My mother's love song

Come to think of it, the reason why Ishtar went to the underworld in the past was probably because she thought you were lonely underground, so she…"

Ishtar covered his mouth in panic.

"Rod, what are you talking about! I'll spank you when you get home!"

Ereshkigal turned his face away: "Hmph... Hmph! I told you not to mind your own business... and don't hit my child."

"...I'm not worried!" Ishtar also turned her head to the other side, "And this is my child."

Looking at the awkward sisters who obviously cared about each other but were unwilling to be frank, Rhode sighed.

Hmm. It seems that if I want to improve the relationship between the two of them, I have to work harder.

He had already thought of a way, which was to do it in the dormitory...

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And so, King Gilgamesh returned from the underworld for the second time in his life.

Tonight Uruk has become a city that never sleeps.

Citizens poured into the streets, spontaneously holding a grand celebration to celebrate the return of the king and to vent the depressing atmosphere since the war.

The news that the situation was very good reached the ears of the citizens.

[Alliance of Three Goddesses] existed in name only, as two of the goddesses joined the Uruk camp.

Now the only ones still threatening the city-state are the Goddess of Warcraft and her beasts.

Indulging in beer, food, dancing, cheering... people temporarily forgot the pain of losing their loved ones and the exhaustion of fighting, and enjoyed the celebration to the fullest.

The King of Uruk, one of the parties involved, was captured by the priests and recorders to make a report on his journey to the underworld, while the residents of the Chaldean Embassy were dragged into the parade by the citizens.

Of course, Rhodes is no exception.

He is the greatest hero who conquered the Goddess of the Jungle and the Goddess of the Underworld.

His fame spread throughout Mesopotamia overnight.

His figures are being mass-produced in the workshop.

By the time Rhodes finally escaped from the parade, it was already late at night.

The evening breeze blew, and the young man stood on the top of the sacred tower, looking down at all the people in Uruk.

In the crowd, he saw Leopard Man and Tomoe Gozen competing in drinking ability.

Ishtar was lying on the floating sky boat Maana. Before the attack on Ereshkigal, she had not slept for several days and was extremely sleepy. So the goddess who usually loved to be in a lively atmosphere chose to rest alone today.

Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mashu were also enjoying the festival. They were not allowed to drink alcohol yet, and were trying to avoid the citizens' urging to drink under Siduri's protection.

Be it humans or gods... everyone was enjoying the happiness on the eve of the final battle, except Rhodes, who chose to be alone and away from the noisy crowd.

"I really am not in the mood... huh."

Rhodes smiled bitterly.

After all, he is the only one who knows how serious the situation will be.

In the original FGO, the number of Lahms that almost destroyed Uruk was 100 million, but this time, due to his own reasons, the scale doubled.

Although Rhodes has done a lot of preventive measures to the best of his ability, can he really minimize the harm?

Should I not be so arrogant... and honestly try to convince Tiamat, who has not yet completely fallen into the state of a beast?

"Aha……"

The boy drank the beer in his cup in one gulp and sighed.

"Ah. Found it... Here, here!"

A noisy, frivolous voice came from behind the boy.

"Really... How could the hero of Uruk hide in a place like this all by himself?

Compared to weird and cold boys, older sisters prefer sunny and cute boys, right? "

"I'll be popular with the big sisters even if I don't do anything."

Rod answered Mellie without turning his head.

"Mei Li...why are you looking for me in a place like this if you're not going to pick up some girls?"

"Well...actually, there's someone who wants to talk to you tonight."

"?"

Rhodes turned around and looked in the direction of Mary.

Anna, a little girl wrapped in a black robe, poked her cute little face out from the hood: "Good evening, Rod."

Chapter 184 Goddess Captor

"Well then, I'll take my leave, Lightbulb~"

Mary smiled and waved, then disappeared into the night stepping on the pink and white flowers.

The little girl wearing a black cloak and a black hood walked up to Rhodes.

"Drink some of this to warm yourself up."

After handing one of the two cups of barley tea with white smoke billowing out of it to Rhodes, Anna stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

"Thank you."

"Ah."

