After Abandoning Apollo [Greek Mythology]

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Cassandra dies in an accident. A fellow who claims to be the god of love tells her that if she'll help punish the arrogant Apollo, she can have a second life.

How is she supposed to punish him? Why, by winning the heart of Olympus's most handsome god and mercilessly crushing it, making him suffer the agony of unrequited love and bow to the power of love.

Cassandra: This sounds like a great deal for me. Yay!

So she becomes Daphne, the river god's daughter. When Apollo falls for her and launches a passionate pursuit, she quickly runs away and transforms into a laurel tree right in front of him, bringing about a tragic bad ending.

The god of love keeps his promise. Cassandra is reborn, and when she opens her eyes again, she has become a princess of Troy.

This is bad! Even if she hasn't read the Iliad, she knows Troy is doomed.

The anxious impostor princess Cassandra follows her mother to make offerings at a temple, but mysteriously gets lost in the corridor and wanders into the depths of the temple.

There, a golden-haired god plucks the strings of his lyre, radiant light surrounding him, as though he has been waiting for her to appear. He looks up and smiles as he calls to her:

"Daphne."

Cassandra: ...Could you first explain why you're wearing my arm (a laurel branch) on your head?

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Apollo knew from the start that Daphne wasn't as simple as she seemed. He suspected she had an ulterior motive.

But he loved her.

You came, and I went mad for you.

My heart burns with desire, and your breath cools its flames.

Sappho, fragment LP48

* You don't need to know Greek Mythology to enjoy this. Happy ending.

* Another incident caused by Eros, Olympus's well-meaning citizen x

* [Note] The modern parallel-world bonus story stands alone and has its own conflicts and drama. [Not pure fluff.] Reader responses vary: some love it even more than the main story, while others find it hard to accept. Since the bonus story is quite long, [we strongly advise against subscribing to the whole work at once] in case it isn't to your taste. -3-

* The cover uses Arthur Rackham's 1921 illustration "as Daphne was, root-bound, that fled Apollo." It is in the public domain and comes from a commercial-use asset website, so there are no copyright issues.

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Tia's first prey is the vampire duke Igo.

He is the "master" who gave her the vampire's first embrace, the enemy who killed her family, and the lover who shared her bed.

After years of careful planning, Tia finally succeeds in piercing Igo's heart.

After that, Tia becomes a top vampire hunter who hunts her own kind.

Vampires who try to kill her keep coming, and every last one is killed by her instead.

But ever since Igo died, no prey has made her tremble with excitement.

Until Raphael appears.

Raphael is a vampire enforcer, whose duty is to hunt down vampire deviants like Tia.

More importantly, he is the nephew of Duke Igo

He has inherited Igo's title and power, and he also has a face that resembles the former duke's.

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Raphael's uncle died in disgrace. A mighty vampire duke was brought down by one of his own followers,

and the one who murdered him was a half-breed turned from a human.

To restore his family's honor, Raphael resolves to personally destroy the traitor named Tia.

Tia is as powerful and insane as the rumors say, and she makes people go insane.

In the moments when blades clash and damp strands of hair intertwine, Raphael can clearly feel that Tia is looking through him at someone else.

But his uncle Igo is dead.

Fortunately, he's already dead.

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