Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 846 Katarina's Nonsense

“You…” Persephone sighed helplessly, “But, profits are extracted from all this nonsense.”

Direct communication is certainly good, but it always means that one side has made significant concessions.

Their exchange was comparable to a clash between powerful nations... Every small concession could affect the future of countless people and encompass immeasurable wealth.

Although it's possible to give way, why should we?
She and Hades stayed here hoping that Armies could get even a little more.

Building a foundation from scratch, transforming barren land into a royal city bit by bit... Only those who have done it truly understand how difficult it is.

Hades only realized the mess he had inherited after foolishly charging into the River Styx.

Forget about having nothing left, he still needs to clear a piece of land first... Thanks to Gaia, the area around the River Styx is teeming with monsters, and he has to kill them all before thinking about anything else.

Persephone knew Hades wasn't ignorant, but he had always negotiated with Zeus with his fists raised, content with just holding his bottom line, and had absolutely no interest in this kind of bargaining.

However, Hades will no longer have to face just the cowardly and shameless Zeus!

However, strong combat power may not make it so easy.

She whispered, trying to persuade us, "We..."

“I will write all the rules down at the entrance to the River Styx.” Hades shook his head, stopping his wife from continuing to persuade him. “Just make my bottom line clear.”

Pearl, I don't need those benefits.

The Styx will bring me everything.

Worldly interests are of no value to me.

Even those gods couldn't bring me any real benefit.

I have no need to make things difficult for them, much less for myself.

This isn't Greece; I can directly harness the power of the River Styx to build the Hades city of my dreams.

Where can you find more or better soul materials than the River Styx?

At most, I could exchange some resources with someone to allow your Pearl to survive independently outside, but before I came out, I had already scattered the seeds of the red spider lily all over the banks of the River Styx.

When we return, the red spider lilies will light up our way home.

He glanced at Armes and Travis, who were clashing again in the hall: "A soul with faith can be taken away by his god; that is a power that the River Styx has granted."

Me... um?

"What's wrong?" Persephone immediately looked up at him.

“Someone is calling me…” His expression suddenly turned serious. “It’s very close to where our son is.”

Persephone's eyes widened: "You, go back to the River Styx right now!"

“No, we can’t go back.” Hades shook his head. “I’ve hidden my sons very well.”

Moreover, they are no bigger than a fingernail now, and they are at the bottom of the River Styx. No one but me can find that place without any marks.

It's better not to seek out people at all than to give them directions.

Persephone finally felt a little relieved: "Do you know who it is?"

Hades said with a strange expression, "It seems to be the Lord of the Tower."

Katarina quickly leaned closer: "You don't want to respond to him, do you?"

"Of course not." Hades shook his head decisively. "Even a fool like Poseidon would avoid a magic tower master lying on the ground!"

Although Hades' life in Greece was ridiculously isolated, he learned quite a bit about the multiverse after leaving Greece.

As a full-time employee of the Styx River, he has access to all the common knowledge about the areas through which the Styx River flows; he can learn a great deal simply by reading carefully.

He just doesn't like interacting with outsiders, but that doesn't mean he doesn't learn anything.

Of the three brothers, Hades was actually the most studious.

Not only is he eager to learn, but he is also very diligent.

During those dark and hopeless days, it was through this kind of effort that he managed to persevere until the end.

Unfortunately, no amount of effort can compare to long-term companionship.

Even if this companionship comes at the cost of sacrificing a few of them, it's still worthwhile.

But the habit had already been formed, and Hades didn't think there was anything wrong with studying hard... It wasn't his fault that others couldn't see it.

Although he is somewhat of a homebody, Hades never engages in internal strife.

He believed that everyone who looked down on him was blind.

Those who abandoned him and chose Zeus are brainless.

He had no interest in arguing with a guy like that.

"Why did he come looking for you?" Persephone pondered to himself.

She knew very well that Hades wouldn't delve into these matters.

By listing his bottom line in the form of the rules of the underworld, Hades clearly declared his eternal neutrality.

At most, it will give Armies some slight convenience.

Hades was able to do this because he could completely suppress his curiosity.

Hades remained unmoved no matter who tried to create trouble outside his territory.

The only one who moves in the underworld is Persephone.

But she naturally longs for spring, so it's normal for her to be easily distracted. Besides, what's wrong with gossiping?

Persephone tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Is it because it's close to where you used to hang it?"

