Enkidu, who had just found Siduri and Shamhat, and Ananu, who was heading outside the temple to look for Nanshe, suddenly felt a wave of heart palpitations.
The pain came like a mountain avalanche, but receded like a tide.
"Wha, what?"
Ananu fell to one knee on the ground, needing to use one hand to support the ground to keep from falling.
He gritted his teeth and grabbed the clothes on his chest and heart with one hand. Blue veins appeared on the back of his hand and his pupils trembled.
There was already a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
The feeling that just flashed through was definitely not false. Then, what was it?
Why do you feel this way?
You must know that although he looks like a human being, in essence, this appearance is just a mimicry of himself. There is no way that he has a "heart", he is just a puddle of mud.
There is only one possibility for the "heartache" feeling I feel.
That's because my soul is hurting.
but--
what happened?
Why are you in so much pain?
"Well--"
The severe and frightening pain struck again, and Ananu let out a ferocious growl. His arms could not support his body. His whole body softened and he lay on the ground, spitting out uncontrollably. Foaming at a mouth.
The pain prevented him from thinking, and only one thought filled Ananu's mind.
In the end, what happened——?
And—and Enkidu!
How is he? ?
Ananu himself has fallen into such a state, so what happens to Enkidu, who is one with him! ?
Tian Zhishi unconsciously controlled his body, and his nails scratched on the extremely hard bluestone floor, making an extremely sharp sound.
Enkidu, you have to find Enkidu!
There was no consciousness in Ananu's eyes. He just wanted to go to Enkidu quickly, to Enkidu.
"Pfft——"
Ananu made a painful sound again, and her crawling movement stopped abruptly, and she lay twitching in the corridor of Uruk Palace.
This pain, this pain -
"Ananu?" Nanshe came in from the outside with some doubts after hearing the noise. The first time he walked in, he saw Ananu lying on the ground, twitching because of pain, and he was shocked.
"Ananu!"
Nanshe rushed towards Ananu.
Hades.
Ereshkigal was carrying something that looked like a kettle, with the corners of his mouth raised, humming a relaxing song he had composed.
What flows out of the kettle is not water. Although there is water in the underworld, the objects her kettle is spraying do not need water to grow.
What flows out of the water is divine power, the divine power of Ereshkigal.
The flower of Ananu can use divine power as nourishment to grow.
Ereshkigal used his divine power to plant the flowers of Ananu almost over half of the underworld.
This small yellow flower looks insignificant individually, even inconspicuous among the crowds of colorful flowers, but Ereshkigal has never seen other flowers, and this flower is the most beautiful she has ever seen. flower.
Moreover, even if Ereshkigal can go to the ground in the future and see more and more beautiful flowers, she will probably like the yellow flowers in front of her the most.
After all, this was what Ananu had given her.
Thinking of the yellow-haired beauty who had only been to the underworld once, who was neither male nor female, Ereshkigal's face turned red involuntarily.
She is a god. After making her own judgment, she can still recognize the purpose of various things a person does and whether it is sincere. Thinking carefully about the period after Ananu came to the underworld, she had She was extremely sincere and showed no fear. On the contrary, Ananu seemed to like her and sympathized with her experience.
Ereshkigal didn't need sympathy, but she was never cared for.
All the gods who came to the underworld in the past were afraid of her, such as Enlil and Enki, and some only wanted to plot the only thing in her hands, such as Nergal and Ishtar. Only Anna Nu, neither fearing her nor plotting against her, he came here for a walk as if after dinner, comforted her and then left, leaving a beautiful yellow flower for her.
This is the most precious thing in Ereshkigal's tens of thousands of years of life.
She enjoyed the process of growing the flowers of Ananu.
but--
"Um?"
Ereshkigal suddenly noticed something strange.
There seems to be something strange about the flower at her feet?
She leaned down, frowned, and gently held up the strange Ananu flower with her slender fingers.
When she saw it clearly, her pupils shrank suddenly.
"This, this is-"
Her heart flashed, and she took a step back involuntarily.
That's a sign of withering?
After coming back to his senses, Ereshkigal blinked, then hurriedly reached forward, and nervously grabbed the withered flower.
"No, this isn't true. How is this possible? Why is it withering!?"
The flower of Ananu has really withered.
This was something Ereshkigal had never seen before.
She has been planting the flowers of Ananu for a long time, and she has never seen any flower of Ananu wither.
The flower of Annanu is a plant, and it is the life itself of Annanu. This magical creature does not have the needs and diseases of ordinary plants. In other words, it is a plant that will not wither. This is why Ereshki The reason why Galle has the confidence to plant the flowers of Ananu throughout the underworld.
but--
The flower of Ananu, now withered.
Even if only one of them withered, it was enough to make Ereshkigal feel horrified.
"Is it because of the death nature of my divine power?"
She thought so subconsciously.
But he quickly shook his head.
No, this makes no sense. The flower of Ananu here was originally born because of her divine power. There is no reason why it would wither due to the nature of death.
So, what's that for?
Sensing something strange, Ereshkigal raised his head and looked at his flower field.
Occasionally, the flowers of Ananu can be seen starting to wither.
"No, no - no, no, no." She grabbed a withered flower of Ananu, and then grabbed another flower of Ananu, with tears of panic appearing in her eyes.
However, there are already countless withered flowers of Ananu, and their number continues to increase.
She finally realized what was happening.
She raised her head and looked upward, which was the direction of the ground, where Ananu lived.
"Ananu, no"
Ananu's life was threatened.
"No, Ananu!"
Her body trembled and she let out a hoarse sound of fear.
"Annu——————!!!"
The underworld trembles because of the Queen's screams.
(End of chapter)
