Farewell

"If it's a problem with Kingu, I'll go check with Tiamat later," Rovey asked.

"Of course there is. After all, the whole of Uruk is busy, so it is no exception. Now, compared to the problem of Kingu, there is an even more important matter that you need to deal with. Quetzalcoatl has surrendered. She has taken one of your lovers to transport the axe of Marduk. What you need to do now is to take the goddess's larva and defeat the Beast Goddess Gorgon —and use this as the final opening."

"Also, when you go, don't forget to call that little girl. This is her mission, and also her destiny."

Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes and spoke solemnly.

Chapter 261 Farewell

After accepting the task of killing Gorgon from Gilgamesh, Rovey simply left the temple.

Although he had proactively asked Gilgamesh what he saw on the Tablet of Destiny, and whether there was any important information about the two Beasts, Goetia and Tiamat, Gilgamesh simply smiled and told him not to worry about it. He could easily handle the Tablet of Destiny and the future on his own, and Rovey had his own things to do rather than get involved in his mission.

—Defeating Gorgon, finding Kingu, perfecting his Fairy Transformation and accumulating magical power, familiarizing himself with Solomon's Noble Phantasm and participating in the final battle—these are all tasks that are not easy for him, so Gilgamesh does not intend to distract him with other matters.

Furthermore, the records on the Tablet of Destiny did not directly reveal what the future would be like. He only saw the future of Tiamat's battle with Goetia. Moreover, in the new future pieced together from the two tablets, many processes and details differed from what he had previously seen with his Clairvoyance. The most obvious difference was whether Uruk would continue to exist. Therefore, Gilgamesh speculated that this should refer to different directions in the future.

Although many aspects of the prophecy remain shrouded in mystery, there are indeed aspects of the future that Gilgamesh hoped for. Therefore, once he had a general idea of what would happen, Gilgamesh did not press the matter further.

After all, prophecies can only be icing on the cake; while they may resolve temporary confusion, they are by no means omnipotent. If humans or gods become too fixated on prophecies, they will be trapped, misled, and ultimately destroyed—such stories are all too common. Gilgamesh, however, was no ordinary man. He believed that achieving victory to the best of one's ability and doing things to the best of one's ability was sufficient.

Although Rovey was curious about the content of the prophecy, he didn't ask Gilgamesh hadn't told him. Instead, he decided to go back first and make one last strategic adjustment for the upcoming decisive battle.

——

Nighttime.

Rovey decisively declined Gilgamesh's invitation to work overtime together and returned to his residence, where Merry and Merlin were already waiting for him.

However, compared to Merry, who had just returned from Avalon and was still dressed in bright colors and looked beautiful, Merlin looked much more miserable at this moment, his whole body wrapped in bandages, and he started to wail and howl from time to time.

Upon seeing Rovey return, the two men, neither of whom could be considered to have a conscience, immediately voiced their opinions.

First came Merlin's complaints. He clung to Rovey's leg like a madman, constantly lamenting how Gilgamesh treated him, dumping half the work in Uruk on him – clearly trying to work him to death! Upon hearing this workload, Merlin, who had initially planned to work a little harder, was about to run away. But when Gilgamesh shouted, a blonde goddess with a distinctly South America style immediately appeared at the door, blocking his way. She said she'd been looking for him for a long time, and having heard he was Uruk's number one wrestler, Gilgamesh had introduced her here specifically for a friendly sparring match.

When Merlin heard this, he was completely stunned. How come he didn't know he had such a strange nickname? The title of "Britannia Saint" was enough. Where did the title of "Uruk's Number One Wrestler" come from?

But his opponent was impatient and didn't give him any time to explain. Merlin was about to say, "I didn't, I didn't," but before he could finish speaking, he was thrown into the sky by Quetzalcoatl's throw, standing shoulder to shoulder with the sun. He then began to free fall, experiencing the Mari of physics. In the end, he didn't even know how many bones he had broken. He only just crawled back, barely alive. Now, whenever Merlin hears the word "wrestling," his body starts to tremble involuntarily.

Of course, Rovey knew that this was all because of the good deeds he and Gilgamesh had done.

It was precisely because the two of them had previously described Merlin as a wrestling master from Uruk that he attracted the attention of Quetzalcoatl fanatic, who then took the initiative to come to him to wrestle together. Of course, he wouldn't deliberately explain this to Merlin, since it would be good to let this guy suffer a bit.

