I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

However, I still need to find Ilya and the others, so I won't ramble on here.

So Enkidu left and went to Illya's school.

……

On the other side, inside the residence.

The golden runes controlled by Jill have already densely covered the entire space.

This is the method the Wise King told Gilgamesh to cultivate magical control, and Gilgamesh is currently testing to see where his limits truly lie.

A full half hour has passed—

Chapter 211 Birthday Invitation

Golden runes almost filled the entire space.

Finally, Jill stopped expanding the runes.

His forehead was already damp with sweat.

"To achieve this level on the first attempt at such an operation... Heh, not bad." The wise king's voice rang out.

"Of course... it's just a little tiring... as for magic, I don't know how far I can go..."

Gil tried to respond to the wise king through a mental dialogue, and the effect was quite obvious.

"Not bad, you actually understand that this is how you can have a conversation..." the wise king's voice rang out.

“After all, I don’t want people to think I’m a crazy person talking to myself.” Jill said this, then looked at the runes in the space. “Well, that should do it—”

As he spoke, the runes in the space began to dissipate one by one, turning into countless golden specks of light that disappeared into the space.

Esther sat quietly to one side, watching Jill.

Only when the countless runes dissipated did Esther arrive at Gil's side.

"Brother Jill, what are you doing?"

"Ah, is it magic practice?" Gil patted Esther's little head. "I have a feeling that there will be fierce battles waiting for me after I return to that world, so I hope to become stronger during this time."

“Although I could use runes back in that world, it was a [setup] that was added on. Now I can cast runes myself…” Jill reached out, and a row of runes appeared in the space.

Those weren't runes, and Gil didn't bother memorizing them. Although it would be easy to memorize them with a complete memory, Gil could use the stone tablet and some props to perform magic from the Age of Gods that was no weaker than runes.

Although rather than crouching in the back row and constantly unleashing skills, Jill prefers to pretend to chant a spell and then grab her staff and strike anyone who comes close.

This trick always works.

……

at dusk.

Enkidu returned home, exclaiming, "I'm home!"

"Yes, you're back, Enkidu. Dinner's ready. Come sit down with Esther."

Enki was stunned by the sight of Gil wearing an apron.

"Why are you looking at me like that..." Jill asked, a little confused. "What's wrong with me?"

"No...it's nothing..." Enkidu almost couldn't suppress the urge to complain.

Jill, the only person I remember wearing that apron was some white-haired archer...

Enkidu covered his face, "Gil, what on earth did you go through to make you look so natural now..."

“How should I know why…” Jill took off her apron, and that air about her vanished instantly. “Don’t think too much about it, it’s time to eat.”

“Ah, okay.” Enkidu sat down at the table. “Oh, right, Gil, there’s something I need to tell you.”

"Hmm? Tell me about it." Jill sat down, while Esther, who was sitting next to her, had already picked up her rice bowl and started eating.

In fact, high-ranking elves like Esther do not need to eat. However, for high-ranking elves, eating is mostly out of interest, or simply because they like human food, nothing more.

Incidentally, Esther's tastes are similar to those of normal girls, mainly sweets and the like.

Hmm... If I had to say, Esther actually quite likes tofu.

Jill glanced at Esther, who was breathing out hot air because the tofu was hot, then looked back at Enkidu. "What could it be that you'd want to tell me?"

"Well... it's just that Ilya and the others... are planning to invite us to their birthday party."

"Birthday……?"

"Yes, that's right, my birthday."

"Wait, wait, wait, you mean them?" Jill asked, somewhat puzzled.

Inviting friends to someone's birthday is fine, but... who are they?

“Yes, that’s right. Miyu and Illya share the same birthday… Also, Kuro is actually Illya, so it’s okay for her and Illya to share the same birthday, right?” Enkidu said.

“Emmm…no problem.” Jill nodded. “So?”

“They invited us to their birthday party,” Enkidu said.

“Okay… I understand.” Jill nodded. “Then, let’s leave it at that. I’ll go that day… but only if I remember to take the potion.” Jill took out the anti-aging potion. “But this time I need to control the dosage… it wouldn’t be good if I shrunk too much like last time.”

"What's so difficult about that?" So Enkidu took the medicine bottle, pulled out the stopper, and poured the medicine into Gil's mouth!

