The losers in daily youth have all become witches

Li Mo muttered with a pale face.

After the magic world in the mirror collapsed, he did survive in the void by relying on the magic spell [Scales].

But the problem is that the void has no up, down, left, right, east, south, west or north. Even if the magic world in the mirror was not close to reality, Li Mo felt that there would be problems with the flow of time on both sides.

All in all, Li Mo in the void felt like he was stuffed into a drum washing machine. After going through a series of spinning, washing, and drying cycles at the highest speed, he was barely able to locate Chihaya Asagumo... Strictly speaking, it was the scent of the scales left on the girl's body when she was protected by the snake pendant that brought him back to reality from the void through the magic spells [Scale] and [Candle]. The whole process was like being in a washing machine, sneaking through the water pipe, and stuffing himself into the narrow pipe of the sewer.

He once read a statement that the difficulty of the United States' first moon landing was equivalent to crossing the Pacific Ocean in a washing machine.

Now he was sure that the other party's washing machine was definitely not a drum washing machine, otherwise Armstrong would have been drowned in his own vomit before taking his small step for man and a big step for mankind.

In short, if there is no need, Li Mo feels that he will never do this kind of thing again in his life.

"Well, if you don't mind, would you like to sit inside for a while?"

Chihaya Aine tried to invite.

"excuse me……"

Li Mo leaned against the wall and said weakly.

At this moment, footsteps were heard in the house.

Everyone subconsciously looked towards the corridor, and then a woman with eyes and eyebrows that were 70% similar to Chihaya Aine appeared in their sight.

"Is Aine back?"

Mrs. Chihaya was holding a long-handled soup spoon in her hand and wearing an apron, as if she was preparing dinner: "If you don't mind, help mom buy--"

Her words got stuck in her throat before she could finish them, and she looked at the scene in front of her with surprise.

His daughter was standing at the entrance, her eyes slightly red, as if she had just cried.

Opposite my daughter was a girl about the same age as her daughter, who was facing the boy who was trying to get closer to the door in a gentle manner.

The boy looked troubled and in pain, as if he was forced to make a decision. His face was extremely pale and there was a little cold sweat on his forehead.

The three of them stood in a triangle at the narrow entrance, and the composition looked inexplicable.

Mrs. Chihaya held her face with one hand and thought for a moment, then said something that suddenly dawned on her.

"Anyway, let's prepare the red bean rice first—"

"That's not the case!"

Chihaya Aine blushed and shouted to her mother: "No, I should ask you what you are thinking about, Mom!"

"Aine, do you want to hear it?"

Mrs. Chihaya's expression looked like that of an old woman who was attending a housewives' gathering in a small park and was eager to share gossip.

"It feels like it's going to be a soap opera, so let's just forget it."

The girl sighed, then introduced them to her mother: "This is Asagumo-senpai, and this is Asakura-san... They're my... uh, friends."

"Hello, Asagumo-chan and Asakura-kun, right?"

Mrs. Chihaya seemed oblivious to her daughter's momentary hesitation, and instead greeted Li Mo and Asagumo Chihaya very gently: "I was a little worried that Aine wouldn't be able to make friends since she suddenly transferred to Sobu High School at this time, but it seems like there's no problem now."

"Hello auntie."

Asagumo Chihaya greeted the other party politely.

"Hello……"

Li Mo said weakly.

In fact, Mrs. Chihaya was worried at first that her daughter was being bullied, but after carefully observing her daughter's expression, she was sure that this was not the case. But now, when she saw Li Mo's expression, she couldn't help but worry that her daughter might have bullied this boy... After all, Aine was quite naughty when she was young, acting like a tomboy all day long. It was only after she entered junior high school that she became more girly...

"I always feel like Mom is thinking of something very rude..."

Chihaya Aine narrowed her eyes and stared at her mother.

"…Your illusion."

Mrs. Chihaya smiled and avoided her daughter's gaze. She turned to the two guests and said warmly, "If you don't mind, please have a meal here."

Li Mo: "Ugh—"

Mrs. Chihaya: "..."

Chapter 268: The strange nature in the mirror.

Although both Li Mo and Chihaya Asagumo tried to politely decline Mrs. Chihaya's dinner invitation, the latter seemed to be aroused by some kind of competitive spirit. After pestering Li Mo for a long time, she successfully persuaded Li Mo to agree to stay for dinner.

