Chapter 254 Do you want my soul?
After an unknown amount of time, a slight pain at the back of his neck awakened Loen from his chaos.
"Where is this?"
He shook his aching head and looked blankly at the gloomy and simple room in front of him.
"My chamber."
A low voice was heard, and Hades, who was pruning the branches of a potted plant, put down the scissors in his hand, looked up at Lorne in front of him, with a hint of approval in his eyes.
"I was only unconscious for two hours, not bad."
When Luo En heard this, he immediately became alert and cursed in his heart.
He remembered that he was knocked unconscious and captured by this old guy.
Fortunately, every time he took action, he learned from Thetis' experience and was used to casting dozens of disguise magic on himself.
Although Hades's divine power had broken most of them, he still retained several of the most critical spells. Moreover, the blessing that the Goddess of Memory and the Nine Muses had given him together also had the characteristic of distorting cognition.
Therefore, there is no need to worry that the Pluto will be able to recognize him in the crowd at a glance in the future.
"What are you doing? If you want to call me, just say it casually. How can I refuse?"
Loen rubbed the aching back of his neck and got up from the ground. He showed weakness and complained with a resentful look, while asking indirectly about Hades' intention of kidnapping him.
"Just tell me what you want me to do. As long as I have the ability to do it, I will do it for you!"
Hades glanced indifferently at the prisoner who was trying to get close to him, and went straight to the point.
"It's simple. Hand over my daughter."
Loen stopped smiling and looked helpless.
"I'm afraid that won't work. I promised Her Majesty the Queen of the Underworld that I would take Princess Melinoe away safely."
"Leave, where to? The human world?"
Hades snorted and asked back, then glanced at Ron with disdain.
"The underworld is her home! I am her father, and it is not the place for outsiders to interfere in my family affairs! What's more, he is a living person with unknown origins!"
Obviously, unlike Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, Hades, the King of the Underworld, as an old father, did not trust Lorne, an outsider, and was unwilling to hand his daughter over to him for nothing.
"Your Majesty, I reiterate to you once again that it was the Queen of the Underworld who decided to take Princess Melinoe out of the Underworld. I have no intention of offending her. I am just doing my best to repay that lady for her kindness to me."
While clarifying his third-party position, Lorne took out the faded Horn of Plenty and wove a touching story half-truthfully.
"You must know what happens to a living person who rashly enters the underworld. Fortunately, I met the Queen of the Underworld. Not only did she show me the way out, she also sacrificed her own life artifact to help me get rid of the death energy on my body."
"She's willing to do this for you?"
Hades frowned deeply when he heard this, and strong doubts arose in his heart. Then his gaze towards Loen gradually became weird and gloomy.
I have to admit that the young man in front of me is handsome and the type that is very popular with the opposite sex.
If that's the case, he can't stay no matter what!
Loen seemed unaware of the murderous intent in the eyes of His Majesty the King of Hell. He was just immersed in some memories of the past, with a hint of bitter sadness between his brows.
"Maybe it's because I called her 'mother'?"
The unexpected answer made Hades slightly stunned.
Lorne came back to his senses, quickly suppressed the fragile emotions that he had "accidentally" exposed, and began to explain shyly.
"To be honest, I lost my mother when I was young. After learning that the underworld is the final resting place of all the dead, I thought that one day I could find her here and reunite with her."
Hades listened attentively and subconsciously asked, "Did you find it?"
"She's gone..." Luo En smiled bitterly and shook his head, the sadness on his face became even stronger.
Hades couldn't help but fall silent for a while, and the vigilance and hostility in his eyes towards the person in front of him had unconsciously turned into a trace of pity.
In the underworld, "absent" means that the mother has completely turned to ashes.
After all, not all souls are so lucky to retain their previous form and memories intact and enter the underworld to await judgment and rebirth.
"Fortunately, fate favors me after all."
But then, Loen smiled, took the initiative to break the somewhat depressing atmosphere in the bedroom, and continued to talk about the past.
"When I was at my wit's end, I met the Queen of the Underworld. Her back looked very much like my mother's in my memory, so I shouted to her for some reason. She seemed very happy. Not only did she save me, she also helped me escape from the underworld."
After saying that, Loen saw that Hades still had a gloomy face, and as if he was afraid that the other party would not believe him, he immediately raised his hand and swore solemnly.
"I promise that everything I said above is true. If there is even a single word of falsehood, please let the Styx River punish me!"
The figure stood there quietly waiting, and the Styx River that protected his oath did not cause any strangeness in him.
Seeing this scene, Hades' doubts disappeared.
It was obvious that what this guy said was true.
Of course it's all true.
However, these are only part of the truth...
Having once again fooled someone, Loen muttered something with a dark smile, then turned to look at Hades seriously and spoke sincerely.
"Although the Queen of the Underworld has not expressed anything, in my heart I have already regarded her as my other mother! Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and I definitely don't mean to offend you."
