I've Possessed Persephone (9 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 14
Persephone emerged briefly from the healing spring and let out a gasp of amazement.
“How incredible….”
She lifted her hem to check—and sure enough, all her wounds had healed.
She’d thought merely cooling off would be blessing enough, but perhaps because it was crafted by the god of medicine, its effect was truly remarkable.
Even the wound that had reopened while fleeing Cerberus earlier now only showed a faint redness; her flesh was neatly sealed as if stitched with thread.
‘I won’t even need to use divine power.’
Persephone, now in high spirits, hummed to herself as she wandered around.
If she kept walking like this—somewhat like strolling or exploring—maybe she’d eventually find an exit.
While clinging to that hope, Persephone never stopped walking, and finally, a lifeline appeared before her.
Her foot suddenly caught on a stalagmite; looking up, she saw the ceiling densely lined with stalactites.
Blinking in surprise, Persephone scanned the stone walls around her.
‘A cave?’
Could this possibly be an exit?
Frowning slightly, Persephone examined a distant circular opening through which light streamed in.
‘Could I be hallucinating from sheer longing?’
For a moment, she hesitated at the sight of sunlight—something she hadn’t seen in ages.
‘…But it really does seem like real sunlight.’
Persephone refused to let go of the lifeline just granted to her.
“Yes!”
She cried out in delight, tightly clenching both fists.
Immediately, her legs bolted straight toward the cave’s sunlit exit.
To discover yet another way out like this—she was truly lucky. Even if the Underworld had many entrances, finding even one of them was no easy feat.
Just as Persephone was about to step onto the sunlit stone floor—
“Found you.”
“Ahh!”
A whisper sounded right beside her.
Persephone leapt straight up like a startled rabbit and scrambled backward.
“Who—who’s there! What kind of creature are you!”
She frantically looked around, but saw nothing.
Then she felt pressure on one arm. Sensing this subtle touch, Persephone froze in place.
It was a man’s hand.
Could it be that the King of the Underworld had already chased her all the way to this cave?
“I’m—I’m not going back to the Underworld!”
Persephone shouted and tried to wrench her arm free.
But the pressure didn’t ease. Instead, the unknown being tried to draw closer to her.
After shaking her arm several times, Persephone pretended to go mad, letting her hair fall loose.
“Aaaah! Get away!”
She began thrashing wildly.
“Ah! Ow—wait, wait! Don’t raise your hands! Calm down, calm down!”
“Would you stay calm in my place!”
Just as Persephone prepared to headbutt her assailant, she heard a voice she hadn’t expected.
Her movements stopped instantly.
The figure in the darkness released her arm.
“I don’t mean you any harm, Miss Kore!”
It was indeed a man’s voice, but lighter and brighter than Hades’.
“…How do you know my name?”
Now composed, Persephone scrutinized the faint outline visible in the darkness.
‘He’s smaller than I thought. Who is he?’
As Persephone tilted her head in confusion, the darkness cleared its throat.
A young man adjusted his hat and stepped into view.
‘I feel like I’ve seen this person somewhere before….’
Frowning slightly, Persephone rubbed her chin. In response, the man removed his hat, revealing tousled brown hair.
His clear eyes locked onto Persephone.
“Well… You’ve seen me a few times at Demeter’s farm, haven’t you? I thought for sure Kore would remember me.”
“…Ah.”
Noticing the winged sandals on his feet and the staff entwined with serpents, Persephone raised her index finger.
“Lord Hermes?”
“Ding-dong-dang! Correct!”
Hermes clapped his hands cheerfully.
Before Persephone could even ask, “Who sent you?”, he eagerly rattled off his explanation.
“You know I also serve as a guide who leads the dead, right?”
“Huh? Yes, I know.”
“Good! Then your trust in me must be overflowing—which is very fortunate indeed. Unlike someone else, I won’t be grabbing you by the hair.”
Hermes stepped past her and stood directly in the sunlight.
Perched slightly above Persephone on a rock, Hermes extended his hand toward her.
“Well then—shall we go up to the surface together?”
“Oh…”
“Take it. I’ll take you there.”
At that moment, the god known as a thief who coveted others’ belongings seemed nothing short of a savior.
Persephone rubbed her stinging nose and reached out to take his hand.
“…Hermes.”
A heavy voice dropped behind her.
“If you found Kore, shouldn’t you have contacted me first?”
This time, it really was the King of the Underworld.
Granted, for a king of the Underworld, he looked rather disheveled—his clothes appeared tugged by subordinates—but Persephone didn’t notice his state at all.
Goosebumps instantly prickled across her shoulders. She tried to quickly grasp Hermes’ hand, but seeing Hades, he sprang to his feet.
