Chapter 27: Me, Me and Me sitting around the fire._Fox girl in another world

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Me and silva tumble through a swirling vortex of clouds, lightning and...snow? After a while i lose track of silva who was swallowed up by the clouds and i’m left by myself calling out for her.

“Silva! Silva!”, i cried.

She a freaky maid girl but she's the only one i have. Who's going to awkwardly ask to help dress me in the morning? Who's going to run my errands while i get mixed up in political issues and meetings? Who's going to sniff my underwear while i’m in the bath? Wait...that last one shouldn’t be there. My voice gets hoarse from trying to yell over the sound of thunder when suddenly i black out

When i wake up i’m lying in a cozy, firelit room. Outside it's snowing and windows and room all shake as the wind whips by the house. I’m lying on a couch searching around the room when my eyes land on...me?! It's the copy of me from the Mirror! I suddenly she opens her hand and a fireball appears.

“As i said, medium rare!” She bellows and tosses a fireball the size of a grapefruit at me.

“That's my line looking glass girl!” I shout back.

I conjure up an ice cannon and fire it at the incoming fireball. They collide and explode sending shards of ice and sparks dancing across the room. I conjure an ice bomb ready to nuke the room when laughter echoes through the room.

“HAHAHA, Don’t mind me just keep going” came a voice from my left.

I look around but can’t find anyone. To my left all there is is the fireplace, some smouldering couch cushions--wait and above the fireplace on the mantel is the mirror that brought me here! I hadn’t paid it much attention due to the whole ‘I look like a teenager again’ albeit a female one, but still. Now that i really look at it the mirror was a beautiful one, i had just assumed Silva pulled it off the wall of some noble womans dressing room but now that i seriously look at it i think i was mistaken in my first assessment.

The mirror was a single round slab of silver, but what made it unique was...you know how there are decorations on some mirrors, like carvings or decorative bits around the rim. This mirror had them but they were inside the mirror instead of around the edges. Beautiful rubies and emeralds rotated slowly around the the edges. Archaic runes carved into the precious gemstones flared at regular intervals and some i could read thanks to my lessons in ancient fae runes with kyanu. Madness, demise, space, illusion, and mystery. There also where some rather obscure runes that i didn’t quite understand or translated properly. Probably a combination of cultural difference and just me forgetting the contents of that particular day's lesson.

Now i’m sure that this thing isn’t a normal mirror. Normal mirrors don’t laugh, randomly teleport people into themselves or have floating symbols with scary meanings. What was even creepier was the figure in the mirror still looked like me down to the green and silver eyes i had. I don’t know how i missed the creepy symbols and precious jewels when i was checking out my new body…

“You both look like you're getting along”, the mirror said.

“FUCK YOU!” Both of us said at the same time.

Suddenly the third me in the mirror burst out laughing once more. You know there's something really annoying about getting laughed at by your reflection. Me and...the other me not in the mirror turned and glared at each other and made a mutual agreement. Fuck the mirror first then we fight. At once we both conjured magic me creating a lightning bolt and the other me firing another lightning bolt.

Too which both bounced off the mirror and returned to hit us in the chest. Right got it mirror bounces magic. I was about to summon the dragon armor when the mirror started talking.

“Now that's enough playtime. Unfortunately there are things i’m going to have you do.”

“Fuck off. Who would help you.” again both of us said.

“Now now, we wouldn’t want someone to lose their head now would we.” the mirror said getting even more unnerving.

The mirror flashed and my reflection was replaced an image of a brick room with silva strapped to a table. The room was littered with all kinds of bloody instruments of torture such as long needles and serrated knives. There were chains and saws hung in the air, the blades shined a dull red as if it had been used not too long ago and silva struggled against the chains that bound her in place.

I ran up to the fireplace and climbed onto the mantle. I started pounding on the mirror trying to get the maids attention.

“SILVA!” i yell but she couldn’t hear me.

The reflection of me came back looking amused.

“Well now that we have established that would you reconsider doing a few things for me. Oh and even if poor Silva here where to ah--expire i can always use your other friend.”

