every thing gets messy in this thriller when a girl is driven to taking her own life, by her  high school classmates she comes back to take her revenge for every time they took her will to live

“there will never be another victoria”

Author:
M.J. Swenson has been writing stories since elementary school and earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. Besides writing and reading, M.J. also enjoys playing music and video games.

I woke up feeling that something had changed.

I blinked twice, waiting for my eyes to adjust, and glanced at the clock beside my bed. It read 6:38, as it did every morning. I slid out of bed and moved to my dresser, where I opened the third drawer and pulled out a dark blue V-necked shirt with short sleeves and a dark blue pair of pants. I changed in front of the mirror and examined myself. I looked just as I had the last time I’d looked in the mirror: long, straight, dark brown hair; blue eyes; an absurdly straight and narrow nose; the slight scar at the edge of my eyebrow. The scar whose origin I still couldn’t remember.

A voice told her by her ear---Kill her.

Early in the morning, Allie suddenly felt a chill in the air. She woke up, it turned out that Gloria had opened the dormitory window and cold wind blew in.

Gloria took a piece of clothing and draped in Allie's body, exclaiming incredibly, "Oh my god, you actually stayed up all night!"

Allie firmly grasped the clothes, suddenly asking, "Did you hear a sound?"

"Oh, was there? What kind of sound?" Gloria was stunned.

Allie gaped and shook her head. She unconsciously looked to the mirror beside and found a gaunt face. After that, she looked at Gloria.

She was so bright and enchanting.

"Allie? Are you not feeling well?" Gloria asked with worry, "Tell me if you feel uncomfortable."

"No." Allie shook her head.

"Is there something on your mind?" Gloria pressed Allie's shoulders and bowed her head, "Is it about your boyfriend? Len? Tell me, we are good friends."

"Good friends…" Allie softly repeat it, while looking at Gloria and herself in the mirror.

When they crowded their faces together, why did Gloria's face became such a weird… She knew nothing was wrong with Gloria, but why did her face look so horrible in the mirror?

Like a monster.

"Gloria... What will you do if one day I hurt you? Allie asked suddenly.

Gloria shrugged, replying confidently, "Why would you hurt me?"

"That's because there is a monster living in my heart."

…
…

She was puzzled that which side was true. The reality or the fantasy? 

Where was here? Narrow, narrow, narrow, and dusky… She found she was in such a place upon waking up at midnight. 

They said that this was the living area belonging to the hospital. Oh, the wall was all carpeted with soft cotton bales. Allie sat up, looking at the clothes she wore, puzzled.

Why did her clothes look like hospital gown?

Oh, this was a mental hospital.

She didn't remember how long she had been living there... When did she come in? She couldn't remember that.

She couldn't even distinguish if something that happened before was a dream, illusion, or a real issue. 

Occasionally, the man called the doctor would come to chat with her. He said that there was a monster in everyone's heart, but it was not that terrible. However, if you run from it, it'd turn stronger and stronger.

Finally, one day, it would completely devour yourself.

Was that true? When it turned quiet, Allie looked up to the small iron window, 'Is that true?'

'Oh, where is this place? Gloria? Len... Branham... Where are you?'

In the narrow, narrow, narrow room, Allie curled up at the corner. She saw monsters again and again, who looked like Len, Branham, and Gloria, surrounded herself.

"Go away!"

…

…

There is a monster in everyone's heart.

The shadow of the trees were retreating quickly… It was too dark, she could only see an endless black cloth outside the car.

'Am I in a car?'

'Not in that narrow place?'

Allie was leaning on the car window quietly, feeling that her life was like the fluids in the sewer, too messy... and terrible.

She didn't even know why she was in the car... It should be a police car because the driver was wearing a policeman uniform.

'Is there a monster in everyone's heart?'

'That's really ugly.'

Allie realized what the two cops would do to her, when she was tied on the tree. But…was this reality? 

Or was it just a nightmare?

One more time, she couldn't distinguish if she was in a dream or in life---'Is it true? Shouldn't I be in that super cramped room?' 

Anyway, the sense of touch seem to be real.

That was really ugly... 'if I cover my eyes, will I feel better?' 

'Ah, what a disgusting feeling.'

There was a monster in everyone's heart... An incomparably ugly monster... 'Please swallow me, I don't want to distinguish which one is reality and which one is fake.' 

'Let the monster devour me.'

When she was crying in her heart, she couldn't even feel the policeman grouping her. 

Hysterically crying.

"A portion of health, sensibility, friendship and love... even a soul, these are all the ways for us to get profits."

She might have heard such words before and it was remembered by her brain… By the way, she met a weird guy, who had a strange conversation with her. 

But is that also real... But no matter what, at this moment...

"Get out of my body! Don't touch me!"

There was a monster in everyone's heart, so ugly…

'Please let me become a monster too.'

"After that, I may not have to distinguish what is reality and what is an illusion. Right?"

Like the monster without heart in that story… Without a heart, everyone would become a monster.

'I've tasted the flavor of blood.'

She saw the two policemen, who were totally frightened... 'Oh, this scene seems to be true.'

'But whatever.'

'Because ... I'm already a monster.'

Warm blood was like flowing stream, flowing down to her arms. And she pressed the bloody hand on the goat skin stroll, which was being unfolded gradually.

…

…

"The house owner is really a good guy."

Looking at his wife, who had coaxed her daughter to sleep, Marken walked close by soft steps; he held his wife's shoulder, murmuring, "Thank you." 

