The Troubles of the Holy Maiden [Comprehensive]

Gilgamesh, who lost Enkidu, became more and more gloomy every day, and it seemed that the almighty time could not smooth out his pain.He was no longer the arrogant and conceited he was before, but rather depressed and silent.Every day, he was immersed in his own thoughts, ignoring the affairs of the court, and having no intention of having fun.

Fran did not interfere with the philosophical world of the king who had just lost half of her best friend. As before, she took care of Uruk's government affairs properly and kept everything running normally.

Finally one day, Gilgamesh, who had been avoiding Fran recently, finally came to the door.

"I'm leaving. During my absence, Uruk will be entrusted to you." Gilgamesh said to Fran with a gloomy face.

Fran stopped what she was doing, and looked up at Gilgamesh who seemed like she hadn't seen her for a long time.

"Oh? Where are you going? How long?"

Gilgamesh was silent for a while, then replied, "Go and find the answer to life."

Fran looked at the young-looking King of Uruk. She hadn't seen him for a while, but his appearance had changed a lot. The originally proud eyebrows and eyes were stained with a bit of depression, and the original bright red pupils became more inclined. Yu Anhong, his original short golden hair grew a bit long, because he didn't take care of it, it was casually draped over his shoulders.

It seemed that a young man who was originally high-spirited and rebellious had suddenly transformed into a young man who was depressed, bitter and bitter.

Fran turned the carving knife in her hand and stood up: "I thought, with your personality, you would say that I was going to kill Ishtar and avenge Enkidu. I didn't expect... Jill, it seems that you have indeed matured a lot."

Fran looked directly into Gilgamesh's eyes, and continued, "But, to find the answer to life, such an answer... Gil, what are you afraid of?"

Gilgamesh closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "I just want an answer, about life, about death, about the moment, about eternity."

Fran smiled lightly: "Jill, you are conceited that you are born to know everything and see through everything, can't you even see through this? Nothing is eternal in this world, where there is birth there is death, where there is dusk there is dawn, just like the sun and the moon Replacement, flowers bloom and wither, seasons turn, and hair growth declines. Of course, I think you understand these principles, but you just don’t want to accept the reality.”

Fran raised her hand and inserted the carving knife into the clay board, and then asked, "So, where do you go to find the answer in your mind?"

Gilgamesh opened his eyes and looked at Fran: "I'm going to the underworld."

Fran paused and said, "I never said that I came from the underworld. If you want to find a way to not age, you probably won't be able to find it there."

Gilgamesh shook his head: "It's not that reason. On the other side of the underworld, Utnapishtim lives in seclusion. He is the ancestor of mankind and the only human being who escaped the flood of annihilation. According to legend, he Became the Immortal. Maybe he can know the secret of eternal life."

Fran tapped the table lightly, and said, "The underworld...then you need to cross the road of the sun and the sea of ​​death. That is a road of no return. No mortal can ever come back from there."

Gilgamesh replied flatly, "I am not an ordinary mortal."

Fran sighed: "Okay, since you have made up your mind, then go. I will take care of Uruk for you, but I will only wait for you for ten years. After ten years, I will leave, even if the flood The monstrous has nothing to do with me."

Gilgamesh nodded: "Thank you, Fran." He turned around and said softly, "I'm sorry about what happened before..."

Fran watched Gilgamesh's leaving back with complicated emotions. She never thought that the shock of the world would allow this arrogant king to apologize to others one day.

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Uruk, tenth year.

Fran, who took care of Uruk for ten years on behalf of her, welcomed back the king who had been away from Uruk for ten years.

It is different from the weather-beaten and dejected Fran imagined.Gilgamesh doesn't seem to have changed much from ten years ago. He is still young and handsome, with outstanding temperament, but he looks more mature and stable.

Gilgamesh, who was dressed plainly, hugged Fran gently, and a low, magnetic voice rang in Fran's ears.

"Fran, long time no see."

