Chapter 9They dressed hurriedly and returned immediately to the palace, and when they entered, Phemus turned to Perseus. “I know you have to complete your quest,” he said. “And I would go with you, but I’m needed here. I have to tell the king and queen what the nymph told us.”
“What will happen?”
“We’ll evacuate the city, I imagine. We can’t let anyone die because of the queen’s foolish words.”
Perseus shook his head sadly. “I’m sorry this is happening.”
“The fault doesn’t lie with you,” Phemus said. “Good luck.”
He sped off in the direction of the throne room, and Perseus and Bellerophon returned to their room to collect the divine weapons. They then went to the garden where Pegasus stood grazing on the grass, and Bellerophon hopped up onto the steed’s back. Perseus stroked Pegasus’s
