King of Underworld - Chapter 102



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The Story of Eros and Psyche – (1)

The Mount Athos expedition was half successful despite Gaia’s trap. This is my conclusion.

It’s a shame that Chrysaor of the Golden Sword escaped, but it’s still an achievement despite falling into Gaia’s trap in the first place.

But there was something a little strange about Orion’s death… The crow, Apollo’s sacred animal, was moving like that?

The intelligence of that divine being is by no means dull. It should be able to predict the path of the golden sword chasing it.

“Lord Hades. But I’m talking about the hero who just died after dealing with Orthos.”

“Orion, son of Poseidon?”

Persephone, who had been watching this world with me, opened her mouth with a curious look on her face.

He insisted that he also wanted to watch the expedition, so I gave him permission, and he observed me with great concentration.

The desperate struggles of mortals are but a momentary amusement to the gods… Hmm. It’s a matter of perspective, I guess.

“I found out when I went up to the Olympus Palace last time and looked down at the lower world.”

“what?”

“I was hunting on the ground with my sister Artemis. It seemed like she was a person that she cherished very much…”

Persephone, who had never been to a banquet held in the Olympus palace before meeting me, has been to the palace.

Now that she was known as my wife, Demeter would have been more than happy to allow her to attend the banquet.

But the human that Artemis cherished was Orion… I can guess why Apollo’s divine beast was acting strangely.

But you can’t question the sun god with just that. It’s too much interference to scold your nephew with only circumstantial evidence, not even physical evidence.

“So… I guess I’ll have to remember my mistake and punish him properly all at once.”

“yes?”

“It’s nothing.”

Apollo, who helped me quickly when I fought against Cronus who had descended to this world,

What he did this time was rather disappointing.

I guess he thought it was just a human… Of course, Apollo would have plenty of reason to think that way.

In essence, it is God who looks down on humans, and there is also the position of one of the 12 Olympian gods.

Perhaps they thought that mortals were not equal to gods, and that if something happened, they could just blame it on the divine beast’s mistake.

How can I educate my nephew, who is said to be the god of reason, but loses his reason when it comes to love and his younger sister?

But how will Poseidon, who loves his children, react?

Since the expedition would have been annihilated anyway if Apollo hadn’t intervened, I can’t just let it go even though I feel uneasy… That’s impossible.

He looked at the living world while stroking the head of Persephone, who was sitting next to him.

The army of the Kingdom of Macedon arrived late and joined forces with the heroes to defeat the monsters and control the battlefield.

“lol…”

Orion will soon be coming to the afterlife,

The countless brave men who died there are probably being led by Thanatos by now…

“Hades, the goddess of the moon has come to the underworld!”

“Artemis has come to the underworld? Let her in.”

Yeah, it looks like Artemis has quite deep feelings for that human.

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“Uncle Hades… Please… Bring Orion back to life…!”

I looked at my nephew, who was kneeling in front of me and pleading without warning.

My nephew, with whom I was neither on bad nor good terms, was begging me with clear tears falling to the floor.

Was that the extent of your feelings for that human, Orion?

A noble goddess would come to the underworld to kneel and beg for a mortal. Could it be that they were in love?

Even a goddess who swore chastity could not avoid the feeling of love.

“Don’t you know very well that that is an impossible request?”

“But… we love each other. I’m sure that my brother Apollo found out and killed me on purpose…”

“ha…”

Artemis must have thought the same thing as me. But I still can’t bring you back to life.

“Is this because of the story of how you saved the life of Tantalus’s child?”

“Yes… Grandfather would bring back to life those who died unjustly… Please…”

“But it was such a horrible crime, and because he was a complete victim, his soul was sent back to the living world.”

The story of Tantalus is one that enraged most of the gods.

The person who committed the crime was tormented in Tartarus for eternity, and the kingdom he was king of was in ruins.

It was such a serious incident that I brought it back to life…

“That exception does not apply to Orion. He set out on an expedition of his own choosing, and he was a great hero who fell by the golden sword of Chrysaor.”

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“Not the golden sword… but my brother Apollo…”

“…even if Apollo killed that man, he cannot be brought back to life.”

The moon goddess with tears continuously streaming from her beautiful face.

Even if Apollo committed indirect murder, a dead person is a dead person. It is not something that can be granted with Artemis’s plea.

