[FATEFGO] Master's Note

I'm ashamed to say that after reading the epic no less than three times, Shenmu Xiao still didn't figure out Enkidu's gender.

She began to doubt her ability to understand.

Although the clay figurines created by gods should theoretically have no gender, but Enkidu's face was so delicate that it was indistinguishable from a woman's. It would be too strange to say that he has no gender—at least it made her feel very strange.

But even so, she didn't want to lose face and go to ask Gilgamesh for advice.

She didn't want to act like he was the only one who could solve her problems.

Then she thought of the Count.

The earl's talent and knowledge will definitely not be inferior to Gilgamesh, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is even much higher than Gilgamesh.There was a man who was a hundred times better tempered and more pleasing to her than Gilgamesh, so why should she go to Gilgamesh to make trouble for herself.

You know, if Gilgamesh heard her question, he would definitely laugh, and maybe laugh at her stupidity.

With this in mind, she decided to bother the count with her stupid questions.

The count listened to her questions patiently, but did not rush to answer.Taking a sip of coffee quite leisurely, he said quietly: "The answer in the history books is...?"

He looked up at Shenmu Xiao, obviously hoping that she would answer.

"Hmm...Didn't I say it, a gender-neutral divine weapon."

The earl put down the white porcelain cup, folded his hands, and looked at her with his chin dragging, with a meaningful arc raised at the corner of his mouth.Shenmu Xiao felt a little uncomfortable being watched by him, she moved her body and changed to a more comfortable sitting position, but she still didn't expel this weird feeling from her body.

The earl remained silent for a long time, and Shenmu Xiao was a little annoyed: "So, what do you want to express?"

"You also said that Enki is a genderless existence, because it is recorded in the history books. I don't think you will question the correctness of the "Epic of Gilgamesh", but you still insist that Enki is a woman." He suddenly changed the subject and asked another question, "Do you know the orientation of the brain?"

"Just tell me straight, what are you doing with me!" Shen Muxiao pouted impatiently.

The count sighed and shook his head slightly: "Master, you are very impatient - since you met Enkidu, and since Gilgamesh didn't appear very often, it's hard for you to calm down."

"Me? Agitated?"

Shen Muxiao raised her eyebrows and asked the earl, apparently not aware of these changes in herself.

"Maybe for some reason, you have an idea that 'Enkidu may be a woman', and at the same time, there is a lot of evidence that seems to point to this. You subconsciously think that your idea is correct , so you are vacillating between the answer given by the epic and the answer in your heart." The earl spread his hands, "You seem to only believe what you want to believe, that's all."

Shen Muxiao was a little confused when hearing the count's words, but to sum it up, it was probably because Shen Muxiao believed too much in his own thoughts, so he turned a deaf ear to all the reminders from the outside world.

"So, Enkidu is really genderless?" Shen Muxiao slumped on the chair and asked the earl.

"I don't know." He replied lightly, "Why don't you ask Gilgamesh?"

"I don't want to!"

She made a grimace, and hurried away as if fleeing.

In the next few days, Gilgamesh was still elusive, and sometimes Shenmu Xiao couldn't even see him all day long.

This somewhat made her feel a little bad, but luckily it wasn't so serious that she couldn't sleep or eat at night, and the depression passed after a while.

She is just his master, Gilgamesh is free after all, he has the right not to tell Shenmu Xiao his whereabouts.

The earl always mentioned Gilgamesh's name in a circumstantial way. Akatsuki almost thought that the two of them had colluded with each other. She was completely rejected.

Before going to the Nagahama Hikiyama Festival in Shiga Prefecture, Gilgamesh left the customs and officially appeared in front of Shenmu Xiao.

It was the director's suggestion to mobilize all Chaldea staff to participate in the Hikiyama Festival. It sounds like it would benefit the employees, but in fact it's just that the director himself is very curious about traditional Japanese festivals and wants to go and see that's all.She made this decision because she might be accused of not working seriously if she went alone.

Although the purpose is impure, the result is still good, Shen Muxiao thought so.

Wanting to let the mighty wave of people arrive in Shiga County as quickly and conveniently as possible, the director chose to use the method of spiritual transfer to send everyone there together.

This may be the correct way to use spiritual transfer.

Akatsuki Shenmu walked towards the control room together with the earl, and happened to meet Gilgamesh at the corner.He was half leaning against the wall, as if he had been standing there for some time.

The count whistled, quite jokingly.This is not like the earl's behavior style, Shen Muxiao subconsciously cast a questioning look at him.

