Love Is Blind

"Um... so..."

Sitting opposite her, Rin Tohsaka felt that the Magus of Flowers in front of her was a bit unreliable, but considering that the other party's Magecraft level was obviously a level higher than hers, and that she needed his help, Rin Tohsaka still politely asked Merry.

"Do you have a way to solve my problem?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Merry chuckled. "Who do you think I am? I can control Ishtar Tiamat Ereshkigal. And because they are fighting each other, the wavelengths they possess are all messed up, which gives me a lot of room to maneuver."

"But speaking of which, you really do have a connection with Ishtar and Ereshkigal, in every way you look at it."

Merry smiled as she looked at Rin Tohsaka.

"Especially the 'dropping the ball' attribute is exactly the same."

Rovey shared the same sentiment.

"Hey! Is this the time to talk like that? Hurry up and help me think of a solution! Don't forget Ishtar said she'll get you when she wakes up. If you don't want to be tortured, you'd better come and help me!"

Rin Tohsaka shouted at Rovey, "Otherwise, you'll be the one with a headache."

"Hiss..."

Rovey gasped; he had actually been threatened by Rin Tohsaka.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Merry seemed thoughtful, and said with a smile:

"Honey, it seems you're still as popular with women as ever."

"Even if he's popular with women, it's a karmic entanglement."

After explaining the situation, Rovey sighed helplessly at Merry, "The reason I called you here is because you're the most skilled in this area. Although I have my own solutions, forced deportation would be tantamount to killing them, and I can't bring myself to do it, so I'm leaving it to you."

"Okay, I understand. It just means making them behave and not fight over control, right? Don't worry, I have a way to handle it."

After understanding the situation, Merry smiled gently at Rovey and said, "However, it will take two days to make the magical tools. During this time, Ishtar and Ereshkigal will be in your care."

"Two, two days?"

Upon hearing this time, Rin Tohsaka's lips twitched.

"You mean I need to endure Ishtar and Ereshkigal for another two days, right?!"

"That's right."

Merry nodded slightly.

"No! I'll die!!"

Thinking about what might happen next, Rin Tohsaka let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"Haha, you don't need to be so pessimistic. Although Ishtar and Ereshkigal are both extremely dangerous beings, on the bright side, they are indeed powerful Servant, aren't they? Even during the time you lose control, they might very well help you achieve great things in the Holy Grail War."

"Is that so? It seems... to make sense!"

Rin Tohsaka's eyes lit up slightly. "So, should I hand over control to them for a while...?"

"Sure! Who knows, there might be some unexpected surprises."

"Oops!"

Just as Merry was subconsciously trying to trick Rin Tohsaka, Rovey delivered a karate chop to her head.

"Stop lying, you wouldn't even fool a fool?"

"Idiot? Where's the idiot?"

Suddenly interrupted from her reverie, Rin Tohsaka began looking around, only to be met with Rovey's gaze, which seemed to be one of pity for someone with intellectual disabilities.

"Who are you calling a fool?!"

Just as she was about to get angry, Rovey spoke up, "Although it's cruel to shatter your illusions, you little fool, I still have to warn you. Don't be fooled by her seemingly respectable appearance now; this girl's true nature is that of an utterly despicable and perverted vixen. If you actually believe her, you'll be in for a world of hurt later."

"That's so unfair!"

Merry pouted, then was pushed away by Rovey, but surprisingly, she didn't deny what Rovey said.

"Rin Tohsaka, let's put Ereshkigal aside for now. Now, think seriously about Ishtar's personality and her divine role."

Rovey Wei asked Rin Tohsaka.

"His personality is unclear... If it's a clergy role... wealth, beauty, and war?"

Rin Tohsaka answered tentatively.

"No, she's just a lawless narcissist."

Rovey raised his voice. "Moreover, although she is the goddess of wealth and loves gold, she lacks the Golden Rule in her destiny. So at this time, her divine power of war comes in handy. Do you know the fastest way to get gold?"

"Could it be...?!"

Rin Tohsaka's eyes widened, clearly having guessed some crucial information.

