57 – Mirror

It is a ceiling that is both familiar and unfamiliar.

Fluffy and soft duvet.

A soothing herbal scent.

Startled, I kicked off the blanket and got up. I wasn’t lying in my bed.

Looking around, this was definitely Silverine’s room. It seems I fell asleep without even knowing it.

Silverin is invisible. It seems that he put me to sleep here and left the place.

Silverine’s long hair was tangled in sparse tangles on my body.

I took a few deep breaths. Silverin’s bed was an area that even I couldn’t dare touch. Like a sleeping habit, did it come up without my knowledge? Didn’t you make a mistake that broke the etiquette?

I looked around at Silverin’s bedding. Fortunately, it is clean with no speck of stain. I didn’t drool while sleeping. thank god.

It’s not like I committed a sin to die for, but I’m sweating for no reason.

I hurriedly straightened my clothes and went out the door.

The sun rises high in the blue sky. You slept late without knowing the world. Somehow, I want to feel refreshed.

On my way down the stairs, I ran into a maid.

She lightly bowed her head and said.

“Are you awake? Silverin-nim said she has a training schedule for today.”

“ah… all right.”

When the maid looked up and saw my face, she was startled and hurriedly averted her gaze.

“…?”

Then, as if to run away, I hurriedly climbed the stairs.

On my way to my room to change, I ran into another maid in the hallway.

She too was startled when she saw my face.

“Oh my goodness.”

Then he covered his mouth with his hand and hurriedly slipped out of my sight.

what. I ran my fingers through my hair. I woke up a little puffy, but it wasn’t bizarrely sporadic.

what’s on my face

I went into the room and shut the door tight. And went in front of the mirror.

Looking at my face in the mirror, I was dazed for a moment.

“… … .”

There were bright red lip marks on both of my cheeks.

***

A little girl was walking down the hallway hugging a teddy bear.

When it was bedtime, when all the retainers were asleep, and no one was around, something always happened.

The windows shook, the books fell on their own, and suddenly the candles were lit.

Although they had confirmed it with their own eyes and ears, no one listened to the terrified young girl.

That night, too, the girl came out into the hallway to escape something that was bothering her. Relying on a single candle, she moved through the darkness, hoping that someone would come out and join her.

Then, someone’s angry voice was heard from the other side of the hallway.

A light leaked from where the sound came from.

“please… please… Help me.”

“Shut up and stay still… It will be over soon… .”

Unaware of what was going on, the girl walked over and opened the door.

And there he encountered a bizarre sight.

A man was pushing a maid against a wall and undressing her.

And the man was very familiar to the girl.

The man was engrossed in raping the lady-in-waiting, not knowing that there was someone behind him.

The girl dropped the doll she was holding.

“ah… bar?”

Luna woke up with a cold sweat all over her body.

“hahahaha… .”

She hadn’t had a good night’s sleep since the entrance exams were over.

Luna hurriedly took a packet of herbal powder from the drawer, put a spoonful in her mouth, and drank water.

Luna’s condition did not improve even though she was taking highly addictive drugs for strong effects.

My fingernails were brittle and my hands trembled even when I was holding a glass of water. There were little dark circles under the eyes.

Because of the terrible nightmare, Luna was drying up like a tree in a drought.

The psychological pain was the most severe.

The terrible trauma that plagued Luna’s childhood visited her every day.

Every night she became a little girl, vividly reliving dirty memories she wanted to forget.

Luna walked out of the room, pointing to the wall.

He was weak as his body became weak.

I couldn’t figure out why the pain was repeating itself.

I need some stronger medicine.

Coming out into the living room, she started searching through the drawers.

If there was Silverine, it would surely solve the problem, but I didn’t want to. He had already received enough help from her, and besides, she was neither a relaxed person nor a close friend enough to take care of him.

Then, a woman’s laughter echoed in the hallway.

Startled, Luna looked back toward the hallway.

But there was nothing there.

“who is this?”

A mocking laugh echoed in Luna’s ears, who thought it was strange.

It was as if it had become one with the walls and ceiling and resonated throughout the house within it.

Luna exclaimed nervously.

“Who are you. Come out, come out!”

[Here. ]

A voice was heard from a corner of the living room where the light of a candle could not reach.

There, the figure of a black man was standing still, watching Luna.

