Hellish Affairs

"That's not bad, isn't it?" Merlin said suddenly, "At least after others treat you as a liar, you won't be so sad, and you will even scold yourself for being stupid, and you won't care so much about life."

Joyas didn't answer, and what Merlin said was right. Arturia and the others are living a good life now. If he can, he really doesn't want to bother him. He wants to fight Odin more.

His eyes fell on Ellie——

"Merlin, teach me the magic of planting flowers." Joyas said suddenly.

"Didn't you say that my magic tricks are all wasted?" Asking Merlin for something, he became arrogant instead.

"Please." Joyas clasped his hands together, "Your flowers can bloom anywhere, as long as the person who grows them is still alive, isn't it?"

Merlin nodded, "Then what kind of flowers do you want to plant?"

"I really don't understand this, anyway, it's fine to look good."

"Well, since you have asked the question sincerely, then I will teach you mercifully." Merlin replied indifferently, and then he said to Joyas mysteriously: "This is what I tricked the little girl. Magic weapon, don’t spread it casually.”

It is magic that makes people feel beautiful no matter where they go. Beautiful things are always attractive.

……

"Goodbye, Merlin." Joyas waved his hand.

Merlin looked at his back, and he had already reached the stairs leading down to the lighthouse——

"...Are you going back to Britain?" Merlin finally couldn't help asking.

"Let's talk about it, if you defeat Odin and go along the way." Joyas replied with a smile: "...Didn't you say that if you act like a liar, you can make the parting look less sad."

A trace of surprise flashed in Merlin's blue eyes, recalling the words he once said to Joyas Pendragon.

"Do you like people?"

Merlin can't feel the emotion, as if the audience is sad but can't become an actor.

"Joyas..." he cried again, "I thought the stories I directed were always tragic."

Merlin suddenly said, with a complicated tone, completely different from what he said in the past——

"But you won't, your ending must be HAPPY END." He said solemnly.

When I saw you, going to the abyss for such a small hope, I suddenly realized what a jerk I was.

Originally, you were obviously not included in the hero story I directed.

"Thanks." Joyas said with a smile, "I really appreciate you, Merlin, you helped me a lot."

Everyone in the world prefers tragedy, and only tragedy can give people a sense of beauty that shocks the soul.Merlin - always thought so.

What he wants to direct is this kind of story, a beautiful young girl who picks up the burden of the kingdom with her weak shoulders, and walks a story that is destined to end in sadness.

And Artoria is the actor he found, if the chess pieces are scattered on the board, Merlin is the one who played the chess——

When the girl pulled out the sword he wanted on the breezy grass, he had already seen the end, because the script was written by this almost omniscient magician.

Either die in riots, or die in betrayal, or die in exhaustion, or die in foreign enemies, anyway, there are various endings.

Until he met Joyas Pendragon.

After hearing about his experience and learning about his future, I realized that Odin, who lived in the twilight of the gods with the title of the king of the gods, also had similar interests and hobbies as himself.

Somebody has to be Joyas until he—

The Joyas in front of him was obviously just a person who was outside of Merlin's story, but he stepped in and revised his script.

just because of--

"I regard Mordred as a friend." Joyas said.

friend?

Merlin has never considered that kind of thing, would you regard people in novels or poems as heroes?

Of course not, but Joyas Pendragon is clearly not a character in the novel—Artoria is a character, Mordred is a character, and the Knights of the Round Table are characters.

But Joyas is not, he is the person who suddenly fell from the sky to direct the story with him.

The story about Eternal Camelot was completed by the two of them together. Merlin completed the first half, and he completed the ending...

He did what Merlin would never be able to do, but he had always wanted - a HAPPY END about Britain and Camelot.

Merlin really wanted to know what he was thinking, he was obviously not human, and he didn't pursue the so-called pleasure of being an audience like him...

That's why he asked Joyas about his attitude towards humans, which is really important...

When the goddess of the underworld came to attack Camelot, Joyas chose to fight. He didn't think he was a kind existence, and he didn't think he liked humans just because of his 'friends'.

Merlin had no reason to act. When Alayer wanted to take Artoria away, Merlin didn't even have the courage to speak. This was the ending he had planned for a long time. Strip out the whole story.

Know what Joyas said, friend.

Yeah, he can help people as a friend, not as an audience, and—

Be confident Merlin, he said to himself, the story about the king is not a tragedy.

[The stories Merlin participated in are all tragedies] Such words are always broken by Joyas.

"Ai Lei." Joyas walked to Ai Lei's side, "Have you played enough? It's time to go back."

