My mother's love song

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"This is the first time we're alone together, Rod-kun."

"Well, when I think about it, it is true... because Fufu always resists having any contact with you alone. Just now, she bit my ear and threatened me for a long time."

"Huh? Is that so?"

They walked through the empty streets of Kusa City, chatting aimlessly.

"Rod-kun is really reliable... Although Anna is also reliable, she doesn't seem to be good at getting along with others. Rod-kun is different, he is very sophisticated in dealing with people." Mash sighed.

"Really? Well... emotional intelligence has nothing to do with age. Some people are still like children even after living for 1500 years."

Right, Mellie.

"Yeah, that's right."

Suddenly, a strange black shadow flashed past them.

"That's over there..." Mashu said alertly.

"Let's go and take a look."

The two followed the strange black shadow.

After entering an empty house, their bodies were immediately enveloped by an intense feeling of weightlessness, and everything went dark before their eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, the bright daytime street suddenly turned into a dark cave-like scene.

"...?"

Although the city just now was a dead city, this place is countless times more gloomy.

They fell smoothly into the underworld.

"Sister Mashu, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine... where is this place?"

The girl patted the lime on her round buttocks and looked around.

"A living person! A living person!"

Suddenly, a circle of figures in black robes surrounded them.

The light was dim, and when Mash looked closely, she saw fleshless skeletons beneath the hoods of those people.

"Woooaaaaaaaaaa! Is it a ghost?"

The girl subconsciously hid behind Rhodes and held the boy's shoulders tightly.

Then she immediately realized her mistake and jumped out from behind Rhodes with a large shield raised, and stretched her trembling slender legs to block the boy.

"Rod, Rod-kun... Sister Mashu will protect you, don't be afraid!"

"Why are there living people in the underworld...why..."

"Are you here to laugh at me... Are you here to plunder me... Are you here to escape... Are you here to abandon me..."

"Unforgivable... unforgivable in any way..."

“Die die die, die, die die die die die die die die!”

Wailing and sighing, the ghost kept approaching Rhodes and Mash.

"Prepare for battle." Mashu took a deep breath.

“…Wait.”

Rhodes stopped the approaching ghost.

"Galula spirits, she and I are not dead yet. We are guests of the Queen."

"...?"

The Garula spirits stopped and looked at each other. Mash was also surprised by the "Queen" mentioned by Rod.

"That's right, they are my guests... I will close the seven doors, and you can go back to fulfill your duty of protection."

The third person's voice echoed in the dark space.

Then, Ereshkigal appeared in front of them both.

"Fear. Pray. Despair, man. I am the steward of death."

The mistress of the underworld, Ereshkigal, recites her unchanging entrance lines in the form of the King of the Garula Spirits.

There are many reasons why this posture is used.

But the main reason was...she wanted to show her beautiful girlish appearance to Rhodes in a more appropriate and romantic occasion.

"That's... the Queen?"

Mashu swallowed, still maintaining the posture of holding the round table high, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.

"Ellie! I missed you so much!"

Rhodes stepped forward quickly and pounced on the bride's skeleton.

"Rod, danger... Eh! Eh?"

Mashu stared in amazement at Rhodes who was hugging the pure white skeleton.

"Wait, wait! Human, don't go too far... Damn it, Rhode, there are others here!"

Ereshkigal exclaimed with shame and joy, shaking his body violently.

"...Is it okay without anyone else?" Rhodes asked, putting his face against her bones.

"certainly not!"

Ereshkigal gently pushed Rod away from his arms and spoke in a cold tone.

"Rod...who is she?"

"Mashu. Mashu Kyrielight... one of the strangers who came to this era."

"Hello... nice to meet you, Your Majesty."

Mash bowed stiffly.

"I see...she is."

Ereshkigal turned to Mashu and spoke condescendingly.

"Human. The underground of Kusa City is still connected to the underworld. You fell into the underworld alive."

"The underworld... still exists?" Mashu asked in surprise.

According to Leonardo da Vinci and Mellie, the Mesopotamian underworld was located beneath the surface of the earth and should have disappeared along with the Age of Gods.

But the dead silence she saw before her made Mashu immediately believe that she was in the underworld.

"...Yes, the underworld still exists." She changed the subject.

"But since you already know about the existence of the underworld, I can only ask you to stay here and die."

As he spoke, Ereshkigal passed by Rhodes and stretched out his cold magic hand towards Mashu.

"Wait, Elle! You can't kill her!"

Rhodes stood in front of Mashu.

"Get out of the way, Rod."

Ereshkigal said coldly.

"I won't kill you, but you can't let anyone else know of my existence.

This girl is just your companion in Uruk, right? There is no reason for you to protect her."

"I don't want Elle to kill anyone again."

"..."

Rod's words left Ereshkigal speechless.

After standing there for a while, she spoke loudly with strong and fluctuating tone.

"Rod, did you make a mistake?

I am the goddess who governs death...If there is no death, what would I have left! ?

I have killed countless people so far... Yes, all the humans in the entire Kusa city were taken away by me.

I will kill more and more people next time, until all human beings on earth are wiped out..."

"I will find a way for gods and humans to coexist." Rhodes said, "So stop killing innocent people."

"...That kind of thing is simply impossible." Ai Lei said with a trembling voice.

Ereshkigal once told Rod that his ideal was to restore a world where humans and gods coexisted.

I'm so happy, he really... remembers me?

Ereshkigal threatened, "Get out of there, or I'll kill you too."

"Kill me if you want." Rhode stared at her and said, "I have been prepared to dedicate my life to the goddess since I stepped into Kusa City."

"……Varied!"

Ereshkigal took a half step back in panic.

“What are you saying all of a sudden… Ugh, you don’t really think I want to kill you, do you? I haven’t thought about it that way… idiot.”

Ereshkigal waved his hands wildly, his chest pounding, and his momentum suddenly dropped.

But the wise Goddess of Death was different from her sister. She was not convinced by Rhode's teasing remarks.

“…It still doesn’t work.” Ai Lei shook her head.

“Besides…didn’t you just say that all the lives that enter Kusa City belong to me?

Why would I let go of a human who has fallen into the underworld? She was already dead the moment she stepped into this place."

"……Well."

Rhode didn't expect Elle to be so stubborn. If it was Ishtar, she would have obeyed him long ago.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Anyway...you can't kill her."

"Give me a reason why I can't kill this girl who is not related to you in any way? Are you going to go against me for her?"

After thinking for a while, Rhode said calmly: "Ailei, she is not related to me..."

"what?"

"Mashu Kyrielight, she... is my lover."

Mash: “Huh!?”

Ereshkigal: “………….”

moment.

An unprecedented extreme coldness was released from the body of the silent Garula Spirit Queen.

The murderous aura engulfed the entire underworld, and the curse penetrated deeply into the skin of Rod and Mashu.

"Luo, Luo Dejun!!!"

Overwhelmed by the goddess's murderous intent, Mashu nervously set up the round table.

“…Ah.”

Rhodes scratched his cheek: "It seems to have the opposite effect?"

p.s. Happy Valentine's Day~

Chapter 173: Gorgon, the Goddess of Warcraft

"Elei, this child's name is Mash Kyrielight, she... is my girlfriend."