I've Possessed Persephone (9 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 11
Hades furrowed his brow and subtly bit the inside of his lip. He stood up from his seat.
‘What on earth has that child been doing in the underworld in such a short time?’
Darkness flickered like flames at Hades’s feet. The elongated shadows soon spat out a helmet.
【Are you going to see Demeter’s daughter?】
“Are you going personally? Is there a reason you need to meet Kore in person?”
“……Since I caused the trouble, I should be the one to resolve it.”
Hydra, who had been moving a reed pen, opened her mouth wide.
“I will go to greet Demeter’s daughter.”
Hades flipped over a pitch-black cloak. His figure was obscured by the veil of night.
* * *
Silence instantly enveloped the office.
Thanatos and Hydra, who had been staring at the spot where Hades disappeared, began to gauge each other’s reactions.
“Well.”
Hydra was the first to speak up.
【Just from what we’ve seen, it’s already a huge mess.】
“Tsk.”
Hydra, grumbling, glanced outside briefly.
“By the way, did you see Hades’s eyes just now?”
She asked in a worried tone.
Occasionally, the king of the underworld would emit such a strange golden glow in his eyes—a rare phenomenon that appeared when his emotions were intense or when his thoughts deepened and his consciousness sank low.
【Hydra. Don’t say strange things. Isn’t that the look he gets when he’s focused too?】
“Well, that’s true, but……”
Hydra’s words trailed off subtly.
Silence fell again.
Unable to bear the quiet, she fidgeted and straightened her clothes.
“But there’s something I’m curious about.”
【What is it.】
“When he said he ’caused trouble’…… does that really mean what it literally sounds like?”
【…….】
Thanatos, who had drawn his scythe, paused for a moment.
They didn’t know what conversation Hermes and Hades had or what exactly had happened between Hades and Kore.
They only knew that Kore was not Hades’s marriage partner and that he wasn’t renovating the palace for her.
Thanatos glanced at Hydra with a pitiful look, but there was a clear golden crack in his own eyes as well.
Hydra added as if to say, isn’t that right?
“No, but he’s not looking for a bride, and he firmly said he’s not getting married, so how is he taking responsibility for an ‘accident’? Doesn’t it make no sense to you either?”
【……There must be some circumstances.】
Thanatos nodded agreeably.
Their irreverent misunderstanding toward their superior was not over yet.
Hydra muttered light complaints, wondering what those circumstances could be.
It was the moment she was about to follow Thanatos out.
“Hey, but there’s one more thing I want to ask.”
【What is it.】
“When you sent the messenger birds to the soldiers, didn’t you say that Kore is Hades’s bride?”
【…….】
“……”
A long silence, and at the end of it.
【……Ah.】
The god of death realized his mistake.
* * *
“Bring her!”
Her breath was caught up to her chin.
Persephone glanced at the guards chasing her.
They were slower than when Demeter had chased her after she stole the seed pouch, but that didn’t mean the guards weren’t fast.
If things continued like this, she was one step away from being caught.
As Persephone turned the corner of the fortress wall, she quickly scanned her surroundings.
‘Weapon, weapon! Anything!’
At the end of her heated vision, she spotted a shovel.
It seemed to be something the soldiers used for digging the ground.
Clang-!
Persephone grabbed the shovel and struck the arm that suddenly jutted out toward her side. The thick forearm that seemed immovable was pushed back significantly.
The guards who missed Persephone let out loud wails.
“Please come with us!”
“Can’t you think about it one more time, Kore?”
“We don’t want to act this pathetically either, but we have no choice!”
Persephone frowned.
‘Why do the ones I hit cry like children?’
It was really strange. When had she and the soldiers ever met that they were so desperate not to ‘escort’ her?
‘These people, do they really believe that I’m the bride of the king of the underworld?’
Persephone turned back abruptly and scanned the soldiers with an incredulous look.
Her eyes met the soldiers’.
And then……
“She looked back at us!”
“So you’ve finally decided to reconsider, right? Yes?”
“Waaah!”
A fierce cheer shook the walls.
Intimidated by the momentum, Persephone coldly turned her back.
“No way!”
“Don’t go!”
Cries like being stabbed in the back of the head erupted in unison.
This is driving me crazy. What on earth did that god named Thanatos hear to think of her as the queen of the underworld?
Moreover, he even knew that she was Kore. It seemed Charon had told him her identity.
‘That ferryman bastard, even though I gave him a precious ‘gift’……!’
Persephone’s molars ground in anger.
And this is how he repays kindness with enmity?
‘A skull with no hair!’
She would never come to the underworld again, but if they met again, she’d pluck out all the nonexistent hair and scatter it in the Acheron river.
Persephone vowed revenge while firmly securing her cloak.
She gripped the shovel handle in her other hand tighter so it wouldn’t slip.
Fortunately, no one seemed intent on harming her; not a single soldier had drawn a weapon yet.
Did she look weak? If so, this would be her chance to escape.
With a smirk, as she was about to turn along the wall.
Soldiers emerged uniformly from every corner.
“What the!”
Startled, Persephone yelled loudly.
“Kore!”
The soldiers knelt before Persephone.
Some even bowed so low that they prostrated themselves.
As Persephone scanned them with irritated eyes, the one who seemed to be the leader among the soldiers sparkled his large eyes at her.
“Is it that you don’t like the underworld?”
“Yeah, I don’t like it!”
“Please tell us what exactly you didn’t like, and we’ll fix it! So please don’t leave!”
Persephone rested the shovel on her shoulder and pointed accusingly.
“The underworld is damp and dark!”
A gasp of shock escaped from the soldiers.
“I-If you really want, we’ll make this area gorgeous! We’ll even install air purifiers!”
“Air purifiers? Are you going to hang pinwheels or something!”
“……”
At Persephone’s sharp retort, the soldiers’ mouths clamped shut like clams. It seemed she’d hit the mark.
She crouched low and looked around.
“Anyway, I’m leaving. I don’t even know how long it’s been since I couldn’t go home, and my mom will be worried!”
“H-How about bringing your mother here-”
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
The moment Persephone yelled and was about to turn along the wall.
“……!”
A sharp edge pricked her five senses.
Her face turned pale. Her limbs, foreseeing danger, instinctively stretched forward as if to grip the ground.
Thud-crash!
Stepping on the soldiers’ backs and tumbling forward noisily, at the same time, a large veined hand appeared in the empty space where her shoulder had been.
Persephone’s head ornament shook for a moment. She tore off the bothersome decoration and sharply raised her gaze.
“Huh……”
A low, incredulous laugh mixed with astonishment.
“You dodged this?”
A mutter blended with admiration.
The hem of the dark purple chiton, swollen like in a storm, heavily fell, unable to resist gravity.
The darkness—whether flame or bloodstain—pooled at the feet of the man who suddenly appeared in the air.
“Your face is truly hard to see again.”
Persephone’s eyes, as she raised her head, gradually widened.
“If I had known our meetings would be this rare……”
“……”
“I should have acted more carefully in that moment back then.”
Hades.
The king of the underworld had finally reached the fortress wall.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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Oh my God, poor, pitiful Hades! I hope he finds happiness with Persephone.
Oh, poor Hades! He’s so sweet. Why doesn’t anyone like him? I hope Persephone likes Hades and brings spring into his world.
Poor Hades, how can a little child be hungry? How sweet, how his expression changes upon hearing Persephone speak.