“What other friend…” i said gritting my teeth with a sinking suspicion i knew who.

“Oh is she not your friend.”

The image switched again to one of a volcano with an massive iron cage hanging by a chain over the lava. Bursts of noxious looking gas would shoot out of exhaust vents here and there and every now and then the mountain would shake and loose boulders would fall in. Inside the cage was the Ice goddess sitting crosslegged with a look of concentration on her face. She was sweating and muttering something, probably an incantation.

“You must imagine my surprise when i roped in a goddess. She gave me some trouble at first but when i sent her to the volcano she quieted right down. I imagine that she's a little too busy trying to keep her pitiable barrier against the heat up, but don’t worry about them. I’m sure you can save them with the proper motivation.”

The image changed back to the torture shop with silva in it and a large bladed pendulum fell from the ceiling and started to swing back and forth getting lower as it went.

“There that should be sufficient. I don’t think it needs to be said what will happen to your little pet should the girl expire. Now then i suggest you hop too. I require many things and there isn’t much time i’m afraid. Now then i will show you to the labyrinth where you can collect these materials.” She said throwing two pieces of parchment to both of us.

“Why is she here?” the other me said. Honestly what was she doing here?

The mirror me smiled at both of us like a child who asked his mother why the sky was blue.

“Oh it i thought it might be a fun to play a little game while you're at it. You see one of you is real another is an illusion. Both of you have matching abilities and memories, but whos is real? If you can figure that out then i swear on the stars and moon that i send you back to your world,” she said.

Something was weird about the way she said it though. If who i’m dealing with is an immortal, Which it probably is, then any number of pledges and promises wouldn’t help one bit. This really seems like the plot of an Immortal too since she wants us to do things for her. But something isn’t quite right. I don’t know what it is but this person whoever it is doesn’t seem like any god or goddess i know.

“Why don’t you get it yourself. And what is all this stuff for anyway.” i said looking incredulously at the list.

#6 500 Mirror Shard Monster Skulls of the 4th rank!

#13 200l of Lifeforce Drain Water of the 5th rank!

#17 10 full corpse of Mirror Shard monsters(Must all be different species) of the 6th rank!

These were only a few items off the list of materials this bitch wants and to boot i have takte along this copy cat! If only she didn’t have both the goddess and Silva then i would have just been able to flip her off and shatter her into mirror shards, but there's nothing i can do until i rescue them both. For now let's play along but if we see an opportunity we screw this bitch and get fuck outta dodge, but first we need to find the way out. She said it was a dungeon, but i have almost no experience with them. All i have are stories the kyanu told me.

Dungeons are an existence nobody knows much about. There are many dungeons but there are 7 dungeons that stand above the rest in terms of size and difficulty all with their own elemental theme. The 9 Hells Firey Wrath, Deep Trench of Unending riches, Caverns of Unending Vanity, 3 Halls of Breathtaking Resentment, Light Temple of lustrous Paladin, Shadow Shrine of All Consuming Darkness, and the Abyss of Inert Chaos. No one knows where they came from not even the gods, and the monsters that are produced by each of them are said to hold an ancient feeling.

Most likely this dungeon that were being sent into is a lesser dungeon. We don’t have to conquer it we just have to gather materials, or that's what i thought until my eyes landed on the last entry in the list.

#40 Dungeon core.

“You're insane! You want us to conquer the dungeon! A dungeon conquest takes weeks to prepare for and and execute. You expect us to finish it in hours!” said the other me having spotted the last entry as well.”

“Oh i’m sure you can do it. Your friends have spent hours regaling me of your exploits and frankly i consider such a task as retrieving ingredients to be underneath you, but i need them so you're going to get them. Now are you all ready? Good. Wouldn’t want to waste time, and time is something i don’t think you have. Run along now and get me my things darling, or should i say darlings,” the bitch said with a laugh.

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She disappeared and the mirror started to grow and grow until the fireplace was gone and the ceiling seemed to stretch. The Mirror was now tall enough to comfortably fit a Boeing 747. The surface of the mirror shimmered and out came two tiny cats.

