Aurora (Eun-Kyung)'s POV
Everything that surrounded was the mirror, but unlike the usual mirror, the mirror showed the person with black hair and eyes in the mirror.
The one I never thought I would see again, it was Eun-Kyung.
I almost forgot my face but thanks to the mirror, I rembered how I looked before.
Everything went by so fast when we arrived at the village near the border between the two empires. All I rembered was a demon who welcod us with the smoke portal which suck all of the armies including into it.
Tristan soon followed inside the portal after a while, and now he was separated from again. That guy won't die easily since the demon who welcod us wasn't how it was described in the novel.
It was supposed to be a female demon Valencia. That ant that demon was only demon Valencia's underling.
Herod cast so magic on before I left the church, he told that the magic he embued on the bracelet will lead to Marinette.
The bracelet showed its aura wildly when I was outside the portal telling to go north, but now it beca fainter and fainter.
Huh??
My hair...
It beca black.
Even my dress changed to the high school uniform.
What's going on???
As I kept on walking and walking to search for the way out, when I turned back for once, all I saw was the trial of Aurora behind.
Her pink hair dropped on the floor, the dress of the era also dropped.
I turned to Eun-Kyung!!!
It must be so sort of illusion.
"Eun-Kyung."
Soone called , my pace started getting quicker as I ran from the voice calling . The familiar voice, I didn't want to hear it.
It was only an illusion, there was no way it could be real.
"Eun-Kyung!!!"
"Eun-Kyung!!!"
"Eun-Kyung!!!"
"Where are you running from???"
"Eun-Kyung!!! You killed !!!"
"You killed , Eun-Kyung!!!"
I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I didn't an to.
I'm sorry...please don't chase after ...
It was my fault. I'm sorry.
It was the dead-end, all I could see was myself panting with that person behind walking slowly to .
"Are you happy with your new life?? Are you happy now???"
"No, I'm not!!!!"
What kind of illusion is this??? I hate this. Please make it stop.
I don't want to face it, I don't want to...
"Eun-Kyung...turn to ..."
I couldn't hold back my tear when I looked at that girl with the sa black hair and eyes just like people in Seoul.
I didn't want to see her and talk to her face to face like that.
Huff huff
"Rember , Eun-Kyung???"
No, no, no, no, no, no...go away.
"GO AWAY!!!!"
"How can I go away...when I'm you?? I'm your shadow...your deep consciousness, your regret, everything you left behind on earth. You left behind and enjoy your new life as Aurora." it was myself I was talking to, the voice was the sa.
"Please go away..." the mirror on the side, its fra turned black, the Eun-Kyung before , her uniform turned to the dress I wore at my birthday party.
"You killed Sun-hee, now you want to enjoy your new life by killing her again?? You murderer!!!!"
"I..."
Everything beca silent, the whole mirror room disappeared, I was left inside the void, the lonely void with nothing.
"I was wrong..." I crouched crying on my knees unable to move, unable to speak, unable to do anything.
I felt guilty, it felt wrong.
When I told that little girl I want to have a new life, and when she said Sun-hee was also there, I was glad I could et her again.
If I even et her again, I will be her friend again with the new identity. She won't hate , she won't be cold toward . It was what I wanted.
How did everything turn to this...??
"..."
"Eun-Kyung, what're you doing spacing out??!! The teacher will co soon, here's my howork."
"Sun-hee??"
"What're you doing??" that Sun-hee sighed and handed her howork, it was the third year howork.
Why did she talk to like I'm her friend??
"Sun-hee, is this a dream??" she flinched like she thought I was a crazy person, she put her hand on my forehead to check my temperature.
"Do you have a fever?? You're still sleepy, aren't you?? Ehhh??? Why are you crying???"
I'm crying???
Why did I cry??? She was always my friend, we never argue with each other.
We never argue...? Always my friend???
Then...was that a dream???
It must be a dream, there's no way soone can get into the novel, right??
"HAHAHA, I'm just kidding with you. Let copy your howork, how about we hang out this evening??"
"You know the rule. I can't go out late."
"AHAHA, right right. Then let's just eat lunch together."
"Emm!!"
Right, this must be the reality. Everything was only a dream.
This is...the reality...
...
...
...
[Let's see how many are left?? Ahh...only two haven't fallen into my illusion completely??]
Demon Lucas giggled from the monitor room, and deleted all the screens except Aurora's and Tristan.
[Two hundred soldiers already fell into my illusion, how could you two resist?? And when you're all trapped in my illusion, I'll kill you.]
