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Schmidt chuckled, a dry, papery sound. "They were a secret society that couldn't even keep a secret. They were banned within a decade. But people love a ghost story, Elias. It’s much more comforting to believe a group of geniuses is secretly in charge than to admit that the world is actually a chaotic mess that no one is controlling."

Elias looked back at the pamphlet. The "all-seeing eye" wasn't a symbol of surveillance; it was a symbol of oversight. They hadn't wanted to rule the world; they had wanted to wake it up. The Illuminati: Facts and Fiction

"Did they really try to take over the world, sir?" Elias asked, gesturing to the papers. Schmidt chuckled, a dry, papery sound

Elias traced a sketch of an . "Reason is our only light," the text claimed. But people love a ghost story, Elias

He closed the book. The mystery was gone, replaced by something more sobering: the realization that the greatest "conspiracy" in history was just a group of people who thought they could change the world through a few secret handshakes and a lot of late-night reading.

Suddenly, the archive door creaked. Elias jumped, expecting a man in a hooded robe or a silencer-equipped assassin. Instead, it was Herr Schmidt, the head librarian, carrying a lukewarm thermos of coffee.

"Finding what you need, Elias?" Schmidt asked, his eyes lingering on the old ledger.