Chapter 174 - 174: Brothers (2/2)
are no doubt stronger than her"
"That is troublesoh as he scanned Van from head to toe, "Why did you have to become this puny"
"" Van asked that to himself every day
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After a few seconds of silence, Hercules suddenly stretched his ar that fat mortal"
"You saw that?" Van furrowed his eyebroondering why Hercules stretched his ar you," Hercules nodded a couple of times, "Do to me what you have done to him"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I aer," Hercules let out a deep breath as he closed his eyes, "Please… send ain kneeled, his arn of surrender
Van hesitated a little bit What if Hercules squished him as soon as he climbed on his shoulders? No… he would have already done it if he wanted to
And so, with a sigh, Van swiftly jumped up and stood on Hercules' shoulders "Are you sure about this, Mister Hercules?" Although there was still a lot of hesitation in his voice, Van still could not help but feel a slight excitement
"Yes," Hercules nodded, "I hope you meet with Lady Athena next, she has all the inforain in the Afterlife, brother"
Brother Hearing Hercules' words, Van's hesitation finally won over his excitement So the Gods of Olympus… were his family?
"If we truly were brothers, Mister Hercules," Van asked as he placed his hands on Hercules' head, "Then…
you've met our parents?"
"Of course," Hercules nodded, causing Van to slightly lose his balance, "I have met Lord Zeus, our father, numerous times"
"Lord… Zeus…"
"As for your mother, I a her"
"What… do you one when I elcomed in Olympus"
"We have different mothers?"
"!!!"
As soon as Van's question reached Hercules' ears, he could not help but suddenly burst out in laughter Van held for his dear life as Hercules' entire body shook, causing even the ground itself to treamy runs in our fa to catch his breath frohter that still wanted to burst out from him, "Ha… wait 'til Lord Apollo hears of this"
"What?"
"Even you, Lord Herhters It was rumored once that even Lady Arte the name Artemis, there was a certain sadness in Hercules' voice
"Who?" Van could onlythese weird names of people he did not know
"In fact, you are Lady Aphrodite's favorite It was just a sha Hercules' story about… this Herine if he truly was him What if he had a life before all of this? What if he had a life where…
"Did Hermes… live well?" Van stuttered
"Well?"
"Was he rich?"
"Of course," Hercules quickly nodded, "Olympus stood on top of the treasures that you collected, my brother"
"A… a mountain!?"
"H to dust One of your treasures is here, in fact I saw it soo"
"Was he… was I happy?"
"Of course," Hercules could not help but close his eyes as he sighed, letting out a small smile at the same tiet to smile"
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"You were also the first to welcome me and the others," Hercules ize for asking you this…
But please, I a words, Van let out a breath Holding Hercules' head tightly, as if e him for the last time
"Goodbye, brother," Hercules whispered, "Let us ed froh his arh his arms… but still…
This was his duty
And so, with that thought, Van startedhis arms
"!!!"
"GAH!"
"B… brother!?"
Van's shattered bones poked out from his arms