Henry didn’t show much reaction.
He kept his eyes on the screen and opened his mouth.
"Yeah, what about them?"
"Our dad was Hades and our mother was Persephone."
Henry stopped.
His fingers froze over the keyboard, and he raised his eyes to look at Neo.
The tension in the room thickened.
"Who told you that?"
"That doesn’t matter. What I want to know is if you know what I am talking about?"
"….I don’t."
"I guess you do. It’s clear by your reaction."
Neo leaned closer.
"What I want to know is why our parents – who were Gods – lived and died like mortals, and why the fuck no one had any idea they were Gods?"
Neo’s voice was sharp.
"As far as I know, everyone from the Hephaestus clan and their acquaintances used to treat them like normal unawakened demigods."
"…."
Henry remained silent.
He stared at Neo with an unreadable gaze.
"Are you going to give me answers? Or should I get them directly from dad when I meet him in the Underworld?"
"You can go to the Underworld that easily?" Henry asked suddenly, surprised.
"Yes, I’m a Grim Reaper now. Kind of," Neo said, recalling that the timeline where he became a Grim Reaper was erased after Daniel’s countless regressions.
"Kind of?" Henry asked, noticing the nuance in his words.
His brows furrowed slightly.
"I don’t know about it myself. I need to meet other Grim Reapers and ask them about my position.
"But that’s not the point right now.
"Why did mom and dad act like mortals when they were Gods? And why are we both like ’this’?"
Henry’s silence was deafening, broken only by the faint clicking of the clock on the wall.
Neo’s eyes burned with frustration as he pressed further.
"I have barely any talent, and you were physically weak during childhood and had trouble awakening your God Blood.
"Shouldn’t both of us be more talented if our parents are Gods?" Neo questioned.
Henry closed his laptop.
The soft click of the screen shutting echoed in the quiet room.
He took out another cigarette and lit it. freewebnøvel.com
The sharp scent of smoke curled through the air as he took a puff.
The dim glow of the desk lamp flickered slightly, casting long shadows across the room.
"I guess it’s time I tell you about these things."
He stood and walked towards the window.
His eyes were fixed on the Void Window #8477 that loomed far on the horizon. Read new adventures at freewebnovel.com
"Firstly, mom and dad themselves did not know they were gods. They were born as humans, and they lived as humans."
Henry took another puff and closed his eyes.
"They recovered their memories only on their deathbed."
"Deathbed?"
"Yeah."
Henry’s gaze became distant as he recalled the last moments of their parents.
"You might not remember this because you were…. injured back then."
Saying Neo was ’injured’ was an understatement.
He had been on the verge of death thanks to Void corruption.
"After the Void Entity killed everyone, it moved towards us.
"It would’ve killed us too, if not for dad injuring it lethally," Henry explained.
"How did they recover their memories?" Neo asked.
"I don’t know," Henry answered.
Neo frowned.
He recalled the meeting of Aides – a reincarnation of Hades – and Zeus, which he had seen during the third vision of the Sphinx.
Aides had said something like ’we would meet again’ to Zeus back then.
It seemed Aides was aware he would reincarnate.
’In both cases, dad seems to know who he is during the moments of death.’
’Is it that he can recall his identity as a God only when he is about to die?’
Henry did not notice Neo’s confusion.
He continued.
"While dad was holding back the Void Entity, mom healed us both and brought us out from the Window #8477 and..."
Henry’s voice wavered slightly.
He took another puff from his cigarette.
His hand trembled just a bit.
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