Chapter 113 – The Mirror

000

The morning of a holiday, when the sun has risen again after the disaster has passed.

Aruru, sitting in front of her desk with the sunlight streaming in from outside her back her, adds her signature her to Cleon’s documents collected with the consent of the heads of other departments during the weekdays.

Signed ‘Aruru Tromeia’ written in neat cursive.

Three days had already passed in the Cleons’ fight to regain this name.

“With this, the paperwork is complete. Go to Vitos’ warehouse and show him this file, and he will lend you a ‘stone gun’.”

Aruru herself showed a normal appearance in the fight, but she later found out that she suffered internal injuries while forcibly recovering her memories by Arondite.

Even so, it would not have been as much as Cleon, who had bandages all over her body her, giving her a mummy-like appearance.

After that, Cleon’s body was fully recovered as he received ‘treatment’ for three days from Lyla and Beatrix.

Aruru stopped by to deliver Aruru’s medicine that Layla had made.

As she is also a descendant of the highest noble family in the kingdom, she has a personal doctor attached to her.

Asked by Aruru to prioritize the people of the academy, who suffered a lot from her wounds her in her previous battles, she is forced to leave her mansion to heal her normal students, not her masters her. It was empty.

On top of that, as for internal injuries related to magical power, rather than general wounds, Layla as a wizard should have been more aware of the solution.

“Still, it’s amazing. If this number of chiefs were willing to sign, I’d be able to borrow other artifacts besides the ‘stone gun’.”

“The danger of the artifacts in Vytos’ warehouse was well known from the previous runaway incident… As long as we can borrow what we need, it doesn’t matter.”

“Whoops. You’re greedy, Cleon.”

Watching Cleon let her words flow moderately, Aruru laughed and drank the warm black tea placed on her desk her.

Then she exhales a warm breath and talks while looking at her Cleon her.

“I sent a letter with details to my father, and he got an answer right away.”

The image of Percys Tromeia appears in Cleon’s mind. At the previous restaurant, after eating a room with Aruru, the back of him was a foolish daughter.

“…What about Sir Percy?”

“I tried to hold the academy elders accountable, but my mother stopped me, so I decided to stop… Instead, next time I’ll take Cleon to the mansion in the kingdom’s capital for a long time. I think he wants to see you again. How about it? When work here is over…”

Her father her is a warrior who saved the kingdom with Lesia in the past.

As Cleon, I didn’t want to be rude or disrespectful to him, so I nodded awkwardly.

“Whoops. Thank you. My father is also looking forward to it. Ah, and…”

Saying so, she took out something of her own from her own drawer and handed it directly to her Cleon’s hand her.

It was a document written at the academy chief meeting, and there were various things related to the schedule.

“Hasn’t something bad been happening at the academy lately? So it’s a bit premature, but there’s talk of holding a school festival. It’s going to be held for a total of three days… There isn’t.”

Cleon listens with a nod of his head her.

As a temporary instructor, she did not know how long she would be able to stay at this academy, but she had heard about the school festival from Laila.

Along with saying that they hated it in the past because it was such a big festival that the whole academy was excited.

“So… Can you stay with me on the third day?”

Cleon nods her head, saying he doesn’t care what she says, but questions her out of nowhere.

“That doesn’t matter… But there’s still time left until the festival, right?”

“It’s a little shameful, but if you don’t make a reservation first, it’s likely that Cleon will be taken away soon. Normal students and Layla still don’t know about the festival.”

“Ah, that guy. He’s been at the mansion for the past few days, so he didn’t attend the senior meeting.”

“It’s fortunate that I was able to secretly preoccupy Cleon like this.”

At Aruru’s words her, Cleon scratched her cheeks as if he was a bit embarrassed, and Aruru smiled as if he was having fun, putting her hand her to her mouth her.

… She was the same as Aruru before the incident, without a different appearance.

“…Aruru. As for the rails-“

“… Yes. I’m trying to organize her feelings for her as much as possible… Actually, there was a letter from Rail’s father in the letter that my father sent me, but… I have n ‘t opened it yet.”

Aruru puts on a little sad face, but as if she’s trying to brush it off somehow, she smiles bitterly.

