Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 15

Azure Spire Palace

Paul, who had taken Clara's appearance, met with the Queen's personal guards.

"Leader, is there something wrong?"

"Why are you here, captain?"

"Captain, who was the kid who came to the audience hall today?"

The members gathered around Paul.

Despite being far stronger than Paul, they did not detect his disguise.

Paul released the false appearance.

"It's you," the members sighed.

They noticed Paul was not making fun of them like he usually did after they were caught in his pranks.

"Sis—"

He changed his words.

"—The leader has gone into hiding because she killed the kid we saw today. He had the ability to remove her curse, so it had to be done."

Paul spoke with a grave expression,

"The Queen has ordered a purge. It's time for you all to choose a side."

The Queen's personal guards looked at each other.

They understood why a purge was happening.

Their gazes grew determined after hearing the Tyrant Queen's cruel choice.

"We've made our decision long ago."

"That's right. We have nothing to be ashamed of, we aren't rebels. We are the patriots who are protecting our country from a tyrant."

Paul raised their morale.

"The plan is to spread the rumors of the kid's death. It will corner the Queen and make her halt the purge—"

"You call that a plan?"

Suddenly, an old man, the vice leader of the Queen's personal guards, cut off Paul midsentence.

"The Queen will go berserk if she gets cornered. Who knows how many will be slaughtered when that happens?"

"...That's true." Paul agreed. "Do you have a better idea, vice leader?"

"We'll do a purge as the Queen ordered."

"Wha—"

"But instead of the palace people, we will bring out the prisoners and execute them inside the palace.

"While the curse has weakened the Queen, her senses are nothing to scoff at. We will use it against her.

"By killing the prisoners, we can create chaos and the palace will be filled with stench of blood. It will fool the Queen.

"In the meantime, we will evacuate the palace people before she catches on," the vice leader explained.

"That's… That's a very good plan. Why didn't I think of it before?" Paul muttered.

The Queen was at the death's door.

As long as they waited, she would grow weak and would no longer be a threat.

"Because you are still green behind the ears," the vice leader snorted.

The members of the Queen's personal guard cheered for the Vice leader.

They got to work.

Half of them went to the underground prison to bring out the prisoners, while the other half started the evacuation.

The palace people were not given the reason behind the evacuation.

They found it weird that they were using a hidden exit to leave the palace.

However, no one raised a question since it was the order of Queen's personal guards.

The screams echoed in the palace for hours.

While most of the Queen's personal guards were busy with the task, the leader and the vice leader met with the Tyrant Queen in the audience hall.

The hall was deserted save for the Queen on the throne, the vice leader and the leader, who was Paul in Clara's disguise.

"How is the progress?" the Tyrant Queen asked.

"The task is going smoothly thanks to the Queen's grace," Paul said.

He noticed the purple markings appearing on the Tyrant's Queen body.

The curse entered its last stage.

Nonetheless, looking at Queen's demeanor, no one could tell she had one foot in the grave.

The Queen nodded and looked at "Clara".

"Since you are here, I take it ask Clara is still guarding Neo?"

"Indeed, it is as you—"