Hades looked at her.
He looked at her warm hands he was holding.
It reminded him of the warmth of his child’s hands.
"No."
Hades could no longer destroy the Cosmos.
He had far too many precious people.
As for the world...
He recalled Ultris, and his near-infinite talent.
’The next generation will be better than us. They will be able to find paths we could not.’
Hades was reminded of Ouroboros’ words.
Yes, the next generation would be able to find a better way than what Hades had.
He brought back the ashes of his child from the Forbidden Lands and began to set up rituals to revive him.
He called upon the Voraka from the 9th Eon and temporarily fused it with the Voraka of the 10th Eon.
Devil of Womb was remade.
There were a lot more complicated procedures since Hades wanted to reincarnate the child into the 10th Eon as a proper resident.
It would take a long time.
Hades estimated the process would take 10 years.
Throughout that time, Persephone would enter the ritual site daily, and talk with the slumbering soul of the child for hours.
When Hades asked why she was doing that, she said, "I want to become his friend. You know, nowadays children don’t share much with their parents. But if I become his buddy mom, I bet he will share everything with me."
"But he can’t hear you?" Hades said.
"Stop. He can hear everything."
"He can’t. His soul is still asleep—"
Persephone cut him off with a snort. "I’m a woman. So it’s obvious I know more about childbirth. Stop trying to tell me what I’m supposed to do."
Was she mimicking the actions of mothers talking to their children while they were still in the womb?
Hades smiled.
’She is really kind.’
’Perhaps that is why she could love a monster like me.’
Hades thought everything would proceed smoothly.
For that, he began to create a "utopia."
It was a planet Earth, a place where he had shifted his underworld too.
He manipulated Fate, making it so that most, if not all, geniuses of the next generation across the Cosmos would be born here.
This way, they would be able to interact with each other since the beginning.
It would make it easier to find a way to save their doomed world.
Hades was beginning to look forward to the future. Soon, his second son would be born and their family would be complete.
Soon, he would have happiness in his grasp.
But Ouroboros returned.
Bloodied, injured, yet prepared to make a final stand and take Hades down with him if needed.
"I don’t want to destroy the Cosmos anymore. So return. There is no need for us to battle."
Ouroboros looked at Hades with a smile.
"That’s quite a big change. Let me see..."
Ouroboros accessed time to check what was happening, and what he saw made him laugh uncontrollably.
"A family? A monster like you has a family? I guess that’s what made you give up on destruction."
"Yes, so—"
"Fuck it."


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