"Even something this trivial had to be dealt with personally. No wonder he died from overwork later on. Come to think of it, if he met Zhuge Liang, the two of them would definitely have plenty to talk about."
At Chaldea, Shen Fei immediately understood why Gilgamesh had died of overwork after seeing the matters he handled. Some things could not simply be ignored just because one was powerful. This was not physical fatigue, but mental exhaustion. Handling every detail personally was the most exhausting thing of all.
For example, Naruto, the Seventh Hokage, handled Hokage affairs the same way Gilgamesh did—personally dealing with everything—so he always looked completely drained.
Marquis Wu of Zhuge from Under One Person was the same.
"This goddess really knows how to cause trouble."
Gilgamesh casually picked up a clay tablet, but after seeing its contents, he could not deal with it as swiftly as usual. This matter involved the goddess Ishtar. After all, she was Uruk's city goddess and had a great many worshippers in Uruk, even if that city goddess did nothing but cause trouble.
"Siduri, compensate the farms for some of their losses. Find a way to deal with that woman." Gilgamesh fell silent for a moment before finally giving his solution.
The matter was actually very simple. Under the pretext of clearing demonic beasts from the farms, Ishtar had taken the farms' gemstones. While she had indeed eliminated the beasts, her attacks had caused even greater destruction than the beasts themselves.
"Yes, my king." Siduri was equally helpless about Ishtar's behavior, but Ishtar was Uruk's city goddess, while Siduri was Uruk's chief priestess. In all of Uruk, only Gilgamesh dared show Ishtar disrespect. No one else dared.
"My king, please take a rest. Chaldea's guests have arrived," Siduri promptly urged as