Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

“—I’m looking for a mirror,” she said. “A mirror that can reflect myself and let me know…who I am.”

It didn't sound like a lie - but was that the logic behind her actions?

Wait, were those eyeballs sent here actually used as mirrors because they can reflect people?

Now, the eyeballs of living people are actually a kind of mirror—

"You want to see yourself in our eyes?"

"Yes."

After a simple syllable, her figure disappeared.

Like the sudden sea fog that comes with a storm at sea, it swallows up all the light silently.

Now, that's where she is.

She came to Yu Man and gently touched Yu Man's ice spear - it disintegrated.

"……What?!"

No, it should be called... the Ice Lance has lost all its authenticity.

Looking at the ice spear in astonishment, Yu Man understood her power.

"Retain——" Yu Man wanted to use the next magic to restore his fighting power.

But the person in the mirror just glanced at her hand.

In an instant, Yu Man's hands lost their authenticity and were no longer under his control.

"Calm down first. I don't want to get hurt." The person in the mirror shook his head. "Then, let me see your eyes first."

I can’t beat him, it’s impossible to beat him… at least not in this world.

If it was the peak self from last week's final state, then she and the world could be lifted up together, but now there is no way...

Damn, let alone 8.2, this dungeon has the Man in the Mirror and her world, and this set of mechanisms that lose reality will be very impressive even in 10.4.

However, this is actually good news for comics.

This means that this copy has a solution, otherwise it would not be marked as such a low level.

"Man in the Mirror, I can actually make a mirror for you. I'm an ice magician, so making a mirror isn't difficult."

"--real?"

"real."

The person in the mirror nodded and looked at Yu Man quietly. The action and meaning were self-evident.

There was no other way, Yu Man could only go ahead with it.

Just like when he lured and killed the snake, he saved the deer and got a job that provided him with food.

The water that is transparent enough condenses into a layer of ice, and then the coating is deepened with the color of the potion. Unlike that time, it is now easy for Yu Man to make such a gadget.

Maybe this can unlock the copy directly?

"Mirror! It really is... a mirror." The person in the mirror jumped for joy.

Yu Man asked, "You control so many water mirrors and collect goods from all over the world, but you've never obtained a mirror before?"

"I've had it before—but after falling into this world, it lost its authenticity and I can't see any truth in it."

The person in the mirror was combing his hair, clothes, and face - even to Yu Man, all of this was vague and obscured by mist.

Before walking towards the mirror, she answered Yu Man's confusion in this way.

"Only those eyes... eyes that are fresh enough can retain enough reality - because they are the organs that living beings use to observe reality. Therefore, I can vaguely see some of myself."

She walked towards the mirror.

Is it clearing the dungeon? Or maybe... it will liberate the real her.

At that time - will an extremely terrifying existence be released?

but--

"It's still a mirror without truth—ah, it's nothing more than this when created in this false world."

The lost voice, the voice that was used to being lost, stung Yu Man's ears.

She looked into the mirror she had made—well, she really didn't see anything.

Only the endless color of water, the darkness of the ocean, was written into this mirror. Neither myself, the person in the mirror, nor the world existed at all.

therefore--

Then--

The person in the mirror reached out, gently pinched Yu Man's face, and moved closer.

"I still need your eyes—"

Very close.

Very, very close.

So much so that the person in the mirror can see his or her own reflection in Yu Man's eyes.

however--

"Your eyes... no... what is this? This pattern in the pale blue..."

"What's wrong?" Yu Man became alert.

The person in the mirror, however, was like an enlightened meditator, slowly retreating, his mind wavering: "I feel very familiar... very familiar - I have never felt this way before... What a familiar feeling."

"Familiar? You're actually familiar with this?"

Impossible - no matter how powerful she is, no matter how strange the world she owns is, she cannot touch this.

Because—the pale blue lines engraved in Yu Man's eyes were borrowed from the eyes of the queen in the final land, in commemoration of last week's episode. Besides himself, only the Three Secrets were worthy of witnessing it, and only then could they possibly know it.

"...Who are you?" Yu Man even felt a rare sense of panic.

The person in the mirror shook his head: "Isn't this the answer I'm looking for..."

"I'll help you. Tell me all your information, accurately and in detail. Don't miss any details." Yu Man licked his lips, as if he could calm his anxious heart.

The person in the mirror was stunned for a moment, but looked into Yu Man's eyes again - and finally nodded.

“After I became self-aware, I knew I was fake.” The man in the mirror first said, “And I am a wisp of falsehood that was composed in order to reach the truth.”

