My mother's love song

"I have decided to officially join the Warcraft front from today."

Chapter 171 Anna: Which goddess would you give the golden apple to?

The three people who returned from the Persian Gulf walked on the streets of Uruk under the night.

Rhodes walked in the middle, while the king and the goddess continued their usual elementary school quarrel across him.

"Hey~~~ Rod, why did you return the key and Shining? Now that they are in our hands, they belong to us! And compared to the incompetent king, you can make better use of those treasures."

On the way back to the tower, Rhodes exchanged the [King's Law Key] and [Spare Treasure Key] with Gilgamesh, which made Ishtar feel indignant.

"There's no need to care about this guy's feelings. Oh, right! Let's just kill Shanshan here! When we go back, Rod will be the King of Uruk, and he will stay by your side to assist you~~~"

"If it were me and Rhode, we would be able to build a millennial empire that would last forever," the goddess smiled as she dreamed of a fantastic dream.

"Idiot, if you were to govern Uruk, the city would be swallowed up by the goddess of magic in less than a week... No, before that, the people would revolt because of the unbearable tyranny!"

"What did you say? The Warcraft Goddess is such a bastard that my Rhodes can kill her in a matter of minutes!"

Ishtar angrily retorted, but she didn't refute the part that "the people will resist."

Gilgamesh said coldly, "Humph, you used to cry to your father when you encountered problems, but now you start to act like a spoiled child to your own children?

I thought you deserved a re-evaluation after your appearance in this world, but now it seems that you have only changed from an idiot to a slightly better idiot."

In the eyes of the King of Heroes, Ishtar is an enemy of mankind.

Her very existence will disturb the human world, and her divinity is responsible for this responsibility, which is the so-called seed of strife.

Calling for battle, fostering desire, inspiring humanity.

He's clearly a hopeless idiot, but he's not evil by nature, which is why he's so difficult to deal with.

If she were a being that was evil from head to toe, then we could reject her without any worries.

However, the goodness of Ishtar who appeared in this world seemed to overwhelm her evilness. This should be due to the girl who merged with her.

No...not only that, but is there also Rhodes' influence?

"Huh? You are just the King of Uruk. What right do you have to judge me? Why do you care about my relationship with Rhodes?"

Ishtar flew to Rhodes and put her face against her youngest son's.

"This kid will obey whatever I say, right, Rhodes?"

Gilgamesh snorted coldly: "That's why you are hated. One day, I will leave quietly because I can't stand your willfulness anymore."

"Varied……"

Ishtar's eyes widened and she hugged Rhodes' neck tightly.

"Impossible! How could Rod hate me! Rod, don't leave me! I will be obedient! Wuuuuuu."

"Okay, okay, Ishtar, I will not abandon you."

After Rhodes said this, the goddess finally calmed down.

The three of them climbed the tall and long steps and entered the sacred tower.

As soon as I entered the main gate, I heard the noise coming from the solemn palace hall.

"I say, what are you guys making such a fuss about in my palace?"

Gilgamesh shouted loudly to everyone in the center of the hall.

Siduri turned around and bowed deeply. "King, you are back. Magician Meili and Fujimaru Ritsuka have just finished their reconnaissance mission in the jungle and are here to report to you."

"And this is... Miss Tomoe Gozen, who came to report the disappearance of Rod-kun."

"My Lord!"

Tomoe Gozen trotted over quickly, grabbed one of Rhodes' arms, and glared at Ishtar who was wrapped around him.

"Okay, let's start reporting... Rod, you stay too."

Gilgamesh sat on the throne and called out to the young man who was about to run away with Ishtar and Ba Gozen.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu cheered up and began to report this mission to the king.

In the dense forest, they discovered the city of Ur which had been swallowed up by the forest that appeared out of nowhere, and unexpectedly discovered that there were still a large number of citizens in the city that they thought had been destroyed.

Upon asking, I learned that the city of Ur is now under the protection of one of the three goddesses alliance, the "Forest Goddess".

The reason why contact with Uruk was cut off was because of the mischief of the forest goddess.

The citizens were "raised" by the goddess in the city of Ur.

Whether they are people coming to rescue, people going out to seek support, or magical beasts that stray into this place, they will all be killed equally by the forest.

The goddess's protection is not free, and the city of Ur must offer a living sacrifice to the goddess every day.

Even so, the citizens chose to obey the goddess.

In addition, the group encountered a goddess named Leopard Woman during the expedition and fought with her.

Although she looks like she has some problems with her brain, she is indeed a genuine god. Even the lineup of Meli + Anna + Mashu cannot win, so Meli decides to retreat temporarily.

“…That’s the situation of Ur.”

Mash concluded her report, "We were unable to repel the enemy Servants, nor were we able to protect the residents..."