Luna said with a hostile attitude.

“you… what the hell are you How did you get in here?”

[I’ve always been with you. from your childhood. ]

“Do not be ridiculous.”

[Poor. If I had a professor, I wouldn’t have suffered so much. ]

From an early age, Luna was able to perceive things that others could not see. Having suffered from it for a long time, I knew how to treat them.

“shut up.”

[I hate men. is not it? ]

“What do you say you know?”

[Men are ruining you. It’s your father who broke you. You were barely saved, but a strange man intervened in the seat next to your savior. A worthless fellow who does not know either magic or spiritism has joined the seat next to the archmage. It’s where you should be right there. That woman’s disciple was supposed to be you. If that was the case, I wouldn’t have gone through the same pain now. ]

“It was the decision of the professor himself. Don’t talk your way about it.”

[Isn’t that unreasonable? As her disciple, there was no one more suitable than you. ]

“Fuck off. Get lost.”

Luna’s nerves were so sensitive that her head hurt. It was a great pain to hear such nonsense from an uninvited guest under such circumstances.

[You can burn it all and write a new one. ]

“I know what you are. It must be a half-thought body that covets my power.”

Luna summoned a fireball in her hand. I knew for sure that this wouldn’t be of any use, but hearing it in itself was painful, so I thought I’d have to break something to calm it down.

“Where did you roll in? Who made you call?”

[ Knock-knock. i am you I am your darkness and shadow, I have always been with you. It’s just that you turned away from my existence and lived. These are my thoughts and your thoughts. ]

And to my annoyance, what the black figure said pierced Luna’s lungs accurately.

“Noisy… Shut up, shut up!”

Luna hurled a fireball at the black figure.

Clink!

There was a loud crashing sound.

The black figure was nowhere to be found, and broken mirror fragments were scattered in its place.

***

I’ve heard that it’s definitely training, but when you look at Sylverine’s bright and light clothes, it looks like she’s just going on a picnic.

Silverin and I packed our lunches and got on the carriage. I didn’t even take my sword, and I don’t know where it’s headed.

What are you trying to do?

The carriage moves at a speed that is good for enjoying the surrounding scenery.

And inside, Silverine looked at my face and said,

“My disciple.”

“Yes.”

“Why can’t you see my face right?”

“…me?”

“look. You still can’t see it.”

“… .”

Silverine opens her flounder eyes and looks at me like she’s digging into me.

“Did I say anything strange yesterday?”

“Nope. Well… .”

“What is it, looking back, I must have muttered something in my sleep.”

“The teacher told me to stay until I fell asleep.”

“I remember that too.”

“That basement… .”

Silverin asked back with an ignorant face.

“underground?”

“Nope. He just said that if you go down first, he will give you a big scolding.”

“Did I say that?”

“Yes… .”

Silverin pauses for a moment and turns her gaze out the window. It was a bit embarrassing for her to even think of herself.

“Um, my drunkenness was too much… .”

Silence follows.

It was the first time I felt so awkward being with Silverin.

It wasn’t because of what she said that I couldn’t see Sylverine’s face. It’s because of ‘that’ that remained on my cheek.

Her lips are painted the same color. It is clear that Silverin committed it, but there is no word about it. On the one hand, this kind of clever look really feels like a fox.

Fortunately, the wagon did not move far. In a blink of an eye, we reached our destination.

If I stayed longer, it would have been awkward and difficult to endure.

The training place Silverin had chosen was a sandy beach by the river that he had seen while going to and from Eternia before.

It was an open landscape like Lake Wiesel, but on the other hand, this place has a slightly more dynamic feel with the mountain and the river.

I don’t even have a sword or a log, so what the hell are you trying to train with?

“Let’s go, disciple.”

I packed a lunch basket, a blanket, and a mat and got off. The sand is white and shines silver. It was quite a beautiful scenery.

Silverin settled down on a sunny, level ground and beckoned to me.

“Here, here.”

I approached her, opened the mat, and secured the corners with pebbles, and Sylverine lay down on it.

“good. You too, lie down.”

Then, he pats his side with his hand.

well, everything is good It’s good, but I don’t know what this has to do with training.

“Sir, this is… .”

“Since it’s training, hurry up and lie down.”

“…”

“This training will be a little different. I’m going to teach spiritism.”