King of Underworld - Chapter 45



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The Journey of the Gods – (3)

Some time had passed since the two goddesses, Styx and Lethe, had disembarked from their chariots.

Purururuk-

The ghost horse’s legs move busily and run across the ground.

The sound of chariot wheels and horse hooves echoed on the outskirts of Mount Etna, where vast grasslands stretched out.

Of course, humans won’t know because the sight and sound are blocked.

“Kyahahaha!”

“Throw it here!”

Despite the dangerous mountain where Typhon’s body was sealed,

Thanks to the beautiful scenery, there were many nymphs just by turning my head a little.

There is a forest nearby and a small stream with clear water.

A natural landscape where it looks like a lot of fairies would live.

Naturally, my expression relaxes and my mind becomes calm.

It’s definitely a change of pace from just looking at rolls of parchment in my office every day.

I made the chariot and ghost horse disappear for a moment and approached the mountain while suppressing my strength even more.

Because if my presence were to cover this area, the stimulated body would jump around and cause an earthquake.

Saaaaak-

The black divine power slowly scans the mountain, observing the movements of the beings beneath.

Hmm. Typhon’s body is still intact. It’s quiet.

Now, as I was returning to the place where I had parted ways with the two goddesses, someone called out to me from between the trees.

The presence of a female nymph who had been glancing this way for a while.

“Hey, handsome guy! If you’re bored, come play with me!”

A nymph with bright, pale turquoise hair approaches me and beckons.

A refreshing and clear spirit. Is she one of the Naiades, the water nymphs?

But it seems like there are already passengers waiting to talk to me…

“Mente! What’s so good about a guy like that? Why don’t you talk to me?”

“No, I said I don’t like it. Go away!”

A male centaur ran up behind the nymph and roughly grabbed her hand.

I thought we were acquaintances because he had been hovering around the nymph for a while, but was it just a one-sided courtship?

“Shut up! Just follow me!”

“Whoa! Go away!”

The centaur seems angry and roughly grabs the nymph and drags her into his arms.

Soon, an all too common crime will occur in Greece.

Zeus, Poseidon… all the gods and men raping beautiful women.

The reason why women who were raped and killed harbored deep resentment and appealed to the judge, Minos.

“Hey! What are you looking at! This woman is mine… AAAAAH!”

“Whoa!… Haa…”

I couldn’t stand to see that disgusting thing, so I coerced it into killing me.

The heart of the ferocious centaur who had just attempted to rape a nymph stops and he falls to the ground foaming at the mouth.

“Eek…!”

A nymph who made eye contact with me and was terrified, shedding tears of fear.

I couldn’t help but sigh as I watched her hastily putting on her half-naked clothes.

“…don’t worry, i don’t care about you.”

“Are you… a god from somewhere?”

“Yes, and go with the other nymphs. There are quite a few of them.”

Even the supreme god Zeus is a rapist, so other races are no different.

Centaurs, whose lower bodies are like those of beasts, are especially true to their instincts.

I guess I’ve done everything I could.

As I was about to leave, I smelled a familiar scent from her.

A very… refreshing coolness that I smelled a long time ago.

When was Athena born? When she overthrew her father Cronus and took over the world?

No. Before that, in my previous life, I had only smelled…

A smell I really miss.

A nymph, half-dressed and half-dressed, expresses her gratitude to me.

“Thank you very much. If you see any nymphs around here, please tell them that you are Mente’s benefactor…”

Men… no, this is also definitely…

“What is your name?”

“My name is Menthe?”

Mente. Minte… Mint?

The mint you mean when you say mint chocolate?

“You are the water nymph Nias… Do you happen to be growing a plant that gives off a refreshing scent?”

“Yes? How did you know?”

* * *

“This way, my lord.”

When I showed interest in the plants, my mentor asked me to follow him.

As we followed her into the forest, we saw plants growing next to a stream.

“This is it. I just breathed my power into an ordinary plant and it turned into this…”

A tiny leaf, a new species never seen before in this world.

This plant is also…

“Mint… It’s peppermint.”

“yes?”

Ignoring Mente’s puzzled expression, I put the plant in my mouth and chewed it.

A refreshing sensation that spreads in your mouth.

It’s been a long time since I’ve felt nostalgic for the past.

“I said Mente. I am Hades, the god of the underworld.”

“Yes…? Hades… sir…?!”

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“Okay, in return for helping me regain my forgotten memories, I’ll grant you one wish.”

