"It was because of this magic. This forbidden spell was recorded in books. Even a high-level mage would have to pay with their life to cast a forbidden spell of this rank. Yet the three of you look quite young, without the slightest resemblance to grand mages," the man said.
"Even if you possess the strength of grand mages, using a forbidden spell still costs your life. So there is only one reason why the three of you used Winter Is Coming and yet remain alive: you were not using your own magic, but a scroll prepared in advance," the man continued.
"As expected, you saw through everything," Belaque said helplessly. "We actually ran into the most knowledgeable librarian."
"And the royal capital's librarian at that. I possess all the knowledge of the entire Elzeran Continent," the man said with a smile. "I don't know how many forbidden spells you carry, but since you intend to uncover history buried for so many years, you surely can't have brought just one valuable item with you."
"You shouldn't ask us things like that. If you keep asking, we won't have any secrets left," Belaque said to the man with a smile.
Uchiha Madara did not quite understand why Belaque had been deceiving the man from the very beginning. What exactly was her purpose?
However, since spatial magic had been mentioned, Uchiha Madara was quite interested. He asked, "Spatial magic was already capable of such things back then. Could it be used to open a gate to another world?"
"What you said is precisely why spatial magic declined." The man's huge eyeballs stared at Uchiha Madara. Madara was even a little worried whether this eyelidless man could keep those giant eyeballs in place, or whether they might simply fall out.
"Spatial magic was