My mother's love song

Is this a kind of telepathic connection between mother and son... or something like that?

"Well……"

Rhodes noticed Ereshkigal's hesitation and said, taking advantage of the situation.

"Since the goddess is the sun under the earth, then for me, whenever the goddess appears, it is daytime."

"I see. You want me to release you from the cage, so you deliberately say such nice things...

She is just like Ishtar, a person who is popular with everyone and loved by everyone."

Rhode didn't intend to beat around the bush and said bluntly: "Well, can you let me out first, Ai Lei."

"Ellie!?"

The big skeleton trembled and responded to Rhodes's call.

"Can I call you Elle, goddess? It seems more intimate this way."

I would rather you call me mom...

Ereshkigal shook his head violently: No, I didn't think so! Absolutely not!

"Call me whatever you want!"

It turns out that licking is a very useful strategy if the target is an innocent girl.

Rhodes was released from the cage.

He walked in front of the giant Garula spirit and looked up at her.

"You're leaving, aren't you?"

Ereshkigal asked in an unwilling tone.

Even after saying so many nice things, you still have to go back to Ishtar.

Although I want to force him to stay by my side, I'm sure he will hate me if I do that.

Furthermore, if he did so, Ishtar, who still kept his physical body, would sooner or later become suspicious and become aware of his existence.

"I'll come back to see you, Ellie."

He said.

"……snort."

Ereshkigal glanced away from the skull.

"Can I hug you?"

"it's up to you."

Ereshkigal said this while taking a half step forward.

Rhodes took the opportunity to hug the skeleton of the goddess of the underworld.

He narrowed his eyes and smiled at her.

"...Sure enough, Ailei has the scent of her mother."

This time what the boy said was not a lie, but he truly felt it from the cold bones.

That warmth can illuminate the soul.

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Uruk, ziggurat.

This is the center of the Mesopotamian world, the palace of King Gilgamesh.

As the name suggests, it is a majestic and towering temple located in the center of Uruk.

On a sunny morning, a half-naked handsome man with blond hair and red eyes sat on the jade throne in the hall.

The man looking down at everyone in the hall is none other than Gilgamesh, an old acquaintance of yours.

"Don't let me repeat myself. The more recent the battle report is, the better! We can't slack off on updating it!

The busier we are here, the less chance they have! If you want to have an easy fight, don't stop!"

The soldier directly below the throne straightened his back and responded loudly.

"As ordered! The interval between secretaries making clay tablets has been changed to one hour, and the transport unit has three additional vehicles!"

"Okay. Next thing. Is this the list of materials to be transported today?

...It seems that there is a delay in the transportation of supplies to Eresh City, and the monsters have built a nest on the road."

Soldiers pushed carts loaded with clay tablets in and out of the temple. The magnificent palace was now as noisy as a vegetable market.

"Send 20 men from the East Gate Barracks to take charge of the expulsion. Let Tim take charge. That's his hometown, so he should be more familiar with the area."

The Hero King's stern voice echoed in the hall.

Although his expression was impatient, his tone was steady, and he gave orders to the soldiers one after another quickly and accurately.

Infected by the king's spirit, everyone in the divine tower also tensed up and devoted themselves to their work in an orderly manner.

Today, the people of Mesopotamia are experiencing a war.

A few months ago, an enemy claiming to be the Goddess of Warcraft launched a war against humans.

She brought never-before-seen monsters, which continued to devour the land.

From then on, Uruk and the other city-states were locked in a war for their survival.

"Hmm. What's with this stupid command? Why hasn't the poisonous dragon's body been sent to the Ianna Temple yet?

The scholars have been idle for so long! Now is the time to put their clever brains to work!"

After finishing the work on ten carts of clay tablets, Gilgamesh leaned back, stretched out his whole body on the jade throne and let out a long sigh.

"……king?"

Seeing this, the masked female priest who had been standing next to the jade throne hurried over.

Her name was Siduri, the chief priest of the city of Uruk.

In the distant 26th century BC, Uruk adopted a system of separation of powers among the king, the sacrificial temple, and the shaman temple.

The chief priest Siduri is equivalent to the leader of the civil servants and is an important official who assists the king in his work with full authority.

"Wang, you have been working all night. You should take a break." She said with a worried look.

Let’s not talk about the heroic king who was full of vigor and vitality more than ten years ago. Although Gilgamesh still looks young today, his body is no longer what it used to be and is not suitable for such high-intensity work.

Moreover, Gilgamesh had used the Great Cup of Uruk to summon seven heroic spirits not long ago.

