My mother's love song

The power gap between the two civilizations of the Age of Gods, the Central Goddess and the Barbarians, was enormous. Even the chief god of the Arata tribe, Arata, was still at the stage of believing in the primitive Mother Earth Goddess, and pales in comparison with the glorious Amaterasu.

The Arato tribe is not a threat to Takama-ga-hara. What really concerns Amaterasu is the eight-headed snake god who also resides in the northeast and is worshipped by the local people.

However, the younger brother of the Queen God Takamagahara, the unruly Susanoo, spent all day with the disaster dragon and even became sworn brothers with him.

Although Amaterasu immediately came out to clarify, "This was my brother's personal behavior, don't escalate it to the third son," even if the queen said so, it was hard for the gods in Takama-ga-hara not to make associations.

"Is Amaterasu no longer able to control Susanoo?"

"Has the relationship between siblings become so bad?"

"If Yamata no Orochi and Susanoo join forces, Takama-ga-hara will be destroyed!"

Amaterasu herself has always scoffed at the growing rumors of discord between the siblings.

Are your eyes blind?

What's wrong with my relationship with Susanoo? How could it be wrong?

We’ve both had kids together!

Although they seldom spoke when they were together, and would argue with each other when they did, Amaterasu firmly believed that she and her brother had established a loving and trusting relationship.

but……

Even if I think so, what does Susanoo himself think?

Amaterasu stopped writing and looked up at her brother who was sitting in the corridor with his back to her.

"stare"

Amaterasu's eyebrows were slightly frowned and her eyes were shining.

"stare"

"It's so hot, could you please stop staring at my back so hard? I'm about to smoke from you staring at me."

The boy sighed and turned around: "What's the matter?"

"...No, it's nothing."

Amaterasu turned away uncomfortably and snorted, "Drinking in broad daylight is really outrageous."

The young man frowned and said, "Are you here to cause trouble? Aren't I working?"

"Work, what do you call this work?"

"Security work at Ise Jingu Shrine."

Hearing this, Amaterasu raised her eyebrows and said, "I am not weak enough to need your protection."

The boy retorted, "You think I want to stay here."

"you……!"

The sun goddess' eyes widened.

She crossed her arms, squeezed her chest into a puff, bit her lip and spoke angrily.

"If you feel that you can't stay here any longer, you can leave my shrine at any time, okay?"

Although he was ordered to leave, the boy still sat there as still as a mountain.

"If it weren't for Sister Tsukuyomi who kept muttering that a full-scale war with the Arazuka tribe had already begun, I wouldn't bother to care about you as long as I was willing to protect Amaterasu who was in the rear and didn't have to go to the front line."

The boy folded his hands behind his head and fell to the floor.

"Ahh~ Really, why do I have to protect this evil goddess who starts a war?"

Not long ago, Amaterasu finally made up her mind and declared war on the Arotsuchi tribe in the north, called "Conquest of the Barbarians".

If Susanoo could fight on behalf of Takamagahara, the war would probably be over in no time.

However, he disappeared without anyone noticing at this critical moment and actually moved into his sister's shrine.

Tsukuyomi-no-Nokota let her brother stay in the shrine as the guard of Amaterasu Omikami to avoid a conflict between him and the Yamata-no-Orochi, and Amaterasu Omikami also acquiesced to this action.

"..."

Amaterasu turned away.

The air around them became silent in an awkward atmosphere.

"I thought..."

After a long time, Amaterasu said in a trembling voice: "If it were you, you would definitely understand and support me this time."

“Whether you support it or not, whether you understand it or not, it’s not important, right?

If you need anything, just give me the order.

No matter how unreasonable the order is, I will obey it unconditionally. That was what we agreed upon in the beginning."

After saying this, the young man turned his back to her, lay on the ground and said nothing more.

Amaterasu: “…………”

After a while, a light snoring sound was heard from the other side.

……

A year later, the war between the Takamagahara Gods and the Arato Gods ended.

The result of the war was a great victory for the Takama-ga-hara clan, and the forces of the Arato clan completely withdrew from Honshu Island and returned to the barren land of Hokkaido.

Amaterasu also said that there was no need to kill them all, and allowed the Arotsuchi tribe and their followers to settle in Hokkaido.

However, this is not the greatest achievement of this war of the Age of Gods.

What really excited the Takama-ga-hara clan was that in the final decisive battle, the disaster dragon Yamata-no-Orochi, which was considered a major threat to them, was killed.

The person who killed him was Susanoo.

