Gilgamesh had taken Gabriel for walks like this several times before, but she never tired.
And at lunchtime, they took their time. During this time they talked about themselves, well, mostly Gilgamesh telling Gabriel about the stories of his achievements and hardships in the travels he must before and after joining the Church. Gabriel didn't talk much as she was enthralled with Gilgamesh's stories, stories about traveling the world, meeting unique beings and making new friends. And the way she listened was like a little girl listening to stories of her favorite hero. She sighed when Gilgamesh told about a tense moment, she laughed when Gilgamesh described a funny situation, and she pouted when Gilgamesh intentionally stopped talking in the middle of an exciting part.
The two had a great time, but it didn't end there.
After lunch, they explored their surroundings in a Supernatural way for fun, which became invisible to human eyes. It was Gilgamesh's idea and Gabriel had a blast. Watching everything being there and at the same time not being there gave a naughty feeling. And at night Gabriel played with the children in a park, the parents didn't mind, as if somehow they knew their children were in good hands. After that they went to watch the sunset.
Sunset should be something normal in the sky, but watching it from the mountains in Geiranger Fjord was incredibly beautiful. For the entire time during the sunset, Gabriel just stood still on the cliff and watched it without blinking or moving.
Gilgamesh was also speechless, but for something else. With the sunset in front of him, Gabriel's hair was, no, it was as if his whole body radiated a soft golden light. It was as if his body hummed in tune with the sunset. In the eyes of Gilgamesh who was standing behind her, the seraph became a part of nature, a painting drawn by a celestial being.
He was surprised by this scene, but the next one surprised him completely.
It was night and they were in a secluded place. The mountains in the distance, the dawn dancing in the sky and the soft hum of nature, and in the middle of all this a girl with dazzling beauty was laughing and dancing. The scene was so beautiful and so serene that it made Gilgamesh wonder whether he was dreaming or not. He couldn't blink or breathe, it was as if he was afraid that the slightest movement would wake him up from this surreal scene.
But suddenly Gabriel stopped in the middle and blushed: "Sorry, I got carried away.
Gilgamesh blinked. And then he laughed to himself.
"And here I thought I had seen all the beautiful things the world has to offer."
"Actually I quite enjoyed it." Gilgamesh's response made Gabriel blush more.
She turned around, "I have never seen this world like this. Every time I came down from the sky, it was to deliver a message from there" She looked up and sighed, "The places I could go were monitored, the people I could see were chosen beforehand, the things I could do were limited. I didn't have the luxury of ... ".
"To experience what it's like to be normal."
Gabriel turned sharply, her eyes were wide. Gilgamesh laughed at seeing this.
"Why do you think I hid my true identity. Yes, the first reason would be to protect my families. The second reason would be this." Gilgamesh gestured around him, "To enjoy my life the way I want, without any supernatural incidents coming after me."
Gabriel began to laugh, which soon turned into laughter, Gilgamesh soon joined in. When their laughter died down, Gabriel looked up at the sky again,
"Time to leave, isn't it? We still have the Faction meeting" Gilgamesh asked.
"You know" Gabriel was still not looking at Gilgamesh, but Gilgamesh could still see his face blushing, "I wish our future meetings were like this. Out and about in different beautiful countries."
"Like the date we had today." Gilgamesh smiled.
Gabriel said nothing, but her cheeks blushed more, answering Gilgamesh's question.
Gilgamesh bowed politely.
"If that is what Lady Gabriel wishes, this humble mortal would try his best to obey."
And he was surprised once again. The moment he raised his head, Gabriel was right in front of him, but before he could do or say anything, she gently kissed him on the cheeks.
Then she turned and quickly disappeared.
Gilgamesh just stood there, eyes wide and mouth open. He didn't know how long it was before he could pull himself together properly. But when he did, he was sure of one thing
He was in love with the Seraphim, something he already knew.
But for the love of the late Biblical God, this was incredible.
Some Time Later.
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Gilgamesh's Home.
After his meeting with Gabriel, Gilgamesh returned to his house because he had to prepare some things before the meeting of the Three Factions.
Gabriel apparently had not returned to heaven, she had gone to Gilgamesh's house and stayed in a room and apparently she wanted to talk to Gilgamesh.
The King of Heroes would go there, but first he had two things to do.
Now Arthur and Xenovia were standing in front of Gilgamesh because the King of Heroes had called them.
"What did you want to talk about Senpai?" asked Xenovia receiving a curious nod from Arthur.
Since Xenovia had come to live with them she had gone through a lot of training and had also become attached to everyone in the house, especially Gilgamesh, the love she already had grew even more.
"Well I wanted to give you two something" Gilgamesh said exhaling his fingers.
Two golden halos appeared beside Gilgamesh and from them emerged two swords that emanated immense sacred power.
They were Ascalon and Excalibur from the DxD universe.
The two of them both widened their eyes at the sight of the swords.
"These are Ascalon and Excalibur, I will give them to you" said Gilgamesh smiling.
"Why?" asked Arthur curiously.
"Well, I really have no use for them, and Xenovia if I remember correctly is a dual wielder and Excalibur would look great with you Arthur" said Gilgamesh to the two who nodded their heads.
"We will make good use of them" said Arthur next to Xenovia and Gilgamesh agreed.
Gilgamesh watched as the two each took their respective swords and left.
Gilgamesh sighed as he decided to go to his room and see what Gabriel wanted.
Gilgamesh's room.
Gilgamesh walked to his room and arriving there opened the door.
Gilgamesh saw Gabriel sitting serenely on his bed, Gilgamesh walked over and sat down on a couch that was in front of the bed.
When Gilgamesh was going to open his mouth to speak to Gabriel the strongest woman in heaven spoke first.
"I have always admired you" Gabriel said, smiling slightly.
Gilgamesh was quiet for he knew Gabriel was not finished yet.
"Since I was raised I was always protected by my father and brothers, I was never useful to them and always got in their way"
"When you joined the Church I thought you had finally done something good. I always watched you when you were in the Church" Gabriel said as she smiled.
"You were like a star, or the sun that illuminated everyone. Everyone needed you and you helped them, you helped even me, someone you didn't need" said Gabriel smiling.
In all his life, Gabriel had not met a single person who was so powerful, yet so kind. So brave, yet so modest. His golden deity was a representation of his heart. Sure, there was a bit of darkness buried deep within him, but who doesn't have that. Even their Father, the being who created them had that certain darkness within him, especially for the devil race. If the creator can have it, then she believes that everyone has at least the right to have their own. She had that herself, for a while. Then, she felt that it was not fair to judge someone based on that. It was actions that defined a person, not their race or anything else.