>"Would you mind telling me more? What did this being do? Why was it so powerful? How did Shinki stop it?"
> Louise looks a little unsure. "I told you that you probobly wouldn't want to hear about it. It's a folk story about Makai, a place you have no idea about... but since we're talking about Gods here and we're waiting for that... Kanako to come back; I guess I can entertain you."
> Louise opens her suitcase and rummages around; before she pulls out a pair of spectacles and puts them on, and then pulls out a very musty-looking book. The book seems ancient, any color on the cover long faded, and the words upon it written in a language that you've never even seen, let alone are able to read.
> Weirdly; Louise's eyes stay closed even with her spectacles on.
> "In the early times of Makai; the Goddess was still testing the limits of her abilities. After all; she had yet to discover they were boundless. In those days; the Great Lady would partake in what many people of Makai do in honor of her; animation. Except Shinki's abilities far exceeded what any denizin of Makai was able to do, as she could use her abilities to breathe true life into anything. Not mere familiars; actual living, breathing, sentient beings." Louise explained, looking at Kogasa. "Not unlike that umbrella there. Except far beyond that."
> "Shinki started by createing beings out of various things, these primal beings were made of the very essences of Makai, unlike the later beings. Many of them lived out their lives peacefully, or even returned to their element. One, however, did not come out as planned. The exact reason for her disposition was unknown, except perhaps to the Goddess herself. But one of these primal creations became bitter as more and more was created. More beings that worshiped the Lady. This bitterness turned into envy; which turned into hatred."
> "This was the being of the light..." Louise slightly opens her eyes, before she turns the book and shows that this page is damaged. She clicks her fingers and the words translate. The name of the being is lost in part to the tattered; aged page. But it does say 'mia' as the being's name.
> "I'm afraid that's the only time the tale calls the being by it's name." Louise says. "Just like it keeps calling Shinki 'Goddess' and 'Lady'. Regardless; the being tried to increase it's own power by turning Makai dark. Some claimed it was absorbing the light to increase it's own power; others claim it became stronger the darker the world was. As it did this; it viciously attacked and killed anyone it found; hoping that reducing the worshippers of the Lady would reduce her power in turn."
> "Until this point; Lady Shinki had kept a strict code not to interfere in the lives of her creations directly. Not to harm, not to kill. Not to toy with their emotions. The goddess sees all in Makai as her children, but seeing this rampage, seeing her children be killed and unable to stop this fiend... she eventually had to act directly. She descended from Pandemonium and appeared before the fiend. She tried to reason with it at first, but it just attacked her with blasts of light, to no avail. It struck physically; but Shinki did not get harmed, or strike back. Then it began to attack everything around in rage. If it couldn't kill the Goddess; it would kill all she loved."
> "Yet the Lady got in the way time and again; blocking the attempts to destroy. This went on for days; the Lady's face tearful every time she got in the way of her creation. But the fiend's rage and hate did not subside. She did not stop despite the futility. It reached the point when the enemy threatened to decimate Makai using every part of it's power, destroying itself in the process. But Lady Shinki would not allow her child to kill herself either. Even if it meant never seeing her again. Even if it meant breaking one of her taboos. Lady Shinki decided no-one would die; so she would give the being a new life. The being was banished from Makai. Without Makai's energies; it's monstrous power would fade, and it wouldn't harm anyone wherever it ended up. This was the mercy of Lady Shinki, the Creator Goddess."
> Louise turns the book around again to show an illustration of the back of a six-winged figure in a red dress, with silver hair. She appears to be casting an incredible magical spell around what looks like a star in the night sky. The illustration itself shimmers; magically enhanced. It looks like it's made of stained glass [Not that you know what that is]; despite just being on paper.
> Louise closes the book and sighs. "Everyone in Makai owes their lives to Lady Shinki, and even if one strays, she is merciful. Even to one as wicked at that primal being. That's the point of the story; to teach people how wonderful Lady Shinki is."