"That's right, of course they'll rob it. When wealth and war are linked, then it's definitely going to be war used to plunder wealth, right?"

Rovey covered his forehead and said, "So you should know what's going to happen, right?"

"No, really?"

Upon hearing this, Rin Tohsaka broke out in a cold sweat. She said incredulously, "Isn't the Holy Grail supposed to grant Servant common sense about their era? She couldn't possibly..."

She couldn't continue speaking.

Because she realized that, given Ishtar's character, it was impossible for her to abide by the human order.

This means that...

"It seems you guessed the outcome. If you don't find a way to deal with this, Fuyuki City will soon have the strongest female bandit of this century, Rin Tohsaka."

Rovey turned his head and said quietly, "And remember, Ishtar will only be staying for a week. Once it's over, she'll just pack up and leave, and you'll be the one to take the blame for her."

"Ah, I can already imagine the news reporting that Rin Tohsaka, the eldest daughter of the Tohsaka Family in Fuyuki City, has robbed a bank. I wonder how things will turn out."

Rin Tohsaka: "No!!!!"

Chapter 373 Love is Blind

After almost a day and a night of fussing,

Finally, the sun rose as usual the next day.

The world is fair; time will not stop because of someone's misfortune.

As dawn broke, Rin Tohsaka, who had been tossing and turning all night, finally drifted off to sleep.

And once she falls asleep, a new person will naturally take her place.

"Hmm, that was a really good sleep."

Rin Tohsaka sat up from the sofa, looked up at the sun outside the window, rubbed her eyes, and felt that the sunlight was particularly dazzling today.

"What time is it? Is Shamash back at work in his sun chariot? No, Shamash went to the Starry Sky with Goddess Ninsun a long time ago. So, is this modern sunlight? Hmm, there's definitely no sign of divine power, just normal celestial light. Not bad, right..."

"Although it has disturbed my rest, since it is an unconscious celestial body, I will let it go. After all, I am that forgiving."

Ishtar tossed her hair, and at the same time began to talk to herself while facing the sun.

It seems that during the Age of Gods in Mesopotamia, she was often awakened in this way by her brother, the sun god Shamash.

However, even though he knew she was somewhat special, Rovey still couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he saw her acting crazy by staring at the sun as soon as she woke up in the morning.

At the same time, seemingly to conserve magic power, Ishtar wasn't wearing her revealing divine attire that would be considered provocative by today's standards. Instead, she was still wearing Rin Tohsaka's red dress. Combined with her almost identical aura to Rin Tohsaka, Rovey almost mistook her for Rin Tohsaka.

"Are you awake? Come and have breakfast."

When he saw that the person who had woken up was indeed Ishtar, as expected, Rovey sighed, then brought the breakfast he had just prepared to her and placed it on the tea table.

"Oh, you're still here~"

Ishtar crossed her arms, and seeing that Rovey was still in front of her, she said with a hint of smugness, "Since you actually greeted me so early, I'll give you a few compliments."

Then, she looked down at the few pieces of bread and an egg on her plate and frowned.

"Are you preparing to offer this kind of food to the goddess first thing in the morning?"

"Because of what you caused yesterday, I stayed by your side all night without sleeping. I didn't have time to prepare a lavish meal for you. Just eat something simple. It's better than what we ate on the road when we were fighting Tiamat."

Rovey covered his forehead and said:

"And I remember when you were driven out of the temple by Artoria and wandered outside, you were so destitute that you even had to eat grass... wasn't that right?"

"Don't mention that kind of thing!"

Just as Ishtar was about to throw a tantrum, her eyes suddenly sharpened when Rovey mentioned her past misfortunes, and she quickly interrupted Rovey.

That period was arguably the darkest moment in her career as a goddess.

The foreign goddess bullied her.

Gilgamesh bullied her.

Ereshkigal also bullied her.

It could be said that the whole of Mesopotamia was relentlessly bullying her.

Although the misunderstanding was later cleared up, that experience was still very painful for Ishtar, so she never actively thinks about it.

