Gurgle, gurgle.
Nanshe emerged from the water, shook her head, and ran a hand through her beautiful hair. Under the moonlight, she looked breathtaking.
A confident expression rested on her face as she summoned a water mirror and admired her appearance by Nanna's light.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. With a face like mine, I'm so gorgeous I could bubble over. A mere human boy will be mine in no time.
All right, sis is heading into the city now—
Just as Nanshe was thinking that, a strange sound reached her ears.
Splash, splash—
Splash, splash—
Hm?
Why did that sound seem like—
Whoosh—
Whoosh—
Before Nanshe could figure it out, golden chains descended from the sky and bound her tightly.
More golden fragments and chains fell alongside them, attaching themselves to the chains. The sensation of restraint instantly intensified, and Nanshe was almost completely unable to move.
"Huh? Huhhh?"
Startled, she instinctively tried to struggle, only to discover that she could not even move a single finger.
She was utterly bewildered. Hadn't she just been planning to enter Uruk? What had happened? Had someone laid an ambush for her?
"At this level, she should be considered average among the gods." Enkidu descended from above, with chains continuing to emerge from the golden ripples around him.
"She isn't strong, anyway. I scared her off back then." Annanu hovered beside Enkidu and curled his lip.
The other fragments of the Key of Heaven floated around him. Some of the remaining pieces had been used to reinforce the binding power of Enkidu's Chains of Heaven.
He was the key, capable of releasing Enkidu, the lock.
"Y-you are— Huh? You're the one from daytime?" Nanshe had been about to ask who they were when she spotted Annanu floating beneath the moonlight and froze instinctively.
Feeling