Life Novel, Part 6

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After the long talk about how I should improve my help for Akari, Hayde asked, "Now do you understand on what is at stake here?" "Yeah, I need to step back and let her do her own thing," I said, "But what about the 79% of Mistral?" "Don't worry about them, let me, Zoey, Riversong and the others handle this, you just need to let her come back and rule Limbo like the leader you guys need," said Hayde, "Well, after you introduce her to us first." "Of course, I would hate to let the Queen of Limbo allowing some people that she does not know very well," I tell her. With that being said, I went back to Mistral with Hayde, I went to the castle and wouldn't you know it, Akari is back looking like she had been through hell, she sees me, "Neo, where have you been? And who is that?" "This is Hayde," I greeted her, "She was calling me thinking I was you, but since you were away, I've met her, she's been wanting to see you." "Fine," she sighs, "I'll deal with these guys later." "No, I'll deal with the Underground people, you relax for right now," I tell her.

*Normal/Akari's POV*

That was weird on what she said, I looked at Hayde, "What is it? I just came back and not wanting to deal with any royal duty right so let's get this over with, I want to go read on what book I left off on." "Of course, I'll make this quick so you can properly relax in no time," said Hayde, "I would like to see your list of duties if you would be kindly to do so." "Uhm, sure, here," I said, giving her my massive list of duties. All I hear from her was summoning her sisters, 2 ladies came forth, Hayde greeted, "These are my sisters, Zoey and Riversong, we will take care of these for you, go and read the book you left off." I sighed in relief, finally I got the help that I need, I grabbed the book of Greek myths and legends, knowing that I need a lot of relaxation before people start berating me again, I went for a stroll while reading, I took off my royal robes and into my common clothing for everyone to know that I do not want to be bothered. I was walking to where Helgen once was and found the cave, then entered another realm that is heavily dark and there is no light in the sky.

I put the book in my satchel, and continued on walking in this place, then I see a billboard saying "Congratulations! You're Dead! Welcome to the Underworld!" This is Zoey's Underworld? Where is her castle? Wait, I am not in a cave system, this is a different Underworld, which means I must be in the King's lair, Hades. Oh great, I do not want to run into anyone right now but I must get my surroundings right around this realm, I went the building that says Underworld Corp, I was seeing everyone is different colors, wow, I am the only normie here, alright Akari, be nice, this is someone else's realm, you have to follow their rule now. I went to this red elf, she looks at me, "Can I help you?" "What is this place?" I asked. She gives me a look, "New here?" "Is it obvious?" I asked. She smirks, "Yes, I am Minthe, I happen to be a nymph." "Oh," I said. I thought to myself, this is a totally different situation because I read that the Goddess of Spring, Persephone, turned Minthe into a mint plant, she asked, "So what is your business for today?" "Um what can I do here? Since I am in fact new here, I need to know on what I can do during my stay here," I said, throwing a bunch of facts in her face. She gives me a lecture on what to do, "But in order for you to earn your freedom of doing what you do, you need to speak to the King and pay a certain debt first." "How much are we talking here?" I asked. Minthe said, "You don't actually pay, you work it off and it comes out of your paycheck depending on how big it is."

Well, this is what has to happen, I stood there thinking on what to do, Minthe said, "You can take a seat over there, you are holding up a line behind you." "Oh, sorry, I didn't know that," I said, walked over to some seats and asked a blue skinned chick, "May I sit here?" "Hm, oh, go ahead," she said. I just kept to myself while I sat down next to her, I feel so relaxed right now, it's like being here froze my power being sapped away. I turned to her, "I'm Akari Itsuki." As I was reaching for a handshake, she stands up, says "Hecate, pleasure to meet you." Well now I embarrassed myself for doing that, I feel so lost here, and very cold here, I see a petite looking lady, who is covered in pink and magenta, "I'm Persephone, but you can call me Kore if you want." "I go by Akari or Lady Akari," I said, then realized on revealing my title to some stranger. Kore coos, "Lady? So you may be another goddess or a queen from somewhere?" "You could say that, but just call me Akari, please," I begged her. She giggles, "Of course I would call you that, I'm not that mean or rude." "Yeah, wouldn't want that," I said. Kore asked, "So, what are you doing here?" "I'm waiting for her to get done with the line I was holding up," I tell her. Then Hecate tells, "She just told that you were wasting her time." "Well, I'm new here, I do not know how anything works around here, how was I suppose to know that!" I loudly said.

"We shouldn't raise our voices, it puts him in a very bad mood," said Hecate, "But I get on your point of view." Kore nods in agreement, "It is complexing here, but you get use to it." "I hope so," I said. Every one of them is being so kind and worried about my sudden outburst, Hecate says, "By the way, Kore and myself are waiting for the King to join us for lunch, Minthe was going to be our fourth but cancelled on us last minute, can you come with us?" "Of course, I don't have any cash on me," I said. Kore jumped in, "Don't worry, Hecate is paying for our lunch." "Just don't go over my budget," Hecate said. I am so done when they see that I am not Greek, I'm Japanese-American, Kore says, "There he is." I looked, oh damn, does he have a daddy complexion, I instantly looked away, I was led into a vehicle, I got in the back, Hecate and Kore are in the front, that leaves Hades in the back with me, I was staring at the window when I felt eyes on me, I slowly looked, it was Hades, I started to cower in fear. Hecate sees this, asked, "So, what brings you here to the underground?" "I, uh, I'm not quite sure yet, still figuring that one out," I said, "I guess you can say that I'm experiencing culture shock?" "Oh, too much for you to handle," said Kore. I sighed, "Sadly yes, I've been handling a lot of things on where I am from, but this is different, I've been to a dark place but there was always light where ever I went, this has absolute no light minus the neon lights."

We arrived at the restaurant, Hecate tells me, "Well, you can always apply to the Underworld Corp to get yourself sorted out." "Thinking about doing that actually," I muttered to where Hades can't here, but Kore can, she tells me, "Don't worry, he's just having a bad day." "Is it because of what I loudly said?" I asked, "If so then, I am on someone's bad side already even though I barely did anything to harm anyone's reputation." "Let's hope that is not the case," she said. Does my phone still work? Yes it does, why, so I can keep watching my Markiplier videos, I should not watch FNAF while in a complete dark area. I am sitting next to the King, himself, I am no lady whatsoever, and I always show it, I may be one but I do not act like one unless it is required. Kore asked, "What are you watching there, Akari?" "Hm, oh, sorry, I'm watching this hilarious guy whose username is Markiplier," I tell her. Kore said, "I hope I can watch with you." "That's nice of you to be friends, Kore," said Hades, making me feel insecure again. Kore said, "Hades, leave her alone." "No, it's alright," I said, looking away. When the bill came, I stayed quiet, I never felt so alone before, it goes to show that everyone in Mistral has been harshly criticizing me, whether it being positive, I always receive the negative ones.