I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

Xuexue's amber eyes were fixed on Jill, then she tilted her head, "She has a similar aura to Doraemon..."

“…” Jill narrowed her eyes. “Doraemon?”

"Hmm...Are you feeling lost too?" Xuexue asked curiously.

Jill chuckled. "Confused? Sorry, I have a ton of things to do right now. Confusion is totally irrelevant to me."

“But, no one who isn’t confused can see Xuexue.” The girl jumped up with a “whoosh” and then hugged Jill’s neck from behind.

Jill frowned. "Get out!"

"...It really looks like..." Xuexue murmured softly.

"Lian, get her down."

Jill felt a vein throbbing on her forehead. "I don't want to use the Chains of Heaven (Enkidu)."

"No, no, Xuexue doesn't want it anymore!"

So Xuexue, who was holding Jill, showed a pitiful expression that looked like she was about to cry, making it difficult for Lian to do anything about it.

'Oh dear, this little girl is really persistent.' Jill heard Ann's laughter in her mind. 'Don't worry, this girl doesn't mean any harm. It's just that she's not entirely human, and she has some special characteristics, so...'

"You're talking like you know exactly what kind of person this girl is," Jill clicked her tongue. "Fine, I guess I'll have to rely on myself."

'I do know who this girl is.'

Ann's words startled Jill.

"Who are they?" Jill asked in return.

'My daughter,' Ann replied.

"...This joke is not funny at all."

Jill said this in a curt tone.

"Didn't I tell you? My origins—although she is the daughter of my predecessor, she is my predecessor who entrusted all his longing and last strength to a gem, bringing her to Earth."

"I remember, it was probably related to some kind of emotion... Was it anger? What was it... Sorry, I'm not quite sure." Ann said nonchalantly, almost making Jill want to rush into the mental world and beat him up.

Although it's not certain that I could beat him.

"Then you'll have to figure out how to handle your daughter yourself. I really can't spare any time for her."

'What nonsense are you talking about? You are me, and my daughter is your daughter.'

"What kind of strange logic is that?"

However, while the Sea of ​​Spirits was in turmoil, Lian successfully lifted Xuexue off Jill's neck.

"Why do you keep bothering Master?" Lian asked, squatting down with a puzzled look at Xuexue.

"...Because..." Xuexue seemed to want to say something, but a voice rang out earlier.

“My mother and her father… well, gender doesn’t matter, I have an almost identical scent to her parents.”

Jill sighed and rubbed her head vigorously. "Ugh, we were just out having fun, why did something like this have to happen..."

"Your mother asked me to pass on a message to you."

Jill looked at Xuexue and said, "Go pursue what you want, so that you will no longer be lonely, so that people with abilities can live together with humans, so that a world where snowflakes and cherry blossoms can coexist will be born."

Jill also noticed Xuexue's special qualities. "You should be one of those contracted spirit-type life forms, but you seem a little different. You seem to be able to maintain your existence, but if you use your abilities, it will consume the life of the contractor, right?"

'Hey, you bastard! What do you mean by saying that?!'

An, inside Jill's sea of ​​consciousness, got angry.

Although Jill was telling the truth, her words were too blunt and completely disregarded the little girl's feelings!

"Well, that's not a good idea. This should solve the problem a bit."

Jill handed Xuexue a pendant shaped like a bright green leaf. "This can provide life force to replace the consumption you make on your contractor. Just let her wear it—don't worry about the life force reserves."

After all, Jill has absolutely no use for that thing.

What is called "vitality" is actually just a small part of the condensation of the Great Source. If you put that thing in a place, the plants and animals there will grow like crazy the next day.

"..." Xuexue stared blankly at Jill.

Jill isn't actually bad at dealing with children; she's just really bad at dealing with kids who seem like blank slates.

The innocent and carefree Xuexue is exactly the type of person Jill isn't good at dealing with.

"What are you looking at? Let's go, let's go." Jill grabbed Lian and started running.

"Waaaaaah... Master, don't pull me..."

Xuexue looked in the direction the two had left, gently clasped her hands together, and gripped the pendant tightly.

The pendant, named "Leaf of Life," shimmers with alternating light and shadow, as if it were telling a story.

……

“Master…that child…” As Ren walked on the bridge connecting the old and new towns of Tsukinosaki, she asked Gil this question.

“That was Ann Duloin’s child before he became the Destruction Factor—oh, by the way, don’t worry about the gender of the Destruction Factors, because they are not human and don’t have the concept of gender.” Jill said this, looking at the new town in front of the bridge. “Well, we’re here to have fun today, so let’s not talk about these things anymore. Let’s have fun. I’ll play with you all day, just as you asked.”

