King of Underworld - Chapter 58



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Goddess of Mint, Mente – (2)

The three judges of the underworld, the three Minos brothers.

Among them, Minos, who was the king of Crete during his lifetime, looked up to Hades, the lord of the underworld who judges souls.

“I lived in Athens, weaving cloth…”

The name of the kneeling sinner is Arachne.

She was the best weaver in Athens, but she made one mistake.

Even Athena, the goddess of wisdom, boasted that no one was better at weaving than she was.

The goddess of wisdom, patron goddess of the city-state of Athens, was understandably outraged.

The goddess of wisdom, disguised as an old woman, went to Arachne and suggested that she apologize to Athena’s temple.

Arachne said, “I do not fear the punishment of the goddess Athena, and I can even meet her in person and have a weaving competition.”

“…Then the goddess Athena undoes her transformation and reveals herself.”

“I guess those two had a weaving competition. Is that right?”

Separately from Arachne’s words, the goddess Mnemosyne examines her memories and conveys them to the lord of the underworld.

Minos also shared his memories as a judge.

Arachne and the goddess Athena, who had a weaving competition in front of the people.

Arachne carved pictures of Zeus having affairs with various goddesses, including Leto and Europa, and criticized all the misdeeds and corruption of the 12 Olympian gods.

Surprisingly, Arachne’s skills were slightly better than those of the goddess Athena,

Because he openly criticized all the misdeeds of the Olympian gods… he naturally incurred the wrath of the goddess.

Athena turned Arachne into a spider and made her spin silk and weave cloth until she died.

This is how Arachne’s soul came to the underworld.

This was the underworld, and with the three gods, Hades, right in front of her, it was quiet…

Regardless of right or wrong, Arachne seemed to hate Athena for turning her into a spider.

Hades, a gloomy handsome man who knew all about her past, opened his mouth.

“Goddess Mnemosyne, please show me in detail the cloth that Arachne made.”

“Okay, Hades.”

The goddess of memory reads Arachne’s memories and creates illusions in the air.

As expected of the city’s most powerful man who had defeated Athena, the pattern on his clothes was splendid and beautiful.

“There are scenes where our gods are beaten by Typhon, Zeus’s corruption… and Dionysus killing the king of Thebes…”

Hades’s forehead furrows slightly as he slowly examines the patterns on the veil that depict the gods’ misdeeds one by one.

Arachne, who was prostrated before him, froze as if prepared for a severe punishment.

“But why did you criticize Hestia? She didn’t do any harm to humans.”

“…that.”

“The Goddess of the Hearth was the good goddess who was most concerned about the harm to humans when fighting Typhon. Do you have any excuses?”

“doesn’t exist…”

Hades thought for a moment, then tapped the chair handle and came to a conclusion.

“It is not a sin to be arrogant because you have great skills. You may not recognize Athena when she is disguised as an old woman. However, it is wrong to criticize all the gods in a weaving contest with Athena when she appears.”

Arachne, who had prepared herself for the wrath of the Lord of the Underworld, looked greatly surprised.

Then Minos thought to himself:

‘Hades is originally a god like this. I was also very confused at first.’

The Lord of the Underworld, who continued to pass judgment, remained indifferent even in front of the high criminal who had insulted the gods.

If another Olympian god had ruled the underworld, Arachne would have been sentenced to severe punishment without a proper trial.

“Of course, you may think it’s excessive to be turned into a spider, but everything you eat and drink was made by us. The olive tree, a symbol of Athens where you lived, was a gift from the goddess of wisdom to the city, and the fact that you could weave cloth by the hearth every night was a favor from the goddess of the hearth… Tsk.”

As Minos himself realized, Hades, god of mercy and the underworld, values ​​fairness above all else.

He was different from other gods who considered the sin of blasphemy more severe than the sin of killing a human.

“I will reduce the punishment you received from Athena in retribution for your sins. I will also take into account the fact that you have already met death, so your sentence will be…”

Hades tries to make careful judgments while leaving out emotions as much as possible, even when his own blood relatives are insulted.

Arachne’s punishment was neither too severe nor too mild.

“Who is the next sinner, Minos?”

“Yes.. Next is the one who committed suicide in Corinth…”

The most fair ruler of the underworld is the one who

Minos, the king of a country, was a good god who could be truly worshipped.

* * *

Today’s trial is finally over.

“Thank you for your hard work, Hades.”

“Minos. You’ve worked really hard. Is it Rhadamanthys’ turn to stand trial tomorrow?”

Minos, the judge of the underworld in the form of a middle-aged man, spoke.

I think you have something to say to me…

“I heard that the new goddess this time wished to come to the afterlife herself?”