Mrs. Maggie made a 'hush' gesture, then left the room with her husband. Mrs. Maggie seemed to feel a bit cold, so she clasped her arms and whispered, "Let's hit the road as soon as the sun rises… I feel uncomfortable staying here."

Marken nodded, "Me too. Anyway, it's so odd for a pair of youths to build a house in this kind of place." 

"How are your wounds?" Mrs. Maggie touched the wound on the forehead of her husband; she chided him, "You should have shouted when you were attacked. If I heard your voice, you may not be knocked out and thrown into the pit." 

Marken shrugged his shoulders, "In that case, I have to think of Lina's safety, don't I? I don't know if she has a partner. What if you got off the car too? How can I leave Lena in the car alone?"

"Yeah." Mrs. Maggie nodded helplessly, "Well, let's not mention it again. You go to sleep, tonight I want to sleep with Lena..."

Mrs. Maggie's look suddenly turned scared and leaned back against the wall, as if seeing something terrifying.

"What happened?"

Marken asked his wife hurriedly.

Mrs. Maggie's arms trembled, pointing at the corridor window, saying in panic, "Just now... something went pass…"

Marken turned his head and looked outside; it was deeply dark outside, "Nothing, are you too exhausted and saw wrongly? Perhaps it's just the shadow of a leaf."

　　
"Maybe." Mrs. Maggie massaged her eyebrows and gently pushed her husband, "Go to sleep, you have to drive the car tomorrow."

Seeing Mrs. Maggie walk into the room, Marken turned to relax his slightly stiff neck, and planned to go back to his room---next to theirs.

After closing the door, Marken frowned, inhaling some cold air, while walking to the mirror, lifting up his clothes, and pulling down part of his pants. 

"This damn woman."

Several inches below his belly, a few dark red scratches were clear there.

Marken bowed his head, fingers gently touched the scratches, and observed their depths; he definitely didn't notice the mirror.

Where a pair of wide, scarlet eyes appeared behind him...


Luo Qiu became the boss of a ‘club’ by chance. 

It was a weird club that sold strange items, assisted by a servant girl with 300 years of work experience. Countless people with dreams, hopes and ambitions came to the club, exchanging everything precious they owned just to fulfill their desires. They would offer their lifespan, items, and even their soul. Each successful trade would increase Luo Qiu’s lifespan by a little. 

“Tribute successful, your lifespan has increased by 99 years.” 

Thus, Luo Qiu began his endless life as the club’s boss. 



"Follow if you can," the little cat instructed impatiently.

Kit immediately transformed into her cat shape, and the snow leopard and the little cat both examined her with interest for a moment.

Shrubbery said quickly, "ZipZing, carry us with your mirror out so we can see?" 

Silvam nodded and agreed, "That works." They both entered the pebble that carried the garden a moment later. 

When Danika turned to look at her SaltySiamese protested, "I'm following on my own feet for as long as I can!"

"Alright," Danika agreed.

The little cat vanished, and Danika didn't see quite where it went, but she adjusted the pebble's harness and pulled out the mirror that matched the one laying on one of the stone seats in her garden. Kit had followed it, so she could follow Kit.

The snow leopard glanced back at her and said, "Hurry." A moment later he followed the path between the building and the shrubberies that crowded against it. His thick fur rubbed against the wall and the thorny branches, but he slid forward in a relaxed manner.

As Danika zipped after him through the low, narrow passage, she thought that it was a little surprising that the leopard hadn't decided to ride along in the garden. It seemed like the lazier choice to her. Behind her, SaltySiamese crawled along the same low path with astonishing speed and agility. Her lithe elven build allowed her to follow more easily than Danika had expected.

They caught up to where the little cat and Kit waited a little way farther on, and then the path they followed rose upward. The little cat regarded ZipZing with scorn as she zipped upward along the ledges and narrow footholds that the three cats had to carefully navigate as they rose higher until they reached the rooftops. Danika was saving her own transformation until they reached a place where they were told that only cats could go further.

SaltySiamese had some trouble with some of the ledges, but Danika surreptitiously assisted by casting her featherweight spell on her. After that her strength was enough to let her make the cat-like leaps with ease, and even a finger tip hold was enough to let her catch herself.

The little cat and the snow leopard glanced back at the elf with siamese coloring with narrow eyed glances once in awhile, but they didn't say anything. Danika had expected the path to become easier across the rooftops, but the path the little cat led them along grew increasingly difficult.

They crossed above a crowded market, but both SaltySiamese and the snow leopard had stealth skills like ZipZing and didn't attract the attention that the little cat had predicted. It seemed a bit miffed as it led them down into the streets again. It looked completely smug as it glanced back at them and then trotted into a low tunnel that was barely big enough for it.

Kit paused at the entrance and glanced back to them worriedly, but SaltySiamese announced, "I'll just go over the top."

The snow leopard glanced back at her and huffed a breath before saying, "Goes elsewhere." A second later the fur over his shoulders rippled like a shrug and then he shrank into a silver housecat and followed the little cat into the tunnel.

"Fine," SaltySiamese grumbled. "Dragonheart," she spat like a curse as she reached out and poked the stone Danika carried.

Kit dashed into the tunnel after the leopard turned cat, and Danika zipped after them. The tunnel was so small that she landed and ran along the ground like the cats in front of her after a few moments. She kept the communication mirror clutched against her chest as she ran, but the tunnel was so dark that she doubted the passengers in her garden could make out much of the small picture in the mirror.

"Silvam, does his ability to do that mean he remembers?" Danika asked as she ran.

