Zoe's fervor left Karya somewhat at a loss.
Especially when she once again showed how much she wanted the Golden Mask. Her attitude was downright unsettling to Karya.
Still, considering Zoe's unusual identity and the Ascended Power within her, Karya forced himself to be a little patient. Before he dealt with her, he should at least figure out why she possessed Ascended Power, shouldn't he?
What Karya hadn't expected was that Zoe quickly composed herself and adopted the attitude of a hunter who wouldn't strike until the prey showed itself.
Sure, you're my idol, but if you want to pry information out of me, you'll have to give me a little something first, right?
Getting something for nothing is a little beneath you, isn't it?
Karya would have preferred not to maintain the burden of being an idol, but unfortunately, Zoe was unmoved by threats or persuasion. She insisted that he hand over the mask first. "Just give me the mask, and I'll apologize, or explain how I got here. Whatever you want!"
In the end, Karya had no choice but to hand it over.
Zoe happily took the mask and put it on, then looked at Karya with a bright smile.
"That spell from before? Go a little easy on me, please!"
Seeing that Zoe seemed to be heading in a strange direction, Karya promptly cut her off.
"Apologize first. Then explain why you're here."
"Fiiine," Zoe drawled, sounding extremely unhappy. "It's not like that's important."
"It's very important!"
"Setaqa isn't a bad woman, boo-hoo-hoo." Zoe squeezed out an apology through gritted teeth. "And I'm here because Twilight threw me up into the sky!"
Then Zoe briefly told him about her relationship with the Twilight Great God.
Speaking from her own perspective, Zoe's explanation wasn't very clear, and she