Lian asked curiously, "Then what about the documents you need to process, Master?"

"I gave it to Theresa. I'm usually the one handling the documents, so I hope she can finish them happily today and understand how hard I work..."

……

St. Freya Academy.

Dean's Office.

At this moment, Theresa, looking dazed and confused, stared at the two tall stacks of documents piled on the table (one stack was more than half a meter high), and a look of despair appeared on her face.

"Should I pay back the bonus I owe Jill...?"

Looking at the mountain of documents, Theresa's expression gradually turned to despair.

Chapter 178 is not about a disciple's admiration for his master.

"Are you happy? Although there's no amusement park in Tsukinosaki—it's not that big—there are plenty of other places, including a shrine." As evening approached, Gil and Ren returned to the clock tower square.

"I'm so happy! Of course I'm happy to be with Master." Lian smiled happily, holding a warm cup of milk tea in her hands, sipping it slowly.

Jill didn't say anything, just smiled and looked at the clock tower.

"..." I didn't see Xuexue. It seems that the child must have gone to give the [Leaf of Life] to the child with whom she had signed a contract.

Jill exhaled a puff of white breath. "Lian, if you have something to say, isn't now the best time?"

“Master…did you know this using the Omniscient and Omnipotent Star?” Lian asked.

Jill tilted her head. The girl was still wearing the scarf she had just bought, a white hoodie, and her black eyes were sparkling. She looked extremely cute.

"Guessed it."

Jill ruffled the girl's hair. "I noticed some of the things you said before, and how you dressed up especially for this time when you asked me out."

"Hehe, I've been found out... Master, actually I really like you, you know?" Lian mustered up her courage and said those words.

Jill nodded. "Yes, I like Lotus very much too."

As Jill spoke, she patted Lian's head.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Lian's eyes, and her face flushed red. "Master, shouldn't you know very well what I mean by 'like'...?"

"Is it the affection a disciple has for his master?" Jill asked, rubbing Lian's head without any restraint. And let me tell you, that black hair felt really nice.

Jill could easily guess the girl's little thoughts, but she just deliberately didn't point them out.

The girl doesn't need a push, she needs encouragement...

Jill had seen through all of this, which is why she said those words.

"That's not it at all!" Lian slapped Gil's hand away, staring intently into Gil's crimson eyes. "The liking I'm talking about isn't a disciple's admiration for his master... but rather—but rather—!"

"A woman's liking for a man?" Jill laughed, a very happy laugh. "Lian, you've finally come out honestly."

"Huh?!" Lian was startled. "Master..."

“What are you afraid of? I’ve never objected to anything you do, have I?” Jill tilted her head. “It’s just that I can’t meet your expectations anymore.”

Jill looked at her hands. "Actually, although I seem omnipotent in your eyes, I still have my own things to deal with."

--【crime】.

That was the source that An mentioned, the real cause of the [Destruction Factor].

Jill doesn't know if she can beat that person now.

Even after defeating the "Final Trial of Humanity," destroying several EX-level Destruction Factors, and saving the world, Jill still had no idea about the opponent's power.

What terrifying power would it take to pollute a world and turn it into a destructive force?

However, Jill at least learned part of the reason why she was chosen.

That's because of the power of the sword Ea, the power of creation, which is also the power to cut through the world.

Furthermore, after Jill herself obtained the power of the world (the Creation Factor), the Ea sword, which combined with the power of the world, transformed into the strongest ability in Jill's memory—Another cosmology.

However, it is still unknown whether this level is sufficient.

However, one of the original destructive factors appears to have been "purified".

They still had no idea what other tricks the other party had up their sleeve.

Jill looked at Lian, "Let me resolve all this first. Until then, it's not that I don't want to make a promise, it's that I can't."

Jill released his grip and turned around. "Just like this world, after the Fimbulb Winter and Ragnarok, only humans can continue to exist in the world."

"We are also in a Fimbulle winter now, and even though it is bitterly cold, we must endure it."

Jill exhaled and said in a firm tone, "So that after Ragnarok, the world we love, everything we want to protect, the people we love, the things we cherish... can all remain as humanity after Ragnarok..."

“I must fight… If I survive Ragnarok, then I will respond to you.”

Jill gently hugged Lian, letting her bury her head in his shoulder. "I'm sorry, I can't respond to you right now."

Lian felt a strange tremor, and she suddenly raised her head to look at Jill.