[Greek mythology] Queen of the Underworld

Chapter 13 Anxiety

Melos took a good night's sleep in the palace after dealing with Mingta's affairs.

Hades went to Poseidon as a guest and never came back. Akarali was ordered to tell Melos about the Hades, in order to let Melos get used to everything here as soon as possible.

"Didn't Hades come back with any message?" Meros asked Akarali one day while sitting at the stone table.

Since the grove has come back to life, the forest is full of beautiful light, and Melos likes to spend time here.

The three generals who were ordered to stay beside Meros got the permission of Meros to sit beside Meros.

"Your Highness is referring to... what?" Akarali raised his eyes and looked at Melos.

"There's something about Niobe and Minta." He didn't believe Hades didn't know about it.

"What does Your Highness hope the king will do?" Akarali asked rhetorically.

Melos was silent for a while, not knowing what to say.

"You are the master of Hades, Your Highness." Akarali said tirelessly, "No matter what you do, you can do whatever you want, so you don't need to worry that the king will scold you."

"I have nothing to worry about." Although Melos said so, he was really relieved.

Since Hades knew about this matter but did not respond, it proved that Hades had indeed acquiesced in his handling method. Although Akarali kept saying to let himself do it freely, he still had some timid.

Many times people are like this, they dare not try it for the first time, they are trembling, and they will gradually let go of their hands and feet until the second and third time.

Akarali saw Melos' emotional change, she just smiled and didn't speak.

"Speaking of which, why did Hades go so long."

"It's always like this. Lord Poseidon invited the king and Lord Zeus to go to the ocean, and it will take a while to come back. The time now is not too short." Akarali looked at Melos strangely, and then said ambiguously Smiling at him, "Why, do you miss Wang?"

"...You can take it as that I don't know how long they usually get together." Melos's work and rest time is basically in accordance with the human's work and rest time. He was very sleepy, unable to concentrate on doing things, and there was a feeling of pain all over his body. He didn't want to cause problems with his body.

So, in his opinion, Hades had really been away for a long time, so he couldn't help asking.

According to this time, in his world, not going to work for such a long time is enough to get fired.

Melos was thinking ecstatically, the cries of the undead came faintly from the Styx River in the distance, and Melos looked in the direction of the Styx River, a little stunned.

"So?" Akarali asked with some doubts.

"I was thinking, when did I start to adapt to such a voice." Melos said with some surprise.

Then he really thought about it very seriously.

Seems like when Hades carried him into his palace?

Or when he got the Scepter of the Hades?

It seemed like it had been a long time, and he didn't feel harsh and frightened when he heard such cries, but he could hear the unwillingness or remorse contained in such cries.

This is a very miraculous thing.

"Akarali, would you like to take me to the Styx River?" Melos asked on the spur of the moment.

Akarali spread his hands: "It's my pleasure."

With the Styx River as the boundary, the palace and the undead gathering place were divided. Many undead gathered on the shore. Almost every once in a while, you could see the undead being pulled into the bottom of the lake by the hands in the lake, but very few of them could actually climb up.

Akarari propped up the boat and carried Meros on the River Styx.

Not far away was a man in black wearing a black robe and a black hood. He was holding an oar. The hand holding the oar was not a hand, but a bone upon closer inspection.

"That's Karon, the man who carried the undead across the river." Akarali said to Melos, "But if you want to be carried by him, you must pay some rewards."

"for example?"

"For example, money. When many people are buried, their families will let them have a coin in their mouth. This is their river fare to ensure that they can reincarnate smoothly or go to the Elysee. If there is no money, then ambition, wisdom, and beauty …The undead thinks the most important thing is what he wants to take away the most.”

"What is he using it for?"

"Throw it into the Styx."

Melos twitched the corners of his lips.

"He was originally transformed from Styx, so the things he got from the undead will naturally be handed over to Styx."

I see……

Melos watched the man leave slowly with the boat, lost in thought.

At some point, the undead of Styx could no longer affect him, even though the closer he got to them, the louder his cries, but he was still able to dazzle all the way until Akarali spoke again.

"They are all undead who don't want to leave here." Akarali didn't let the boat reach the shore, but stopped at one side, and countless hands stretched out from the depths of the lake beside the boat, trying to pull them into the bottom of the river, but But no hand dared to approach the hull.

"So many..." Melos sat on the rough boat, looking at the wandering undead, "Why don't they want to leave?"

