"N.. no, I d-don't want to"
A young boy with blonde hair held a small puppy against him, facing a glacial aura.
This aura came from a skeletal silhouette that loomed over the boy and the animal.
"Alone, do you want to disobey me?"
A cold voice emerged from the skull with empty sockets, occupied only by a blue glow similar to a will-o'-the-wisp.
The creature wore a sort of ceremonial robe, while holding in its hand a scepter with a skull at the top.
He is the boy's father... Hades.
"No," he said, in a small voice similar to a whisper.
"Then eliminate this nuisance that distracts you from your obligations as the son of the king of the underworld."
Persephone had disappeared.
Alone doesn't know how or why, his mother left permanently.
However, his father's mood and appearance deteriorated more and more after this event.
To finally resemble this cold and skeletal creature.
Woof
Perhaps sensing the approaching danger, the little puppy started barking loudly.
Alone smiled sadly, but he obeyed his father.
He placed his hands over the animal's eyes and lowered them.
A gesture similar to that performed on the dead who kept their eyelids still open.
The dog died like that.
At that moment, the blue flames in Hades' empty sockets shone even brighter than usual.
Even though he could see it, he was always fascinated by his son's ability to take life around him.
'If only he wasn't so gentle'
Hades loved Persephone.
The word "love" is potentially not sufficient to describe his love for this goddess.
Unfortunately, fate tore his beloved away from him under humiliating circumstances.
He no longer wants to suffer the same thing because of his weakness.
'Alone, you must also understand this truth'
He cast one last look at his son's sad face before leaving.
He didn't want to see his child on the ground because of an animal, nor see him sad any longer.
....
Shortly after the departure of the sovereign of the place...
Alone suddenly had a migraine; he convinced himself that this was related to his unstable mental state caused by the puppy's death.
So he decided to go to his room.
At that moment, he lost his balance and several images began to appear like flashes in his head.
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[Death System activation in progress...]
[Alert!!]
[Error... error...]
[Individual is not an alternative version of Lady Death...]
[Searching for alternatives in progress...]
[Second Coming of Hades System activated]
[Selection of a "power" under Hades' jurisdiction in progress...]
[You have received the Alone (Hades) template...]
[Absence of Cosmo-energy detected...]
[Template weakening due to world laws...]
[Use of mana and divinity successful...]
[You will be able to use your system's full potential if you go to the Saint Seiya universe...]
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"I... I remember now"
All these notifications were displayed a few seconds after his birth.
At the time, he was too young to understand.
Unconsciously, he directed his hand toward the necklace around his neck.
"Yours ever ... this inscription... is it a coincidence?"
(Image)
All the Hades hosts shown in the Saint Seiya manga possessed a pendant, and on it was written "yours ever ."
"So... am I Hades or a being possessing his power?"
A complex situation, but he won't be able to find the answer alone at present.
The only people who can provide him with a real answer are the twin gods, who are Hades' eternal servants, but it's risky.
"You're not my Death system, right?"
[Yes and no]
Alone's face, which had blonde hair, now had hair of abyssal black.
He frowned while looking at the screen.
"Explain yourself"
[You should have obtained the Death system, but you didn't have the qualification to claim the title of master of Death]
[So the administrator wanted to test your capabilities... you obtained the Second Coming of Hades system]
"I see... you want to see if I deserve the power to completely master Death? All this is a test?"
Alone ran his fingers through his bangs, while his icy blue eyes looked at the holographic panel.
However, the latter was not intimidated by the passive aura that corroded even the ground at the atomic level.
[Yes, seize Hades' power in all realities until obtaining my creator's approval]
"Ridiculous..."
[Excuse me?]
"You gave me the tools to become the master of Death, so why would I still need the Death system?"
Alone's message was clear.
'I've worked enough on Earth, there's no way I'm gonna break my back for some unknown administrator'
"Show me your functions instead of talking about tiring stuff"
After expressing himself, Alone remembered the little puppy.
He frowned for a moment before gently picking it up and carrying it in his arms.
"Don't stay there sleeping, the bad guy's gone"
Whimper
After a few clumsy and unconscious movements, the animal woke up nonchalantly.
Yes, it was resurrected under Alone's blessing.
[I can show status, shop, quest, and multiverse travel]
"Multiverse travel? That's not really interesting"
After receiving these powers, he also got the basic knowledge to use them.
Among them, there's the summoning of the hyper dimension.
A path only used by entities blessed by a god or the gods themselves.
'Come to think of it, that EmptyVoid guy was able to access this thanks to that entity in the shadow of the One Punch Man universe'
Alone wasn't interested in going to the OPM universe now, but he judged it necessary later.
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"Show the status..."
• Name: Alone (Hades)
• Status: Host of Hades' power
• Age: 4 years old
• Strength: Immeasurable (partially sealed)
• Speed: Immeasurable (partially sealed)
• Endurance: Immeasurable (partially sealed)
• Intelligence: 7 (IQ - 130)
• Mana: Immeasurable
• Cosmo-energy: Infinite (sealed)
Skills:
• 6th sense (intuition): Lvl Max (partially sealed)
• 7th sense (miracle): Lvl Max (partially sealed)
• 8th sense (Arayashiki): Lvl Max (partially sealed)
• 9th sense (divinity): Lvl Max (partially sealed)
[You will regain your full powers after your return to the Saint Seiya universe, as mana is not adapted to their use]
"In summary, I don't have access to all my divine powers."
Alone frowned at the unpleasant news but finally resigned himself to his fate.
If he had all of Alone's power, then he could literally throw away the system and continue his life peacefully.
However, he's stuck with it until his arrival in the Saint Seiya universe.
A place with 13-year-old kids capable of facing Goku and humans launching Big Bangs.
"Calm down, it's not like I'm gonna stay there long, right?"
Alone reassured himself and convinced himself that he would simply stay hidden during the unfolding of the scenario.