The special fruit would still need a day or two to ripen, and outside the not yet constructed city, the figure of the black-robed goddess had already disappeared without a trace.
Since Leto had agreed to the request, Hecate had, as promised, fulfilled her commitment, which was not difficult for her. The Goddess of the Magic Net simply extended her slender fingers and made a slight gesture in the void, and some kind of shackle was silently unlocked.
Once, upon ascending to the throne, Zeus had promised that he would grant Hecate the right to be independent of the Divine Court, that The Sky, the ocean, and the earth could not bind her. Though Hecate was not particularly concerned with this gift, she had nonetheless accepted it at the time.
