My Destiny Illustrated Book of the Moon

Chapter 686 Declaration of the Goddess of the Underworld
As night fell, a deep blue sky enveloped the city of Uruk, with stars twinkling like countless gems. The torches lit on the city walls illuminated the city like a golden ocean, with the flickering lights dancing on the solid stone walls, and countless figures passing through it.

In the square, laughter and joy were heard one after another. The residents of Uruk put on their best clothes and rushed to this rare event. Led by the king of ancient Sparta, the men laughed and showed their bronze skin in the flames, while the women's gauze skirts shone in the moonlight, dancing with butterflies in the night sky, attracting envious glances from the girls with silver hair and red eyes.

The children shuttled among the crowd, playing with young-looking ghosts, chasing boys dressed as ninjas, and laughing like silver bells.

On the arch bridge in the center of the square, a girl from the Minamoto family in white played the flute, and a monk sat beside her, slapping his knees and chanting a song that was both future and ancient. The priests formed a circle in the center, holding up torches. The flames trembled in the night wind, illuminating their faces with holiness and enthusiasm. Their chants echoed in the night sky, praying for a good harvest and peace.

On the high platform, three handsome heroes sat opposite each other, with fragrant beer in their hands. The wise king and the saint gazed at the citizens' celebration, as if they were watching an endless fire, with gentle expressions, while the magician shook his glass, feeling the rising soul, his eyes fell on the beautiful goddess with golden hair like a waterfall on the seat next to him.

God, if you can hear us, please grant us peace, joy and satisfaction tonight.

This free and noble watch alone is enough to cope with the separation of life and death in the future.

As if she heard the young man's prayer, the goddess's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she opened her eyes amid the bustle.

Then, the brand new Uruk comes into view.

The night was deep, but the enthusiasm of the celebration was not reduced at all. The night of Uruk seemed to be ignited, full of endless joy and vitality. The cheerful music, fragrant food, and blazing fire seemed to merge the entire city into this ocean of joy. At this moment, every corner of Uruk was echoing with people's laughter and singing. Even though the monsters were lurking outside the city and the ominous gods were watching in the dark, they still couldn't stop the people's voices.

It is a praise for life and an expectation for the future.

And Ai Lei never thought that when the excitement reaches its peak, it is no different from the silence of no one.

It's all like this...it makes people feel lonely.

No matter which one it is, it reminds her that she is alone, with no one to tell her sorrow and no one to share her happiness.

Just looking at the celebration scene that she had never seen before, Ai Lei still couldn't help but look at it again and again...

She was completely unaware that a young man was holding his chin, looking at her with half helplessness and half amusement, until one moment when he raised his glass to drink, the light reflected from the glass flashed into the goddess' eyes, and then Ai Lei reacted belatedly.

"...Shuoyue?"

"Hey, goddess, long time no see." As soon as she spoke, she used that familiar and frivolous tone, "The moonlight is so beautiful, isn't it?"

of course.

Ailei subconsciously wanted to answer like this, but when she caught people's smiles, her eyes were filled with ripples and she shook her head:
“What is beautiful today is not the moon, but the people bathing in the moonlight.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gilgamesh and Amakusa glanced at him in surprise, with a look of admiration on their faces for a moment - gods who love humans so deeply and whose love has not been distorted are truly rare.

However, Ailei's lament was not over yet.

"I really want to send them all to the underworld and keep them under good care."

!!!

The corners of the mouth of the wise king and the saint twitched. One of them put his hand back into the sleeve of his wide robe, and the other reached for the battle axe at his feet. At this moment, the magician next to him laughed, looking very relaxed and happy.

With a 'pa' sound, he high-fived the blushing goddess, ending this little prank.

"Did King Gilgamesh tell you?" Her shyness finally came out at this moment. Ailei looked at the body of Ishtar, the mistress of the sky, and then looked at the new moon that showed no surprise, and said softly.

"Of course not. Why do I need other people to tell me about your affairs?" Shuoyue responded with a smile, "Look, I invited you, and you came here at my invitation. The communication between the two of us does not require reminders from others."

"That kind of message can't be considered an invitation..." Ailei muttered, but when she thought that she really came to Uruk as Shuoyue wished, she felt complicated.

I always feel like I'm being played around by Shuoyue.

The goddess subconsciously picked up the wine glass and used the wine in the glass to block the shame in her eyes.

"Okay, cook, let's save the lovemaking with the goddess for later." Gilgamesh didn't want to be fed with dog food, so he tapped the table, "Don't forget why I agreed to this celebration."

"That being said, where is my butter cake?" Shuoyue glanced back, not wanting to be outdone. "Don't forget why I came to Uruk."

