A true hero marries a man by his appearance [Comprehensive]

It wasn't that Merlin didn't know that Eddie was watching him secretly.

He had already discovered that not only was there no dissatisfaction, on the contrary, there was some unspeakable joy in his heart.

This... is really strange.

Logically speaking, even if Eddie inexplicably saved his life after beating him hard, Merlin, who has no masochistic tendencies, would not be concerned because of that little bit, mostly negative emotions. Happy.

But the fact is here, Merlin is very happy.

The reason may be - he found that he likes humans more.

Every individual is completely different, but among the common "human beings" who have complex and diverse emotions, there is such a man who cannot be judged by common sense.

He can't see through him at all.What he was talking about was not such obvious things as appearance and general personality, but something deeper, something hidden in the dark that Merlin couldn't touch at all.

"At first, I thought that although I couldn't grasp and learn those profound emotions, my understanding of 'people' should be quite deep."

At night, Nightmare sat idle in a dreamland with a lawn that he sneaked into at random, resting his chin on one hand, thinking about it for a moment.

"As a result - I suddenly encountered a special case."

"It's so strange, human beings who can't even see through clairvoyance...I didn't expect such a special existence."

He fell into daydream, and with the other hand hanging down, he did not know how to do it, and tore off several grass leaves.After finally pulling back his thoughts, there was a mess of broken grass roots and leaves at hand.

After regaining consciousness, Merlin: "..."

Ugh.

He sighed faintly, but it was the opposite in his heart, that inexplicable joy reappeared in his heart.

Not masochistic, nor whim, Merlin finally found something that could really inspire him besides teaching the future King Arthur.

The black history of getting drunk and molesting the silver-haired passers-by—yes, that’s it—has been calmly (wait??) forgotten by Merlin in a guilty conscience.

He was determined to get a better understanding of this human being named Eddie, simply, subtly in daily life, and then think of a way to please the man.

Merlin is also very good at pleasing or catering to people, which has something to do with Nightmare's habit of absorbing spiritual food from humans.

But this time, he didn't have rhetoric - verbal offensive is absolutely useless, so there is no need to waste energy.

He also didn't use any obscurity methods - the methods must be more subtle than the stupid method of directly prying into the heart at the beginning, the lesson he learned before is too severe.

It's also "to please", this time, Merlin Fei's effort can be said to be quite large.

Hearing half of the name from the man's mouth, he just spent several months searching for it.Because his intuition showed that that person should be a "hero" who could become a heroic spirit, Merlin searched through countless historical materials, and finally found the person who was most likely to be the person Eddie mentioned.

"……Well."

Very strange.

"...Tsk."

The next guess made him even more unbelievable.

The legend carried by the stone slab nearly 2000 years ago records the story of a king and his two best friends.

The king is Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk in the ancient country. One of his best friends is Enkidu, and the other two...

"Ey, Dee?"

It was this name that made Merlin startled when he saw it for the first time. Countless vaguely captured clues gathered in his mind at this moment, forming a rather terrifying reality.

"This-how is it possible, wait, the year 2000...is this the year 2000?"

He stayed there for a long time before he was awakened by the sound of the book hitting the ground heavily.Then, there is no need to do any unnecessary things, and it is reasonable to continue flipping through the book frantically.

After searching for several nights in disbelief (he would be with Arturia and the others during the day, so he was doing this secret operation at night), Merlin finally moved out of the pile of books in a trance.

The person "Eddie" did exist in history.

Merlin couldn't react in the first time, because the era of Uruk's existence was more than 1000 years away from the era of his birth, which is too long.The second is that even if it has the same name as a legendary character, almost no one would believe that the man he met after 2000 is the same person as the hero 2000 years ago.

In the past few days, he has repeatedly watched the part where Eddie appears in the epic with the King of Uruk as the main character, adding up to at least dozens of times, and the more he reads, the more shocked and horrified he is.

"Eddie" does not appear much in the epic, and it can even be said that there are only a few lines.

