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Chapter 114 Alice in the Mirror

Chapter 114 Alice in the Mirror (6,000 votes requested)

"Take off your clothes."

Although Jiang Si could no longer remember who Hyacinth was.

But when the girl in black said those words, he immediately remembered.

I went with Yumo to see that magical girl who had been retired but hadn't.

So this guy says that to everyone he sees?

"Where did this infatuated woman come from? Show some respect to our Lord Simo Tu! How dare you look at Lord Simo Tu's noble body? Don't you know that Lord Simo Tu just brutally murdered Zi Yuan, the sect leader of Qingyun Sect?"

Xilan immediately jumped out, arrogantly pointing at Hyacinth's chest, "It's an honor for you that Lord Simotu came to your laboratory to try out the complete witch technology! Get your manners right, understand?"

So this is what the legendary super lackey is like.

Jiang Si observed Xi Lan with great interest; such a character was naturally quite rare.

He couldn't help but marvel once again at the profound depth and breadth of online literature.

Only online novels can capture the essence of this kind of character. Traditional literature, with its pretentious style, and movies and television, constrained by performance, can't match its sense of life and authenticity.

Although Xilan's attitude was arrogant and his actions were somewhat impolite, Hyacinth was not angry and simply smiled faintly.

"I apologize for my rudeness, but I wanted to check his physical condition."

With his hands tucked into his black coat, he finally pointed to a secluded teaching building in the distance and said, "You're here to borrow the lab, right? It's over there."

After saying that, he walked to the front and began to lead the way.

Jiang Si looked at the black overcoat; it was probably a repainted version of the white overcoat worn by research institutes.

This guy really likes black.

"It's amazing that you guys survived the Qingyun Sect."

On the way, Hyacinth took the initiative to start a conversation, "In all my years in East China, I have never seen a witch survive the hands of the Qingyun Sect, let alone you fighting against that magical girl."

"Hehe, there are many things you wouldn't expect."

"Can you tell me what happened next?" Hyacinth asked with great interest. "The final crystal ball broke, so we couldn't see the outcome of your battle. Although everyone says that Ziyuan was killed by you, it seems that the Qingyun Sect doesn't intend to retaliate against you."

"Don't pry into things you shouldn't be asking. Don't you have any manners? I said kill, so of course I killed. Even the leader of her Qingyun Sect was killed by Lord Si Motu. How dare they come looking for revenge? Fools!"

Of course, this news was spread by Xilan. Regardless of what happened to Ziyuan, the message was that she had been killed by Lord Simotu.

After all, no one from the Witch's Guild dared to go to the Qingyun Sect to confirm, so there was no way to disprove it. This way, when Lord Si Mo Tu made a name for himself and was known as an assassin of the Qingyun Sect, it would be easier for him to take action in the future.

I never expected anyone would dare to question it!

Xi Lan looked at the black-clad girl with a displeased expression.

From the moment Xilan saw that face, she knew she wouldn't get along with the other person.

It wasn't that Xilan was jealous of such a pretty girl—she wasn't ugly either. Xilan was quite confident in her looks and didn't think she was inferior to this Hyacinth.

It's mainly about attitude and demeanor.

Xi Lan hated this kind of aloof and indifferent attitude the most, and wished she could make them scream and groan the next second.

Hyacinth's eyes, in particular, were almost arrogant to the point of being completely disdainful of others, which naturally disgusted her.

They even spoke rudely to Lord Si Motu and dared to ask to see Lord Si Motu's body.

As a senior member with a bullying spirit, he couldn't hold back any longer.

In other words, one shouldn't act too wicked in front of Si Mo Tu.

Just as she was thinking about how to avoid Si Motu's eyes and ears and teach this ungrateful outsider a lesson.

Suddenly, Si Mo Tu spoke up:
"If I remember correctly, Hyacinth, from the East China region, was the former captain of the Magical Girl Combat Team of the North Sea Disaster Management Bureau."

Hyacinth paused slightly, tilted her head, and looked at Jiang Si with a somewhat vacant gaze.

Of course, you can't tell anything from it.

Because of the protection of the Unfathomable, Jiang Si, wearing the fox mask, was naturally unrecognizable to magical girls like Hyacinth.

Moreover, the two were not familiar with each other to begin with.

However, Hyacinth did not show much surprise or excitement at the revelation of her identity. She said nonchalantly, "I have never hidden my identity. But it seems you are very familiar with Beihai."

"Hey, you brat, if you watched the live stream, you should know! Lord Si Mo Tu has been active in the North Sea all along!"

Hyacinth smiled calmly, "I've been in Beihai for a long time and I've never heard of a person named Si Motu."

"Nonsense! If even someone like you knew about Lord Si Motu's name, how could he have hidden himself until today!"

The girl in black nodded. "That makes sense. You really trust him."