“Why so disheartened! I just found her myself! And…”
Hermes stepped briefly outside the cave and back in again.
Behind his brown silhouette appeared another figure.
Persephone’s eyes widened.
“I was just bringing your mother here with me—which is why I’m late!”
Sunlight delicately gilded strands of wheat-colored hair. Even in the shade, the faintly glowing green irises swelled as they met Persephone down on the rocks.
Demeter.
Persephone’s mother had come all the way to the entrance of the Underworld.
Mouth agape, Persephone slowly stretched her hand toward Demeter.
“…Mo—Mom.”
“Kore.”
Demeter, having found her daughter, called her by her childhood name.
She gently approached and placed a trembling hand on her daughter’s shoulder. Persephone, on the verge of bursting into tears, sniffled and wiped beneath her nose.
“I’ve been through so much…”
It’s hard. Really hard.
Swallowing the rest of her words, Persephone collapsed into Demeter’s waiting arms as if fainting.
It was then that the anomaly occurred.
“…Why aren’t we moving out?”
Persephone tried to follow Demeter upward, but her body refused to cross the threshold.
It felt as if some invisible force was holding her back.
‘Why?’
Doubt clouded Persephone’s mind.
Demeter, who had journeyed all the way to the boundary of the Underworld, was just as bewildered. Clutching her daughter tighter, she commanded Hermes,
“I’ll push from behind—Hermes, you pull from the front.”
“Yes, ma’am!”
Hermes grabbed Persephone’s forearm and tried to lift her—
“…No matter how hard I pull, she won’t budge!”
She didn’t move an inch.
At Hermes’ puzzled remark, both Demeter’s and Persephone’s gazes swiftly turned to Hades.
But even Hades could only shake his head blankly, clearly as clueless as anyone about how this had happened.
After several more tugs, Hermes exhaled sharply.
He cracked his numb fingers one by one.
“Could it be that Miss Kore is just too heavy to lift?”
Mother and daughter simultaneously shot Hermes a glare.
“Do you think only you can do it, Hermes?”
“Exactly. People can be a bit heavy sometimes.”
Two pairs of emerald eyes blazed fiercely.
Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Hermes let out an awkward chuckle.
“…Ha ha. Well, this is rare—the gods who can silence me are few indeed.”
He stamped his feet lightly, then bit his lip.
“Hmm. Anyway, let’s quickly figure out what’s causing this.”
Persephone, scanning her surroundings with anxious eyes, asked Hermes,
“Will I really be able to go back?”
“Don’t worry, Miss Kore. It might be easier to solve than you think. Just answer my questions one by one, alright?”
Persephone nodded, rubbing her now-chilled hands.
Hermes asked lightly,
“By any chance… have you eaten food from the Underworld?”
“A—ah, no. Never.”
“Have you drunk water from the Underworld?”
“No.”
【Impossible.】
Persephone shook her head firmly, but another voice echoed from within the cave.
【I smell mint.】
Thanatos added, setting down Hydra from under his arm.
Persephone’s sharp gaze flew toward the god of death. Thanatos met her stare with an impassive face.
【Didn’t you soak yourself in the healing spring, little sprout?】
“The healing spring?”
Demeter echoed.
Leaning against the cave wall, Thanatos straightened up. Bowing his head respectfully to the earth goddess—one of the Twelve Olympians—he explained,
【It’s a spring containing trace amounts of pomegranate tree sap and pomegranate fruit juice.】
“What’s that?”
【Asclepius, who blurred the boundary between life and death by resurrecting the dead recklessly, created it as part of his penance upon entering the Underworld.】
“…Asclepius?”
【Yes. Since it contains ingredients from the Underworld, we generally advise beings of the living world not to enter it.】
Persephone protested urgently,
“But I didn’t drink anything like that!”
【If you had open wounds, the spring water would have seeped in.】
“…”
【That has the same effect as consuming it.】
Thanatos glanced at Persephone’s attire.
【Judging by the fading bloodstains, it seems you truly soaked in the spring… What a pity.】
“…Wait, hold on. Then what happens to me? Am I trapped in the Underworld?”
【Rules must be upheld.】
“…”
【There are no exceptions—just as there is none in death.】
Thanatos’ flat tone resonated through the cave.
Dizziness washed over her. Wavering like a flag in the wind, she now turned to look at Hades.
The King of the Underworld gave her one guilty glance, then bit his lip shut.
“…Thanatos is not wrong.”
After long silence, he finally spoke.
“By principle… you must now become one of the Underworld.”
Persephone’s face turned deathly pale.
The fate she’d tried so desperately to avoid had finally caught up with her.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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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.