Similarly, after ignoring Merlin's wailing, Merry couldn't stand his embarrassing behavior and constant interruptions, so she kicked him out. She then told Rovey about what happened during her trip back to Avalon.

First, she did find a lot of information and asked the primordial fairy Vivian for some important information. Finally, she sorted out the spell she needed - "Fairy Transformation" and handed it to Rovey. Rovey nodded to indicate that he understood and then expressed his gratitude to Merry.

His current Fairy Transformation is still in its rudimentary form, merely a Magecraft creation obtained by belittling gods. He had already investigated it in the Underworld; it was perfectly adequate against goddesses like Gorgon, but its effectiveness would be greatly diminished if it were used against the chief gods, Hades' Ishtar and Ereshkigal, let alone directly on Tiamat. The main reason for this was that he only knew the basic operating principle, Magecraft he had deduced himself based on that theory. However, due to time constraints, even with Solomon's records, he couldn't perfect it, as his knowledge of fairies was lacking. But Merry was different; she understood fairies far better. Moreover, she was belittling gods as fairies, although these words infuriated Vivian. As a fairy, the Lady of the Lake who guarded the holy sword was extremely proud and took great pride in her fairy identity; this was truly the first time she had heard such a direct description of belittling gods as fairies.

Are gods so great?

Aren't the gods just Gaia's tentacles?

While the overall strength and legends of fairies may not rival those of the gods, the wisdom and secret arts of the primordial fairies are absolutely no less formidable. Don't forget, the Sword of Promised Victory was forged by fairies—a feat even the gods struggle to achieve. Furthermore, fairies are not bound by the divine realm; they exist in every divine realm Age of Gods. Sometimes they are called celestial spirits, sometimes fairies, and sometimes elves. They are undoubtedly honored guests in every divine realm, frequently consulted or courted by many due to their wisdom. When have they ever been insulted with a derogatory term?

So Vivian originally didn't want to help Merry, but after being provoked by her, she got angry. Today, she wanted to see what kind of magic could transform gods into fairies. Several other fairy queens, who were also fairies, joined in after Merry told them about this interesting story. With the help of the wisest fairy queens in Avalon, and since they were fairies themselves, their understanding of fairies was second to none. Moreover, these fairy queens had seen many gods, so they managed to develop the transformation magic in a very short time, which would have taken an unknown amount of time to perfect.

Although, according to Vivian, such a spell, if it were to be passed on, would surely incur the wrath of all the gods, and the spell itself was extremely unreasonable, even more dangerous than Morgan's Magecraft, it should rightfully be completely sealed away in Avalon. However, considering the extremely demanding conditions, very few people in the entire world could perform it, not even the goddesses of Avalon like themselves.

—Because this is still based on the foundation of Christianity, the caster must be a Christianity saint or holy son. Furthermore, since the principle of the Fairy Transformation spell is to condense magical energy and transform it into a special form to influence the target, it requires an extremely high level of precise manipulation of Magic Resistance and the ability to distort and reshape the laws of space and energy. Only by combining these abilities can magical energy be activated and guided through specific incantations, gestures, or rituals. No matter how you look at it, it's a groundbreaking Magecraft of "magic" difficulty; even if it were made public, no one could achieve it. Therefore, for something so terrifyingly powerful but with little chance of being realized, she only made a handwritten copy and threw it into Avalon.

However, Vivian was quite interested in Rovey, who could use this spell, as Merry had mentioned. After all, she hadn't seen anything as interesting as this in a long time, and now the fairies in Avalon had all turned their attention to the sidelines because they had found new fun.

After listening to his account, Rovey nodded slightly, indicating that he already knew everything. He then told Merry about the situations he had encountered, and what particularly interested her was that Scáthach was also in this Singularity, since they were old acquaintances.

"She actually followed us here too? That's quite unexpected. I thought an old woman like her would never face her own emotions or understand her desires, and would just obediently decay in the Land of Shadows."

With a smile, Merry said something very ominous.

"..."

Rovey glanced at her, then at the door, making sure his Scathach wouldn't suddenly appear, before letting out a sigh of relief after shooting her straight through the head.

"Don't worry, if I hadn't seen her fighting on the front lines and unable to leave, I wouldn't dare to speak like this here. However, your spell is complete, and all that's left is the final application. Although you only have a few days left, mastering it shouldn't be difficult for you."

After handing the scroll to him, Merry said seriously, "The rest is up to you."

"Leave it to me."

Rovey accepted the scroll and nodded, his eyes filled with gratitude as he looked at Merry.

