Are MZ Shamans In Trouble In Romance Novels? - Chapter 107
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107.
Five boys and girls entered the Annex 5th Floor Bathroom. They were 3rd-year club members who had come to replace the problematic mirror.
“….”
They carefully examined the silver-framed mirror that had once been pristine. Their youthful faces reflected in fragments through the dried blood on the glass.
“Could it be that a very sophisticated illusion magic has been cast on it?”
The victims of the ghost story all claimed to have seen someone in the mirror. It was hallucination, the basic form of illusion magic.
“Well. I don’t sense any particular mana though.”
“We’ll know when we see. O illusion hiding your body in the other side of the world! Remove your mask and reveal your form!”
A flash burst from the student’s hand and the broken mirror was dyed golden. And after a moment, surprisingly nothing happened at all.
“….”
Silence fell and the embarrassed 3rd-year fidgeted with their hands.
“I guess it must be black magic after all?”
“Right. It’s obviously ominous black magic just by looking at it.”
The 3rd-year who nodded pulled out a small glass bottle from their uniform. A sparkling purple liquid. It was a magic reagent that detected traces of black magic.
Splash!
The reagent seeped through the glass shards and soon dripped down to the floor. This meant it was another dead end.
“…Hey, do you know how many coins this costs?”
“What. You said it was ominous too.”
The 3rd-years bickered while looking at the empty bottle.
“How about we just try removing it?”
One student who had been silently watching the mirror stepped forward.
“If that worked, would they have offered 500 coins?”
“There’s no other method. Nothing to lose by trying.”
The 3rd-year who shrugged drew up their mana. It was a protective barrier prepared for any possible situation.
-Th, the glass shards attacked me like they were alive!
Just recently there had been an incident where servants got stuck with fragments and became like hedgehogs.
Click!
“It’s coming off?
The club member who easily removed the mirror attached a new one to the wall.
“….”
A brief silence circulated among the 3rd-years.
“What the hell. All that talk about ghosts and whatnot. Was it just poor construction work?”
“Maybe mental weakness?”
Recently, the daily routine of the annex servants had been cleaning up crime scenes. Moving collapsed students, cleaning up the bathroom floor covered in blood. It was harsh work for those who were neither guards nor knights to endure.
“He tried to forcibly tear off the broken mirror while in a panic state. That’s when he got covered in glass shards.”
The club members nodded in agreement that this could be possible. Extreme stress could also cause hallucinations after all.
“…But is this really the end?”
The third-years let out short sighs at the anticlimactic conclusion of the request. It felt unfair how much they had tensed up for nothing.
“Well, anyway we easily earned 500 coins.”
The third-years left the bathroom with their backs to the mirror. The smooth new glass reflected their retreating figures. And shortly after…
Swoosh!
An unidentifiable black stain quickly swept across the inside of the mirror.
***
News that the third-years had safely removed ‘that mirror’ spread widely throughout the school. The children’s reactions to the ghost story that ended somewhat anticlimactically were varied.
“A ghost? It was nonsense from the beginning.”
“If I knew it would be like this, we should have taken the request first.”
“Isn’t something strange? There’s no way things would end this easily.”
In any case, the ominous atmosphere seemed to gradually subside. But the problem erupted from the very next day. The third-years who had touched the mirror all fell ill together.
“…Ugh, ugh.”
Late at night, a male student lying in bed was drenched in cold sweat. Groaning sounds leaked from his open mouth, and deep wrinkles formed between his brows. His limbs stiffened and he felt his breathing constricted. He was experiencing sleep paralysis.
“…”
How much time had passed? The male student slowly opened his eyes. A clean silver-framed mirror was somehow there to greet him.
“Ah-.”
The male student stared blankly at his reflection in the glass. Wavy brown hair, round eyes, and small droplets of blood beaded on his cheeks.
“Huh…?”
The boy reached toward the mirror as if entranced. And the moment his white fingers touched the glass-.
-Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
The mirror shattered into pieces with an ear-splitting scream.
“…”
The clean mirror turned bright red and the boy’s fingertips trembled finely. Hundreds of glass shards were densely embedded in his face.
“Ugh… Uaaaaaaah!”
Shortly after, terrible pain engulfed his entire body and the boy was thrown from his bed. Breathing roughly, he frantically swept at his face. Once, twice, three times, four times…
“Hah, gasp! Hah, gasp!”
A dream-.
Yes, it was a dream.
***
And one week later-. The mirror incident that seemed to have concluded entered a new phase.
“Did you guys hear that rumor?”
Early in the morning, the chatter of new students filled the student cafeteria. It was because of Elia Rohan, who had once again been found in the annex building bathroom.
“…Senior Elia, they say. She’s gone blind!”
“She suddenly went blind?”
At the shocking news, the new students shut their mouths tight, putting their meals aside. An unprecedentedly heavy atmosphere settled over the dining hall.
“It seems that’s how she’s been since she was found in the bathroom three days ago.”
“But why did she go there again?”
A blunt voice suddenly burst out. Since the third-year students in charge of the annex building request had nearly lost their minds, the atmosphere was tense. Another incident was hardly welcome.
“Hey, think about it. Would she have gone there on her own? She must have been possessed by a ghost!”