“If you can’t even trust your savior or your second parents,” Xi Lan said matter-of-factly, “then who in this world can you trust?”

"Trust needs to be cultivated over a long period of time."

A hint of pity seemed to flicker in those empty eyes. "You trust others so easily because your environment lacks trust, Miss Xilan. In the Witch's Guild, you couldn't find anyone who could help you. So when you met someone willing to save you, you easily gave them your trust..."

"This little brat is lecturing me now." Xi Lan scoffed. "What do you know? I've wandered half my life, and only Lord Si Mo Tu understands and protects me. Lord Si Mo Tu is the hope and light of the Witch's Guild!"

“The scammers I know love to exploit people like you.”

"Lord Si Motu is different." Xi Lan grasped the Seed of Sorrow. "If you dare to speculate about Lord Si Motu again, I'll kill you!"

Hyacinth sighed softly, "I didn't mean to anger you, but I'm worried that you might get hurt because of it later."

"You've already joined the Witch's Guild, why are you still pretending to be a magical girl?"

Just as Xilan reached out to use her filthy magic to teach Hyacinth a lesson.

Si Motu grabbed her wrist immediately. "We're here to conduct a full witch experiment. This is still a school. Don't cause trouble."

He snorted, looked at the hyacinth that remained calm and unperturbed, seemingly unaffected by anything, gritted his teeth, and finally put down the Seed of Sorrow.

A handsome and cheerful young man rode by on his bicycle and greeted Hyacinth, "I have a basketball game tomorrow, want to come watch?"

"Sorry, I still have experiments to finish."

"Ok."

Although the young man on the bicycle still smiled brightly, his expression was somewhat regretful. But as he left, he glared fiercely at Jiang Si, as if to say, "If you dare to come near me, I'll kill you."

"I'll go gouge that kid's eyes out," Xilan said menacingly. "A pair of dog eyes dares to glare at you!"

"Shut up."

"Oh." Xi Lan immediately grabbed a piece of cloth and stuffed it into her mouth, looking aggrieved.

Along the way, many people, both men and women, greeted Hyacinth.

It's clear that he's very popular.

Hyacinth has probably been at Yenching University for some time.

Most of them probably lived at Yanji University for about half a year during their senior year of high school, otherwise they wouldn't have so many acquaintances.

However, it's also clear that not many people recognize hyacinths.

Although the magical girl name Hyacinth is only somewhat famous in Beihai, even today, not many people in Beihai know her.

But Hyacinth's appearance and abilities are quite attractive, even if others don't know she's a magical girl.

After turning several corners and entering a secluded teaching building, it finally became quiet.

There were several college students outside before; it was obvious they were there specifically to stake out the hyacinths.

Its popularity is also ridiculously high.

There were very few people in the teaching building, or rather, almost no one. The empty building felt somewhat eerie and cold.

"It was originally going to be abandoned, but after the professor joined the Witches' Guild, he felt that he needed a quiet place for experimentation, so he moved it here."

Hyacinth casually explained as they walked, "Witches have more freedom of movement in places with fewer people."

"After all, we are heroes in the darkness."

Xi Lan immediately removed the cloth from her mouth and added a comment.

Jiang Si didn't say anything; he just looked around the building and noticed a problem.

That is, there are too many mirrors.

Because in the Qingyun Sect, mirrors are considered to be items that lack a certain celestial aura and are forbidden from being brought into the sect... Although this order was just something he casually said, in reality, even if someone actually brought one in, he wouldn't bother to say anything.

The thought that mirrors lacked ethereal beauty was just a temporary one; later, I realized that having mirrors didn't seem to matter much.

However, the disciples in the sect quickly got used to not carrying mirrors under Bing Tang's guidance.

So he is actually a bit sensitive to mirrors, starting from the moment he enters the door, which is a brand new, thick glass door.

Upon entering the building, you are greeted by a huge mirror.

Looking at himself in the mirror, he felt as if he were about to sink into it, as if there was a whole world behind him.

Immediately afterwards, huge, conspicuous mirrors could be seen everywhere, whether in the corridors, classrooms, toilets, or lounges.

There was so much of it that it created a strange sense of unease.

It felt like being stared at by something in the mirror.

"What are all these things? Why are there so many mirrors?" Xilan exclaimed. "It's creepy!"

Xi Lan couldn't help but hide behind Jiang Si.

It wasn't that she was scared, but rather that she felt very uncomfortable.

Hyacinth paused briefly in the corridor, touching the mirror, before saying, "Have you ever heard of the world behind the mirror?"

Jiang Si raised an eyebrow. "What?"

“Mirror world, inner world, reversed world.” Hyacinth, with her back to them, tilted her head back and looked at the two of them sideways. “There are all sorts of interpretations.”

"There are monsters living in the mirrors. The monsters will come out and eat people, so if you are being targeted, you should block all the mirrors in the room."

