I, Son of Tiamat

Ishtar, who was walking, suddenly shuddered, and then screamed out in shock. Qiye and the others turned around in surprise and looked at Ishtar who suddenly called out from behind.

Ishtar, who was screaming strangely just now, was rubbing the fair skin of his arms exposed, "It hurts, and it's a little numb... Didn't you feel this? When I passed the door just now, I felt a tingling sensation, and there was a strange chill."

"A chilling chill!"

"We don't have any strange feelings, eh..." Fujimaru Tatsuka, who answered Ishtar, was slightly taken aback, because Ishtar gradually shrank under their gaze...

It is probably about ten centimeters smaller according to the proportion.

"Have you become a little smaller?" Qiye said subtly.

"!?" Ishtar exclaimed when he looked at his shrunk palm, "Yes, I've obviously shrunk!? Why is this happening!?"

Suddenly Ishtar suddenly realized, she said to Qiye, "Ah, yes! It must have been the answer that Qiye asked them to answer. It was because of a mistake, so I was punished."

After saying this, Ishtar's panicked expression disappeared immediately, and was replaced by an expression of "As expected."

Sure enough, I, Ishtar, is more beautiful than the goddess of the underworld~

"That's not it!" Ellie in the palace of the underworld couldn't help but break Ishtar's self-imagination. She said loudly, "Ishtar, your guess is wrong!"

"This voice is..." Fujimaru Rika and Matthew listened to the voice echoing in the underworld, and Ishtar gritted his teeth and said, "Ereshkigal, you really exist in this era!"

The elder sister, the goddess of the underworld, and the younger sister, the goddess of Venus, are born from the same divinity.

So when Ishtar appeared by the priests of Uruk, Ereshkigal also appeared.

Originally, Ishtar didn't believe much in this matter, but now she has to believe it.

Ai Lei, who was located in the palace of the underworld, snorted and said, "Ishtar, when you crossed the first gate of the underworld, the reason why you became smaller is because of your arrogance in the past!"

"what?!"

"You once broke into my underworld, and then I wiped away seven treasures, the crown of the wilderness, the reed measuring ruler, the glass jewelry, the beaded necklace, the gold bracelet, the charming pectoral, and... the last tree of life. flute."

"Because of the existence of this mythical fact, you cannot escape the curse of the underworld! Therefore, every time you pass through a gate of the underworld, one-seventh of the divinity in your body will not be taken away, and your body will also shrink in a circle. "

"When you pass through the second gate, you will become a lower-level god, and when you pass through the fourth gate, you will become a spirit lower than the Garula spirit."

"And in the end, it will become a powerless flying insect, and a sad butterfly that can be crushed by my hand!"

"What... what?!"

Ishtar's pretty face has now turned into the color of the gate of the underworld, she said angrily with a black pretty face, "You rotten guy with a twisted character!"

"Humph! I'm being very sympathetic. From the moment you brought a living person in, both you and the humans over there should have fallen into the sea of ​​death at the bottom of the underworld!"

"It was brought down by Qiye. You have the kind of words to say to Qiye!" Ishtar said loudly, annoyed.

The innocently shot Qiye showed a helpless smile.

You two sisters quarreled when you quarreled, why did you drag him into the water too?

"..." The goddess of the underworld, Ereshkigal, paused subtly, and then she changed the subject directly, "But since you all intend to accept the test of the seven gates of the underworld, then I have to follow the rules of the underworld."

"As long as you answer the question about the Seventh Gate of the Underworld, then I will allow you to pass through the Seventh Gate of the Underworld, and then come and see me."

"What kind of problem was the first door to the underworld just now!" Ishtar said dissatisfiedly.

"Stop talking, I am the lord of the underworld, and all the rules of the underworld are determined by me! Because I am the goddess of the underworld!"

Alley said majestically, "As long as you can pass the test of the seven gates of the underworld, I will greet you as the master of the underworld after that."

"Since Ishtar will be cursed if you pass through the gate of the underworld, you should stay here, or go back to the world." Qiye said to Ishtar, who was gnashing his teeth and trembling with anger.

"No, I have to bear the failures I have suffered in the past." Ishtar calmed down unexpectedly, and she said, suppressing her anger, "What's more, as long as we are in the underworld, we can't escape the control of the goddess of the underworld and want to leave. Can't leave."

Qiye looked at Ishtar with admiration. She didn't expect that she would continue to move forward with them even when she knew that she would be cursed.

And he also intends to suffer the crimes he once committed.

Not only Gilgamesh has changed, but the goddess Ishtar has also changed.

"Although I plan to continue, but after passing through the gates of the underworld, I don't think I have the strength to fight... So it's up to you, you must beat that guy Ereshkigal to the ground! I want Look at how miserable she is crying!"

"..." Fujimaru Tachika and Matthew looked at Ishtar whose beautiful eyes were burning with raging flames, and a cold sweat broke out on their smooth foreheads.