Hades nodded slightly in silence, his expression quite complicated.
He probably understood why his wife was so fond of the little guy in front of her.
The reason is the word "mother".
If there hadn't been that accident during the Titan War, the child named Zagros would probably have grown up to be what he is today.
One is a child who lost his mother, and the other is a mother who lost her child.
A chance meeting brought them together.
After his thoughts became clear and he had figured out the whole story, Hades sighed softly. He looked at Loen with a gentle look and actually took the initiative to comfort him, which was a rare move.
"No problem, this is your blessing..."
"Yeah, I think so too."
Lorne nodded, then spoke sincerely.
"So, after I recovered from my injuries, I went to the underworld again, wanting to secretly visit the Queen of the Underworld. However, I didn't expect that she would encounter troubles that she couldn't solve, and that I could actually help her."
Hearing that sigh filled with a hint of joy, Hades couldn't help but frown and snorted.
"No need! I can handle my daughter's matter myself! Hand her over and you can leave. I will not pursue the matter of you trespassing into the underworld!"
"You can solve it? Maybe not?"
Loen shook his head, looked meaningfully at the Hades in front of him, and spoke softly.
"If you can really be a support for them, why would the Queen of the Underworld entrust the princess to me, a stranger with whom she has only met twice?"
Hades' face turned gloomy when he heard this, and he became furious.
"presumptuous!"
"I'm just stating the facts!"
Luo En remained unafraid, withstanding the surging divine power around him, staring directly at the angry Lord of the Underworld and speaking bluntly.
“I’ve already heard about the general situation from the Queen of the Underworld.
Even if Princess Melinoe is left in the underworld, by your side, what does it matter? Can you refuse the goddess Hecate to discipline your disciples and followers? Or can you block the prying eyes of the King of Olympus and the three goddesses of fate?
Moreover, you also know the nature of the underworld. It is just a prison, a place of execution where countless old gods are imprisoned. Once something unexpected happens, the first to suffer is the underworld itself! By then, even if you take action, it may not end well. Can you protect her for a while or for a lifetime?
Moreover, as a father, do you have the heart to let your daughter live in prison, hiding in the shadows all day long, just like a prisoner of Tartarus?"
Hearing the heart-piercing question, Hades could not help but fly into a rage, glaring at the living person who was overstepping his authority.
"That's enough! It's not your turn to teach me a lesson!"
"How dare I tell you what to do? I am only thinking about the Queen of the Underworld."
Luo En spoke calmly, but his words were quite sarcastic.
Hades was provoked by this and became furious.
"Shut up! Where is my daughter? Hand her over!"
Luo En straightened his chest and said righteously, "I'm sorry, I can't obey your order! I was entrusted by the Queen of the Underworld to send Her Royal Highness the Princess out of the Underworld. Without the Queen's permission, no one can keep Her Royal Highness the Princess, unless they step over my dead body first!"
"You're looking for death!"
Hades' face turned ashen, he could no longer bear it, and his fist wrapped in death energy blasted forward with the force of thunder.
Luo En stood where he was, closed his eyes calmly, and did not dodge or avoid.
However, the life-destroying deathly aura suddenly stopped in front of him.
Luo En slowly opened his eyes, looked at the fist in front of him that had not fallen yet, and asked with a faint smile.
"You're not going to do anything?"
"Okay, you've passed."
Hades looked at the other person deeply, snorted coldly and retracted his fist.
His daughter Melinoe was in the hands of the enemy, and her hiding place was unknown; his wife trusted the boy very much and treated him as half a son.
Even if he wanted to gain temporary satisfaction, he couldn't really just ignore the consequences and kill the boy with one punch.
Although everything that happened just now was just an excuse to make a fuss, it was mostly to test whether this kid was worthy of trust and whether he would betray Melinoe at the critical moment of life and death and choose to survive on his own.
As a result, under his constant pressure, the boy finally stuck to his bottom line and his promise to Persephone.
However, the whole process still made Hades a little unhappy.
Although the questions raised by the other party hit his pain points exactly, he admitted that he was indeed unable to solve them.
But knowing it is one thing, but to bring it up and criticize him shamelessly is a bit too disrespectful to him, the King of Hell.
If it weren't for the sake of his wife and daughter, he would have slapped the man to death.
"Go away, don't let me see you!"
Hades waved his hand and ordered them to leave, his gloomy face full of dislike for the rebellious boy.
However, Loen seemed not to notice the disgusted expression of Hades and spoke with a smile.
"Before I leave, I want to make a deal with you."
"Not interested! If you don't leave, I'll throw you out!"
Pluto, who was in a bad mood, waved his hand impatiently to refuse.
Faced with Hades' bad attitude, Loen's face showed an even brighter smile and he spoke leisurely.
"What if I plan to sacrifice my soul to you?"
In an instant, Pluto, who was walking towards the bedroom with his hands behind his back, stopped and turned to look in surprise at the boy who said the shocking words.
(End of this chapter)
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