[{"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-198":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},418438,682,"Chapter 198: The Price Demanded By Fate","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>Eliabeth had destroyed several cities – all belonging to Temple of Void – in her rampage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news was spreading among the upper echelons already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you know Mom would encounter the people from Temple of Void?\" Amelia asked with a shaking voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shouldn't have asked such a question from Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the one who saved her mother from the curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was her savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after being betrayed by her siblings, she had started to doubt everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo exhaled deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn't you tell Mother to bring more people with her…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truth was bare before her eyes, but she remained desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to hear anything – even if it was an excuse – to trust Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neo… Answer me…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More people could've jeopardized the secrecy of the mission. Besides, they would've become a burden on Elizabeth when the battle started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, why didn't you ask Sir Sebastian to go with Mother? He is an Exalted Demigod.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia didn't know why she questioned Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to know if he had purposely pushed Elizabeth into harm's way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was afraid of the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid that he would say yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His answers until now were enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They should've satisfied her even if they sounded like excuses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she continued to question him despite not wanting to hear his answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was enough as an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crisp echo rang, and a sharp pain rose from Neo's cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia stormed away, crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left alone, Neo sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved down the corridor and left the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After arriving in the park outside the place, he sat on a bench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the clear blue sky with a muddled gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was my choice wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn't–\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn't wrong. If you had sent more people, then Eliz might've actually died.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped his head towards the source of the voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte, the principal, sat next to him on the bench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cane rested next to her, and she stared at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's funny, isn't it? The more you try to change the future, the more Fate resist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kept her eyes on the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is a famous story among the Time users. Do you know about it, brat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo answered, even though he was confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't understand what Charlotte was trying to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nine hundred years ago, a genius was born. He grew up to be one of the best time mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was capable of going as far as eight years into the past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was prideful and arrogant for obvious reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One day, he was assigned to protect a village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Long story short, the village was destroyed by 'them.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's face hardened at the mention of 'them.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He listened to Charlotte's story with attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrogant as he was, the man was also kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He regressed to save the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He failed and regressed, failed and regressed, failed, regressed, failed, regressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He kept going on for decades.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte stopped for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a glance at Neo before returning her gaze to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He didn't have an extraordinary will. Nor was he kind enough to waste decades of his life in a fruitless attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only reason he continued to regress was because he had fallen in love with a woman from the village.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not escape with the woman?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He did that, but it never worked. She would take her life after the village was destroyed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte smiled bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man was depressed and on the verge of losing his sanity from hundreds of failures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was drive to the corner and...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He ended up breaking the taboo of regressors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He shared his pain – his past attempts and knowledge of future– with others and asked for help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her last sentence was enough for him to know the ending of the story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man saved the village and the woman he loved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In exchange, those he had revealed the future to died a brutal death a few months later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fate of death remained. The people who helped the man paid the price in his place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking her head, Charlotte lowered her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at the park, at the trees rustling from the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even 900 years later, we still don't have a concrete explanation as to why those people have to pay the price instead of the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are plenty of regressors who reveal the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take a few students in the academy as an example. They would regress after an exam and share the question paper with their friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Fate wouldn't interfere in small cases like these.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, if it was something big – like the incident where an entire village's life is at stake – the Fate would make sure the timeline doesn't change even if someone regresses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The bigger the stakes, the harder it is to make changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fate wouldn't let you act as you wish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked to the front and turned to face Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neo Hargraves, for what reason did you put my disciple's life on the line? What was the Fate that you wanted to change?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She trusted you. That's why she fought until she was on the verge of death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She will survive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lips parted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't tell her anything. She was clueless about the entire matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I neither led her to the Temple of Void directly, nor did I help her catch them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In essence, she was just a piece in taking down the Temple of Void and I was the mastermind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure, I changed the future greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Fate would demand the price for it, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it will leave Elizabeth alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo never revealed the future to Elizabeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was spared from the wrath of Fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fate would attack Neo and Neo alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he was the only one who was aware the future was being changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte's expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Neo with pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were the priests of Void. Killing them like this is a big change. Can you pay the price for it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I will do my best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He patted the dust off his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you target the Temple of Void specifically?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wanted to delay the inevitable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to leave the park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he had taken a step, Charlotte questioned him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The inevitable end of the world,\" she muttered. \"So you know about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone does.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's answer made her stiffen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She watched Neo's back grow smaller in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone knows about the end of the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She repeated the words and a bitter smile appeared on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, everyone knows about the inevitable end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, the world was supposed to have ended 500 years ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1167,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","67ef4ad6a9380914cb2c84fa92a6283c9443472938fdee1fa5f308cdd1b53451","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-199","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-197",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]