Although he usually disliked Merry, after going through so much, Rovey could naturally feel the sacrifices Merry had made for him. She had done her best to help him, and this was the last trump card they could play. As for the outcome, they could only do their best and leave the rest to fate.

"Alright, although I'd love to spend more time with you, you need to rest now. Maybe you should work on this. I'll be leaving now." After handing the items to Rovey and discussing the plan to defeat Gorgon, Merry gracefully rose from her chair and slowly stood up. This time, she didn't act silly or try to push Rovey down as usual; instead, she simply got up and prepared to leave.

Only--

Although she didn't say anything, given her personality, how could it possibly end like this?

"Honey..."

Her soft voice reached my ears.

Soon, a dampness appeared on his forehead.

The next moment, Rovey only felt a fragrance of flowers.

He looked up and saw Merry's bright smile, her lips pressed against his head, leaving a faint kiss mark.

"What are you doing...?"

Rovey looked at her with a helpless expression.

"What am I doing? Isn't the answer already obvious? Hmph, you think I'd work for free? How naive, darling! I've only just recouped a tiny bit of my gains; this isn't over yet!"

Having successfully distracted Rovey with the scroll before launching a sneak attack, Merry smiled brightly, then playfully stuck out her tongue at Rovey, like a fairy from a fairy tale. After her scheme succeeded, her figure slowly transformed into flower petals and vanished, followed by a silvery laugh. She then disappeared at an imperceptible speed, leaving only an echoing sentence in the room, which continued to drift in the air with the remaining petals.

"They're really getting more and more unpredictable..."

Looking in the direction Merry left, Rovey gently shook his head.

Then, just as he was about to sit back down and examine the scroll in his hand, Merlin, who had been clinging to the window like a giant gecko, suddenly descended. He waved his hand in front of Rovey's eyes, then made a shushing gesture, a sly smile on his face. He lowered his head and whispered, "Alright, stop getting carried away there. I'll go show you something interesting."

Upon hearing this, Rovey's curiosity was piqued, and he asked, "What interesting thing?"

Knowing this guy's character, Rovey had reason to suspect that he wanted to take him out to do some strange things, so he asked warily, "You're not planning to sneak out and seduce married women again, are you?"

"Oh, you really know your big brother's hobbies. But, although I really want to do it, if I actually take you there, my corpse will probably be hung on the walls of Uruk by Lily tomorrow."

Merlin's sly smile deepened. After offering an explanation, he grabbed Rovey's arm and mysteriously pulled him aside. Then, he led Rowe out through the back door of the residence, and the two climbed onto the roof together.

A cold wind blew in the night, and because it was the early hours of the morning, the whole city was pitch black.

Rovey was a little confused about what Merlin wanted to do besides let him starve after bringing him up here.

However, after only a short while, he roughly understood the purpose of this guy bringing him up, because a pleasant and cheerful humming sound came from the dark street.

The voice was very familiar; Rovey recognized it immediately upon hearing it.

Is it Anna?

His expression was a little strange.

He then looked back and saw Merlin rolling around on the ground like a giant cockroach. Even though it was the darkest night, Merlin's sleazy and lewd aura was still hard to hide.

Merlin then reached into his pocket and pulled out a pair of binoculars from somewhere, handing them to Rovey. The two of them looked in the direction of the sound.

Soon, a petite and adorable figure came into view, skipping and hopping along the street. It was undoubtedly Anna.

She looked very happy at that moment.

And that is indeed the case.

Anna is in a very good mood today.

Although she said she hated humans and wouldn't help them, she was very happy to receive gratitude from the old lady at the flower shop after helping transport goods. The old lady even gave her a wreath made of fresh flowers.

This was a rare experience for her.

Because Uruk was in dire need of manpower, Gilgamesh's previous death had increased the workload, Anna was entrusted by Siduri to escort some goods. This resulted in her not encountering Gorgon, which made Anna somewhat disappointed. However, when she thought of the humans who were completely different from those in Greece, who did not discriminate against her and even showed her kindness, Anna's face involuntarily filled with joy.

This is so wonderful...

However, this matter must be kept secret, otherwise others will laugh at us.

After all, she had previously maintained a cool and aloof persona and had said countless times that she would never help humans. Now, she had shot herself in the foot. In short, if Merlin and Merry knew about this, they would definitely laugh at her to death.

With that in mind, Anna decided to hide her flower wreath when she got back.