"We went to the underworld, not to fight the goddess of the underworld, but to persuade her to fight with us." Qiye said helplessly.

"Yes, I know, but that vile guy is absolutely impossible to be persuaded by us, so we have to beat her! Beat her to the point of crying! She will listen to us!"

"Hmph." Alley in the palace of the underworld snorted softly. She is not Ishtar, so she is not so savage and unreasonable.

The quarrel soon ended, Nanaya, Fujimaru Rika, Mash, and Ishtar, who had shrunk in a circle, came to the second gate of the underworld.

"Answer, answer! The last Master from the Observatory."

This time, Ailei didn't hide her voice directly, no longer pretending to be a hollow and dead voice, but using her own light voice.

"The distribution of property is fluid, but there is only one person who is worthy of possession. All the wealth on earth should be handed over to one person, that is, who is the goddess who is worthy of entrusting wealth, Ereshkigal and Ishtar, you Who to choose?"

"Why is it such an inexplicable question again!" Ishtar stomped her feet, and then she stared at Fujimaru Tachika.

Under Ishtar's staring gaze, Fujimaru Rika looked at Nanye, wanting to see what proposal he had, but... the most reliable sage, directly passed the second path of the underworld. door, leaving Ishtar and the three women in front of the second gate to the underworld.

"Eh... Mr. Nanye, aren't you going to remind us?" Fujimaru Rika said tangled.

"Reminder, then think about what Ishtar has done." Qiye's words came from behind the gate of the underworld.

What did Ishtar do?

Fujimaru Rika and Matthew fell into a state of memory.

First of all, when they met Ishtar for the first time, they were blackmailed by Ishtar... ah no, she asked for money to apologize.

Then, when Ishtar bombed the beasts, it also bombed other people's pastures and stole it from the rancher... Well, it was right to take the rancher's gem.

This is her reward for killing monsters and protecting them.

And finally... the lucky cat in front of the blind temple gate.

Recalling all kinds of things with Ishtar, Fujimaru Rika and Mash looked at each other, and the Master and Servant, who had a good relationship with each other, nodded their heads.

"Although I don't know if the goddess of the underworld has the ability to keep money, but if you make a choice between the goddess of the underworld and Miss Ishtar..."

"Mmmm! You will definitely choose me! You don't need to think about it at all." Ishtar nodded and said.

"No, after careful consideration, we decided to choose the goddess of the underworld." Fujimaru Tachika said seriously.

"what!"

Fujimaru Rika and Mash looked at Ishtar with wide-eyed eyes, Mash said weakly, "Because we are full of doubts about whether you can keep everyone's money, Miss Ishtar."

Because ah... Ishtar is a goddess who regards money as her life, so she will really take good care of the money entrusted by others?

Instead of directly occupying their money?

"How could I do such a thing! Am I such a bad goddess?" Ishtar stomped his feet again angrily, and at this time, Ellie's satisfied voice came over.

"You are such a bad guy!"

"Humph!" Ishtar snorted in dissatisfaction.

As Fujimaru Rika answered the question about the second gate of the underworld, the second gate of the underworld also opened.

Fujimaru Rika and Mash quickly passed through the second door to the underworld that had been opened, and then they, together with Nanye, looked at Ishtar behind.

"Ishtar, aren't you going to come?" Qiye said to Ishtar, who didn't move immediately.

"Of course not, I'm preparing! I'm preparing for the defense against the curse." Ishtar activated the magic in her body, and then the surface of her body began to emit the golden light of the gods.

Now Ishtar wraps his magic power around his body to form a protective barrier against magic power.

After making preparations, Ishtar quickly rushed through the second gate of the underworld.

As long as my speed is too fast, then the curse of the gate of the underworld cannot fall on me!

The idea is good, but the reality is cruel.

"Wow! It's actually cursed again... Even if you use all the magic power you have to defend yourself, it's useless."

Ishtar, whose divinity was once again deprived of one-seventh, let out a groan. Even if she defended, she quickly passed through the second gate of the underworld, still shrinking in a circle.

However, Ishtar, who had shrunk twice, did not intend to stop there, and continued to follow Qiye and the others to the third gate of the underworld.

The problem of the third door is still very strange, and the choice of the problem is still the goddess of the underworld and the goddess of Venus, and the choice made by Fujimaru Rika is of course the goddess of the underworld.

Although it is said that choosing the goddess of the underworld will help you pass through the gate of the underworld, Fujimaru Rika and Matthew think...the correct choice should be the goddess of the underworld.

Because the goddess of Venus has a lot of bad deeds~

The third gate, the fourth gate, the fifth gate, and the sixth gate, Qiye and the others all passed through one after another. They were not cursed by the underworld at all, and the people of Ishtar are now...

Ishtar, who has completely endured the curse of the seven gates of the underworld, has been continuously deprived of her divinity and power, so she has now changed from a tall, young girl to a pocket-sized little person!

