My mother's love song

"My wives found other men or something... I hope they will think about me all their lives..."

"It will only last temporarily after I die...at least for ten years!"

Although such sad thoughts were not expressed out loud, it cannot be said that they did not exist at all.

So, when Rhodes opened his eyes again, he felt a sense of loss.

I am not a saint after all.

"Is it...night?"

It was pitch black around him.

Rhodes, who had not yet adapted to the darkness, could only vaguely see the outline of the scenery.

It's cold.

The severe cold that penetrated into his bones made Rhodes cross his arms and tremble all over.

After a long time, he finally adapted to the surrounding environment.

Then Rhodes was surprised to find that he was in a cell.

His hands and feet were not restricted in their freedom, but one could see rows of iron fences separating him from the outside world.

"..."

When his sleepiness was completely gone, Rhodes sat cross-legged in the dark and began to think.

After a long period of thinking, he came to a conclusion.

"I... couldn't die?"

"No, you're dead."

A stern voice suddenly sounded from the darkness.

Rhodes looked over in surprise.

With the echo of high heels stepping on the stairs, a young girl entered the cell and came outside the fence.

Just standing there, the righteous energy emanating from her slender body seemed to dispel the darkness and coldness around her.

Her gorgeous crimson hair was tied into a high ponytail at the back of her head, and her slightly immature beauty exuded the awe-inspiring aura of a warrior.

She was wearing a red and black ancient swordsman outfit, and the large sword at her waist was full of presence, showing an unimaginable sense of weight.

Under the skirt, a pair of slender long legs were exposed with an ivory sheen.

"……ah!!!"

Rhodes couldn't help but scream.

He had met the girl in front of him once before.

It was not long after I arrived in Heian-kyo, during the Genji Festival, when I happened to meet him on the streets of the capital.

Rhode pointed at the red-haired girl in surprise and shouted, "You're eating ramen without money..."

"This is hell."

The girl's words put an end to Rod's revelations.

He was stunned: "Huh...?"

Hell... She must be talking about the Japanese underworld, right?

Nowadays, when people talk about hell, many people will think of the biblical concept.

Generally speaking, it is a place where seven beautiful demon kings, representing pride, jealousy, anger, etc., live...

But that hell is just the Latin word Inferno translated into Chinese characters. The etymology of hell should come from Buddhism.

One of the six realms in the theory of reincarnation, the hell realm, is also known as the [Eighteen Levels of Hell], [Eight Cold Hells], [Eight Hot Hells], [Eight Flaming Hells], and so on.

After Buddhism was introduced to East Asia, the concept of hell in China and Japan was integrated with the underworld/the underworld/the underworld in local mythology, and eventually became a part of the world of the dead.

"You said this is hell?"

Rhodes looked around with his eyes, which had gradually acquired night vision.

He has visited various underworlds in the past.

For example, the border prison where Sodom lives, the underworld where Elly lives, the shadow kingdom where teacher Scathach lives, and the Greek underworld where daughter Hades lives...

For example, the underworld where the mother, Izanami, is.

The place where he was now was not only cold and dark, but also very different from the underworld Huangquan that he knew.

First of all, you can't feel the thick smell of death.

As if she saw the boy's suspicion, she added, "Or rather, this is the place that was once called hell."

"It used to be... but now it's abandoned?"

After Rhodes asked this, the girl nodded.

Rhodes asked again: "Who are you then? Why are you in a place like this?"

There was absolutely no sign of joking on the girl's face as she spoke word by word.

"I am the daughter of King Yama, the Red Bird Yama.

Susanoo, you are the last person in this world, a dead person who can neither be judged in hell nor be saved and reincarnated."

……

……

……

Rhodes decided to make the best of it and settled down in the abandoned cell.

Because of being in the dark hell, the concept of time becomes blurred.

Several days have passed since then.

During this period, Rhodes also learned a series of situations in more detail through Red Yama.

First, the situation on the ground.

No, now she should be called Saver·Dainichi Nyonya. The elder sister became the manager of the universe and transformed the entire earth according to her ideals.

Today's earth has become a paradise-like place in mythology.

Under the management of the Great Sun Goddess, the earth became a true utopia without war, murder, or oppression.

Besides, my sister did fulfill her promise and did not attack Rhodes' wife and children. Now that she is a saint, this is also a natural thing.

