Type-Moon, there are too many myths that defy the heavens!

For example, a corporate slave who works overtime until very late every day and is exhausted returns home, and is taken care of by the gentle little adults in his relatives' family, turning himself into a child again.

Another example is the story of a child who was bullied since childhood and got help from the older brother next door and regained his confidence.

What about the story of adults with poor grades who learned math by watching teachers younger than themselves solve equations...

In short, it’s very imprisonment, very imprisonment!

Ash felt that he was not a child being taken care of at all, but rather Persephone's exclusive playmate 24 hours a day!

The point is, Persephone, who wanted to become a child, had so many demands, so many that the shame of this fake child was about to explode.

He even wanted to come clean and tell Persephone what was really in his heart: Persephone, I can't be your psychologist, lover, big brother next door, father, best friend, worst enemy and the most tolerant little teacher at the same time!

But he still suppressed the thought.

This was not because Persephone could not stand the attack, but mainly because Ash was afraid that she would feel good after being scolded by him, or would ask back as if it was a matter of course: Why not?

Just thinking about that scene made Ash unable to hold back.

I'm only six years old, and Persephone has already played me like this. How did I, in the simulation, survive until I was twelve before turning against her?

What will Persephone do when I'm older?

Ash couldn't think of the answer, nor did he want to know the answer.

What he wants to do now is to fight for his own private space.

This private space doesn't need to be too big, just enough for him to sleep alone.

So, Ash prepared to take action.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Persephone, who was about to wake him up.

"Good morning," Persephone asked warmly, smiling. "What lessons would Ash like to learn today? Or would you like to play with me?"

8

"I don't want to go to class today, nor do I want to play." Ash ignored Persephone's question and said straight to the point: "I want my own room."

"Ash's room?" Persephone was stunned, a little confused. "My palace, the underworld I manage, doesn't it also belong to you?"

"I want a room of my own." Ash made a detailed request, "A room where I can play and rest alone."

"What?" Persephone said in surprise. "You want a room like this?"

"Yeah," Ash said, "I'm six years old now, it's time for me to have my own room!"

"But if that's the case...wouldn't the time we spend together be reduced?" Persephone said with a pale face and a hurt look on her face. "Does Ash hate me and don't want to play with me anymore?"

Not sisters?

Isn't this just a request any normal child would make? Why did you suddenly jump to the question of whether he likes you?

No wonder I couldn't do anything to you in the simulation. You brought up the emotional issues as soon as you opened your mouth, and your punches were completely random. How could I respond?

How could this Persephone be the goddess of the underworld? She was clearly the ancient Greek goddess of gravity!

Ash was speechless at Persephone's overweight question.

He could even imagine the result of his answer that he didn't hate Persephone: the great lady would definitely hug him with a happy face, take him around the underworld to play, and end the topic like making dumplings.

In order to avoid this inevitable future of failure, Ash racked his brains and finally came up with a solution.

"Then I want to go play on the ground!" Ash skipped Persephone's question and continued, "I want to go play with Lady Demeter!"

"...It's still autumn, so it's not time to go to the surface yet." Persephone said somewhat embarrassedly, "Ash, please be patient for a while. After winter is over, we can go to the surface to play, okay?"

"No," Ash continued, "I want to go play on the ground now!"

Ash wasn't really messing around, but was fighting in a roundabout way.

After living for many years, Ash was convinced that the temperament of the Greeks was compromise, and the gods who derived their personality from Greek beliefs were naturally compromised as well.

Since you don't want to give me personal space, then I'm going to leave you and play on the ground. You can at least accept giving me personal space, right?

Ash thought so, but he didn't take one thing into account.

"But if we go to play on the ground now... I won't be able to accompany you." Persephone cried out in grievance, "Wow, Ash, you really don't like me anymore."

That is, Persephone is completely unreasonable!

Chapter 14 Persephone is just a child

Oh shit, I didn’t say anything harsh, why did you start crying?

You are like Hakimi, so easily stressed!

Ash was speechless when he saw Persephone's tearful eyes.

If other people saw this, they would think that he was a six-year-old boy who bullied the mistress of the underworld who was who knows how many thousands of years old and made her cry!

Ash thought that if he said some soft words to comfort Persephone, she might stop crying, but the personal space he wanted would probably be gone, so he just sat aside and watched Persephone continue crying, waiting for her to calm down on her own.

Ash waited for a long time and found that the god was not only full of energy, but also had an amazing persistence in shedding tears. There was no sign of decline at all, which made him feel troubled.

"Can you please stop crying?" Ash couldn't help but said, "If you keep crying like this, you won't look good anymore."

"Wow..." Persephone asked through sobs, "Ash, you still like me, right?"

Ash took out the handkerchief he carried with him and wiped Persephone's tears: "Persephone, if you continue crying, I will really dislike you."

Upon hearing this, Persephone stopped crying immediately and obediently accepted Ash's wiping, like a good and obedient child.

"Alas...who is the child between us?"

Ash sighed deeply and said to Persephone in a rather tired tone, "I just want some private space. Why are you crying like this, Persephone?"

"But...but..."

Persephone opened her mouth but hesitated to speak her mind.

"But what?" Ash continued, "Is there anything else you can't tell me?"

"Of course not..." Persephone blushed and said timidly, "I'm just... I'm afraid that you'll leave me, Ash."

No, sister, why are you bothering me just for this little thing?