"At dusk, if you catch a glimpse of something different in the mirror out of the corner of your eye during a fleeting moment of light, you should look away, or you will be sucked into the other world by the mirror."

"On a certain day, when you're driving, you shouldn't wipe the fogged-up windows with your hands, otherwise you'll see something terrifying..."

"And at midnight, when you get up to go to the bathroom, you play rock-paper-scissors with your reflection in the mirror." Hyacinth reached out and touched the mirror. The two of them saw Hyacinth's gloomy face in the mirror, as if she were another person. "The loser will be dragged into the mirror and replaced by their reflection."

Xi Lan rolled her eyes. "What urban legend? We're witches from the Witches' Guild. Do you think we can defeat my full power of corrupt magic?!"

"It's not a ghost story, it's a phenomenon that once occurred in South China." Hyacinth withdrew her hand, and when she turned around, her face wasn't gloomy, but still elegant. "The other self who was replaced in the real world was called Alice from the Mirror Kingdom." "Heh, ignorant of their own limitations, daring to show off in front of our Witches' Guild." Xilan said arrogantly, "Truly audacious. When they run into our Witches' Guild, we'll show them who the truly terrifying ones are!"

"The Witch Society lost more than 600 people in South China back then," Hyacinth casually remarked. "They all died at the hands of Alice from the Mirror Kingdom. Oh, or perhaps it's not so much that they died, but that they disappeared."

"However, some people actually escaped from the mirror after losing rock-paper-scissors. Alice from the Mirror Kingdom also came out, so there are two people in this world who look exactly the same, have the same name, and have the same abilities."

As Hyacinth spoke, she looked at Jiang Si and said, "Beihai, I remember there was a magical girl like that. She had everything taken from her by Alice from the Mirror Kingdom. She lost her parents, her identity, and was forgotten by everyone. In the end, she joined the Free Magical Girl Organization."

Si Motu shook his head: "Never heard of it."

Hyacinth smiled and didn't seem to mind. "That's normal, after all, it happened a long time ago, and not many people remember it."

Seeing the two of them acting so in sync, Xi Lan immediately became annoyed. "Playing tricks! Who are you trying to scare!"

Hyacinth wasn't angry; she just looked in the mirror, and when she turned her head away, her face darkened again.

Xi Lan was stunned.

Did the other person's expression change instantly, or is the hyacinth in the mirror really different...?

"I have no reason to lie to you, because there are mirrors all here. Try it yourselves and you'll see."

Hyacinth made room for Xilan, "Rock, paper, scissors, wanna play?"

Xi Lan's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately grabbed Si Mo Tu's clothes tightly.

To be honest, there are mirrors everywhere, which gives people a mysterious and oppressive feeling. There are reflections of yourself everywhere, and some of the reflections are even distorted, giving people a feeling that the space is very small and it is hard to breathe.

Now, the hyacinth stands there, softly recounting how she played rock-paper-scissors with her reflection in the mirror.

I couldn't help but feel a little...

Scared.

But who is Xilan? She's someone who's going to change the world!

The word "fear" shouldn't even exist in her dictionary!
"Who do you think you are? You think you can just play games with me like that? No way! If you dare to scare us again, I'll kill you!"

She spoke fiercely, and this time Si Motu did not stop her, probably because he had the same idea.

"The Witches' Guild is the most vicious and evil terrorist organization in the world!"

Hyacinth chuckled, pulling a hand out of her pocket. "I didn't mean to scare you, I just wanted to let you know I wasn't lying. Since you're scared..."

"Who's scared! Don't slander me! Who would join the Witch's Guild if they were afraid of something like this!"

"In fact, the Witch Society mostly fled after the Qingyun Sect killed a few more of them." Hyacinth turned her head. "They were just trying to make a living. The Witch Society isn't that noble."

Xi Lan was speechless for a moment, then turned around and glanced at Si Mo Tu.

As expected of Lord Si Mo Tu, he actually looks like he's about to fall asleep!

Hyacinth, facing the mirror, said, "Since you're too scared, I'll do an experiment for you."

Then, he actually started playing rock-paper-scissors in front of the mirror!
Scissors, rock, paper.

After three rounds of testing without any issues, on the last attempt, the hyacinth emerged from the stone.

The opponent has played cloth!

Xi Lan was startled!
However, instead of hiding, she instinctively ran to grab the hyacinth.

Lord Simotu's experiment hasn't been conducted yet!

However, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Hyacinth was holding out cloth in her other hand.

A very common magic trick: what looks like a fist is being thrown from this angle, but what's actually reflected in the mirror is a cloth representing another hand...

"She's just playing tricks, Lord Simotu! I'm going to kill her!"

"Hehe, I just found it very interesting."

"Funny my foot!"

"Your terrified expression just now was quite amusing. Want to see it? I took a picture."

