Chapter 69 - [Bonus ] 'Private' Talk

Towards the rooms that Kidrith pointed to them, Megaera led the way since she's the only one who knows where the storage room is.

"Why do we need to clean a room separately? Who evens cleans before going to bed?"

Megaera sounded as if she was complaining but she was just making small talk.

"Before that, don't look at them," Joren warned before continuing, "but some people are following us from the ceiling."

Megaera turned her head nonetheless even with Joren's warning. It was subconscious but midway through, Joren stopped her by placing his hands on both her cheeks.

"Didn't I just say don't look at them?"

"Ah… yeah, sorry about that." Megaera frowned in embarrassment as she was about to make a stupid mistake. People naturally do what they are told not to do, "But remove your hands from me."

"Yeah, they might misunderstand something."

Meanwhile, Allecto was biting her finger in rage.

"He's flirting with Lady Megaera, how dare he touch his face…!?"

But it's neither Allecto nor Tisiphone who spoke but Nebarius again.

"That lesser undead should be plunged into Tartarus…!"

"I agree with some of his words but I'm getting annoyed at Nebarius." Allecto commented to which Tisiphone muttered back.

"You get annoyed at everything."

Back to Joren and Megaera, the former asked with a low voice.

"I assume they can't hear us, right?"

"Right… if they do, they would've gone out of hiding already when you said it to me." Megaera replied, "But who are they anyway? Are you sure that's just not your imagination?"

"You really don't notice them?"

"..." Megaera felt like she was getting looked down so she crossed her arms in sulking.

"From the start, Nebarius have been following me. Then, I think Allecto and Tisiphone soon were added." Joren guessed but it was pretty spot on.

"How could you notice while I don't?"

"That's what I'm confused about. Shouldn't you gods have mighty senses or something?"

"We have greater senses than mortal but it's nothing that great." Megaera explained, "We do have naturally enhanced physical bodies but physiologically, we're almost the same."

"Even though you're immortals? Don't you have golden blood or something?"

"Golden blood? Why would we?"

"I guess not…"

"Furthermore, we have our power restrained within the palace. If released some of it, the Lord will be notified."

"Then why can Tisiphone fly?"

"We still have our minimum power limit and Tisiphone naturally has her wings, geez, why are you asking all these things, don't you have something more important to talk about?" Megaera slightly raised her voice.

Joren was undisturbed and even raised an eyebrow, "But before, you're so talkative."

"... that's because you tricked me. You want to go back there?"

Megaera threateningly glared at him but Joren didn't even flinch. Why?

'She's so cute when she's angry… I want to hug her.'

"Am I a joke to you?" Megaera continued to pressure but it had no effect on Joren's smile so she just sighed and gave up on her futile attempt, 'Intimidation doesn't work on idiots, huh…' underneath that thought though, she actually blames it on the fact that if Tartarus couldn't intimidate Joren, she wouldn't be able to.

Entering the storage room, Joren was surprised that this room seemed to be well-kept. Normal storage rooms are messy, dusty, and full of spider webs. But what did he expect, anyway? There's a battalion of servants in this palace. He shouldn't be surprised that even trash cans are clean here.

At the next moment, he was fascinated by the antiques along with some furniture and decorations there.

"Do you think they've followed us here?" Megaera asked after closing the door, "Where are they hiding anyways?"

"Nebarius hides in the vents while your sisters in the ceiling."

"Do you actually have stronger senses than us?" Megaera muttered but wasn't actually interested in the answer so she continued, "They will be able to follow us here then. The ceiling and vents are connected to this."

"Right and since they still couldn't hear us…" Joren began wiping some dusty objects here and there as he speaks, "... why did you do that?"

"What?"

Meanwhile, Megaera just looked around. Laziness began approaching her as soon as she saw the job she had to do.

"Don't just stand there." but Joren saw this and reprimanded her.

Megaera frowned at his tone, "Don't you order me around, I'm a Fury, an entity equal to Gods!"

"..." Joren didn't reply and just stared at her.

"... I," Megaera's eyes then wandered away from meeting Joren's, "I wouldn't do this if the Lord didn't give you the authority to do so."

Joren chuckled at this before going near her.

"We still need to talk with a low volume so don't get too far from."

"Sure, whatever you want…" Megaera grumpily wiped a vase.

"So, back to my question. Why did you do that last night?"

