I really didn't want to burn it.

Feeling the maid's body temperature, Li Ang hesitated whether to stop here and continue for the rest of the night, or to use rune magic to build a house to indulge his desires.

"Hey there! Get out of the way!"

Suddenly, a mournful wail came from afar, growing louder as it approached.

"Ok?"

Li Ang, who was about to indulge in the pleasures of love, quickly picked up the maid and left the spot.

Then--

boom!

The spot where Li Ang and DD had just been standing was smashed into a large crater.

Through the smoke, Li Ang could vaguely make out a figure lying face down on the ground with its head on the ground and its legs spread out in an extremely undignified position.

Before Li Ang could see clearly, his eyes were severely injured.

"Ah! DD, what are you doing?"

Li Ang covered his eyes and collapsed to the ground in agony.

"Don't look at your master, or you'll get a sty."

The maid calmly withdrew her finger.

"Bullshit! How could such a thing possibly happen?"

Li Ang retorted loudly.

“It hurts, it hurts—!”

The person who fell from the sky finally sat up, touching her head and repeatedly crying out in pain.

"Who are you!"

The woman glared at Li Ang and DD and questioned them very agitatedly.

"I should be the one asking that," DD said, narrowing his eyes. "Dressed like that, you're utterly shameless and indecent! A woman like you should be thrown out and drowned in a pig cage!"

"That's how they're dressed, what's your problem with that! And you, suddenly showing up in someone's house, actually have the nerve to ask the host! You're the one who's rude!"

"At home...you are..."

DD suddenly realized who the other person was.

“Yes, this is the one we’ve been looking for,” Li Ang nodded and introduced, “The Mesopotamian goddess of the sky, the goddess of Venus, the goddess of harvest, the goddess of war, and the goddess of beauty…”

Hearing Li Ang rattle off her list of titles, the goddess stood up proudly, puffing out her chest—which she wasn't sure if she had any—and proudly curling her little nose.

"That's right, I am—"

"Despite having a long list of titles, she often fails to deliver, making her a prime example of an incompetent goddess—Ishtar."

"Yes, yes, I am the incompetent goddess Ish... Wait a minute! Why do you say I'm the incompetent goddess?!"

Ishtar let out a scream that shook the heavens and moved the earth.

Thankfully, there's no glass in this world, otherwise Ishtar's shout would have shattered glass for kilometers around.

"Well, it's a bit noisy, but she really is Ishtar."

Li Ang said, picking his ear.

"Now I understand why you came to find her, Master."

After saying that, DD pinched Li Ang in annoyance.

It's no wonder DD had such a reaction. Ishtar's outfit certainly doesn't look like what a normal woman would wear when going out. Compared to a bikini, the only difference is the material and the addition of stockings.

In fact, the mythology describes Ishtar's clothing as light and thin, so the current Ishtar's appearance is a bit excessive.

"Master, I hope you can control yourself."

Seeing Li Ang staring at the goddess in a daze, DD reminded him, "I don't want another goddess to appear in the Imperial Preceptor's mansion."

Based on DD's understanding of his master, a woman he used to be interested in dressed like this and parading around in front of Li Ang looks like she's trying to seduce a criminal.

"Don't worry, I won't. I'm not that tough."

Li Ang remembered very clearly that none of Ishtar's spouses in the myth had a good ending; each one met a more tragic fate than the last.

This has nothing to do with Ishtar's own consciousness; it is a curse imposed on this goddess of beauty.

In mythology, Ishtar descended to the underworld for the sake of the god of agriculture, Tammuz. Unfortunately, even though Ishtar suffered all kinds of humiliation and ridicule from her sister, she still failed to bring Tammuz back.

It can only be said that Ishtar's fate as a cursed loner is already fixed; any man who gets involved with her will be doomed.

It's no wonder Gilgamesh dared not accept Ishtar's advances; he was afraid she would bring him bad luck and death.

"What rude thing are you thinking about, you idiot?"

Ishtar squinted and leaned close to Leon, pointing at Leon's chest with her hand and questioning him.

“It’s nothing.” Leon shrugged, then said seriously, “Ishtar, I’m here to ask for your help.”

Ishtar, however, seemed not to listen to Leon. She looked Leon up and down, as if she was thinking about something.

next second...

"Lord Utnabistim!"

Ishtar let out an even louder scream than before.

"Uh...it's me."

Li Ang picked at his ear and casually responded.

"It looks like no one in Uruk will call me by my real name anymore. I don't know if I'll be able to get used to it."

[Host, you're a classic case of getting the better of someone and then complaining. Being worshipped as a god, what more could you possibly want?]

The system sent a contemptuous pop-up message to Li Ang.

Ishtar, on the other hand, quickly jumped up, brushed the dust off her clothes, and polished her gold jewelry.