Tristan's POV
What's going on???
Where am I?? I was with Aurora earlier.
"Soldier!!! Get up!!!" I ran into the room which every soldier I led to defeat the demon was sleeping without a care in the world.
It was behind the mirror, I had to break the mirror at the dead-end to enter this room but there was no way out.
Isn't that Aurora??
I ran to her as soon as I saw her, her face was sweating, unlike the other people who were sleeping peacefully.
Is she having a nightmare?? But is this even the right ti for them to sleep like this??
No matter how much I tried to wake them up, they still slept without any care in the world.
Death Roses Magic: Reverse Sleep Spell
It wasn't effective.
"Aurora, Aurora, wake up!!!!"
"...is it delicious?? AHAHAHA." Aurora was also like the other people who soon fell asleep into a deep sleep.
Illusion??
How can such a weak demon create an illusion for many groups of people at once?!
They must be using so trick. Mirror, sleep, illusion...
Was it the smoke we inhaled when we got into the portal??
I didn't inhale the smoke but for the other...
I have to save them quickly.
I used my death roses magic to create a barrier to protect all of those people. It was exhausting to use magic inside this place. My magic energy ran out so fast.
My head felt dizzy.
I shook my head trying to stay awake, but my eyes felt so heavy.
...
What just happened??
...
If I fell asleep, all the soldiers will die...I have to stay awake...
Stay awake...
"Lullaby, and good night,
With pink roses bedight,
With lilies overspread,
Is my baby's sweet head.
Lay you down now, and rest,
May your slumber be blessed.
Lay you down now, and rest,
May thy slumber be blessed~"
Mother...a beautiful voice...it was her lullaby.
Mother??!
"Tristan, you're too old for a lullaby now. You're making your little sister uncomfortable."
Mama...
It's an illusion...it's an illusion...my mother already died when she gave birth to Marinette...
"Right, brother!!! Mama is singing for !!!"
"Co on, Tristan. Let carry you back to your room."
Why is my hand so small?? What's stuck at my throat?? I couldn't say anything, my mother's beautiful eyes, and her smile...she still looked the sa.
"Mama..."
"What's wrong, Tristan?? Are you still wanting that cake?? Let grab it for you."
"No...no...I just...want to sleep here tonight."
"I want to sleep with mommy, hmm!!!" I was never able to see young Marinette properly, her room was pink filled with toys.
"No, no, mommy will sleep with papa tonight!! Now, now sleep early."
"Jellal!!"
"What?? Marinette said she wants a younger sister!" my mother was blushing when my father teased her like that.
It's been a long ti since my father ever made a joke or said anything funny like that.
It's just an illusion. Nothing bad will happen if I stay here for a while, right??
Mother is here with , Marinette is also growing up with normal magic, father is happy, I...I am also happy.
"Goodnight, my child." my mother blew the candle on the table and got out of the room silently holding my father's hand.
Marinette was adorable sleeping sucking her thump and hugging her...doll??
Isn't this the doll she made for father??
That painting on the wall, I got up from the bed without making a sound and took a closer look at the painting hung on the wall, it was and her.
I rembered she gave the painting to when she was a child, but I never accepted it.
I was still a brat then. She must have been hurt quite a lot.
I'm glad there is such an illusion which Marinette had a happy life with her family. But I didn't belong inside this illusion.
I had to go back.
"Brother??" it was my little sister rubbing her eyes calling .
Strange, the real Marinette called Tristan Oppa when she was young. There is no way I'm going to fall into such an easy illusion.
"Brother, I'm happy...today...I'm really excited about my next birthday."
"Today is your birthday??"
Then today must be the day my mother died as well. I never got any gift for her or spent ti with her on her birthday since that day was the death anniversary of my mother.
"Are you teasing again, brother??"
"I'm just kidding." I went to sit beside her and patted her head. She was quite a kind girl when she was young. She changed little by little, now she didn't even call brother anymore.
Her face also didn't have a scar.
"Brother, I want to spend the next birthday with you too. Don't forget your promise!! You'll take to the zoo."
"Alright, alright. The zoo, it is."
I made such a promise to her??
Let's just make this Marinette in illusion happy before I go back. Getting out of the illusion is easy, you just have to grab the sense of reality and kill yourself if you want it more efficient.
"Brother...I love you..."
"Yeah...I love you too."
Goodbye Marinette, it's such a beautiful illusion.
To be continued....!
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