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Following the Ice Queen into the bedroom, Amamiya Natsuki's gaze swept around. The furnishings in the room were cold and monotonous, completely unlike a queen's bedchamber.
Apart from a large bed that could fit several people, there was only a wardrobe and a desk against the wall.
Everyone looked towards the desk.
However, the desk was empty; there was no mirror at all.
"Miss Elsa, where's the Magic Mirror?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the Ice Queen.
"Call me Lady Elsa…" the Ice Queen mumbled softly, a stark contrast to her previous icy demeanor. "The Magic Mirror is very dangerous. I sealed it away."
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow: "The Magic Mirror is dangerous?"
"That's right." The Ice Queen's tone was serious, her clear, bright eyes looking at him with concern. "You must be careful not to be bewitched by it."
A mere mirror, yet it can bewitch people? The more you say that, the more interested I become!
"I'm not afraid." Amamiya Natsuki turned his head, saying gently, "As long as Miss Elsa is by my side, no matter what kind of Charm, I will stay true to myself."
"Heh heh."
A disdainful scoff came from behind him.
Amamiya Natsuki pretended not to hear, looking at the Ice Queen: "Miss Elsa, bring out the Magic Mirror now, let me use it."
"I…I'll agree to it."
The Ice Queen's expression was conflicted, but she ultimately couldn't resist the effect of the high favorability. With a wave of her right hand, tiny blue ice crystals quickly appeared in the air.
These ice crystals danced and spun in the air like mist, looking exceptionally magnificent, dreamlike and ethereal.
As the ice crystals merged into the void, a half-person tall mirror with a black frame appeared out of thin air on the desk.
Fujiwara Chika asked curiously,
"Is this the Magic Mirror?"
"That's it."
The Ice Queen's tone returned to its cold and proud state, confirming everyone's guess.
The Queen only had special favorability for Amamiya Natsuki; no one else had any.
If it weren't for Amamiya Natsuki, she might have already had someone arrest Chika and the others by now.
Amamiya Natsuki didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point:
"Elsa, I want to ask the Magic Mirror a question… How do I do it?"
"Just sit in front of the Magic Mirror."
The Ice Queen warned, "The Magic Mirror is very dangerous, you… be careful."
"For Miss Elsa, I will definitely be careful."
"…Shameless!"
Amamiya Natsuki sat down on the chair, facing the Magic Mirror directly.
When they discussed it earlier, everyone thought the Magic Mirror would be quite obvious, but upon seeing it, they realized the mirror's surface was a dull gray. When a person sat in front of it, they could only see a very blurry reflection. If it were thrown into a trash heap, no one would probably pick it up.
A few seconds later.
Ripples and fluctuations like water appeared on the Magic Mirror's surface, and a chilling coldness permeated the air. Immediately after, a shadowy voice of indeterminate gender sounded in the room.
"My name is Amamiya Natsuki, an outsider from another world. By the time you hear this, I am already dead. The cause of death is…"
At this point, the shadowy voice quietly disappeared.
Amamiya Natsuki: "…"
Hey, hey, the art style is wrong! Where's that Magic Mirror that's always flattering people! Why did it turn into a riddle-teller!
The next second.
A line of text slowly appeared on the Magic Mirror's surface:
"Please pay for the subsequent content."
You're kidding me! It's just a mirror, what am I supposed to pay you with!
"Just place your hand on the Magic Mirror, and you'll know the price you need to pay," the Ice Queen reminded him from the side.
"I see."
Amamiya Natsuki suddenly understood, stretched out his right hand, and placed it on the Magic Mirror.
The writing on the Magic Mirror's surface quickly changed.
"To view the subsequent content, you need to pay one month's memory. Do you wish to pay?"
At the same time.
The game also provided an item appraisal.
[Item: Magic Mirror]
[Material: Unknown]
[Omniscient: You can pay a certain price to ask the Magic Mirror questions.]
[Can be taken out of current instance: No]
[Note: Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, who is the cutest person in the world?]
"Natsuki-kun, don't agree to it!" Fujiwara Chika quickly said, "Paying with memory is too strange!"
Tsubame-senpai said with a solemn expression,
"Memory is sometimes more important than life. Natsuki-kun, don't be impulsive."
Everyone is a blank slate when they are born. Compared to the body, memory and soul are actually more important.
Shinomiya Kaguya slightly furrowed her delicate brows and said,
"Natsuki-kun, take your hand off first."
"Understood."
Amamiya Natsuki wasn't foolish; of course, he wouldn't choose to trade.
