Your lunch is mine

In forests, lakes as water sources always attract a large number of animals.After another failed attempt to smuggle the cubs, Enkidu squatted by the lake melancholy, trying hard to think about the next method with his not-so-bright mind.

[Friend, you'd better wait for the cub to grow up. ]

The leader of the deer herd, who was completely familiar with it, sighed and suggested earnestly.

[You yourself said that Humbaba didn’t sleep to prevent you from stealing the cub, so it’s impossible to steal it. ]

"Woooo..."

Waiting for a long time to become an adult...

Enkidu stared at his own shadow on the water without moving, and childishly pulled the water surface with his hands, letting the ripples shatter the reflection.

"Woooo..."

And it feels like a very, very long time...

Enkidu couldn't explain the specific origin of this feeling, but as an "animal", it was always a common behavior to act on intuition.

[This kind of thing is beyond my comprehension. ]

The leader of the deer herd shook his head. After all, he was just an ordinary deer, and he couldn't understand things beyond the routine of the forest.

[but……]

As soon as he opened his mouth, a deer suddenly made a vigilant sound not far away. The leader of the deer quickly turned his head and saw two figures getting closer and closer across the lake.

Upright, totally different from animals, that's—

The leader of the herd raised his head sharply and gave an order.

[It's human, everyone, go back to the forest! ]

Instead of laying a trap in the dark but walking over, it is very likely that many humans have gathered to catch them!

The deer herd ran away one after another, and even fled away in a hurry with the other animals gathered. After the leader of the deer herd gave Enkidu a word, he turned and left.

He wasn't worried about Enkidu's safety. Rather, if humans really dared to try to capture Enkidu, the leader of the deer herd felt that Enkidu alone could wipe out a group of humans.

In an instant, the animals by the lake ran away completely due to the intervention of humans, and the originally busy place fell silent. Shamhat stared at the unknown wild man Enkidu who was sitting blankly on the other side of the lake, and turned to thank the hunter. .

"Thank you for bringing me here. Leave the rest to me. You can go home. When I take him back to the city in a few days, everything will be restored."

"Take... take 'him' to town?"

The hunter said that he realized who the "he" was referring to. He hesitated to look at Enkidu, who looked very scary on the other side of the lake, and looked at the beautiful priestess hesitatingly. Gritting his teeth, he nodded.

"I understand, please."

After speaking, he turned and left.Shamhat watched the hunter disappear into the bushes, turned his head, and walked towards Enkidu across the lake.

Next, it's her mission.

Human beings left one, and another came.

Enkidu looked suspiciously at Shamhat who was walking towards him, not knowing what to do for a while.

If the other party wants to grab him like an animal friend, he can directly resist, but this is obviously not the case now.

This human has no malice.

During the time of hesitation, the other party had already walked in front of him.

"Hello, my name is Shamhat."

Enkidu gave a "woo" in doubt. The unimpeded communication with the animals in the forest in the past failed, and he couldn't hear any meaning from the other party's words.

The beautiful priestess said so, raised her hand, and touched his forehead.

It was as if something cold entered Enkidu's body along that finger. For a moment, he could only open his eyes blankly, but it seemed that a switch in his body had been turned on, and a strange feeling kept coming up. Chung.

The sky is still blue, but it doesn't seem to be the case. The trees and flowers are still growing on the ground, but it seems to have changed. The lake is blown by the wind, and there are a little ripples, but he seems to be seeing more and more blurred.

Blurred and clear.

In an instant, he clearly understood the language Shamhart spoke.

she says--

"By the will of the gods, I will bring you intelligence."

Enkidu was stunned, and something more profound emerged in his animal-like pure and chaotic eyes.

It is intellect, reason, and wisdom.

But his body became "weaker" while getting these, as if he had paid the price, and even the original breath gradually changed into another appearance that he was unfamiliar with.

At this moment, Enkidu clearly understood one thing.

——He lost something very important that he didn't even know.

——But he got his mission again, the mission of his birth.

he is……

He is—a weapon made by the gods, a heavenly lock born to correct, question, and impeach the heavenly wedge who has not fulfilled his mission, and the current king Gilgamesh.

Enkidu, who had acquired intelligence, accepted Shamhat's teachings, and for six days and seven nights, he absorbed what the other party said, including a series of related knowledge about human beings, gods, characters, and cities.

As he was born with the mission of "correcting", he has to understand the relevant knowledge.

Until another day when the sun rose, this teaching finally came to an end.

"Do you have any doubts?"

Shamhat, who had been Enkidu's teacher for several days, asked softly.

"The relevant explanations are over. If you have no other doubts, you can go to the nearest city now to experience the current situation in Uruk first-hand."

