Return

After an unknown period of time, a leg suddenly stretched out from the silent mirror in the underground basement.

On the palm-sized mirror surface, faint energy fluctuations radiated, many times more than the mirror itself. Raymond crawled out quickly and stood in the underground basement full of broken stones again.

But as soon as Raymond steadied his footsteps, his body glowed with magic. In less than a few seconds, a sphere formed by vines appeared in Raymond's hand and was quickly stuffed into the mirror that had not completely disappeared.

Raymond let out a long sigh of relief and immediately ordered the chip, "Recheck my body!"

"Task established, start analysis..."

As the monotonous chip voice echoed in Raymond's ears, the body model that appeared in his vision showed that trace amounts of unknown substances remained on Raymond's body surface.

These substances that emit radiation energy periodically have become extremely rare in number but are still scattered in the air of the basement and cannot be sent back to the Fairy World on the other side of the mirror.

"Task completed, 99.9% of unknown substances have disappeared, and the remaining part does not have the conditions for dispersion."

But accompanied by the monotonous conclusion of the chip, a sudden sense of palpitation made Raymond's scalp tingle. The breeze he felt on his cheeks made Raymond stare. Then, a red phantom emerged from the broken stones.

Before Raymond could see clearly what the phantom was, the phantom that had suddenly appeared began to revolve around his body. The feeling of someone blowing cold air in his ears also made Raymond feel chilled. Then a shrill and piercing scream penetrated deep into his mind.

This sudden scene made Raymond's hair stand on end. The speed of the red phantom revolving around his body was too fast for Raymond's eyes to follow.

But the golden hair of the phantom made Raymond come to his senses. Realizing that his whole body seemed to have been immersed in ice water, Raymond hurriedly took out the doll from his arms. "Deborah! Your doll!"

The red phantom that was spinning rapidly around Raymond's body stopped in midair upon hearing the sound. Her floating golden hair was still automatic without wind. Only her originally delicate face looked creepy with a terrifying expression and white eyes.

"I want my little doll..." With eyes like dead fish eyes without a trace of vitality and liveliness, Spirit Deborah spread out her arms and pounced over. Raymond found something wrong with the situation.

The chip's alarm echoed in his ears immediately. "Alert! Alert! Unknown chilling aura detected...invading the body, please leave quickly...leave quickly..."

Seeing Spirit Deborah pounce over, she did not touch the doll in his hand at all but passed directly through Raymond's body. While making Raymond feel chilled all over, it also mysteriously affected the chip, making its voice incoherent.

Spirit Deborah, who had passed through the body, soon reappeared in front of Raymond. But she could only wave her hands in vain without touching the doll.

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Comforting the irritable Spirit Deborah, Raymond quickly took out what Miss Octavia had given him and gently pressed it against Spirit Deborah's forehead.

A magical scene appeared immediately. The thumb-sized thing seemed to melt into her forehead like water and seeped into her skin.

Then Spirit Deborah's body became substantial. A blush appeared on her cheeks, and her fair little hands finally took the doll from Raymond's hands.

A touch of joy appeared on Spirit Deborah's face. She hugged the doll tightly in her arms and gently patted the doll with her little hands, emitting a humming sound like a lullaby.

The chill that had enveloped Raymond's body disappeared quickly. Raymond sighed in relief and soon figured it out. The creepiness just now was caused by him using magic in front of Spirit Deborah. It seemed that when she became a spirit, she had a profound memory of the fluctuations of magic.

Standing quietly in front of Spirit Deborah, after a while, her eyes suddenly burst out with unknown liveliness. Spirit Deborah mumbled to herself, "This is...this is the smell of my mother..."

When Spirit Deborah raised her head, the trace of sorrow in her eyes made Raymond's heart sour. He couldn't help but hug Spirit Deborah in his arms and gently patted her back. "Your mother, Octavia, is in the world behind the mirror. This doll is what she asked me to bring you."

Spirit Deborah looked up in surprise and immediately sobbed. Although her body remained ice cold, the thing given by Miss Octavia had created a protective force field on her body surface, not only making her body substantial to touch but also gradually raising her body temperature.

"I want my mother. Deborah will be obedient from now on," Spirit Deborah mumbled, hugging the doll tightly. "I want to find my mother...I want to find my mother..."

Hearing Spirit Deborah's cry, Raymond's softest heart was moved, and he finally gave up plotting against this little girl.

"Spirit Deborah, your mother is in the world behind the mirror," Raymond said, pointing to the mirror after explaining the method taught by Miss Octavia. "Open the gate of the mirror again, and you can return to your mother. Remember to tell her I'm sorry for me."

"Really?" Spirit Deborah's eyes flashed with excitement. She immediately chanted spells. As the broken mirror was restored, Spirit Deborah, whose body glowed faintly, opened the gate behind the mirror. But she turned around and bowed respectfully to Raymond.

"Th-thank you..." Her speech was still awkward, but Spirit Deborah's tender voice was touching. "This is for you. I'm going to find my mother..."

A faintly glowing memory orb emerged from Spirit Deborah's body and slowly floated in front of Raymond. She herself rushed directly into the world behind the mirror and disappeared from Raymond's sight.

Watching the gate behind the mirror slowly disappear, Raymond squinted, feeling his mood somewhat inexpressible. The memory orb given by Spirit Deborah contained the spell to activate this space artifact.

Without hesitation, Raymond took the mirror out of the pile of broken stones. After wiping the dust off the mirror surface, he put the mirror into his waist pack...