“Oh and one more thing. To make sure you or you two don’t get any ideas while on the job i thought i’d have my cute little angels keep an eye on you. Say hello to kitty and snowdrop, oh and make sure not to make them mad. Ta Ta,” the mirror echoed once more.

The two cats walked over to where we were standing. One was entirely black and the other was a grey white mix like a snowtiger. The two cats seemed to follow our every move with beady yellow eyes that i might have found cute if not for the looming threat of death hanging over my friends. The mirror swirled and a portal similar to the one that brought me to Rilang City appear most likely waiting to take us to the dungeon.

“Well...She said we both have the same memories and abilities. Can i count on you/me too not screw me over and kill my friends.” the other me said somewhat offensively.

Is this what i’m like? I’d hate me if it was good thing she is only an illusion.

“Shut up and let's go” i said.

We plunged into the mirror with the cats in tow with the same swirling clouds, lightning and thunder. When we came out the other side again everything was dark when suddenly the sky lit up blinding me. When we finally regained our vision i looked up and was filled with...wonder.

The we were in a forest of indescribable things. In the distance i could see animals with long legs and eyes the size of basket balls walked around eating strange plants of blue, yellow and purple. Trees of all hues of purple and blue, forest plants of yellow and red covered the land giving the place a mysterious but amazing feel. It didn't look ugly though on the contrary it looked amazing but i had no time to admire the beauty of the forest.

Alright first item on the list…

1000 Mirror Shard beast cores of the 3 rank.

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“Oi, we ain't got time for piss parties but if we have one later put me down pin the lightning bolt on the mirror. For now let's get hunting. You have all my memories right? What is our special brand of hunting?

“...If it moves it dies, if we need it gather it and move on,” remembering my old leveling method i would use in the inner layers of the forest where powerful monsters would usually roam.

“Good you remember, but first let's check to make sure the prey isn’t really the hunter,” she said.

We sneak up on a creature with long legs and shards of mirror covering its back like scales.There are several of them in the area and we thought might as well find out what we're up against. Usually dungeons get harder as you proceed closer to the dungeon core and since we just entered the dungeon we are the farthest away. Even if it's the weakest monster it tells us what the bare minimum difficulty is going to be.

I motion to other me to grab hold of it and hold it down while i used a simple spell i have been wanting for a long time. Inspect LV1(Active). Originally the goddess had this spell but since she was my underling i could use it whenever i wanted although i wanted to learn the spell myself as soon as i got the chance. The ice goddess told me about it while we were in the ready room but didn’t have much time to test it out until now.

We both nodded and snuck closer to the creature but when i was about to use the spell other me decided to rush in, grab it by the legs, pull it back into the brush where we were hidden.

“What the heck! I was going to use Inspect on it. Didn’t you see my directions,” i hissed.

“No, i’m pretty sure what you said was kill it and bring it back. And anyway it's not like we can’t Inspect the corpse. It should still tell us what rank it is,” the other me claimed.

...And i was just celebrating 300 WIS. I thought having a higher WIS stat would make me smarter but no of course not. And the fact that i’m thinking this about myself is just plain old depressing.

I shake my head and quickly use inspect on the carcass in hopes of clearing my head of the depressing mood i’m in.

Mirror shard Tramplebeast Corpse

This Unique life form is a native of the [Mirror Asylum of the Queen Labyrinth] and is not found anywhere else. When it was alive it was a peaceful creature that traveled in packs but was dangerous if its young where threatened. The tramplebeast uses its long legs to stampede and trample down trees and even predators.

Rank: 2

So we basically just killed an innocent creature that would only have been dangerous if we had attack its kids...I don’t know about other me but i wasn’t planning on killing children today so i’ll take this as one more reason why i shouldn’t. But there was one problem.

“It…”

“Really weak…” i finished her train of thought.

Its to weak! We need monsters of rank 3. I know a normal hunter would find rank 2 monsters to be a serious threat, and that we're not a normal hunter or even normal but still. Suddenly we heard a bunch of dings.

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