"Last night… you mean when I covered you up?" Megaera then smuggled smirked towards him, "I still haven't had my thanks back then."

"Well, I didn't have the chance to. Never do that again."

"Huh? What kind of thanks is that?"

Megaera then placed down the towel she was holding to clean the vase.

"Don't take that as an excuse to stop cleaning." Joren pointed out.

"Argh…" Megaera groaned when she was found out so she picked out the duster from her outfit this time since she got tired of the towel.

"Allecto, isn't this enough?" Tisiphone asked while they were looking through the hatch from the ceiling. Like any other room, the storage's ceiling was more than just two-three meters above the floor, "It's not like we can hear them. They're just cleaning and I assume that Megaera is just complaining about it."

"No, no, what if they do something alone in this room…!?"

Just thinking about it makes Allecto's blood boil.

Tisiphone could only sigh. Meanwhile, Nebarius continued to complain in the vent, further ticking Allecto off.

"I will make sure that lesser undead will have a rough complete death…!"

"If you know you're going to be punished for it, then don't do it. It's not worth it, you should've just left it to me." Joren then said.

"I was just trying to help since I promised I would." Megaera then began sulking again when she heard-

"But still, thanks. If not for what you did, I would've done a mistake and got caught lying or something."

Megaera then glanced at Joren and then smiled.

"You're lucky this time. You got out and only got one week of work instead of being locked for a year."

"Honestly, that's better than being ordered around by a lesser undead."

Megaera sighed.

"Megaera"

"What?"

"Go move that chair, it's blocking my way." Joren pointed.

"You're mocking me…! A Fury!"

Megaera then moved the chair while Joren laughed.

"Also, I was thinking of sneaking out of the cell to get your soul, actually."

"Wouldn't put you into a bigger trouble?"

"Yeah, Allecto will be the most angered about it. The worst thing that can happen is me being locked for an additional decade. That span is frightening. I can only sleep for two-three years straight. After that, I have to wait before I get sleepy again which will not be after some time. At that point, I will be bored to death."

Megaera shuddered at that thought.

"You're more worried about boredom instead of hunger and thirst, huh…" Joren commented, "Fortunately, you got out and I'm able to stop you."

He didn't speak about his thoughts of letting her out. After all, it was just passing thoughts and Megaera wasn't bothered by being locked for a year. However, if it was a decade just as she feared, Joren wouldn't just stand still and do nothing.

"This isn't about me helping you, this is about me fulfilling my oath. The incident last night is not enough to 'help' you. So, even if you tell me, I will still steal your soul later this night."

"That's an ominous way to say it. But still, you don't need to do that."

Megaera then scoffed, "Then what? You think you can actually succeed in Hades' Trials? Even though the first Trial is much easier than we expected, how can you gain Hades' approval?"

"Oh, I already have his."

"See? There's no way you-... wait, did you just say you have his approval already?" Megaera dropped the duster this time. She reacted that way out of genuine shock.

"Ah, yeah, I guess none of you have been updated yet. The Lord changed his terms and I need everyone's approval for the first Trial." Joren stopped what he was doing and stood in front of her with a smile, "So, will you give me yours?"

"I guess I was right, the Lord is just playing with you. But, of course, I'll give you my approval." Megaera pondered before seeing Joren's strange smile, "What?"

"You do know that the point of this Trials is for me to have the right to take you three sisters to be my wives, right? I don't know how much of that is true but by agreeing, you're basically supporting me."

"..." Megaera was stunned by what Joren said. He should just be joking since he should be aware she was only driven by the oath to help. Even so, she couldn't help by frown and blush.

"Y-you…"

"I-I am what?" Joren teased as he laughed.

"... I am only giving my approval because of the oath."

"Really?" Joren played dumb.

"Don't play with me!"

"Shut your mouth!"

A voice then raged out which didn't come from either Joren or Megaera. Accompanied by that sound was an explosion of the ceiling's corner. Allecto came out and without any concerns for obstructions, grabbed Nebarius' middle neck.

"L-lady Allecto…!?" Nebarius froze, not knowing why Allecto was there or why is her anger directed at him.

"Allecto!?"

Both Megaera and Tisiphone shouted at her but as if she didn't hear them, Allecto pushed Nebarius back, crushing the wall behind him and it continued that way until they were out of the palace.

Hades, Persephone, and the others were immediately notified by this.