"Little Griseo doesn't need the copyright of just one of us, or even a few of us now. She needs many, many, many... right?"
"..."
"Yes, Aunt Mei." Little Griseo nodded.
She hadn't hidden anything.
She was simply leading naturally into her plan.
"I like the current civilization. I want the current civilization to appear."
"But I also want everyone to survive..."
"..."
"In that case! We can only deceive the world."
"..."
Little Griseo explained everything in detail.
"Once I have everyone's copyright, I'll be able to draw everyone."
"Relying on the extent of my interference with the world, the people I draw might be able to replace the real everyone, help everyone complete the paths they're meant to walk, and fulfill the roles they're meant to play."
"..."
"Thus."
"Swapping one thing for another."
"On the surface, it would seem that nothing had changed."
"But everyone would have survived."
"..."
She said,
"This is what I think... is the best solution."
"..."
"Aunt Mei, Grandma Mobius... Sister Verne, Uncle Su..."
"What do you think?"
"Would this... work?"
"..."
Deceiving the world, huh...
Verne, the expert, was still pondering.
But in the next instant, she was pushed aside.
The Great Magician persona emerged, eager to give it a try.
"I'll help with this!"
"This will be the greatest magic performance of the century!"
"..."
"Please, let me do it!"
"..."
Dr. Mei and Mobius exchanged a glance.
To be honest!
Achieving something like this...
Still wouldn't be easy.
But!
Had anything they were doing now ever been easy?
Did difficulty mean they should simply give up?
Earlier.
After hearing the original fate from Little Griseo, hearing the endings that had originally awaited them,
they had already been weighed down by heavy thoughts.
If they could avoid dying... who would