Among them, due to the lack of records on the ancient stone slabs, it seems that there are also traces of being deliberately deleted by someone.

What Merlin learned was that Gilgamesh and Enki were the first friends, and their identities and backgrounds were described in detail in the epic, but Eddie, who was added later, was like a cloud of fog, except for his Bravery is comparable to or even better than the former two, so there is no extra information.

The three who were all close friends killed the bull of heaven that the goddess Ishtar put on the earth. Enkidu was punished by heaven and was broken into dust and died.Eddie was so distraught that he hiked across the mountain to take revenge on the goddess, and finally died.

There are only so many appearances of Eddie, and what he shows seems to be an image of enthusiasm, bravery, love and righteousness, but the ending is extremely tragic.

Merlin stared blankly at this record for a while, and really couldn't bring the word "enthusiasm" to the Eddie he saw.

—Is it the same person?

I still can't believe it, but I think it should be so.

——So, "Enki" refers to "Enkidu".However, in 2000...

"It's really, really incredible."

He should have said these words silently in a surprised tone, but his voice was deep and deep, and there was a lot of preoccupation that he hadn't noticed for a while.

Involuntarily raising his eyes and looking forward, the magician, who was once again thrown to the end by the combination of men and young people, looked puzzled.

He saw at a glance that the man who always wore the same black clothes was walking in the middle. Even though Artoria and Kai were noisy around him, they still couldn't let the bright colors and a little temperature touch the black. clothes.

"..."

For a moment, Merlin inexplicably felt that the man gave him a sense of familiarity—but why he was so familiar still couldn't be explored.

He didn't think at all that the resemblance was in himself.

However, this unknown gaze made Merlin decide to put into practice an idea that was born in his heart a few days ago.

He intends to summon Heroic Spirits.

As for who to summon... In the Hall of Valor, the hero named Enkidu must be there.

Just take it as a thank you gift for the previous offense. Anyway, men will never listen to a verbal apology.

then.

When the holy relic necessary to summon a certain hero appeared by accident, the cunning magician took it from the first man he was so desperate to please.

At last.

That heroic spirit answered the call.

*****

The weather is really nice today.

The sunlight struggled through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and fell eagerly on the body of the man leaning under the tree, which also brought a lot of warmth.

Most of the places are shaded by trees, not suitable for sunbathing.

So, Eddie just sits and rests here temporarily, with his eyes closed.

The little ghosts who liked to pester him went to practice swords, and they played for a day in the name of the festival. Early the next morning, they were driven out of the comfortable small town by the harsh Merlin, and went to the wilderness to continue their experience.

There is a small lake not far behind the tree, and they sweat by the lake.Eddie could finally enjoy himself alone. He chose a place and planned to rest here until the little ghosts came.

He had made up his mind at first, just rest for a while, don't sleep, no matter how warm the sun is and hypnotize him, don't sleep.

But contrary to expectations, after closing the eyes, the orange light can still penetrate through the eyelids, making the sly laziness sneak into the body before it can guard against it.

Eddie moved his fingertips, trying to resist.However, the resistance was really only "one moment", his mind quickly became confused, he only felt tiredness lingering on him, and he accidentally lost his mind for a while, and then he was lost in reality for a long time.

——This is not okay...

As if in a daze, he thought.

——To learn from the lesson, be vigilant at all times.But, is it really too tiring... I actually feel that Enkidu is coming, right behind me...

Enkidu...

Right here, his...

behind? !

Eddie snapped his eyes open.

Just made such a trivial movement, but the momentary gaffe still leaked out.

shhhhh-

The bird that had built its nest among the branches flapped its wings in terror and flew away, nearly falling from the nest.

Not long after, though, the bird returned.

Instead of returning to the nest, it circled around and landed briskly under the tree—in the palm of someone who just happened to stretch out.

Chirping, chubby birds jumped up and down cheerfully in this man's palm, as if they had found the closest person, in stark contrast to the man sitting under the tree on the other side across the tree stump.

