Three days later in the Underworld, the messenger Hermes brought Queen Persephone back from the Underworld... When Persephone left the Underworld and returned to the mortal world, winter ended, and spring returned to the land.
The Lord of the Sky was delighted and ordered Hermes to take Persephone directly to Mount Olympus... The Underworld, the mortal world, and Mount Olympus seemed to be separated by an insurmountable chasm, so distant from one another.
Joe spent day after day in the Underworld... He gradually forgot his original name and grew accustomed to the servants throughout the King of the Underworld's palace calling him Prince Prin, the prince of Hades, King of the Underworld.
He truly began to forget that his name was Joe. He even began to forget the voice of his father, Mr. Smith, and the appearance of his mother, Mrs. Debra. He also began to forget the taste of the borscht Mrs. Ailula, his grandmother, used to make.
He no longer remembered that there had once been a mischievous older girl who always bullied him, then threw him into this place before mysteriously disappearing.
He gradually grew up. Spring passed and autumn came, and another winter arrived... When winter came to the Underworld, the Queen of the Underworld, who had eaten the pomegranate seeds, stepped into the King of the Underworld's palace once more.
Joe... Prince Prin was no longer completely ignorant. He knew that the Queen of the Underworld did this every year, spending an entire winter in the Underworld.
But before the second winter ended, Prince Prin never saw the messenger Hermes again... Prince Prin gradually grew up. When his energy was at its peak during adolescence, he developed an interest in Gis, the maid who had always cared for him.
He still did not know what