"Alright, let's not talk about that. Since that's the case, I'll give you a compliment. After all, you protected this goddess for a whole night, which is the highest honor."

Ishtar said proudly, as she was about to extend her foot as usual, to say something about giving Rovey the favor of touching the back of her foot, when she suddenly remembered the scene in Mesopotamia when Rovey tormented her.

So, to avoid being bullied again, she silently swallowed her words, then plopped down in front of Rovey and began to eat seriously.

Although goddesses don't need to eat.

However, given the body's needs, Rin Tohsaka's body requires nutrition, and in order to have more energy and stamina, Ishtar began to eat seriously.

However, the thought that Rovey had actually kept watch over her all night made Ishtar's expression turn slightly smug.

After all, she had shown Rovey the beauty of the goddess when they were in Mesopotamia, and even suggested that if Rovey could please her, she might grant him some of the goddess's favors. However, at the time, Rovey not only had no interest whatsoever, but he was also manipulated by her.

Now it seems he was just pretending to be serious after all.

But this is only natural, after all, no one in this world can resist the beauty of Ishtar, the goddess of love and beauty.

He wasn't interested in Mesopotamia, probably because of the black Storm Goddess, and didn't dare to show it. But now, hasn't he still been captured by her?

Staying by a goddess's side for a whole day and night was considered a way of courting in her time.

Feeling that he had regained some ground, Ishtar unknowingly fell into self-delusion.

However, from Rovey's perspective, he only saw the goddess halfway through her breakfast, then started grinning foolishly with a piece of bread in her mouth. He was speechless and thought to himself, "This woman has finally gone mad."

In reality, if Rovey knew what Ishtar was thinking at that moment, he would first have his lips twitch involuntarily, then slap Ishtar with a look of disgust, and then properly explain how he could possibly be lustful towards a goddess of the Aqua lineage.

The reason he's sitting here.

It was because Rin Tohsaka had held him back from leaving last night, afraid that the two goddesses would cause trouble again.

He originally intended to sleep in the guest room, but the moment he opened the door, he saw Merry, bathed in moonlight, lying on his side on his bed, looking at him with a rather ambiguous gaze, and in an extremely blatant seduction. To win, Merry had even specially worn a white lingerie set that was more revealing than a swimsuit, clearly preparing to have sex here, completely disregarding the fact that this was Rin Tohsaka's house.

Putting aside whether I have worldly desires, just doing this kind of thing in someone else's house, especially with only a wall separating me from Rin Tohsaka, the sounds could probably be heard, and the impact would be really bad.

Merry may lack morality and shame, but she herself does.

So, to prevent anything that might happen between a lone man and woman in someone else's house, Rovey went to the sofa where Rin Tohsaka was to meditate and regulate his breathing. During this time, to prevent Merry from doing something outrageous in front of Rin Tohsaka in the middle of the night, he stayed awake and didn't fall asleep, which is why he's been sitting here all night.

"So... what about Ereshkigal?"

Ignoring Ishtar's wild thoughts, Rovey looked into her eyes, which shimmered with golden light, and asked, "Leaving aside Rin Tohsaka for now, if you've already woken up, then there's no reason why Ereshkigal shouldn't be awake, right? Why hasn't she made a sound yet?"

"Ah... so you're concerned about that guy?"

Upon hearing Rovey's words, Ishtar's expression suddenly fell, and her eyes began to sharpen.

However, she didn't hide anything and directly explained the current situation.

"That girl is awake, but because of what happened yesterday, I made a deal with her."

"Trade?"

"That's right." Ishtar nodded. "To prevent our hard-earned vacation from being ruined by mutual interference, we discussed it yesterday while we were being suppressed by Command Seal, and the conclusion we reached was that we should share our time."

"Allocate time?"

Upon hearing Ishtar's words, Rovey suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Well, I'll do the daytime, and she'll do the nighttime. We'll each take turns doing twelve hours of activity. If we encounter any enemies, we'll decide who to switch roles with. That should be fine."

Ishtar touched her slender, jade-like hand, then said casually.