[Greek Mythology] Has Apollo Gone Mad Today?

Artemis thinks her younger brother is crazy. Not a god, but a complete nutjob. Apollo knows he's destined for great things. When he transmigrated, he had an RPG game System bound to him. The chatty System kept muttering: Follow the story, complete quests, level up slowly. He ignored it. [Year One: You are born, and your mother is chased by a giant snake.] Mom! I'll roll off you right now! We know game monsters dissolve easily in water. Let's kick the snake into the sea. Artemis handed Apollo a blade of grass. She hoped her brother wouldn't be crawling around with his bare butt showing when he planned to kill the giant serpent Python. [You encounter Helios, the sun god, who has escaped from prison. Go speak to him.] Sun godhood? How could that not belong to the god of light! Let's take it! Until the day he died, Helios never understood how his opponent had killed him by breaking the rules. [You are hit by Cupid's golden arrow, and the first person you see is Daphne.] Oh! A beautiful goddess! Would you like to become my priestess? Daphne only learned later why she hadn't been able to run away at the time. The lead arrow made her hate him, while the golden arrow made him pursue her. The two arrows canceled each other out, and wealth and power simply fell into her lap. She accepted the position of temple priestess and looked up at him. The young god sat on the steps, his expression cool, as if he had never been struck by that arrow. So, are you willing to follow me and spread the faith of light across the land? All the gods of Olympus knew that the newly born God of Light was handsome, could play beautiful music on the lyre, and could also throw an utterly undignified tantrum. When a problem arose, he was rational and orderly. When there was no problem, he was the biggest problem of all. They delighted in passing around new stories about the god. That was, until one day, the God of Light stood atop the God King's throne, shoulder to shoulder with the Lord of the Abyss, the Chaos God Tartarus whom all the gods avoided. The gods stared in confusion. What had happened while they were busy laughing at him? Reader's Notes: 1. There are many versions of the myths, and this story takes liberties. Don't read it as a scholarly account. 2. The protagonist is Apollo after transmigrating, not the original version. 3. The pairing is a crack ship based on my personal taste. I like Abyss x Light. Archived 2026.1.18 Theme: Strive ever onward