Did the witch get her wish today?

On the day Gilgamesh returned, Lilium had a dream as if foreshadowing.

The moment she opened her eyes, she couldn't remember the content of the dream clearly.A little melancholy in my heart, but not sad.

When the girl walked out of the palace as usual, she ran into the panicked former city guard captain Teba.

Time has left traces on this man's face, and his son has grown from a babbling age to a reliable teenager.

But at this moment, this normally mature and steady middle-aged man showed a child-like smile of joy.

"Lilium! That's great! The king, it's the king, he's back!"

The ruler who had been away from Uruk for nearly a decade has finally returned to the country.

At the checkpoint where Lilium entered the city, she met the old friend whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

He didn't look old at all, his blond hair grew a little longer, and his clothes were a little old, but he didn't feel tired from the wind and dust.

Headed by Siduri, the officials who still insisted on staying in Uruk all came to Gilgamesh and bowed to him to express their gratitude for the return of the king.

But she didn't move.

"……It is you."

Seeing the man's red eyes looking at her, the girl clenched the long stick in her hand.

"Long time no see, King Gilgamesh."

She really wanted to ask him where he had been for the past ten years.Recalling everyone's hard work, he even raised the idea of ​​raising his cane and giving the man in front of him a hard hit.

"...I didn't expect you to remember me."

Seeing that everyone was cheering and joyful, and some even shed tears, Lilium took a deep breath, and finally dispelled some treacherous thoughts in her mind.

God knows how many times she thought about it every day when she stood on the city wall!

"Hmph, unfortunately, this king was born to never forget anything." Gilgamesh turned around and faced the girl from a distance. "However, your bastard's attitude is really refreshing. Even I wondered for a moment just now if I recognized the wrong person."

"...Should I say thank you for your compliment?"

Wang laughed out loud, and strode past the girl.

"It seems that this period of time has not stopped, bastard, let me forgive your disrespect."

"But you are still 100 years too early to get my king's praise!" As he said that, the blond man turned around, looked at the people in front of him, waved his long arms, and said with an irresistible momentum: "Stay in a daze!" What are you doing, now is not the time to stop here and cheer!"

It's time for this city to regain its vitality and glory with the returning heroes.

"I'm sorry, Lily, I always feel that I have wronged you."

When the king returned to the palace and was surveying the city, Siduri, who was a priest, quietly came to the girl and apologized sincerely to her with folded hands.

"Eh?"

Siduri laughed: "Just... well... We all know that you have always wanted to beat that adult once. To be honest, I am still worried that Teba will call you here, will you give him a stick in public. "

... She guessed right.

"Beating him won't do any good for building a city-state." Lilium rubbed the space between her brows. "But I regret it when you say it, after all, there will definitely be no chance in the future."

"a ha ha ha……"

As the girl said, the returned Gilgamesh bid farewell to his long childhood and assumed his due responsibilities.

That is amazing attention and execution. Even Lilium, after seeing Gilgamesh like this, would become his subordinate without any complaints, and sincerely implement every decision made by the king.

Facing the reconstruction of dilapidated city-states, diplomatic relations that could no longer be maintained, and even conflicts and frictions with the Great Temple, he took over all of them and started creating a new kingdom at full speed.

The residents who returned to the royal city injected vitality here, but these were not enough to support the speed of reconstruction.So the king opened the treasury without hesitation, and exchanged heavy gold and wealth, constantly attracting foreign labor.

Clay tablets were built into hills in front of the throne, but the former tyrant never stopped.He even redesigned the city's plan, enlarging the outer walls for defense.If it weren't for Siduri who sometimes worried about the king's body, Lilium even wondered if he was the same as herself, and essentially didn't need to sleep or rest.

What's even more irritating is that, after being so busy, after learning that she started practicing magic, this man still taunted her with his mouth that would spray poison at ministers and witches at any time!

"Hahahahahahaha! Magic? It took you ten years to learn this thing? This king is better than you at the beginning, bastard!"

... What a shame!Her magic is basically based on peeking at those witches and teaching herself according to the law! !

Lilium was very upset, but now she won't suffer in vain.

"My lord, you need to rest."

After someone worked continuously for a few more days and nights, even eating casually to fill their stomachs, the girl picked up her cane and stood in front of the throne.