“It’s okay. Thanks for your concern.”

“…Okay.”

After saying that, Cleon said hello to Aruru, saying that he should go to her warehouse to borrow her stone gun from her, but Aruru followed her, saying that since she had already come, he would see her off her.

When I opened the front door and went out into the yard of the mansion, I saw Sasha playing with a large dog.

She was the one that Aruru had been raising since entering this place, and she was a gentle-looking one with gorgeous golden hair just like the owner.

“Ah! Mr. Cleon! Mr. Aruru!”

Sasha looked back at Cleon and Aruru, twitching the ears of the beast that had risen above her head.

Aruru’s dog, who was in her arms her, saw the two of them and raised its voice, saying, ‘Wang!’

“Thanks Sasha. For hanging out with Howl. He seemed so lonely while I was gone.”

“No! This kid is really smart and energetic…!”

“Because I’ve had her since childhood. My father wanted to keep a hunting dog, but I like this one better.”

Seeing Aruru petting her dog’s head, Cleon looked at the two and the one from a distance.

Cleon’s gaze was particularly focused on Sasha’s tail and her ears.

In the end, inside the academy, they couldn’t find a way to break her curse.

Instead, Ruben’s alter ego inside her became aware of her her self and coexisted with Sasha, suppressing the progress of her curse her and being able to draw out stronger power, is it fortunate out of misfortune?

… Considering that she might have to live like that for the rest of her life, Sasha-

“Cleon-san…?”

Perhaps conscious of Cleon’s gaze, Sasha spoke to Cleon.

“Ah. Nothing… Let’s go soon. Sasha, Layla will be waiting for you to bring the ‘stone gun’.”

“Okay! Well, goodbye Howl. See you again!”

Saying that, Sasha’s tail her, which followed Cleon, swayed like a howl when she was happy.

001

“This is the inside of Vitos’ warehouse…! It’s full of very old things.”

Although the warehouse was once messed up by relics, it was this warehouse that was restored as quickly as possible even in the academy thanks to its full of carefully preserved items.

The Jewel of Chaos, which Sasha had slashed with her dagger, had lain behind it and was sealed within a golden chest.

In addition to that, the magic book, which was confined inside the barrier by Layla and Beatrix and did not play any role, was quietly placed on a dedicated bookshelf as if it had gone wild at any time.

Sasha looked around nervously at a place full of things she hadn’t seen before.

Cleon walks in front of Sasha and finds the location of her three guns her on the map he was given.

The guard I met at the entrance recognized Cleon before he even said his name and asked for a handshake saying that he was saved thanks to him.

When I showed him the file signed by the chief, he nodded and handed over a schematic diagram of the inside of the warehouse where he could find the stone gun inside.

“Sasha. Don’t fall too far. Also, don’t touch the items in the warehouse.”

When Cleon, who was worried about Sasha, said that, Sasha winced and puffed out her cheeks a little in surprise and looked at Cleon.

“I-I know that much… Cleon-san sometimes treats me like a child?”

Of course, it was said for the sake of her curious and innocent her Sasha, but it seemed to her that Cleon was treating her Sasha her as her baby her.

She said that if it was a girl of that age, she would be able to do it, but pass it on.

Most of the relics in the warehouse seem to have been found in their original locations, but I was also told that this structural diagram was also from before the incident, so maybe the location may be slightly different.

Still, as the guard said, almost all of the relics were in the same location as the picture.

If there’s one thing that stands out, it’s the black iron golem that should be in the middle of the warehouse – no, the armor.

That there is no ‘Enkidu’.

After the incident was over, Enkidu, whose front part was completely destroyed, was dismantled without leaving a single piece by the Department of Divinity, Magic Tools, and Magic.

Similarly, the result of melting using an artifact containing lava that melts everything called ‘The Furnace of Vulcanus’ inside Vitos’ warehouse.

It is said that it has turned into an unstable and black material that cannot be recycled.

I had heard from Quon that the head of the Divinity Department blocked the thing that the Magic Tools Department coveted, and purified it as it was.

“The location of the stone gun is the 3rd shelf west of the center…”

Cleon muttered that while walking down the aisle of the warehouse, and he arrived in front of the shelf he was talking about.

