My mother's love song

This is a classic romantic comedy! A rooftop confession after school...!

That's strange.

"What you want to tell me is... 'The North's Goddess of Warcraft is you'?" Rhodes said lightly.

“…Huh!? Why… do you… know…”

Anna's aqua-purple eyes trembled, and she showed an expression that was a mixture of fear, panic, confusion, etc.

Anna's true identity is the young form of the Warcraft Goddess entrenched in the north.

They have the same origin, Medusa, a monster that appears in Greek mythology.

If the Warcraft Goddess is the complete form of Medusa, the form of the Demon King.

Then Anna is the childhood of Medusa, the form of the goddess.

The reason why she appeared in this era was to fight against the "wrong self".

One of the reasons why she resisted contact with people around her was because of the tragic experiences she had in her life.

More importantly, the Warcraft Goddess felt deeply guilty about the disaster she had brought to this era.

"…Yes…it's like this. Mary told you…"

Rod interrupted, "That's not what Mellie told me."

"What on earth is that...?"

The boy tilted his head: "Beast, intuition?"

"What? ... Like an idiot."

Anna pouted. "It's so strange... You're just like Mary, and you're just as full of lies as humans, but I still can't be on guard against you."

"I think that's because it doesn't matter even if I find out your true identity."

Rhode said calmly, "Because I am a scum six hundred times worse than Mary."

"What's the connection between this and that?" Anna asked in confusion.

"Of course, Anna, the only thing you don't want humans to know your true identity.

The reason you keep your distance from humans is not because you hate them, but because you are afraid of them.

You are afraid that your true nature will be known by humans, and you are afraid that you will be hated. This is the difference between you and the Gorgon."

"..."

The girl drank the milk in silence.

After a moment, she accepted what Rod said.

"So...what should I do?"

"Just keep the status quo. Just don't say anything and hide the truth from everyone." Rhode said frivolously, "It's good to hide the truth until the end. No one will get hurt."

"……But."

Rod noticed Anna's hesitation and continued.

"What's wrong with hiding your inhuman side? I am like this, Meili is like this, and Tomoe Gozen is like this too.

What matters is not who you are, but how you want to live.

If you find humans annoying, just kill them. If you feel happy being with humans, then stay."

"…………Rod, do you…love humans?"

"I love humans! I love them so much that I want to kill all of them and eat them!"

Rod answered immediately.

"It's been hard work... Rod-kun, you've worked much harder than me [Gorgon]. Thank you, I feel much better now."

Anna let out a short sigh and stood up from the bench.

"By the way, Rod...if you had a golden apple, who would you give it to?"

"I will give it to Aphrodite, and then twist off Athena's head in front of Hera." Rhodes said with a smile.

Chapter 172 Ai Lei! I brought my daughter-in-law to visit you!

It's another nice day with clear skies and crisp air.

Meli brought the Chaldeans to the Imperial Palace to receive their mission.

"Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mashu, and Meili. I will entrust you with a more important mission.

This time we are looking for something. Go to Kusa City and retrieve the [Destiny Tablet]. "The king said.

The Destiny Tablet is the record left by King Gilgamesh after he used his clairvoyance to see the future. It is also known as the Book of Prophecy.

"Oh, this is an unexpected job. Is the Tablet of Destiny in Kusa City?"

The treasure left behind by King Gilgamesh, the symbol of Sumerian royal power [Tablet of Destiny].

It was originally the treasure of the original god Enlil. After tens of thousands of years of twists and turns, it finally flowed into the treasure house of the Hero King.

As a result, it was lost by Gilgamesh again.

Wang had been searching for its whereabouts for half a year, and finally recalled the clue while meditating last night.

Entrusting such an important recovery mission to Ritsuka Fujimaru shows that the king has begun to trust Chaldea.

The wise king on the throne nodded and said, "That's right. I remember when I was looking for the elixir of immortality on my way back to Uruk, I saw the future in Kusa.

This king entered into meditation in that city, recorded the destiny on the clay tablet, and then left. "

Although destiny refers to something sent down by God, in Gilgamesh's case it came from clairvoyance.

Sometimes, he would suddenly learn about the "future" that had nothing to do with him and record it unconsciously.

Since the work was done while he was meditating [sleeping], the king himself could not remember what the prophecy was.

……

"You are granted permission to leave through the north gate of Uruk. This mission will not take too long. Come back in three days and gain more knowledge."

After the king gave his farewell speech, he immediately returned to his work.

Back at the embassy, ​​they called up Anna, who was in high spirits because of her generous reward.

