[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades":3,"chapter-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-138":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},418178,682,"Chapter 138: Mother and Son","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-138",138,"\u003Cp>Two months later\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's time,\" Charlotte muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While she sat in her office, her gaze was fixed at Neo who was with the Sphinx.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo would die from terminal dehydration today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would forcefully end the fourth vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we were going to do this, wouldn't it have been better to kill him earlier so he could leave the fourth vision?\" the Sphinx asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sat within its lair, next to Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, we can't kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Akashic Record is showing him a trial he needs to complete in one ago, killing him earlier would hinder him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the opposite could be true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo might just be trapped in the fourth vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After careful consideration, they decided to neither kill Neo nor heal him to make sure he lived longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would wait until he died his natural death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still think we shouldn't let him revive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Akashic Record must have a reason to kill him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn't matter.\" Charlotte sighed. \"We can't afford the consequences if he dies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Tyrant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's already a headache seeing her wake up at midnight everyday as she contemplates whether she should attack you or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sphinx let out a nervous smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shouldn't have asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it could picture Elizabeth coming after it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte and Sphinx swiftly directed their focus towards Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pulse slowly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sphinx closed its eyes and reopened them a few moments later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fourth vision ended. I've confirmed it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte let out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been worried the Akashic Record would keep Neo's mind trapped even after he died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now we wait for him to revive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo appeared in the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eternity he spent in the fourth vision, trapped within the body of the man, unable to do anything, crushed his sense of self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was nothing more than an empty husk now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sense of self died eons ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's soul started to crumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to disappear, becoming a part of Underworld for eternity, an unknown power caught him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the power that suppressed his ego in the visions, this one was comforting and gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pulled Neo into an empty dark void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wake up….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obitus tried to talk to Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not understand what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always returned from the vision, even if they hurt him, but not this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword — its soul merged with Neo's — tried to jolt Neo to awareness before he crumbled away into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo would die immediately again, even if he was revived through Immortal, if his sense of self completely disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the unfamiliar power surged again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obitus noticed someone walking towards them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It let out a roar of Auras to warn the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her steps were light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flowers bloomed wherever she stepped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if she was the harbinger of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obitus' Aura did nothing to the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood before Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank goodness I could bring you here before you faced the void death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo reacted to the woman's appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Melinoë?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't healed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was merely moving like a robot when it received external stimuli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's mother for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman cupped Neo's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled him closer and planted a kiss on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A refreshing energy flowed into his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It reached the deepest corner of his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo was jolted awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a mouthful of air and blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly he was sitting next to a pond within a forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was refreshing, the trees lush, and the water clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's the season of spring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melinoë voice flowed into his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat next to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's gaze never left the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you? You can't be Melinoë— Ouch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She twisted Neo's ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-what are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's no way to talk to your mother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck you mean by mother, Melinoë died ages ago— Ouch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait! It hurts! Okay, okay, I'm sorry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo rubbed his ear after she let him go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman was strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way he would cry from pain otherwise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'She saved me from void death too.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'She can't be a simple person.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo was not very alarmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear the woman had no harmful intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was thankful to her for saving him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The level of Immortal was too low for it to resurrect him from a void death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his physical body would have been revived, his sense of self would've remained dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\" Neo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, my son doesn't recognize his own mother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melinoë cupped her face in an exaggerated motion and act as if she was sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She waited for his reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not funny.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melinoë's face became beet red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, let's see if you can keep acting as if you don't recognize me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melinoë's appearance changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She transformed into Neo Hargraves' mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean your mother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'She read my mind!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's mind went on overdrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HE was about to take the stance to fight when the unknown power pushed him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't pull out Obitus or even stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, how did you recognize Melinoë?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo could not stop the memories from surfacing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever the woman did, she sealed his memories of eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could still recall them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, now, it felt like he was watching a movie of a man floating in the void for eternity, instead of experiencing it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth vision had been unending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it was a moment for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see. It was the visions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'She read my thoughts again.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This sneaky bitc—'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neo, maybe you should tone down on the curses if you don't want a beating?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at him with a cold smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo unconsciously lowered his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was afraid of that smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body remembered the beatings he used to get as a child even though he didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Did she refresh all of my memories?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That's the only way I can understand why my body is acting this way?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened the box she was carrying.\u003C\u002Fp>",1033,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","e427c2ecc419f9d77234719eec067cde46d4e94110cdc4ec1c6c58c1b1fa0799","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-139","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-137",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]