I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

"Because I have something to do. Do you think I'm the kind of guy who'd be bored enough to bother you for no reason?" Jill asked, watching Chen write in his notes.

"It does look quite similar... Hey, hey, don't throw things at me! Didn't the template block your Gate of Babylon?"

Chen dodged the sack of gold coins that Jill suddenly threw at him and said...

“Yes, the Noble Phantasm’s function is sealed, but you can still get some gold coins,” Gilles said with a shrug.

"Well, never mind, let's get down to business," Chen said.

"I have a question I must ask you."

Jill stared at Chen, her crimson eyes seeming to burn.

Who am I, really?

……

who am I?

This is a very profound philosophical question.

Everyone can give several different answers to this kind of question.

Jill's question immediately made Chen's expression turn slightly serious.

"...Why ask this question?" Chen's expression darkened slightly.

Clearly, Jill's question seemed to have crossed his line.

“Because this is an answer that even the omniscient and omnipotent star could not discover.” Jill said this, her crimson eyes taking on a truly threatening look.

Isn't that strange?

In Jill's memory, he was someone who "traveled" from another time.

Memories of past lives have probably faded because I stopped trying to recall them, but some things are still too strange.

No, or rather, the fact that Jill's memories of her past life were starting to fade made her realize something was wrong.

“I redeemed the ability called [Complete Memory] a long time ago. Logically speaking, it's impossible for me to forget anything.” Jill stared at Chen. “Who exactly am I?”

Yes, it was because Jill's memories of her past life began to fade that she sensed something was wrong.

“Also, looking back now, there are just too many things that don’t seem right,” Jill continued. “Logically speaking, no matter how weak a person’s will is, it shouldn’t be so easily controlled by another’s will, let alone just a remnant of it.”

"So, who exactly am I, who is so easily controlled by another will? I have also seen the origin of my soul. It is another place like this, but it does not reflect the stars and the sea."

Jill continued, pressing her opponent relentlessly on the chessboard, "Why was I, with such a vast origin, initially so weak in spirit, rated only E-? Why was I so easily controlled by another will?"

Gil's words left Chen like a general cornered in a chess game, with no way to escape.

Chen avoided Jill's gaze. "These are not things you need to know. Just focus on your own business and recover the world fragments as soon as possible."

“You’re afraid!” Jill’s tone became sharper. “You’re afraid that once I know the truth, I’ll break free from your control, or even from the Template’s control!”

"So what?" Chen waved his hand impatiently. "That's not the reason..."

"Then why—what are you afraid of?" Jill demanded.

Chen remained silent for a long time before sighing.

He reached out and touched Jill's head.

"If you want to know the truth, I'll tell you the day you get the A-level access to the template."

“But…you must remember, you are the King of Heroes, you are Gilgamesh, nothing more.” Chen withdrew his hand and said slowly, “Thinking too much is not good for either of us.”

Jill's eyes flickered as she processed Chen's words.

The reason? These things are really hard to guess.

This only means that Chen might be hiding something, but it's not what I imagined.

And does that last sentence mean I've severed ties with the past? Is it true that no matter what, I can't go back?

Jill pursed her lips and said nothing more.

"Phew... Well then, one last question."

Jill eventually had no choice but to keep her previous questions to herself.

"What does the holder of the template mean to you?" Jill asked, tilting her head.

“…Friend, you are my friend,” Chen said slowly.

“Friend? Ha, what a ridiculous word.” Gilgamesh shook his head. “So, am I Gilgamesh now, or…!”

Jill's pupils contracted.

He finally realized where the real sense of unease lay.

There couldn't be anything more jarring than this.

Chen looked at Jill and sighed deeply.

“My… name before I transmigrated…” Jill’s pupils contracted as she looked at Chen.

who I am……!

Jill finally found herself truly caught in her own mental contradictions.

A name is a specific symbol given to each individual by humans to distinguish them; it is a marker that differentiates individuals within a group through linguistic and written information. Because of names, humans can interact normally and orderly; therefore, everyone has a name that belongs to them.

However, Jill can't remember her name before she transmigrated...!

This was the deepest, most genuine sense of unease that Jill felt from the bottom of her heart!

P.S.: Because I've been writing a lot of updates lately while simmering in a slump, my head is throbbing and my mind is barely clear... So I'll do three chapters today and try to finish as early as possible. I also have volunteer work tomorrow.

PS2: There's no way I'll ever stockpile drafts, not in my entire life...

PS3: The first foreshadowing in this book is revealed—

Chapter 378 The Truth... Creation Factor—

The biggest sense of incongruity, it turns out, lies right here.