To this end, the king consumed almost all of his magic power. Now he can no longer go to the front line and can only stay in the rear to handle the wartime affairs of the entire city.

"Don't talk nonsense, Siduri. There will be plenty of time to rest after the king dies."

Gilgamesh pulled himself together and looked at the soldiers in front of the steps: "What's the next one?"

"Yes. The Babylonian Warcraft Front... the city of Nippur outside the North Wall sent a request for help.

Three days ago, the Warcraft army seemed to have deliberately begun to surround the city of Nippur, and the city's supply lines were also cut off by the Warcraft.

The officials and citizens there planned to continue defending the city and begged the king to send heroes and supplies to Nippur.

"I understand."

Gilgamesh nodded.

The enemies and monsters that are now wreaking havoc on this land all came south from the northern mountains.

Therefore, Uruk used the remains of the destroyed city of Babylon to build a several-kilometer-long wall in the north called the Warcraft Line.

After the construction of the north wall was completed, the isolated city of Nippur essentially became an isolated island in the occupied area.

Earlier, Uruk had sent a message to Nippur that it was willing to accept refugees, but the people there still chose to fight.

The king was moved by the spirit of defending his land.

Gilgamesh thought for a moment and said.

"Pass the message down, have Archer Tomoe-gozen take 20 carts of supplies and leave the North Wall and head to Nippur to help the people there resist the monsters."

"Understood!"

The soldier responded loudly and left the temple without stopping.

"What's next?"

"No clay tablets have been delivered yet, King. You can take a rest now," said Sidulli.

Gilgamesh smacked his lips and closed his eyes reluctantly.

"Okay, let me take a break..."

"Good morning, King Gilgamesh. Caster Meili is here to work~~"

A gorgeous but slightly frivolous girl's voice came from the front of the hall.

Hearing this voice, Gilgamesh's face immediately showed an extremely reluctant expression, but he still opened his heavy eyelids.

The girl who appeared in the center of the hall had long silver hair that reflected the seven-color rainbow light.

The well-proportioned and slender body is dressed in a very high-end and gorgeous surgical robe, and the two slender legs are wrapped in leather pantyhose, with pink and white flowers blooming wherever it goes.

And that stunning face that would captivate everyone, young or old, regardless of gender, hints at the demonic blood flowing in her body.

Caster is one of the seven heroic spirits summoned by Gilgamesh using the Great Chalice of Uruk, a wanderer who came from the Garden of Avalon outside the timeline.

She is the hybrid of human and nightmare, the famous court magician, Merry, in British legend.

"Are you planning to take a rest, my king? Then I think it's not the right time for me to come," said the female magician.

"No, that's not the case, Magician Meili. The king is also very happy that you can appear in the tower on time."

Siduri immediately greeted her, while Gilgamesh on the throne gave her a look that said, "No, I'm not happy."

Since Gilgamesh was unwilling to talk to Meli, the chief priest asked on his behalf.

"Ms. Meili, it's rare for you to show up in the palace so early today. Do you have any important report?"

"Yes, this is a great discovery. It turns out that the brothels in Uruk are willing to receive female customers. Should I go and have a look?"

Gilgamesh waved his hand and said, "If you have nothing to do, don't waste my time. Get out."

"Ahahahaha... Just kidding. I have something more important to report."

Seeing the frivolous female magician's unusually serious expression, Gilgamesh and Siduri both straightened their backs unconsciously.

"My king, you know that I am a very weak magician. Apart from growing flowers, the only thing I have is a slightly better eye than others."

"……snort."

Gilgamesh sneered coldly.

Although she was slightly better than others, he knew very well that the woman in front of him was one of the top magicians who emerged in countless myths.

She possesses the clairvoyance that allows her to see through the world, a certification that qualifies her as a top-ranking magus.

Clairvoyance is an eye that can see far away even though it is here.

No matter how advanced the magic circuits are, or how powerful the magic formulas are, a magician who does not have the "Supreme Clairvoyance" cannot be called the Supreme.

If "knowledge" is the basis and pinnacle of magic, then a clairvoyant magician has already reached the truth since birth.

Female magician...Meli's clairvoyance is "eyes that can see through the world".

She was born with the ability to see through everything even if she didn't go anywhere, as if she were in the same era.

If you can grasp almost all the circumstances of contemporary affairs, you can also see all the ins and outs.

To Mary, the world is like a painting.

Analyzing the future by "seeing through the world" is why she is called a soothsayer in Arthurian legend.

By the way, Gilgamesh, in his prime, had eyes that could foresee the future, so he was also at the top of the magician hierarchy.

However, due to his old age and fading looks, he can now only predict a little bit of the future through meditation.