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"Although we Exceeds possess magic power that Edolas humans lack, our combat ability is generally weak. Since long ago, we have constantly suffered at the hands of humans."
Before all the utterly stunned Exceeds, Shagotte closed her eyes, clasped her hands, and began speaking softly.
"At that time, our people even began questioning their own existence. They became lost over whether they should continue living, completely losing the confidence to survive. The entire Exceed race had fallen into a low point that was practically like extinction."
"If things had continued that way, our race would surely have headed toward true extinction, wouldn't it?" Shagotte smiled somewhat bleakly.
"In order to restore the confidence of those people, and to stop them from being bullied by humans, I discussed it with the elders of our race. In the end, we decided to spread a lie—one capable of deceiving even our own people and drawing the entire world into it."
"A lie?" Noah's eyes flashed as he looked at Shagotte.
"Is that why you said you were neither a queen nor an omnipotent god?"
"Yes, and that is also the truth. I really am just an ordinary Exceed." Shagotte shook her head.
"No, calling myself an ordinary Exceed would not be quite right either. Compared to the rest of my people, I possess a very special ability."
"A special ability?" Noah paused slightly.
"Look, even if I called myself a god and pretended to be powerful in order to deceive humans, making them fear our race and stop