Reborn As Hades In Olympus

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Just When You Think You Know What You're Doing

Ch. 44: Just When You Think You Know What You're Doing

Huff, huff~!

Times like this takes me back to my childhood, no that's not right. I must be hallucinating, my head was like a pot of soup being turned. Oh right, I had a fight with Ares and I won. But I thought I got reborn to live a sinple life exploring olympus and all it's wonders, eating all types of god food, meeting all kinds of god people, getting involved with a goddess and getting married.

Something like that but how did it come to this—?

How did I end up as some type of savior to a world hell-bent on destruction. I bet the next time I die I would rather choose the version of the mythology I wanted to be in.

Just pulling my body together was a pain as it was. "Hrrm." That wasn't me, someone was shivering. I opened my eyes gently to see myself in a lit hotel room thinking I had stumbled there by accidet but this was my room, there was a woman beside me I recognized to me Eris. She was trembling greatly, her clothes were still soaked, I didn't have time to do anything about that before I passed out.

How did I get in anyway?

The window was open above my head so I guessed I flew in good thing I did not pass out flying, that would have been bad. "Ouch, damn I fell like a mashed potato." And I don't even like potato.

I pushed myself up and carried Eris gently to the bed, she was half awake and wriggling in pain. I guess it was time to put her out of her misery for good. I don't mean permanently though, "D-- Do it, t-- t-- take it off." She muttered with her eyes half open and hazing at me with innocence.

Well I did not have to be a gentleman to save a lady's life so I tore off her clothes with ease, I noticed his thin her half naked body looked, even her huge front display had been greatly reduced, how did I not notice that earlier. The only clothing she had on were her panties. Was Ares really sucking her blood? Like a vampire. Who knew what kind of horrors she must have suffered in his hands.

I covered her up with a blanket and went to prepare a hot bath for her, yes I was a kind gentleman and no I was not going to put her in the bath. There is a limit to self control in life.

Eris was now in the bath, I had set aside some of my simpler clothes for her to wear when she was done while I busied myself with preparing some warm tea for her. How far I have fallen from my pedigree. The whole rest of the night was an ordeal filled with stress mostly for me after everything Eris had finally put to bed-- wrong choice of word there.

She was finally asleep and snuggled up in my bed while I had to reserve myself to the couch. I made sure not to disturb her and let my body settle down on my own matters.

And now my most pressing concern was the fact that I had lost the book to the one person who was most determined to bury my face in the dirt. I could find her if I wanted, somehow-- now I had to think hard on what the contents of the book meant.

The list of people meant to be killed by the poison known as black amber had to be tied in with something, there had to be a connection in their chronological arrangement. Something Talos said had me bothered, she predicted something I didn't.

Why was Hades the second? Without Hades the underworld would be thrown into chaos luckily I chose to be reborn as him and averted that crisis, talk about luck. Hermes was next after, with him dead the stability of the news that went around the circle of the would collapse. The golden apple was not designated to anyone but whoever ate it would also result in chaos.

These are strategic arrangements by someone of higher power than Ares.

My main focus now would be to find Aphrodite and save her that is if there was any part of her left to save.

BRRRRRR~

My phone vibrated and I looked at it to see Mr Anonymous calling, I had just about had enough of being manipulated by others. He roped Talos into the mix without consenting with me, whatever his plan was he could as well go screw himself. I was bushed, I closed my eyes shut and lay there in silence.

Not enough hours to sleep till daybreak, a half living goddess in my room, I was a prime suspect to a crime and forbidden from leaving Olympus. I might as well enjoy my time.

I wondered for a bit if I was being too over reliant on my knowledge of Greek mythology. It was my only strong point in this world but why was I still lacking the crucial information.

From The first moment I set my foot on this world till now it was evident what I was missing— though I knew what some key instances and events of this world I still had not come to grips with the fact that the gods themselves still had lives of their own. It was interesting to know they were more than just stories but actual living people.

I wonder how things were back at the underworld, maybe Hecate is there. There was no way I was getting a good night's sleep with all that had happened today, I still had a lot on my mind. Just what was I supposed to do now--?

It felt like I was waiting for some divine inspiration but it never came. If I had the book now I would at least have some answers to the burning questions troubling me, that list of targets— the fourth target was someone I ne er expected to be there. The queen of Olympus herself but why would she be a target?

Without her olympus would collapse and Zeus would lose all control-- now that would be bad. Could Zeus be the target?

I felt my mind start to get foggy again, I took a deep breath to calm myself. I told myself constantly to stop doubting myself, to stop doubting my hard earned knowledge but what if that was what blinded me from seeing the truth-- my love and knowledge of Greek myth had blinded my thoughts so I failed to see what was truly in front of me. I hated to admit it but what if I thought like Talos--?

She was always ahead of me in her way of reasoning because she doubted everything around her unlike me who was over reliant on what I had known. So the key must be to break myself down and start over without abandoning what I already know of— I know it sounded stupid to even me but I had to try.

Thinking back to every clue I found of recent what was it all pointing to, the list of targets and the diary at the front were clearly from two different people. So far I have been the only known person to not have died from the poison maybe because I was reborn into the body moments after, was there a line that connected it all together?

At the party Eris tried to warn me, earlier Hermes tried to tell me something. Damn, I was no good at this. There was no clue to tie the knots together. Get more stories at m_vl_em_p_yr

I was done trying to figure this out, I was getting nowhere. My next course of action would be to get the book back from Talos. I hated to admit it but I might have lost sight of what I was after now, I failed to stop the first calamity and I was lost on what to do. I picked upy phone and checked my messages, most of them were from Mr Anonymous who wanted to know whatever mystery I had discovered.

I so badly needed someone to talk to at the moment.

BLIP— I sent him a message but it did not take long for him to reply.

"WHAT DID YOU EXPECT US TO FIND IN THERE?!"— SENT. (1 MINUTES AGO)

"ANSWERS... DUH!"— RECIEVED (1 MINUTES AGO)

"YOU FOUND IT RIGHT?— THE BOOK?"— RECIEVED (40 SECONDS AGO)

Now things were getting interesting once more...

"YOU WERE SPYING ON US...?"— SENT (37 SECONDS AGO)

"I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DID HAVE DRONES IN THE AREA BUT NOW ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE."— RECIEVED (35 SECONDS AGO)

"THEN HOW THE HELL DID YOU KNOW WHAT WE FOUND IN THE HOUSE ASSHOLE?"— SENT (28 SECONDS LATER)

"WHO ARE YOU?"— SENT (25 SECONDS LATER)

"••••"— TYPING.

"I CAN'T SAY... FIND OUT URSELF."— RECIEVED (17 SECONDS AGO)

"TEST MY PATIENCE AND YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ABOUT THE BOOK AGAIN!!"— SENT (10 SECONDS AGO)

"AND NEITHER WILL YOU APPARENTLY."— RECIEVED (6 SECONDS AGO)

"WHAT!!?"— SENT (3 SECONDS AGO)

"BECAUSE THE DETECTIVE WILL DIE SOON BUT YOU CAN SAVE HER..."— RECEIVED (NOW)

My eyes sprang open, "Talos is going to die?" It's always one thing after another.

BLIP!

NOTIFICATION: MR ANONYMOUS HAS SAVED A LOCATION ON YOUR MAP.

Whoever was going to kill Talos must be after the book, if I get there in time I can finally get some answers I need and if I'm late Talos dies and I lose the only lead I have to solve Hades' death. As I aimed for my window I desperately prayed for it not to be a trap set for me— the night was going to be a long one.