[comprehensive] dear king

The brick drying factory outside Uruk was busy at this time. Because of the approaching flood season, there were not enough manpower. Most of the slaves who were punished to dry the bricks were men. Seeing a little girl coming here, all of them widened their curious eyes.

At first, Kaori was a little scared, and she didn't dare to speak to others, but after a while, she began to get acquainted with this group of tanned men, "Little girl, Jiajia, don't do these things here The heavy work is done, you go to do some simple ones, collect the hay that will be used to burn bricks.” One of the older white-bearded slaves said, “What beautiful hands, it’s not good if you get blisters from grinding gone."

Kaori couldn't resist them, so she could only go to pick up hay obediently. She was working with handcuffs and shackles, and the part where the shackles were worn soon became blood-stained, and for some reason, she always felt that there was something in the grass? Something is watching me.

The sun was so poisonous that someone couldn't hold on and fainted. The foreman had to ask others to carry the new slave to a sunshade with a reed roof on one side. The foreman glanced around and stopped. On Kaori's face, "You, go take care of the patient." Kaori had no choice but to put down the hay, and obediently ran to take care of the patient.

The other party was suffering from heat stroke, so Kaori soaked a linen cloth and put it on his forehead, but the weather was really hot, and the temperature started to rise not long after the well water was poured in. The biggest advantage of being in the reed awning is that you don’t have to worry about the poisonous sun. When Kaori went out to fetch water for the third time, someone passed out again.

This situation lasted until evening. Once the moon came out, the bricks could no longer be dried, and the slaves were driven back to their own huts. Because of Li Xin's management, Xiangori's hut was left alone, and she would sleep alone. Handcuffs and ankle shackles must be worn, and they cannot be taken off for a moment.

In the middle of the night, Kaori was woken up by the roar of wild beasts. She originally thought that the brick drying yard was attacked by lions, but when she hurriedly opened the reed door of the shack, what she saw was A monster with sharp claws and a dangerous tail.

The monster roared and tore apart the guards of a brick drying yard. The slaves screamed and wanted to escape, but they couldn't compete with the monster. "Where is he?" The claws of the monster tore apart the guard who threw a spear at her. Wagging his tail, he kept asking, "Where is he?"

She can only speak this language vaguely, and even less can understand it.

——Why are you blocking me?

——Why don't you let me pass?

You, tiny, fragile creatures holding sharp iron rods—

Why don't you let me pass?

The monster wailed loudly, and its raised claws were about to grab her again, but a handful of wet mud hit her body. The monster turned its head and rushed to Kaori in less than two or three steps.

——Human beings are really slender creatures, the girlish monster sighed in his heart, they are weak and thin, how can such a thin body carry strength?The curious monster closed its paws and grabbed the girl who was wearing a strange iron chain on her feet. It was because of the iron chain that she couldn't even take a step to escape.

Kaori screamed in fright, and the arrows rained down on the monster holding her. They failed to pierce the monster's hard skin, but stuck into Kaori's arm, and the girl screamed in pain.

Too thin, the monster holding her panicked, flicking its powerful tail to resist the rain of arrows, while spreading its strong hind legs and rushing towards the place where it ran.

She didn't understand at all, she just came out to find a playmate, without him in the cedar forest, without her equal strength, she trembled in loneliness every day, Humbaba, who couldn't bear the loneliness, left the place she guarded. Cedar forest, come to find your playmate who never looks back.

But those humans attacked themselves involuntarily.

Don't let her pass.

An arrow was stuck in the girl's arm held by two huge claws. The monster's claws couldn't make delicate movements, but she was still able to grab the arrow feathers and stab it—this didn't hurt at all, Hitting the skin was like scratching an itch, the arrow cluster was pulled out abruptly, and Kaori's eyes were blurred from the pain.

"It hurts," she cried.

Humbaba's tail tapped the ground of the nest restlessly, kicking up dust, "It doesn't hurt." She could only make a sound that was "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", like the roar of wild animals.

The monster's hind limbs were digging the soil restlessly, trying to touch the human being she brought back with its front paws, but as soon as her paws touched her body, there would be bloodstains on it, the girlish monster panicked and didn't know What should be done.

Kaori could only endure the pain by herself and get up, her hands were shackled, the distance was not enough for her to touch the wound, and then she saw that there were two curved horns on the head, with sharp claws and teeth, but The monster with a girl's face and upper body lowered its head and licked her wound mouthful.