Ai Lei was like a frightened bird, and was taken aback——

"Ah, Joyas, you came out so suddenly." Ereshkigal was surprised by the small shovel in his hand.

"I already call him Joyas," said a groundhog casually.

Ereshkigal blushed immediately, but she stood up from the ground anyway.

"Thank you, Joyas Pendragon." Ailei stood up from the ground, and then said: "I am really happy here, this is me, the mistress of the underworld, Ereshkigal So happy for the first time."

"Let's get down to business then." Joyas said to Ereshkigal, "I hope you can give me your blessing."

Ailei froze for a moment, her face flashed with disappointment——

"Don't you think I brought you here to play because I want to bless you?" Joyas said.

Allie carefully raised her head and looked at Joyas.

"No, I came to Avalon unintentionally because I like Ereshkigal and I can't draw my sword against her."

"Ah?" Allie opened her eyes wide and looked up at him. Her amber eyes were round and her mouth formed into an O.

Chapter 100 Everyone Has Their Own Responsibility

Ai Lei looked at him, and then there was a strong wind around him, like a whirlpool, the surrounding flowers were rolled into a whirlpool——

The two standing facing each other are among the flowers.

"It's really lucky to be able to come to this Avalon." Joyas said: "It's great to be able to make you happy, Ellie."

"Ishtar wasn't the only one you saved." Ereshkigal lowered her eyes, looked at her toes, and said seriously.

Joyas looked at Allie unexpectedly——

"I was summoned to the lower world together with Ishtar." She raised her eyes and looked at Joyas carefully

Ishtar was not the only one who was summoned, because the electric waves of the two girls were similar.

She spread her arms and turned around in front of Joyas. The soft red cloak inlaid with gold edging flew up, outlining a green and graceful arc. The brilliant sunlight shone down, and some fleshy long legs were covered The sun coated a thin layer of gold.

She took a deep breath, reveling in the sunshine.

Because she knew that after a while, Joyas Pendragon would take her away from here——

That is an untethered knight, he has his own destiny in his eyes, and he is struggling on the way to change his destiny, whether it is me, Ishtar, or even the white magician who is chatting with him.

They are just passers-by in his life.

"Do you think it's selfish for people to live for themselves?" Ereshkigal stretched out her little hand to block the sun's sun that burned her eyes, resisting those things.

These sunshines made her love and fear them at the same time.

"Of course, everyone has their own responsibility."

Unexpected answer, but in line with Ereshkigal's life principles——

"I said it before." Joyas said with a smile, and then put his hand on his shoulder, with a pink ribbon on it——

"When I was traveling around the world, I met a girl who was very similar to you. This is the ribbon she gave me." Joyas said, "She doesn't live for herself."

"What she chooses is responsibility, even if the future is a barren world." Joyas bent down, and Allie looked up at him suspiciously, her clear amber eyes reflected the knight's face.

"Even if you live in pain, you have to take on your own responsibilities. And there is nothing to complain about, because this is your choice."

Ereshkigal's pupils trembled—

Human beings are humble, fearful, and brainless. They are prone to failure and prefer laziness. A bunch of unknown stories and naive puzzles entangle them. The Age of Gods has given this kind of tolerance. This secret package allows people to throw their helplessness, helplessness, and ignorance on God.

This is God's responsibility.

Ereshkigal doesn't live for herself.

I live as a goddess.

"I know all about it." Joyas said, "Ereshkigal is the most responsible person I have ever met, the most God-like person. Your work is really outstanding."

Joyas bowed deeply to him——

"I'm so sorry for disturbing Ereshkigal's work by going to the underworld so easily for the sake of blessing."

"Hmm!" Ereshkigal shivered cutely, her face flushed——

This is the first time someone praised her as a goddess and praised her pride. Although her work is painful, it is something she has always been proud of, and she has always put it on her head as the standard of life.

Compared to Ishtar, who can indulge as much as he likes and has to keep pursuing as long as he likes it, Ereshkigal will choose patience.

As Joyas said, there is nothing to be jealous of, it is just a choice of the law of life.

Ishtar came to her in seven divine attires, really not to show off, but to tell her, beg her, stop choosing such an uncomfortable decision.

"This is my choice." Ereshkigal began to sob with a tear in his voice.

Joyas looked up and saw the blond girl's transparent tears running down his cheeks, shining brightly in the sun, and then disappearing in the sun.

Avalon is so beautiful that Ereshkigal, who is crying, has also become a picture scroll.