Her voice from the mirror was a bit faint as the Jade Hand answered, "I'm really not sure. Several things he's said make it sound like he does, but others don't. From what I saw when I examined him from my work account I expected everything to unlock at once when enough conditions were met, but maybe that's not how the game is handling it."

SaltySiamese added, a bit louder than Silvam, "He looked really interested when Kit transformed, maybe he just copied her."

"I guess that's possible if none of his skills are really locked and he suddenly wondered if he could do that too," Danika agreed as she ran.

Ahead of her, Kit called back, "I don't know if this affects your theory, but he's glowing enough that I can see him ahead, and I'm pretty sure that I'm not!"

Since Danika was sometimes figuring out how close she was to Kit's black cat form by feeling her tail brush her face, she would have to agree that Kit was not glowing at all. On the other hand, she was never getting glimmers of light from beyond Kit either.

"Do you have any other skills active that might affect your sight?" Danika questioned. "And isn't this passageway impossibly long?"

Almost as soon as she finished saying that, they tumbled out into a wide open area, that was still mostly dark. Or at least, ZipZing tumbled, until she was firmly halted by a large paw. From somewhere ahead of them the little cat's voice said, "You'll find the way if you know the way."

"What does that mean?" Kit asked worriedly from close by.

The little cat sounded much more distant when it replied with amusement, "Only a real cat will understand."

Danika cast her light cantrip and looked around. They were in a vast underground cavern with a lake stretching out before them, and the snow leopard was back in his leopard form at the edge of the lake where he'd stopped her with his paw. Kit was using the light to pick her way carefully down the slope ZipZing had tumbled down.

"That's really bright when you've been using night vision," Kit commented. "Which way did it go? It sounded like it went across the lake?"

Danika let her cantrip expire just as SaltySiamese exited the stone space and declared, "There's plenty of room for me here."

Something big moved in the water in front of them, because it had looked still, but suddenly a wave splashed against the shore and wet their feet. "Yikes!" Danika exclaimed. "I don't think it's safe to stand here chatting for long."

SaltySiamese raised her bow and suggested, "We can just kill whatever it is?"

"Ignore," the leopard grumbled.

"Rude!" SaltySiamese complained.

Danika tried to speak, but her words were muted. The way couldn't be spoken of, at least not in mixed company. She wondered if the little cat had meant that they needed to follow the Way of the Cat in order to move forward somehow. She quickly pulled up her menu to read it again and see if it provided any obvious clues.

🐾 One never speaks of the way.
🐾 Everything is deserved except for that which deserves a swift revenge.
🐾 Nothing one does happens by accident.
🐾 Success after a thousand failures is still success.
🐾 Love is as warm as a spot in the sun.
🐾 Indifference is as sharp as the claw that slits the belly.
🐾 Hate is a waste of time, ignore it or kill it.

After a great deal of preparation, Danika begins her new digital dragon's life in a very small way.

They say the "Living Jade Empire" creates individualized quests. They say it can read your mind. They say you can find your heart's desire. They say that there's never been a game like it, and they're right but… they're also wrong.

The game is a data mine, built to retell the old tales that humans have been telling each other since language was invented. It doesn't read your mind, but it reads your search history, your favorites, and your blogs. The "Living Jade Empire" is literally crafted from fables, legends, fantasies, and maybe just a bit of stardust.

But in the end, will the game be able to figure out what Danika wants most? Will the desires of other players take priority? Or, will playing it change her, until she desires what it can give her?

A journey is always made up of many small steps, and this game has still only just begun.

The screen shows a long shot of the throne room; it is now the following morning. Cadence sits on the royal seat, while Celestia and Luna stand one level down to her left and right, respectively. All six mares and one dragon are lined up on Celestia's side of the carpet, paying close attention. Zoom in slowly.

"Sunset Shimmer, a former student of mine", said Celestia.

The screen cut to a slow pan along the row, front end to back, where Twilight and Spike are standing.

"She began her studies with me not long before Twilight. But when she did not get what she wanted as quickly as she liked, she turned cruel and dishonest", Celestia explained."I tried to help her…" 

Cadence steps closer Celestia

". …but she eventually decided to abandon her studies and pursue her own path", Celestia continues her story.

The screen cut to Twilight,Spike, and I; she continues.

"One that has sadly led her to stealing your crown", Celestia finished.

"She replaced Twilight's with this one", said Spike, holding the fake crown.

"I suppose Sunset Shimmer thought you wouldn't notice right away that this was not yours, and by the time you did…" Celestia studied the fake crown, then started pacing.

 Twilight catches up with Celestia.

" …it would be too late to go after your crown and Element of Harmony", said Celestia.

"But I don't understand! Where did she go?" Twilight asks confused, while looking at Celestia.

 All others follow them.

"Where did she take the crown?" asked Twilight.

"You'll soon know more about this place than even I do", said Celestia.

The screen shows a close-up of the mirror and zoom in slowly.

"This is no ordinary mirror. It is a gateway to another world—a gateway that opens once every thirty moons", said Luna, stepping into a view of the mirror.

One bright pink hoof reaches into view and taps the glass, creating the same phosphorescent ripples that occurred when the tiara passed through it.

"Sparkly!"exclaimed Pinkie.

Luna rolls her eyes disgustedly, using her magic to push the limb back. Cut to a longer shot of the relic collection; Cadence is here as well, along with the seven mares and dragon.

"It has always been kept in the throne room of Canterlot Castle", said Luna.

The screen cut to a slow pan across the eight.

"But when Princess Cadence took over the Crystal Empire, we sent it here for her to watch over", said Luna 

 Celestia enters behind them with a heavy sigh.