After a while, the man gently pushed his hand forward, and the bird flew up again.

It circled around the heads of them who happened to be sitting with their backs facing each other, before it sank into the thick branches and leaves.

Silence should not be between these two men.

It’s like starting a conversation like an old friend, whether it’s reminiscing about the past or expressing thoughts—it can’t continue like this without saying anything.

After all, since the separation 2000 years ago, they wanted to see each other again, and it was really... very difficult.

Enkidu gives the impression that he has always been gentle, restrained, and not very active.

I only see his unique light when he is transformed into a weapon during the battle. Usually, even at the last moment of death, there is almost no...

Oh no.

Still there.

He pulled the head of the man mourning his loss and kissed him.This is an initiative only for Eddie.

At this moment, in the quiet and peaceful world, he took the initiative again, still targeting the same person.

"You almost couldn't control your emotions, and I noticed it."

"..."

"I have nothing to say, do you want to tell me?"

The shadow of the tree, which was supposed to bring coolness, was not so sensible at this time, covering the eyes of the heroic spirit who glanced to the side.

He still retains the appearance of the green-haired boy, with a cold expression, as if he doesn't care about anything, and has no desire or desire for anything.

However, if there is no shadow swaying on the beautiful face, you can see it from his clear eyes—the ripples rising from the depths of his heart.

Eddie didn't speak until a long time later.

Compared with Enkidu's soft voice that can blur the gender, his voice is too deep and harsh. Every word has been carefully considered before it barely leaked from his mouth. I am afraid that it will be faster and harder. , it will be broken.

"I want to see you very much, but when this day really comes, I dare not see you again."

"Sorry, Enkidu."

"I failed to avenge you, and I lost so badly. Maybe... I kept thinking afterwards, I, didn't I, never cared about your feelings..."

After that, his speech speed involuntarily accelerated, as if he didn't want to be interrupted by Enkidu, or as if he was talking, and he started to be annoyed by the stupid things he did at the beginning.As a result, after an abrupt pause, he gave himself a well-known reply, feeling upset.

"—What nonsense are you talking about? I must not have scruples about you. As the earliest suitor and later friend, I! I did a terrible job!"

There is indeed annoyance.

And the tension and guilt that came with it.

Only Enkidu would make him so emotionally ups and downs without saying anything.

He had already decided that he was sorry for Enkidu, just as he said - he wanted to see him, but because he owed him so much, he didn't want him to see him.

He also thought long ago that if he could see Enkidu, he could just listen to Enkidu without saying anything except apologizing.

Whether it's blaming him, blaming him, whatever, it's all—

"Yes." Enkidu's voice came from behind leisurely at this moment.

He still couldn't hear any emotion in his voice, he just said: "You are indeed such a man who is so self-willed that I can't accept it."

Eddie: "...Yeah, yeah."

In Eddie's opinion, self-willedness is not a problem, and he feels pretty good about himself.However, Enkidu uttered this sentence, so the effect is naturally very different.

Needless to say, he was blown away.

My heart is throbbing a little.

"Although it's too much for me to say these words just after we met, I have to take this opportunity to say it."

Enkidu also knew that Eddie had been hit. However, there seemed to be a strange color mixed in the flowing eyes, which made him not pause, and continued: "You."

"Eddie, you're really too much."

Eddie opened his mouth, thinking that Enkidu was really angry with him, his expression gradually darkened: "I'm sorry, I..."

However, unexpectedly.

Enkidu interrupted him: "I don't want to blame you, don't get me wrong."

Eddie froze: "Isn't it—?"

Enkidu said: "Well, there is still a little bit, but compared to what I really want to say, it's not that important."

"..."

"I didn't want to see you at first, but I still came. Not only... for my own desire, but also, you—"

There was a long pause.

Eddie's heart was also lifted by this.

Before Enkidu spoke, Eddie couldn't help but wonder what he would say.

He—what happened to him?

What else did you do to make Enki show up even if he didn't want to see him?