Why can't he remember his own name?

Jill clutched her head, her pupils shrinking to almost the size of pinpoints.

“…A long time ago.” Chen looked at Jill, his eyes showing a struggle. After hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke.

"In that era, many miscellaneous main gods, as well as demon gods who wanted to entertain themselves, chose a lot of people to travel through time. Some people traveled through time because of certain things."

Chen's words drew Jill's attention.

"You may not know this, but many of the worlds we live in came into existence because of human beings' [longing] and [desire]." Chen slowly recounted this long story. "Of course, there are also many worlds that entered people's cognition through the outflow of [information]."

"Human beings transformed their longing into novels, comics, and animations, which gained recognition and transformed into new worlds."

“However, just as everything has light and darkness, black and white, right and wrong, with the world, the concept of ‘destroying the world’ naturally arises.” Chen sat on the sea of ​​stars and stretched out his hand.

A faint flash of light landed in front of Jill and then disappeared.

"This concept was initially very weak, as weak as the starlight in front of you, and could disappear at any time."

"However, when this concept gained consciousness, began to lie dormant, and destroyed several worlds, the transmigrators finally realized something was wrong."

It's too late, unfortunately.

A faint sneer played on his lips. “The concept of destruction has been transformed into destructive factors—no, those destructive factors are ultimately just pawns.”

“I don’t know what the true concept of destruction is.” Chen chuckled self-deprecatingly. “Even though I was one of the few who survived on the front lines, I still don’t know.”

Rather, those who have witnessed the concept of destruction are already dead. Chen's deep voice echoed in the Sea of ​​Stars.

Jill's expression didn't change much; instead, contrary to her usual behavior, she listened patiently to Chen's words.

"The concept of destruction unleashed destructive forces—until they finally encountered their first adversary."

That person was the sage who established a protective barrier for the world.

"He single-handedly used his skills to completely suppress the destructive factors raging on the front lines."

"It's just a pity his head is a little green." Chen stroked his chin and said.

"..." Jill's intuition told him that it was better not to ask who the sage was, otherwise he would lose a lot of his values.

"However, it wasn't just the Sage who suppressed the Destruction Factor's achievements—there were also the Traveler, the Wise One, and the King." Chen also ignored the Sage's question about the green head and continued, "The Destruction Factor was naturally unwilling to remain silent—after destroying the world, they also learned some things, such as humanoid transformation."

Among the Destruction Factors, the strongest one once fought the Traveler to a standstill. Although the Traveler wasn't the strongest of the four, even after unleashing his final trump card, he still couldn't defeat it.

“That destructive factor…” Chen paused, then his voice was filled with complex emotions, “was captured, captured by a special device developed by the sages and wise men.”

Jill remained silent.

Chen looked at Jill with a complicated expression. "Although the Destruction Factor is volatile, it was obediently purified after the Traveler borrowed the concept of a world's 'game'... However, that Destruction Factor also underwent a special change. To ensure that everything about it is under our control and for easier observation, we decided to give it an identity. For this, I sacrificed a personality, the memories of those anime, novels, and comics that I preserved, and..."

“I gave up my body because it was that destructive factor that caused the Chains of Heaven (Enkidu) to break, separating Enkidu from me.”

At this moment, the wise king's voice rang out.

Gil turned around, and the Wise King stood behind Gil, speaking in a cold tone.

At this moment, Jill really wanted to play dumb, no, to be completely dumbfounded.

His mind was a complete blank.

Unfortunately, things have already come to this point, and even a fool could guess the outcome.

Jill's throat tightened with complex emotions. "Those memories... are Chen's personality memories. I... am the destructive factor you're observing?"

"...Yes and no, your soul is just the remnant of that destructive factor..." Chen sighed slightly. "That destructive factor saved the traveler's life."

"Furthermore, we have noticed that everything that the Destructive Factor—no, perhaps after being completely purified, should be called the Creation Factor—has come into contact with can cause enormous damage to the Destructive Factor."

"So, those guys, led by the Sage, designed the main structure, while the others designed and manufactured the other parts—this is what we call the [World Template]," the Wise King said slowly. "And you don't need to overthink it—because during that catastrophe, my soul was also tainted by the destructive factor, and that part of my soul was severed by me."

"...Speaking of which, could the destructive factor in the world of Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance be..."

"Yes, it's the remnant of my soul."

"..." Jill felt so tired at that moment.

But he quickly perked up. "So... that's your reason for abandoning your body?"