As soon as he finished speaking, a lady with elegant temperament stepped onto the platform, holding the delicacy that Shuoyue had been dreaming about day and night.

"I'm sorry, I was delayed for a while because I had to preside over the ceremony to worship the goddess Ishtar...ah, Lady Ishtar?!"

"Okay, thank you very much~" Shuoyue reached out and took the cake from the dumbfounded Siduri, not forgetting to poke Ailei, "Your sacrifice is right in front of you, don't you want to say anything, Miss Ishtar?"

Really, you know I'm not good at dealing with this kind of situation... Ailei gave him a reproachful look, clenched her fist, put it to her mouth and coughed lightly. Just as she was about to speak, Siduri had already put away the surprise on her face, regained her composure, and bowed. "Excuse me, is it the goddess Eleshkigal?"

Discovered?

Ailei was stunned. She originally thought that she was the only one who knew the characteristics that could replace Ishtar at night, but now it seems that everyone seems to know this.
"I told Siduri about this." Gilgamesh raised his hand lazily, with a playful smile on his face, "Goddess, you don't want to be treated as that woman and served, do you?"

"Huh, that's true." Ailei picked up the spoon, scooped up a piece of cake, and put it into her mouth elegantly, "The only one is Ishtar. I don't want to touch anything of hers."

"Ailei, this is my cake..."

"Of course, if you are my sacrifice—" The goddess looked back at Shuoyue with an extremely bright smile, which made him lose his mind for a long time.

"Then his bones, flesh, blood, and everything else will belong to me, and only to me."

surprise.

Shuoyue had never thought that the usually gloomy Ailei would declare her sovereignty so blatantly. Was it because she occupied Ishtar's body, or was she simply unwilling to abandon her goddess's modesty under the gaze of others?

Facing the young man's inquiring gaze, Ai Lei's face became even redder under the firelight. She held up the wine glass with her slender white hands, tilted her head back and drank it all in one gulp, then slapped it on the table and said proudly:

"Continued Cup!"

"..."

Okay, crime solved.

Ailei, how much did you drink when I wasn't paying attention? !
Shuoyue looked at the wise king, while Gilgamesh seemed innocent, but in fact he secretly handed the empty wine jug to Amakusa. Amakusa smiled awkwardly but politely, and under Shuoyue's deathly gaze, he hid the wine jug deeper and deeper behind his back...

"Forget it, Miss Siduri, take good care of Ai Lei for me." Shuoyue sighed and stood up, "I'll go prepare dinner."

As soon as he stood up, his robe was pulled by a strong force.

"Where are you going?" The goddess's eyes were dim, and the flame of the celebration moved from the square to her eyes, and seemed to ignite Shuoyue's heart as well.

"Um, cooking?"

"I think this goddess has said that, right?" As if she was not satisfied with the hem of her clothes that was so close yet so far away, Ai Lei simply stood up and moved closer to Shuoyue, her breath smelling like orchid... no, it would be more appropriate to say it was the fragrance of wheat.

In the slight dizziness brought by the alcohol, Shuoyue heard Ai Lei's whisper.

"You are mine, and only mine."

The gun cage appeared in the hands of the goddess at some point, and as Elle shook it, the spiritual fire of the underworld rose, and the Garula spirits swarmed out like the most loyal servants, opening the door for the mistress and her priest to return home.

"Besides, you didn't think that what I said was just a joke, did you?"

The drunk goddess grabbed Shuoyue's arm, said the last words, and then pulled him and herself into the underworld.

"This goddess will keep the things that she likes from the bottom of her heart in the underworld for you to enjoy!"

The goddess's divine power appeared and dissipated again. At the last moment of returning, the Garula spirits bowed to the stunned crowd, retreated into the door like elegant butlers, and then disappeared.

It was quiet on the platform. After a long time, Gilgamesh came back to his senses from the sudden super development. He slammed the table and gritted his teeth.

"That's absurd, that guy..."

"Indeed, I never thought that the goddess would get drunk, and after getting drunk she would kidnap her own priest..." Amakusa smiled bitterly, but found that Gilgamesh's eyes moved towards him, looking very unhappy.

"Am I talking about the goddess Ereshkigal?"

"Eh?"

"Idiot, I was scolding the cook Shuoyue!" Jin Shanshan was so angry that he could not express it. "How dare he stand me up? Where is the dinner we agreed on? Does he want to entertain me in the underworld?"

"So, is that so..." Amakusa wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Siduri. They both sensed the same speechless look in each other's eyes.

Wang, is there something wrong with your focus?

(End of this chapter)