1 : 아기 (Agi. Baby)

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Demeter looked at the little boy who was holding her hand with all his strength. She retained a sigh. Why did she had to come to the mortal world with the Erebus prince? Zeus really favored the child, wanting to give him "experience".

Giving him experience was fine, but why her? Does Zeus really think that she came to this filthy word to play? She was the goddess of the harvest and presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Although she was most often referred to as the goddess of the harvest, she was also goddess of sacred law and the cycle of life and death. She had important things to take care off.

- Stop that she whispered at the child. You're hurting me. Do you remember why we are here?

The child nodded, boredom clearly visible in his face.

- I told you to stop it! The goddess snapped. At least be a little more enthusiastic... I don't understand why Hades could not teach you himself... Let's go over this again: you will need to act as a death angel. Take away a soul and make it follow you to the underworld. Do you understand?

The child bit his lips, restraining a yawn. Demeter took a deep breath to calm down and squeezed the child's hand. He grimaced a little and said.

- I... I.... I can do it.

- Good boy. Our target will be coming to this building. When his car is coming, I want you to use your invisibility power and get in. Just give him a cardiac arrest! Okay?

The child nodded again, determination now on his face. He needed to push away the fact that for the first time in his life, he was out of his world, took a plane with Demeter and not the wing cart and now, he was supposed to eliminate a target. He wanted so badly to come down here and to play. He had begged Zeus so much that the Father of all gods had started to avoid him and didn't come to Erebus that much anymore. Why was he obligated to work when all he wanted was to look around? He sighed. His life was so difficult.

- That's him! Go now!

The little boy ran towards the car that was coming and before he could turn invisible, he saw that big bear coming to him and opened a big mouth. Woah! A carnival! He turned to Demeter, smiling, and the goddess opened big eyes, signaling the car coming at full speed. The child did not even make a sound when the metal made contact with his ribs. He just lay on the ground, eyes close. Shit! Now that everyone had seen him, he needed another play. The target just needed to come next to him and he will touch him and that would be it.

- 괜찮아? (Gwaenchanha? Are you okay?)

The little boy opened his eyes when he heard the voice. Something was wrong. The target was supposed to be a man in his fifties, there was a young man looking at him. He quickly looked over at where Demeter was supposed to be; not knowing what to do. Should he kill that person too?

The goddess looked at him and nod her head. She snarled at the child on the ground and muttered to him.

- They saw you. Kill him, but know that this is a fail.

A fail? The little boy opened big eyes and swallowed hard. His dad had told him that if he was not able to succeed in this mission, he would have to go with his mom to Aphrodite's 2 months love party! Never! He would die first!

- 꼬마야 (kkoma ya. kid), are you listening to me? Are you okay?

The man tried to touch him, but he suddenly stood up, startling him. How could that child be fine after being hit by a car?? Several people were gathered around them and were taking pictures.

- Listen kid, you're obviously not from here, can you understand me? Where is your mom?

He tried again to reach for the kid but this time, he started to scream... and hell went loose. First, all the windows shattered and then the poor man could see his skin starting to detach from his body. His last conscious thought before being shred to atoms was "whoa! My skin is really elastic!"

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