The Greece Antagonist

As night fell, Medusa carried the ointment and food into the house to continue her routine of caring for the patient.

The exquisite food meticulously cooked by Hestia maintained its consistently high standard, and the pastries specially provided by the Great Temple not only held the original flavor of Crete Island, but also hinted at a sweet, novel taste.

Was that... honey added?

Unable to resist, Luo En indulged in a few more pieces before obediently lying down on the bed to await treatment.

Medusa sat by the bed, scooped out the red yet slightly pink ointment from the box, and evenly applied it onto the bruises on Luo En's back and chest.

Her soft fingertips slid over the freshly healed tender flesh of the wound, delivering a wonderful sensation, and the slightly cool body temperature of the snake further heightened the sensory stimulation.

Refreshing!

Luo En mentally exclaimed with pleasure, comfortably stretching his muscles and bones, allowing the medicine to penetrate through his skin and disseminate throughout his body with the flow of his blood and energy.

Soon after the medicine had been applied, a tingling, itchy sensation emanated from the affected areas, as if the flesh was regrowing and healing.

Is this... almost healed?

As Luo En muttered to himself, the itching on his body intensified, as if ants were gently gnawing at his wounds and skin.

At the same time, the blood in his body began to circulate faster, and a strange sense of heat intensified steadily.

Luo En shifted uncomfortably, turning his head to look at Medusa with a frown, "Um, is this medicine expired?"

"Not at all, big sister and second sister just got it from Asclepius this afternoon." Medusa replied instinctively, then quickly added, "They said it's a new formula with better effects and it doesn't leave scars."

Hearing Medusa's explanation, Luo En's heartbeat slowed, his throat feeling a bit dry.

"You believed them?"

"..." Medusa paused for a moment, then as if something dawned on her, her face darkened and she stood up indignantly, "I'm going to find them!"

Luo En held Medusa's shoulder as it lifted, showing a chilling smile towards the door, "No need, I'll handle it!"

Moments later, the fluorite lamp inside the room suddenly went out, and the courtyard was engulfed in darkness and silence.

"Why isn't there any noise?"

"Weird, even the window is covered."

Two slight figures lurking on the wall, not hearing the commotion they had expected, craned their necks, looking puzzled at the pitch-black courtyard.

"Maybe the dosage wasn't enough?"

"It must be!"

"Then let's add a bit more!"

After whispering to each other, they both flashed mischievous smiles.

Suddenly, Euryale nocked an arrow to her bow, while Stheno hung a small crystal bottle on the arrowhead.

"Whoosh!"

The bowstring vibrated, and the swift sound of the arrow cutting through the air echoed into the night, as the neatly crafted arrow carrying the small potion bottle flew towards the pitch-black bedroom.

However, before the arrow could land, a hand firmly grasped the shaft, and purple eyes instantly locked onto the two sneaky figures on the wall, laughing menacingly.

"Found you!"

"Run!"

Realizing that something was wrong, Stheno and Euryale didn't bother lingering to see the chaos unfold, and hurriedly scrambled down the wall, attempting to escape the scene of the crime.

But as a gust of wind blew past, a pair of iron pincer-like hands grabbed their shoulders.

"Trying to run? Get back here!"

Luo En, who had activated the "Goat" Divine Speed, huffed coldly and pulled the two little devils from the top of the wall into the room.

Meanwhile, Medusa briskly closed the door and, with a stern face, cast a binding spell on her two mischievous sisters.

Freeing up his hands, Luo En pressed for an answer without any courtesy, "The antidote? Hand it over!"

"What antidote?" The sisters blinked, feigning innocence.

Luo En ruthlessly exposed their ruse, raising the pink potion bottle in his hand with a snort of inquiry.

"Then what is this?"

"A restorative!"

Stheno and Euryale asserted with conviction, obviously rehearsed.

"I see..."

Luo En smiled faintly, as if accepting their explanation.

However, his smile quickly faded, and with lightning-fast speed, he dislocated their jaws with his hands, uncapped the bottle, and poured the remaining half-bottle of suspicious pink liquid into the mouths of Stheno and Euryale.

"Cough cough!"

As their jaws were reset, Stheno and Euryale coughed violently, tasting the strange sweetness in their mouths, and their faces paled as their voices trembled.

"What... what are you doing?"

"Aren't you two saying it's restorative? Such good stuff; how could I heartlessly enjoy it all by myself? Naturally, it's only fair that you two get a boost as well, to help fertilize the family soil," Luo En retorted, glancing at the barren chest of Stheno and Euryale, his eyes filled with disdain that infuriated the two sisters so much they wished they could bite this man to death on the spot for the great humiliation.

Yet Medusa, as the younger sister, showed no mercy as she firmly held down her two elder sisters' shoulders, choosing to join in on the torment.

Luo En scanned the resentment in the eyes of Stheno and Euryale and chuckled coldly, gesturing dismissively.

"Alright, cut the act. We're all poisoned now, so you'd better hand over the antidote quickly so we can all take it together—then it's a win-win situation."

