[comprehensive] Ishtar

When the surroundings of Uruk were swept away by warlike kings and gods who favored humans, only one voice remained on the vast Mesopotamian plain, and that voice called 'Gilgamesh' Control human beings and guide all things.

All treasures belong to him, and all treasures should be enshrined to him.

The king knows how to farm, the king knows how to defend against wild animals, the system brought by the king benefits the people, the policy brought by the king develops the village, the treasures given by the king are good for farming, and the foreign things given by the king make the people have enough food and clothing.

When there was only one voice left in this land, this voice was unprecedentedly loud.

The gods, unknowingly, no longer occupy an absolute position, and the warlike ruler of Uruk unknowingly replaced their position, becoming the only belief in this land.

Those people who once believed in the Goddess of Rain can now irrigate through waterwheels, those who once believed in the God of Rivers now have dam defenses, and even farming can be divided into droughts and floods, no longer need to pray and godsend.

Unknowingly, this country has broken away from the gods and embarked on its own path.

The gods didn't care, their temples were still enshrined, their teachings were still sung, the people still worshiped them regularly, and human beings were still as destructible as before.

But among those gods who are obsessed with sensuality, there is also a wise existence: "Ishtar, my beloved child," Anu sat on the throne, looking down at the goddess of Venus standing not far away, "Ning Sun The child of the goddess, is that what you love so much? For him, you have done too much."

"Father God," Ishtar looked up, his eyes full of admiration, "he is the person I have ever seen, who is most like Father God. Whenever I look at him, I can feel Father God Be by my side, tolerate my waywardness, and indulge my rudeness. But if you are dissatisfied, then I will remove him immediately, and I will not let you worry about him anymore."

Feeling Ishtar's sincerity, Anu's heartfelt praise made Anu feel happy: "He promised Uruk to you, Ishtar, does he intend to marry you?"

If the hybrid with two-thirds of the blood of the gods marries his daughter, then the next heirs of Uruk will be the descendants of Anu.At that time, he will become the object of praise and worship of the whole country like the goddess Ningsun, and the beliefs that are missing now will not matter.

Ishtar was not flustered by Anu's question, she still looked pious and admiring: "Yes, Father God, I have told you about this." That was Gilgamesh They planned with her at the beginning, and they had already made all possible records at the beginning.

A god with a long life and self-confident invincible power is too lazy to be deceived at this point.

"It was you who taught me that if you get it, you have to pay. I want those human beings who are like ants to surrender willingly and offer me the best offering." Ishtar said, "I want to get the whole of Uruk, As the daughter of God the Father, I want to offer the best gift to God the Father."

Goddess Venus raised her head: "The best offering in this world is Uruk."

Hearing this, Anu showed a satisfied smile: "That's right," the gods never put human beings who are like ants in their eyes. Between words, he regarded Uruk as an item that can be exchanged, and this is just like Yi Shitar and Gilgamesh planned, "As you said, those are mine."

"That's right." Ishtar said with a smile, "You are the most noble existence in this world."

Anu, who was praised, stopped interrogating him and asked another question: "Then my child, what do you think of Gilgamesh?" In order to please her, Anu gave a rare explanation, "Among all my children, only you have no children."

This is a very magical and unusual thing for the gods. It is not difficult for the gods to conceive and give birth to offspring. Even in this era where strength is the most important thing, more offspring represent more possibilities And the even greater power after unity, and power represents status, status represents godhead, and godhead determines worship.

Such a private question made the goddess blush: "I am not attached to this, Father God. What's more, I want you to be happy more than my offspring." Ishtar is naturally favored by most gods. Her uniqueness, "What's more, my strength may have merits in front of human beings, but compared to my brothers and sisters..."

She raised her hand to cover her blushing cheeks: "Compared to my brothers and sisters, my strength is too ordinary."

Looking at Ishtar like this, Anu was not dissatisfied because of her self-effacing, nor was she annoyed because she did not provide much help for his status.

Instead, looking at Ishtar, who was so different from his other children, Anu looked up and laughed out loud.

"This is what makes you special, my child," said Anu. "What makes you different from them is why I prefer you so much."

"The reason why I prefer you?" Gilgamesh leaned against the root of the big tree in the garden. Hearing Ishtar's recitation, his brows twitched. "What does he want to say?"

