"Um, the lie was..."
After saying those words, the Shadow Cat suddenly fell silent, took a deep breath, then spoke again at an extremely rapid pace:
"The lie was that after going in, I just ate and drank until the Forbidden Spell Seed grew up. In reality, your body constrained you; it couldn't bear the seed's germination and growth. But the 2D World was a world without 'height.' As vast as your heart was, so tall the tree could grow. With the World Origin of countless worlds as nourishment, that seed quickly sprouted, put out branches, and grew. Every leaf was a world, and every branch was a future. When it bore its first fruit, all the leaves withered in an instant. To the outside world, it would have looked like thousands of worlds being destroyed at the same time."
Having spat it all out in one breath, the Shadow Cat shut its mouth. That was all it had to say.
The white Quill Pen continued struggling desperately beneath its paw, like a little fish stranded in a drying rut.
The black cat froze for several seconds. A suspicion rose in its heart, and its expression abruptly darkened. "You ate that fruit?"
"Then I suddenly came out."
The Shadow Cat gave an awkward laugh. A rare trace of embarrassment appeared on its face, but its paw did not loosen in the slightest. It still pinned the Quill Pen down firmly as it emphasized, "Of course, just like I said, that was a lie! A lie! A lie!"
"I knew it!"
Cursing, the black cat got to its feet. Its eyes showed faint relief, though its anger remained impossible to hide. "With my temperament, how could I possibly have the nerve to destroy thousands of worlds? No wonder you kept rambling