After all, there was no one at home, and he didn't need to stay in the school club hut to eat instant noodles after the white savory essence was cooked. Even if he didn't have dinner here, he would probably have to find an izakaya or something to have a meal after leaving, so it seemed that there was no problem in staying for dinner.

After Li Mo agreed, Chihaya Asagumo, who had been unmoved by the other party's invitation, immediately changed her attitude and agreed to stay here for dinner.

This made Mrs. Chihaya look at her daughter again with a look that said, "Isn't there really some strange geometric relationship between you two?"

At this time, Chihaya Aine had already excitedly taken the two of them to the living room, completely unaware of her mother's gaze.

However, considering that there were still some weird things to say, if they stayed in the living room, which was too close to the kitchen, Mrs. Chihaya might hear something strange, so after sitting on the sofa in the living room for a while, Chihaya Aine took the two of them back to her room - this also made Mrs. Chihaya look at her even more strangely.

Chihaya Aine's room looks quite special. Although the layout is no different from that of an ordinary room, there is a slanted curve on the ceiling and a skylight that is more common in attics, which provides very good lighting.

Li Mo originally thought that the other person's room would be very girly, with pink everywhere and filled with dolls and stuff, but the overall style turned out to be quite simple, even looking a bit rigid.

"Don't look around..."

Chihaya Aine, who was carefully locking the door, turned around and saw Li Mo looking at her room with great interest. She couldn't help but say shyly, "After all, before Asakura, no other boy had ever been to my room."

“Then I accepted it the first time.”

Li Mo calmly sat down on the fabric sofa: "Thank you for the hospitality."

"No boy has ever been to my room, so you can come anytime, Takuma-kun."

Chihaya Asagumo sat down beside him with a nonchalant look and a very natural attitude, and spoke softly.

On the contrary, Chihaya Aine sat on the carpet with her legs crossed in a nonchalant manner.

"Rather than that, let's talk about that weird thing! Has Asakura-san exorcised it? Does that mean I don't have to worry about it anymore?"

"In theory, that's true."

Li Mo took something out of his pocket and placed it in front of the two of them.

Chihaya Aine looked closely and found that it looked exactly the same as the decorative mirror on the shoe rack before, but it had changed from the size of a washbasin to a mini mirror as big as a pendant.

"The nature of this strangeness is different from Yui's Graham. It has no tangible carrier, but rather a... well, it can be seen as an unfinished 'curse'."

Li Mo explained to the two: "Because there is no magic in this world's atmosphere, the power that drives the spell mostly comes from people's fear of the unfamiliar 'self' in the mirror. To put it bluntly, it's similar to the uncanny valley effect."

"Then why did it target me? Is it because this mirror is in my house?"

The pink-haired girl asked curiously, "But my parents don't seem to have encountered such a situation..."

Although she still felt a little scared by what happened just now, after calming down and thinking about it carefully, she felt that if it was her father or mother who encountered this kind of thing instead of herself, the problem would become more serious. After all, her father and mother did not seem like the kind of people who could find a "real person" like Asakura who could solve the problem.

Rather, until yesterday, they, like me, thought it was just an illusion caused by excessive pressure...

And if I were to encounter such a thing alone without Asakura-san's help, one can imagine what would happen to me.

"Regarding this question, I am actually just guessing..."

Li Mo touched his chin. "Although you didn't bring the Sorting Hat, the fact that you were able to see the Society Hut proves that you have magic within you. Magic is purer and more powerful than the energy tangled up from many people's emotions, so that's why that monster targeted you. As for why it continued to attack you even after I intervened, knowing it was no match for me, it probably had to do with some rules of the monster itself that we're not familiar with."

Li Mo explained, "Some monsters follow certain rules. From what I know (from the nameless magic book), many monsters that threaten people will kill their targets one by one in the order in which their attack conditions are triggered. If the previous person is not killed by the monster, then the monster will not attack the next person. If the mirror monster gives up attacking Chihaya, then it will most likely be bound by the rules of the monster and unable to attack other people with magic power, so in the end it can only stare at you and attack."

"So it seems I've become insurance..."

Chihaya Aine couldn't help but mutter.

"What is this little mirror?"

Chihaya Asagumo asked curiously.

"This is the unfinished spell [Mirror] I just mentioned."

Li Mo replied: "I burned away the weird parts in that magical realm, and what remained was the part that was almost like a curse."

