Chapter 74 A Rich Little Woman



As the wheezing calmed down and her breath normalized, she wondered just what the old deity had put in that hug to make her so breathless. She had felt like a bug being stepped on by an extra large boot.

He had to have done this deliberately, they were not close enough to go around hugging. The price she was about to ask for was going to be doubled.

"I can hear your thoughts you know." the old deity told her. "Don't you dare think about scamming me or I will embrace you all day." he threatened.

Scarlet hissed and jumped away from him as if he was a devil.

"You nasty old man," she mumbled.

"One hug for the insult." the old deity warned.

Scarlet squealed in horror and turned around to escape but her feet were stuck suddenly, as if they had been glued to the ground and she was forcefully hugged again.

"Aren't my hugs the best?" the old deity asked her. "Not everyone has had the privilege of being hugged me, just ask them all."

The onlookers looked away and others hurried away to mind their own business. Who in the underworld did not know that this guy deliberately injected power into his hugs when he was holding a petty grudge against you. Many of them felt sorry for her, wondering what she had done to this deity. That hug was known as the 'sweet pain of an embrace' in the underworld.

Alas! once again she had to cough, wheeze and endure pain in her body.

"On to serious business now." the old deity changed his tone, it was no longer playful. "Release the soul, there are many worlds out there that are suffering, there is no time to waste."

Scarlet was wise this time round to keep her mouth shut and her thoughts clean. She decided to think about money and soul crystals.

"I want double the normal price, this one is better than most strong souls. He is a top tier soul, he even emits white smoke, I read on the forum that this means his purity is high." You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin

The old deity's eyes lit up.

The soul registrars hurried to come forward and receive Maddox as if he was VIP in a night club.

"We can work on him my lord." they all clamored.

Maddox was confused at all that was going on and so was Scarlet. She was a strong soul when she came to the underworld and she did not remember being given any VIP treatment. Nobody had clamored over her eagerly like this.

In fact, she did not remember how she got to the underworld realm or which reaper delivered her soul. It had not even crossed her mind before but now she had all these questions.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked at it and then she looked at the old deity who was touching her shoulder. There was no pain this time in his touch.

"Thank you Scarlet." the old deity said genuinely.

She nodded stiffly, "You are welcome, I already talked to him about becoming a grim reaper and he accepted."

The old deity raised one eyebrow. "Really." he said.

"Yes, but he has some things he wants, anyway I have done my part." she retrieved her rope which was still binding Maddox. Then she looked at Maddox and said, "The old," she stopped because he was not using an old mans face and she did not want to confuse Maddox. "this deity will take care of you. Good luck."

Maddox nodded and he waved. "Thank you." he said.

The old deity disappeared into the whirlpool which brought him with Maddox's soul.

She watched until it faded away and all was just as it had been. For some reason her heart suddenly felt slightly heavy, as if she had sent off her own child, a beloved family member or a close friend. Her hand moved to her chest, and she beat it two times, wondering why she felt like crying. The urge to cry was getting stronger with each passing second.

"Why am I feeling this way?" she asked herself.

"It's the pure soul, it has that effect on those who stay around it for so long. Don't fight the feeling, you are going to cry your heart out anyway." A soul registrar that was standing close to Scarlet explained to her.

The sleeping pill wore off and she woke up and just started bawling like a child.