In Type-Moon, it all starts with adopting Sakura.

"Ah, it's actually quite simple."

Merlin nodded, then looked at Nitocris and asked, "Have you seen any other gods of the underworld?"

“No, at least when I was working, the only people below me were Ereshkigal and me.”

Nitocris also gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

“See, that makes sense. Since that Grand Servant said there's a god of the underworld here, he probably wouldn't lie to us, since it wouldn't benefit him. But below is Ereshkigal's underworld; any god of the underworld entering would be detected, just like Anubis is doing now. So, since a god of the underworld can exist right under Ereshkigal's nose without being discovered, it means that the god is most likely not in Sumer's underworld, but has probably hidden in the underworld he summoned. Therefore, this god of the underworld is almost certainly a Hades…”

"Can you summon Hades, the King of the Underworld...? You have a point."

Upon hearing Merlin's explanation, Rowe nodded, but she wasn't sure who this Hades was.

After all, there are too many myths about the underworld, and too many lords of the underworld.

Whether it's Hela from Norse mythology, Hades from Greek mythology, or Satan from Christianity, they all belong to the realm of the underworld or hell, and they probably all have the ability to summon the underworld or hell, but it is not yet certain which one it is.

However, most of these lords of the underworld and kings of hell have bad tempers and reputations, so Luo Wei doesn't really want to face any of them.

What he is now seeking is the underworld, which is still—

“Ereshkigal…”

Lovi silently uttered that familiar name, then looked at Ishtar, who was unusually silent.

"Huh? Why are you looking at me?" Ishtar said nervously, "If it's the goddess of the underworld, then the beautiful, generous, and gentle goddess Ereshkigal was originally here..."

"Ok?"

Ishtar's voice grew softer and softer, and everyone looked at her with strange expressions.

"Um... why are you all looking at me like that? Is there something strange about me...?"

Suddenly being stared at by so many people, Ishtar spoke somewhat timidly.

"Um……"

Upon hearing this, Nitocris frowned. Why did she feel that Ishtar had suddenly become so much like her boss? Even her tone of voice had become exactly the same.

Merlin looked at it with a strange expression and asked, "Goddess Ishtar, didn't you say before that you and your sister, Goddess Ereshkigal, didn't get along very well?"

"Huh? Yes, yes! You're right, our relationship is very bad! You could say it's extremely bad! In the past, because of my arrogance, I went down to the underworld to show off, and not only was I stripped of my divine office, but I was also pierced by a spear cage and stripped naked and hung on the gate! So our relationship is extremely hostile!"

"Ishtar said nervously."

"Then why are you speaking up for her? Didn't you say during the day that she was a gloomy, withdrawn, and sadistic goddess who liked to abuse others?"

Merlin frowned, puzzled.

Although the goddess's mood changes as unpredictably as the weather, these changes are too drastic! It's as if she has two completely different personalities.

"She actually said that—! Wait, did I actually say that?!"

Merlin nodded, then continued, "But you told us how awful she was, how jealous she was of you."

"That bastard!!"

Ishtar almost blurted out a string of curses, but under everyone's gaze, she seemed to realize the problem, coughed a few times, and then nervously explained, "That's, that's because I suddenly reflected on my actions! Yes! I suddenly reflected on my actions! I suddenly realized that venturing into the Underworld and breaking the cycle of life was indeed my fault. My sister only gave me a simple scolding and then let me go, for which I am very grateful. In short, it's all Ishtar's fault! It's all my own fault."

"???"

After hearing these obviously problematic, even highly suspicious, words, Merlin was filled with questions. Even a fool would have noticed something was wrong in this situation. He glanced at Rowe, who was also looking at him. In fact, they didn't even need to look at anything else; just by looking at Nitocris's expression—recognizing her boss immediately and looking helpless at Ereshkigal's clumsy acting—they knew what was going on.

However, Nitocris, who was a temporary employee, did not expose him, but Rowe had already made a move. He nodded with Merlin and then spoke.