"It seems that someone is calling me." The count turned around and looked around, "I'm going first."

"Eh? I obviously didn't hear anything..."

Gilgamesh looked at the count's disappearing back, a glint of joy flashed in his eyes.

Apparently Edmond Dantès wasn't always a nuisance, he thought.

"What are you standing there staring blankly at? Let's go." He beckoned to Shenmu Xiao.

"Isn't Enkidu with you?" Shen Muxiao glanced around.

Gilgamesh shook his head: "He took a step ahead. Don't dawdle, let's go."

As he spoke, he raised his legs as if he was about to leave, and Shen Muxiao hurriedly trotted to catch up with his footsteps and followed behind him.

Perhaps it was because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, the two of them had almost no communication, the atmosphere was a bit dull, and Shen Muxiao felt very uncomfortable.

"Jill, are you cold?" she said suddenly.

Gilgamesh only wore a light gold thin bathrobe with a light calamus pattern embroidered on the hem, which turned dark silver as he walked.Dressed up like this, he stood with Shenmu Xiao who was wrapped in a thick haori, as if they were two people living in completely different seasons.

In particular, Gilgamesh opened most of his neckline, deliberately exposing his entire right shoulder, which made him look like summer, even Shenmu Xiao felt cold when he looked at it.

"It's okay." Gilgamesh said, quietly pulling down the right sleeve a little more.

"Really?"

"Why do you always forget that I am a Heroic Spirit? This degree of cold will not affect me."

The cold did not affect Gilgamesh's health, but his senses were not paralyzed, and the cold would still mercilessly drill into every pore of him.

Especially after landing in Shiga County, the chill was even worse.Gilgamesh forcibly endured it for a while, but couldn't bear it any longer, and took out a wolf fur cloak to wrap most of his body.

The parade of floats is the focus of the Hikiyama Festival.Shenmu Xiaoyuan wanted to follow the float parade route to watch the entire Kabuki performance, but due to the fact that there were too many people on the street, it was a bit troublesome to pass through the crowd, so he had to choose to watch a short section of the parade.

The number of people watching the parade gradually increased, and the crowd became crowded.People in the rear always wanted to squeeze to the front to enjoy a better view, and Shenmu Xiao was a little unsteady by the crowd, so he had to stand close to Gilgamesh.

His breath lingered at the end of her nose, Shenmu Xiao was a little dazed, and when she regained her senses, the float had already gone far away.

The crowd gradually dispersed, and Shenmu Xiao put out his thoughts of watching the parade of floats again, and wandered around aimlessly with Gilgamesh.

Arturia wandered in front of every stall selling snacks, ignoring Gu Dazi's reprimands and exhortations, as if she was going to eat up all the food in the festival.

Shen Muxiao covered her mouth and snickered.

"Your mood has improved?" Gilgamesh squinted at her, "You said very little today, almost a handful of words."

She pushed her broken hair behind her ears, her eyes averted a little.

"Really? I didn't notice it at all."

This is a bit of an understatement.

Obviously she wanted to see Gilgamesh, and obviously had a lot to say to him, but when he really appeared in front of her, Shenmu Xiao couldn't say anything, not even talking. All desires are gone.

The two walked by the river, silent for a long time, just like when they came.They were all waiting for the other person to start the conversation, but they were reluctant to say anything.

The atmosphere was tense to the point of critical mass.

Although it was not obvious on the face, Gilgamesh was extremely annoyed by this dullness.Ever since he was summoned, when getting along with Shen Muxiao, he has never been so awkward and alienated as today.

"Is there anything you want to tell me?" Gilgamesh broke the silence, with some irritation remaining in his words.

Shenmu Xiao was thinking about the brain-oriented problem mentioned by the earl a few days ago, when he was suddenly interrupted by his question.She faltered for a long time, but couldn't say anything.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to drop to freezing point again, Shenmu Xiao had no choice but to ask the question that she didn't want Gilgamesh to answer - Enkidu's gender.

"He's just a piece of divine soil, without gender."

The expected answer.

"Sure enough."

Shen Muxiao twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a self-deprecating smile, obviously laughing at himself who struggled a few days ago.

Gilgamesh coughed twice, and said: "The day I came back from North America, I wanted to talk to you, but I was delayed. I just have time now, so I will talk here... ..."

Shenmu Xiao stopped and interrupted Gilgamesh very rarely: "I also want to say something, can I say it first?"

Gilgamesh nodded slightly.

"I know the next words are a bit impolite, but..." She took a deep breath, "If you regard me as a master, please give me the dignity of being a master."

