[comprehensive] dear king

Gilgamesh, now 21, felt like he was in a situation where even knowing everything would make him panic.

If he didn't have some sanity left, he probably has turned the top of the palace into a playground for children aged one to ten. "One Five Ten" came from the mouth of Ereshkigal, Queen of the Underworld, "There are new shoots growing in the girl's body, and she must stay in the Underworld for a period of time for stability." Enkidu still swore He didn't change a single word of this passage. Of course Gilgamesh believed in his best friend, what else could he do.

However, even so, as a man, the supreme King Gilgamesh still thought wrong, and he couldn't help thinking wrong.

Wang was very anxious.

Wang is very irritable.

Wang now wants to go directly to the underworld to ask for clarification.

Hulbir, who has been with him since he was a child, said that he has never seen the king so anxious and flustered, so that he, like Lixin, wants to laugh so much now, and wants to laugh when he sees Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh, who has never been a father, and has never been loved by his father as a son, is so ambiguous and full of metaphors that his mind is full of thoughts about what to name the child. All slaves, teachers, clothes, toys, etc., by the age of ten, should he be doing something like everyone else.

Only in this matter, Wang has no experience at all, and he never thought that such a day would come.

After the initial anxiety period passed, he finally calmed down a bit, and his rationality returned to a normal level. Ereshkigal’s words were full of metaphors, and they were unlikely to be as simple as he first understood. Thinking of Gilgamesh here I stuffed the clay tablet I had been using to design a children's playground at the bottom of the pile of papers.

This gaffe cannot be seen by anyone anyway.

But whether it was true or not, or that woman who was as bad as Ishtar was going to play tricks on him, he had to get that idiot back from the underworld as soon as possible. After all, she suffered for no reason this time, and it was not caused by her own tossing around.

And Kaori stayed in the underworld for a long time, and her body gradually recovered with the help of Ereshkigal. She was originally overloaded because Gilgamesh fed her too much magic power, although she is still overloaded now. In this state, without the injection of new magic power, she finally stabilized.

"Then all that's left is to slowly digest the magical power that hasn't had time to assimilate with you." Ereshkigal sat on the bed and looked at Kaori who was reading to her and said, "The most important thing Yes, don't let that scumbag touch you again!" She showed an angry expression at this time, as if she was filled with righteous indignation.

Kaori couldn't help laughing, "Are you willing to let me go?" Her eyes sparkled, as if she was pleasantly surprised by Ereshkigal's decision.

"That can't be helped." The goddess muttered, "Idiot like you - you are calling that guy's name in your dreams." She was a little annoyed, "What the hell is wrong with that guy."

"...um..." Kaori thought about it seriously for a long time, "Is there anything wrong?"

"..." Ereshkigal felt that he and this girl had nothing to say, "However, it's okay to let you go back. You have to promise me one condition."

Kaori also knew that this was probably the case, she nodded quietly, and waited for the goddess to offer her conditions. The lonely goddess took a deep breath, "In a year, for a quarter of the time, you have to Come to me," since she was born, because she is in charge of the underworld, she is not even allowed to step out of here, not allowed to participate in the banquet of the gods, not allowed to have her own husband and children, if she has always been one She can still bear it with people, but once someone can accompany her, she can't bear loneliness, "—don't rush to answer me, even if you refuse, I will send you back."

The goddess stood up, "Follow me." She stretched out her hand to Kaori, and Kaori put down the clay tablet on her hand, reached out and grabbed the goddess' outstretched hand, and the next moment she was brought to a place where she could overlook the entire underworld. s position.

Endless desolation.

Not a blade of grass, not a single flower, not a color of any kind but endless darkness and grey.

Lonely and quiet.

"Souls are sleeping in this land," Ereshkigal took out the spear that he once pierced Ishtar, which is also the scepter representing her ruthlessness and power, "I fulfill my accusation, cut To break the last connection between life and the world on earth, even if the child is still sucking milk in the arms of the mother, I will not show the slightest pity when it dies. Even if the wife cries out her kindness in front of the deceased husband, I will not hesitate in my heart. This land , there is no light, and there is only darkness and quiet sleep - such a me, are you willing to allocate a quarter of your time every year to accompany me?"

Kaori looked at her, and the goddess' eyes only had firmness—and loneliness.

It's actually very similar to that person.

It was so lonely that people couldn't bear to reject her.

"I am willing, but... I need to change the method." The girl smiled softly.