I started to think about it, I kept thinking about it, I tried my best to think about it, but I still couldn't think of it.

He was a little fidgety, almost unable to hold back, and went to the back——to face Enkidu, look him in the eyes, and listen to him slowly.

But he still held back.

And Enkidu seemed to be aware of his uneasiness.

——What he said made him unable to predict in advance anyway.

"I'm tired after walking alone for so long."

When the words reached his ears, Eddie's anxious expression froze suddenly.

"Even if I left you early, I didn't see it with my own eyes, and I couldn't calculate how long that 'long time' was..."

"How far can you go without slowly letting go of the past—the 'past' including me... Eddie?"

silence.

The crisp birdsong overhead disappeared from that moment.

It probably took a long time to digest before he could understand what Enkidu said.

"Let it go...? I always think that the correct way to do it is to keep everything I missed and lost no matter how far I go."

That's how he got here.

Can't forget, can't let go.

In fact, many times he would not remember it, but as long as there is an opportunity, the things he thought he had forgotten would jump out in a particularly vivid form, reminding him deeply.

"That would be exhausting." Enkidu repeated.

Like some stubborn man, he wants to see him and doesn't want to see him.

The reason given to the master who summoned him is more comprehensive than that given to the man, and concealment is necessary.

——He has been stuck in this world for too long.

——Meet him, let him know the existence of Heroic Spirit, and maybe there will be a second or third chance to meet again in the future, and then, let him... wait forever, forever, without end?

The sorcerer who summoned him was greatly surprised when he spoke such cold words from the mouth of a weak-looking Heroic Spirit.

--no.

——Even if I, who signed a contract with you as a servant, can be a weapon that you can command, this order, in my judgment, is a wrong order.

however……

They all refused so seriously, why did they still come in the end?

The magician persuaded him with the reason that "it will be worse if you let it go, and the best way is to meet him and make him feel relieved".

So, Enkidu sat here.

He didn't feel the warmth of the sun, even though the brilliance like a tulle flowed between his jade-like long hair.

Because, where Eddie couldn't see, the sad Heroic Spirit almost shed tears.

Great, no face-to-face.

Very good.The two who were only separated by a tree thought the same thing, neither of them could see the other's expression.

"Really want to let go?"

"It's better."

"..."

"Ok."

This belated response was as heavy as a depressive echo from a deep valley, slowly breaking through the heavy shadows.

When Enkidu heard it, he just suppressed the unspeakable bitterness and heaved a sigh of relief, then he heard the man continue:

"If it's your request, I will do whatever you want me to do..."

"—except this."

"Enkidu, change your request. Except this, I promise you everything."

... Unexpected, but expected.

Given this answer, Enkidu was disappointed, but not surprised at all.

Haven't witnessed the man's long journey, but fully, can guess.

Eddie, what he had, was so little.

Those memories of the past are both his treasure and his burden. He is used to carrying such a heavy burden on the road, and he is also used to slowly recollecting it in the midnight dreams that may take a long time to appear.

Even hatred.

He still can't give up, can't forget, even if he knows better than anyone in his heart, letting go is the best.

"... Do you want another one? Tell me, can you really do anything?"

"real."

"That……"

There is a gust of wind blowing across the cheeks, carrying the fragrance of flowers.

The wind stopped.

Two slender and soft hands covered Eddie's eyes.

Enkidu sat on the man's lap and gently kissed the man's lips.

The man's lips were very pale, but after Enkidu's lips moved away, it seemed as if a delicate flower petal stayed at the corner of the man's mouth, making the eyes of those who could see it fixed and unable to move their eyes away.

"what."

Eddie said.

"You rejected me so coldly before, now... why are you still kissing me?"

"Not only will you be willful, but you are also really slow." Enkidu chuckled.

"If you ask for anything, you can agree to it. Then, the kiss is the first."

"As for the second one." Enkidu didn't let go of his hand, but used his own lips to seal the man's mouth.

This time the kiss was not as bland as before.

