Sculos Island
The island is beautiful, with green trees and olive forests that make Sculos appear very civilized, and Sculos is also rich in spices.
These properties make the residents of Sculos richer and their lives easier and more comfortable.
Odysseus and the Greek prophet Carcas came to Sculos on a sea boat. After several months of long journeys on the sea, they finally saw the outline of Sculos in their sight.
"It's finally coming." Carcas said, looking at the island in the distance, and anyone who sails on the sea for two consecutive months will express his sincere joy when approaching his destination.
Odysseus was full of worries: "Carcas, the prophet, it will take almost a few months to go back and forth. This is really too tiring and wasteful. Are you sure Achilles is on this island?"
"I'm sure." Karkas said seriously. He not only knew where Achilles lived, but also the role Achilles played in the Battle of Troy, which were all God's guidance.
In fact, he never left God's sight for Achilles. Any efforts of Thetis were just useless.
While the two were talking, the ship was approaching the port of Sculos Island.
At this moment, there are seven boats on the sea surface of the port, and people are also coming and going, and most of them come to Sculos Island to collect olives and spices.
When the ship approached the shore, Odysseus and Carcas got off the sea boat. Odysseus looked at the port and was half moved and half envious: "Sculos Island is really prosperous."
When he saw the prosperous scene in front of him, he thought about his Kingdom of Itaka, and felt that it was incomparable.
"It's normal for merchants here to collect spices and olives," said Carkas. "Let's go and visit our old friend, Lucomedes."
At that moment, Odysseus and Karcas led a team of soldiers to the palace. At the door of the palace, King Lucomedes received the news and was waiting there.
Soon, the chariot Odysseus and Carcas were in appeared in Lucomedes' sight.
When the two of them got out of the car, King Lukemedes greeted him and said enthusiastically: "Two distinguished guests, welcome you from afar. I have prepared a sumptuous banquet for you in the palace."
"King Lucomedes, thank you very much for your warm welcome." Carcas and Odysseus said, and after that, he followed Lucomedes to the banquet hall of the palace.
In the banquet hall at this moment, Lucomedes called all the princes of the kingdom to attend the reception banquet, which shows that he attached great importance to the arrival of Odysseus and Carcas.
The table in the banquet hall was also filled with various barbecue and wine.
Odysseus looked at the wine pots on the table with gold inlaid, and the wine glasses were also bronze wine glasses, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: "The Kingdom of Sculos is really rich."
I felt a little envy in my heart, a hint of jealousy.
Of course, Lucomedes didn't know what Odysseus was thinking. Seeing that everyone had already taken their seats, he picked up the glasses filled with wine on the table and said, "Come, everyone, cheers together, and welcome our guests from afar, Odysseus, King Itaka, and Carcas, the Greek prophet."
After saying that, he drank it all in one go, and others responded to drink all the wine in the glass.
The atmosphere of the banquet was very warm. Suddenly, Karcas raised his wine glass and stood up and said, "Dear King Lucomedes, thank you very much for your warm hospitality. This time, we are ordered by the command of Agamemnon, the commander of the Greek coalition, and hope to bring Achilles, the son of Peleus, you took you to Troy."
When Lucomedes heard Carcas' request, he shook his head and said, "Son of Peruz? No, I can swear to God that I have never adopted Peruz's son."
Lukemedes's attitude and tone were firm, not like making a false statement, which made Odysseus and Carcas unable to speak out for a while.
He continued, "But the child you mentioned is just a girl. She grew up with my princesses and I haven't seen her for so long, and I can't recognize her."
Odysseus and Carcas were overjoyed and expressed their intention to take a look at the girl.
Lukemedes felt a little unhappy about the request of the two, but finally agreed, and looked back and said, "Go and call all the girls in my palace."
Lucomedes summoned all the princesses to the banquet hall, and let Odysseus and Carcas distinguish themselves.
After a while, a group of princesses came over, all of them around fifteen or sixteen years old. Odysseus and Carcas immediately left the seat, looked at the many princesses carefully, and glanced up and down, hoping to find some clues from these princesses.
But no matter how sharp the two heroes looked, they still couldn't recognize which of these people was Achilles wearing women's clothing.
