I, Goldie, Am Going to Be a Foolish King! [19]

After scanning Siduri and Eresh—meaning, after staring at them for a very long time—and confirming that neither of them was in danger, Gilgamesh finally relaxed. Then his spirits lifted again, and he used Clairvoyance to take a look at Ishtar. He discovered that she was smashing rocks. Sometimes a gem came out. Sometimes it was just another rock. She was smashing away happily, utterly tireless.

Gilgamesh smiled in satisfaction. That idiotic goddess. When she got summoned as a Heroic Spirit in the future, she wouldn’t end up with a title like [Humanity’s Oldest Lottery Player]? Well, whatever.

“Siduri. Summon Lily. This king would hear how the knightly order progresses.”

Mr. Goldie finally remembered that he had a harem—scratch that—knightly order, and today, he was going to properly inspect Lily’s progress!

“As you command.” Siduri could barely bring herself to look straight at the strange smile on Gilgamesh’s face and hurried outside.

After a while, Lily arrived with three girls in tow.

Gilgamesh’s spirit shook. It was here. It was finally here. His knightly order.

“Lily greets Father.” Lily stepped forward and bowed. The other three girls followed Lily’s example and bowed as well.

“Raise your heads.”

After Gilgamesh gestured for them to rise, he examined them carefully. They were all delicate and charming. Quite nice. Then he asked, “Now, then. Show this king what worth you possess.”

Lily’s expression sharpened, and she stood.

She walked to the first girl and introduced her. “This is a knight I have acknowledged. When she saw a group of thugs trying to force themselves on a young woman, she dealt with those thugs single-handedly. You should know that there were over a dozen of them, and all of them were retired soldiers. Alice, this knight here, dealt with them effortlessly and confiscated their tools of the crime.”

Confiscated… their tools of the crime? Hey, wait! What exactly were those tools? Explain that clearly!

“If you want me to submit, even a king must show he has the qualifications!” Alice suddenly spoke and released her aura.

Submit… No, that’s not it. I don’t want you to submit. Don’t do anything crazy. Don’t come any closer.

Alice approached Gilgamesh step by step, while Lily prepared to guard him with a wary expression.

Suddenly, a THUMP, THUMP. THUMP rang out. Because Gilgamesh’s heartbeat had sped up, the King Engine activated.

The air froze once again. The other three girls all stiffened, overwhelmed by the king’s power.

But Alice gritted her teeth and actually forced herself to withstand his presence, raising her sword.

Yet that was not the end. Mr. Goldie felt his life was under threat, and amid the chaos in his mind, he unleashed Conqueror’s Haki.

The other three dropped to their knees, cold sweat breaking out on their faces. Alice lowered the sword she had raised as well and looked at Gilgamesh with worship in her eyes.

Mr. Goldie felt a chill between his legs and no longer dared to size this girl up. Instead, he opened his mouth and praised her. “Your valor is beyond the common run. Very well. This king acknowledges it. However, do not mistake courage for license. Private punishment is not to be abused. Uruk has laws, and the laws of Uruk must be known to all who live beneath my rule.”

“As you command.” Alice knelt on one knee and swore loyalty.

Just as Lily was about to introduce the second girl, that girl suddenly stepped out and came forward.

“As expected of King Gilgamesh!”

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Gilgamesh looked at her. She had a fair face and a single braid, and looked exactly like a female class monitor from his high school in his previous life. Gilgamesh fell silent.

“King Gilgamesh has already realized that all of Uruk’s laws are controlled by the nobles, and that we commoners have no channel through which to learn the law at all. Because of that, we always suffer losses in lawsuits against nobles. Now that my king has proposed letting everyone in Uruk know the law, he intends to do something no king from ancient times to now has ever done—cast a code of law, display it publicly, and spread knowledge of the law. My king is truly wise!”

I’m not, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense. This person is terrifying indeed. She cannot be allowed to remain. How can one casual sentence get twisted this far?

“Your name. And your skill. Speak.”

Gilgamesh had to ask clearly what she was good at so he could send her to a position where she would be useless.

“This servant’s name is Cina. I am very dull and have no particular specialties.” Cina lowered her head somewhat bashfully.

No specialties? No specialties is good! No specialties is great! You have no specialties, and yet you’re telling me to popularize a code of law? I’ll just have you draft the code. The code you draft definitely won’t be fair or just. If the law is unfair, people will resent it, and then won’t I be firmly established as a foolish king?

“Hmph. False modesty.” Gilgamesh placed a hand on her shoulder as a sign of reward. “Since you have seen through this king’s intention, you shall preside over the drafting of the code. Have it cast, displayed publicly, and spread with all haste. See that the people are put at ease as soon as possible.”

As expected of King Gilgamesh. He saw through my modesty at a glance.

Cina had always relied on her intelligence and talent to solve many difficult problems and mediate many conflicts, yet she had hidden her abilities well and never showed off in front of others. After she and Lily had, by chance, solved a difficult problem together, she was moved by Lily’s chivalric spirit and joined Uruk’s Knights of the Round Table.

“As you command.” At this moment, Cina swore loyalty to King Gilgamesh, who had seen through her hidden talent at a glance, and who had considered the common people to such an extent.

“My king, please bestow a name upon the code.” Cina gave him an expectant look.

Bestow a name? I’m definitely going to leave a foul name for ten thousand years, so let’s call it the Code of Gilgamesh.

“It shall bear this king’s name. Call it the Code of Gilgamesh.”

“As you command.” Cina immediately withdrew to get to work. She could no longer suppress the passion in her heart. She was going to accomplish something great.

Gilgamesh nodded in satisfaction. He had done another foolish thing.

By tomorrow’s settlement, with the earlier feces-digging matter and all that added in, I should be able to draw the lottery one more time, right? Oh, right. There’s one left. Huh? It’s someone I know.

Meshsha stood there dressed in a tight outfit. What was this?

“Father, I discovered that Meshsha is skilled with poison and has poison hidden all over her body. She is very good at assassination.”

Fuck, what kind of people are these?

Meshsha wanted to step forward and speak, but she had only just opened her mouth.

Gilgamesh was already impatient. “Silence. No—better yet, speak less from now on. From this day forward, you shall abandon the name Meshsha. Your new name is Serenity.”

Mr. Goldie felt that it was truly lucky he was still alive after keeping this poisoner by his side for so long, and he could not afford to give her a good expression.

Meshsha… now Serenity, was somewhat speechless. Why was his attitude toward her so different from his attitude toward the other two?

Serenity’s expression changed greatly. “My king…”

Gilgamesh grew impatient. In his heart, he thought, You only followed me around for a few days, didn’t you? It’s not like I slept with you. If I actually had, I don’t even know whether I’d still be alive.

“No more words are needed. Let the past sink into the past. From this day forth, you are Serenity.”

As expected, it’s just as I thought. Serenity felt a surge of emotion in her heart.

My king does not hold it against me that I was a spy. He has forgiven my sins and bestowed a new name upon me, allowing me to live beneath the light, to live in Uruk under his rule. As expected of the King of Uruk.

After the introductions of the three were complete, Lily stepped forward again. “Father, aside from these Knights of the Round Table, I have also gathered several dozen Purge Knights in the name of purging. You are the king of us knights, and should bear the title of King of Knights.”

King of Knights? That works. Not bad. If the King of Knights leads the way in ignoring chivalry, how could people not curse me? The knights will probably be ashamed of me.

“Very well. This king permits it.”

Gilgamesh made his choice and laughed in delight.

T/N: BROOOO BECAME THE KING OF KNIGHTS ALSO SERENITY??????????????? OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

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