"Yes!" Hades nodded.

Persephone sighed helplessly... Hades really buried his son using whatever material was available.

Simple, fast, and efficient, but definitely not comfortable.

Oh well, my sons have been sleeping anyway, so it doesn't really matter whether they're comfortable or not.

“That might not be aimed at exploiting our weaknesses; he probably thinks it might be a way to contact you.” Persephone said, somewhat puzzled. “But what makes him think you’ll respond to him?”

“He knows your Greek stories, huh?” Katarina said with a smile.

"Hmm?" Persephone asked calmly, "Is it that book of Greek mythology? The one that's popular in Torrell's world?"

That's not it..."

“Maybe more than that,” Katarina interrupted her. “I don’t know the specifics, but Lori once mentioned that the Tower Lord’s advisor should be very familiar with Greece.”

Oh, I've read Greek mythology; the illustrations are quite interesting.

Persephone's expression darkened for a few seconds before returning to normal... There aren't many stories about this couple in Greek mythology, and there are only a few illustrations of them.

However, it was a picture of her being abducted by Hades, who was driving a carriage, completely naked.

Hades was alright; his thick black beard covered his face, leaving only his two long, bare legs exposed.

But what about her?
Although as a Greek goddess, she revered natural beauty and didn't care about such things, it didn't mean that as the Queen of the Underworld, she was willing to have so many people from all over the world comment on that painting.

Compared to Almes and Hades' suspicions about Gaia, Persephone believed that it was caused by the goddess of love, a transformation of certain parts of Uranus.

Only Aphrodite would enjoy being so disgusting.

After all, Gaia has always been arrogant and haughty, so even if she wanted to humiliate them, it would be difficult for her to find the key points.

Given Gaia's temperament, she would likely choose the painting of Persephone weeping beneath Hades.

Being forced to marry an ugly man... that was the real humiliation in Gaia's eyes.

But Persephone didn't care about those things.

After all, she wasn't really that miserable.

Only Aphrodite, who understands the feelings between men and women, would focus on the moment she was dragged onto the carriage... Whether as an observer or recalling her own helplessness, one would have different feelings.

She's so good at capturing people's emotions; Gaia doesn't have that kind of subtlety.

But Persephone was too lazy to argue with Hades and Armies about this issue.

Those who like to deduce the culprit from the outcome would never imagine that someone could harm others without benefiting themselves.

However, Aphrodite inside the seashell was too beautiful.

She's so beautiful that anyone would say, no matter how bad her character is, she certainly fits the standard of a goddess of love and desire.

Even Toril, who has Sunny, would praise Aphrodite's beauty when he speaks of her.

Huh~
What does this mean? How could a man not understand?

Aphrodite will not perish completely; given the opportunity, she can be resurrected.

But Persephone could also understand Hades and Armies's neglect... Aphrodite, apart from being too licentious and greedy, was incapable of causing them any harm.

So what if someone has a bad heart?

Men tend to instinctively give way to beautiful but foolish women who pose no threat.

Even if they look down on her and despise her.

A sarcastic smile flickered across Persephone's lips.

Never mind, at most I'll just get a little hurt.

Moreover, Hades is rather straightforward; even if the other party appears in Aphrodite's form, he would only suspect that it is Gaia in disguise.

Not quite... Ha~
To relive an old dream.

Almes would be even less likely to do so; back when Aphrodite was having a one-night stand with Almighty, he firmly refused!
At most, they'll get beaten up because they mistook someone for someone else.

None of these are big deals.

Persephone, having thought things through, stared at Katharina: "Lorry, do you know something?"

"You know that the Lord of the Tower has an advisor?" Katarina said mysteriously.

"I know." Persephone nodded... that person's presence was indeed quite strong.

"Lowry said it might be a Greek race."

"What?" Hades couldn't contain his surprise.

“They’re not Greeks,” Katarina rolled her eyes. “How could any humans possibly survive where you are!”

Yes, the Greek seed from another universe.

If Lowry were here, she would probably step in and stop Gale Wolf from spouting nonsense.

Lowry only discovered from the policies that guy provided to the Tower Lord that it was definitely a glorified version of the Greek parliamentary system, a true believer in the supreme rights and welfare of ancient Greek citizens.

He had always felt that people who treated commoners outside the aristocracy as less than human were not worthy of being called human, so he couldn't help but express his disgust.

(End of this chapter)