Then, Ishtar raised the corners of her mouth 30 degrees and bowed to Leon with an extremely sincere smile.

"Greetings, Lord Utnabistim. May I ask what business you have with me?"

"Isn't this attitude a huge difference?"

Li Ang's eyelids twitched wildly.

This had nothing to do with Ishtar's attitude; it was because the little maid behind him was getting jealous again, and he was clearly feeling pain in his kidneys.

"No, no, no, I didn't recognize Lord Utnabistim at first, and I was offended. Please be magnanimous, Lord Utnabistim, and don't hold it against me."

Ishtar said gently.

Leon didn't know how to put it. Ishtar's attitude towards him was clearly beneficial to his plans, but...

So, why did it turn out this way?

Feeling his kidneys throbbing with increasing pain, Li Ang let out a long sigh.

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PS: The chapter title is taken from the comment made by Nameless about EXTRA Rin in FGOM.

However, this has now become a classic meme associated with Rin. ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Chapter 188 Li Ang: The Story of How My Goddess and My Maid Don't Get Along

Chaldea, control room.

"Doctor, which singularity should we target next?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka spun around in her chair, asking Romani Archman a question with a bored expression.

Romani, who was looking up at the information, smiled and looked up.

"What's wrong, Ritsuka? You can't wait any longer?"

Ritsuka drew circles on Phil's back with her finger and pouted, saying, "It's not that I can't wait, it's just that I have nothing to do. Mashu-chan hasn't been talking to me much lately either."

Since returning from the last temporary singularity, Mash, feeling deeply inadequate in her abilities, has begun extremely rigorous training.

As a result, Mashu now spends all her time going back and forth between her dormitory and the training ground, and she doesn't even take care of Ritsuka anymore.

Romani laughed after hearing this, "Haha, it seems Ritsuka is jealous."

Ritsuka waved her hands repeatedly: "No way! I just think, is that kind of training involving crashing into jeeps really useful? It's not like we're filming a tokusatsu drama."

Upon hearing Ritsuka's description, Romani broke out in a cold sweat.

"Well... since Mashu has been training all along, it means it's been effective... I guess..."

Hearing Romani's lack of confidence in his answer, Ritsuka sighed.

"Doctor, what do you think will happen to us in the future...?"

Unlike the original FGO story, where the Chaotic Evil Ritsuka is unstoppable, the path to restoring humanity in this timeline's Chaldea is fraught with difficulties.

To date, apart from the original Fuyuki Singularity, Chaldea has only repaired one Greek Singularity (according to Chaldea).

However, their progress in collecting the Solomon Grail is going quite smoothly. Including the one they took back from Leon, Chaldea has already collected 3 of the 7 Grails.

"Doctor, should we be targeting the Nordic singularity next?"

Ritsuka asked in a low voice.

"should……"

"We have observed three anomalies so far," Romani said.

"The hybrid singularity of Britain and Rome is currently stable and can be ignored for the time being."

Her Majesties Artoria and Nero are quite reasonable. This mixed singularity has not yet shown any signs of causing the destruction of humanity, so leaving it for the time being is the safest approach.

"The Great Qin Singularity seems a bit difficult; let's put it aside for now."

It was more than just a little difficult; Romani had no idea how to defeat that freakish emperor within the territory of the Great Qin.

Honestly, if Romani didn't know the specifics of the Beast, he would have suspected that the emperor was actually a Beast in disguise.

"The only remaining singularity that we have observed and have the opportunity to conquer is the Nordic Singularity."

Romani spread his hands and said this to Ritsuka.

It's not that we want to fight in Northern Europe, but that we have no other choice.

This is the current situation of Chaldea.

"Norse... another singularity from the Age of Gods, right? I have a feeling it's going to be really difficult..." Ritsuka instinctively covered her head.

"Why does that guy always insist on setting things in dangerous eras like the Age of Gods? Couldn't he choose a simpler time period, like the founding of North America or something..."

Romani rubbed his cheek: "That wouldn't feel easy either."

Ritsuka clenched her fists, looked at the ceiling, and said righteously, "It's all that man's fault! Next time I see him, I'm going to beat him to a pulp!"

"senior."

The door to the control room opened, and Mashu rushed in, looking anxious.

"Mash, you think so too, right? You train so hard so you can knock him away next time!"

"What are you saying, senior?"

Mashu, who hadn't heard Ritsuka and Romani's previous conversation, was full of questions.

"Never mind, senior, Dr. Roman, take a look at this."

Mashu raised her shield, which emitted a white light.

"Things suddenly changed during training."

Romani quickly stood up. "This is... an active summoning?! Quick, put it in the center of the summoning circle! Ritsuka, you recite the incantation!"

"Ok!"

Ritsuka quickly followed.