"...Seriously?"
Ishtar's face turned ashen as she confirmed it with Luo Zhen, trembling as though in shock.
"Ereshkigal uses my body to act at night? You're lying, right? You're only saying this to scare me, aren't you? You know a goddess will curse anyone who deceives her, right? If you say you were joking now, I might still forgive you."
Ishtar clearly seemed unwilling to accept this fact.
That was only natural.
Anyone would react the same way as Ishtar upon learning that someone had silently taken over their body without their knowledge.
Not to mention that, to Ishtar, Ereshkigal's existence was a nightmare. In Sumerian mythology, everything had gone smoothly for her, and she had always gotten her way—except for the time she went to the Underworld and suffered a crushing defeat, only to be killed by Ereshkigal. If Dumuzi had not resurrected her, she might have already said goodbye to this world. How could she be living so carefree now?
Under these circumstances, Ishtar naturally could not bear the thought of Ereshkigal taking over her body at night.
Unfortunately, that was the truth.
"Then let me ask you this: do you remember what happened after you helped us lure Gingu away that day in the Fir Forest?"
Luo Zhen asked her this question.
"That day?" Ishtar seemed to rack her brains before saying, "Of course I remember what happened that day. I helped you lure that impostor away, and then, around sunset, that guy seemed to notice what had happened in the Fir Forest and hurried back there."
"What happened after that?" Mashu hurriedly pressed.
"After that?" Ishtar answered without hesitation. "I just went straight back. I went to sleep early, too. Nothing happened at all."
Mashu was rendered speechless by those words.
From Ishtar's statement, Mashu could