Birthday Suit.

*breathe in* *breathe out*

Jack couldn't believe what he was seeing right now. He unconsciously touch his nose if there's blood leaking, thankfully it doesn't. This is his first time to see a naked body of a beautiful woman, such fair skin that maybe has a texture of baby's skin match with an hour glass shaped body.

Of course, his invisibility has long gone the moment he's distracted by the queen's birthday suit. The maid notice the eyes of the young man with unquenchable desire filled eyes.

"Thank you for considering not to molest are queen directly, but would you please turn around, I'm going to wake up the queen now. If we're in a different circumstances, I will make you go outside of the chamber and wait until the queen can meet you with a proper get up." It's not that the maid wants to prevent the young man to look, but still it is also proper to mind the woman's embarrassing look.

"Okay, I understand. In fairness, she really is beautiful. Bloody hell, I wish I was Osiris then." He couldn't help to blurt out his desires, making the maid somewhat giggles.

He slowly turn around so he can't see the beautiful lady with her birthday suit.

'3.141592653... Arrgghh! I can't concentrate. Bloody hell, what a sinful body.' Jack tried to forget what he saw a few moments ago but to no avail. The beautiful figure of a woman already burned in his memory.

While he was contemplating at the corner of the queen's chamber, Ms. Martha approaches the queen and gently wake her up.

"Your majesty, please wake up for a second. Someone wants to meet you." The maid urge the queen to wake up.

The queen wakes up and stretched her arms while properly sits in her bed. "I guess this is important matter for you to disturb my beauty rest." The queen looks at the corner of the room and her eyes are now looking at the man that awkwardly looking away.

"I can tell that this individual was already see my fair body, of course only my husband are allowed to touch it. I know that I allow you Ms. Martha to go inside my chamber but did I mention to you that I will allow a presence of another man inside my bedroom?" With an angry look, she snaps her fingers and a black dress suddenly appear in her body, covering her fair skin.

"Apologies your majesty, I know that I made a grave sin but please let him hear what he wants to tell you. I will accept your punishment if I have to." She tries to protect the young man due to being subjected by charmspeak. The queen noticed that the maid was somehow bewitched, she snaps her fingers and the maid was suddenly released from the charmspeak.

"You don't have to worry, Martha. Since you tell me that this man was only here to talk then you may go now, We will start our serious conversation after you left." With a worried face, she look at her queen and to the young man at the corner of the room. Without wasting time, she hurriedly step outside and go back to the maid's quarters.

"Now my maid is out of the picture, let's have a nice conversation. From the looks of it, you must be the scourge in dead soul's clothing?" The queen now looks at the young man that intrudes her sleep.

With courtesy, Jack slightly bow to show respect to the queen. He already made a bad move accidentally but he can still recover this. "Let me introduce myself, your majesty. My name is Jack Summers, a dead soul who wants to participate in your trial to become an Einherjar." He declared loud enough so the queen would not misunderstand his intentions.

"Oh my! You must be Musha's student huh?" She looks at the young man from head to toe to carefully examine him. "Not only that, but you're also Kotaro's student too. But even if Musha and Kotaro wouldn't notice your stench, as gods or who has a god bloodline would notice the aura of the scourge. As you can see, we are sensitive regarding that issue." Even if the two of her subjects are given this young man an approval, but didn't recognize that he has an aura of the scourge. Obviously, she wouldn't tolerate it.

Without much choice, Jack explains her why he has a lingering scent of a scourge. To her surprise, he was just emotionless when he tells her his circumstances.

"Hahaha! Marvelous Jack Summers, marvelous indeed. To have a power to seal a scourge inside of you. Tell me, how does it feel? Can you control its powers?" Queen Persephone couldn't contain her joy. A dead soul captures a scourge? This is the first time that she heard this absurdity, maybe the first in history of Underworld, if he wasn't lying.

"Actually, its not that I can tap the powers of the Grim Reaper, I just stored him in my Duat. I didn't think that someone can detect that I have a scourge in my storage, this is my grave mistake." He actually remember the warnings of Kotaro, but unfortunately he didn't heed his friend's warnings.

But suddenly, he realize the sentence of Queen Persephone. 'Is it possible to control the power of Grim Reaper inside my soul? Hmmm...' While Thinking deeply, the queen looks at her with amusing look. Probably guessing what his thoughts right now.

"Before I decide if you're worthy to become a candidate as an Einherjar, you have to tell me first what will you do after you become alive again?" This is a standard question since if this young man becomes a disaster, her reputation will be ruined and it might destroy her marriage. She doesn't want to become a burden in her husband after all.

"Actually, what I desire is not becoming an Einherjar but to become alive again and set foot in the living world once more. I want to have a nice and cozy life again by becoming a rich man or having a loving wife, something like that." He really wants to live without regrets now, he wants to accomplish what he didn't achieve in his previous life. If he wants that, first he needs to become alive again and get out in this goddamn Underworld.

"Fair enough, your answer is acceptable at the very least. In fact, it's similar to the wish of your two mentors." The queen said with an approval look.

"Here, this ring is a symbol that you are a candidate in my trial. Wear it and I will inform you when the trial starts. Do you have any questions?" Since he's given a chance to ask any questions, he shamelessly asked whatever came to his mind.

"Actually, it bothers me that Professor... I mean, Mr. Musha said that he didn't meet you? But base on my conversation with you, he probably met you a long time ago. Also, Mr. Kotaro said to me that he is also an Einherjar. Tell me your majesty, why does he need to lie? Although I can feel that he really has a good intention." He makes sure that he didn't blurt out his ability to see some events in his dreams, and carefully ask why does Professor Musha have to lie to him.

"Unfortunately, I don't have the answer to that. I'm not that familiar in his intentions. If you really want to know why did he lie to you in the first place, you just ask him for yourself." She said without blinking an eye.

After she said that, she touch an earring and it automatically glow in red.

"Sigrun, you don't have to pursue the escapee. He's in my bed chamber and we almost done in our conversation. I think you already know the name of this individual, but I will repeat just in case.

This young man that you capture is Jack Summers, one of the candidates in becoming an Einherjar." Since the queen already said that has to be said, Sigrun has to accept and inform the guards to abandon the man hunt.

After she's done talking to the valkyrie, seizing this opportunity, Jack ask another question to the queen.

"May I know what exactly is the trial, your majesty?" The most important question must be asked right now or he will not have a time to prepare.

"My trial is simple, its the Trial of Combat. You will fight and kill a dead soul who can't save in the Fields of Punishment. As you can see, there are many souls that have been sinned. Fortunately like Kotaro, he's been reformed and given a chance to become a better person again.

There are dead souls who can't survive from the punishments and become a vegetative state soul, while some dead soul are too far gone to be save by the methods in the Fields of Punishments. These individuals are being sentence to be executed. And I think a candidate for the Einherjar are the most suitable to become there executioners." She said while smiling to him.

"Of course, if the candidate lose in this much, then he's not worthy to get a second chance. Simple as that. For now you can relax here in Fields of Elysium and I will contact you if you can start the trial, since we're still searching a suitable partner for your trial." She exclaimed.

This is what Jack's waiting for, the chance to become alive again. No matter what enemies stand in front of him, he will destroy it without mercy.