I really couldn't give him any so-called correct answer to that question.
I wasn't one hundred percent sure that reviving Zeus was a good thing either.
I didn't even know what Zeus would be like after his resurrection, or whether he would stand with us against the invaders.
But since they had come to us, I had to show them this courtesy and help them. It wasn't that I was afraid of offending the people of Mount Olympus. I simply didn't want us to lose another source of strength against the invaders.
"There was never anything in this world that was absolutely certain. It's like when you went fishing—didn't you wait until you were eighty before encountering a wise ruler?"
At my words, he frowned. "I can divine the secrets of heaven, so naturally I knew there was a wise ruler worth serving. But what about you? You know nothing, yet you dare to gamble. What if you lose? Have you considered how much harm a War of the Gods in Great Xia would cause to all living beings?"
I shrugged. "If the sky falls, won't tall people like you be there to hold it up? Besides, a gamble means there's a chance of winning, doesn't it? What if I win? I'm not like you people. I don't look at everything so pessimistically. Everything has two sides."
"But some endings are destined from the very beginning." His emotions did not change much, as though he were merely stating a fact.
I smiled. "Nothing remains unchanged forever. If everything could be foreseen, or if endings were truly destined as you say, wouldn't that mean human effort can change nothing? We might as well do nothing and just lie flat."
"Lie flat? Hmm, that does sound rather interesting."
I continued, "Since everything