One of the new students raised their voice as if frustrated.
“But why did her eyes end up like that? Don’t tell me glass shards got stuck in her eyes?”
“No. They say there’s no external injury. From what I heard, she just went blind…”
The physicians had offered various opinions, but the conclusion was ’cause unknown.’ That was why all sorts of rumors were sweeping through the academy.
“Just went blind? How is that possible. There must be some reason she went blind.”
“Can’t you tell just by looking? The mirror ghost cast a curse!”
“That’s going too far. Then shouldn’t other people have gone blind too?”
One of the new students let out a sigh. In their view, all of this was nothing more than sensational false rumors. Ghost stories created by unfortunate coincidences and the exaggerations of gossip-mongers.
“But speaking of the mirror ghost story. Why haven’t we been seeing Rasily lately?”
At this new topic, the children perked up their ears. Rasily Bazel. The girl who had said she saw her future husband during swordsmanship class the other day.
“Oh, really. Now that I think about it, that’s true.”
“Has anyone seen Rasily?”
A new student who had tilted their head looked around. All the classmates who made eye contact shook their heads, saying they didn’t know.
“Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve seen her in the dormitory lately either.”
“Don’t tell me Rasily also went to the annex building?”
“No way, surely not…”
Silence fell among the new students. It was because of an ominous premonition. Just then, a black cane appeared at the entrance of the dining hall.
Tap! Tap!
At the unfamiliar sound breaking the silence, the new students’ heads all turned in unison. Rasily, who had swept the floor with her cane, was taking slow steps forward.
“…!”
Silent shock spread throughout the entire dining hall. Rasily, with an expressionless face, took a seat at the far end of the dining hall. Her pink eyes that had been bright like flower petals had turned cloudy white.
“…”
The new students froze, unable to approach her. A mage who had lost her sight. It was a despair that no words of comfort could soothe.
“…See? First Senior Elia wasn’t enough, now Rasily too. That mirror is definitely possessed by a ghost.”
The new students who had lowered their voices began whispering among themselves. Some even cast uncomfortable glances toward Rasily. They were worried about what would happen if the curse or ghost transferred to them.
***
[Club Request Notice]
Northern Annex 5th Floor Mirror Replacement Work
Reward: 500 Coins
Client: Helorn Servant Labor Union
Students walking through the corridor hurriedly quickened their pace upon seeing the half-fallen paper. It was because of the rumor that anyone who saw ‘that mirror’ would go blind.
-The rumors spread so much that the Teaching Assistants went to check it out themselves, but they said there was no problem. It’s just a coincidence.
Some still insisted it was just an incredible series of coincidences, but the majority thought differently. Elroy Rohan, Rasily Bazel, Demian Portable, Josef Gonzel, Martin Tails. There were already five students who had lost their sight. That was quite a large number to dismiss as mere coincidence. And in the current situation, those who were most troubled were the servants. Because the rumors grew wilder by the day, no one would take on the commission.
-Aaaaaaahhhhh!
The bigger problem was that there were still students looking for the annex bathroom. Eventually, the Servant Labor Union put up the enormous sum of 1000 coins as the commission fee.
Meanwhile-.
Upon receiving word that the appraisal of Leviathan’s Shed Skin was complete, Calisia excitedly headed to Sun Street. Izriel, who had deliberately followed behind her, came along as well.
“You can’t purchase it?”
Calisia, who had entered the alchemy shop, frowned at the shocking news. She had come to receive payment, only to have the shop owner back out at the last moment.
“Why? Why not?”
“Well… Leviathan’s Shed Skin is such a rare commodity, you see. Our shop can neither price it nor afford it.”
The shop owner, adjusting his monocle, showed a troubled expression.
“You didn’t say anything like that when I first brought it in.”
Calisia, whose plans had gone awry, roughly ran her fingers through her hair. Just when she thought she could live without worrying about coins for a while, she never expected to be betrayed like this.
“Then what do I do? Can’t I sell it at all?”
“Hmm. Well-.”
His wrinkled mouth turned downward. The shop owner kept licking his lips as if something was bothering him.
“Can’t, sell it?”
Izriel brought his face right up close to the clearly troubled shop owner. It meant to answer quickly.
“Ah, ahh!”
The startled shop owner pulled his body backward.
“Get out.”
Calisia grabbed Izriel by the scruff of his neck and threw him aside, as if telling him not to interfere.
“So can you sell it or not?”
“…If you go outside the Academy and sell it to the Alchemist Guild or Magic Tower, it should work.”
The shop owner mumbled his words while nervously reading the situation.
“Ha, I guess there’s no choice. Then just give me back what I entrusted to you.”
Calisia couldn’t hide her empty feeling about the coins that had flown away.
‘No. But still, I can sell it outside… It would be perfect to use as escape funds.’
Having organized her thoughts, she tried to console herself. The wealth and glory at the Academy had disappeared, but instead, wasn’t a golden escape life waiting for her?
“…The thing is.”
Just then, the shop owner who had been sweating profusely squeezed his eyes shut as if he had made some decision.
“I, I don’t have it!”
“Yes. What?”
Calisia’s eyes widened as if they would pop out at any moment.
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