At this mont, in the Queen of the Underworld's chambers,
Persephone looked towards Luo En, who was covered in cold sweat, and couldn't help but stand up to inquire with concern.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, just rembered so unhappy mories."
After brushing off the question, Luo En raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, his gaze flickering darkly.
The recent smooth sailing had indeed made him sowhat complacent, neglecting the increasingly subtle attitude of Athena towards him.
It seed that his elder sister might have noticed sothing.
Even if not everything, at least a good seventy or eighty percent, perhaps.
But since she has not exposed it, it also ans that he did not need to worry about Athena executing familial justice upon him should his identity and the plotting against the gods be revealed.
Of course, a few beatings were definitely unavoidable.
After all, he was waving the flags of War God Mountain and Hestia; his actions outside would inevitably bring so pressure upon Athena.
No wonder she had been so irritable lately, igniting at the slightest provocation.
Unconsciously, Luo En felt his abused rear begin to throb subtly again.
Before he could silently mourn for his own behind, a slight shift in the air flow from behind the closet door pulled his attention back to the present.
Luo En slightly narrowed his eyes, as if asking casually.
"Your Highness the Queen of the Underworld, if I may be so bold, it seems that your relationship with your daughter linoe is not very harmonious?"
Persephone nodded slightly, sighing helplessly.
"These years, because of my son Zagreus's affairs, I've been steeped in past sorrows every day, inevitably neglecting that child's feelings. It's only natural that she harbors grievances against ."
"Given your feelings for Zagreus, how could you not love your own child? I suppose there must be so compelling reasons behind your actions."
Luo En pondered for a mont, then spoke thoughtfully.
"Is it because of your godmother? You worry that too much attention towards Princess linoe might allow Hecate to exploit her, drawing her into the disputes of divine authority, following her brother's old path, or perhaps, that Goddess Mingyue might use this to blackmail you into doing sothing you're unwilling to do, bringing greater disaster to the Netherworld?"
Persephone was slightly taken aback, quite surprised as she looked at Luo En, then nodded gently and sighed.
"Keeping my distance from her is also a helpless move, even if it makes her hate , it doesn't matter. No matter who teaches her, who appeases her, as long as she can live a good life, that's what's most important."
"But this choice, for a mother, is undoubtedly even more painful. You have already lost a loved one, and the remaining one is your everything..."
Luo En deliberately raised his voice, genuinely admiring, while also casting a sympathetic and respectful look towards the Queen of the Underworld.
Indistinctly, the breath behind the closet seed to grow sowhat heavier.
And seeing this child before her, so understanding of a mother's painstaking efforts, Persephone was moved, hesitated slightly, and finally made a certain decision, speaking softly.
"Since you understand all this, I just happen to have sothing I hope to entrust to you."
"You an?"
"linoe! I hope you take the opportunity to lead my daughter out of the Netherworld, so she no longer has to be controlled by Hecate, and doesn't have to stay in this dark, sunless Netherworld all day, but can live freely on the earth."
Persephone looked earnestly at Luo En, her voice softening.
"If you can, please consider her as your sister."
Parental love, planning far for the sake of their offspring.
This Queen of the Underworld, in order to let her daughter have a normal life free from restrictions, even carried a plea in her hopeful gaze.
Luo En nodded without hesitation, his face solemn as he made a promise.
"Alright, I promise you, once we're out of the Netherworld, she'll be my sister..."
"Tch, who wants to be your sister! You better stop being presumptuous here!"
Just then, unable to bear it any longer, linoe dragged her body, securely bound by cursed ropes, out of the closet like a caterpillar, her hostile grey eyes glaring at Luo En, her cherry-red lips moving briskly, spouting disparaging words like rapid-fire.
"Don't know where this pretty boy ca from, looking good but so incompetent. You think you're fit to be my brother? Thinking of controlling ? You better stay far away!"
The actions of the princess of the Netherworld right then perfectly embodied the classic image of "rebellious girl, venomous tongue."
In a mont, Luo En's attempt to maintain a gentle expression in front of the Queen of the Underworld stiffened slightly, his blood pressure surged, and veins bulged on his forehead.
Imdiately, linoe raised her head defiantly, looking at the mother who was entrusting her to soone else, and spewed another round of harsh sarcasm.
"And you, you and Hades never cared for from childhood, and now you co acting all concerned? Don't think I'll believe anything you say."
At that mont, a crisp crack ca from the sleeves flanking Luo En.
He clenched his fists.
Regaining his composure, Luo En took a deep breath, his face blossoming into a "benevolent" smile as he looked towards the somber Persephone and pointed lightly at his sister, who stood proud like a victorious rooster, his tone unusually gentle as he asked.
"May I punch her?"
"..."
Persephone, distressed by her own daughter's situation, found the inquiry on the other side sowhat difficult to respond to.
"She previously pretended to be like you, aiming to steal the golden bough from the garden and escape, and when I caught her, she lashed out at directly."
Luo En bluntly accused linoe of her nurous misdeeds to the Queen of the Underworld, then spoke earnestly.
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