Nanshe had made her little stream look beautiful, then sat in it alone, brooding.
Annanu, Enkidu, and Gilgamesh had not done much to her. After learning her purpose, they let her go.
But what she cared about were Annanu and Enkidu's identities.
Thinking back on that feeling now, there was no doubt about it. They were the Key of Heaven and Chains of Heaven brothers created by Utu.
So they had now gained human forms and intelligence?
No wonder their power had declined so much.
Everything came at a price.
To life without intelligence, intelligence was the most precious thing of all—nothing else even came close.
Without intelligence, even life itself was meaningless. Nanshe understood that clearly.
Like Lahmu and Lahamu in the red mud: even though they were second-generation gods and Demonic Beasts, even though they were children personally born of Abzu and Tiamat, they would forever only entwine and mate.
Pitiful. Truly pitiful.
Nanshe dissolved into the water, with only half her head exposed above the surface. Her gaze was silent and unfocused, her long, smooth, beautiful hair spread across the water, while a few bubbles occasionally rose from before her lips.
So, the one she had seen.
The one she had fallen for at first sight.
Was the Key of Heaven, Annanu?
"Ahhh, so annoying! So annoying!"
Splash—
Nanshe emerged from the water in frustration and scratched her head.
That was a weapon—no, just a lump of mud. How could she have fallen for something like that?
He was only a little good-looking. Didn't his younger brother look exactly the same? It was no big deal.
Tch.
Forget it. If she could not figure it out, then she would stop thinking about it.
Sleep!
Nanshe plunged back into the water.
"Gil, is it really okay to let