Before Ereshkigal can actually kiss you, you suddenly hug her, stopping her in her tracks, before you lean in close to her ear and begin to whisper softly directly into her ear. "Any gratitude you wish to show me, I want you to divert to an effort to creating Kur anew in this day and age, so that those who die are not lost to the void that is the Root anymore. Not broken apart into nothingness by an infinite source for naught but the sake of returning to that which spawned them. The gift I gave you was... it was for this purpose, although the nature of it was due in part to what you wished for in your original life. Together, Ereshkigal, we shall create a beautiful afterlife, and you will be the sole ruler of that place, beloved by all of your subjects, who shall live after death in reverence of you. That is my gift to you, Ereshkigal." You keep your voice quiet in order to not be overheard by anybody else in the room, though out of the corner of your eye, you swear for a moment that you can see a set of fox-ears twitching... Wait, how good are foxes supposed to be at hearing? A problem for later.

You break off from the hug and headpat Ereshkigal softly. The girl starts to... quiver? Her face turns as red as it can possibly go and she starts to push into your hand as you pat her on the top of the head, not really the sort of reaction you were expecting when you said that... well actually, it totally was. Oh well, it least it didn't make as much of a scene as straight up kissing her would have made. Not to mention that if the Rin inside of her is still conscious and watching, she'd probably still loathe the idea of doing something like kissing you. You haven't forgotten that for the Rin within Ereshkigal right now still remembers you... or well, she remembers her Shinji as a rapist creep who abused Sakura. If she is even still watching silently, that might be enough to finally break whatever last vestiges of sanity the girl has left.

"You... You... Mortal... You...!" Ereshkigal keeps quivering before she suddenly collapses entirely, her eyes closed as she peacefully lies on the floor, fainted. The rest of the room is left speechless at the fact that you just managed to flirt with a goddess to the point where she fainted. Even Gilgamesh and Enkidu look suitably impressed by the feat.

Part 35