The void.
In the boundless darkness, countless stars suddenly lit up. Their dazzling radiance shattered the void's tranquility, then moved and linked together in an orderly fashion, piecing themselves into a Book of Stars that radiated the light of knowledge, its traces filled with the breath of reason.
The book turned its pages on its own, fluttering through the void. Before long, the various secrets of the universe recorded within it attracted a thief who sought to glimpse the truth.
A pair of laughing eyes opened above the Book of Stars. Without the slightest courtesy, he browsed its contents and clicked his tongue as he judged them:
"I'm telling you, quill, you haven't updated this stale stuff in so many years. Isn't it a little outdated?"
Truth... Indeed, this Book of Stars was, of course, Truth. When Truth saw someone arrive, he immediately clamped the pages shut and looked at those eyes with an identical smile.
"I came to find you because I want to renew the truth of the universe."
"Hee~
How novel. I don't have the divine name of Truth over my head, so what use am I to you?
Do you want me to add a few strokes to your shabby book?
Sure. My followers recently offered me several jokes. How about I write them in?"
Truth shook his head. "There's no need to confuse the issue. You know what I want."
Those eyes blinked, pretending not to understand. "How strange. Who exactly is Nothingness? Has Truth come to seek advice from Nothingness too?"
Faced with Deception's mockery, Truth was not the least bit angry. Instead, he continued steadily:
"You once deceived my followers by telling them that the end of truth was Deception. I've come because of those words.
"I can acknowledge that Deception stands before