My Destiny Illustrated Book of the Moon

Chapter 685: Celebration of New Uruk

Mesopotamia, the underworld.

Different from Chinese mythology, there is no rule of 'one day in heaven, one year on earth' in the place where gods live. However, in the present when memories are embellished with the past and become more vivid, does the goddess of the underworld have the same feeling?
Perhaps, the increasingly silent temple is the answer.

hum...

The Garula spirits that had abandoned their bodies circled around the temple, pale and helpless, like petals withered in a river, drifting away with the flowing water.

Then it swept back, bringing the message on behalf of the fallen leaves.

"You... are the Garula spirit that was bullied by Shuoyue, right?"

The underworld was illuminated by a faint light. Ailei raised her eyes and looked at the little ghost that was floating around like an inflated balloon, trying to attract her attention. A smile appeared on her pale face.

"Why are you looking for me? The person who bullied you has already left."

The golden-red robe swayed slightly, and the goddess stretched out her cold fingers and gently touched Jialu La Ling's forehead: "If you are here to comfort me, thank you, but don't worry, I'm fine."

"It's just that I'm not used to it."

That was not a lie. For thousands of years, the goddess had been watching over the underworld alone. The coming and going of that young man was just a random stroke in this long period of time.

As time goes by, the mark he left behind will eventually fade away.

"Actually, I already knew what Shuoyue was thinking." Holding the puffed-up, soft Garula spirit in her arms, Ailei rested her chin on its head and whispered to herself, "Although he didn't say anything, he always wanted to take me away from the underworld."

After gaining authority to the underworld in some unknown way, Ai Lei noticed that Shuoyue's eyes looked at her more and more strangely. Several times, her back felt cold, and she always felt that she was going to be tied up by this young man and taken to an unknown place.

But, this won’t work.

Guarding the underworld, this is her mission.

Anyone who tries to violate this will be regarded as an enemy by Ailei, no matter who he is.

"So, before it gets to the point of no return, it's better to send him away in advance... At least this way we can leave behind good memories." Her golden hair fell like a waterfall. In the deserted temple, the goddess fully released her beauty that was no less than her sisters.

This beauty does not need anyone's protection, nor will it fade because no one pays attention to it. It can bloom on its own, even in the silent underworld.

It just seems a little lonely.

"Besides!" The goddess's pink fist hit the Garula spirit's abdomen, waking it up with pink bubbles. "He agreed so easily, which means Shuoyue doesn't care about the underworld at all, let alone me!"

"For this kind of guy, you'd better leave quickly and don't let me see him!"

——Although he acted as if he didn't care, why did he pretend to be angry when talking about the new moon, but there was a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth?

Although it wanted to ask this question, the Garula spirit did not have the intelligence to do so. After being punched by the goddess, it suddenly trembled, then opened its mouth wide and spit out a platinum-colored mark from its body.

"This aura... is it New Moon?"

Ailei blinked and stared at the Garula spirit. Then she realized something and her cheeks quickly turned red. Then she pushed the innocent little ghost hard and stuck it to the wall of the temple.

If this Garula spirit has always had the mark of the new moon in its body... doesn't it seem like I'm holding the new moon?
Suppressing a subtle sense of shame deep in her heart, Ai Lei couldn't help but puff up her cheeks and look angrily at the mark left by her priest, interpreting the information contained in it as the divine power flowed.

On the other side of the human world, there is the ancient royal city of Uruk.

The priest of the underworld told the goddess he loved so much:

[Save a bed for me, Ailei]

[I will have dinner with the King and the others, and then I will come back to sleep with you~]

???

!!!

"What, what?" After listening to Shuoyue's message, the goddess stood up from the obsidian floor of the temple and walked back and forth, "I thought he would never come back... but he is coming back after all!"

For a moment, Ai Lei herself couldn't tell whether she was feeling joy or panic. She just followed her feelings and subconsciously complained:

"Also, what's with this familiar tone? It sounds like, like--"

Just like a husband who is out socializing.

"Hmm..." The goddess who had just stood up covered her face again and slowly squatted down. Her cheeks, which were pressed against her fingers, were frighteningly hot. The Garula spirit that had just slid down from the wall didn't understand why the mistress didn't move again. It floated up and circled around Elle, like a night light, with the faint light rising and falling.

"Hey, Shuoyue just said that he wants to have dinner in Uruk City, right?"

Suddenly, the goddess of the underworld raised her head and spoke in a deep voice.

"......?" The spirit of Garula looked at Ailei blankly. In the dim light of the spirit, the girl's eyes flickered. "That won't do. As a priestess, how can you abandon this goddess and secretly enjoy the delicious food?"