"I had always hoped that Sunset Shimmer would someday use it to return, to come back to Equestria seeking my guidance", Celestia hoped.

Celestia says bitterly, "Obviously, this is not what has happened".

 "Twilight…" said Cadence, as she stepped forward.

"…you must use the mirror to go into this other world and retrieve your crown. Without it, the other Elements of Harmony have no power and Equestria is left without one of its most important means of defense", said Cadence.

The screen cut to Twilight, steadily approaching the mirror, at the end of this. She stops to give it a searching, unsure gaze; her friends and number-one assistant trade fearful looks among themselves. The camera then cuts to Twilight, Luna, and Cadence and zooms out slowly from them and the glass as Celestia steps toward them.

"Your crown does not belong in the place Sunset Shimmer now calls home. And in her possession, your Element of Harmony will no doubt be used to bring harm to the inhabitants of this other realm", said Luna.

The screen cuts to Twilight, eyeing the mirror.

 "They will not have the power to defend themselves", said Luna.

A pair of saddlebags is floated onto her back and one open flap is closed—by Rarity, judging from the color of the aura moving them.

"You understand the importance of your task?" asked Celestia.

"Of course", said Twilight.

"Good. Then you must go at once", said Celestia.

The purple eyes narrow in sudden determination and Twilight takes a deep breath, letting it out as she steps toward the mirror. Before she can even get a hoof onto its mounting platform, however, Rainbow swoops down and lands squarely in her path.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa", said rainbow dash,extreme close-up, grinning fiercely. 

"She's going?" asked Rainbow dash

The other four mares stand with her, smiling.

"We're going with her", said Rainbow dash.

 Big squeaky grin from Pinkie.

"Right, girls?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Oooooh! I'm so nervi-cited!" Pinkie says giddily.

"You do realize that's not a real word, right?" asked Applejack.
 
The screen cut to Twilight, steadily approaching the mirror, at the end of this. She stops to give it a searching, unsure gaze; her friends and number-one assistant trade fearful looks among themselves. The camera then cuts to Twilight, Luna, and Cadence and zooms out slowly from them and the glass as Celestia steps toward them.

"Your crown does not belong in the place Sunset Shimmer now calls home. And in her possession, your Element of Harmony will no doubt be used to bring harm to the inhabitants of this other realm", said Luna.

The screen cuts to Twilight, eyeing the mirror.

 "They will not have the power to defend themselves", said Luna.

A pair of saddlebags is floated onto her back and one open flap is closed—by Rarity, judging from the color of the aura moving them.

"You understand the importance of your task?" asked Celestia.

"Of course", said Twilight.

"Good. Then you must go at once", said Celestia.

The purple eyes narrow in sudden determination and Twilight takes a deep breath, letting it out as she steps toward the mirror. Before she can even get a hoof onto its mounting platform, however, Rainbow swoops down and lands squarely in her path.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa", said rainbow dash,extreme close-up, grinning fiercely. 

"She's going?" asked Rainbow dash

The other four mares stand with her, smiling.

"We're going with her", said Rainbow dash.

 Big squeaky grin from Pinkie.

"Right, girls?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Oooooh! I'm so nervi-cited!" Pinkie says giddily.

"You do realize that's not a real word, right?" asked Applejack.

"Ugh…" The young girl groaned.

Under the dim light of the moon, a young lady with snow white skin lightly leaned against a thick wooden pillar. The breath she exhaled was white.

Her round butt was pressing against the foot of the pillar and her rather sensual body shape was outlined by her taut clothing.

"I can finally stretch my back and relax my shoulders…" Lily put away the parasol. After all, her slender arms were starting to get sore from holding it for so long.

Her back was feeling moist and cold, that was because her kimono was drenched in sweat.

Fortunately, the area around her breasts had a wide gap, so the sweat evaporates faster.

Lily lowered her head and looked at the bulge that was obviously a part of her. Yet she was unable to accept their existence. The bulge was blocking her line of sight… and Lily suddenly solved a riddle while looking at her bulge.

So it's actually true that in ancient times people don't put on a bra when wearing kimono…

Naturally, Lily was of the firm opinion that this was the other world, and not the distant past. Otherwise, how could those demons and monsters be real?!

Want to go back? Go back to her original world? Is this a world where you can come and go as you wish? At the very least, she needs to recall how she got here in the first place. However, Lily just couldn't think of anything.

Those two round bulges hidden under her kimono's neckline caused Lily's mind to wander. 

"Should I pull the collar to take a look?" Lily had a sudden rush of excitement!

She had never seen a girl's body before, let alone a sexy beauty like this.

Nonono! Just what am I thinking!

Lily suddenly shook her head! It was not the time to think about these kind of things! She was still in a precarious situation!

Although the night parade of a hundred ghosts was already a thing of the past…

"Click— Click—"

As if to negate Lily's line of thoughts, a weird noise came from overhead.
A shadow suddenly fell towards Lily's head like a pouch.

Without any time to think, Lily's body moved by itself and made a spinning somersault. While she was in the air, Lily could clearly see the ground getting closer. She had plenty of time to control her body that was still in midair, as if the time itself had slowed down.

This was some kind of dynamic vision ability. It varied from person to person. When Lily was still a guy, she couldn't think of anything else once she made a jump. It was impossible to perform this kind of maneuver. Perhaps this was the differences between those who were gifted and those who were not.

Lily flipped her body back into upright position in self-defense. She didn't sustain a single scratch and landed safely on the ground.

