Among them, Hestia, because she lived among humans, ceded her position to Dionysus, the god of wine. One day, Zeus, the King of the Gods, and Hermes, the messenger god, descended to the mortal realm once again. Disguising themselves as an old man and a youth respectively, the two looked around and saw that every shop was selling statues of them. At this moment, Zeus said to Hermes, "Would you believe me if I said my statue is worth millions of silver dollars?" Hermes sneered, "I'd say your statue isn't worth a single cent!" Furious, Zeus demanded, "Are you belittling my worth?" The two came to a statue shop, and the owner immediately hurried forward, greeting them warmly: "Are you two looking to buy a statue?" Pointing at his own statue, Zeus asked the shopkeeper, "How much is this worth?" The shopkeeper gave Zeus a playful look and replied, "This one? This one?" Pointing at his own statue, Hermes asked the shopkeeper, "How much for this one if I want it?" The shopkeeper then said, "This one is worth ten silver dollars. If you want that one over there, I'll just give it to you for free—consider it a throw-in, completely worthless." Hermes burst into laughter: "Well? Do you believe me now?" A dark expression swept across Zeus's face, and he walked out of the shop without a word.
Halfway through their journey, the two ran into Hades, the Lord of the Underworld. The three agreed to meet up and exclaimed, "Come on, let's go have a drink at the Heavenly Realm tavern run by Dionys…
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