New Beginning [8]

"...an Ascender?"

Damien immediately questioned the term.

"Right. You must've just arrived from the lower world. There is no other explanation for your disproportionate naivety."

"Lower world? What's that?"

"Hahahaha!"

The woman laughed.

"You don't need to play dumb. The existence of the lower world is common knowledge here. It's not like there's been a shortage of Ascenders over the past few million years."

"I see…but, what's so important about Ascenders?"

Damien knew there was no point in keeping a facade at this point. No matter what he said, she wouldn't believe him. She trusted herself to the level of delusion, but since she was spot on, it couldn't really be called delusion, could it?

He had to know what the treatment of people who ascended was, and how they were perceived. Because if it was beneficial to him, admitting it was natural.

However…

"What's important, huh? Well, that depends on who you ask."