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----Before gods, those of the Lower World could not lie.
In this world, such a statement was practically a rule known to everyone in the Lower World.
Everyone knew that compared to gods, whose existence stretched across immense spans of time, their own lives were far too brief.
With lives so brief, no matter how they tried to conceal something, they could never succeed before a god.
After all, over such a long existence, what had gods not seen?
A mere lie required little effort to see through immediately.
Thus, the fact that gods could see through human lies had become as instinctive as the charm of the Goddess of Beauty, almost an ability in itself.
Therefore, Noah did not dare guarantee that he could lie before Ishtar without being exposed.
Once Ishtar appeared before him, even if he told the Goddess of Beauty that he had come seeking women and pleasure, she would see through it in an instant, wouldn't she?
Then, she would naturally begin to suspect Noah's intentions.
Understanding this, Noah simply decided to turn the tables.
On the surface, Noah still told Ishtar that he had come seeking women and pleasure.
Yet his actions made it seem as though he had come looking for trouble, deliberately coming to the Pleasure Quarter to cause trouble for the Ishtar Familia.
That way, even if Ishtar saw through Noah's lie, she would instinctively assume he had come to pick a fight.
Little did she know that Noah had not come to pick a fight either, but to investigate the Ishtar Familia's secrets.
Using the excuse of setting up an arena, Noah intended to disrupt Ishtar and provoke the Ishtar Familia into