“Are you talking about Mente? I see you’ve met her.”

“I heard that you came to the underworld because you were in love with Hades. If you have any interest…”

No, what are you feeling?

Suddenly, she looked at Minos, who was trying to play matchmaker, and shook her head.

“Ah! Hades, do you have a particular goddess in mind? Maybe Styx or Lethe…”

“Aren’t you thinking of getting married first?”

“Ahem. The fact that the two of you are aiming for the position of mistress of the afterlife is known to everyone…”

“I’m not so stupid as to not know their hearts. It’s ridiculous that I, a person with three gods, am not popular with the opposite sex.”

Poseidon, who has a personality like a violently swirling wave,

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Zeus, who rapes women he likes,

As a god who rules over a world, it was impossible for him to be unpopular with the opposite sex.

“The problem is with me, not with them.”

“yes?”

“Seeing those who were raped by the gods and sacrificed to sexual pleasures come to the afterlife every day made me reluctant to get married.”

When numerous male gods competed to rape mortals, the victims too often chose death.

Even to the point of killing one’s fiancé or husband and taking the wife.

Does that mean she’s any different from a goddess?

All sorts of things happen, like killing human men out of jealousy, turning them into animals, or putting them into eternal sleep.

And all the humans who have been victims of such gods’ adultery, love affairs, rape, etc. come to the afterlife and complain to me.

Most of the victims had deep resentment and did not lose their memories even in the River of Forgetfulness.

“Just today, there were four female souls who were raped by the gods and sent to the afterlife.”

“ah…”

“And the human men who died because they were engaged to women that God coveted…”

I have also made a firm request to the gods of the underworld that I have given them.

They themselves are too busy with their work to ever touch a mortal.

However, he is a god belonging to the heavenly palace of Olympus,

The gods who belonged to the underwater palace ruled by Poseidon did not do so.

“And aren’t all the goddesses related to me? I guess…”

“From a human perspective, that’s true, but I thought the gods didn’t care about such things at all.”

Of course, other gods won’t care.

Zeus himself had relationships with his mother, his female siblings, his descendants’ daughters, and even his cousins.

However, I am a bit reluctant to form relationships with blood relatives.

If you think about it, aren’t the goddess Styx and the goddess Lethe distant relatives?

“Hmm. So you’re not going to get married for the time being?”

“That seems likely. It’s something I can’t avoid, though…”

As I shake my head and put the papers down, Minos asks with a curious look on his face.

“Come to think of it, wouldn’t it be difficult for the newly born goddess Mente to adapt to the affairs of the underworld?”

“Well, since you’re confident, you don’t have to worry too much. You’ll get used to it as you keep trying.”

Originally, humans, nymphs, no, gods are a race of adaptation.

And he worked as a priest in this world too…

You’ll do well, right?

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But at that time the goddess of mint…

“Goddess Lethe… Do I have to do all this?”

“huh…”

He was despairing at the numerous tasks that lay before him.

Surely he will ascend to the glorious position of God,

I thought I would be assigned to assist the handsome Hades…

“Ha, but do I have to handle all this paperwork by myself?”

“That’s only for one day…”

“….#@#$#!!!!!”

Since you became the goddess of mint, you take care of mint.

Or maybe you could use your power to help spread mint around the world.

That’s all I thought about…

“The afterlife is busy. Of course you knew that and applied, didn’t you…?”

“Is this it?”

As she glanced at the scroll of parchment,

The work written there was absolutely not something that could be completed in one day.

Management of the souls residing in the afterlife and assignment of living spaces to the souls that arrive daily.

The sequential reincarnation process of the dead who are tried and await reincarnation in the citadel.

The final decision-making authority on the maintenance and construction of various roads and buildings in the vast underworld.

Mediation for disputes between the dead, preparations for Gigas, etc…

No matter how you look at it, this isn’t something the Goddess of Mint would do!

Mente let out a silent scream and spoke to the goddess Lethe, holding her trembling hand.

“Ugh… I am the goddess of mint…”

“…? Yes, I am the goddess of oblivion.”

The goddess of oblivion tilts her head and answers in the same way.

Mente froze as if his face was asking what the problem was.

The silver-haired goddess passes by Mente, who has realized the reality of the underworld, the number one workplace that all gods avoid.

A faint sound comes out of her mouth.

“If you can’t even do this, Hades won’t even look at you, let alone have you as a concubine…”

“Hot! Of course I can finish it quickly!”

“Oh… Really? Then please do this too…”

Ugh. Chin.

It is absolutely impossible for the goddess Lethe to take revenge on Hades because of his love for her.

Receiving a scroll flying through the air by the divine power of oblivion…

The Goddess of Mint thought so.

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