"I……"

Enkidu opened his mouth, but suddenly stopped.

Gaining intelligence, shed the savage appearance of an almost unknown creature, and now he has a human appearance similar to Shamhat.

He seems to have become a human being, but he is not a human being. Enkidu is aware of his change, but he cannot refuse this change.

Such him, in the forest...

Enkidu lowered his head and stared at his white palm, which was exactly like a human being. After a long time, he raised his head again, his blue eyes were serious.

"I'm going into the forest, farewell."

Humbaba, who raised him, and... cubs who are not of the same family...

He will bid them farewell, and then leave the forest to complete his own mission.He still doesn't know how to accomplish that mission, but in any case, leaving is inevitable.

"Farewell?"

Shamhart took a step back, understanding.

"I see, then, I will wait for your return here."

Enkidu re-entered the forest and headed towards the center of the forest.In the past, he would always meet all kinds of animals on his journey, but this time, it was just quiet and he couldn't see any other animals.

For the first time Enkidu felt that the forest was so silent.

Why is it so quiet?

Thinking about it, he stopped, first identified the direction, and then walked towards the nearest place where a cheetah was hiding.

At this moment, the cheetah is hiding in the grass, and there is a strange smell not far away, getting closer.

Not rabbits, not any food or anything of the kind, just a complete stranger, and... the smell of humans.

The cheetah waited, and after a while, a human figure appeared in his sight.

The human figure looked thin and weak, and seemed to be able to fall down and bite the opponent's throat in one fell swoop, but Cheetah's intuition told him that the opponent was not easy to mess with.

It hesitated for a moment, and chose to back away slowly, but the other side walked straight towards it.

That's right, come here!What conspiracy does he have! ! !

"Cheetah friend, what's wrong with you?"

Unlike the previous voice full of emotion when "woo hoo", with rationality, Enkidu's voice sounded more indifferent, although it had a soft meaning, it lost more emotion.

"Ow!"

Who are you?do not come!

The cheetah stretched out its claws, made a threatening sound in its throat, stared at Enkidu with strange eyes, and backed away cautiously.

"Ow!"

I'm welcome again!

Enkidu: "..."

Enkidu watched silently as his cheetah friend who had seen him crawling and chatting backed away a little bit until he was completely hidden in the bushes, and finally disappeared without saying a word.

Already... don't you know yourself?

he thinks.

No, I can't say that I don't know him, I can only say that...he himself is no longer the original self.

His form changed, and so did his breath.When such a self sees Humbaba and the cub again, will they recognize him?

Enkidu wasn't even sure, and couldn't give himself a definite answer.

But he really wanted to say goodbye.

He took one last look at the place where the cheetah disappeared, turned around and left, and headed towards the center of the forest, the place he was most familiar with.

But at the center of the forest at this time, Sanyuankui was a little distressed.

Enkidu has been missing for days.

She looked at the marks on the ground that she recorded, and the seven bright lines on it showed the number of days.She took the branch and added another scratch to the side.

It's the eighth day.

Sanyuankui leaned on her cheek and sighed.

She had sensed it before, knowing that the other party was not in danger and the person was still in the forest, so she didn't feel it deeply, but it was really curious to suddenly disappear for such a long time without saying a word.

Did the other party find other fun things?

"Ow."

Still thinking about Enkidu?

Ever since Sanyuankui called "Enkidu" to Enkidu a few times, Humbaba remembered the name and was very satisfied with this more directional name.

But it disappeared for seven or eight days without making a sound...

"Ow."

It's okay, as far as Enkidu's strength is concerned, no one can beat him except me.

Humbaba was not worried at all, and even felt that no one would always think of stealing cubs when the other party disappeared these days, which saved her a lot of heart.

"Ow."

Anyway, he came back after playing enough, don't worry about it.

"Ah."

Sanyuankui thought about Enkidu's strength as a clay figure that can change around and even drill into the ground, and agreed very much.

That's right, Enkidu is so strong, there is nothing to worry about, unless someone tricks him... Wait!

Sanyuankui couldn't help but became worried again.

Enkidu is so cute, he won't be fooled by someone, right?

Just when she was thinking about the other party, Humbaba stood up suddenly, with a pair of animal pupils staring at a tree outside the grass, with sharp eyes.

Something is coming.

A figure gradually approached behind the tree until it revealed its figure.

It was a humanoid.

With green hair like grass, the same green eyes, and white clothes given by Shamhat, she walked out slowly with bare feet.

Mixed with a little familiar, but still enough strange breath.

Humbaba rolled his tail and rolled Sanyuankui behind him, his voice was cold.

"Ow!"

Did you want to die when you broke into here?