The little head under the hood nodded slightly, "When I came over from the commercial street, I saw a shop selling statues of you and the king."

It seems that Rod and Gilgamesh have become a popular couple among the girls of Uruk.

The Oldest Hero King and the Goddess Captor from the Future

Are you kidding me…I’m going to puke!

"Really?... You're amazing, Uruk."

Rhode blew gently on the hot barley tea. "This is obviously not the information age, but news can spread so quickly. I just came back from the underworld at noon, and everyone is already laughing and talking about this trip to the underworld."

"Information Age?"

Anna chewed on the words she couldn't understand and said, "Perhaps it's because the people in this city-state have a close and friendly relationship with each other, so the news can spread so quickly."

"Anna really likes Uruk."

"..."

The girl didn't answer, but just lowered her head and sipped the hot barley tea in small sips.

There's no way to continue the topic this way.

Rod smiled bitterly, because I am a reliable adult man.

He made small talk and asked, "Anna, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Gently shaking her head, the girl said, "Nothing... Don't listen to Meili's nonsense. She just couldn't bear to see me alone in the room, so after pulling me out, she wanted to leave me behind to have fun."

It turned out that Anna's original plan tonight was to sleep alone in the house, but because of the parade, the streets were too noisy and she couldn't fall asleep.

So she found Merlin, intending to ask about the situation of the Gorgon Raid.

As a result, that scumbag woman directly sent Anna, the burden, to Rhodes.

"So Meili just left you to me, hahaha..."

"Well, are you troubled?"

"No, I want to chat with Anna too."

"I don't like being in crowded places, and there are people everywhere tonight."

With the boy's persistence, the girl finally became a little more talkative.

"Gorgon Raid, let's do our best together."

"Well...I will chop off the head of the Beast Goddess."

There was a determined light in the girl's demonic eyes.

Her purpose in coming to this era is to destroy her monster-like self [Gorgon], and she will do anything to achieve this goal.

The space between the two returned to silence.

"Speaking of which..." Rhodes seemed to remember something.

He grabbed the girl's wrist and said, "Anna, let's go."

A wary look came from under the hood: "Where are you going?"

"Enjoy the festival."

Rhodes gave her a hearty smile.

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Uruk was bustling late at night, and there was no sign of cooling down even in the second half of the night.

The two children shuttled among the surging crowds of the celebratory parade. Rod dragged Anna's hand and walked quickly on the streets of Uruk late at night.

The girl who was forcibly dragged showed a very resistant expression. She just didn't want to go into a crowded place, so she fled to the top of the divine tower.

Didn't Anna understand that Rod had dragged her into the parade in order to show off to her the prestige of the hero Rod in Uruk?

No, if it was for the sake of enjoying people's attention, Rhodes would not have stayed alone in the God Tower in the first place.

...Could it be that he is actually a super weirdo like Mary?

"Where are we going?" Anna asked anxiously.

"We're almost there." Rhodes held her hand and walked through countless alleys.

People around the street recognized the boy and shouted his name excitedly.

"It's Lord Rhodes!"

"Ooooooh! The hero of Uruk!"

"Conqueror of the Jungle!"

"The warrior who returned from the underworld!"

"Lord Rhodes! Lead us to defeat the Goddess of Warcraft!"

Rhodes just smiled awkwardly and walked quickly through the crowd.

After wandering around half of the city of Uruk, they came to a quiet alley with few people.

"here it is……"

Anna showed a resistance and uneasy expression.

Unlike the main road where a lively parade was taking place, this place was cold and desolate, as if it had been forgotten by the world.

The two stood in front of a dilapidated flower shop.

This is the home of the old lady in the flower shop where Rhodes and Anna worked together two weeks ago.

It is more like a room full of dead flowers that no one cares about than a flower shop.

The owner is a blind old man, and the shop is located deep in the street where the sun cannot reach it, so it is natural that this is the case.

The old man with a bad temper was unwilling to accept his children's invitation to leave this flower shop which had actually gone bankrupt, and just stayed here alone.

Although they had only come here together to help once, Anna still often came here alone after that.

Anna gradually became the old man's pillar of support.

Although I can no longer see, I can still feel the warmth and glow from this girl.