Chapter 41
Can you drink a rice tea?
AhI can, thank you.
Even if I didnt understand many things but it seemed like I was drinking tea with Hadess son.
He didnt look like his father at all except for the face. Those two were as alike as two peas in the pod but his personality and his atmosphere were what difference between them. I thought hes more likable than his father.
We really couldnt judge the book by its cover.
Im really happy that I can drink a tea together with a friend. I have been alone until you came.
Umm
May I have your name?
Ah Which name should I tell him? M-my name is Shiwa.
ShiwaYou name is beautiful just like a warming spring
T-that right, your name is Methyst, right? I guess that it came from the word Amethyst. They are really beautiful, and they are also the symbol of fairness. Its my favorite stone!
Why did I have to feel nervous like this!? Was it because hes not like Hades at all so I didnt know how to behave myself in front of him? I feel like I didnt act like myself at all!
Yes, my mother also liked this stone the most.
Oh? Where is she?
Hmm?
Why did you make a sad face like that? Did I ask something that I shouldnt ask?
AhIf you dont want to tell me then Its alright! You dont have to tell me!
My mother is currently sleeping for a long time.
O-ohThats bad.
Thats not different from being dead. I didnt know that Hades was a widower.
W-why am I here? Do you know the reason for it?
The situation like this often happens here. You can call it Deep sleep. It has been told that the soul of the sleeper will stay between the real world and the dream world. Maybe your mind has something attached to here so you can come here when you were in deep sleep.
O-oh
Thats a really strange theory. What strange even more was that I felt like he wasnt a suspicious person, on the other hand, I found him adorable. Wasnt it too fast to feel like this with a person you just met not more than ten minutes ago?
AhIt isnt good to let a lady drink only a tea. I will bring sweets for you!
You dont have to do that. Its alright.
I cant do that. Im the host so I should take good care of my guest. Wait for me a bit!
W-wait
Its too late. He ran so fast that my eyes almost couldnt catch a sight of him. He walked past a half-moon shaped door covered by a red curtain.
I walked around the lotus pond. The clear water in there reflected my image. It should be reflected Shiwas face but Its the face of my past life. Its Whites face.
Was it reflected our soul?
Because this was what I looked like, right? I missed you, White.
Did I normally wear clothes like this? This long white dress look just like japaneses medium or was it a cloth for a soul? HaaIf theres stranger thing than this then come onLet it be
Im coming. Have you been watching the lotus?
U-ummIts very beautiful.
My father planted them for my mother because she liked them very much especially a white lotus
Your father must have loved your mother very much.
Yes, I also love her very much.
If your mother can hear that, she will be very happy.
Yes, I hope she can hear it too. Enough of that, we should come and eat sweets.
UmmThank you, I must be a bother to you.
Its not like that. Contrary to that, Im happy.
What about your father?
He is doing some business.
Hmm?
I sat on the chair and used a fork to pick the sweet up into my mouth. They looked like a brown jelly cut up into a bite-size.
It tasted sweet and a little sticky too. Its delicious.
I-is it to your liking?
Its delicious.
Im relieved. Thiss the first time that I made sweets for other people. My father doesnt like to eat a sweet so this is really the first time that I did it.
You have a good skill.
Thank you.
Come to think of it, not only I lost my way in here, I even had him served me tea and sweets. I bothered him a lot, didnt I?
Please, my body, who sleep soundly in that world, hurry up and wake up already.
Yawn
Methyst? Do you to sleep?
Yes, I have a flawed body so I have to sleep a lot. It s really embarrassing.
Dont say that. You shouldnt hold back if thats what your body wants.
Thats right, Ihave a little favor to ask you Methyst averted his eyes and his cheeks had a blush dusted on them.
Ok
I want to sleep on your lap. May I do that?
What?
You dont have to do it if you feel uncomfortable about it! I wont hold it against you!
Its alrightAre you sure you want to sleep here? Isnt the floor too hard for your back?
No, Its alright. I only want to take a nap.
He took his time to take care of me so a thing like this is a piece of cake for me. I didnt feel any discomfort too. Though if its Hades then I would reject it because its too risky for my life.
I sat down on the floor with his head on my laps. Its tickled a little but endurable. I could hear a sound of his steady breath a moment after. He really slept easily like Luler.
Mother
Even when hes asleep, he still dreamt of his mother. Its too sad for him to be away from his mother like this. I accidentally caress his hair as its natural for me to do this. His hair is really smooth like a hair that had been doing some treatment. Good for you to have a smooth hair like a kid.
My eyes were trying to slowly close themselves. My body in that world should wake up soon. I thought that Its still a night time in that world because I was here not too long ago.
tap tap
Whose footsteps were that
A long black hair
Was it you, Hades?
Why did I see your mouth moving towards me like that?
kiss
!!!
I jolted out from my sleep. My body was soaked up in sweat. I also heard some strange noise too. N-noI must be imagining things. Thats rightI only imagined things up.
Shiwa, have you wake up..?
He rubbed his eyes and sat up lazily.
He must wake up too because of my sudden awake.
Umm
Shiwa, you had sweat all over. Do you feel hot?
Yes, Im a little hot.
Why dont you strip your clothes if its too hot?
What?
Strip it
He didnt only say it but he tried to grab my shirt. I didnt feel hot because of my clothes! You didnt have to be that serious about stripping me! Dont tell me that you do this intentionally!?
It couldnt be helped. You were the one who made me do this in a hard way!!!
Kneel down, Luler.
!!!
His body obediently sat on the floor in a flash just like a trained dog who wait for the next order from his master.
Even if were engaged, that doesnt mean you can strip my clothes as you please. Do you understand?
Shiwa
You have to be punished so you can remember it, right?
UmmShiwa.
Redness started to creep up on both of his cheeks and his breathing was quicken just like hes excited about something. I picked a whip up from the headboard. Its the same whip that I gifted Luler with.
Pang
Are you ready to receive your punishment? I whipped my whip to the floor. The tension in the room is at its peak.
You can do anything that you want.
Are you like those people who cant keep his desire inside? Hm?
?
That moment that I whipped my whip down to the floor.!!!
I released the whip to fall down to the floor even though I still hadnt done anything to him.
Shiwa?
To tell you the truth, If I punish you then It wouldnt be a punishment, right?
AhShiwa, you are too cruel.
Im not in the mood today. I think I will sleep a little more.
Shiwa! wait! You cant do this!
Luler shook my body as I pretended to sleep.
Thiss my punishment for you today. Endured that empty feeling till the morning comes!!!
About Hades
Forget it! I should sleep!