“?!?!?!?!” Gil was shocked. He wanted to resist, but he didn’t know if Enkidu had allocated all his attributes to strength again. Without using the Berserker class card, Gil had no way to break free from Enkidu’s grip.

As a result, this time...

Jill's body shrank to the size of a ten-year-old once again...

“…Enkidu, are you trying to trick me?” Gilles’s lips twitched. “You’re not the only one doing the work in some black organization full of spies, are you? You gave me just the right amount of drugs to turn me into a ten-year-old!”

"Hmm? I remember Jill, you used to drink the whole bottle, didn't you?"

"Nonsense! This time I'm supposed to turn back into a sixteen-year-old!" Jill scratched her head in frustration, then gave up as if resigned to her fate. "Fine, whatever."

After all, there's nothing wrong with it this way, right? At least it looks quite cute, doesn't it?

I wonder what Lian will think when she sees her master like this.

Touch...

"...Este, what do you mean by this?"

“I think Brother Jill looks really cute like this… Can you not change back?” Esther asked earnestly.

“I don’t think this will work. This will only last a few days at most,” Jill said, her eyebrows twitching.

So Esther and Enki both showed a hint of disappointment in their eyes.

"...Enkidu, I can accept Esther's disappointment, but what's with that look in your eyes?" Gilles was speechless for a moment.

“...Because...I think Gil is so cute and cuddly, I can hug him.” Enkidu said in a tone that seemed serious, but was actually quite serious.

“Sorry, I don’t think that’ll work either!” Jill made an “X” gesture. “Unless you really want to kill me!”

To some extent, Enkidu, who could frighten Gil in this way, must indeed possess very powerful skills.

"Don't worry, this time things won't happen like before," Enkidu tried to bluff his way out.

However, Jill had already seen through everything!

"I reject!"

Chapter 212 The Beach, Birthday Gift

"By the way, has the location for Ilya and the others' birthday party been decided yet?" Jill asked.

“Ah, I remember, it was said to be at the beach,” Enkidu said.

"The beach?" Esther asked with a curious look.

"Hmm... summer and the beach?" Jill looked thoughtful. "Hmm, elementary school swimsuits? Not interested."

Gilgamesh was certain that if he said he was interested in elementary school students' swimsuits, Enkidu would immediately bind him with the Chains of Heaven (Enkidu) and then deliver a "Son of Man, bind the gods tightly (Enuma Elish)" blow to his forehead, destroying him in a completely inhumane way.

In fact, Jill really had no interest in little girls with that kind of figure.

Hmm... isn't this something to be very happy about?

"Then how about we prepare gifts for the three of them later?" Jill thought for a moment, then nodded. "Let's just prepare identical gifts."

"And then if you're sunbathing at the beach..."

Enkidu looked at Gilles and couldn't help but sigh, "You clearly care about them, Gilles, you're so arrogant!"

"How could that be?" Jill sighed. "I'm not being tsundere, but that's all I wanted to say—"

Jill looked up at the sky, "..."

"What's wrong?" Enkidu asked.

“…No, it’s nothing…” Gil’s eyes flickered. “Alright, let’s eat.” Gil got Enkidu a bowl of rice and handed it to him.

“I’m full, I’m going to rest.” Jill stood up and went back to her room.

Enkidu's eyes flickered. "Are you full?"

Jill's bowl and chopsticks were still on the table, showing no signs of food sticking to them.

……

"Such keen senses... Have I been discovered?"

The black figure, wearing a skull mask, remained motionless in the shadows.

"This shouldn't be... How could he have become so much stronger... Shouldn't he be reaching his limit soon? Why is his perception so sharp..." she muttered to herself.

"Because I don't just rely on the omniscient and omnipotent star to read scripts..."

A deep voice sounded in his ear, and the expression on the dark figure's face instantly froze—

A sharp dagger was held against his neck, and the cold, icy touch, as if the slightest movement would sever his throat, made the dark figure dare not move.

“Which Hassan are you? Hundred Faces? Or Tranquility? No, not Tranquility. If it were Tranquility, I couldn’t get this close and nothing would happen—” Jill raised an eyebrow. “Are you an alter ego of Hundred Faces? You seem to specialize in surveillance.”

"..."