One hour before the incident occurred,
Thirty minutes after Team 6, including lody, set out, Eastern and Raven arrived at the banquet hall of Johannes Castle.
By the ti they arrived, the incident had already occurred, and lody was deep within the heart of it.
Coincidentally, Diana Lovett, the representative of the 4th-year F-class, had ford a search party and was about to leave to search for missing students.
Eastern surveyed the surroundings. The banquet hall was filled with mirrors adorned with extravagant golden sculptures.
The mirrors were one of the pathways. A door to another world through mirrors.
At that ti, all the passages in Johannes Castle, through which the creatures could enter, were wide open.
“How did you get here? You’re not F-class...”
Diana, upon spotting them, spoke with a puzzled expression.
“There’s no need to form a search party. We can find the missing students here.”
“What? What do you an? How?”
“With the door opened, humans have gathered in a room full of mirrors emitting such powerful energy. It’s inevitable that the space where the other world and reality rge will trap them.”
“I don’t understand a word of what you’re saying. The courage test has a long history, and it always starts here.”
“This year is different. The power of ‘them’ has grown stronger since a few months ago. Students who luckily found mirrors in other locations might return, so please watch the entrance, senior.”
“What?”
“I’m going to communicate with the mirrors now. Could you please step aside for a mont?”
Eastern then approached the corner of the mirror room. There, a mirror appeared to break into dozens of reflections.
As he stood in front of the mirror, dozens of Easterns appeared within it.
He pulled out a glass vial containing holy water from his pocket, placed it in his mouth, and held a cross in his hand.
He made the sign of the cross, and the number of Easterns in the mirror decreased.
Diana, along with the students gathered in the banquet hall, stared at the scene with shock on their faces.
Eastern continued to spit the holy water toward the mirror.
In response, only one Eastern remained in the mirror.
Gasp.
Students around them could be seen inhaling sharply. So scread, while others fainted in shock.
But Eastern didn’t have ti to control them one by one.
Raven, who was with Eastern, was equally shocked.
He had co only hearing that lody was in danger, but this was the first ti he had ever witnessed such a scene firsthand.
He had encountered ghost stories before, but facing them head-on like this was a first.
Above all, Raven realized that his previous work investigating ghost stories for the Student Council wasn’t just so show to quiet rumors.
Diana and Raven barely managed to regain their composure and started controlling the students.
Eastern reached out to the last reflection of himself in the mirror. His hand was sucked into the mirror.
Raven quickly grabbed Eastern’s other hand, but even he was sucked into the mirror.
A chilling silence filled the banquet hall as they witnessed the unbelievable scene.
At that mont, the students from Team 5, who had returned earlier, shouted in surprise.
“Wait, that’s right! We touched the mirror on the third-floor stairs! No matter how many tis we went down the stairs, we couldn’t reach the first floor, but after touching the mirror, we made it to the first floor!”
And before Team 5’s words even ended, Eastern and Raven appeared from within the mirror, bringing soone with them.
It was Dante Abe Wellington and Fanny Mori Portsmouth, mbers of Team 6, just like lody.
“Ramsport and Hastings are in danger!”
Fanny spoke incoherently, while Dante calmly relayed the situation.
lody had been captured by an unknown presence, and Leonard followed her in an attempt to save her.
“Damn it!”
Raven cursed with a frustrated expression. Eastern, glancing at him, grabbed his arm and said,
“Let’s go back in.”
In the end, Eastern and Raven decided to enter the mirror once again.
But when they erged from the mirror, they were not with lody and Leonard, but with other students.
Diana, in shock, helped the students they had brought back. Only two mbers from Team 2 had returned.
Currently, the only students who had returned from Teams 1–6 were all mbers of Team 5, two mbers of Team 6, and two from Team 2.
The two Team 2 students that Eastern and Raven brought back had collapsed, their legs giving out beneath them.
Soon, the two students began to scream in tears.
“Team 1... they’ve been caught by those... those things! They might die! Team 2 is also in danger! Please, help us!”
At their cry, the banquet hall was once again filled with a buzz. Fear gripped everyone.
Diana, with a perplexed expression, was trying to calm the students when she suddenly recalled sothing else Noah had said.
“At midnight, you must break the mirror. That’s the only way to save everyone.”
She definitely rembered hearing that.
Having been too disoriented, she only rembered certain parts and let go of what seed like irrelevant information. It was only now that she recalled it.
Diana glanced around, grabbed a chair, and then swung it down toward the mirror.
Clang!
Everyone stared at her in shock.
“Senior! What are you doing?!”
Raven, in his first-year uniform, ran out and grabbed Diana by the collar.
“What are you doing breaking the mirror!? This is the passage! What if my sister doesn’t return!? Stop right now!”
Raven raised his voice so loudly that veins stood out on his neck, but Eastern stopped him.
“Hey, calm down.”
“Calm down!? My sister’s about to get trapped in the mirror!”
While the two were arguing, Diana swung the chair again and shattered the mirror.
The reason she had gone so far was because of Noah’s next words.
“Eastern and Raven might try to interfere. But don’t hesitate, break all the mirrors. I’ll co once it’s midnight. Trust , senior.”
Would she trust the Student Council President, who was beloved by the whole school?
Or would she trust Eastern and Raven, who had shown miraculous acts by rescuing students from the mirrors right before her eyes?
Normally, one would trust Eastern and Raven after they had shown miracles right before their eyes.
Even if it was Noah Eugene Eglinton who had said those words.
But what troubled Diana was how Noah knew that Eastern and Raven would try to interfere here.
He had definitely given her this advice this morning.
How did Noah know that such a situation would unfold?
What if Noah Eugene Eglinton was the one who caused this?
As she hesitated, looking back at the remaining mirror, Diana witnessed an eerie phenonon.
Though she was clearly standing there holding the chair, her reflection in the mirror slowly set the chair down on the floor.
Then, her reflection in the mirror looked up and spoke.
“Don’t break it.”
Her reflection grinned, the corners of her mouth stretching to her ears, blood dripping down her face.
Chilled to the bone, Diana imdiately swung the chair and smashed the remaining mirror.
“Aaah! How have I managed to endure this! How... How...!”
Raven collapsed onto the floor, crying uncontrollably.
The students from F-class, who were unaware of what was going on, were huddled in a corner of the banquet hall, shivering and confused.
At ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ that mont,
Ding—
Ding—
Ding—
A grandfather clock chid, signaling midnight.
At the sa ti, the doors to the banquet hall opened, and Noah Eugene Eglinton walked in.
It was as though he had been waiting for this very mont.
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