Mirror Mirror

Egotism is the anesthetic which nature gives us to deaden the pain of being a fool.

And the nice thing about Egotists is that they don't talk about other people.

Pablo was an Ego friendly man according to him and this went above Cupid's head.

"What does that even mean?" She asked.

Pablo shrugged. 'I just wanted to say it. It rhymes with Eco Friendly. Don't mind it.'

Cupid went silent and Pablo saw the backside of the golden card.

The line he was on walked slowly and Pablo distracted himself with the card.

There were some words and colors written on the card and when Pablo read them, his brows shot up.

'Finally. Everything about Ego is written here.'

"Oh. So you can finally know about it. Nice." Cupid spoke as well. She was floating on Pablo's right as usual.

'Yeah. There are some things about colors as well. Don't disturb me.' Pablo made himself clear and focused only on the card.

The language on the card wasn't English as Seraphim had a different language, but fortunately, Void knew the language and hence Pablo knew it as well.

The starting lines of the card showed him the ranking system of Egoes.

White, green, yellow, sky blue, orange, pink, brown, dark red, purple and at the top, there was pure black.

'So that's what Flashy meant by dark colored Egoes. White is the weakest and black is the strongest. The darker the color, the stronger the Ego. I get it.' Pablo read further.

There was some additional information written about the colors and Pablo read that as well.

'I see. The most common colors are yellow and sky blue. People with sky blue, orange, pink, brown and other dark colors are considered special. I get it. And what's this…'

The last line of additional information was written in bold letters.

'Must be something important.' Pablo read it carefully.

The information was related to the rarest colors of Ego and one such color was Black.

'Well it is obvious since it's the strongest. It's is written that the King of this Kingdom Forza has it and some other handful of people. It's not surprising though.'

Pablo then read the other rarest color and frowned.

'White? Really? The weakest and the strongest color are rare. Talk about balance.'

After the colors, the next thing which was written was about the origins and awakening of Ego.

On the card it was written that at the start of the universe there were only ten beings and they had various powers, they then produced offspring or children and those children also had superpowers.

Since then, people had powers the moment they were born.

However, as the saying goes, power corrupts all.

Murders, crimes, politics, kings, poverty all bad things began to happen in the world and the ten people who gave people powers in the start, regretted their decision.

Hence, they devised a plan and from that moment, only after reaching the age of Eighteen, did people were allowed to get their super power. And only a portion at that.

Their super power would continue to grow as they grow up. No one would become powerful from the start.

People began to call this super power as Ego since it only awakens when a person reaches a considerable age.

After implementing all this in Seraphim, the ten Beings weren't seen again but it is believed that they are still alive and living among us.

Pablo read the information and he shared all this with Cupid.

'Is this all true?' He asked.

"Not even a word." Cupid answered instantly.

'I see. So people made their own beliefs. That's what writers do. They write something and in the coming future, people begin to treat it as true.'

"I don't know about that."

'Anyway, if this is wrong then how did these super powers really come?'

"The Gods gave them. They created various races and gave them powers. The Gods themselves called them Ego and since the beginning of Seraphim, everyone awakened these powers only after reaching eighteen years old. That whole story is a facade. And the more you delve deeper here, the more you will know." Cupid explained and went silent. She seemed reluctant to talk further about this topic.

Pablo saw that but he decided to let it go. He was afraid if the topic started then it would never end.

So he just read the last and the most important detail on the card.

[ How to awaken your Ego? ]

Pablo focused on the lines and he knew how to read fast. He could read faster than an average Human.

He ran his eyes on the card and took all the details inside his mind.

To awaken his Ego, he needed to stand in front of the Enchanted Mirror and the mirror would show him his whole life and after that, the mirror would shine in a color. And that color would be the color of Pablo's Ego.

'I hope I get something worthy enough to get accepted in the military and in the Abyssal Butchers division at that.'

"But what if you can't join the military? Would you let those five rapists go?" Cupid asked a genuine question.

'Like hell I can let them go. This body will choke itself if I do that. I will find another way to catch those five. I remember their names and faces. It won't be that hard. Probably.'

"Let's just hope for the best. And try not to kill randomly. I am writing everything."

'Shut up.' Pablo ignored Cupid as he finally reached in front of the door.

The line in front of him was no more.

On Pablo's left side, a man in a gray outfit was standing and he reached out his hand.

"Give me your pass." The man said.

"Here." Pablo gave the golden card without any complaints as such instructions were also written on the back of the card.

The man stared at the card for a few seconds and then nodded.

"Hmm. Your mirror number is fifteen. Now get lost."

The man threw the golden card at the big bucket behind him and Pablo felt pain.

'I threw Flashy for that card, you know.' He thought but he couldn't do anything. So he just gave a nod to the man and finally entered plot number nine.

'What the…'

The scene in front of Pablo was a scene Pablo never saw in his lifetime. In his first lifetime at least.

Rows and rows of mirrors were spread in front of him and the plot number nine was as big as the largest football stadium.

In front of the mirrors, people were standing and some mirrors were showing various colors.

Countless soldiers were standing in the corners of the room and they were watching each person.

'They are probably keeping notes of talented individuals. The authorities sure know how to do things.' Pablo liked the setting and started looking for his assigned Enchanted Mirror.

All the mirrors had numbers floating above them and Pablo just had to look for number 15, which he found easily.

He wasted no time and went to his mirror.

He stood in front of the mirror and watched it with interest.

The mirror was magnificent, if not less. The decorations on its borders were of golden color and Pablo believed they were made of real gold.

He also saw his own face for the first time as well.

"Not bad. Though, I was much better in my real body."

Now Pablo had long black hair, good height, but he lacked muscles. He would get them after some training.

He stared at his own reflection for a good few seconds until a countdown appeared on the mirror.

It was back counting which started from 5.

Then it went 4.

Then it went 3.

Then 2.

Pablo's lips curled up. "I remembered that poem now."

"Oh. Which one? I love poetry." Cupid wanted to hear it and Pablo delivered.

"Mirror Mirror in the hall, tell me…"

The countdown of the mirror finally went to 1 and Pablo finished his poem.

"Who's the evilest of them all?"