"What do you mean?" Gilgamesh's eyes flashed a stern look.

"If you want the two of us to be connected only by contract, a community of common destiny to restore humanity, then please distance yourself from me a little bit, then you won't have too much involvement with me. After settling down, you can also leave without any worries. Between us, we are close for a while and alienated for a while, which is very disturbing. You know, I hate this kind of stability that is like walking on thin ice. "

The direction of the brain doesn't exist, she thought.

It is also completely incorrect that she only believes what she wants to believe.

The words she said, the decisions she made, were all a combination of what she saw and heard.Even if there is a deviation, it is absolutely impossible to go wrong to the extreme.

For example, she and Gilgamesh are just masters and servants.

She still has confidence in her judgment.

Even so, she still lowered her eyes, not daring to meet Gilgamesh's gaze.

"So, are you trying to push me away?!" Gilgamesh asked sharply.

"...If you want, we are just masters and servants anyway, that's all..."

"That's all?"

He smiled angrily, but moved closer.His warm breath hit her face, which made her a little uneasy, and her fingertips covered in her sleeves trembled slightly.She doesn't start, doesn't look at him.

"Isn't your recent behavior like telling me this? You are deliberately avoiding me. I know that I am an unlovable master with low basic ability and too willful. The more you get in touch with me, the easier it is to find out. I'm a lousy guy, it's normal to not want to have a good relationship with me, I can understand it. I don't want to make fun of myself, sticky and indiscriminate, that's what a single-celled fool does..."

Almost gnashing her teeth, she accuses Gilgamesh of his crimes.

But her speech was not finished, Gilgamesh did not give her this opportunity.

When she was about to utter the last few words, there was a cool but soft touch on her lips, and Gilgamesh's crimson snake eyes occupied most of her field of vision.

Completely different from the arrogant words, Gilgamesh's kiss did not have the slightest obvious aggressiveness, it was extremely gentle, but it quietly plundered her mind.

An alarm bell sounded in her mind, and it was impossible for Shenmu Xiao not to be aware of what had happened, but her brain suddenly went blank, her breathing and heart stagnated, her thoughts and body functions completely collapsed in an instant, and she became useless. Useless things.

Tried to make a sound, but found that the sound was cut off by his kiss.

Tried to resist, but found himself seemingly stuck in it.

Falling deep into the quagmire of his tenderness, unable to extricate himself.

He didn't end the long kiss until the oxygen was almost deprived.

"Huh? Master?" His deep voice echoed in his ears, "Do you only want such a low position?"

Shen Muxiao's face was burning unbelievably, it seemed that she was going to burn out all the remaining rationality in her.She folded her index fingers at a loss, wanting to say something in her heart, but couldn't speak a complete sentence.

Maybe she was a little dull and a little stupid for a while, but it is impossible for Gilgamesh to not know what it means to act so excessively.

To be honest, she is not a fool with zero EQ.

Gilgamesh half-closed his eyes, looked at her expression with a smirk, and said softly: "Queen—do you like this role?"

"……what?"

Shen Muxiao felt that there must be something wrong with her hearing.

Looks like a trip to the hospital is on the agenda, she thought.

Seeing her bewildered expression, Gilgamesh leaned on her shoulder and laughed, taking a long time to stop laughing.

"Who is the single-cell idiot?" He leaned close to her ear, "I deliberately kept a distance for a few days, I have already figured out my feelings, haven't you?"

"……what?"

"I keep thinking of someone, her voice and smile can't be expelled from my mind, and I can't help but want to get closer. This kind of emotion is called 'love' by humans, and this king suffers from it-you who put the poison of love on The instigator in me is really cunning."

He tightened his right arm lightly around her waist, and forcibly pulled her close to him.

Shenmuxiao's brain instantly became clear - it seemed a little late.It was only at this moment that she realized that the sour emotion surging in her heart was called love.

The alarm bell in her mind rang again, and she pushed him away forcefully, breaking free from his embrace.

Staggering back a few steps and standing still, Shenmu Xiao lowered his head, unable to imagine what kind of expression Gilgamesh would have at this moment.

There was dead silence, only the sound of her heavy breathing.

"Gilgamesh."

She called him suddenly.

"how?"

She held his skirt tightly, tiptoed slightly, and left a light kiss on his lips like a butterfly fluttering from a branch.

"I accept your love. I will ask you to take care of my love for you in the future, King of Heroes.

"And, next time, please change to a better confession method."

The author has something to say:

Completely collapsed, from now on I will let myself go

completely oj/bk