Now Ishtar is sitting in the palm of Mash, still crying...

"Hey, since it turns into the size of the palm size, it is really shameful. If you lose it, you can't even have a tear. In the entire Mesopian, there is an estimate of this tragic encounter. It's just me." The pocket-sized Ishtar said sadly.

Qiye glanced at the mourning Ishtar, he thought that the current Ishtar was quite cute.

Especially Ishtar's expression of wanting to cry but unable to cry now makes Qiye involuntarily create a subtle contrast.

"What, Qiye, you look like you forcibly laughed, won't you comfort me?" Ishtar said dissatisfiedly to Qiye, who was forcibly laughing.

Ishtar's words are not so much to complain about Qiye, but to act like a spoiled child with Qiye.

"Of course I won't comfort you, you have to laugh, huh~ hahahahahaha!"

Suddenly, someone's words and laughter came. This voice was a male voice. The only men present were Qiye, so it was Qiye?

No, this voice is not from Qiye.

"Jill?!" Qiye followed the voice and looked over.

The figure of Gilgamesh walked out from the edge of the rock, and the pocket-sized Ishtar said in astonishment, "Gilgamesh! You are actually here?!"

"It's not wrong to be King Gilgamesh, that's great! We found King Gilgamesh?" Mash and Fujimaru Tatsuka said in surprise.

"Are you looking for me? So be happy, and congratulate yourself for finding this king so quickly." Gilgamesh, who had become a soul, said with a grin.

"I said how come you are here?! You karmic fellow, after entering the underworld, shouldn't your soul be restrained by Ereshkigal!" Ishtar was puzzled. asked.

"Well, although this king died accidentally, but before the arrival of the goddess of the underworld, Garula Spirit, this king hid in the shadow of a rock and held his breath, and then entered a state of meditation."

Gilgamesh pointed to the rock beside him, "This king's meditation is the same as the breath blocking EX, so of course it wasn't discovered by Galulaling."

"After hiding perfectly from Garula Ling's eyes, this king has been thinking about what to do next, and then I heard your voice from over there, and I have been waiting for you here. Appeared."

After finishing speaking, Gilgamesh opened his hands to Qiye, "O sage of this king! You have worked so hard for you to actually go to the underworld for this king."

"Are you thinking too much?" Qiye glanced at Gilgamesh who opened his hands, "You know why we went to the underworld, so we are not for you, and you are working too hard, He died suddenly."

"Hahaha, isn't it just sudden death and then entering the underworld? It's not like this king has no such experience." Gilgamesh, who maintained his open arms posture, said with a nonchalant smile.

In desperation, Qiye walked up and hugged Gilgamesh, so that His Majesty the king who died of overwork no longer had to maintain the strange posture of opening his hands.

"Anyway, it's great that you're fine now." Said Qiye, who was holding Gilgamesh in his arms.

"Of course, before this king solves all the problems of this era, he won't die so easily. Even if he does, he will be resurrected immediately." Gilgamesh, who slapped Qiye on the back, said with a smile.

"I really dare to say that, if you die from overwork, if we don't go to the underworld, I don't think it's possible for you to go back to the world by yourself." Ishtar said with a light snort.

After death, the soul will enter the underworld. If you want to leave the underworld, you must obtain the permission of the goddess of the underworld.

Without the permission of the goddess of the underworld, even the soul of a **** cannot leave the underworld.

"Oh, isn't this the goddess Ishtar, why has it shrunk like wool?" Gilgamesh, who had let go of Qiye, looked at Ishtar sitting on Mash's palm with a surprised expression.

...you should be surprised if you are surprised, why is there a strong sense of ridicule in your eyes?

"It's because I was cursed by Ereshkigal!" Ishtar looked surprised in anger, but actually laughed at Gilgamesh himself, "That's enough! I really shouldn't have come. Save people like you!"

"You didn't come to the underworld to save this king. You went to the underworld to deal with the goddess of the underworld." Gilgamesh responded with what Qiye said just now, so angry that Ishtar gritted his silver teeth.

"Okay, the two of you, stop arguing." Qiye waved his hand to interrupt the staring at each other between Ishtar and Gilgamesh, who had always been at odds with each other.

"Now that we have found Jill, and there is one last door left, let's work harder."

"it is good."

Fujimaru Rika and Mash hurriedly walked to the last gate to trigger the questioning of the last gate of the underworld, and Gilgamesh smiled at Qiye and said, "I didn't expect you to find this king even at Qiye. what."

Qiye glanced at Gilgamesh, "Because you are in a state of lifeless soul, of course I didn't find you."

In addition, Qiye thought that Gilgamesh's soul had long been taken away by Elle's Garula spirit, so he didn't pay attention to the situation around him.

"You seem to already know the news of this king's death. Did Siduri inform you?"