If you want to get this person, once you have determined your goal and started to act, you will no longer be worried by all kinds of worries, you will not show mercy, let alone give up—because he let him get the heart of human beings, and made him unable to abandon the beast nature.

Enkidu's plunder really didn't leave room for breathing. After a brief shock, Eddie followed his instinct of not being willing to be overwhelmed, and regained the initiative even more fiercely.

After such a while, and then separated, both of them were out of breath.

At this moment, Enkidu said softly: "Do you understand... Jill is not the only one who started coveting you at the earliest."

Eddie was silent.

Because of the reluctance just now, his silver hair was messed up, and the petal-like color at the corners of his mouth became darker, and this color even spread to the corners of his eyes, outlining the fiery golden pupils, inexplicably giving birth to a strange beauty.

However, the eyes were still covered, so Enki couldn't see.

"You want to fuck me too?"

After blurting out this sentence, he realized it himself, and immediately changed it: "No, you like me too?"

Enkidu inevitably noticed the word "also", frowned, and regained his composure the next moment.

"Well, I like you."

"……Uh."

This is a bit of a hassle.

"So, at the beginning, I was rejected very cruelly by someone who actually liked me?"

"Yeah, who made you propose to me even though you obviously don't like me?"

"Why do I feel more hopeless... I'm sorry."

Enkidu didn't speak any more, he wouldn't say "it doesn't matter", and there was no need to say the second request that the dull man must not have realized.

Although, if he said it out, the man would probably still satisfy him after being shocked, tangled, and struggling.

……

"In the end... I still want to see you."

In the ensuing silence, Eddie raised his hand, and slowly and without objection, he opened Enkidu's fingers.

Only the left eye emerges from between the fingers.

When he came into contact with the sunlight again, he seemed to pause for a moment, and it seemed that he suddenly understood something the moment he met Enkidu's eyes.

So many years of wandering, so many years of longing, plus, the loneliness that has been dormant in his heart for a long time, all gathered in this one glance.

Enkidu looked into his eyes, and saw clearly the golden eye that was always shining brightly in his memory.

——He doesn't love him, but he will show such a fragile and sad expression for him.

*****

Merlin lingered not far away for a long time, until he sensed that the Heroic Spirit who had cut off the contract with him had disappeared and returned to the Throne of Heroic Spirits, then he slowly moved over.

After moving under the tree, he waited and watched for a while, and then continued to slowly — tentatively, rubbed against the man who was still leaning against the tree trunk, and sat down.

"I didn't eavesdrop or peep. I left you the most perfect space alone. You're welcome. That's what it should be."

The magician spoke with incomparable integrity, and couldn't help observing the man's expression quietly.

Well, looking forward, it is very calm, very calm, there is not even a little wave in the eyes, it is too calm.

He didn't lie. During the communication between the heroic spirit and the man, he deliberately avoided everything.

This is the lesson he learned from the last painful experience, and it can be regarded as...his own choice.

They should be left alone.That's what I thought in my heart.

"..."

"..."

Oops.

Merlin suddenly thought to himself.

Could it be that he did something bad with good intentions and screwed up?Otherwise, why did Eddie still react like this.

Even if you think he is meddling in his own business, you should be angry...

Just as he was thinking about it, a different picture finally appeared in Merlin's peeking past.

After he sat down for a long time, Eddie looked away indifferently as if he had just recovered.

He looked over.

In fact, he only said one sentence, four words.

However, his eyes softened a lot.

"have a finger in the pie."

It was this scene that made Merlin feel something he had never felt before after the sudden surprise——

From the heart, satisfied?

Well, well, that's right.

This is what I want.

There is no need to cover up in a mess of "repaying the kindness" and "compensating for one's sins".

All the hard work of searching so much information, making so many preparations, summoning that heroic spirit, and all the hard work that Artoria and the others tried to find a way to get rid of was all for "this".

Purely, just to please him.

make him happy.

Under the tree, the white-haired magician rolled his eyes and smiled.

"Have you rested yet? Artoria and the others are going to wait."