I have never done anything so foolish as swearing on the River Styx.

I intend to grant any reasonable wish within my capacity.

Of course, the range of appropriateness is very broad.

Mente was very surprised to hear what I said and waved his hands around in confusion.

Her face kept turning bright red and then returning to normal.

“Well… Then maybe… Ugh… No… Right, what’s with my topic…”

“You can think about it slowly and then speak.”

“Then…! Then please spend some time with me!”

….Is that really your wish?

It was a small and humble wish that I could barely say with my face reddened.

“Was that really a rude request..?! Ugh.. I’m sorry..”

“That’s simple. And I want to repay you more…”

Since they are spirits and fairies that dwell in nature, they do not need the blessings of wealth.

It doesn’t seem like you have any great wishes…

Ah! A good idea occurred to me.

I hope I can give everyone the honor they desire.

“In addition, I will make the plant you created, mint, my symbol.”

“Yes.. Yes hehe..?! That.. that?! That’s too much…”

It’s too much, considering it’s the price you paid for awakening the memories of my past life.

The rewards don’t end there.

“From now on, mint will always grow in my temple, and I will let humans know that you are the creator of this. Foods made with mint will spread throughout the world…”

“Ugh…”

Minte, who is now unable to say anything and can only open her mouth.

Her face, covered with both hands, turned bright red like the flames of Hephaestus.

Next, I’m going to give her the reward she wants: a short walk…

I could feel the goddesses approaching nearby.

Goddess Lethe and… Goddess Styx?

“Ah Hades! You were here… huh?”

“I’ve been looking for it for a long time… but you…”

The goddesses approaching me look back and forth between Mente’s face, which is flushed red, and me.

A face that gradually hardens. Divine power radiating ominously.

Mente, who felt the divine power of the goddess, came out and examined them…

“This… power… y, goddesses? Then… by any chance! I’m… sorry!!!”

As if he realized something, he ran away.

No, if you leave like that, what am I supposed to do?

Should I have caught him running away and asked him to help me explain for a moment?

My heart aches at the sight of the two goddesses gradually moving forward.

“Hades was a male god after all..”

“You came to play with us and then you met another woman… It’s getting bigger and bigger…”

“…First of all, what you are thinking right now is absolutely not true.”

* * *

A few days after that happened,

The temple of Hades, which flourished greatly in Thebes.

The high priest, who had been praying with his eyes closed, suddenly woke up in surprise.

And when he struck the bell placed next to him, a clear bell sound rang out throughout the temple.

“Hades has issued an oracle! All priests, please gather together!”

“Is it a trust?! What are you saying this time…”

“Lord Hades has sent down his symbol!”

In the center of the temple, a black divine power swirled and Hades’s gifts arrived.

Hades, who had barely managed to resolve the misunderstanding between the two goddesses, sent a lot of mint to his temple.

A look of wonder came to the priests’ eyes as they looked at the piled up mint leaves and seeds.

“This… is a plant I’m seeing for the first time… but the scent is really strong.”

“There must be a reason why Hades sent this to us…”

“It is said that the plant was named mint after the nymph Menthea, who created it…”

“I wonder if that nymph has accomplished something great.”

One of the priests, who had been pondering for a while, spoke up.

The next high priestess, Penedea, was the one who had been personally descended upon by Hades.

“Could it be that Hades is taking care of the dead and their families?”

“You said you were considerate of the deceased…?”

“If we use strong-smelling mint at funerals to reduce the stench of the corpse, wouldn’t the deceased and their bereaved families feel a little better?”

“Ah! Does it feel similar to the coin I’d give to the boatman Charon?!”

Those who make an expression as if they just realized it.

“Indeed! No one wants their family to die and stink…”

“Even if it’s just a little bit on the last journey…”

“You sent me a plant with a refreshing scent. Oh, God of mercy…”

Priests who pray to the God of Mercy who cares for mortals more than anyone else.

It was a moment when their existing faith grew stronger.

Since then, when holding a funeral in Thebes,

A culture emerged in which mint, a symbol of Pluto, the god of mercy, was placed between the clothes of a corpse.

“The mercy of Pluto the god is mint leaves?”

“They say it’s the solution to the stench from rotting corpses.”

“The god of the underworld is truly merciful…”

“That nymph named Menthe is also amazing.”

And then one god in the underworld felt a strange feeling of growing stronger…

“Aside from Thebes, is there another temple of mine in this world?”

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