Chapter 310: Chapter 310: Cage of the Fool (Part Four)_1
Under Fu Qian’s threat, a voice indeed emerged before him.
At the same time, the reflection in the glass also suddenly changed.
As if relaxing all at once, it no longer mimicked Fu Qian’s movements but found a comfortable position to sit down, smiling.
“Hello, young man.”
Though it bore Fu Qian’s face, the voice was deep, and it spoke slowly and deliberately, as if reciting poetry.
“Hello there.”
...
Fu Qian greeted politely.
“Please don’t be impulsive, I mean no harm.”
“Those words aren’t very convincing.”
Fu Qian glanced towards the direction of the door.
“Are you trying to tell me I was just seeing things just now?”
“First of all, I admit that I did it.”
The reflection in the Magic Mirror smiled mysteriously, directly admitting to the recent events.
“But please believe me, it’s for your own good.”
“Many things are not as they appear. This place is far more dangerous than it seems, even more so than the scene you just witnessed… so you’re better off staying inside.”
“So I should thank you, should I?”
Fu Qian spoke with a sarcastic smile.
“I know it’s hard to convince you, and I don’t expect you to fully believe—”
“It’s okay, you have five minutes to try.”
Fu Qian cut off the other party, tapping his fingers on the table beside him.
“Before I take action.”
…
The entity within the mirror, clearly not expecting to be so on the back foot, fell silent for a moment before speaking again.
“You are very special… but even if you do as you just said, you wouldn’t cause me any harm.”
“No worries, that was just one course of action. Just a friendly reminder, you have four and a half minutes left.”
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“In the common sense of the word, you may call me the Magic Mirror.”
After a bit of interaction, the reflection realized the gravity of the situation and sped up its speech.
“You’re not wrong, I can appear on any reflective surface.”
“And can answer any question?”
Fu Qian looked unsurprised.
“Indeed I can.”
“That wouldn’t count as one of the conversations, would it?”
Fu Qian, as if realizing something, looked suspicious.
“Of course not, certain special conditions are necessary.”
The Magic Mirror quickly denied.
“For an official query, you need to preface with ‘Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, tell me’ for it to count.”
Is that so!
Fu Qian mused for a moment.
“Since you can talk to me directly, isn’t that a bit too rigid?”
“I can’t help it, rules are rules.”
The Magic Mirror seemed to finally regain some initiative, adopting a more calculated tone, speaking even more leisurely.
“If you don’t trust me, you might try it, then you’ll know whether I’m telling the truth.”
“That’s actually a good suggestion.”
Fu Qian nodded repeatedly, somewhat persuaded.
“But before that, I have a few questions.”
“What questions?”
“You just said I am very special, does that mean I can see things others cannot see?”
“Are those who aren’t special unaffected by you?”
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“No, they just can’t see me, that’s all.”
The Magic Mirror answered very succinctly.
“I can still do anything to them, and they wouldn’t even know what they’re up against.”
“I see, next question, what is your purpose in seeking me out?”
“Even if your actions just now weren’t malicious, I find it hard to believe you came specifically to help.”
“After all, I am very self-aware, a despicable person like me has even lower chances of being helped up when I fall compared to others.”
“This tone of yours, taking shame as a badge of honor… Actually, it’s simple. It’s not that I intended to help you by seeking you out. It’s purely because you saw me that the situation just now arose… Are you going to ask or not?”
“Hold on, one last one, who else here is rather special, apart from me?”
…
Facing Fu Qian’s last question, the Magic Mirror fell silent.
“Hard to answer?”
“…I really can’t answer that for you.”
The Magic Mirror struggled for a long time before finally managing a response.
“Alright, alright, actually, you don’t have to say it, I know. Violetta?”
“I apologize, I cannot answer you.”
“Is that all you can say?”
“Sorry… If you want to know the answer, you can use the proper way to ask a question.”
“Magic Mirror, tell me that?”
Fu Qian chuckled with a playful smile.
“I won’t ask.”
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“Why?”
The moment Fu Qian spoke, the reflection’s expression changed drastically, staring straight at him.
“Violetta is your actual target, isn’t she? You appeared here because you don’t want me to meddle?”
Fu Qian did not answer its question but continued speaking on his own.
“I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
The reflection’s expression had completely gone cold.
“If I’m not mistaken, that so-called formal question is a trap. Following your suggestion to ask a question would definitely get me into real trouble.”
Fu Qian snorted.
“I can now almost confirm that you cannot directly harm me.”
“After all, as an ordinary person, it would be very easy for you to dispatch me with a brick, if you could swing one.”
“One of your abilities must be opening ‘doors’ like the one earlier, luring me into danger myself, yet I closed it immediately.”
“Then you cooperated with my threat and very naturally appeared, step by step leading me into a second trap.”
“There may be truth in one thing you said, that rules are rules.”
“This question and answer game must manifest some special rules, which even you have to abide by.”
“Although I can’t be completely certain yet, I think once I ask a question, I might indeed get an answer, but at the same time, I would be bound by the rules.”
“For example, you could then pose a question to me in return, which I must answer, or issue an order I cannot disobey, am I right?”
“So, you were just pretending? You never intended to ask a formal question from the start?”
The reflection’s voice sounded somewhat teeth-gritting.
“Yes, if it weren’t for that, why would you have cooperated so honestly?”
“Now, from your answers and reactions, I’ve already got what I wanted. If you don’t want to face a golden mask, I suggest you make a smooth exit on your own.”
Fu Qian waved his hand indifferently.
“Impudent bastard…”
The response to him was a voice filled with endless resentment, and at the same time, the reflection on the glass began to change again.
The face belonging to Fu Qian began to tear apart suddenly, revealing the pink flesh underneath.
Hideous flesh sprouts grew out, struggling to wriggle in all directions, while vortex-like Blood Beads surfaced and roamed about, resembling undulating eyeballs.
This tearing spread downward, quickly covering the entire body.
Fu Qian even found on his own abdomen a mass of baby-like writhing flesh tearing and devouring everything around it.
Focusing on it seemed to reveal eerie laughter.
“That’s it?”
Fu Qian examined carefully from head to foot, ultimately looking baffled.
“This is what you thought would scare me?”