She got up in a hurry and turned around, only to see a wild dog with an ugly man's face. It was standing at her previous location, staring at her with its fierce yellowish eyes. Those eyes seemed to be brimming with strong desire!

"Mirror… Mirror…"

That monster actually spoke in human tongue. It was obviously a language Lily had never heard before, yet she could totally understand it. Only that… this voice was cold and eerie!

Suddenly, two more similar looking monsters jumped down from the roof and completely surrounded Lily in this dark, narrow alley.

She was too careless! She originally thought that the night parade had already left. In this world, just a tiny careless mistake could cost her life.

"Mirror…" Those monsters on the other side also spoke in human tongue. These human-faced hounds were greedily licking their mouth. Inside their filthy mouth were terrifyingly sharp fangs! And disgusting saliva was dripping from the free space between their fangs.

Though Lily was extremely scared when facing the pincer attack of these monster hounds, she was carefully assessing the situation. After encountering a supernatural beings like Michizane, she was not as flustered when facing these monster hounds.

Even if her body was strong and quick, it was still not an easy feat to escape from this narrow alley.

They kept drawing closer and muttered only one word with their hoarse human voice, and that was "mirror".

Lily recalled the copper mirror she held in her bosom. Would she be able to run away if she threw the mirror at them?

A split second of fear nearly induced Lily to do just that. However, have you ever heard of the Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf's story??

In the next instant, Lily made a move that might possibly change her life hereafter. Rather than throwing away the mirror, she calmly unfurled the parasol and lifted it over her head.

The monster hounds stared blankly at the wall. In their eyes, the girl and the mirror she held in her bosom were things that were irresistible to them in their monochromatic world. And yet, both of those irresistible things disappeared right in front of their very eyes all of a sudden. All they saw was a white empty wall in front of them.

"The scent of the woman is definitely still here! The sweet smell of an unpleasant woman! That accursed woman! The meat of men is still most delicious! Where did that wretched woman go? And how about the mirror? Where is the mirror?"

"So hungry, there are more and more warriors on night patrol these days. I haven't eaten any meat for a long time now. After we get the mirror, let's eat the woman's meat…"

The monster hounds who were capable of simple thoughts kept pressing towards the wall. They sniffed around and used their tongue to probe the surroundings, however, that didn't yield any result.

Lily was even capable of moving nimbly about, dodging and weaving through the crowds of a hundred ghosts, so it was an easy feat to avoid the detection of only a few monster hounds.

Unintentionally, Lily seemed to have grasped some kind of footwork. This footwork was agile, graceful, and hard to perceive. It was fine and detailed, yet precise. At this moment, Lily had a thought; if she has a sword in her hands, wouldn't she be able to kill them if she stealthily get behind the monster hound?

Demon Sword Maiden revolves around a boy who was sent to a dark, mysterious parallel world in the body of his crush, Lily. Σ(°Д°;

      The lone girl ran into the night parade of a hundred demons the very day she arrived; seeking survival amongst the warrior’s dispute in a chaotic world, and forging her own demon sword! This is an unimaginable other world 
adventure!