"What!? You guys are going to Kusa City? I want to go too! I want to go too!"

Rhodes, who usually didn't take King Gilgamesh seriously, expressed his willingness to be everyone's free guard today, which was unusual.

The reason why Rhodes was so active was because he knew that Kusa City was Ailei's territory.

This is a rare opportunity, so go over there and show your face.

Rod and Ba explained the whole story to the Queen and asked her to stay in Uruk, and then joined the Chaldean group.

……

Kusa City was destroyed without any warning after the emergence of the "Three Goddesses Alliance".

Suddenly one day, the connection with Kusa City was cut off.

The investigation team that arrived at the scene saw a quiet street.

There was no trace of blood, corpses, or struggle. All the citizens seemed to have died in their sleep.

During the journey, Mary explained the destination to the future messengers.

Mashu asked, "This is really... an incredible incident. Was it caused by a gas leak or something...?"

"It's not Singularity F!" Ritsuka Fujimaru complained with a smile.

“I don’t know. But there are no wounds on any of the bodies. The cause of death was not Ishtar’s bow or the monsters.

Since then, Kusa has been regarded as a cursed land and has become a desolate place that no one dares to approach. "

Mash thought for a moment, "But what exactly is going on... It sounds scarier than a monster or an attack from Ishtar."

Rhode picked up the white cub from her shoulder and said, "Let Fufu tell you."

"Fu Fu, Fu Wu!" The cat demon shook his head.

"Oh, she said she didn't know."

"No matter what happened, we can't tell anything unless we go and take a look," said Mary.

After crossing two high mountains, they arrived at the city of Kusa.

It was an empty city without any life.

"This is Kusa City... a city that stopped functioning overnight..."

"The streets are in ruins, the wreckage of buildings is everywhere... the damage is very serious."

After consulting the Chaldea headquarters for an investigation, Romani told everyone that there was currently no life in the city other than theirs.

Da Vinci said: "I don't know why, but the monsters seem to be afraid of that city."

"Hmm... Indeed, my sixth sense of "just save your own life" is also telling me that there is no threat here."

Mellie agrees: "There was only the eerie silence, and what might even be called the quiet of death.

...It seems that King Gilgamesh and I have overlooked this place. The events in Kusa City are completely different from those in other cities.

I even think it was destined that the king would place the Destiny Tablet here. Well, before thinking too deeply, let's go treasure hunting first."

Military strategist Meli suddenly proposed that everyone split up to investigate the four areas of the empty city: southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest.

Mashu nodded: "Okay, then I will follow Senior..."

"Let's draw lots!" Rhodes suddenly said, "Six people are divided into four groups, so we can only draw lots, right?"

"...Six people?"

Everyone was confused by Rhodes' words and exchanged glances.

No matter how you look at it, there are only five of them...

"Fu, Fu!"

The white cub on Mashu's shoulder suddenly raised its paws.

Meili smiled bitterly and said, "You, a fierce beast... actually strongly advocate human rights. Well, let's draw lots."

结果

"Rod-kun and Mashu will be in one group, Ritsuka and Fufu will be in another group, and Anna and I will act alone."

Mashu immediately objected to the result of the draw: "No, this is too much... After all, I am your Servant and cannot leave my Master."

Her idea is not unreasonable. After all, among the six "people", only Ritsuka is a pure human being, and she is a loser with a combat power of only five.

Meili said, "It's okay. Fortunately, the monsters can't enter Kusa, and Ritsuka still has Romani's navigation.

By the way, Cathy Palug is here too. Don’t underestimate this guy, he’s quite capable in times of crisis.”

"Fuwu~"

"but……"

"Sister Mashu, do you hate working with me?" Rhodes asked.

This is right above the underworld, Elle's sphere of influence, and also King Hassan's territory.

Therefore, it doesn't matter even if Ritsuka acts alone.

"No! That's not happening!" Mashu shook her head in panic.

At this time, Romani joined the conversation.

“Well… I wanted to object, but the result of the draw is sacred, and there really was no hostile reaction.

In the future, we may encounter situations where Ritsuka needs to investigate alone. Everything requires experience, so it is not a bad idea to let Ritsuka act alone this time."

Fujimaru Ritsuka hugged Fufu and said, "Well, it's okay. I will call everyone if anything happens."

"...Since the senior has said so, I understand. Mr. Luo, please give me your guidance."

"Then let's start the investigation as soon as possible. Anyway, let's split up and search for an hour. No matter what the result is, gather back here!"