Faced with Persephone's answer, Ash was truly speechless, speechless to the point of numbness.

"Persephone..." Ash sighed again and asked tiredly, "Do you think I'm the kind of scum who will forget your kindness and abandon you once you grow up?"

"That's not true!" Persephone shook her head repeatedly, "I never thought you would become like that, Ash."

"If you've never thought about it, then why are you still worried about it?" Ash complained, "Don't you think what you said is inconsistent?"

"...It's not like that, it's not like that, I just...I just..."

"Just what?" Ash continued, "If we don't say anything, the distance between us will grow further and further."

"It's just that I... in the future I foresaw... I saw you abandon me, Ash." Persephone hesitated for a long time and explained the reason, "When I think of that future... I'm afraid..."

How could my future self abandon Persephone?

Putting aside her strength that can bind me to the underworld, just looking at her excellent appearance and her undisguised affection for me, there is no way I would give up on her!

Could it be that the evil woman Aphrodite is so powerful that she could make me give up Persephone, who is so devoted to me, and choose to be with her?

Ash listened to Persephone's predictions about the future and couldn't help but feel a bit amused and helpless: "The future is not unchangeable, why are you afraid of it?"

"No, what I foresee is not the future, but fate." Persephone said with a sad face, "Fate tells me that sooner or later you will leave me."

What you said...Persephone can see that I am a time traveler and will travel back sooner or later?

Ash couldn't come up with an answer, but he finally understood why Persephone was acting so abnormally.

The reason why the mistress of the underworld becomes so nagging is simply because she is full of anxiety about the fate she has glimpsed.

When Ash thought of this, he knew how to resolve Persephone's emotional knot.

Ash stretched out his hands and gently hugged Persephone in her surprised eyes.

Faced with Ash's sudden intimate behavior, Persephone blushed and became at a loss.

"Although I don't know why you, Persephone, foresaw this fate, I do understand one thing." Ash combed Persephone's long gray hair and said softly, "This future must make you very uneasy, right?"

"Um..."

Persephone buried her head in her lover's small chest and choked out a sob, "I've been feeling uneasy and don't know what to do."

"Don't be anxious, and don't be afraid."

"Perhaps what Persephone saw was a fate that could not be changed, but that is not the end of the story."

"Even if I do leave Persephone one day, I will meet you in the distant future." Ash suggested with a smile, "If you don't believe me, let's make a pact."

"Promise?" Persephone raised her head and looked at Ash's face and asked, "What promise?"

“Even if we are destined to part, one day we will meet again at the next crossroads of fate.”

Ash explained the agreement he had come up with and asked softly, "How about this agreement?"

Looking at her lover's gentle and sincere face, the mistress of the underworld smiled with relief: "Excellent."

"Is that a deal?" Ash confirmed. "Do we need to find someone to witness it?"

"Just hearing you say that, Ash, makes me very happy." Persephone shook her head. "If I continue to be so happy, I'm afraid I won't be this happy again in the future..."

"So you know how to be content?" Ash complained, then asked, "What about my personal space?"

"Hmm..." Persephone hesitated for a long time before gritting her teeth and agreeing, "I'll prepare Ash's own room."

"So generous?" Ash asked in disbelief. "You're really not going to cling to me all day and night and allow me to sleep in a separate room?"

"Of course!" Persephone said seriously, "I'm a god, so I have to keep my word!"

Are God's words the truth?

According to what you said, then Hermes, the patron saint of thieves and swindlers, is not a god?

Ash mentally complained about Persephone's response, then asked, "What about the real truth?"

"I will try to endure it during the day, but not at night!" Persephone answered truthfully, "If I can't look at Ash's face before going to bed... I will..."

Holy crap, do you think I'm catnip? Can't live without it for a night?

As expected, Persephone is a pervert!

Ash couldn't help but complain, "If we don't sleep separately, what's the point of having separate rooms?"

"I don't care!" Perhaps because she had lost too much face, Persephone finally let go of all her dignity and acted like a naughty child, "I want to sleep with Ash!"

"Well, I need some free time during the day," Ash said helplessly. "If you keep clinging to me, I'll go complain to Lady Demeter!"

"I knew you cared about me, Ash!" Persephone hugged Ash and cheered, "Ash is the best!"

Indeed, Persephone is the child, and I am the parent.

Feeling Persephone's childish behavior, Ash sighed in his heart.

Chapter 15: Thus Spoke Hades

After calming Persephone down and letting her work alone, Ash walked out of Persephone's palace.

As he stepped out of the palace, what came into Ash's eyes were two completely different worlds. One was the paradise full of laughter and joy, which brought peace of mind; the other was Tartarus, which was full of death and curses, and made the living awe and fear.

Happiness and pain, paradise and hell, the two contradictory styles are clearly separated by the partition of the palace, yet extremely harmonious.

Ash didn't set foot on either side, but walked forward along the border line.

At the border between paradise and hell, there are two underworld centers.

One of the centers is the Temple of the Underworld, which belongs to Persephone.

He was now heading to another center of the underworld.

That's right, Ash is going to meet Hades.

He had too many questions that needed answers from this "underground Zeus", the "lord of the underworld".

He had clearly been in the underworld, living by Persephone's side for five whole years, and even in the future predicted by the system, he had never seen the true Lord of the Underworld?

The underworld is obviously managed by Hades, the god of the underworld, but why can he only see Persephone in power?