Little Eros's previous arrow could affect Hades because it was power borrowed by Aphrodite from the primordial god of love. But now, these arrows of love only contain his own power. Teacher, your power and divinity, and mine, are all above little Eros. As long as we stay calm, his arrows of love will at most make us a little impulsive, it's completely fine."
Ares patted his chest and said.
"That doesn't seem very safe, does it?"
Hecate's eyes were a little hesitant.
"Why isn't it safe?" Ares stood up, looked around, picked up a honey-drizzled sweet cake from Hecate's table, and loudly declared, "How could little Eros possibly have the ability for his arrows of love to affect us? If his arrows of love can affect us today, then I'll eat this sweet cake right here and now!"