It was a few days after the incident with Tom, and Marie was still acting weird towards Judai. He couldn't figure out why, did the dragon's control affect her mind? She wouldn't talk to Judai or Asuka.
Tom never left the infirmary and rumors began to spread about Marie. Was that the reason she was acting weird? She grew even more anti-social and barely left her room, even for class.
Judai decided to ditch class one day to go and visit her in her dorm room. He knocked lightly on her door. His reward was a shout for him to go away and leave her alone. He chose to ignore that and knocked again until Marie decided to open the door.
When Marie saw who was bothering her, she paled and tried to slam the door shut, but Judai caught it. "Why are you avoiding everyone?" he asked.
Marie thought he sounded sincere, but then thought of all the horrible things he did. "It's you I'm avoiding, you and that sly bitch Asuka!" She spat out the words with as much venom as possible.
Judai jerked back, surprised at Marie's sudden hatred. "What did we do?" he asked curiously, concerned, but not angry.
"Oh, you just act like you're so innocent. You act like you've never killed anyone. Well, I know everything. You killed several innocent people, you've betrayed your friends and ruled over a whole seperate demension as a harsh emperor. And Asuka...she knows all about it, but she defends you and even helps you! You're the worst scum to ever live. How can you live with yourself? Your friends trusted you and you betrayed them. I trusted you."
Judai was too shocked to move for a few seconds. How did she know? She knew everything, voiced every thought that had crossed his mind since he had been the Supreme King. But apparently that wasn't all Marie had to say.
"And I know you control a poor duel spirit, you force her to lend you her power so you can stay young forever and commit crimes. I will find a way to expose you, and when I do, I'll be sure to tell everyone in the whole world so everyone knows what a monster you are. You can be sure of that!"
What was she talking about? Before Judai could ask, Marie shoved him backwards and successfully slammed the door shut.
He stood in the middle of the hall dumbly for a few seconds, just staring at the unforgiving wooden door in front of him. How did she know about what happened in the other dimension? It was a relatively well-kept secret and only the people who were directly involved knew the whole story.
Suddenly Judai didn't feel so well, either. He shambled back to his room and just laid down on the bed, trying not to think.