Thief Of Truth's Heart

Chapter 7

"This is your new temple.....?"

"This is truly beautiful!! How come it is larger than all of your temples combined?"

".......Princess, there is a temple here?"

"Right behind your one daddy!! Why are you asking this to me?"

"Because all I can see is a vast place of nothingness behind my temple."

".... Am I hallucinating then?"

"If you can see your temple, then that's all you need to know. I can't go inside something which I cannot see, so how about you explore your temple on your own, and then I will show you my own temple and go to see your residence on Olympus together?"

"That's a good idea, I agree. So, what do I do now?"

"Go inside the temple as you would go inside your chambers in Atlantis. There's nothing special that you have to do to enter your own chambers, right? Same with your temple. All you have to do is walk through the entrance, wherever it is and you will be able to enter."

"Alright daddy, thank you for telling me!! You will be waiting outside for me, right?"

"Of course princess. I have learnt my lesson on leaving you alone when I pretended to leave you behind when you were five and you started crying."

"That was a low blow daddy!! I was five then!! I am twenty one years old now!!!"

"So you will be alright and totally not cry if I leave for Atlantis right now?"

".......No."

"That's what I thought. It's alright to feel scared when alone, princess. Even I am scared when I am alone with your mother. She could get away with murder with no witness then. But don't tell her I said that!!"

"Daddy, you are really funny!! But I have to go through the entrance of the temple right?"

"Yes. Now go, you will find me in my temple, so come inside without hesitation, alright?"

"Okay!! See you later then, daddy!!"

"See you later, fishling."

Atlanta made her way to her temple entrance, proud that she was distracted only once by a cute little eagle in her walk up to the place. The moment she stepped on the threshold of her temple, she heard a person behind her sucking a deep breath in surprise.

"You are still here daddy?"

"I wanted to make sure that you don't get distracted once more before getting inside your temple, princess. Did I mention that even if I still cannot see  your temple, I can see the green energy surrounding it take the shape of the temple?"

"Really?"

"Yes. Perhaps you need to stand on the threshold for someone to remotely make out that a temple even exists here."

"Could be. Shall I go now?"

"Of course."

Atlanta went inside her temple, and as expected, the green energy vanished with her, making it seem as if she vanished into thin air. Poseidon shook his head and proceeded to his own temple to wait for his daughter.

Atlanta was spellbound the moment she entered her place of worship. It was a vast area, and the entire walls were made up of dark sea green colored stones. The hearth was on the right, barricaded by small, sharp gates made of iron. There was an enormous throne with the mark of 'V' in the middle of the room, no doubt the room for worship, obviously meant for her godly height. The ceiling was enchanted to show the tumultuous tides, and when it flickered after a long time, it showed the ruins of great cities. On the wall exactly opposite to the hearth, there was a picture on the stone slab depicting her victories against two of the most vicious monsters in their pantheon who she had defeated when she was being trained. One was the Kraken, who she had taken as a pet as it begged for mercy after Atlanta had almost killed the poor thing, and the other was Echidna, who she had mocked and then slayed, giving her a one way ticket to Tartarus.