???: H-How? How?!

Atem: Fufu~ You sure make nice expressions~ Anyways, I already answered you.

???: You did not! You monster! What's the meaning of this!

Atem: I told you~ With your meager knowledge, what made you believe you would be able to understand anything?

???: Then tell me! Explain yourself!

Atem: And why should I~?

???: Then why are we even having this discussion?!

Atem: For fun, dear~ It would have been a shame not to enjoy your death~

???: So, you will kill me?

Atem: Yes~ After all, you did prove yourself to be an idiot.

??? :I- I only want to pursue Magic! I- I don't care anymore. If I have to die, at least tell me why. The whole story. You owe me that much!

Atem: I don't owe you anything, sweetie~ On the contrary, you owe me.

???: W-What?

Atem: Mind's Eye. An incredible spell that when turned on enable you to truly see the Magic. A very powerful spell and the cornerstone as well as the basics of Ming Magic. My personnal magic.

???: What? No. That's impossible...I...I am an heretic too?!

Atem: Well, dear~ I believe it was quite obvious from its name though~?This spell forcibly opens up one's mind to see Magic after all.

???: But...I learnt it through a puppeteer!

Atem: Ahahah, of course you did~ Puppeting is more than what you- Wait. What did you say? How did you learn the spell?

???: I- Why should I tell you? You will kill me after all.

Atem: So that it becomes a painless death maybe~

???: ... I learnt it from a book! Some time ago, we went on a kill quest, to finish off an heretic. A puppeteer. The guy had weird Magic. As he died, he told me to search a certain book if I wanted to truly find Magic. So I did! And that's how I got the Mind's Eye. Now, make it a quick and painless one.

Atem: A book, you say? Which one?

In his mind, Atem couldn't believe what she told him. She did not learn it from someone but through a book? How could it be possible. They should have erased everything as they left... They did massacre all their descendants and altered the written history so how could there still be a book?! Oh, wait, right, there was this one.

???: You will guarantee me a painless death?

Atem: Yes.

???: And the life of my friends?

Atem: We have no reasons to pursue theirs from the start but you have my word.

???: What are your words even worth?

She was very cynical but it only made Atem enjoy it further. She was so fun to tease and her reactions, even while facing death, were so various and real. This was very pleasing. He wanted to play more. He needed to.

Atem: You will have to make do with it~

???: ...Fine. What really happened by Azerty Uiop. That's the book. A bunch of bullshit in the book made it an ignored one but it was a façade. The spell is hidden inside.

Right. Atem knew about it. From the start. After all, he had been given the book and read it. And, he did know Azerty. In fact, he was the one who taught Azerty. That's because Azerty was one of his sons. So, why go this far? Why fake the interest? Why lead her to here? For entertainment, of course.

Atem: So, you have read the book.

???: Yes. I did.

Atem: Well, then...Have you ever considered the possibility of it being the true tale?

???: What? No way. It's a bunch of dumb shit. It glorifies the demons and tarnishes the image of the Seven of light!

Atem: So? Did you?

???: No.

Atem: A straight answer, eh? Well then, consider it now. If that book was true, what would it mean?

???: Why are we even doing this? I will die anyways.

Atem: Don't you want to know more? Then answer me and I will answer you.

???: What?

Atem: Let us play a game~ A mind game of some kind~ One after another, we will ask a question and the other must answer it truthfully~

???: What's the point?!

Atem: Why should there ever be one? Just play~ I will let you ask first~ I am sure there are many things you want to know before dying, right?

???: Fine. What is Magic?

Atem: Hm~ Fantastic~ You truly live up to expectations! What a marvellous question! And my answer is that I don't know!

???: You're lying! What the fuck is... Fuck!

Atem: Ahahah, calm down, sweetie~ I had yet to finish, you see~ I don't know because no one can say so. There is so much to explore and research...I am far from reaching the end. However, I discovered a lot. What I think and believe is that Magic is everything and brings everything. Both sides of the original coin. Creation and Destruction themselves.

???: What does that even mean?

Atem: Let us use an example. Here, I used Magic. And i created a rock. A very simple, average and useless rock you can find anywhere. However, I created it. Now, look. I used Magic again. There is no longer a rock. Just sand. I destroyed it. Magic, to me, is the staircase to godhood. And that is what I pursue. Now, my turn~

???: W-wait! What do you mean godhood?!

Atem: No~ No~No~ This is not how this game works~ It is my turn. So, tell me. If the book was the only true record, what would it mean?

???: ...It would mean that we live a lie.

Atem: Developp.

???: The Seven would be betrayers who altered history and mass-murdered to extinction many races. They would have sealed their friends, led people to murder and devastation. They would be the demons.

Atem: What about the other three? The sealed ones?

???: They would be demons too.

Atem: How so?

???: All ten of them were invaders from the start. If they came here as friends and not as hunters chasing fleeing preys...It meant that they were looking for something here. Something that belonged to the people of this world.

Atem clapped his hands with a broad grin. She was so fun to be around with! What a bright and smart woman!