"I didn't believe what was written in that book at first either. But later, out of curiosity, I tried it out and discovered that everything written in it was real," the princess said.
"What exactly was written in it?" Uchiha Madara looked at the princess and asked, "You're the princess of this country. By all rights, you should be able to have anything you want. So what kind of nonsense could have clouded your mind?"
"This," the princess said with a smile, patting the table in front of her.
Uchiha Madara watched helplessly as the table beside him turned into black water in an instant.
"I suddenly realized that I could become different, that I could possess immense power. I never imagined I could become like this," the princess said.
"Black magic!" At the sight before him, Uchiha Madara's first thought was black magic.
"I don't know anything about black magic," the princess said with a smile. "I only know that this thing can grant me supreme power and eternal youth."
"So that was the reason," Uchiha Madara said.
"I never thought a princess of a country would practice black magic as well. Where did you get this book?" Uchiha Madara asked.
"That has nothing to do with you," the princess said with a smile.
"Later, I discovered something even more interesting." The princess looked at Uchiha Madara. "I found that the stronger a person was, the more power they could give me."
"So you pretended to cooperate with the spirit possession?" Uchiha Madara continued, "Your goal was simply to make the old city lord gather exorcists from everywhere to replenish your body?"
"That's right," the princess said with a smile. "Though these people weren't particularly strong, they were far stronger than ordinary people."
"Does the old city lord know