The goddess' whispers scattered in the underworld, and then disappeared.

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Hello everyone, my name is Ishtar.

That’s right, unlike that gloomy and autistic sister, I am the most favored by the gods, the perfect goddess in charge of beauty, harvest and battle!
Although I appear in the world as a pseudo-Servant possessed by humans for various reasons, this body is just as good. Whether in heaven or on earth, or where that stupid woman is underground, all life will lie dormant under my charm!
That’s right—all life!
Even if someone denies it, they are just being stubborn. The most direct evidence is that the King of Uruk obviously dislikes this goddess, but he still built the sacred tower and prayed for me to become the patron saint of Uruk!

Ha, ha, ha, this goddess's charm is invincible! Today is also a perfect day to take care of my skin in a gem bath!

Then, at dusk, when I was imagining that the sun was a gem that could be taken away, I realized that the temple of Uruk was separated from the earth veins.

Imagine, everyone, that you are enjoying a beautiful day in a gem bath at Mount Ebifu, and suddenly you find that your temple has exploded without any notice...

Can this be tolerated?

Of course I can't bear it!
So, the furious goddess Venus drove the Ark Maanna all the way to Uruk to get to the bottom of things.

What came towards them were two swords of the God of War Zababa.

The verdant horizon that opens up thousands of mountains & the dawn horizon that burns thousands of seas.

These two swords of the god of war who doted on her the most, which were supposed to clear away all those who were in her way, were now aimed at her head.

"What's going on? Uncle Zababa is resurrected?!" Ishtar steered the Ark to dodge the intersecting blows deftly. The hot wind made her cheeks hurt. She looked down in disbelief, and then saw the big blond man in very little clothing, staring at her with hateful eyes.

Waved.

"The King's Treasure is now fully open!"

“Gilgamesh—”

Ishtar was going crazy. She pushed down Maanna and narrowly avoided the rain of treasures. "Do you want to go to war with this goddess? At this critical moment? The alliance of the three goddesses is enough for you...ah."

Following a heavy blow on the back of her head, Ishtar's eyes went dark, and then she fell into a coma, falling from the air like a meteor, and fell into the diamond-shaped space before hitting the ground. When she reappeared, she was already sitting on the bench in front of Shuoyue.

"I thought you would catch her." Gilgamesh came forward and kicked Ishtar with some disgust.

"I am a priest of the underworld, and I am not familiar with the goddess Venus." Shuoyue glanced at Jin Shanshan, "Also, put away the thing you are hiding in your hand."

"Tsk, have you been discovered?"

"When it comes to concealing aura, I'm the expert, okay?"

The wise king was talking to the magician, and the goddess's priest finally caught up and looked at the two of them with some resentment.

"Your Excellency the King and Shuoyue...you two are really, too reckless."

"Don't worry, Siduri. The king has no intention of doing anything, and neither does the magician."

Gilgamesh looked up and watched the sunset sink into Mount Ebifu in the distance, while the stars and the moon rose from the surface of the Persian Gulf.

"It's nothing more than wanting to invite another goddess to dinner."

Shuoyue took over the conversation and said with a smile.

"Dinner?" Xidulli seemed to be thinking about something, and a figure ran up in a hurry. Upon hearing the words, he immediately came in front of Shuoyue, his eyes shining brightly.

"Wait, what did I hear? Dinner? Is there anything delicious tonight?"

"Ushiwakamaru, don't be so anxious." Sakutsuki leaned back, his eyes moving away from the girl's clothes that were ready to drink as soon as the lid was opened. "It's just that the king and I both think that we should hold a party in this newly built Urukli tonight."

"Really? Yeah!"

"I never said that about those guys who covet the delicious food." Gilgamesh crossed his arms proudly, but suddenly thought of something, raised one eyelid, and looked towards the new moon with his snake eyes.

"Of course, if someone is willing to cook for me, I can open my granary to you. So, you will help me, right, cook?"

"It sounds like you want me to be a laborer, but it doesn't matter, I agree." Hearing the long-lost familiar name, Shuoyue's eyes flickered, and the corners of his mouth raised a little arc, "After all, the goddess will also attend the dinner. As her most loyal sacrifice, how can I not go all out, Jin Shanshan."

So, after the two people nodded in agreement, the party to celebrate the completion of New Uruk began amid the cheers of the people.

And someone with ulterior motives once again took away the bodies of his sisters. The goddess who came to the human world through them had just opened her eyes when she was covered in noise and shouting.

Ai Lei: “……?”

What happened?
(End of this chapter)