Odysseus sneaked up to Carcas and said, "Is King Lucomedes doing tricks, or is Achilles not in it at all?"
Odysseus is very good at making conspiracies and tricks, and it is easy to judge others by himself. If something is a little unpleasant, he will think that others are also fooling themselves with conspiracies.
Carcas looked at Odysseus and replied: "Dear Odysseus, King Lucomedes has no tricks. He really thought that Achilles was a girl, and that Achilles must be among them. He lived and played with the princesses at the age of nine, and it was difficult to tell."
"And even if Lükomedes conceals it, it is natural for him. This is entrusted to him by thetis, and he must take good care of it."
Thetis is not strong in itself, but she is just a secondary goddess, but she is the daughter of Nereus and Doris, the goddess of the sea, and she has also made contributions to Zeus. It is natural for King Lukemedes to take care of her mood.
"So that's it, but it's not easy to find Achilles in this way." Odysseus said.
"Although it's not easy, but this time we came here, we had to complete the task."
Odysseus nodded, understanding the special nature of this mission. This was a task assigned by the gods. It was not allowed to be rejected, and he had to find ways to complete the task.
In a short while, the banquet gradually dispersed, but Odysseus and Carcas were still thinking of ways to find Achilles.
Looking at the princesses standing in the hall, Odysseus suddenly had a plan and said to Carcas: "I have a plan to find Achilles, but I have to obtain the consent of King Lucomedes."
Carkas was a little curious and asked, "What strategy."
So Odysseus whispered to tell him his plan, but Carcas had to complete the communication with Lukemedes.
After hearing the plan, Carcas looked at Odysseus again, feeling that although he was cunning and changeable, his wisdom was superb and unpredictable, and he could often think of strategies that ordinary people could not imagine.
He found Lukemedes and said, "Dear King Lukemedes, we will use the horn of battle to find Achilles later, hoping that it will not affect your kingdom."
Although Lukemedes was unhappy, he was unable to refuse Carcas' request.
"Carcas, the great Greek prophet, just do it. I will continue to do it without any impact."
"Thank you so much, King Lucomedes." After Karcas said, he left and told Odysseus the good news.
Odysseus was happy to hear that Lücomedes agreed to this approach.
He asked someone to calmly bring a spear and a shield and put it in the palace, and ordered his followers to blow the horn of battle outside, and with footsteps, it seemed as if the enemy had rushed into the palace.
The horns of the battle sounded, and the princesses in the hall were shocked. The kingdom of the Greek city-state was only a few thousand people in a small country. The so-called palace was a relatively magnificent building, and it was not impossible to encounter an attack. They hid one after another, but only a girl remained in place.
In order to protect the beloved princesses and to show their brave side in front of them, the girl resolutely picked up the spear and shield on the ground.
Odysseus and Carcas, who had not walked away, secretly looked around the corner. When they saw the horn of the battle blowing, the princess ran away. One man picked up the spear and shield on the ground, and confirmed that this man was the Achilles they needed to look for.
The two ran out excitedly, and Carcas said, "Achilles, we have found you."
"Your father, the great hero, Peleus, once swore in the marriage of Helen, blessed by the gods, to protect the legal marriage from destruction. Now Prince Paris has destroyed the sacred marriage, and all the princes who vowed are to go on a war."
"Your father cannot go when he is old, so you must go for your father."
Achilles, who was standing, listened to speechless. He was too young and did not know these too complicated conspiracies. He just now really thought that the enemy had attacked the palace.
When my mother left, she repeatedly warned herself not to reveal her identity, and now it's all over.
"Are you here to help you defeat your enemies?" Achilles asked bluntly.
Odysseus' eyes rolled, and he had an idea in his heart, saying, "No, Achilles, you alone can't defeat them. We just take you to Troy as per the oath."
Although Achilles was not old, he could not bear Odysseus's contempt and said, "Don't worry, since you have found me, I will go to Troy with you, and I can defeat Troy and kill Prince Paris."
Odysseus's mouth raised slightly, showing a smile of conspiracy.
"I hope to take my coach Fornix and my friend Patroc Rox when I go to Troy."
"We have fifty warships."
"No problem," Carcas said, looking at Odysseus, feeling delighted.
Chapter completed!