Chapter 36
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"Hah..." I let out a breath as I looked at the huge flying whale, who seemed to stabilize me in the air.

"Are you here to take a trial!" A voice boomed in my head... Did this flying whale just talk?

"Uh... Not really... Sir?... I just ended up here because-" My words were cut off by the Whale swallowing me.

"You've been chosen by the gods to do this trial!" He yelled. That's some bull... I was tossed by that one woman...

I didn't really get to finish the thought as I realized I was inside a whale, the huge rough tongue under my hands moved up, causing me to fall and roll until I was in front of 3 different tunnels.

"Choose"

The voice rang in my ears again... Seems I'll need to do this... But what about the others... Clarisse and... Them.

"CHOOSE"

"Ok, Ok, geez... No need to yell" I said sighing as I walked through the first one, my eyes widening as I saw... myself?

"Huh?" I said as He... No, I looked at myself. 

"What's wrong with you?... Never seen a supreme god before?" I said looking at... me in disgust.

"Uh... The hell are you talking about?" I said only to be ignored as he continued.

"Tell me, Mortal, what holds you back?" I said to myself, a small smile on my face as I stared down at myself.

"U-Uh... Well, I guess others hol-" Before I even finished his eyes rolled and he flicked me, he had turned huge all of a sudden, a large ring-type crown was around his head as well.

"Come back when you are less stupid," He said staring mockingly as I opened my eyes, the woman from earlier staring down at me.

"Hmm... Well... I guess go try again" She said sighing as she flicked her finger again, sending me into the clouds once again.

This time the whale didn't bother, I was back inside its mouth and in front of the paths once again. 

I should finish that other one right? What holds me back... Percy, Yeah sure, he's the cause of all my problems.

"Oh? You're back again! Wow, Who knew Kym was so generous, God I love that girl... Anyway, Let's do the questions again yeah?... What holds you back..."

"Percy Jackson, He's the cause of everything, He's the one holding me back on this quest!" I said quickly as the God's face grew more and more bored, it was weird seeing such an expression on my face.

"Uh... Do you mind not using my face?" I asked before a flick can't to my forehead again, causing me to wake up next to the woman again, this time she was feeding Scylla.

Seeing the deadly sea monster so docile was weird, seeing as she had nearly killed me and my friends.

"Back again?... Maybe try a different Path, the future is the hardest, choose present first" The woman said, flicking her wrist again.

I should have asked her name but... Oh well.

I didn't listen though, for the next 2 hours I chose the same path each time, getting it wrong every time.

"Okay, this is getting annoying, I want to cause terror in the seas, but you are wasting my time..." The woman finally said to me as she glared down, her face only inches from mine.

"Uh... Sorry I guess... What's your name?" I asked as she pulled away, an annoyed expression on her face as she seemed to look to the side.

"My name?... Why does that even matter... Hey, if you don't choose a different path I'll feed you to Scylla... You're lucky the Leviathan insists... Otherwise, I'd have killed you by now"

Before flicking her wrist she looked down at me once more. "Kymopoleia... It's hard to say, but that doesn't matter since you'll forget it soon enough... just like everyone else."

Before I could answer I was back in front of the paths. How much time had I wasted? We're the others still alive?... I didn't know, hopefully...

Instead of choosing the familiar path, I went to the left, opening my eyes and seeing... me once again, except this time I was a kid.

"Argen! Get your ass over here!" My father screamed, throwing a beer bottle at the wall and startling the younger me.

"U-Uh dad he-" Before he could finish his face was kicked by the older man, causing him to fly into the wall.

"What the hell did you do at school huh? You know how hard it is to get a good education and you're gonna fuck it all up!" The man yelled stomping the younger me on the floor.

I couldn't move, my entire body was shaking as I remembered every place he hit me, bruises started to show up once again before my father finished, sighing as he walked away.

The scene shifted to later that night, my father was on his knees, holding my hand as I stared at him with a frightened expression.

"I'm so sorry son, I'm so sorry! The bad man did it not me!" My father yelled tears streaming from his face as he hugged me, I guess I had received a hug before... not that I knew what it was at the time.

"I-I-I-Its okay dad" I cried as the man continued to apologize.

The next morning he beat me again, only to apologize later. I had learned to dissociate my father and the bad man he always talked about.

"It's insane, isn't it... Father was such a good dad don't you think? He wanted to protect us from the Badman... But why lock shit away?... Wanna see everything?" 

He was here too? The god who seemed to steal my appearance grabbed the back of my head, a smile on his face.

It was one year of beatings later. I had just gotten an A on the test and my father had finally come back from work.

After 8 pm father was always normal, from 8 Am till 8 Pm the Badman took over. When Sam tried to report him I begged and begged, my father wasn't the bad man, it was just a misunderstanding.

Wait... I don't remember this scene.

"Hey, dad guess what!" I yelled happily, my 1year-old smile still upon my face.

*Smack!*

My eyes widened, both me and the little boy. I don't... remember this scene.

"H-Huh Dad?... B-But the Badman never comes out this late!" I yelled shocking my father as he looked down on me, sighing as he rolled his eyes.

"Shit... I forgot about that... Haha, Guess what kid... There's no such thing as the Badman, I just wanted to hit you without you telling anyone... But you won't tell anyone will you son?" He said smashing his fist into my surprised face, breaking my nose, and continuing to hit me.

"This..." The Badman was never real?... Why didn't I remember this scene...

"Hm? Oh, it's because of your mind, you've locked mist of your trauma away, that's probably why you are even able to smile... This test is to see if you can accept the memories back... Good luck~" And so started a few more hours of memories flooding into my mind.


(A/N: And there you have it, This is why Argen didn't hate his father, well at least why he never wanted Sam to report him... Sadge

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