“To retreat in such a disastrous way…!” Gilgamesh’s face tightened.

"During the memorable first mission granted to you by the King, something so ridiculous actually happened...!"

Siduri immediately stepped forward and tried to smooth things over: "Please calm down, King Gilgamesh! Fujimaru Ritsuka is back alive. This alone is a world of difference from before."

"..."

The king, who had been silent and angry for a long time, suddenly hugged his head and shouted, "Damn it! I want to see that leopard man in person!"

Well, but.

A leopard-type guy... there's already an interesting one here, isn't there?

Gilgamesh glanced at Rhodes meaningfully.

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After the report on the jungle exploration, we moved on to the next topic.

"So what, Ishtar? You must know the true identity of the Goddess of the Forest?"

The king seemed to treat Ishtar as a pendant of Rhodes and also included her as a member of Uruk's defense force, which was very much in the style of humanity's oldest fat tiger.

He said.

“In the past, the brave warriors who responded to my call challenged the darkness of the forest, but none returned.

To be able to defeat a Servant of this level, he must be a famous god, right?"

"Eh... isn't the Jungle Goddess a leopard man?" asked Ritsuka Fujimaru.

"Of course not." Anna shook her head. "Although that Servant is also a god, she can only be considered an accessory at best. Next time I will definitely skin her alive."

Perhaps it was because they were both “low-level goddesses” that Anna had a fighting spirit, the fighting spirit in her eyes was particularly strong.

"Well... although the matter of the leopard man is disturbing, we will talk about it later! So what? What is the real name of the goddess of the jungle?"

“Well, it’s okay to tell you something like this… It’s Quetzalcoatl.

Like me, she is the goddess of Venus, and the bird of the sun, the wind of South America, Quetzalcoatl."

"Quetzalcoatl...! The Mayan conqueror king, the Toltec sun god!"

Romani frowned.

“Isn’t that a major god? But then again, isn’t Quetzalcoatl a male god? Why did he become a goddess?!”

Quetzalcoatl, the supreme god in Aztec mythology of Central and South America.

She established the Temple of the Sun in Sumer and was perhaps the strongest of the Three Goddesses Alliance.

Even if it is the goddess of demons that wreaked havoc on the land of Mesopotamia

Gorgon, who possesses the power of the [Womb of Beasts] and has millions of magical beasts under his command, may not be a match for this Quetzalcoatl if he gets serious.

"A male god...? Oh, that's right. Humans don't know."

Ishtar said: "The South American mythology system was not born on this planet, but is said to have fallen from the sky.

After the asteroid hit the surface, the "microorganisms" attached to the asteroid parasitized the plants, survived and established the civilization of that land.

To embrace the existence of South American divinity, there will also be female "containers" among them. "

"Thank you for providing such amazing information, goddess! The earth is still very profound!"

"Doctor Romani, continue to compile information about the goddess. Today's meeting ends here."

Gilgamesh, lost in thought, unilaterally ended today's meeting.

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That night.

"Yeah, Anna."

Rhodes went up to the rooftop of the Chaldean Embassy and handed her a cup of hot milk with honey.

"for you."

"...How did you know I was here...Thank you."

Anna held the cup of milk in both hands and sipped it in small sips like a kitten.

"Meili told me, and she asked me to bring you this glass of milk."

That frivolous magician...

The corner of Rod's mouth twitched, and he said something like, "Since Rod is Morgan's husband, he must be very good at getting along with girls like Anna, right? Anna is a little abnormal tonight, you go take care of her~"

"...I see. Sorry for the trouble."

"No, so it was prepared by Meili for you."

“But it was Rod who delivered the milk to me, not that weak nightmare demon,” Anna said stubbornly.

Rhode took a sip of the hot tea in his hand and said, "That's right... By the way, why doesn't Anna rest in her room at night?"

"…………Nothing. Just enjoying the night breeze."

The girl lowered her head, and Rhodes looked at her face in the moonlight.

"Hmm... it's totally unconvincing to say something like that with that distressed expression on your face.

I heard from Meili that your target is the Blood Temple in the north."

Of course it was a lie, Mary didn't even tell him such a thing, or maybe the cunning Mary had guessed that "Rod knew the inside story."

Anna hummed, looked at Rhodes' face as if she wanted to say something, then closed her mouth and lowered her head.

Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Rhodes asked.

"What's wrong?"

Anna hesitated for a moment and said, “Although I stay here…I don’t trust humans, and I can’t trust Meili.

But I don't know why, the first time I saw Rhode, I felt that... this person is trustworthy and that this person is the same as me."

She murmured softly, suddenly raised her head, and looked at the boy next to her with a very serious look.

"So, I... have something important to tell Rhodes!"

Rhodes raised his eyebrows.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh!

I'm coming!