It is said that Susanoo, the strongest god of destruction in Takamagahara, defeated the invincible snake god and took out a sacred sword from his corpse.

"This sword taken from the tail of the disobedient dragon symbolizes the legitimate Yamato kingship of my sister, the Queen Goddess Takamagahara."

The hero of the war, Susanoo, said so, and presented the Ame-no-Kume sword to the great Queen God who unified Hinomoto.

Today, similar stories are being told everywhere in Awajira China.

However, this is just a folk joke. What exactly happened in that battle is only known to Amaterasu and her brother, the only two people present at the time.

"Isn't that a bit too much, onee-sama?"

On the night when the decisive battle ended, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto appeared in the Imperial Shrine in a menacing manner.

That androgynous and beautiful face showed an angry expression, which was rare.

"We have an agreement before... Susanoo will not be allowed to participate in this war."

"Yes."

Facing her sister's questioning, Amaterasu nodded slowly.

Tsukuyomi asked again with resentment: "If that's the case, why did you involve Susanoo? And it's with that Yamata no Orochi..."

The Queen God of Takamagahara bowed her head and said, "I'm sorry."

"?"

Tsukuyomi was somewhat surprised to see her reaction.

Today, Amaterasu was not happy about the destruction of the Yamata-no-Orochi, and she even lost her arrogant and self-centered demeanor of the queen in the past. Instead, she looked absent-minded.

It was not until then that Tsukuyomi finally realized that something was wrong.

"Sister, although this is just my speculation, but...

Didn't you order Susanoo to fight the Yamata no Orochi?"

"Ah."

The sun goddess nodded woodenly.

Tsukuyomi was stunned.

His brother has a close relationship with the Yamata no Orochi and they are brothers. The only one who can make them fight is Amaterasu, who has made an unbreakable alliance with Susanoo.

Tsukuyomi naturally believed this.

But think about it, if Amaterasu really wanted Yuzanmu to join the war, she wouldn't have to wait until now, but would have given the order at the beginning of the war.

"So... was the Yamata no Orochi defeated by onee-sama?"

Tsukuyomi asked in disbelief.

"No."

Amaterasu continued to deny, and then said in a very sad tone.

"Susanoo... He killed his sworn brother for me."

"Huh!?"

After hearing what Amaterasu said, Tsukuyomi was stunned.

For Amaterasu... In other words, it was the younger brother who took the initiative?

Amaterasu said: "It is because I am too self-righteous

I thought it was about time to end this war, so I secretly took the Ten-fist Sword from Susanoo..."

Tsukuyomi: "..."

Amaterasu continued, "I took Susanoo's Ten-fisted Sword and headed north to the location of the Yamata no Orochi.

"The generals of both sides are fighting against each other, risking their lives. The god who survives will rule the future of Hinomoto. Isn't this reasonable?"

Thus, I have declared war on Yamata no Orochi."

Tsukuyomi was speechless with surprise at his sister's reckless action.

"It's not reckless, is it? Yamata no Orochi actually had this idea a long time ago.

If this continues, the war will never end. It is a good deal to exchange the life of one of the gods for peace.

That guy... he has a scary appearance like a dangerous beast, but he is surprisingly smart. "

"And then..." Tsukuyomi asked.

"Then, during the fight between me and the Yamata no Orochi, I was unable to unleash the full power of the Tenfist Sword, and the blade was broken."

The Sun Goddess said calmly.

"It is undoubtedly my defeat, a complete loss..."

She spoke calmly as if she were telling someone else's story.

"Just when I was about to be killed by the Yamata no Orochi, Susanoo appeared."

Tsukuyomi's face turned pale in an instant.

"He had long since realized that the concubine and the Yamata no Orochi were planning to avoid him and engage in a private fight."

Amaterasu looked into the distance and said calmly: "Then...

Susanoo killed the Yamata no Orochi to protect me."

Tsukuyomi was speechless.

"But, but, but!"

Even so, she still managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Susanoo, respect him, he is so close to the Yamata no Orochi"

“I’m afraid they made a pact between them a long time ago.

The expanded war will sooner or later affect all the gods on this island, so if we meet on the battlefield in the future, let's fight to our heart's content.

Unleash the instincts and nature of the God of Destruction and the Disaster Dragon.

The strongest god and the most ferocious dragon have never been determined, and the winner must be decided this time.

No matter who is killed, they are not allowed to complain and must take good care of the other person's relatives who are left behind.

If it was Susanoo who died today, Yamata no Orochi would never kill all his sisters.

I lied to you. All of the above is just my imagination."