However, what was there was not a stone key, but a mirror decorated with precious gold and jewels.

“…No matter how you look at it, this is not Tris Megistos’s stone case… It’s not.”

As Cleon frowned, Sasha, who was behind her, often followed and looked in the mirror with Cleon.

“It’s very pretty… Could this be an ancient relic?”

“It’s an artifact called Lewis’ mirror.”

When Cleon and Sasha turn around, a voice suddenly comes from behind them.

Standing there was a blonde female student with a blue ribbon on her head, wearing a special academy uniform similar to the guards outside.

“…Are you also a warehouse guard?”

“Yes. My name is Alice. You are Cleon’s instructor, right?”

As expected, Cleon let out a slight sigh at her reaction her, knowing her own name her.

“…Everyone knows my name.”

“Whoops. Isn’t it okay? Most people who want to be famous don’t have it.”

“It’s for those who want it, but I just don’t like it very much.”

After Cleon finished speaking, Sasha pointed to the mirror and asked Alice.

“What kind of artifact is that?”

“It’s an artifact that contains the world of mirrors. If you go inside, you can experience strange things…”

Sasha tilts her head at Alice’s words, and Cleon looks a bit fed up.

“Inside the World of Mirrors…? Another strange item. Sorry, but we are looking for ‘Tris Megistus’ Stone Gun’. Can you tell us where it is?”

When Cleon said that, Alice made a slightly troubled face and spoke.

“Ah… In that case. That mirror swallowed it. In a recent incident.”

“…What?”

Alice’s words made Cleon feel dizzy for a moment.

“That mirror is mischievous, so it often swallows things it likes. It became active under the influence of the runaway, and when it swallowed a lot, it seems to have swallowed a stone gun as well.”

“…Are you kidding?”

Alice just smiled at Cleon’s question.

That expression made it impossible to tell whether she was serious or joking.

“It’s okay. I’ll spit it out after a while.”

“How long will it take?”

“About a month…?”

“Ha, one month!? So, you mean you can’t use the stone gun until then…?”

Layla is surprised to say so, but Cleon also did not have time to wait a month.

It was because she had also heard stories from Iona about what was happening in the kingdom’s capital.

“…If you don’t want to wait, you can go inside and come find me.”

“Are you talking about the world of mirrors…? Is there really such a thing?”

When Cleon spoke as if he was disgusted by Alice’s words of her, she just laughed.

“Haa… It’s a little bit like it seems like something is going your way. There’s no malice, and it doesn’t seem like you’re lying.”

As Cleon says, she reaches for the mirror.

Surprisingly, the mirror grows large enough to pass through Cleon’s body her, and Yuri accepts Cleon’s hand as if it were on the surface of the water.

“…Can you really go inside?”

Even Cleon himself had a slightly surprised face and when he put his arm in, he was sucked inside without limit.

“Hey, Mr. Cleon!?”

When Sasha is startedled by the sight and raises her voice, Cleon turns her head to talk to Sasha.

“I’ll go and see you in a minute. Sasha is here.”

“Wait!? I’ll come too!”

When Sasha grabs Cleon’s arm that hasn’t entered yet, Cleon thinks a little, but then shakes his head.

“No. What if it’s a dangerous place inside?”

“Then let’s go together even more…! After all, he’s a hunter. Tracking down a road or a target is my specialty.”

Still, Sasha doesn’t break her own claim to her. As Cleon looked into her determined eyes her, she let out a slight sigh and nodded her head.

“…Yes. But don’t get away from me.”

“…Really, you’re treating me like a child…?”

Saying that, Sasha took Cleon’s hand her and put her body her together inside her mirror.

Alice, who was looking at that figure, said that when the two of them were completely inside the mirror.

He closed his eyes in front of the mirror and hummed while waiting for the two to return.

002

When you pass through the mirror, your field of vision is once completely enveloped in light.

The sense of balance in the body becomes strange, and the feeling of free fall from the sky is wrapped up.

Courage! With a loud voice, Cleon, who entered first, fell down and something a little heavy fell on top of him.

“Ugh… It hurts. A sudden fall…”

Sasha’s voice came from somewhere. Is it upstairs? Is it right?