Fran gently pushed Gilgamesh away, looking at the mature and wise handsome young man with a smile on his face, feeling a little uncomfortable.Fran thought that she was probably used to that supercilious, willful and arrogant blond boy, used to poking his painful feet, used to cleaning up his mess, used to his anger, contempt, aggressiveness and arrogance.Looking at the man in front of him, it seems that these ten years have allowed him to regain the calmness, wisdom and noble virtues of his childhood.

Fran was a little tongue-tied: "This is, is the second disease finally cured?" '

Fran couldn't help but tiptoed slightly, and pinched Gilgamesh's face with her hands: "Well, it's a real face, it seems that I'm right." '

Gilgamesh, whose face was pinched, still maintained a decent smile, with a soft and tolerant face.

Fran: 'This is hell! '

Fran couldn't help but took two steps back. Looking at Gilgamesh's smiling face, she asked, "It seems that you have found a way to live forever?"

Gilgamesh shook his head slightly, and said in a soft tone: "I crossed the sea of ​​death and found Utnapishtim, and he told me something, basically what you told me .After that, he pointed me to find the fairy grass that rejuvenates the youth. I didn't eat the fairy grass, thinking about taking this treasure back to Uruk."

Listening to his statement, Fran looked at Gilgamesh and saw that his hands were empty, thinking that he had put the jelly grass in the space.To be honest, I am quite curious about this herb that can rejuvenate people.

"so what?"

Gilgamesh chuckled and said, "However, on the way back, the fairy grass was swallowed by a snake. It shed a layer of old skin and slipped away after gaining a new body."

Fran listened to the development of the plot dumbfounded, and what surprised her most was that Gilgamesh could still laugh.

"Well, are you all right? Be open about everything." Fran couldn't help comforting Gilgamesh, who had done useless work for ten years and seemed to be agitated a bit wrong.

Gilgamesh shook his head, with a smile on his lips: "I'm fine, I just... figured it out." He looked at his palm, and continued, "At the end of everything, there won't be anything in my hand. Anything remains. 【1】”

Fran pursed her lips, staring at the blond man she had grown up with, feeling filled with emotion.

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After returning from the journey of seeking eternal life, Gilgamesh took over the affairs of Uruk, took the initiative to assume his own responsibilities, and became the wise king who commanded the people.

One day, Fran went to see Gilgamesh.

"Jill, I have something to tell you."

The carving knife in Gilgamesh's hand was snapped. He was silent for a while, leaning his head against the backrest, and said softly, "Is that what I was thinking about?"

Fran was silent, and finally chose to say straight: "Jill, I'm leaving."

Gilgamesh raised a hand, covered his face, and asked, "Is that the reason again? Because I have become a wise king, I don't need you anymore?"

Fran shook her head lightly: "Jill, I don't want to lie to you. Because of Enkidu's departure, the strength in my body is not enough to support my long-term activities in human form. I am destined to part with you, sooner or later."

Gilgamesh sighed: "Is that so, have I missed you again in these ten years..."

Fran took out a box, put it on the case in front of Gilgamesh, and said, "Before I leave, I want to leave this to you."

Gilgamesh straightened up slowly, and looked at the box on the table: "What? Are you leaving me something too? What is this?" He was about to open the box.

Fran pressed her hand on the lid of the box, stopping Gilgamesh from moving.

Gilgamesh looked at Fran.

Fran said softly, "Jill, after all, I'm an outsider, so I don't want to interfere too much with the progress of this world. That's why I leave this to you. It's up to you to decide whether to use it or not."

Gilgamesh's expression became serious. He knew that Fran would not be indiscriminate, so he quietly waited for Fran's explanation.

Fran said softly: "In another god system, the gods created Pandora's Box to destroy mankind. This box of mine has a similar purpose, but what is contained in it is not the plague that destroys mankind, but the disease that brings all kinds of diseases. Banner of God's Twilight."

"The things in this box are called technology."

The moment the voice fell, the light and shadow in Gilgamesh's eyes flickered, and illusions abounded. His brain seemed to be washed by countless information, and it was squeezed almost to burst.He covered his head with his hands, and his face became painful and hideous.

When Gilgamesh calmed down, Fran continued: "I know, you hate God. But the blood of God flows in your body, and Goddess Ningsun is your mother. So, I give it to you. No matter Whether to destroy the belief in God, or let go of past grievances, everything is up to you to decide."