Leaving aside whether what this thing said was true or false, even if it were true, Amamiya Natsuki didn't intend to ask—the Magic Mirror's owner was standing right there. He was currently the "Queen's man," so going through the back door was perfectly normal, wasn't it?
If it really didn't work, it didn't say he had to pay himself. He could totally find others to pay on his behalf—under heavy rewards, there would surely be brave men.
Although he couldn't trade money with the Magic Mirror, he could trade money with the natives.
And anything that can be solved with money is not a problem.
"Is this Magic Mirror made by Miss Elsa?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head and asked.
"Not me."
The Ice Queen shook her head.
Only upon asking did he learn that the Magic Mirror had existed for a long time. The Ice Queen didn't know who made it; she simply obtained it by chance and then discovered its use.
"Besides paying with memory, are there any other ways to trade?"
"Probably not."
"Can the memory used for trade be chosen by oneself?"
The Ice Queen paused, then shook her head: "I'm not sure. After discovering the Magic Mirror's danger, I sealed it away. It's very likely an evil Magic Mirror created by a fallen witch."
"Magic Mirror, did you hear that?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head to face the Magic Mirror, "Can I choose which memory to pay with?"
A moment later.
The answer appeared on the Magic Mirror's surface: "Yes."
"It can actually be chosen by oneself." Amamiya Natsuki's expression became serious, "This is not an evil Magic Mirror at all; it's clearly a divine artifact that can benefit the people."
Ice Queen: "…"
Magic Mirror: "…"
Not only did the Ice Queen fall silent, but even the Magic Mirror was quiet for a moment.
Amamiya Natsuki raised his right hand, pointed to his head, and said,
"Life is never smooth sailing; there are always some painful memories that one cannot let go of."
"For example, the girl you painstakingly pursued, after only three days, was taken to a hotel by someone else…"
Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but complain,
"Stop talking, it sounds so painful."
"All in all, if given the choice, many people would surely be willing to discard those painful memories they can't let go of." Amamiya Natsuki interlaced his fingers, "If the Magic Mirror is willing to help, others will only be grateful to it. What else could it be but a divine artifact?"
Hayasaka Ai agreed:
"Senpai makes a lot of sense."
Shinomiya Kaguya said, "That's indeed true."
Fujiwara Chika's eyes sparkled: "Now that you mention it, the Magic Mirror is indeed amazing."
"..."
At this moment.
The Ice Queen suddenly felt some doubt about her life.
Is the Magic Mirror really a divine artifact?
Was she wrong to seal the Magic Mirror?
At this time, the writing on the surface of the Magic Mirror faded again, and a new line of text appeared.
"Stranger, in view of your words just now, I will answer one question for you for free."
Indeed, the martial arts world is not about fighting and killing; it's about human relations.
As long as you flatter well, the Magic Mirror will even give you a freebie.
"Then I'll ask," Amamiya Natsuki said without ceremony, "Magic Mirror, oh Magic Mirror, please prove Goldbach's Conjecture."
"..."
The Magic Mirror immediately fell silent.
Tsubame-senpai looked over speechlessly and whispered:
"Why ask such a question?"
"Other questions can be asked later, no rush," Amamiya Natsuki said seriously, "After tomorrow, Senpai will be able to become the queen of the mathematics world."
"I'm sorry, I can't do it," Koyasu Tsubame retorted, "Since high school, I haven't even gotten a perfect score on a math test."
Hayasaka Ai reminded him:
"The Magic Mirror seems to be in self-isolation."
Fujiwara Chika put her right hand on her hip and said:
"When people are pushed to the limit, they can do anything, only mathematics can't be done… Will the Magic Mirror be unable to answer?"
Shinomiya Kaguya pursed her pink lips and followed up:
"If the Magic Mirror can answer, then ask a few more professional questions, and maybe you can get a Nobel Prize."
"I'm not interested in false fame," Amamiya Natsuki took out paper and pen, sat upright, "I'm more curious about anti-gravity formulas, cold nuclear fusion technology, how to make a Dyson sphere, how to hand-make a Gundam… Magic Mirror, please answer."
Magic Mirror: "..."
After a long silence, a line of text finally appeared on the Magic Mirror:
"Queen, please seal me again."
Ice Queen: "..."
Indeed.
The terror of math problems, even the Magic Mirror cannot answer.
Amamiya Natsuki sighed helplessly and could only ask:
"Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, where is the Nightmare Seed?"
Compared to the anti-gravity formula that promotes the development of all mankind, the problem of the Nightmare Seed is too small in scope.
Fortunately, the Magic Mirror, which claims to be omniscient, finally gave an answer at this moment.
