Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades - Chapter 704: Breakfast, Golden Domain
Chapter 704: Breakfast, Golden Domain
Why? Why had he done it? Was it truly the only way? Or was it just selfishness, hidden under the guise of necessity?
Neo’s brow furrowed.
His thoughts grew heavier.
“Neo?”
The voice pulled him back.
He turned. Moraine had woken. She sat up slowly on the bed, rubbing her eyes. Her hair was messy, and her voice was soft from sleep.
“Good morning,” Neo said.
“Good morning,” she replied.
Her tone carried a daze, as if she couldn’t believe he was there in front of her.
Neo stood, brushing his hands against his clothes.
“You should freshen up. I’ll make something for breakfast.”
He paused, then remembered something.
“Actually… I’m going to invite Percival too.”
Moraine blinked, surprised. “Percival?”
“Yes. I thought it would be better to have breakfast with everyone.”
Yesterday, he noticed the way Percival spoke about the mansion, and about living there.
He sounded… lonely.
He might not say it directly, but it’s clear to Neo.
He was strong enough to stand above most, but that strength had kept people away.
A simple choice would have been to leave Earth and live in a place where people with his rank lived — like Forgotten Suns — but he stayed on Earth to protect it.
Moraine lowered her gaze. She didn’t disagree.
“Mhm.” Moraine nodded.
He turned back toward the small kitchen, already planning what to prepare.
His hands moving automatically as he prepared the breakfast.
The place was quiet except for the faint sounds of chopping and the sizzle of food cooking.
When he finished, he wiped his hands on the apron and called out, “Come here for breakfast.”
The words reached Percival’s ears directly.
Percival was watering the plants in the garden.
He was surprised by Neo’s words. His first instinct was to refuse.
But then he stopped, frowning slightly as if listening to a voice only he could hear. Sunshine, perhaps.
After a moment of hesitation, Percival finally moved toward the room.
Neo opened the door wider when he arrived and gestured him inside.
Percival froze on the spot.
His eyes widened in disbelief.
Neo stood there wearing an apron, calmly looking a normal man in a normal household.
“What are you…”
For someone who had seen Neo drenched in blood and radiating an overwhelming presence just the day before, this sight was… absurd.
Neo noticed his expression and couldn’t help the grin that spread across his face.
He enjoyed the reaction more than he expected.
“Now, how long are you going to stand there looking shocked?” Neo asked casually.
Percival blinked, still taken aback, before forcing a chuckle.
He stepped further inside, glancing toward Moraine, who was already sitting quietly at the table.
The three of them settled in the living room.
The dining table was simple, placed in a way that let them see into the open kitchen.
Neo busied himself with finishing the last of the cooking, arranging dishes with steady movements.
Soon enough, he carried the plates over one by one and placed them on the table.
Moraine gave him a faint smile, one that spoke more than words.
Percival, however, kept staring at him, trying to piece together what exactly he was looking at.
He was struggling to maintain his smile.
They began to eat.
The food wasn’t extravagant, but it was warm and filling. For a moment, there was only the sound of clinking cutlery.
Neo broke the silence.
“I can understand why you can’t keep people around you, but why not at least have robots do the chores?”
“…Huh?” Percival paused mid-bite.
“Robots for things like cooking and cleaning,” Neo said as if it were obvious. “I noticed yesterday you used a spell for cleaning. And it didn’t seem like either of you eat anything decent.”
Percival put his cutlery down slowly, still too surprised at how Neo was.
Yesterday the man had seemed one step away from collapse.
Now, after just one night, he was acting like nothing was wrong.
Percival studied him for a moment, then thought, Is this the willpower of a Heavenbreaker?
Neo’s recovery wasn’t normal.
Moraine’s presence, a single leaf of comfort, had steadied him in ways that Percival hadn’t expected to witness.
Neo tilted his head.
“So?” he pressed again, not letting the question fade away.
Percival sighed and answered. “We are rarely on Earth. So we didn’t think much about maintaining the mansion. It just… didn’t seem important.”
Neo’s eyes narrowed slightly. “We?”
“It’s not like what you’re imagining,” Percival said, letting out a small chuckle when he saw the coldness in Neo’s gaze. “Anyway, the reason is simple. We were searching for Julie.”
“…What?”
“Julie de Beaufort,” Percival explained, watching carefully for his reaction. “I suppose you know her.”
“…I do,” Neo admitted. “Why were you searching for her?”
Percival glanced toward Moraine as if asking whether he should say more.
She gave no visible sign. Her face was calm and unreadable. That was enough for him.
He leaned back slightly in his chair and continued.
“She might have a way to leave the Golden Domain. We wanted to use that to leave the Golden Domain.”
Neo frowned. “Why?”
Percival steepled his fingers together.
“Did you know that the Golden Domain and the world outside are… disconnected? It’s like they exist in separate universes. Even the flow of time and the way elements behave is different in both places. Maintaining a connection between them is almost impossible.”
Neo’s eyes sharpened.
“What are you trying to say?”
“If Elizabeth reincarnated outside the Golden Domain, it makes sense why you can’t sense her.”
Neo froze. His hand trembled ever so slightly.
Percival continued with a steady voice. “Morrigan wanted to find Elizabeth. I don’t need to explain why, do I? That’s why we were searching for Julie. We thought she might have a way to let us go outside of Golden Domain.”
Silence fell over the table.
Neo’s thoughts swirled, one after another, but none found a place to settle. He looked toward Moraine.