"You really can't judge a book by its cover. I never expected Ishtar to be so self-aware and have such a reflective spirit. Just a day ago she was telling me that Ereshkigal was jealous of her version, and she's already updated it so quickly."

“Yes,” Rowe stroked his chin and said with a smile, “Ishtar has a real talent for storytelling. But compared to before, her current honest personality is also quite endearing. It makes me feel a little ashamed of myself.”

"Where, where..."

Ishtar's face was stiff as she looked around with a tense expression, watching Rowe warily.

After saying that, Lovi walked up to her and stretched out his hands. On one side was a dazzling gold brick, and on the other was a special blue rose that could never be seen in Mesopotamia. He handed them to Ishtar at the same time and asked, "Here you go, Ishtar. This is a gift from me. You can choose one of them."

"Huh? Really? It's for me?"

Ishtar was taken aback.

"of course."

When Ishtar saw the blue rose she had never seen before, her eyes lit up. She asked in surprise, and after receiving confirmation from Lovi, she reached out and chose the blue rose without hesitation, ignoring the gold bricks beside her. Instead, she carefully brought the rose to her nose and smelled it, a pure smile appearing on her beautiful face.

Do you like it?

"Isn't this flower beautiful?" Luo Wei asked.

"I love it. I've never seen flowers like this before."

Ishtar said with a smile, her eyes fixed only on the rose.

"Yes, as long as you like it."

Seeing that she liked it, Lovi smiled slightly, then threw out the gold brick he had created with illusion magic. He then silently walked behind Ishtar, who was so engrossed in the flowers that she didn't notice him at all.

"hey-hey……"

Just as Ishtar was grinning foolishly while holding the flowers, Lovi, who appeared behind her, suddenly sprang up, grabbed her waist with both hands, and lifted her up forcefully.

"Hey, hey, hey? What are you doing? Touching the goddess like that will get you punished..."

Caught off guard, Ishtar was filled with panic.

Subsequently, Ishtar was knocked to the ground by one of Jacob's hands and feet by Lovi, who then pressed down on her back and slapped her with a spell to prevent Ereshkigal from returning to the sealing spell.

"what!"

The moment the magic took effect, Ishtar, who had been struggling, suddenly felt something strange in her body. A tingling sensation spread throughout her body, causing her to let out a scream like a groundhog.

Moreover, in the brief instant the seal began to take effect, Ishtar, who was pinned to the ground, seemed to have her disguise broken. Her black twin tails instantly turned into golden twin tails, and her eyes turned red.

"I knew it..."

Everyone wore an expression of surprise. Nitocris, in particular, couldn't help but sigh when she saw her boss reveal her true form, and then spoke to her.

"It really is you, Boss Ailei."

"It's been a long time, Ereshkigal."

Luo Wei, whom she had met once before, also greeted her.

The group of people who were about to enter the underworld all looked down at the Lord of the Underworld who was being pinned to the ground by Luo Wei, and the whole scene suddenly became very strange.

Chapter 253 The Cannon of Human Reason

A piece of land located above the underworld.

"Let me go! Let me go! You are disrespecting the gods! Disrespectful, utterly disrespectful!!"

The blonde girl, pinned to the ground, screamed angrily. She struggled to escape from Luo Wei's grasp, but Luo Wei's strength was too great, and the sealing technique made it difficult for her to break free.

"I knew it..."

Upon seeing Ishtar, who had been acting extremely strangely, suddenly reveal her true form with golden hair and red eyes, Merlin, who had already sensed something was amiss, nodded slightly. Then, his eyes lit up slightly, and he raised his staff and gently tapped the ground, causing a shower of pink petals to fall around him.

Then these petals gathered in Luo Wei's palm, forming a pink rope, which he used to quickly bind Ereshkigal, who had just revealed his true form on the ground.

"I'm sorry, but if I let you escape, it will be difficult to find you again. So I had no choice but to resort to this until I was sure you would behave yourself. Anyway, we meet again, Goddess Ellie."

After firmly binding her hands, Luo Wei greeted the goddess he had met once before, equally delighted by this unexpected gain.

