"Since Demeter and Persephone wanted to break our agreement, they shouldn't be too upset if I do the same. Earlier, they were asking for her to stay another four months. Then I want you to drag Persephone back here, and for the next four years, you shall not take her back to Demeter."
Hermes was at a loss for words.
"Uncle, if I do this, Demeter will be furious. Everyone will be affected."
Hades shrugged and crossed his arms, "Now that's funny. When you came here, you didn't care about me getting angry. Are you perhaps looking down on me?"
Hermes scratched his head and sighed.
"Fine, you have a deal. I don't have much of a choice. While it'll be troublesome if we get a steady source of divine nectar, it is more than worth it. That said.....this is going to be a pain.
Smiling, Hades waved his hands to materialize a scroll. Below the throne, two blindfolded goat-sized pups also appeared. They both had earplugs, making them clumsily walk into each other. One had a black body with a golden mane, while the other had a golden body and a black mane.
"That scroll has the memories of that mass of sludge. You can find your way from there. As for these two pups, hand them over to the source. Make sure to let the source know that I'm the one who sent them."
Hermes grabbed the scroll and then looked at the two clumsy pups.
"These two…. Are these the spawn of Cerberus and that golden lioness?….. Wasn't Persephone already claiming them as hers?"
Hades scuffed at his nephew's words, "After trying to break our deal? The last thing I want to do is reward her. She has to be punished, and punished she will be."
Hermes looked at his uncle and sighed, "If that's what you want to do, uncle. I'll check out the source first, and then I'll bring Persephone back."
"Very well, safe travels."
Hermes nodded his thanks and placed the two pups inside the magical sack he carried on his waist. He stomped on the stone floor with his winged sandals. In front of him, space seemed to fracture, with golden cracks appearing and being absorbed into a golden vortex. He then ran into the Vortex at an astonishing speed. Once he was through, the Vortex began closing, and space returned as it once was.
Hades looked at the chair his nephew had left and sighed, "Why must that brat always leave his trash in my realm."
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[Back In Mustafa Japan]
The Vortex opened, and Hermes ran out of it and into the alley where the sludge villain had been killed.
He looked around before retrieving a large staff from a spatial ring. Two golden snakes were wrapped along the staff's shaft.
"Track the divine energy."
Upon hearing his order, the two statute-like snakes began moving and slithering away from the golden staff. They flicked their tongues out a few times before they began slithering out. Hermes brought out a black cloak and put it on, making himself disappear.
As he was walking out of the alley, he also took out a flask and spilled its contents on the trash can, which had sludge inside and on the ground. Upon contact, the clear liquid dissolved any leftover remains of the sludge, leaving only the divine nectar, which was sucked by another flask.
Seeing the clean area, he ran after the two snakes, completely invisible to everyone.
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[Kinji's POV]
Now that a few hours had passed, I had managed to calm down. Even if I killed someone, the one that I killed was a villain—a villain that no one even knew about, so they wouldn't be looking for him.
"Some green sludge and golden liquid was still splattered on the ground, but people shouldn't connect them to a death….. That's right, everything will be okay. Tomorrow, I'll see if there was any police activity."
As I made plans, I heard the front door open. I quickly jumped on the bed, covered myself in blankets, and pretended to be asleep.
When my door was opened, I heard a whisper from my mother.
"Psst Kenji, are you asleep?"
Seeing I didn't respond, she slowly closed the door, trying to be as quiet as possible. I continued to pretend that I was asleep until I heard her bedroom door close.
"Sorry, Mom, I need more time to get it together. Once I know that no one knows anything, then I can relax."
Sitting up and looking at the door, I heard something that made my whole body shiver.
"Such a nice mother, reminds me of mine. Also, you don't have to worry about being discovered. I have completely erased all evidence of the sludge and the divine nectar."
I looked around my room, but I couldn't see anyone.
"Who are you? Show yourself?" I whispered while quickly jumping out of bed.
"Oh yeah, my bad, sorry, it's just a bad habit that I have."
As the voice finished speaking, a young 5-year-old boy with orange-brown hair seemed to materialize in front of the window. He was dressed oddly, wearing a white and gold toga, a gold elven-like crown, and sandals with real white wings sprouting from the sides.
"Let me properly introduce myself. I'm Hermes, son of Zeus, and I came here with an invitation to our Godly Market."