'Wait, wait, wait. How is this happening?! I was supposed to read! I am capable of reading! God damn it!'
Cesar started to become nervous about how this turned into the worst case he had ever imagined.
He had already seen books that came in various sizes, contents where they could be eaten, a ground-breaking power that he could use with a bit of channeling of his essence, and heard how dangerous some were.
Now he was experiencing something phenomenon again, a bit different and new.
The book gave life to the contents inside of it and showed Cesar what an 'immersive reading' is and being inside of the book's world to the next literal level!
Cesar transferred his gaze to the side where the individuals were present and merely waiting in their place, upwards where the spiraling lights are illuminating the table, before ending it in the middle where the delicacies, different variety of utensils, and items were all offered to every individual present at the table.
Seated at the other end of the table, Cesar was now a hundred percent sure the image he was seeing was no other than the previous hallway he had gone through, the cold ancient stone table.
'I couldn't see any of their faces. How fascinating...'
Cesar mused inwardly as no matter how much he tried to squint his eyes to gaze at them, they remained obscured to whatever actions they were doing to hide their identities.
"When are we going to wait... huh?"
Cesar heard an authoritative voice from nearby before he finally noticed something unusual about their appearances.
The voice on his side for example was unsteady, but when he shifted his gaze to the speaker's hands, his eyes slightly widened as he noticed cracks forming on them.
Cesar couldn't help but shiver the moment he felt everyone's gazes fell onto him at the table. It was also at that instant that he realized the uneven voice question was directed at him.
But the owner Cesar was currently inhabiting was calm and unbothered. Looking at each one of them by returning their gazes, a playful smile plastered on his lips as he spoke.
"I want information first."
Scorn, the same as what Rash had done, grabbed a pair of utensils he could use. Cesar noticed that the cracks appearing on his hands slowly rendering themselves before he proceeded to eat the delicacies on his front.
'So my previous thoughts that this hallway is some sort of assembly or meeting is slightly true. I was even thinking it was some sort of war council but I guess I was wrong. This is just where this body can gather information from the other twenty-one figures,'
Cesar paused, 'so the name of the Architect of this Mansion, the creator of the library, and what that heretic was worshipping was no other than this benevolent being, Deceit. Huh,'
Discovering a clue regarding the entire Mansion itself, Cesar couldn't help but frown as the rest of everything he was hearing was completely huge for someone as lowly as him to understand for now.
Somehow, Cesar considered it as a major clue.
'Man, I guess it is just a title. So, this is a Nightmare Creature. Is it a Higher Nightmare Creature ranked then?'
Cesar's thoughts darted across the room before Deceit's gaze fell on the other side of the table where a composed figure was sitting and also looking at him.
Amongst all the desperate figures that tried to get his attention, this was the only figure that remained calm as it appeared that she didn't need any help from Deceit at all. She was solely there to listen and observe.
"Hypocrisy,"
The obscured figure answered back with a slight nod.
"Deceit,"
Deceit's smile lowered as the tip barely stood up before questioning, "I want to ask what kind of information you have on you even though you appeared to be... okay. Or are you not interested in giving in anything?"
The obscured figure which seemed to be a lady entity, Hypocrisy, answered with a soothing voice, "I'm indeed okay and I'm indeed not interested in anything. Actually, I'm just here to share something with all of you,"
Rash and Scorn appeared to come back to their position ready to hear it while the rest continued to struggle to stop the corruption from getting over them. Eventually, Hypocrisy shared with a delight on her voice.
"Everyone is banding up together after the defeat of Time," Hypocrisy took a moment of break, "They will begin hunting us Origin Entities. I wouldn't be surprised if they started it a few years ago already,"