Chapter 109

Chapter 109

“Get down on your knees Melpomene!”

“Yes master . ”

Holding her chest in pain, she had no choice but to obey due to the slave contract .

“Explain to me why you’ve done this . ”

I speak out viciously, hardly able to rein in my anger .

“It is because of one of my brother’s prophecies . ”

“What prophecy is that?”

“It is that the wearer of this necklace is sure to die . ”

“I see, okay then . ”

Placing my hand on her heart I cast my skil .

“Create Material: Arsenic”

“Kuh… . ”

I placed the Arsenic directly into her heart, causing her to vomit violently and faint shortly after .

“Lena, could you confirm her death?”

“She has gone into cardiac arrest, but there’s still some slight brain activity; however, the arsenic is blocking all neurotransmitters so it won’t be long now . ”

“How long until she is completely dead?”

“2 minutes and 14 seconds until she is clinically dead . ”

Holding Melpomene’s corpse in my arms, I look down in sadness .

“What a troublesome prophecy . I’d die if I were to wear the necklace? But if I were to wear it then I couldn’t take it off until I had ascended to Godhood?”

As Melpomene’s life force slipped away, the necklace revealed itself once more . I tried to reach out and grab it but it vanished as I got close .

“I guess it isn’t all that simple . I should hurry up and complete the Killion dungeon . ”

“Johra, all signs of life have faded, she’s dead . ”

“Okay, Lena please seal the room . ”

“Sound waves and light rays are blocked, and Rohim’s shield is now activated . ”

“Good . ”

I began to cast my Resurrection Song . It was a beautiful melody which I would otherwise be completely incapable of reproducing . The spell seeped into her body causing her to bask in a golden nimbus . After about thirty minutes into the spell she once again drew her first breath .

Drawing out a chair I sat down and began to read a book titled, Genealogy of Gods, waiting for her to wake up .

It took some time, but she finally gained consciousness and mustered the power to ask .

“Um… didn’t I die?”

“Right, you did die . ”

“So I died and now I’m a ghost?”

“No, I didn’t let that happen, You deceived me so I can’t let you off that easily . ”

I spoke with a grim tone, but hearing my response, Melpomene couldn’t help but let out a few weak chuckles .

“Did you kill me and then bring me back?”

“Yes . ”

“Why didn’t you just leave me die?”

“I require the necklace you have around your neck . ”

“I think it’s gone now though . ”

“No, it’s still there, it just doesn’t want to be seen . ”

“I guess just saying sorry isn’t enough right?”

Melpomene was giving me her sad puppy eyes but my heart was not easily swayed .

“Indeed . ”

“Then are you curious to know why? Why it is I wore the necklace?”

“Yes, you just told me that the wearer would die . ”

“Yeah, it was set to happen today, the 95th day after your child was born . ”

“So you even knew the exact date, how did you learn of the necklace’s location?”

There wa this one time which I heard of a conversation between you and big sister, discussing the necklace . I then learned that you had it stashed in the lab and after coming here on several occasions, I was able to confirm its exact location .

“Lena, just what kind of security measures do you actually have in place?”

“Johra, last time you told me not to monitor those close to you . ”

Hm, I vaguely recalled saying something along those lines .

“At least that prophecy has been completed . ”

“Yes, all thanks to you . ”

“The moment I wore the necklace I learned the require conditions to become a god . ”

‘So it seems that you can only know the information once you wear it . ’

“Tell me what the requirements are . ”

“It was to kill all those close to you . ”

The price to pay for Godhood was quite steep indeed . I’m glad that hadn’t worn the necklace and been faced with such a dilemma .

“As expected, it isn’t so easy to become a God . ”

“Did you already know?”

“Yes . ”

“So that’s why you have yet to try it on . ”

“Right . ”

“But master . ”

“What is it?”

“I think that the curse has changed since I’ve died and come back to life . ”

‘Oh, can death cause the curse to change? That’s quite advantageous for us considering that I can easily revive her . ’

“So what kind of curse is it?”

“I need to sleep with one million men . ”

“Hmm… . ”

‘So the conditions aren’t only related to deaths . ’

“Master do you truly need this necklace back?”

“Yes . ”

“I see . Then I’ll give it back, just give me some time please . ”

“How will you manage to give it back?”

“I just told you, I need to just sleep with one million men, then I can lift the curse and hand you the necklace . ”

“Uh… . ”

Although she had betrayed me to some extent, it was not to the point where I’d want her to lay with one million men . Not to mention that we’d already had sex and Viezda would be terribly disappointed if she ever found out .

“You’ve already betrayed me once, but as if that wasn’t enough you want to now sleep with one million more men after having shared the same bed? I won’t allow it . ”

“Then what should I do?”

“Die . ”

“What?”

“You will die and die again until the appropriate curse appears . Become a god and serve me in order to atone for the sins you’ve committed . This is now your path going forward .

“Well… you’re saying it like that, but isn’t it because you also have some feelings for me?”

Melpomene had a delightful smile learning that I didn’t what her to sleep with other men, but it was still a bit awkward since I had basically sentenced her to multiple deaths .

