King of Underworld - Chapter 72



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The Story of Persephone – (7)

Demeter’s face turns red and she points her finger at me.

“Hades! You conspired with Eros to shoot an arrow at my daughter!”

“I swear I didn’t! I dodged a golden arrow that flew behind me and it ended up hitting Persephone…”

“Then why did you take me to the underworld and feed me food? After all, you’re no different from Zeus or Poseidon!”

“What? You’re comparing me to those guys?”

Even though my own daughter went down to the afterlife and lost her eyesight, does it make sense to compare me to those guys?

Phew… No. Let’s calm down a bit.

“… Think about it calmly. Do I look like a god who would talk to your daughter who didn’t even know I existed? This is all a coincidence.”

“Ugh…! So, is that all because of Eros? Even so, Eros had the guts to shoot an arrow at you…”

The gods do not interfere in each other’s domain.

Even if you commit a mistake and cause problems or do not have the qualities of a god, God is still a god.

If Poseidon were to give up everything in despair, the creatures in the sea would slowly die.

If Ares did not start a war, the number of mortals would increase excessively.

If Aphrodite’s love were to be suppressed as being too free, there would be no new mortals born.

It is an unwritten rule of the divine world not to interfere with the realms of other gods.

Because of this, when a god’s personality is free-spirited, it often causes harm to other gods.

But the higher the divinity, the more the unwritten rules become blurred.

There are not many who dare to challenge the three gods who rule over one world.

This is also why the goddess of justice, Dike, cannot point out the crimes of higher deities.

Demeter must have said just that.

“I think I made a mistake while practicing archery.”

“A mistake?”

“Right after your daughter was shot by the arrow, I looked around, but Eros was nowhere to be seen.”

“What… No, but how could such a coincidence happen… By any chance?”

Demeter, who had been standing still and catching her breath, turned red again and gathered some clouds before flying away somewhere.

No way… Are you going to confront Eros now? Or are you going to complain to Zeus?

I also hurriedly followed her.

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“Aphrodite! Was it not you who made your son Eros shoot the arrows?”

“No, why are you doing this to me? What are you doing in the first place!”

As he flew quickly on the clouds, he saw Demeter arguing with Aphrodite in her abode.

What I said to Aphrodite last time worked.

Next to her was Hephaestus, not Ares.

Yeah, even if you don’t like it, you’re a couple after all… so it’s right to at least go out together in official settings.

From a distance, Hephaestus looked at me with eyes that asked, “What is this?”

“Uncle… What about the arrow of Eros?”

“Nothing much. Eros shot me with a golden arrow, I dodged it, and it hit Demeter’s daughter.”

“yes?!”

“Ah… no, you mean something like that happened? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it…”

“You didn’t even ask me to do that? Is it really Eros’s arbitrary…”

“If it was really me who did this, you would have told me to shoot Hades when I passed by him!”

After hearing the explanation from Hephaestus, the misunderstanding between Aphrodite and Demeter seems to have been resolved.

But who do you think told you to shoot when someone was passing by?

I glanced at Aphrodite, and she slowly avoided my gaze.

“No… uh… that’s just what I’m saying…”

“Be quiet and bring your son, so that we can know for sure whether it is really a coincidence or a prank of Eros…”

“Oh, I see! Just ask Eros!”

At Demeter’s urging, the goddess of beauty and love grumbled and went to call her son.

As I looked at Demeter, who was waiting with her arms folded, Hephaestus called out to me from the side.

“Uncle, are you saying that Persephone fell in love with you?”

“I guess so… But you know her too. She looks like a young god.”

The nephew looked really young. It hadn’t been long since Eros was born…

Persephone has to be hit many times to live to 200? 300 years old?

“I live in the palace of Olympus. I have never seen the goddess of spring and seeds at a banquet, but I have heard rumors.”

“What rumor?”

“It is rumored that she is incredibly beautiful and resembles her father and mother exactly.”

“okay…”

“Are you really that beautiful? They say your golden hair and eyes are as beautiful as the color of grain blessed by Demeter.”

Are you okay with being a beautiful goddess?

No, because I never had a proper love affair with Aphrodite…

“Ugh… I’m really jealous, Uncle. I can guarantee you that you have definitely received the blessing of Aphrodite!”

“…my nephew having a crush on me is not something I can enjoy.”

“Yes? What’s wrong with that? Persephone’s parents are siblings, and most Olympian gods are born from unions between relatives…”

It seems like you really don’t understand what I’m saying,

Looking into the eyes of the blacksmith god, which are filled with only questions, I am truly confused.

“Actually, sometimes I find Athena beautiful. Don’t you think so too, Grandfather?”

“Hephaestus.”

“An outstanding body that can’t be hidden even by the armor and helmet you always wear… Yes?”

“Let’s stop talking nonsense here.”

“…? All right…”

Of course, the goddess Lethe and the goddess Styx are also distant relatives…

But even so, isn’t Persephone too close a blood relative?

