"So, I'm going."
Ananu stood in front of the army he had organized, looked at the eighteen warriors, and said calmly.
"I'm going to the underworld and eventually coming back."
Except for Lu Silan, who had known for a long time, and silently looked away, with a look of struggle in his eyes, all the soldiers looked incredulous.
"Commander, why are you——?"
Adkart took a step forward and looked at Ananu in disbelief.
"This is to prove my courage and determination...to prove it to the gods." For some reason, Ananu did not tell the truth to them, but moved his eyes slightly and lied.
"That's the underworld." Adkart emphasized.
The underworld is the home of all things, a world where there is only death.
Adkart didn't want Ananu to die, and the other warriors didn't want Ananu to die either.
So like Adkart, they took a step forward and approached Ananu.
"Commander, don't go to the underworld."
The darkness there will swallow you up.
Ananu looked at the warriors in front of him with some doubts.
"Why don't you want me to die?"
He was curious and wanted to know the thoughts of the warriors.
Adkart's expression was complicated.
"After experiencing life, death and setbacks, you finally gave me the ability to protect what I want to protect. With such kindness, how could I hope that you go to the underworld?"
"Although the training you arranged for us is tiring, the growth in our strength is visible to the naked eye. It has not been too long, but we have already been able to do it... Brother Kadelji could have done it back then. thing."
"We thank you, Commander, and we will not hate you."
Ananu looked at this elderly man in his thirties and blinked his eyes.
He still smiled, showing a rare happy smile to his subordinates.
"Don't worry, I won't die in the underworld."
"Even if it's for Enkidu, I won't die."
Adkart still wanted to say something to keep Ananu, but Ananu raised a hand to stop them from continuing.
"I understand your concerns, but I still hope you won't try to persuade me anymore."
"As I said before, I will go, but I will come back."
"I will entrust the high priest and auxiliary official Siduli, Lu Silan's sister, to arrange your training tasks. When the time comes, Lu Silan, please remember to inform everyone." Ananu patted Lu Silan's shoulders, and still acting in the same style, floated up and flew away on the spot, without explaining to Adkart and the other soldiers.
Just wait until tomorrow, it’s time to set off...
...
Ananu flew all the way back to his room. At this time, Enkidu had not returned yet.
He didn't go to the Barter Street yesterday to impart wisdom to the people, so he would naturally go there today.
Since Ananu said he would return, he will definitely return.
Ananu would never lie to Enkidu, ever.
but......
Is there any sense of inconsistency?
Ananu looked at the clay tablet lying on his table with a dull face, with bubbles bubbling underneath.
That woman from Nanshe...
Sighing, Ananu picked up the clay tablet that was obviously written by Nanshe to herself with a somewhat complicated mood.
After reading it, Ananu showed a "Sure enough" expression.
That woman, why hasn't she given up yet...
But in fact, to be honest, Ananu doesn't hate Nanshe that much, and even compared to Yinshtar, Ananu quite likes Nanshe.
Yinshtar has been in the human world for thousands of years, but she still does not have even the slightest understanding of the birth of human beings, because she is the most standard kind of god, and the concept of human beings as tools is already in her mind. Deeply rooted, she absolutely, at least for now, has absolutely no desire to understand humans.
But Nanshe is different.
Nanshe is also a god, but her situation is obviously different from that of Yinshtar.
Nanshe has basically never lived in human society. She has never even lived among the Anunnaki. Since her birth and growth, she has lived a solitary life, maintaining herself in various springs. In my own little life, I just go fishing and stuff like that.
Until I met Ananu.
Ananu almost killed her, which aroused her curiosity, and then she learned about the plans of the gods Enki and Utu. Then she became curious about the humans who deviated from the gods, and then came to the surroundings of Uruk. , settled down.
Then got beaten up.
...From this aspect alone, Ananu actually feels a little guilty towards Nanshe...
After all, he was not yet a settler in Uruk at the time, and it was because of him that Nanshe wanted to sneak into Uruk. However, after he and Enki both noticed it, they tied Nanshe up and beat him... .
However, as for this thing...
Ananu looked at the clay tablet in his hand with disgust, which was filled with all kinds of disgusting words of confession.
What the hell is this...
It can be seen that Nanshe must have studied a lot, and then re-wrote such a love letter and placed it in his room. The true feelings contained in the above sentences moved Ananu.
I was so moved that I wanted to really beat Nan She up.
It's hard, the fist is hard.
Adhering to the idea of not avenging the night before, Ananu flew out directly, and successfully found Nanshe who was fishing in the forest outside Uruk, and took advantage of the time when Nanshe had not reacted. Then, he hit Nan She on the head with a mud board.
"ah--!"
Nanshe screamed and was knocked directly into the river by Ananu's huge power.
She popped her head out of the water angrily, wanting to see which bastard attacked her with a brick while she was concentrating on thinking. When she looked up, she saw her sweetheart, the indifferent Ananu. .
...what the hell.
"Is there anything you want to say?" Ananu lifted up the love letter in his hand and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"...I want to ask, why do you bring bricks with you every time you come to me." Nan She lowered her body a little, pretending to be stupid while spitting bubbles.
A "well" appeared on Ananu's head.
"Have you lost your memory? Why did I take the bricks? Didn't you provide these bricks?"
Ananu looked disgusted.
"Although it is true that the words are correct this time, the sentences are all fluent, and the emotions are expressed very strongly, but-"
"Who taught you to write something so disgusting? Was it intentional or accidental? I mean it to disgust me, right?"
"Yes...it's intentional." Nan She clenched her fists and said, "Things like emotions——"
"Isn't it that we should express ourselves bravely?"
Very confident!
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