"You have clothes! It's not beautiful! It's revolting to our 'Naked way'!"

Jaehwan was about to object and refute the fact that he never wanted to uphold that ridiculous 'Way', but Benya jumped in instead. She stood proudly in front of Runald and looked down.

"Heh, little kid. You don't know anything, don't you?"

Runald felt like he was being belittled by an older person, but he couldn't fight back. Benya scoffed, "A kid like you wouldn't know 'true beauty'. No way."

"…True beauty?"

Benya then smiled arrogantly as she continued, "True beauty doesn't show when you're naked."

"…What?"

Runald was reminded of the following words from Andersen ever since he arrived at Depth.

-True beauty lies in nakedness.

He didn't care at first, but he soon didn't mind whether it was true or not. Then when he realized it, he was fully submerged in the idea. It was true. The G.o.ddess was right. The true beauty lies in… no. It was nakedness that was the definition of beauty!

Yet, here was this woman, a powerful foe who directly opposed the idea.

Runald became angry.

Who was she to talk about 'nakedness'?

"It's the difference between art and p.o.r.nography… but you're too young to understand."

Surely, it was too difficult for Runald to understand. He fired back, "Then, what is true beauty?"

"It's only when you can barely see it that you can see true beauty."

Barely? What did she mean? Runald couldn't understand.

"No way. The true beauty of a human being lies within the nakedness!"

"Hmm… how about I put it this way- kid. A 'G.o.d' is a mysterious being, right?"

Runald was confused by the sudden subject change, but he decided to answer anyway.

"Yeah, I suppose so."

"Then why is it mysterious? Do you know why?"

"Uh, what does that have to do with true beauty?"

"Just answer me first."

Runald gave some thought to the question, but he couldn't find the answer. He became disappointed at himself and shook his head as he looked up to the lady.

Benya smiled.

"It's because we can't see them."