Chapter 253: Choose Ereshkigal or Ishtar?
"How about I give you this useless, idiotic goddess?"
Gilgamesh pointed at the goddess Ishtar and said to Kenji. The Bull of Heaven was gone, so she probably wouldn't be of much use, but she could still be used for her residual heat.
"Wait a minute?!"
"What are you doing? This isn't right!"
Ishtar was first taken aback, then looked at Gilgamesh in disbelief.
You're selling me off?! I'm not an object! And what gives you the right to make that decision?!
"How is it not right? It's perfectly right!"
Gilgamesh propped up his chin, looking at Ishtar with amusement. "Everything is for Uruk. We will remember your sacrifice, Ishtar."
"Her... she's not really my type," Kenji said, looking troubled.
"You're rejecting me?!"
Ishtar immediately turned her spearhead. This goddess hasn't even said anything, and a mere human dares to reject me first? This is a reversal of the natural order!
Does she, Ishtar, not have any face to lose?
Gilgamesh watched with great interest, wanting to hear what Kenji would say next.
"If it were your sister, that would be no problem. But you..." Kenji said seriously.
"What do you mean 'if it were my sister, it would be no problem'? So I'm not good enough... wait a minute, you're not talking about that gloomy fellow, Ereshkigal, are you?"
Ishtar was first triggered, then realized who Kenji was talking about and was dumbfounded.
What kind of taste is that? To ignore her, the embodiment of beauty beloved by all the gods, and choose that goddess of plants and decay... it's simply incomprehensible!
Look into my eyes!
Ishtar glared with her big, beautiful eyes. To choose another goddess right in front of her... was she really that bad?
"That's right. I mean Eresh," Kenji nodded.
"What kind of nickname is that?! I'm getting goosebumps! That person isn't here! Why would you choose her?" Ishtar asked, looking at him in confusion.
"How is she not here?"
"Use your 'world-shaking' wisdom and think about your own identity, and you'll know," Kenji said meaningfully.
"Eh...?"
Ishtar blinked. She and Ereshkigal... one represented heaven, the other the earth. They possessed the same divinity. There was a very high probability that they had been chain-summoned together. Recalling that she always had memory blackouts at night... now she had the answer. Her body was probably being used by that person at those times.
"How could this be..."
Ishtar clutched her head and squatted down, clearly unable to accept this for a moment. That person had descended into this world with her, and she hadn't even known.
"Hoh~"
Gilgamesh nodded. Very good. One of the three goddesses has been confirmed. As for her location... He looked towards the ground. How low-key. The Goddess of the Underworld must be watching this place right now as well.
"Even if that person is here, when it comes to beauty, if you choose between us, a thousand out of a hundred people would choose me!"
Ishtar declared that on this matter, she still had to fight, especially when being compared to that person with the terrible personality.
"Shouldn't it be that nine out of ten people would choose Eresh?"
"The feeling you give off is very unreliable. Your eyes reveal a certain clarity, a kind of stupid beauty."
"Did you... call me stupid?"
Ishtar clenched her fists, grinding her teeth as she looked at Kenji. She looked like she wanted to take a bite out of him, the kind that draws blood.
"Hahahahaha! Idiot goddess! The eyes of the masses are sharp! This king is not looking at people with colored glasses!" Gilgamesh laughed happily. He felt he could work through the night for several more days.
"Hah..."
Ishtar let out a long breath, her chest heaving with anger. She forced a smile and said, "I'd like to hear what's so good about that gloomy person."
How dare you! You'll regret not choosing me!
"Gentle, kind, cute when she's shy, very responsible..." Kenji directly began to recite a list of her qualities. This vessel-version of Ishtar was alright, but if he had to choose, and "all of the above" wasn't an option, his first choice would still be Eresh.
Ishtar listened, stunned. Are you sure you're talking about that Goddess of the Underworld? Which part of that fits her? Don't just lie with your eyes wide open!
"Chotto matte! Are you sure you're talking about that Ereshkigal?!"
Ishtar was sour, eating lemons. There was no slander, only praise. He wasn't lying at all.
Gilgamesh thought for a moment, making a comparison in his heart. What Kenji said was quite pertinent.
"Do you guys want some sunflower seeds?" Merlin asked. This gossip was quite good. He took out some seeds and offered them to the Lion King and the others. Gudako didn't hold back and took them all.
Meanwhile, in the underworld.
A blonde Ereshkigal clutched her blushing cheeks, feeling a little embarrassed.
"My, my, I don't have that many good points~~~"
She had heard everything very clearly. These praises... they were very effective on her. Her whole divine being was floating. Ten out of nine people would choose her... was she really that good? Really, what is he saying?
"Hehehe..."
Savoring the praise she had rarely heard, Ereshkigal giggled foolishly.
Seeing Ishtar's dejected, frost-bitten-eggplant look, Ereshkigal's mood became even more joyous.
He already looked very pleasing to the eye, and now he looks even more so.
But... Eresh... why is he calling me so intimately~
In the ziggurat, Ishtar stood there in a daze. She was actually inferior to that person. This was an even bigger blow than losing the bull.
Gilgamesh was in a great mood. Seeing Ishtar's disgrace, he felt no sympathy at all, only joy. The way he looked at Kenji now was with even more approval. As expected of a visitor from another world. He has taste.
"The farce is over. Since you have all come from afar, Siduri will take you to experience the specialties of Uruk."
Gilgamesh waved his hand, letting Siduri take them to the living quarters that had already been arranged.
"Understood."
Siduri nodded and said to Kenji and the others, "This way, please. Follow me." By now, she also knew that these were honored guests whom the king valued greatly, especially the one called Kenji.
After everyone had left, Gilgamesh looked at Ishtar and asked, "What are you still doing here? This king has nothing to say to you."
Without the Bull of Heaven, and in her current state, Ishtar was of no critical use.
"Goldie, what do you mean by that?!"
Ishtar was in a very bad mood now, her tone terrible. Don't mess with me. I'm very fierce.
The goddess Ishtar... because Kenji chose Eresh and not her, her heart broke. She cried and threw a tantrum. Aww, how pitiful~
"I mean nothing. This king does not keep idle gods!"
Gilgamesh said, word by word. You may be in a bad mood, but I am in a great mood.
Ishtar was furious. Fine, I'll leave! Who wants to stay in this broken place of yours?!
BOOM!
Just leaving like that was not her style. She raised her hand and blasted the main hall into a hornet's nest, then stormed off.
"That woman..."
Gilgamesh looked at the honeycomb-like holes in the ceiling, a vein popping on his forehead. What a house-wrecking husky.
Oh well. I'm in a good mood now. I won't hold it against her.
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