**"Judge, judge, judge."**
**"Sent from heaven, with this body,**
**I shall judge mankind."**
**"You who stand at the apex of primates, as kings of creatures."**
**"Yet you have erred—"**
**"Fatally, fatefully, you have strayed from the path."**
**"The result is this bleached earth."**
**"The blank slate of our planet."**
**"This sin has forced my hand."**
**"Not a single one of our deeds held meaning."**
**"Not a single one was correct."**
**"Then what purpose does my manifestation serve now?"**
**"The answer is simple."**
**"To block the path to heaven."**
**"All of humanity — descend into this purgatory, into hell."**
**"Punishment and penance, forevermore."**
**"Keep atoning. For that is all you are worthy of."**
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**"Metatron…?"**
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**Kadoc:**
*"That’s… That’s…"*
*"Well, we’ve got ourselves an absolute heavyweight here."*
*"Metatron—in other words, an angel?"*
**Amakusa Shirou:**
*"Indeed. Though in the world of magecraft,*
*angels carry another meaning entirely..."*
*"But this Singularity… Who can say?"*
**Mash:**
*"Another meaning…"*
*"I recall reading something about it in the archives…"*
**Kadoc:**
*"Wait, wait, hold on—let’s all take a breath first."*
*"...Ritsuka, do you know what Metatron* ***is***?"*
**"I don’t."**
**Kadoc:**
*"...Well, it’s an angel, not a Heroic Spirit. Out of my usual scope, so I guess that’s fair."*
**Kadoc:**
*"So, should I go ahead and explain Metatron?"*
- ***(Hear the explanation)***
**Kadoc:**
*"Alright, I'll take the lead. Mash, assist me."*
**Mash:**
*"Understood! Mash Kyrielight,*
*serving as your assistant."*
**Kadoc:**
*"Metatron is a divine spirit said to have acted as*
*God’s viceroy and the celestial scribe in ancient times."*
*"Legend holds that he was Enoch, the seventh descendant*
*of Adam, transformed into an angel."*
*"From apocryphal expansions on the Book of Enoch*
*to mystical texts like the* **Sefer Hekhalot**—"
*"Metatron’s lore culminates as the divine executor,*
*the highest among the 72 guardian angels..."*
*"A being who safeguards creation itself*
*and presides over the heavenly tribunal."*
**Mash:**
*"Additionally, the pillar of fire that guided*
*the Israelites in Exodus is also attributed to Metatron."*
*"A solar presence illuminating the seven heavens*
*and the four corners of the world—"*
*"That is the angel known as Metatron…*
***But.***"*
**"...But?"**
**Kadoc:**
*"As Amakusa mentioned earlier,*
*angels mean something different in magecraft."*
*"Messengers of the Lord, bearers of His word,*
*winged figures of purity—*"
*"Such beings do not exist in the world of magic.*
*Heroic Spirits may linger, but angels do not."*
*"Yet magi use their names*
*to structure their magecraft."*
*"It’s a framework. By invoking an angel’s name,*
*we assign direction to magical energy."*
*"For example—even in this Singularity—*
*angels are said to have nine hierarchical orders."*
*"Among them, the high-ranking* **Thrones (Ophanim)***
*are imagined as wheels of fire."*
*"By embedding an angel’s name in an incantation,*
*we shape the magic accordingly."*
*"But that’s all it is—a* ***direction****."*
*"There’s no will behind it.*
*They shouldn’t manifest of their own accord…"*
**Amakusa Shirou:**
*"Precisely. Angels are vessels—*
*containers to channel power."
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