Currently, the only thing that can resist the effects of a spell is another spell.

So when Li Mo discovered that the monster did not disappear instantly after being burned by the magic spell [Candle], but the fragments were burned for a long time, he felt that something was wrong. After all, before this, the only thing that could withstand the magic spell [Candle] was the magic spell [Scale].

That's why he took some time to carefully burn away the other impurities, extract the remaining parts and condense them together, and finally this small mirror was formed naturally.

This thing is somewhat similar to Chihaya Asagumo's original Moon Clock, but as an unfinished spell, its status is definitely not as high as the Moon Clock.

"But the spell itself has its own likes and dislikes. I don't seem to get along with the spell [Mirror]."

Li Mo held the small mirror and pointed it at the ground. The carpet under Chihaya Aine's buttocks turned into a smooth mirror, even reflecting the girl's panties in every detail. "Although it can be activated by force, it can only do so much at most."

Then, amidst Chihaya Aine's angry and shameful cry of "What are you doing ahhhhh!", Li Mo pinched the small mirror very sincerely: "So do you want to give it a try?"

Chapter 269: Low battery.

Chihaya Aine and Asagumo Chihaya looked at each other, and then Asagumo Chihaya took the lead in reaching out to take the mirror pendant from Li Mo's hand: "Let me try it."

Because of the incident with the Moon Clock, the girl actually still had some psychological trauma towards this kind of magic item. However, after the fire clouds took the mountain, Asagumo Chihaya felt deeply annoyed at herself for being powerless, and felt sad that she was unable to lend a helping hand when Li Mo needed help the most.

"It's important to remember the 'Kagami' (Kagami) rather than the 'onyomi' (Kyou), as the 'kunyomi' (Kagami) has a more mystical connotation."

Li Mo warned.

So even though she had been tricked by a magic item once, she still tried hard to focus her attention on the pendant. While recalling her past experience with the moon clock, she whispered, "Mirror!"

But nothing happened.

No, it would not be right to say that nothing happened. Li Mo and Chihaya Aine's eyes fell on the pendant in Chihaya Asagumo's hand.

Suddenly, the mirrored part of the pendant emitted a faint light.

Then an icon similar to 'battery exhausted' appeared and quickly went dark...

"Excuse me, Dr. Asakura, what is going on?"

Chihaya Aine rolled up the fashion magazine on the desk into a tube and handed it to Li Mo's lips like a reporter holding a microphone.

"As far as I know,"

Li Mo pushed his glasses and spoke in a serious tone: "It must be that the magic item was activated at the same time, but because there was not enough energy to 'operate', it was forced to shut down again."

"So how do we solve this problem?"

The girl continued to act like a reporter interviewing someone.

"Good question,"

Li Mo answered confidently, "The best answer is I don't know."

"Hey!"

"In short, it's most important to keep a calm mind and maintain a good mood..."

"Okay, you two."

Chihaya Asagumo hid the disappointment on her face well and said with a smile, "Don't try to comfort me like that. I didn't have much hope to begin with."

"It's not entirely comforting."

Li Mo shook his head. "The fact that this thing responds to your use means it's actually quite compatible with you. It's just that your magic power... well, it's not quite sufficient at the moment."

After all, the debt she owed on Huabei for Yue Shiji was quite high. The girl's normal magic power has always been at a very low level, and Li Mo can hardly get much from her. The pendant's ability to absorb magic power is obviously not as good as Li Mo's, so it is naturally more difficult to squeeze magic power from the girl.

What's more, although the curse on the girl is in a cold war with her, it has not completely abandoned the girl. Before Asagumo Chihaya's Huabei is paid off, it is obvious that it will not easily let the external third party curse take advantage of the loophole.

"When your magic power is no longer in deficit and you can better control your own spells,"

After stating his guess, Li Mo added, "You should be able to use this magic item more easily."

“In that case, let’s let Aine-san try next.”

Chihaya Asagumo handed the pendant in her hand to Chihaya Aine, and then turned her gaze to Li Mo. Although she didn't say it explicitly, Li Mo could tell from her gaze that the girl was asking for his opinion.

"fine,"

Li Mo smiled and nodded: "Let her try."

After all, Chihaya Aine's training... ahem, education has been in place. I believe that after seeing the methods she demonstrated in the association's hut, this pink-haired lady will be sensible and keep the supernatural power of magic a secret.

"Hey, can I really..."