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Well... In case you get a little impatient 
Yuri start after her training (づ￣ ³￣)づ
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Ness led everyone into the mirror. When they emerged from the mirror again, they arrived at the outer area of the mirror world, Tree Shade Garden.
Ness explained to them while walking ahead, "There are three ancestor souls in Brute Cavern. Lady Mirror at the entrance, the Tree Spirit here, and the Elder of Books hidden in the library. They have been alive for a very long time, and no one knows where they came from. These three souls protect Brute Cavern from falling."
"Mister Wizard… How strong are they, compared to you?" Hookdick asked Ness politely.
Ness glanced at him and humphed, "The might of ancestor souls cannot be described and certainly isn't something that can be explained by the likes of us. The only thing you need to know is that the ancestor souls are the guardians of Brute Cavern and no one should ever defy them."
Ness halted a bit before continuing, "The three ancestor souls all have different fancies and tastes, but they are usually gentle. As long as you don't cause trouble first, they will not bother you. You will learn more about them in the future."
Their first impression upon coming into the mirror world was that this place was so large!
And the second impression, wide.
Before coming here, Angor thought the mirror world was like an underground hidden cave described in some of the novels from Earth. They could be several acres large at best, but now, he could not even see the edge of this place. According to Ness, the mirror world was as big as the entire Marginalized Island. However, most of the land here was unusable. Most creatures lived around the Tree of Eternity.
The Tree of Eternity was the first landmark they saw when entering the mirror world. The tree had a diameter of at least several kilometers and an immeasurable height. Thick leaves reached all the way into the clouds which prevented them from seeing higher.
"The Tree Spirit is the soul of Tree of Eternity," Ness exclaimed. The magnificence of the Tree of Eternity always astonished him when he saw it.
Ness took them toward the Tree of Eternity while telling them the landscape of the mirror world.
Generally, the mirror world was divided into two parts according to the rank of residents. Apprentices lived and studied on the ground area. The ground was mostly covered by the giant leaves of the Tree of Eternity. After going through the leaves, the sunlight could only cast a few light spots on the ground, thus the name of this area, Tree Shade Garden.
Formal wizards did not live here. They stayed on the Tree of Eternity.
Some of them lived on top of the leaves, some inside leaf veins, some even stayed on clouds. The Tree of Eternity was extremely large, which penetrated countless floating clouds in the sky. Wizards could pick wherever they liked. There was one thing worth noticing. Most wizards living on the Tree of Eternity lived in solitude, and they were possessed with protecting their territories. The area within several kilometers around a wizard's residence was considered forbidden ground, and anyone who trespassed without gaining the wizard's permission would face severe consequences. Even if against the apprentices of Brute Cavern, those wizards would not show any mercy.
When the group reached the base of the Tree of Eternity, Ness had explained most of the place.
"Good. My job ends here. If you have other questions, go into the hall of the tree spirit and ask them yourself," Ness said that as he prepared to leave.
Hookdick, who had been following closely behind Ness all the way, suddenly asked a question, "Mister Wizard, would you please enlighten us by telling us your name?"
Well, they sure did not know the wizard's name yet, in spite of following him for a long time.
Ness did not answer him. He only directed a look of sarcasm to Hookdick as he said, "You're not worthy of knowing my name yet. When you successfully made a living in Brute Cavern, you will know me soon."
With that, Ness disappeared from their view.
At the same time, a gentle male voice came about.
"You're the talents of this term? Please come to my hall."
Next, a part of the tree trunk in front of them shifted and revealed a door with stairs leading upward behind it.
They realized that the voice must belong to the Tree Spirit. However, it sounded too young.
They entered the door one by one. The stairs twisted and kept going up. They were not narrow, so people who knew each other walked in rows and chatted to each other. Angor too, walked together with Nausica on his left and Sailum on his right while Ebony followed behind Nausica.
Oil lamps occasionally showed up along the walls to lighten their way.
"Do you smell something? A sweet smell of wood. Did that come from the Tree of Eternity?" Sailum said.
Angor nodded. The air smelled like fresh sawdust, a damp, gentle fragrance, just like the voice of the Tree Spirit which flowed inside their minds like clear and refreshing river water.
"Indeed. Although I still prefer the smell on Angor," Nausica chuckled. To show respect to the wizard, she did not smoke this time. Still, she could hardly control her urge, so she was holding her long smoking pipe and fiddled it around her fingers like she was spinning a pen.
"The smell on me?" Angor's heart skipped a beat. He lifted his sleeve and sniffed at his arm. Yup, like Nausica said, his skin was giving out a pleasant smell.
He knew that smell. The smell of Glutton Flower spit!
"The smell on you is so calming. I think it holds some kind of magic which soothes restless souls and uneasy spirits."
Nausica's praise caused Angor to froze. Of course, it calmed spirits! The essence of Glutton Flower Lord was one of the best treasures which could soothe spirits and mend injuries on souls!
"Did you use body powder?" Nausica wondered.
Body powder was a sweet-smelling powder favored by nobles in many nations. They applied the powder to their hair, behind their ears, on their necks and armpits, to fully spread the pleasant smell and improve their personal charm. There were different kinds of body powders for gentlemen, ladies, and even kids.
Angor was from a noble family. So, it was natural that Nausica mistook him.
"Oh, um…" Angor stuttered. He neither confirmed Nausica's idea nor denied it.
Of course, Angor could not say that he did not use powder. If Nausica believed he had some kind of "body hormone", his manly image would be ruined! Yet, if he went along and admitted that he was using body powder, and Nausica wanted to know what brand he used, he would have a harder time trying to amend his lie.
This was why Angor simply played deaf and pretended that he did not hear anything.
Gods. The smell of the essence of Glutton Flower Lord spread onto my body from my soul. How strong is this thing anyway?
Angor prayed silently and hoped that the smell would leave as soon as possible. Before this happened, he had better stay alone.
Nausica just smiled at him and did not insist to know. Instead, she came close and whispered something into Angor's ear, "The wizard back there, the short old man with gray hair. You remembered him, no?"
Angor nodded.
"I saw Hookdick talking to him one night. They seemed to be chatting happily, but I'm not sure what they talked about. The next day, Hookdick gathered his men and came to me, asking for an alliance. And you know what happened next, I beat him up. I was wondering why the man was so confident. Now, I think it has something to do with that wizard," said Nausica. She considered it for a moment before saying, "Watch your back. Hookdick is an extremely narrow-minded figure. If he really gained something from the wizard, you might…"
Angor frowned.
He did not expect that Hookdick actually did some shady business with a wizard. It seemed that Angor needed to find a time to ask Sunders about this wizard. It was unlikely that a wizard would come and create trouble for him. But… better safe than sorry.


A young traveler who receives enlightenment from another civilization is on a mission to save his beloved mentor. In his journey to seek the ultimate truth, he travels extensively and along the way, he experiences some unpredictable encounters. Will he be able to save his mentor or will his path be derailed?