Having made up her mind, Anna tiptoed back to her residence. Seeing that it was pitch black inside, she assumed that everyone was either not there or had already gone to bed. Anna breathed a sigh of relief and then carefully stepped into the house. After confirming that no one was in the house, she hummed happily again, took off the flower wreath from her head, placed it on the table along with her hair, and then gently lit a candle.

However, just as the candlelight illuminated the entire room and Anna was happily humming a little tune, the next moment, Anna, who was originally extremely happy, suddenly froze, and then let out an adorable "Ooh!" sound. Even the sickle on the table was knocked to the ground, and Anna's eyes widened.

The moment the candle was lit, Anna suddenly saw Rovey and Merlin in the corner of the room looking at her with strange eyes, and even applauding the little tune she had just started humming. Merlin, in particular, not only had a sly smile on his face, but he also somehow produced a camera and took a picture of her, capturing this wonderful moment.

"You sang so well, Anna! Even better than Vivian! This photo can be my new profile picture." Merlin gave her a thumbs up, his smile growing even brighter, and jokingly added, "Interested in joining me in the virtual YouTuber industry and raking in the wallets of otaku?"

"You, you two—how did you get here?!"

Anna pointed a trembling finger at the newly appeared Merlin and Rovey, her face filled with shame and indignation.

"Oh dear, it's all a coincidence. We just got back, so you don't know yet. But it's better to be lucky than early, otherwise I would have missed such a precious moment. I never expected our Anna to have such a cute side."

Merlin said with a smile, "Let's eat cheese."

"You—!! You saw it all?!"

Upon hearing this, Anna blushed, her eyes filled with shame and indignation, and tears seemed about to fall. She gritted her teeth and looked at Merlin with a tense expression.

"That's right, we all—"

Merlin was about to answer, but before he could finish speaking, Rovey had already silently walked to Anna's side, turned around, looked at Merlin with a disappointed expression, and said coldly, "You still like doing this kind of boring thing as always, Merlin. You are really too boring."

Merlin's eyes widened, filled with disbelief. "Huh? Eh?!...

"Are you serious?!"

Merlin, who had originally invited Rovey to play a prank on Anna, was completely stunned when he was betrayed by her. His eyes were filled with disbelief, and he was dumbfounded.

Can't we still have fun together? You're really just a womanizer who's betrayed by friendship and greedy for personal gain, aren't you?

When I was teasing you just now, you silently accepted it.

In the end, he played the good guy while he himself played the bad guy. Isn't that just too much?!

"Anna, Merlin is really going too far. He needs to be taught a lesson."

Ignoring Merlin's bewildered look, Rovey continued to fan the flames from the sidelines.

Anna, who had been tormented by Merlin, clearly needed a suitable outlet for her anger. She picked up the scythe that Rovey handed her and then let out a murderous snarl.

"Merlin—!!"

"Oh no, this is terrible!"

Upon hearing these menacing words, Merlin's previously carefree expression abruptly changed. He turned around to see Anna's scythe already aimed at his neck. A sharp "swish!" followed by a flash of purple light left a deep gash on the wall next to where Merlin had just been standing. Similarly, Anna now seemed possessed by Thanatos, the Greece god of death, radiating a terrifying, malevolent aura.

"Die, Merlin!"

Anna swung her scythe and then leaped into action.

"No! Help!"

Merlin raised his hands and then turned and ran.

"Rovey clearly saw it too, so why did you only hit me?!"

As he ran, he shouted to Anna was chasing after him.

"Die, Merlin—!!"

However, Anna's hatred for Merlin had clearly been brewing for a long time. The two chased each other, making a huge commotion in the room. Rovey shook his head helplessly, but realizing that the two were probably enjoying themselves, he didn't stop them. Instead, he prepared to go out for a walk to find Tiamat he hadn't seen since returning.

Because of the work Gilgamesh had assigned him, he was busy until very late. He had just finished talking with Merry when that idiot Merlin dragged him into this ridiculous mess. Although it was indeed a form of relaxation, now was not the time to completely unwind. He naturally still remembered about Kingu and Tiamat. So, Rovey decided to go find out where they were.

As for Kingu, she might not be in Uruk right now, but Tiamat should be at the bakery at this time, since she likes to cook for all the children in Uruk as a mother.

Just as Rovey went out, he ran into Tiamat, who was also planning to come and see what was going on. It seemed that she had sensed that Rovey had returned, so she came to look for Rovey as soon as she finished her work.

"Aaaaa~"

Tiamat made a cheerful sound.

Are you welcoming me?