When Enkidu came to the underworld for the first time, he was finally able to take away the girl who strayed into the underworld. Xiangori followed him and took two steps, then turned around, "Ai Lei, wait a minute, I will come next time I'll bring you a gift when I'm here!" Saying so, he waved his hand, and then he was willing to leave with Enkidu.

"What contract did you make with the goddess Ereshkigal?" Enkidu asked as he took the girl by the hand and led her out of the seven gates.

"Well...go back and see her every three days." Kaori smiled, "I originally planned to stay with her in the underworld for a quarter of a year, that is, three months, but I think I'm leaving... no, no—" She suddenly realized that she had said something shy, so she blurted out the content, "I will stay in the underworld for three months, and if I stay in the human world for the rest of the time, the time to be separated from each other It’s been too long, no matter how you think about it, it’s uncomfortable, right? So I agreed with her to live in the underworld for one day and stay in Uruk for three days.”

"Really, this method is really clever." Enkidu took out a handkerchief from his pocket and covered Kaori's face, "Be careful, we're about to hit the ground."

After staying in the dark underworld for a long time, it is difficult to accept the baptism of sunlight immediately when he comes to the ground, so he brought a handkerchief according to Gilgamesh's instructions, just in time for use.

"Thank you."

"This is my friend's idea, but you have to explain to my friend the agreement between you and the goddess." Enkidu let go of Kaori's hand, and the girl waited until she got used to the stimulation brought by the sun, then Slowly lifted the handkerchief covering her head, and when she walked to the main hall of the palace, she always felt that someone was whispering to her. Kaori was already very strange, but when she faced Gilgamesh, she I always feel like his red eyes are about to burst into flames...

"That, that—the king, I made a promise with Goddess Ereshkigal—"

"Stay in the underworld for a quarter of a year, this king already knows." The king walked down from the throne frowning. Kaori also couldn't help taking a step back, "It's commendable to break it into pieces, but I have one thing now, and you must answer it truthfully."

Kaori couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of spit, and for some reason, her heart tightened suddenly.

A bad premonition permeated the girl's heart.

--Do not ask.

--Do not ask.

--Do not ask.

The girl's intuition screamed like this.

"What gift are you going to bring to Goddess Ereshkigal?" Wang raised his eyebrows, showing a frivolous and arrogant expression, "Let's start with this, this king will not give you any sponsorship, but give it to you." What kind of tribute to the goddess you favor is your own business, but you must not embarrass Uruk, understand?" Gilgamesh admonished with the majesty of a king.

Kaori breathed a sigh of relief, her heart, which was tightly squeezed as if being squeezed in a hydraulic machine, slowly relaxed, "I—" she lowered her head, "I've already decided what to bring her. "

The underworld is a place where all life is forbidden. Only the dead can enter. Large tracts of land are bare-grey. Although I can't do much, from now on, I will give Ereshki little by little If Gal sends it, maybe one day, the beautiful color will cover her lonely eyes.

She wanted to send flowers to Ereshkigal.

But first of all, she had to find a way to ensure the original color of the flowers when they entered the underworld. She thought of sealing the flowers in amber and bringing them to the goddess of the underworld.

"That's fine." Wang nodded and turned his back to Kaori.

"King." The girl stopped him when he took the first step, her throat clenched, as if she was going to block all her next words, "I—I—"

She didn't know what to say for a moment.

It is impossible for me to give birth to you.

I was deprived of the right to have children of my own long, long ago, long before I met you.

"I just came back from the underworld," Gilgamesh interrupted her hesitant words, and put on a disgusted expression, "Go clean and wash off the yin and stink of the underworld on your body, my king allows you today Get a good night's sleep." After speaking, she walked away, not giving Kaori a chance to finish her sentence.

Kaori closed her mouth, but she didn't know why she was lucky—maybe it was just like what Ereshkigal said, she was becoming more and more human.

I selfishly concealed things from him that I didn't want him to know.

I am afraid that once I speak out, there will be irreparable consequences.

She now has her own room, and fell asleep lying on the bed after taking a shower. In the middle of the night, she felt that someone touched her bed, and she almost cried out in fright, but her mouth was covered, "Be quiet."

It was Gilgamesh's voice.

"The Goddess said I couldn't—"

"Shut up." Wang put his arms around her waist and squeezed into the same bed with the girl, "I can sleep wherever I want."

It didn't take long to hear his sleeping breathing.

—Maybe it’s because I’m becoming more and more human.

Kaori thought so.

I actually feel that it's not bad to muddle along like this.

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Winky is definitely the silly dad of the year when he becomes a dad【】