The ground described by Red Yama was the same as what Rhodes saw in his dream.

The second is about Rhodes' own situation.

He seemed to have slept for a long time before he woke up.

According to Zhu Rui Niao Hong Yan Mo, it was she who found Rod drifting on the Sanzu River, so she fulfilled the duties of the former Judge of Hell, captured Rod and put him in jail.

In fact, long before the Heian period, Japan's underworld had been abandoned with the end of the Age of Gods, and the Hell Court used to judge the guilty dead had naturally closed down at that time.

After the Great Sun Goddess transformed the planet into a new solar calendar, although the "setting" of reincarnation of the soul was introduced, the souls of humans after death would be uniformly managed and arranged for reincarnation by the [Heavenly Wheel Holy King], so the underworld was still not reused and remained a wasteland.

However, at this time, the only soul that was not bound by the Savior and could not enter the Heavenly Wheel Saint King appeared.

Rhodes fell into the underworld due to a bug.

Even the omniscient and omnipotent savior didn't know that her brother was currently in hell.

"What will happen to me next?" Rhodes asked.

"The punishment is one year of imprisonment."

"how many?"

"Ten thousand Jing years, or one trillion years."

Zhu Ruiniao Hong Yanmo replied in a nonchalant tone, "3 points deducted and a fine of 200 yuan."

Rhodes: “………………”

The girl raised an eyebrow, "Of course. If you hate the feeling of being restricted from freedom, I can make an exception and release you from prison."

"Ooooooh! Speak of which!"

Rod remembered.

When I paid for ramen for this girl at the izakaya before, she said something like "I will never forget the kindness you showed me today, and I will repay you one day."

It seems that it is right to insist on doing good things in daily life.

Rhode said excitedly, "Are you saying that if I ask you for help, you will let me out of this dungeon?"

The girl said, "If you ask me for your help, my Needle Mountain Sword will cut off your head and save you from the pain of prison."

"Thank you. I appreciate your kindness."

Rhodes lay down leisurely on the iron bed in the cell. Being weak all over, he had no intention of returning to the real world right away.

"You must be hungry. I'll prepare some food for you."

"Ah, so to speak..."

Rhodes subconsciously touched his empty belly.

Now he is a being that is neither human nor ghost nor god nor spirit, so he still feels hungry... What an inconvenient body.

"Then please."

"You agreed very readily. How shameless of you to do so."

Zhu Rui Niao·Hong Yan Mo said with a somewhat stiff expression: "Don't you have any resistance to accepting the favor of the Great Sun Goddess?"

As mentioned before, all food on earth today comes from the grace of the Savior.

Rhodes said, "Huh? Wasn't my prison meal made by Miss Zhu Ruiniao herself?"

"…………"

She was stunned.

"Although I do mean that, how did you know that?"

In response to her question, Rhodes smiled and replied, "I know your sister."

"Don't lie, or I'll pull out your tongue."

"Really, really! Your sister is the proprietress of the inn [Yanma-tei], right? She is also called Red Yanma like you!"

Rhode held his chin and said, "So Red Yama is the name of a race? Just like the Red Demon Clan?

Never mind, it doesn’t matter what… I have a very good relationship with your sister!”

Although Rhodes didn't know the Judge of Hell Zhurui Bird·Red Enma, she knew the cute little girl proprietress of Enma-tei in FGO.

The five-star Saber and the tall and cool swordsman girl in front of him looked like real sisters, so Rhode lied and said "I am very familiar with her sister".

"Well, am I right?"

Rhodes said proudly.

A sudden murderous aura came over me.

"Lies, unforgivable!"

Red Enma placed his hand on the hilt of the sword and performed the sword-drawing technique as fast as lightning.

Almost at the same time, Rhodes, sensing the murderous aura, instinctively squatted down.

"Shh."

A sharp sword flash cut through the air, cutting the entire cell in two.

"It's so dangerous! What are you doing?!"

Rhodes lay on the ground holding the back of his head and yelling.

His current combat power is about the same as that of the Garula spirit in the seventh singularity. If he is even slightly touched by "that thing" in the red-haired girl's hand, his soul will be shattered. This time he is really finished.

Facing Rhode's question, the girl who called herself Zhu Rui Niao·Hong Yan Mo replied: "There is no other Hong Yan Mo except Hong. I am the proprietress of [Yan Mo Ting]