My Hermes System Chapter 9 - 9: Welcome To The Academy

'...Father?'

Van could help but squint his eyes as he saw the black flame suddenly turn into the form of his father.

This… why is my father here!? Why can't he just leave me alo--

Van took a deep breath before his anxiety could pletely take over him. He closed his eyes and took 3 more deep breaths before finally closing his eyes.

[Souls Collected: 1]

'Could this be… my father's soul?'

One of his Passive Skills. [Collector of Souls], did say that he was able to send 'Souls' to the afterlife. Is this what it meant by that?

'Was I… able to collect my father's soul when he was killed by the harpy?', Van thought.

He still has not fully understood his skills yet and he didn't know how they worked. Hopefully, he will be able to learn about his System more throughout his stay in the academy. There's also the fact that he needed to learn how to read as he was sure some of the details of his skills were still hidden from him.

If this really is his father's soul, then does that mean he still hasn't fully moved on yet and was stuck in their world?

Van quietly hummed as he slowly pointed at the black flame to see if something was going to happen.

And as soon as he did that, another window appeared in front of him containing 3 options.

[Please choose where to send the Dark Soul:

The Fields of Punishment | Asphodel Meadows | Elysium ]

Van furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. He then tried clicking at one of the three options.

[Send the Dark Soul to the Fields of Punishment?

Yes | No ]

Visions of his father being tortured and flayed were sent to his mind. Screaming in pain as he was stuck in an endless land made of fire and lava.

Was his father's soul… going to be tormented like this if he sends him here? Van could not help but take a gulp as he once again replayed the vision in his mind.

And then again. And again, replaying it until a small smile started to slowly creep on his face. His hands trembled as his finger slowly made its way towards the word [Yes].

But before he could do so, he was disrupted by the voice of the one speaking on the stage, pletely waking him up from his stupor.

"The thing you see before you is the reason you are here right now