Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 435

"A witch?" Neo asked.

He noticed another important fact in her words.

Zera said she had powers before Apocalypse came to Earth, and the way she spoke made it clear that it was common to all witches.

"What are witches?"

"I don’t know," Zera said. "All I know is that we were the only ones with powers until the Apocalypse arrived, and that we can’t die."

"So the Grim Reapers let you reincarnate as many times as you want?"

"No, we don’t go to the Underworld after death. Witches vanish upon death. Their body, soul, and Seed of Existence are erased. And we later reincarnate."

Neo found it hard to believe that they could reincarnate after having the Seed of Existence destroyed.

But he had seen Elizabeth revive from the same.

"Before you ask how we are born, and who we are, I don’t know. I just know I’m a witch, and that’s the knowledge I found from some ancient books.

"I have met only one witch in my life, King Morgan, and when I tried to meet her, she blasted me off, saying I should go somewhere else, and she would kill me if I came to meet her again," Zera explained.

"King Morgan?" Neo asked while keeping his tone even.

Zera wouldn’t know he had met King Morgan, and he didn’t want to reveal that unless he was sure Zera was an ally.

"Yes, she was… hardheaded, not that I don’t understand why she attacked me," Zera said.

It was Neo’s first time seeing Zera irritated.

Recalling the past didn’t bring much joy to Zera. Back then, she was happy. She had finally found a fellow witch. Someone who could use powers and had lived a long life. Finally, Zera wouldn’t be alone.

But King Morgan nearly pierced her heart with a sword when the two had met.

"Huh?"

Neo was getting more confused by the second.

The King Morgan he remembered was cute and lazy. She was ruthless but only to her enemies. Zera seemed to have done nothing to make King Morgan her enemy.

And why didn’t Neo know about Zera meeting King Morgan?

King Morgan used to share all details of her life with him.

The only reason he could think of was King Morgan purposely hid her meeting with Zera, or Zera was lying.

"We witches have several unique traits," Zera explained. "Immortality is one of our traits, and so is our twisted love.

"Most witches are extremely possessive of their lovers. Some imprison their lovers to make sure they don’t look at others.

"The books I read said a witch once controlled her husband’s mind and made sure he could think of only her. There was another who fell in love with a child…

"My point is witches are possessive of their love. I think King Morgan had someone like that too, which was why she attacked me.

"She must’ve been worried I might come to love her lover, which I think had happened multiple times in the past—two witches loving a single person and creating a bloodbath."

Neo had a weird expression on his face.

’So King Morgan was a witch,’ he thought. ’But I don’t think she was possessive of me. In fact, she acted pretty normally.’

"I can see that you think witches are not possessive," Zera said, noticing Neo’s expression. "Well, I’m not possessive either, so I think you are right, but…"

She stopped speaking and contemplated if she should continue.

Finally, she sighed and explained.

"This was what the book had said: The most dangerous witch is the one who isn’t possessive of her love, for that is impossible. Such a witch is cunning. She makes sure her love can’t see her twisted desires, and she shows only a sweet, lovable side to him."

"You just said you aren’t possessive though, and you are a witch. Doesn’t that prove the book was wrong?" Neo pointed out.

"Maybe it was wrong, but maybe it is me who hasn’t found her true love, and that’s why I think I’m not possessive?" Zera said as if questioning herself, and added, "I once created a clone of myself and made it become the Goddess of Love to see if she would show possessive desires. The results… were mixed."

"Okay, okay, wait," Neo raised his hand to stop her. "Goddess of Love on Earth, you mean? That’s Aphrodite. Your clone was Aphrodite?"

"Yes? Why do you look so surprised? It’s not big news compared to me being a witch."

Neo never knew he could feel confused about how he should react.

Void God, Dragon, Clan Leader in Tartarus, Aphrodite, Witch.

Zera’s roster of identities was impressive.

’I guess you end up doing a lot of things that make you famous when you live long enough,’ he thought.

After answering Neo, Zera was preparing to start training him when Neo asked one last question.

"What happened during the God-Titan War? Why did it happen?"

"The War? I am not sure. I was long gone from Earth before there were any signs of war. My clone was here, but I didn’t get the chance to get all of the information from it before it was destroyed."

Zera pondered and added,

"The God-Titan War never happened, from what I know."

"….?"

"The War did happen, but it wasn’t between Titans and Gods. They were on the same side."

"Who were they fighting?"

"Zeus," Zera answered. "He killed everyone. Both Gods and Titans, and left Earth. I don’t know why he did that though."

Neo had a hard time believing Zera.

While she seemed to be speaking the truth, Zeus wasn’t someone who would attack and kill his own allies. Not without reason.