A line of text slowly appeared on the mirror.
"After dark, in the alley south of the city."
The free question has been answered, and if you want the Magic Mirror to answer more questions, you need to pay.
Moreover, according to the difficulty of the question, the length of memory to be paid also varies.
"There's still some time until dark," Amamiya Natsuki turned his head and looked at Hayasaka Ai, "Hanamori, you go outside the palace, is there anyone who wants to abandon painful memories?"
"Leave it to me."
Hayasaka Ai readily agreed.
Just one look, and she knew what Amamiya Natsuki wanted to say, and she wasn't at all disgusted by the comparison, but rather quite agreed.
Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated.
Now they only know the preliminary information about the Nightmare Seed, and they don't know what it is specifically, or what its weaknesses are, so naturally, they need to master everything.
Using one's own memory as a bargaining chip is too uneconomical; as long as there is food, they can completely hire the indigenous people in the dungeon to help.
Amamiya Natsuki also said:
"Chika, and Senpai, you go help together."
"Natsuki-kun, what about you?"
Fujiwara Chika looked over upon hearing this.
Amamiya Natsuki blinked and said:
"I want to stay by Elsa's side."
The Ice Queen must be kept stable.
Once the distance is too far, or the time away from the Ice Queen is too long, the effect of the Love Warrior will be weakened.
When the Ice Queen wakes up, she will most likely become enraged and probably directly wipe out the group.
So for the safety of others, Amamiya Natsuki can only sacrifice himself.
"Natsuki-kun, be careful."
Tsubame-senpai looked worried and whispered.
Fujiwara Chika said:
"I'll stay and help."
"You don't need to," Amamiya Natsuki shook his head, "Kaguya-san will stay and help."
Shinomiya Kaguya nodded slightly: "I'll stay."
The two looked at each other, everything unsaid.
At a critical moment, the Sheltered Ojou-sama's Dark Shadow can be used to escape, and its effect is better than Seize and Eliminate Evil.
The group left the bedroom and walked out.
The passerby player was still holding the guard, suppressing him, and when she saw everyone come out, her eyes lit up.
"Kao-chan, you can let him go now," Fujiwara Chika waved and said.
Tsubame-senpai followed up: "That's right, the Queen is one of us now."
The roadside player hesitated for a moment, released his hand, and ran towards Amamiya Natsuki and the others.
The guard hadn't quite reacted yet, and finding that he could move again, he spat out the cloth strip and was about to draw his sword to pursue and kill.
"Stop."
The Ice Queen said coldly.
Facing the others, the Queen was as cold as ever.
The guard heard this, subconsciously stopped, and said indignantly: "Your Majesty, they just now…"
"I know the situation," the Ice Queen said expressionlessly, surrounded by ice crystals, "They are my… distinguished guests, and they are now permitted to enter and exit the palace freely."
No matter how unwilling, the guard could only kneel on one knee and agree.
"Senpai, we're going out first," Hayasaka Ai waved, "We'll be back as soon as possible."
"..."
Watching the girls leave, the room quickly quieted down.
The Ice Queen was clearly not a talkative person, only occasionally looking up, a gentle expression in her beautiful ice-blue eyes.
"Stare—"
Beside him, there was also a Sheltered Ojou-sama, looking at him with a vigilant gaze.
"What a pity."
Amamiya Natsuki sighed silently.
The lust mushroom was still on his head, and he really wanted to experience what it felt like to drive a big car right now, but unfortunately, Kaguya was right beside him, so there was no chance at all.
His gaze shifted, Amamiya Natsuki looked at the Sheltered Ojou-sama, took off his coat, handed it to Kaguya, and whispered:
"Wear this for now, don't catch a cold."
The Seize and Eliminate Evil suppression failed, and everyone was tense; the Sheltered Ojou-sama had been wearing a bunny girl uniform the whole time, with no chance to change, and her clothes were exceptionally thin.
Shinomiya Kaguya bit her lip with her pearly teeth, glanced at the Queen's surging chest, and said nonchalantly:
"Elsa is also wearing very little, why don't you give her… Hmm."
When taking the clothes, their fingers accidentally touched, and an electric sensation arose spontaneously.
The Sheltered Ojou-sama, who had just been jealous, quickly bit her lower lip, and a hazy mist welled up in her wine-red eyes, not only did she not pull Amamiya Natsuki's hand away, but she secretly held it back.
They were all lust mushrooms, and Amamiya Natsuki had Senpai helping him before, while the Sheltered Ojou-sama had been enduring until now.
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