"We really don't have an antidote…"

With faces full of grief and injustice, Stheno and Euryale finally blurted out the truth under Luo En's suspicious gaze.
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"Spiritual Medicine?!?!" Luo En's pupils shook violently upon hearing the details, staring at the emblem of the Medicine God on the crystal bottle—a staff entwinned by two snakes, leaving his previously calm face to lose its composure as his heart pounded uncontrollably.

A product from the future Medicine God—this stuff must be potent, right?

"Asclepius? Did he leave any message or anything when he handed the medicine over to you?"

"Yes, yes!"

Hearing that gritted question, Stheno and Euryale shrank their heads and hurriedly fished out a wrinkled prescription from their bodies.

It was a thin booklet.

Luo En subconsciously snatched it away and browsed through the graphics and analyses within, then couldn't help but freeze.

This… what the hell is this?

Luo En couldn't help but flip through it quickly, frowning deeply and mentally ranting.

On the parchments, rows of twisting, purplish-red long worms intertwine, contorting into various positions.

Even more bizarrely, at the head of the long worms are what appear to be human female heads, and they spit out forked snake-like tongues – altogether quite abstract.

This made Luo En even wonder if he had picked up some sort of 'Secrets of the Worms' type of Cthulhu-esque textbook illustration that would make one lose Sanity Points just by glancing at it.

Fortunately, there was also a written explanation.

"The mating methods and duration of the serpent deities are unknown, but it's observed that snakes mate for a long duration," the text read. "One can reference similar postures to speed up the process.

Figure one, 'Giant Serpent Coiling Roots', the male uses his residual hind limbs to scratch the female to draw attention, mating only on one side, while the other serves to grip;

Figure two..."

Huh?

Luo En seemed to realize something, closed the booklet, and looked at the cover.

The crooked handwriting resembled that of a crawling creature smudged with ink scrambling across paper, quite distinctive, making Luo En doubt Asclepius's mental state while compiling this prescription.

Eventually, he read the content on the cover slowly and clearly, relying on his intuition and experience.

"Snake... Species... Mating… Suggestion... Book?"

"Mating?"

The two serpent women, who had only glanced at the prescription hurriedly, suddenly had an epiphany, clenching their fists and smashing them into their palms.

So, that tangle of worms sticking their tongues out at them weren't earthworms or nematodes—they were snakes...!

Wait!

Suddenly, Stheno and Euryale seemed to realize something, looked up sharply, and stared at the booklet in shock.

A snake mating suggestion book?

What the hell do we need this for!

In an eerie silence, the three of them had blackened faces as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"I—I feel a bit hot..."

A suppressed murmur came from behind, and Luo En instinctively turned around to face Medusa, her cheeks flushed and her body restlessly twisting, her clear, fair skin emanating an enticing rose-red glow, her gaze growing increasingly hazy.

"Anna, you too..."

"Uh, the food and pastries she had earlier also contained..."

Stheno and Euryale weakly explained, exhaling hot air with tongues that couldn't stop giving off heat.

Pastries? Food? Salve?

Luo En looked toward the empty boxes at the bedside and felt his throat constrict.

He seemed to have used all of them...

If Medusa, who was first to be affected, was showing such obvious symptoms, then wouldn't they...?

The three of them exchanged gloomy looks, feeling the blood rush fiercely through their bodies, their breath tinged with shades of pink, and the looks they gave each other began to sear with heat.

Simultaneously, their blood boiled scorchingly like magma, frantically converging toward certain organs.

"Luo—Luo En... I feel so hot..."

In the indistinct murmur, the tall and cold figure staggered into the arms of her male counterpart, her hot breath feeling like it burned, her hazy purplish-red snake eyes brimming with intense longing, like currents of clear water.

Damn it!

As Luo En struggled to deflect, his footing stumbled, and he suddenly tripped and fell.

Luo En looked back at the two purplish-red snake tails that had tripped him and then at Stheno and Euryale undulating their waists as they slithered towards him. The twisted illustrations of that bizarre prescription book reflected in his mind, and he almost didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Fuck! Giant Serpent Coiling Roots! Learning on the fly, huh?

It seemed that because the patients seeking the medication were Stheno and Euryale, the medicine Asclepius prescribed had a particularly pronounced effect on serpent-kind.

At this moment, Medusa, who had taken it first, as well as Stheno and Euryale, who had consumed the most, surged forward and overwhelmed the only male in the room.

As the situation completely spun out of control, Luo En decisively hardened his heart, picked up the three serpent women wriggling on him, and threw them straight onto the bed.

Forget it, first "Cure"!

Hum!

Several Runes inscribed in Hermes Script descended, activating the protection Spells around the small house. Streaks of light from the Runes began to flicker on and off, forming a light screen that sealed the house from the outside in.

Under the relentless surge of the pink potion, the pink mist secreted by breath and sweat inside the house visibly thickened at a rapid rate. By a miraculous property, it merged with the ether in the air, completely transforming the entire sealed space into a nest brimming with desire.

On the ground, the wrinkled booklet fluttered open to reveal its last admonition.

The "Spiritual Medicine" named after "love" came from the hands of one well-versed in medicine.

Its potency was so strong that even deities couldn't resist.

However, should you wish to use it, please be very careful.

For the emotions hidden within one's heart could erupt into uncontrollable wild love, consuming both you and the one you cherish to ashes...