"So that was how it was..."
After hearing the story, Lin Qiye let out a long sigh.
He turned to look into the courtyard and saw Gilgamesh standing alone beneath the shade of a tree in silence. Mottled patches of light fell across his gray robe as he gazed up at the distant sky, seemingly lost in thought.
"Thank you." Lin Qiye turned back and gave Merlin a faint smile.
Merlin waved a hand. "I merely told a story. What comes next depends on you, Director."
Lin Qiye lowered his head to look at the fragment in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, he strode straight toward Gilgamesh beneath the tree.
Now that he knew Gilgamesh's past and considered his condition, Lin Qiye could more or less conclude that his mental illness was tied to the destruction of the Uruk Kingdom. All that remained was to test Gilgamesh and see which angle would be best to begin his treatment from.
Gilgamesh, standing beneath the tree, noticed Lin Qiye approaching. His eyes narrowed as he spoke again with a condescending bearing.
"If you have come to repent your sins before me, it is already too late. Sooner or later, you will be nailed to the pillar of shame and displayed for nine days."
"..." Lin Qiye was speechless for a moment before saying, "I came to show you something."
"Hm?" Gilgamesh raised an eyebrow. "Present it. Let me see it."
Lin Qiye stretched out his hand and offered the fragment in his palm to Gilgamesh. The moment Gilgamesh lowered his head and saw it, his pupils suddenly contracted.
He stood frozen in place like a stone statue.
Just as Lin Qiye was about to say something, Gilgamesh abruptly raised his head and stared fixedly into his eyes, speaking one word