Ereshkigal blushed.
She really blushed.
Not the kind of blush born from anger or embarrassment, but a simple, straightforward blush brought on by Fujimaru Tachibana's direct words.
Although the atmosphere had suddenly turned rather yuri-ish, Fujimaru Tachibana had simply spoken from the heart, without any deeper intentions.
But for Ereshkigal, who had been left utterly stunned, she could only stare blankly at Fujimaru Tachibana with a faint blush on her pretty face. "C-Cute? R-Really? M-Me, cute? Isn't that strange? How could I possibly be cute?"
Fujimaru Tachibana scratched her head at that. "Why do you think you aren't cute? Or do gods have a completely different sense of beauty from humans? Do things humans find pretty look ugly to gods?"
Ereshkigal said, "Uh, that's not true. Human standards of beauty were originally learned from the gods, so naturally, gods also find the things humans consider beautiful to be beautiful."
After a pause, she seemed to think of something and added, "At least, the aesthetic standards of us Sumerian gods are the same as those of the people of Uruk."
Fujimaru Tachibana retorted, "Then if they're the same, Ereshkigal, you're obviously adorable! So you really just don't have a clear understanding of yourself, do you?"
Ereshkigal said, "Ugh..."
Her face had turned red. Amid her shyness were excitement, disbelief, and happiness.
For the first time in her life, someone had called her cute. And she had only just learned that she apparently really was cute. What kind of dream scenario was this?
Ereshkigal felt as if she were dreaming.
Her gaze wandered, and her hands and feet fidgeted. Even tied up as she was, she could not calm down.
If this had been a dating game, words reading "Affection +1" would surely have kept appearing over Ereshkigal's head without any sign