King of Underworld - Chapter 32



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Sisyphus… The Story of Thanatos – (3)

As soon as Ares made eye contact with the awakened Thanatos, he immediately ran to the underworld…

I told Hades everything as it was.

“Uncle Hades! What is God Thanatos doing right now…”

“…?”

Ares, who had been looking forward to fighting the powerful monster that had defeated Thanatos, was fuming like a child who had had his toy taken away.

The gods of the underworld, who had grasped the whole situation in this way, were indignant.

“What? Then this whole situation…”

“What about this guy named Sisyphus?”

“What the heck! Thanatos was sleeping?!”

“Ares, are you lying…”

“I swear on the River Styx that everything Ares said is true!!!”

So some of the gods of the underworld attacked Thanatos, who was belatedly bringing Sisyphus to the underworld.

To be exact, he was waiting at the entrance to the afterlife and tied up with a rope.

“Ugh! Whipnoss, why are you doing this! And you, Styx!”

“Do you know how hard it was for us while you were sleeping and neglecting your work?”

“You said you were snoring when you heard Ares’ words!”

In this way, Thanatos was captured and brought here like a criminal under the strict surveillance of the two gods.

Of course, Sisyphus was so shocked by the unprecedented situation that he walked on his own two feet.

“No… Uh… Ah…?”

There is only one thing that welcomes Thanatos, who has abandoned his work for a while,

“Ugh… I had a good rest for a while… but now I have to row again…”

There was only Charon, the boatman of the River Acheron.

So it was that Thanatos and Sisyphus were brought before Hades.

Thanatos was bound with ropes all over his body by the angry gods,

Sisyphus was kneeling blankly, looking lost.

“No, how can you say this after only sleeping for a few days! I was only going to sleep for one day and wake up!”

Thanatos shouts confidently next to Sisyphus, who seems to have lost his mind.

My head hurts like Zeus swallowing Metis.

“Harvesting souls was a bit… difficult, Thanatos…”

“Yes, Hades, you know my plight very well! I really need just a moment…”

Then the other gods lined up next to me immediately convulse.

First, there was Hypnos, who traveled around the world forcibly putting to sleep the lives that could not reach death.

“What?! Just for a little while? Where did you get such nonsense, Thanatos!”

Moros & Ceres, who also traveled around the world suffering because their godhood of death overlapped.

“Thanatos! Are you calling that a word?”

“You say something like that after breaking the cycle of the world for several days!”

Morpheus, who appeared in the dreams of humans day and night, hinting that they should not harm life for the time being.

“Hades! Thanatos must have been in collusion with Cronus, the god of time! Otherwise, how could such a short period of time…!”

Besides these, numerous gods and officials condemned Thanatos’ misdeeds.

Sisyphus, who had already been designated as a grave sinner by Zeus, was not even in their sights.

“You… you damn bastards with piercing mouths! Try doing the job like I did!”

“What?! I’m busy giving sleep to living beings every day!”

“Do you know how hard it is for me to send out clones every day to make you dream?”

“Do you think we don’t suffer?”

“You don’t think you’re the only one working in the afterlife, do you?!”

Yes, that’s right.

All the gods of the underworld are always working themselves to death.

Even Hades, the ultimate decision maker, only has some free time occasionally.

Of course, the busiest ones are Thanatos and Charon,

However, this does not mean that the other gods were leisurely playing.

Even if you just look at Morpheus or Hypnos, you would have to control their clones every night.

In that situation, Thanatos neglected his work for several days…

The various gods of the underworld had to do dozens of times more work than they usually did.

* * *

I waved my hand to silence everyone, then opened my mouth.

Because we need to decide on a punishment for Thanatos, who has been neglecting his duties by using Sisyphus.

“First… we need to decide on a punishment…”

“Tartarus!”

Whipnoss shouts, the veins on his neck rising.

He is the god who gives sleep, but he himself has not slept a wink for several days.

“It wouldn’t be a bad idea to send it to Tartarus right away.”

“Well, the crime of trying to break the cycle is great. Hades will pass a just judgment…”

Ceres & Moros said, with dark clouds swirling under their eyes.

They lived on earth for several days, so they could harvest souls in such a hurry.

“It seems like a weak punishment to just send him to Tartarus, so how about a punishment where he has to keep putting rocks that fall from the top of the mountain on him?”

“Morpheus! Well said!”

“As expected from the God of Dreams, you have a very rich imagination!”

“Tartarus! To Tartarus!”

Morpheus rolled his eyes and started talking crazy.

Perhaps, unlike Thanatos, he seemed to harbor strong feelings of resentment about not being able to rest.

“You crazy bastards! If you were in my shoes, do you think you would not rest?”

“Rather than you, a bastard who just falls asleep when the opportunity comes…”

“Thanatos! Stop making excuses and accept your punishment!”

“Thanatos to Tartarus!”

I put my hand on my head and quietly muttered as the afterlife seemed to be becoming more and more chaotic.

Put divine power into your voice so that the gods can hear it…

“So, assuming we send Thanatos to Tartarus, who will harvest souls from now on?”