"There are many reasons," Akarali lowered his head, "People who are reluctant to part with the past and themselves are enough reasons for their stay. As long as they are not those who have committed crimes in life and must be judged after death, the king will not pay attention to them." Whether to go to the Élysée or to stay here and suffer."

"yes……"

"In the past, the undead would go to the ground to cry bitterly day and night, affecting the order of the human world, and even some undead would try to run to the realm of the gods. It is not that there were no other gods coming before the underworld, but after the king came to the underworld, They have been suppressed here, and they can stay, but they cannot go to the human world at will." Akarali said, "It will also be your responsibility in the future, Your Highness, you have the responsibility to trap them and protect them. Because in this underworld, they are your people."

To put it bluntly... he seems to have become a ghost king.

Most of the undead on the shore were reluctant to part with the past. They stayed on the edge of the Styx to imitate their previous life. Although it didn't make much sense, it was still an excuse for self-deception.

"Isn't Elysee known as the paradise of the dead, why would they rather linger here?"

"Because it is close to the gate, when the gate is opened, they can faintly see the light, or when the underworld and the human world collide, they can find the light from the crack, but Elysee does not."

Melos remained silent, and Akarali did not speak again.

There was a whimpering sound from the depths of the Styx, but Melos gradually fell asleep amidst such crying.

Akarali was also a little surprised to see Merros fall asleep like this. She had the most contact with Merros besides Pluto, but her ability was not as deep as Hades and she knew a lot of things like Hades. Before, she was vaguely concerned about Melos' behavior and habits, but it was only now that she realized that something was wrong.

Even if he didn't adapt to the situation here at first, now Melos can even adapt to the cries of the undead, why is he still so lethargic.

But she didn't ask, the boy in front of her looked similar to Persephone, and it was only at this time that she caught her attention.

The prophecy about the great mother made her break into a cold sweat. If this young man is really...

Your Majesty... issued a series of orders just for this boy?

When Melos woke up, he was already in the palace. Hades, who didn't know when he came back, was hugging him and seemed to be holding something in his hand. When he realized that Melos woke up, he put away the things in his hands and lowered his head. Looking at him: "Are you awake?"

Melos looked at him and nodded slowly.

For so long, he has become used to the fact that he occasionally wakes up in Hades' arms.

"When did you come back?" Didn't it mean that you won't be back in a short time?

"Just now." Hades said briefly, but did not let Meros go.

Melos moved his body and realized that Hades didn't mean to put him down, so he just adjusted it so that he could nest more comfortably.

Hades has always been silent. Melos has lived here for so long, even if the two of them are in the same palace sometimes, but if Melos doesn't speak, Hades will never say anything.

But this kind of silence made Melos very uneasy, especially since he did so many things while the other party was not in Hades.

He leaned against Hades' bare chest and suddenly asked, "You know?"

"kindness."

"Don't you have anything to tell me?" Melos asked, pursing his lips.

"You're doing fine," Hades said. "What are you worried about?"

Melos said nothing.

Hades's hand holding him gradually tightened, Melos raised his head, and met the other's eyes staring at him in the dark, but unfortunately he couldn't see too much emotion from the other's eyes.

So he gave up and lowered his head again: "My mother fell asleep." After his mother fell asleep, he got the news, and he agreed with it very much. For the fact that everything in the world has changed its growth law, it came from later generations. He said that he seems to be living such a life. The trees often bear fruit and the flowers rarely wither, which is abnormal for him.

"kindness."

"I offended Leto." All the messages from Artemis were ignored by him. He had read Artemis' last message, which was full of anger and accusations, and blamed Persephone for letting her I have no face in front of my mother.

"kindness."

"I also trampled your maid into ashes." But she deserved it.

"kindness."

"You really don't care?" Melos asked. It shouldn't matter if he dealt with Minta, but it can be said that it is because of his relationship that everything changed, and Leto is Zeus's man, Apollo and Artemis Zeus is very fond of Zeus, if Leto blows pillow wind to Zeus, Zeus is likely to come to trouble the Hades, so it doesn't matter?

"You are my queen." Hades held his hand, "Who else should I care about except you?"

The palace fell into silence again, and Melos looked at the hands of the two clenched together, always feeling that there seemed to be something in his heart that was about to move.

Hades... Hades...

Melos repeated the name in his heart, but didn't know what to say.

But he knew that the heart that had been hanging on since he came to this world had finally settled down slowly.