"I don't know, Jill, I don't know." If it weren't for this distress, why did she ask Gilgamesh, "I don't understand what he wants to warn me."

That must not be an unintentional statement, both Ishtar and Gilgamesh firmly believed it.It's just the same, they don't know what these words are for.

"Maybe we should distance ourselves, Gil." Thinking of Anu's words, Ishtar raised his chin and looked at Gilgamesh. "Is it because our plan is too obvious?"

She leaned her elbows on the dozing male lion, and felt the sudden force on her body. The male lion turned his head lazily, gave Ishtar a humane look, and swung his long tail back and forth. , and lay back again.

The lion didn't care about the existence that was pressing on him.On the contrary, the lioness, who was used as a back by Gilgamesh, bared her teeth at Ishtar, but was slapped back by Gilgamesh.

"Keep a distance? Just because you want to dedicate Uruk to that guy?" He borrowed the excuse Ishtar said just now, whether it was a mockery or a warning, "It is indeed necessary to put a distance."

"You know I didn't mean that..." Ishtar wanted to argue, but she didn't know how to explain between opening and closing her lips, "Forget it, such a stupid idea, just pretend I didn't say it .”

Gilgamesh laughed even more, with the joy and pride that Ishtar was familiar with when the king returned from the war victorious.

This discovery made Ishtar a little strange. After all, what she did just now was simply 'give in': "Why are you so happy?"

Then, visible to the naked eye, Wang was unhappy again.

Ishtar: ? ? ?

Giving up thinking about Gilgamesh's thoughts, Ishtar put all the strength of his body on the lion, and brushed his mane: "What if he finds out?"

Both of them knew who the "he" in Ishtar's words was referring to.Names are the most powerful spells in the world, and Ishtar didn't want to draw Anu's attention if necessary.

The king who was questioned didn't take it seriously, he spread his hands, and the fruit on the treetop above his head was pulled by force and fell into his palm: "Everything is my king, don't worry about those things, Ish."

Gilgamesh rarely called Ishtar that way, but at this moment, the gentle expression on the king's face, the focused red eyes, and the faint smile on his lips made Ishtar panic for a moment. .

——The person I like, he is so good-looking.

Wang naturally noticed the goddess' thoughts of running away, but he had no intention of pulling Ishtar's thoughts back.He likes the way Ishtar is fascinated by him, just as he likes to see Ishtar is concerned about him because of all his emotions.

As for those messy and complicated things, those extraneous things that are conspiring and scheming, you only need to let him worry about them, and all the things, you only need to worry about them.

Ishtar, as long as he stays on top and is the immortal starry sky, that's enough: "Why, have you taken a fancy to me?"

"Who, who will fall in love with you!" Awakened by the question, the goddess didn't know that her cheeks were already flushed, "I just think your eyes are so beautiful, and I want to dig them out to decorate my crown..."

The goddess' voice became smaller and smaller, and finally faded away under Gilgamesh's gaze.But even if she realized that her analogy was bad again, the goddess had no intention of repenting.

What a joke, Gilgamesh was so proud of the backing words just now, if she really apologized, what would Gilgamesh look like: "Actually, those words were just to praise you."

The king was amused by the goddess's look of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, so he looked at Ishtar with those eyes that had just been admired: "Want this king's reward?"

"It's not impossible." The king raised his hand and stroked the lion lying beside him, "Before this king gets tired of it, you can take all the treasures of this king, Ishtar."

"This is the supreme honor bestowed on you by this king. Wealth, power, status, treasures, abilities, and even my king's Uruk. As long as you are interested, you can take it away."

Gilgamesh looked at Ishtar and made his first eternal promise: "As long as you don't betray, then all my belongings, even my king's bed and coffin, can be shared with you. "

......

"There is no need for the coffin, thank you, I can live on for thousands of years. l

All the emotion, all the shock caused by the rare generosity of the king, collapsed because of the last sentence, so that Ishtar didn't even notice that there was another equal existence juxtaposed with the coffin.

Gilgamesh only felt his temples twitch, and the long-lost feeling that only happened when facing Ishtar swept his whole body.

He will be a fool if he confesses like this next time!