The young man turned around, went to the desk and sat down on the chair. Angelica started and opened her eyes. She felt terribly embarrassed.
"Well, now the Prince thinks I'm awfully frivolous and thoughtless," flashed through her ​​mind.
And she said aloud:
"All right! Let's discuss. I'm over to you."
"Do you remember the day when we were rescuing from the vampires? Anyway, one of them had wounded me. And, apparently, some of the vampires' blood had got into my wound and infected me. As soon as I came to the castle of the Prince Night, I began to notice some strange habits, which I hadn't had before. I had liked under fried meat with blood. When the moon is full I have a desire to jump on a horse and rush into the Ghosts Fields. I have almost stopped to sleep but I do not feel tired... Any cuts heal such quickly that I have never even dreamt of. So, I have summed up all facts and came to the disappointing conclusion - I'm turning into a vampire. Without telling anyone, I went to the witch and she confirmed my fears. Then I asked her to help me but she said: 'You must go to the land of your ancestors, fight with the Wizard and find the Magic Crystal. It is your destiny! Remember, what happened when you had gone to the Wizard, being an ordinary mortal goblin? He had cheated and fatally wounded you. Now you have a trump card – you are turning into a vampire, then, in fact you are immortal! For the Wizard it will be very difficult to win you. If only he will not use a silver bullet or an aspen stake. But he still does not know anything about you, so the advantage is in your hands.'"
"Has she refused to heal you?" Lica exclaimed.
The Prince nodded.
"So, are you a vampire now?"
"Not really... The witch said that the process of turning would take quite a long time. And she promised to heal me after I had brought the Magic Crystal. But she warned me about something. She said that if I did finally turn into a vampire until the end of the mission I would forget about it and in general everything. That is why I have come, "broken into", as you had said. I wish someone would know my secret because if I became a vampire, I would not be able to control myself. At first I wanted to tell Henry about that but then thought I'd better not worry him. Therefore I have chosen you. Today I'm going for the Crystal and you'll keep in touch with Henry. If I am not back in a couple of months, tell him everything!"
"But I cannot contact Henry. He always finds me himself!"
"You know that I'm not shy of being a magician," the Prince smiled.
He got up and took a long and narrow dirk in elegant scabbard out of his wide black cloak.
"Take it!"
"What is it?"
"It is the thing which will help you to keep touch with Henry! When you want to get into the castle, just go to your mirror and put the dirk in the place between the glass and the frame. You will open the door to the castle. But when you go through the mirror, do not forget to pull it out and take the dirk with you, otherwise you will stay in the Kingdom of Night forever."
Angelica took the knife carefully, got it out of its scabbard and examined. It was narrow and very sharp. Its handle was made of chrysolite and had the form of some obscure monster with two heads.
"It is beautiful!" Lica said.
"Well, I've got to go my dear lady!" the Prince said quickly. "I told Henry to prepare the horse. Just in case, good-bye, Angelica!"
The girl was ready to hug him on the neck, but stopped herself. Then he walked quickly to the dressing table, went up and jumped into the mirror. After a second the mirror fogged up and when the glass was clear, Lica saw herself and her room again...
     Angelica would think that it just had seemed to her. But the sharp dirk, which she was holding in her hands, did not let her doubt.
"Oh my God!" she thought. "Poor Prince! At first it was Swein, now the vampire! What will happen next?"
She put the dirk on the table and walked around the room nervously.
"What if he turned into the vampire before he would find this stupid Crystal? No, I cannot let him go alone! This could end badly!" Lica decided.
She quickly went to the kitchen and wrote a note for her parents:
 
I will stay with Sveta! We are going to study for tests!
Lica
 
Then she called her friend Svetlana and prevented her of telling Lica's parents the truth.
After that Angelica went to her room and quickly changed clothes. As her suit, she traveled in the Kingdom of Night, was depraved, she put on her usual jeans and a pullover. Then she made her hair in a ponytail and looked in the mirror. Satisfied with the result, she put her trainers on, took the dirk and went to the mirror. She stuck the blade in between the glass and the frame, as the Prince had told you. For a minute, nothing was happening. But then reflection of Lica's room was darkened and she saw the luxurious room with a fireplace again. Now not hesitating, Angelica climbed on the table and stepped into the mirror. Remembered the Prince's warning, she put her hand back and pulled the dirk out. 
Jumping down, she looked around. A large antique mirror was hanging over the carved wooden nightstand. Lica still could see her room in the mirror but after a few seconds the image became dark and vanished. And she saw the surrounding furniture and herself in the mirror.
The girl hid the dirk in the pocket of jeans. However, it was too big and she had to make a hole to put it in. having finished with this, Lica immediately rushed to look for the Prince or Henry.
When she ran into the big room she heard the sound of hooves through the open window. Angelica came to the window and looked out. She saw the Prince riding out of the yard of the castle and Henry standing and looking at him.
"Henry!" Lica screamed as loudly as she could. "Stop the Prince! Can you hear me, Henry?"
But the old servant did not even turn around.
Then she rushed to the door. She ran out into the wide courtyard and literally bumped nose-to-nose with Henry.
"The young lady?" the old man was taken aback. "Oh, what clothes! But how?"
"Not now, Henry! Tell me if there is a saddled horse in the stables?"
"Actually, yes... I have saddled two horses to choose from. The Prince has chosen the white one; it's friskier. The black one I have not unsaddled yet."
"Excellent!" Angelica nodded.
She ran to the stable, jumped on the black horse and rode up to the discouraged Edward's servant.
"Henry, I have no time now. But I swear, I'll explain everything later!"
The girl spurred her horse and went out of the yard. The old man just waved his hand.

The blurb: “Not any eagle-owl flying into your window at night is the envoy of the enigmatic Prince. Not any girl, like Angelica, will dare to a long and dangerous travel to the mysterious Kingdom of Night. But the promises must be carried out! Even if for this purpose it is necessary to become the girlfriend of Goblin, to go down to the Underworld, to meet with blood-thirsty pirates and Sandy snakes. It is good to have two souls, but sometimes you need to give your one soul to seal a portal to the Other-world…”

SYNOPSIS

Angelica, 16-year-old girl, who by chance finds herself in a mysterious Kingdom of Night, where she falls in love with Prince Edward. However, the girl learns that in the body of the Prince is the soul of Goblin’s King Swein. She understands that she is in love with two of them.

Angelica asks the witch Margo to return the soul of Edward into his body, and the soul of Swein - into his. It is difficult because Swein is dead. It is required the blood of a vampire for the ritual, and the girl goes to the vampire's ball, where she meets their ruler - Lord Arthur. She gets the blood and Margo carries out the ritual. Angelica begins to understand that at the same time she is in love with three men: Edward, Swein and Arthur.