Yu Man wrote down all the words carefully.

Incredibly, these words are full of truth.

Besides, above her head—

"The Man in the Mirror, Who Was Forgotten in Order to Remember"

This strange title obviously contains some information.

"I can control all the mirrors reflected on the water surface, and through them... witness the real world. But I will never reach it... Unlike me, this world has a law that transforms all drowned lives into fairies, granting them immortality and innate... loyalty to me."

"Then what about the massive amount of equipment around the island that should have sunk into the sea?"

"Their magic is used as fuel, supplying this world and allowing it to exist. Apparently, it can continue for an infinite number of years... Therefore, I shamelessly steal your benefits, and for this, I apologize."

"...So, is what you said before true?"

"Like life force, magic—in my opinion, there's another kind of energy in the world, which I call authenticity. It's a universal fuel that can be stored."

"...Universal...fuel? Storage?"

Meaning, all that step into false existence, their authenticity is taken away and preserved?

Yu Man asked a question - and got an answer.

"Yes," the man in the mirror confessed. "Those fairies will handle the goods for me. The truth will be collected... accumulated, waiting... to fulfill my wishes. They can follow the user's wishes and help them reach the desired reality."

Although it was very abstract, Yu Man understood it.

Authenticity - that is the energy that can make wishes come true in disguise.

Since their birth, the people in the mirror and the fairies have been collecting these things and accumulating them until now.

"That would be... a huge sum?" Yu Man asked in astonishment. "That wouldn't even fulfill your wish, wouldn't let you know... who you are?"

"Yes, the price of obtaining that answer is extremely heavy. I don't even possess one ten-thousandth of the qualifications to touch the truth..."

If this continues, they will also become one of the costs of tracing the problem.

Yu Man was both surprised and confused.

Is this a fucking 8.2 instance? Is anyone fucking capable of clearing it? No, can they even begin to scratch the surface?

Yu Man suppressed his anxiety and asked calmly, "Do you know the 'Three Secrets'?"

The person in the mirror's eyes lit up - but he felt something was wrong and shook his head.

"Do you know what 'lie' means?" Yu Man suddenly had an idea.

"Do not."

She asked carefully, word by word, "Then... let me ask you another question. Do you know the 'Double Secret'? Or... the 'Final Land', the 'Aurora Borealis'... these titles, do you remember them?"

“——Huh?!”

The person in the mirror hugged her, and the strong shaking made her tremble. She knew, these mysterious words, she actually knew them.

Yu Man followed his own thoughts——

"You know..." Yu Man swallowed his saliva and asked the question with great sincerity, "Do you know 'Going against all things'?"

In an instant, the shock of all the previous questions was driven away by this mere title.

The person in the mirror nodded blankly, nostalgically, and with gritted teeth.

"That damn stranger..." She said it with a smile.

"I'm going to go offline and ask right now."

172·I met a book friend a few days ago, so I stopped updating yesterday and am back today

Nothing else matters anymore, log off!

Yu Man made a prompt decision. This ridiculous copy of the treasure map was too weird.

If I don't know the person involved, and I am at least a related person, how can I complete this copy through the plot?

But on second thought, the process of obtaining this treasure map was based on cheating, asking a "fortune changer" to tamper with the results of the gambling.

I'm afraid that "lie" actually knew about this, which is why he sent this treasure map to me.

Ugh.

From the launch of the game to the present, Yu Man has indeed been closely connected with the "lies" of this "three secrets".

He influenced, interfered with, and disrupted many aspects of the game process. I didn't experience it at all... No, it was quite an experience.

Was it because...she and Cat-senpai were living together in the real world? It was because she was desperate to have Cat-senpai return to this world. Therefore, as the messenger, she had suffered a lot.

Even now.

"Anyway, Mirror Woman, Queen of Fairy City, I intend to help you get the answers to your questions and find out who you are."

Yu Man's index finger pointed directly at the boss at the end of the dungeon in front of him.

"For this, I have to log off and return to our world to ask someone—I'm sure that person knows about you. I'll come back with the answer...so—"

Having said that, Yu Man closed his eyes, called up the system with a gesture, and chose to log out.

It takes some time to log out of the copy.

"...So?" Because Yu Man didn't continue, the person in the mirror asked back.

"So, if you dare to plunder our authenticity while I'm away, I will retaliate."

Yu Man opened her eyes, and the overly sharp self-confidence in them even made the person in the mirror squint.