Dylan King and His New Roommate Called Goddess Athena [1st Book]

CHAPTER 30

POINT OF VIEW: DYLAN

Friday, October 28, 2028.

Carlasco = Around 09.30 A.M

Greece = Around 2.30 P.M

When his thermoreceptors suddenly responded to the cool air, Dylan knew he was just waking up. Opening both of his eyes, everything around him was dimmed. In a second he was reminded that he was in a guest chamber in Heracles' house. He was still feeling light-headed, so he shut his eyes back. When the uncomfortable feeling finally receded, he opened back his eyes again and attempted to get up.

Dylan fumbled through the switch location and clicked on the first switch when he managed to spot it. Immediately the room was brightened with white light. After stretching both of his hands and letting out a long yawn, he got out of bed and grabbed his wallet and phone. The time, as the phone had adjusted to local time, was 2.42 P.M. When he was about to sleep, he glanced at the phone and noticed the time was 09.23 A.M. That means he had been sleeping for more than four hours. Hephaestus must have finished briefing the others the urgent priority, which must be none other than William and the beast that attacked them in the library. That's what he thought when he was walking towards the room entrance.

The room in front of the guest room was the gymnasium, the entire wall was built from glass. Heracles was there, focusing on his phone at the bench press equipment. Dylan immediately entered the gym to thank him.

"Hey, feeling better already?" Heracles asked when Dylan was approaching him.

"I've recovered already. Thank you so much for allowing me to stay."

"No worries!" Heracles said. "Ah, wait, I gotta reply to this first," he said, then he put his focus back on the phone. A little while later, he exclaimed again. "Okay, done!"

"Done managing the business?" Dylan asked as he sat on the butterfly equipment.

"Business sounds too serious," Heracles said. "I've just explained the proper steps for weight lifting to my member."

"Ah you're some kind of online fitness instructor then," Dylan said. "Being instructed by a legendary Greek demigod hero is surely something awesome."

Heracles chuckled. "Well ... I obviously never told anyone about my real identity. To avoid suspicion, I have studied the maximum capacity of a mortal with my size, and I pretended to only have that capacity."

Dylan nodded a few times, but said nothing.

"I also did real jobs that earned me money. Obviously all the jobs I took related to fitness coaching or any other physical activities. That's because I simply cannot imagine myself having to deal with tons of financial numbers, or typing computer codes that are far more complicated than The Hieroglyph of Egypt."

"No offense, but I think people won't let their eyes off you if you apply for those jobs," Dylan said as he laughed a little.

"See?" Heracles responded with a little laugh too.

Dylan leaned against the chair backrest. "Man ... I still could not believe you're actually real," he shook his head. "All this time I only knew you from some games or movies, like Dwayne Johnson's 2014 movie, or Hercules cartoon made by Disney."

"Dylan, never let Hera know about the cartoon version, okay?" Heracles suddenly leaned forward and turned serious. "If she ever knows that there's a movie depicting her as my birth mother, I can assure you she will be so furious."

"So the conflict between you and Hera were all true?"

"Of course," Heracles said. "From the very beginning she always despised every child my father had from other women. However, it was me whom she hated the most. Surely in the end, we reconciled. But if she ever knew about this Disney version, it would surely be an insult to her face."