Just as she hesitated, Theron spoke in surprise. "Beautiful Hera, what are you talking about? Didn't our agreement already change to having Hephaestus, the god of craftsmen, forge a divine artifact for me?"
At his words, Hera's beautiful, flushed face instantly turned pale. Only then did she realize she had been flattering herself, but soon after, she found it utterly unbelievable.
There was actually a god who had rejected her law of fertility!
There was actually a god who had rejected the chance to be close to her, so incomparably beautiful as she was!
Even Zeus, the king of gods, lusted after this! What was Theron thinking?!
For a moment, Hera did not know what to say. She had always thought Theron was joking when he said he wanted to change the condition. Deep down, she had never believed any god could reject her.
She was Hera! Hera had actually been rejected!
But Theron did not care what she was thinking. Somewhat puzzled, he asked, "Is it that difficult?"
It was not that he did not want to go directly to Hephaestus. The main issue was that he truly had no relationship with the god of craftsmen. When the gods had asked him to save Zeus, this god of craftsmen had not come either.
Moreover, Hephaestus was a somewhat withdrawn god. Perhaps it was related to having been abandoned as a child. He rarely communicated with other gods and hardly had dealings with them.
Under such circumstances, asking him to forge a divine artifact was far too difficult, even for Theron, a powerful and mysterious ancient god.
However, perhaps because Hera had abandoned him as a child, Hephaestus desperately craved his mother's love. Even though Hera detested him, he would still go to every length to forge exquisite jewelry and