Ananu is not a fool, and his understanding ability is even better than that of humans under the control of the module of the body.
His current situation is somewhat similar to that of Ereshkigal.
Both of them have been involuntarily since they were born, driven by fate to do various things, but both he and she have the only thing they value and cannot lose.
For Ereshkigal, the underworld and his omnipotence were the only things he had, while Ananu was his only brother, Enkidu.
This is what Annanu and Ereshkigal have in common.
"So, are you willing to let me go?" Annanu looked at Ereshkigal's red pupils and asked this question.
call--
Ereshkigal did not immediately answer Ananu's question. She just raised the gun in her hand and blew out the soul fire in it, causing it to fall into a state of slumber for the time being.
As the flames in the lances in his hands were blown out, all the lances here were extinguished because of the arrival of Ereshkigal and Ananu.
If Ereshkigal had not come here, they would not light up at all.
"I actually don't really want you to leave."
There was still a faint light in the darkness, and Ereshkigal looked at Ananu's eyes without any emotion.
"I said before, I am the only one in the underworld."
As she spoke, she walked back the way she came.
"Others, no living creatures."
"I want you to stay here and keep me company, can you agree?"
Ereshkigal said it very directly.
"cannot."
Faced with Ereshkigal's directness, Ananu's answer was also very direct.
He didn't care whether he would offend the God of the Underworld, because no matter what method the God of the Underworld tried to get him to stay in the underworld, he would not agree to it. Instead of being in vain with her, it would be better to simply refuse.
"Ah."
Ereshkigal laughed mockingly.
"Are you afraid of Utnapishtim, but not me?"
"I am the real death."
"Of course I understand that you have a way to really kill me and suppress me in the underworld where I will never be resurrected." Ananu shook his head, "But I will still say that."
"And, to me, you are not the real death, because you are still alive and you still have things you cherish. This is one thing that cannot be changed even if you are in charge of death."
Ananu said this very calmly, it could even be said that there was no disturbance, he just expressed his thoughts casually.
But Ereshkigal, who was walking in front of him, stopped.
She turned her head and stared at Ananu with a pair of blood-red eyes that seemed to be filled with anger.
There was an inexplicable meaning in her voice.
"You said, I am - alive?"
"Are you - denying my meaning!?"
Her body suddenly erupted with fierce and death-filled divine power, causing Ananu to take a step back.
Ereshkigal continued to speak.
"I am the god in charge of death. The meaning of my existence is to bring death. Therefore, I am absolutely the incarnation of death. This is the truth that has existed since my birth——"
"I hate the living, I hate the living, yet you say I am -"
"But I - don't think I said anything wrong." Ananu insisted on his statement and pushed back Ereshkigal's wind.
"You still have things you cherish, you still have pursuits, and you even long for companionship. This is a trait that only exists in the living, and it is also the truth."
He said seriously.
"Unlike you, Utnapishtim is truly 'dead', so I am afraid. He may still have life, but his soul has long been extremely corrupt, and he no longer has any
Things to value and things to pursue.”
"For a life, having nothing to cherish and nothing to pursue is the symbol of death."
Following Ananu's words, Ereshkigal's divine power gradually calmed down, stabilized, and could even be said to have languished.
"you......"
But even so, Ereshkigal's attitude is still relatively tough, and it seems that he still wants to say something.
but......
"Um?"
Ereshkigal turned his head suddenly and looked up.
Ananu blinked, not knowing what happened.
"Those two guys, what's going on..." Ereshkigal lowered his head and frowned.
"...What's wrong?" Ananu tilted his head, somewhat confused about Ereshkigal's reaction.
"Nothing, let's go." Ereshkigal shook his head, didn't say anything, didn't mention the topic just now, and continued walking, "Go back to my throne."
"In the underworld, a new guest has arrived."
"well?"
...
After spending a day and a night, Ereshkigal and Ananu returned to the Amyrlin Seat of Hades.
Ereshkigal sat in his seat with a gloomy expression.
She was in a very bad mood now. She could feel that the two new guests did not enter the underworld through the regular way, that is, the gate of the underworld, but came in through other ways.
There are not many such people, Ereshkigal only knows two.
Kurgalu, Galatulu.
A life outside the rules that was created by Enki in the past and went to the underworld to bring back Ishtar. Its body uses laws as its core and can enter and leave the underworld regardless of the rules of the underworld.
Thinking of this, Ereshkigal couldn't help but feel a little irritable.
Although Enki is compassionate and good to everyone, his character really makes him do some out-of-bounds behavior. Kurgalu and Galatulu represent him because he feels sorry for Ishtar.
He despises the laws of the underworld for his own sake, but he is the Father God of life, and Ereshkigal cannot be angry with him.
Anyway, Enki only cares about the gods and humans on earth.
"Don't you feel any regrets when you come to the underworld?" Ereshkigal asked Ananu who was sitting under his throne.
Ananu also knew that he might not be able to leave before the new guests arrived, so he simply turned his back to Ereshkigal and said.
"It doesn't matter whether I regret it or not, this is what I should do."
"You can't take the wrong path in life, haven't you ever doubted it?" Ereshkigal continued to question.
"Of course I have doubts." Ananu said calmly, "In fact, I know that every path in front of me is not the path I want to take, and I also know that there is probably no path I want to take in this world, but
I must go on without hesitation and without looking back.”