Since that day we’ve only slept two hours per day, spending the rest of the time killing and then reviving Melpomene . After repeated uses we managed to perfect it down to an art, by which I killed her in the quickest and least painful manner, causing my Resurrection Song to jumped to Level 4 .

In that manner the next nine months flew by, and it was Veznos’ first year birthday .

“Happy birthday Veznos!”

The large dining hall was decorate with bright colors . It was the best birthday I had ever attended in this world .

“Congrats Vez, here I prepared this for you!”

Jillian handed her a chess set which he had personally carved .

“Wow! What is this?”

Vez now had the knowledge of a junior high school student, and the body of a five year old due to her Rapid Growth . The combination of genes from a MoonElf and a Meta Human gave her an incredible boost in learning ability .

“It’s called Chess . It’s a game which master first showed us, and now you can play it as well . ”

The eyes of the Princess and Jerna began to shine . Soon they would have another worthy adversary .

“I prepared this one for you Vez . I was a bit worried about how fast your hair was growing, so here you are . ”

Jerna handed her a dark red hairpin which matched beautifully with Vez’s sleek blonde hair .

“Wow! It’s perfect, can I try it on now?”

Jerna nodded back excitedly and helped her put it on .

“Well… I wasn’t able to prepare anything special, despite you being the daughter of the man who saved me . …”

She handed Vez a jewelry box which she had kept on her since her days in the palace .

“Sister princess, this is too much so I can’t accept it . ”

Vez was already wise enough to refuse such an expensive gift .

“It’s fine, I’ve been trying to put my past behind me, so you’d actually be helping me out by relieving me of such a burden . ”

“Dad?”

“It’s fine, you can accept her gift . ”

“Thank you sister princess, I’ll cherish it . ”

After that every servant in the manor handed out their own gifts, and Vez would have a beaming smile every time . As her father, seeing so happy naturally brought a smile to my face as well .

“This is all I have to give you . ” Melpomene slowly made her way to the middle of the hall and began singing in her rich and pure elven voice .

‘Uhm… isn’t this song… . ’

“Johra, isn’t this similar to your Resurrection Song?”

Lena and I both had the same question as we were able to find several similarities between them .

Melpomene’s song was so similar to my Ressurection Song, but others would never be able to recognize that fact .

Her lyrics spoke of the gods and the sorrow of humans . It was a clash between eternity and mortality . We all listened with rapt attention, staring at Melpomene sing .

“Johra, look at Vez . ”

Viezda came over and leaned her head on my shoulder . We both turned to look at Vez who was now shining in a bright blue light .

“Johra, did you say Vez was a Demi God?”

“Right . ”

“I think that light represents her feelings, so she must be very happy right now . ”

Viezda put her arms around my waist at looked at our daughter with a smile . We were both content, seeing our daughter express such a big smile .

I was even happy with Melpomene’s performance, despite her earlier betrayal . Naturally that didn’t change the fact that I had to kill her later that night .

“Why are you hesitating, Johra?”

“I had already killed her countless times, but for some reason tonight was different .

‘Is it really so important for me to become a God? Can’t I find some middle ground with the High-Gods and achieve a compromise? Even after killing her hundreds of times we have yet to find an easy curse . Is it really worth putting her through such torture?’

Ugggg

While I was contemplating any further actions, Melpomene went ahead and decisively and stabbed her carotid artery .

Devastated, I look down at her . I needed her to die but was unable to do it by my own hand . I stood there, looking at her corpse for a few seconds, sighing and my own weakness and praising her decisiveness .

After resurrecting her she spoke out in a cheery voice, unlike that of someone who had just come back from the dead .

“Master, I think this time is the one . ”

We would usually repeat this process 10 times per night, so she had experienced death roughly 2700 times over the past nine months .

“It was certainly painful to die, both physically and mentally exhausting . Although it wasn’t easy on my end to kill someone I cared for, it was still much harder to do the actual dying part . And yet, she was strong enough to go ahead and commit suicide herself, knowing that it would relieve my mind on the burden of doing it myself . After experiencing this last one, I had chosen to put and end to this farce, but as luck would have it, a miracle occured .

“Are you sure?”

I answered Melpomene .

“Yes, I think it shouldn’t be too hard to satisfy these conditions . ”

“What is it this time?”

“To experience 100,000 deaths”

“What? 100,000 times!”

“I’ll get started . ”

“Wait . ”

Kuhh

She once again cut her own carotid artery, before I could finish talking . Through the countless experiments we had done, we learned that the smaller the injury, the quicker it was to resurrect her; therefore slitting the carotid artery was the most efficient way .

‘Uh… but didn’t the conditions reset after every death? I guess we can only find out once she comes back to life . ’

After a short time she once again opened her eyes .

“Master?”

“Are you awake Melpomene?”

“Yes . ”

“Are you ok? Did the condition change?”

Melpomene shook her head and answered .

“I’ve completed the first death . ”

‘Is this some kind of special condition? It must be that this is a special case . ’

Kuhh

Melpomene once again killed herself without giving me the chance to get another word in .

“Melpomene’s become a pro at dying… . ”

And so we spent that night in a cycle of death and resurrection, creating a new record .