After all, she offered herself up; it's a rare opportunity, so why not seize it?

"Huh? What Ereshkigal? You, you've mistaken me for a goddess! I've never seen you before. I'm Ishtar, Ishtar! That selfish, greedy, and treacherous goddess, not the Ereshkigal you're talking about."

Even after being exposed by Lovi, Ereshkigal was still unwilling to admit it so easily. Even though his body was bound like a caterpillar, he continued to struggle. However, when he found that his body was bound by the magic seal and the rope created by Merlin, he could only shout angrily in the end.

“You look terrible, the way you are now.” Seeing the blonde goddess still trying to argue, Nito sighed helplessly, then walked up to Ereshkigal and said apologetically, “Excuse me, Lady Ereshkigal, since you’ve been caught, please be honest.”

"You, you shouldn't slander me either. I'm... I'm not Ereshkigal. I've already said I'm Ishtar, the goddess of free youth!"

When Nitocris looked at him, Ereshkigal turned his head away guiltily, still unwilling to admit it so easily.

After all, she originally intended to hide among these people who were trying to sneak into the underworld, and then suddenly appear when they reached the depths of the underworld to give them a surprise and a good scare.

So now that she's in this shameful state, she naturally wants to shift all the blame onto Ishtar.

“Running away won’t help, Lord Ereshkigal, and—your disguise has already been exposed.”

As Nito sighed, she reluctantly took out her dark mirror and showed it to Ereshkigal. Seeing the blonde, red-eyed figure in the mirror, she suddenly realized that her hair color had already given herself away.

"Huh? This, this is actually..."

Ereshkigal, whose disguise had been exposed, tried to argue, but the other continued, "And don't forget, Lady Ereshkigal, my own power is Lord Anubis's 'Judgment'—the power used to judge lies and the sins of the dead, so the scales will remind you when you lie. I just never expected that you would appear above the ground at night, and be able to enter your sister's body and share a body with Ishtar. No wonder I thought you two looked so alike when I saw you before."

After interrupting her lie, Nitocris shook her head, then looked at Ereshkigal and asked with a helpless expression, "But why did you suddenly come to the surface instead of continuing to weave gun cages and maintain the operation of the Underworld?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Ereshkigal shook her head. In fact, even she herself didn't know how she had suddenly gotten up here.

After a moment's thought, she remembered that she had just been about to take the two guys who had broken into the underworld back and lock them up when she suddenly found herself on the ground, still in Ishtar's body. The ground was right above the underworld, and as soon as she realized what was happening, she saw Lovi, whom she had met once before and had gotten along well with, along with her employee Nitocris, and two Servants, one black and one white, about to use their Holy Lance to shoot straight through the roof of her house.

It can truly be said that there are bad people in the underworld.

But when she remembered that Lovi was the husband Nito had told her about, Ereshkigal wasn't so angry anymore.

After all, she was the only one in the underworld, so she could just wander in if she wanted. If she did, they could stay and work for her. Besides, she had found Luo Wei quite agreeable last time.

However, she is more concerned about something else right now.

Ereshkigal suddenly spoke up, asking Lovi, who had just subdued him, "Hey, how exactly did you see through my disguise? I was clearly using Ishtar's appearance and speaking the same way as her, how did you see through my disguise so quickly?"

She was very puzzled by this, and similarly, Rowe laughed when he heard Ellie's question.

"So that's what you were asking about? Haven't you realized it yet?"

"Realize what?"

"You know," Luo Wei said with a smile, seeing that she was indeed too naive and innocent. "As for how I found out, the answer is actually very simple. It's because you made a crucial mistake."

Upon hearing this, Ereshkigal couldn't help but ask, "What crucial mistake?"

"That's because you did something that's not in line with Ishtar's character. Although your tone and appearance are the same, you clearly didn't realize how she acts."

The black-clad Saber beside her provided the answer. In fact, she had vaguely noticed that Ishtar was acting strangely before Lovi returned. However, because Ishtar had always been with her and they had never been apart, she hadn't investigated further. Now, she realized that Ishtar had actually been replaced right under her nose.