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Even though the gods say incest is not a sin, this is a bit much.

* * *

Eros’ golden arrow was really a mistake.

One of the arrows he fired while wandering around the Olympian palace unfortunately landed here.

“It was a real mistake. Even though the arrow flew towards Mount Etna, I didn’t think it would hit anyone…”

Aphrodite, who had figured out everything, scolded her son with her hand on his waist. Eros’ forehead was red as if he had already been hit several times.

“I told you over and over again! Practice archery at a designated target!”

“…sorry…”

“Huh! Even though you are a young god, you are sorry for putting up with my daughter. Is that all?”

Eros, holding a cute bow and looking very tired.

He looked like a human being of about 5 or 6 years old, but he had pure white wings on his back.

“Arrows are dangerous, so I told you to always be careful and only use them when absolutely necessary, but why are you going to keep doing this?!”

“Ah… Okay. But Mom too…”

“He still! Me too what?!”

“…Hades told me to shoot a golden arrow when I pass by! Why are you only doing that to me!”

“what?”

Demeter, whose anger was still not appeased, looked at Aphrodite with a bewildered expression.

“Ha… Now that I look at it, it was that son who was like that mother.”

“This… This… This is a misunderstanding!”

“Phew. What’s the misunderstanding? Just a while ago, I told Hades to shoot me a little bit… Ugh!”

“Oh my! Why is he like this…!”

The goddess of beauty hastily covers her child’s mouth and smiles awkwardly.

No, it’s not enough that you’re wearing Kestos Himas, but now you’re using Eros too.

“…Next time Eros’ arrow flies, I will definitely assume that you ordered it.”

“This… profit… This is all because of you, Hades! How could you not give it to the goddess of beauty even once when she so desires it!”

I feel like I have a headache as I look at Aphrodite, who is blushing and starting to blame me.

No, is this right for a woman who is married and has an affair?

“Anyway, it’s all Hades’ fault!”

The back of Aphrodite, who left those words behind and hurriedly flew away with a tearful face.

It’s a good thing Hephaestus isn’t here right now.

If he had seen it, wouldn’t the Ares & Aphrodite created at the last art festival have been reproduced differently?

The blacksmith god may have shed tears of blood and sided with Gaia…

The goddess of the earth was looking at the back of Aphrodite as she gradually moved away.

She nodded and muttered as if she suddenly realized something.

“Surely Hades, you are not the one who has been flirting with my daughter. I never thought there could be a man who could resist the advances of the goddess of beauty…”

…I think it would have been better if I had been tormented by countless tasks in the afterlife.

“Anyway, I apologize for the misunderstanding.”

“…Okay. Now that I know, that’s okay.”

Next, he turned his head to Eros, who had his wings spread and a sullen expression on his face.

Even if it was a mistake, it’s necessary to teach the lesson that you shouldn’t shoot the golden arrow of love recklessly…

“Uh… can I go, Lord Hades…?”

“Eros. If you want a place to practice archery, the underworld can provide it.”

“Really…?!”

“When you come to the afterlife in a little while, I will let you do whatever you like, archery, without any regrets.”

“Wow! Really? I’ll be there in a minute!”

Eros flew away, not knowing what his future held.

Since there is also Aphrodite, the goddess of love, even if Eros stays in the underworld for a long time, the balance of the world will not be a major problem.

Finally, we can relieve the dead of their day-and-night torturing criminals.

I will teach you never to shoot arrows recklessly again.

Even if your fingers fall off, you will have to keep shooting the bow…!

* * *

“Even if I fell in love with you after being struck by Eros’ arrow, I still have to convince Kore.”

“I see. I plan on returning to the afterlife now, so get on the train.”

“My daughter ate the food of the afterlife…”

As I was going down to the underworld with Demeter, someone approached me, stepping on a cloud.

A blue-haired male god with divine powers comparable to mine.

Poseidon, my brother and lord of the sea, looks at us with eyes full of regret.

I have a strong feeling about something…

Demeter spoke to him.

“Poseidon? What’s wrong with you?”

“Hmm. Hmm. Demeter, I heard that your daughter was missing and came to comfort you…”

“Where did you hear that news? And what does the comforter say?”

“Ahem! Looks like I’m a little late. Ugh. Anyway, I guess I’ll go.”

Poseidon glanced at Demeter with eyes full of regret and then disappeared.

Demeter’s daughter, who was playing near Mount Etna, rode in my chariot to the underworld.

Poseidon must have heard this fact from the nearby nymphs.

By the way, comfort… ‘comfort’… um.

I don’t think that violent Poseidon would have tried to comfort me with a normal conversation…

Do you think that Demeter was trying to have a relationship with him because she was sad about losing her daughter?

There was silence between us for a moment.

Demeter clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth, as if he had soon come to the same conclusion as I had.

“Zeus or Poseidon! Ugh…! All male gods are the same!”

“…that’s an insult.”

This was the state of Olympus, the place where the gods, who were revered and feared by all mortals, lived.

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