Fran turned around and said softly: "Then, Jill, goodbye." After the words fell, she turned into a little light and shadow, and disappeared in the dusk of Uruk, just as she appeared in the wilderness under the sunset 30 years ago. The young man with green long hair was smiling.

Behind her, the fair-haired king covered his eyes with trembling hands.

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Eighty years later, the dying king of Uruk was lying weakly on the bed in the dormitory. His originally handsome cheeks were covered with age rings, his originally healthy body was dry and aging, and even his bright red eyes had become cloudy.

The old king drove out all the attendants around him, and waited quietly for the coming of death alone.Maybe it was really flashbacks, the years of youth kept reappearing in the king's mind, wanton battles, wonderful adventures, young men with blue long hair, and girls with blond hair and blue eyes. . .In a trance, they seemed to appear in front of my eyes, stretching out their hands to me, showing bright smiles as if they had reunited after a long absence.

The blond girl looked at herself tenderly, and held her dry and wrinkled hand, this feeling was so real.

"Jill." The girl's soft voice rang in my ears.

The old Wang suddenly woke up from his imagination, looked at the shimmering girl in front of him, and showed a complicated smile.

"Really, it's you. So it's not my imagination."

He looked at the girl sitting beside his bed, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you here... to see me off for the last time? Really, the last thing I want is for you to see me like this. . . ”

The girl raised her hand, stroked the old man's gray forehead, and said, "Jill, I promised Enkidu that I would take care of you. I have been watching you all these years, and I am very pleased that you have become a diligent and wise man. the king."

The old man suddenly laughed, wanton and sad, the trembling chest made his laughter hoarse and weird, he held Fran's hand tightly, and said word by word:

"Fran, do you know?"

"I have never regretted meeting and acquainting Enkidu, even if I lost it early. But you, sometimes... I really hope that I have never met you, but I remember it over and over again in my mind like a fool With your past."

"I have no wife, no friends, no children, no daughters, I come with all my glory, and I go alone. The oldest hero is also the most failed mortal. At the last moment of my life, I thought I could only take away my heart. Memories, you...appeared again."

"As much as I know you...I hate you..."

"As much as I hate you...I love you..."

Fran took Gilgamesh's hand back and said softly, "Gill...I'm sorry."

The old man on the bed slowly closed his eyes, and the hand holding Fran hangs down weakly, with a serene expression.

Fran sighed faintly, and slowly turned into light spots, disappearing into the air.

In the sky above Uruk, the death knell is ringing.

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Four thousand and six hundred years later, Fuyuki City.

"Sister, do we really want to go in?" The short-haired little girl with a red headband on the side asked timidly as she pulled the skirt of the girl with ponytails in front.

"Sakura, aren't you curious about what father put here? He studies that every day and doesn't pay attention to us anymore!" The little girl with two ponytails said angrily, "I want to see what it is. More important than us!"

The girl with two ponytails took Sakura's hand and opened the door of her father's study with the key she stole.

"Let me take a look, it seems to be here. Sakura, help me find it too."

"Eh? That's it!" The girl with twin ponytails took out a box from the innermost layer of the cabinet and put it on the table.

"What the hell is this?" The little girl with ponytails stared into her blue eyes and pouted at something that was squiggly imprinted on the stone in front of her.

"Sister, look at this, what a beautiful person!" The little girl named Sakura opened a parchment and pointed to the painting on it.

On an old parchment scroll, there is a colorful bust of a woman, she is dressed in a white robe, has curly golden hair and blue eyes, her beautiful face is slightly sideways, and she is looking at the picture with infinite tenderness outsiders.

"Wow, where did you find it?" the little girl with twintails asked her sister.

The girl named Sakura smiled shyly: "It's in that box."

The two ponytails tilted their heads, and said to themselves: "Why is the stone put together with an ancient painting?" She suddenly got excited and said, "Father is coming back soon, Sakura, let's put this back quickly."

A middle-aged man's voice came from outside the door: "Rin... Sakura... It's strange, where have everyone gone? Come out quickly, people from the Matou family are here to visit."