Delete it now! Delete it now!

Jiang Si yawned. "When can we start the experiment?"

With Xilan pulling her along, Hyacinth said leisurely, "The lab has always been empty, it's always ready."

"Then let's start now."

Xi Lan reluctantly let go of his hand, letting Hyacinth lead the way.

I'll beat her to death sooner or later!
We went all the way to a laboratory on the third floor.

The laboratory has three layers of doors, all of them very thick iron doors. Even Hyacinth took a long time to open all three doors.

Xi Lan noticed that she seemed a little unfamiliar with the door.

She had some doubts, but she knew that Hyacinth had only been in the Witch's Guild laboratory for a short time.

It's not a particularly suspicious place.

After the laboratory doors were opened, the three of them entered and saw all sorts of equipment inside.

Leaving aside standard microscopes or tweezers, there were also some Seeds of Lamentation and Eggs of Calamity, as well as some dried specimens of Calamity Beasts.

Of course, the most important thing was a girl who was covered in chains and locked in a corner of the laboratory.

He was wearing very simple white clothes, tattered like prison clothes, and barefoot, his toes curled up and trembling slightly, as if he were cold or in pain.

He was asleep against the wall, and you could see needle marks on his neck, arms, and even his feet.

It looks like they've done many experiments.

"That's the professor's experimental subject," Hyacinth said indifferently. "She was captured half a year ago. The professor cherishes this experimental subject. After all, magical girls are hard to capture, and free magical girls are even harder to capture. Capturing magical girls from the Qingyun Sect and the Disaster Prevention Bureau will attract a lot of investigations. A free magical girl like this, who hasn't joined any organization and has no one to rescue her, is really rare."

Where are your professors?

"He's been busy lately and has gone out. But it's alright, I can still do the experiments on a complete witch. However, let me make it clear beforehand that men generally can't become perfect witches."

"It's alright, I just want to see if I can increase my tolerance to corrupted magic and become stronger."

"Great, this also gives me a chance to collect some data."

Xi Lan listened to their conversation but didn't dare to interrupt. She just glanced at the girl in the corner and snorted.

It reminded me of the hardships I endured when I was a complete witch.

As Hyacinth beside her spoke, she pulled out a bed in the center of the lab, then put on gloves and looked at Jiang Si:
"Take off your clothes."

Xi Lan turned around abruptly and looked at Hyacinth, "How dare you presume to possess Lord Si Mo Tu's noble body..."

"Gag him/her."

Jiang Si casually remarked, and Xi Lan fell silent halfway through her sentence, finally having no choice but to obediently take out a new handkerchief and stuff it back into her mouth.

Hyacinth smiled slightly, "You're getting in the way here."

Xi Lan glared at the hyacinth with a fierce look, as if she wanted to kill it.

Jiang Si, who was standing next to her, had already grabbed her by the back of her collar and thrown her out of the laboratory.

Then he closed the laboratory door.

"I'll call you when I'm done."

She yanked off her handkerchief and shouted, "Lord Si Mo Tu! Lord Si Mo Tu! I'll stay put and won't be a problem, please don't abandon me!"

Xilan, scratching at the iron gate, shouted unwillingly.

Faint conversations could be heard coming from the other side.

"Your muscles are quite well-developed."

"Fortunately."

"It feels pretty good."

"How long are you going to keep touching me?"

"This is a routine inspection..."

Damn woman!
Xilan almost chewed her handkerchief to pieces.

The ignorant Lord Si Motu will surely be groped and assaulted by that woman. I'm sorry, Lord Si Motu, Xi Lan cannot protect you...

Lost in thought, she paused for a moment, and when there was no more talk from the other end, she slumped down in a chair next to the laboratory.

Thinking about how to get revenge on Hyacinth, Xilan, who was somewhat exhausted, couldn't think of a way to vent her anger.

She stared blankly out the window, lost in thought about the beautiful past she shared with Lord Si Mo Tu – the rescue of the beauty in the rain during the attack of the calamity beasts, the joint struggle at the Witch's Gathering, the long talk in the snow before being forced to live apart, and the final life-or-death battle against the little devil of the North Sea.

Various scenes flashed through her mind, the past replaying in her mind; they had already developed a deep bond...

Xi Lan saw her reflection in the window in front of her and pulled out the scissors.

She stood up abruptly and looked around.

The corridor was full of mirrors, and she was reflected in every one of them.

They all pointed scissors at her!

In the quiet corridor, only the deafening sound of her heartbeat could be heard, as if it would shatter the mirror!

All eyes were fixed on her.

Xi Lan swallowed hard, cold sweat beading on her forehead.

Then I took a deep breath and calmed down.

She, Xilan, is not a coward like the twins!

It's probably just that hyacinth playing tricks again; she saw through it long ago.

Scared?
Those two words don't even exist in Xilan's dictionary!