"No need." Gilgamesh passed the clay tablets one by one without even looking at her. "This king will go to rest when he feels tired. You don't need it—no, reject! This part of the wall must be rebuilt, and it must be strengthened to three times the previous size. Didn't you hand over the design to them?"

"...Uh, yes... I will notify you."

Poor Siduri stood aside and interrupted, not continuing to report to work, and could only wink at Lilium crazily.

It was also rare for the other party not to receive her signal, and continued on his own: "But you have been working non-stop for nearly three days, Wang, we all hope that the town can develop as soon as possible, so you need to rest even more."

"Or do you think sleeping on a throne is a harmless thing?"

The movement of the King of Gold stopped, and everyone's eyes were focused on Lilium, who said the treasonous words.

"Bastard, do you really think that this king will not kill you?"

Under the coercion, the girl looked at those red eyes without any emotion, and bowed neither humble nor overbearing: "Loyal words are harsh, even if you are punished for this kind of admonition, I just did what I should do." .”

"Besides, whether it's cursing, insulting, or assassination, I'm used to it."

Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is it the 'witch' of Uruk? Hmph, it seems that those old bastards did a lot of superfluous things when the king was away."

"... So the rumors from the outside world have become like this?" Lilium looked at Siduri who looked away, and understood. "They can really exaggerate."

Although the king has left, Uruk is still a big city-state.Knowing the importance of everyone left behind to this city, the girl made a bold decision.

She stood up, relying on her appearance that was very different from ordinary people, and her indifferent attitude towards the gods, so that all those malicious spearheads pointed at herself.

"Thank you, Siduri...and everyone." The girl lowered her eyes, "But it's okay, I don't care." She raised her head again and continued the topic just now. "Even for a short while, everyone is actually worried about you."

I don't know if the persuasion worked, or because Lilium got impatient with Lilium's broken attitude, anyway, Gilgamesh put down the clay tablet in his hand.

"Important official duties are almost done, that's all, let me listen to you this time."

After finishing speaking, he stood up from his seat and walked down the stone steps respectfully escorted by others.

It was only when the man approached her that the girl managed to recognize a trace of tiredness on the man's face.

Even if it is the Wedge of Heaven that has the blood of the gods, it will be tiring after all if it keeps spinning around without sleep.

"There will be no next time, Lilium."

Throwing down a sentence of thunder in such a flat tone that the weather is fine today, the blond man left the hall without looking back.

It took the girl more than ten seconds to recover from the shock, her mouth was slightly opened, and she looked at Siduri who was still not far away.

Then she saw the woman in green couldn't help but give her a thumbs up, just like she taught her back then.

...meaning "well done"?

But obviously, her rash behavior still offended someone.Because not long after that, Wang, who was already busy with work, also started to learn magic!

Now, Lilium can be considered to understand what is meant by "people are more angry than others".Every word Gilgamesh mocked her at the beginning has come true. Even though she started so late, she is progressing faster than the train.

Is this the advantage of having the blood of God and sitting on the treasure house of Babylon?It's too foul!

And...why did she do this all of a sudden after she uttered wild words?Could it be intentional?

"What? I want to learn magic well, so can I teach you? Oh, I don't have the time."

When the man said this, the smile on his face could be described as "beaten".

"Why? Is your self-taught ability that you are proud of just talking?"

Very well, this bastard really did it on purpose!

In the end, before Lilium started planning to beat the king, the matter came to her first.

Wang needs to build a watchtower by the sea to monitor water quality and observe the state of the sea in real time.

And the glorious and important task of choosing a spot was handed over to her.

"……why me?"

"No way, everyone is very busy recently, and we basically don't have much experience in the ocean." The priestess in green sighed helplessly, "So I can only rely on you who know a little about the ocean, don't worry. Well, I will find a good helper for you on the day of the trip."

Knowing that Siduri would not lie to herself casually, the girl nodded in agreement.

In order not to disappoint everyone, she also went back to study ocean-related classics, racking her brains to recall what she learned in books when she was still in Frevans, or the navigation knowledge she heard from pirate sailors.

Then on the day of departure, she wished she could go back to the past and beat herself up when she nodded in agreement.

"It's too slow, Lilium! Let me wait for you, you must be very courageous."

"..."

Why is the helper Gilgamesh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! !