Meanwhile, in the outskirts of the Kingdom the pristine evil breaks out of the caves. To stop it Margo asks Angelica, Edward and Swein to find her brother witch-pagan Huron. Because of an accident Swein remains in the Kingdom, and Edward and Lica go for Huron.

After many adventures, our heroes arrive to the country, where Huron lives. Angelica scarcely avoids harem of one rich nomad, and Edward nearly is lost after a meeting with the beasts of the desert – the sand’s snakes. However, having overcome all difficulties, the Prince and Lica find Huron and persuade him to go to the Kingdom of Night.

For the final battle with the forces of evil Swein, Edward and Arthur gather their armies, and Huron prepares a pagan ritual. But the affairs don't go according to their plan, and Angelica has to enter into a deadly fight against evil and to save her friends.

"Even if I have to toss this face of mine aside, as long as I could help you and help our family, I would go all out. I have no ability, I am uncultured, and I'm not smart. All I wanted was to help you. Do you think I wanted to lose face? If I blamed you, would I help you?" Xia Qingyang said pitifully. 
Lu Qiyuan looked at her suspiciously. However, seeing that Xia Qingyang was crying genuinely and sincerely, the anger he was feeling earlier started subsiding. 
"I got it," Lu Qiyuan said. "I know that you wanted to help me. It's alright, I don't blame you." 
Xia Qingyang glanced at him and asked, "Where are we going now?" 
"I'm following that car Lu Man is in," Lu Qiyuan explained. "I want to see exactly where she and Xia Qingwei moved to." 
In front of them, Xiao Chen saw the rearview mirror and said to Lu Man, "Lu Man, buckle up your seat belt." 
Lu Man fastened her seat belt and asked, "What's the matter?" 
Xiao Chen glanced at the rearview mirror again and said, "Lu Qiyuan is following our car. I have to lose him." 
Lu Man turned around. As expected, she saw Lu Qiyuan's car.
"He wants to know where my mom and I moved to," Lu Man said solemnly. 
"This disgusting dog, he sure is shameless. Looks like he still thinks that Mr. Han hasn't caused him enough trouble," Xiao Chen mumbled. 
"Will you be able to lose him? He definitely can't find out where we're staying," Lu Man said. 
"Don't worry." Xiao Chen was very confident. "I drive for Mr. Han. How would I not be able to do something as simple as this?" 
Just as he finished talking, Xiao Chen suddenly made a sharp turn and drove into a small alley. 
The alley was very narrow, and it looked rather unassuming. 
Looking at it from afar, one would think that it was the entrance to a factory. 
Only after turning it would one realize that it was a narrow alley. 
"Old Zhou, help me to check the traffic lights," Xiao Chen said. 
Zhou Cheng took out his cell phone and opened up some unknown app. 
After clicking on it, it displayed a map of all the roads around the area. 
Everything was clearly displayed on it, even whether the traffic lights on the road were red or green and how many seconds were left until it changed. 
Lu Man turned around and saw that Lu Qiyuan made a turn there too. 
Xiao Chen didn't expect that he would be able to lose Lu Qiyuan here. 
When Lu Qiyuan turned, he saw the tail of Xiao Chen's car disappearing into a track to the right. 
Lu Qiyuan hurriedly chased after it, but when he turned right, he realized that it wasn't the car that Lu Man was sitting in! 
He could only test his luck and choose another road and turned towards it. 
But how could he even still see the shadow of the car that Lu Man was in? 
Lu Qiyuan stopped the car by the side of the road. Angrily, he hit the steering wheel hard. 
"We lost him." Xiao Chen looked into his rearview mirror and saw that Lu Qiyuan's car was no longer there.
Lu Man also turned around and looked about, then let out a sigh of relief. 
Only then did Lu Man remember to ask Zhou Cheng, "Big Brother Zhou, why did you go to our school?" 
Zhou Cheng smiled and explained, "Mr. Han knew that Lu Qiyuan had come back from the south. He was scared that he would harass you and told me to go over to check. A lot of the contracts his company had were returned and a lot of their orders were canceled. His factory in the south has completely fallen and all his hard work there was now for naught. However, some orders are still not complete, and his own company is unable to produce them. He could only find another factory to do the work. Right now, he has dumped all his money in the replacement factory, but he doesn't have any new orders after that either. Hence, right now, Lu Qiyuan is in a terrible situation." 
It made sense to Lu Man now. No wonder Lu Qiyuan was even eyeing her salary. He was really running out of time. 
"Don't worry, right now, Mr. Han is looking for something else to make him busy," Zhou Cheng said. 
Previously, he'd sent Lu Qiyuan off to the south and tormented him for a long time over there. 


"Take me in, I'll do anything you want me to!" 

In her previous life, Lu Man is sent to prison after being framed by her step-sister and an asshole. After being released from prison, the only thing that greets her is her mother's tombstone. Seeing the asshole and bitch getting happily along together like one big family with her birth father and step-mother, she sets out to die together with the asshole and her step-sister in fiery flames. 

The moment she opens her eyes again, she finds herself back on the very day she was framed. Resolutely jumping out the window and climbing next door, she seeks refuge from the man occupying the room there. But who would have guessed that the man is the brilliant hunk she has always admired from afar in her past life?

She vows to rub her eyes clean and be more discerning of people. She wants to make everyone who owed her in the past to pay her back! 

"Young Master Han, can you let me hug your other arm too?" 
"Actually, I have one more, do you want it?"
"…" 

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