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Oh, it got quiet.

The gods become quiet as if they hadn’t even thought about that.

Everyone looks at each other.

“Isn’t death just a deep sleep? Hypnos…”

“Ceres, the catastrophic death you preside over is…”

“Hmm. I’ll have to think about that later…”

I knew this would happen.

It seems like no one is happy about their workload increasing any further.

Now I can finally speak my mind.

“Thanatos cannot be sent to Tartarus… any disgruntled deity is understood to have his soul harvested instead.”

“Ahem. Hmm. You’re lucky, Thanatos.”

“I can’t help it…”

“Ah… It’s a shame that those who commit wrongdoings are not properly punished. Even Dike, the goddess of justice, would lament…”

“joy…!”

“Instead, the god Thanatos will have to serve hard labor for several more days. He will also not be able to accept human sacrifices for a while…”

Considering the hard work of Thanatos, the busiest man in the underworld, and the dignity of the old gods who have existed since the beginning…

I guess we just have to add some kind of punishment here and there.

Thanatos’ face crumpled as he untied the ropes that bound him and got up.

It seems he has now realized that there will be no more vacations for him.

“And since I haven’t been able to pay enough attention to you, I’ve been asking Olympus for support periodically…”

“But Hades, what are you going to do with that human?”

The goddess Styx, who had been quietly frowning, points to Sisyphus.

* * *

I looked at Sisyphus, the human whom Zeus had sent Thanatos to capture.

His forehead was glistening with sweat and he looked half-mad.

“Let’s see where your sin is…”

“Ugh..”

“Don’t be so afraid, there is a petition in your defense.”

I reached out and picked up the parchment scroll that Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, had given me.

A petition that the river god Asopos asked to be delivered to the underworld some time ago.

He held out this scroll of parchment to Minos, one of the three judges of the underworld, standing nearby.

He slowly looks over the contents and begins to read.

“Then I will read it. I have heard that the human Sisyphus has been captured and I offer it to the Lord of the Underworld…”

The contents of the document sent to me by the God of the River.

It contained the story of what happened to his daughter Aegina at the hands of Zeus and his gratitude to Sisyphus.

There is also a story about Sisyphus worrying about being punished by Zeus.

“…so I beg you to show him some leniency and mercy.”

As Minos finishes reading his petition, the faces of the nearby gods turn an earthy color.

“Haa… Zeus again..?”

“This time, the river god was harmed…”

“It could be false, so how about asking the goddess Mnemosyne to confirm it?”

I nodded,

Soon the goddess of memory read Sisyphus’ memories and conveyed them to me.

“Then I will pass judgment.”

Sisyphus looks up with a slightly hopeful expression on his face.

“It is a grave sin to have attacked Thanatos, the god of death, and to have broken the cycle of the world as a result.”

though…

“But it wasn’t your fault that Thanatos came to you sooner than your appointed lifespan.”

To be precise, it was because Zeus sent Thanatos in anger when his rape was discovered.

However, it is not the case that Sisyphus is completely free from faults.

It turns out he was trying to arouse sympathy by saying his wife didn’t hold a funeral.

But this too was revealed to me by Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, who looked up and told me.

It is never easy for humans to deceive God.

“It was wrong to use the funeral to arouse my sympathy, but… he had a good reputation among the people of Corinth in this world, and he could be called a saint. And the really big sin was…”

“…Ahem ahem!”

I glared at the god who was shamelessly raising his head.

Thanatos, who had been resting in this world for a few days, coughed in vain and avoided eye contact when our eyes met.

“…If Thanatos had no intention of using you in the first place, and you had been dragged to the underworld, Minos here would have declared you not guilty.”

“Well…then that’s it!”

Minos next to him smiled awkwardly and said, “Well… Actually, if it’s something to do with Zeus, then it’s a bit… Ahem…”

He said that, but I ignored it for now.

“Therefore, when you have lived your entire life in this world and come down to the afterlife, I will judge your sins again.”

“…..! Thank you..! Thank you! Pluto!”

He lies down with his face like Sisyphus is alive and keeps giving thanks.

But I will still forget all my memories from the afterlife.

He nods to Lethe, the goddess of forgetfulness, and she approaches behind Sisyphus.

The power of forgetfulness that comes with it.

Sisyphus will forget all his experiences in the underworld.

“Huh…? Huh huh…”

“Oh, by the way, at that time I will also ask you to punish me for imprisoning Thanatos who fell on his own.”

He finished speaking while looking at Sisyphus, whose eyes were becoming clouded and he was losing his memory.

Although it is true that Thanatos intentionally used Sisyphus, he should receive a separate punishment by being chained to the basement of the palace.

If he comes to the afterlife after his set lifespan ends…

He may have been working with Phaethon on the outskirts of the underworld for tens or hundreds of years.

“Morpheus, send a messenger to Olympus to summon Iris to the Underworld.”

“Huh? Why Iris, the goddess of rainbows..”

What? There’s a felon here, so send Thanatos?

“I will go and protest to Zeus myself.”

You’re being a jerk.

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