But he is a great hero who fought and killed Orthos, the son of Typhon. If it is a reward for the task…

“I’ll go now. I’m sorry for the death of your human lover. What I can do for you is…”

“…?”

“Go back to Zeus and tell him that I have asked him to make Orion a constellation. It would not be a bad thing to honor the great hero forever by carving him into the sky.”

“Yes. Thank you… Oh. I do…”

“If you want, you can meet Orion once…”

After finishing the conversation, the moon goddess bowed her head to me and left the audience room.

It’s fortunate that the sadness has subsided a little. It seems that he is at least somewhat relieved that his lover is engraved in heaven.

He was a hero who killed Typhon’s child, so his achievements would be enough to make him a constellation, and Zeus would place him in the sky without much complaint.

Then maybe Poseidon can find some comfort. At least I hope he doesn’t get so angry at Apollo that he gets thrown into the abyss.

Should I send a few words to Zeus to tell him to punish Apollo just in case something happens…? I’ll have to think about it for a bit.

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As Hades and Artemis were talking in the underworld, in a corner of the palace of Olympus…

It was a conversation between a mother scolding her son and the son who was extremely resistant to something.

It was because of the quarrel between the winged young god, Eros, and her mother, Aphrodite.

“No! Even if you say so, I won’t do it. Mother!”

“Eros, even Hades wouldn’t say anything if you shot golden arrows at something like this! Why aren’t you listening to me?”

Let’s take a moment to look back in time to see why this happened…

In a kingdom on earth, there lived a beautiful youngest princess named Psyche.

She was so beautiful that humans worshipped Psyche as a goddess who had descended to the earth.

There were even rumors that she was more beautiful than Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty…

Those who believed such rumors even neglected to offer sacrifices to the goddess.

“I heard that Princess Psyche is the daughter of the goddess Aphrodite?”

“Well, that’s not the extent to which I can explain her beauty.”

“I have never seen a goddess in my life. Isn’t Psyche more beautiful than Aphrodite?”

It didn’t end with the rumor that Psyche was the daughter of the goddess Aphrodite.

Eventually, in the kingdom where Psyche was, the temple of the goddess of beauty began to become covered in dust and people stopped visiting, so naturally, this incurred the great wrath of Aphrodite.

“What kind of cocky bitch are you to take away my prestige?”

Her anger grew worse when Psyche did not correct the rumors she heard or show any humility, but instead enjoyed them.

So the goddess of beauty decided to punish him through her son Eros…

“Shoot a golden arrow at that insolent bitch and make her fall in love with the most disgusting human being.”

“…no, I do not want!”

“What?! You don’t like shooting arrows at mere humans?”

“I told you that last time I was shooting the golden arrows recklessly and was caught by Hades, so I had to keep shooting the bow!”

Yes. Eros was dragged to the underworld after accidentally hitting Persephone while practicing archery.

He shook his head at his mother’s words for fear of being dragged from the afterlife and made to work again.

So, back in the present, there was Aphrodite trying hard to comfort her son and Eros looking sad.

The goddess of beauty who somehow persuades her children to shoot a golden arrow at Psyche.

“Eros. Hades pointed out a place to practice archery, not something you said about shooting someone.”

“but…”

“Think about it carefully. The reason Hades is angry is because of your irresponsibility regarding the arrows that you cannot control. He will not say anything if you decide to punish humans.”

“Ugh… what else should I do! I don’t want to go to the afterlife again and shoot arrows at those weird mortals!”

“So you’re saying that you can’t even shoot an arrow at this mother’s temple, which is in such disrepair? And my prestige is falling to the ground in that kingdom?”

Aphrodite approaches Eros, who is holding his head in his hands and struggling, and gently comforts him.

If Hades saw this sight… he would wonder if he would do something like that to a human who wouldn’t live long.

At this moment, the angry goddess was filled with the will to inflict whatever punishment she desired.

“So, Eros, if Hades asks you, you can just say that I told him to do it. Now, go there and shoot your golden arrow.”

“…Really? Then your mother will take responsibility for everything…?”

“Okay, even if I told you to, just hurry up and do it!”

Eros eventually gives in to persuasion and heads to the living world with a magic arrow.

He must have wanted to see Psyche’s face, which was so beautiful that it could be compared to the goddess of beauty.

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