The wound would not hurt after licking it, Humbaba thought so, she would also get hurt when playing with Enkidu before, a little licking would be fine.

Kaori looked at her, not knowing what to say for a moment.

The smell of human beings is really strange, the blood is fishy and sweet, and there is a strange fragrance on the body, which is completely different from the fur of wild beasts. Probably because humans do not have fluffy hair?Humbaba thought of this while licking, until the wound stopped bleeding, she stood up straight and looked at this human being curiously.

She didn't look like Enkidu, her chest was soft, just like herself, but she had no claws, nor strong hind limbs, she could neither run fast nor tear prey with her claws— —If you leave her in the wilderness, she might starve to death soon.

Thinking of this, Humbaba felt that she should do something, so she flicked her tail and ran out of the nest before the sun rose, and when she came back, she held a few eggs and some fruits in her mouth and paws , she smashed the bird's egg, and the egg white and yolk flowed out. She held the bird's egg in front of Kaori, and looked at her innocently.

——Sorry, I can't eat it!There was a baby bird in that cracked egg!I can't eat it!Kaori felt that she was under a lot of pressure, and she covered her stomach, feeling a little stomachache.

In the end, Humbaba ate all the eggs, and Kaori barely ate a fruit.

After filling his stomach, the girlish monster brought back a bunch of blue flowers from the outside. These flowers seemed to be torn off by force and were still hanging on the vines, shining with incredible vitality. Throwing these small light blue flowers to Kaori's feet, she pointed to them, and then pointed to her own head——

She had seen that human woman who was so beautiful that Enkidu wanted to turn into her, with a garland on her head, Humbaba thought it was very beautiful, as beautiful as her person.

But the paws of beasts cannot make wreaths; only the slender fingers of men can do such work.

She crawled to Kaori's side, gently rubbing Kaori's arm with her horn, Humbaba couldn't speak human language very well, this monster with a girlish heart used her own way to clumsily request The human female she carried to her lair weaves a garland for her.

It took Kaori a little effort to realize that she wanted a garland, and she couldn't help laughing, "Okay, wait a minute." She picked up the flowers on the ground, and before she started weaving, she suddenly thought of something, "I If you weave a garland for you, can you let me go back?" She smiled and looked at the monster in front of her.

Humbaba flicked her tail twice, and then rubbed Kaori's arm with her horns. She didn't quite understand what the little human girl was talking about. Didn't those humans lock her up?Why go back?

Just as he did not understand why Enkidu left, Humbaba also did not understand the girl's desire to go back.

Kaori lowered her head to compare the size of Humbaba's head, and weaved a garland for her. The monster with a girlish heart widened her eyes, and lay beside Kaori, watching her dexterous fingers flying up and down, weaving such a garland for her. cute ornaments.

When the wreath was about to be completed, she finally couldn't help but grab the remaining blue flowers by herself, and wanted to make one by herself, but her claws were too sharp, and when she touched the petals, the poor little flower It was cut in half, the monster lost its temper, and its tail hit the ground with a bang, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Oh, calm down, calm down—" Kaori coughed twice, looked at the puffed up beast with a frustrated look on the verge of crying, reached out and put the wreath on her head, "stretch Come out." She stretched out her hand cautiously, and touched the blunt part of Humbaba's claw, and the aggrieved beast stretched out its claw obediently.

Kaori picked up the remaining flowers, and using Humbaba's claws as supports, carefully wove a second string of garlands around her paws, "Look, you made it yourself." She let go of her hand, and the garland shook Hanging danglingly on Humbaba's paw, the girlish beast realized what the fragile human in front of her said, and happily leaned over her face and stuck out its tongue to lick her face.

"Ah, ah, don't lick me, ah—" Kaori was unable to resist this forceful way of expressing joy, so she could only verbally say no, and was licked several times by her.

Humbaba held this "self-made garland" and ran out happily, flicking her tail. She didn't know who she was showing off to, so Xiangori had to stand up by herself, and the iron chain of her leg was crushed under a big rock , Relying on her strength, she couldn't move the stone, so she could only dig out the iron chain bit by bit with her own hands.

Now she doesn't know how long she has been away from the brick drying yard, and where she is, she must leave quickly.

It would be bad if Siduri came back and she wasn't there.

The author has something to say:

Humbaba: When I hug the princess, it’s a [-]-meter sprint^^