Whatever it was, Cleon, thinking that she was lucky to be near, tried to get out of the way, lifting the one on top of her into her push-up position.

“Now, wait!? Wow, wow…! Mr. Cleon!”

When he heard Sasha’s panicked voice, it automatically moved aside and raised her body with the feeling that his body her felt lighter.

The surrounding scenery was full of bushes and trees, as if entering the forest.

Cleon sighs and shakes his hand.

Suddenly, realizing that something was wrong, he looked down at his hand her.

It was too small compared to his original hand his.

Also, his eye level his is low, and the clothes he was wearing are the ones he wore as a child.

“…Ha…”

If it’s the cause, you can guess.

It must have been because I entered this strange world. I guess I was about 10 years younger.

“Sasha, be careful. You seem to be young-“

Saying that, Cleon turned his head, and even though he was sitting on the ground with his knees pressed closer to him, there was a woman of about the same height as him.

Her hair is orange, similar to the color of a blazing sunset. And he has striking emerald colored eyes.

Her limbs were slender and stretched out like those of a fairy-elf.

Her moderately swollen breasts were of a size that was neither too much nor too little.

Her most notable feature of her, of course, is the tail that juts out from the top of her head and from her rump her.

She seems to be in her mid-twenties, and there was a beauty that combines her cheerful health with her adult-like charm.

“… Sasha?”

“K-Mr. Cleon…!? Uh, what happened!? What’s that figure!?”

Her voice is also a bit mature, but it must have been the voice she used to talk to herself just now.

It was as if Cleon’s age had been stolen from Sasha.

Fortunately, the clothes Sasha wore on her body were too large for her age and growth of her.

Along with the blue cape given to adventurers with the title of ‘Master Bow’, worn by the most high-ranking hunters recognized in the royal capital, various decorations and parts were added to the greaves worn while living in the city.

It was an outfit suitable for a dignified, veteran adventurer.

“It’s probably because I came into this world…”

“Well, then… Because of what I followed? I’m sorry…!”

Sasha turns pale and cries, but Cleon extends her arm and strokes Sasha’s head.

“It’s okay. It’s not your fault, it’s because this world is strange…”

“Excuse me for being weird!”

“And in a world like this, there’s always a mascot character with a strange ending…”

When Cleon turned around at the shrieking voice coming from behind.

There, floating around was something similar to the ‘Lewis Mirror’ used to enter this place from the outside, with limbs running and a stylish beard attached to the glass part.

“Are you the manager of this world?”

“Huh. The mirror that communicates the story. I am the custodian of this mirror created by the master. It is the ‘management mirror’ mirror.”

“…You’re really sloppy in naming it.”

At Cleon’s appreciation, the mirror once again `excited` and she let out his snort her.

“Hey, Admin Mirror? We’re here to find Tris Megistos’ Stone Gun. Do you know?”

“Stone gun? Ah. The stone key mirror? I’m sure I swallowed this mirror when it moved on its own some time ago, so I have it…”

“I guess what she said was true. Give it back.”

As Cleon nodded, the management mirror spoke.

“Of course, it doesn’t matter if I return it. How are you guys going to get out of this mirror?”

“…What? …If you go out the way you came in-“

“It’s a stupid mirror. I am the only mirror in this world. And in order to leave this world, you must have my permission.”

At the mirror’s words, Cleon felt a headache and touched his forehead her.

“Huh, won’t you let me?”

When Sasha asked that, the mirror briefly said, “Hmm…` And she thinks something. It seemed that he was looking at Sasha and Cleon.

“Mirror can’t go out unless he solves the ordeal according to the master’s condition. Mirror. I can supervise the ordeal and make people pass the mirror.”

“What is the ordeal?”

When Cleon asked that question, the mirror snapped its fingers her.

Then, the scenery like the surrounding forest disappeared in an instant, and it changed to a room with a bed.

And only a large steel door exists as an exit from this room.

There was something like a signboard on it… A pen flying alone writes the following phrase on the sign.

[A room where two people cannot leave unless they have sex through their hearts.]

“…”

“…”

“This is the ordinal mirror.”