episode_0066

Entered the mirror hotel.

A pure white hotel with a very luxurious feel.

The hallway inside also looked very spacious and luxurious.

I could tell after walking for a while.

It was not a normal space.

A more unusual space than the dungeonized campus where the group was just moments ago.

The whole place was full of mirrors.

But I remained calm.

‘Up to this point, it’s the same as the original.’

The group is in danger due to the appearance of an A-level villain.

The ark system triggered by An Yu-min brings the group into the current hotel.

The villain Fatal Blood would not have been able to enter here.

‘Because it is a place where only legitimate Theia cadets can enter.’

And even though all the rice cakes were not resolved.

It is clearly a special place related to the main character, An Yu-min.

So Jo Ah-rin and I can join her party.

I looked around.

Actually, there wasn’t much to look around.

A long, white hallway.

The wall is full of mirrors.

Other than that, I couldn’t find any halls or elevators.

To be honest, if you’re an ordinary cadet.

It was a place where it would not be surprising if it quickly fell into chaos.

The other name of the Hotel of Mirrors is Letisane’s Mansion.

According to the information revealed in the original work, this was the house where the famous archmage lived.

‘Your tastes seem perverted. ‘I might develop claustrophobia that I didn’t have before.’

Of course, I was rather interested in this place.

As a test, I walked down the hallway and saw myself reflected everywhere.

It’s a space with absolutely nothing except that mirror.

In fact, that mirror was the core of this space and quest.

That mirror was a mirror that reflected the truth.

‘So in the original work, An Yu-min’s weakness is reflected in the mirror.’

Even if you hide it from others, the truth lies deep in your heart.

Disbelief in one’s own abilities.

The anxiety he feels when he sees cadets who are ahead of him, like Song Si or Choi Hana.

It is a quest to face such a weak mind head on and overcome it.

I checked the room between the hallways and its number.

Four digits.

And the first two numbers were 10. It means 10th floor.

The moment I checked the number, it became clearer.

‘The owner invited to the Mirror Hotel is, of course, An Yu-min.’

10 is Ahn Yu-min’s favorite number.

A special Awakened sports competition created for the purpose of promoting heroes.

Because Ace’s number there is 10.

And the 10 people who rose to the top as heroes.

Those 10 people are grouped together and called Master Heroes.

‘Ahn Yu-min’s mother was also a master.’

The number 10 itself is said to be Ahn Yu-min’s dream.

‘Letisane and An Yu-min are also related.’

In the future, I will often enter the Mirror Hotel.

But on the 10th floor.

The Mirror of Truth located here has no data on Letisane.

‘To enter another floor, An Yu-min must move himself.’

When An Yu-min faces and overcomes his inner weaknesses, the path to another level will open.

Of course, this quest will only open other floors.

‘This is the hotel where Letisane lived. There may be Letisane’s three sacred powers somewhere in there.’

As much as I am also a villain.

I was excited just thinking about that item, which was the highest level item in the original setting.

Especially because there is a mirror in those three scenes.

‘After all, this is also a hotel of mirrors.’

Maybe the power I had wasn’t just a coincidence.

Of course, I’m just an extra.

I wonder what kind of butterfly effect the intervention against An Yu-min might have caused.

I wandered around looking for An Yu-min who was on the same floor.

‘Jo Ah-rin probably isn’t on the same floor.’

She has already overcome her weakness.

So, he will be resting safely somewhere other than the 10th floor where the Mirror of Truth is located.

It was that time.

Suddenly, I thought of myself, not An Yu-min.

‘If it is the mirror of truth. Does it also reflect my truth?’

Maybe it was me before I got the hidden powers.

He must have been a human being with more weaknesses and contradictions than An Yu-min.

Even after suffering so many injustices in Aegis.

I endured everything for the sake of An Yu-min.

‘I need to check.’

If there is a hidden weakness within me or an unconscious weakness that I am not aware of.

Everyone needed to know.

I looked directly at the mirror for a moment.

A young man who has now completely lost his appearance as Geum Taeyang.

The man was staring at the mirror with a sad expression.

There was no significant change.

‘Isn’t there a special event happening to me?’

My mental strength is 90.

Just as in the original work, nothing special happened to Chairman Jo Ah-rin at the Mirror Hotel.

I didn’t even know I was safe.

But just then.

Surprisingly, I looked different in the mirror.

The cadet uniform he was wearing changed into an assassin’s cloak.

I checked my clothes for a moment.

The only thing that changed was me in the mirror.

And then the man pulled out something from the cloak.

‘What about that?’

It was a familiar mask.

Although I’ve never actually used it.

A mask stained with blood-red stains, known to the public as the Unknown Mask.

I smiled in the mirror holding that mask in my hand.

‘Unknown…’

My appearance created by the mirror of truth is unknown.

At that moment, the unknown person opened his mouth as if he had something to say to me.

But the voice couldn’t be heard properly.

‘Letisane?’

Unknown’s lips, moving involuntarily, seemed to be saying those words.

At that moment, I heard a shout from across the hallway.

Then, Unknown in the mirror put on his mask and disappeared from the mirror.

‘Is it An Yu-min?’

I was curious about what that unknown person was trying to say.

Now it was time to rejoin Yumin An.

I had to check on her condition.

Right now, the 10th floor is a space just for her.

An Yu-min takes the primary lead.

I just shouted out to An Yu-min from beyond.

“Ahn Yu-min? Are you okay?”

An Yu-min reacted to those words.

Her eyes and mine met.

An Yu-min was smiling brightly.

“Lee Jun-woo… No, it’s Jun-woo!”

After shouting so happily, she ran towards me and hugged me.

I couldn’t say anything for a moment.

***

The two stood there for a moment, hugging.

An Yu-min was a little strange.

No, it was very strange.

“It’s so nice to be together like this, just the two of us. Just like before, before starting Aegis activities.”

At first, I thought she was scared because she was trapped in a strange space.

But that wasn’t it.

An Yu-min’s eyes were different from usual.

‘I don’t think it’s An Yu-min.’

A little stubborn, but with clear eyes.

I felt hazy now.

Although he is looking up at me as if he loves me.

At the same time, I felt an unknown ominousness in those eyes.

It’s like looking into the villain’s eyes.

An ominous feeling that cannot be explained.

‘chaos?’

If you are a very dangerous villain, the power of that special attribute is released unconsciously.

I felt it from her.

But An Yu-min is the main character.

The word villain was the word most distant from her at this point.

Above all, if she really was a villain.

My hidden trait, Unknown, had to be applied.

‘no. Even if the trait doesn’t work. This feeling right now must be a villain.’

So for a moment, I thought that the villain might be disguising her.

The woman in front of me was definitely An Yu-min.

I turned my head for a moment while holding her in my arms.

The place where the two people are standing now is the 10th floor of the Mirror Hotel.

The mirrors that fill the hallways on all sides are mirrors of truth.

And control of the 10th floor will belong to An Yu-min.

As expected, the image reflected in the mirror was clearly An Yumin.

Except that she looked like a woman very much in love.

‘no. Rather, is that An Yu-min’s sincerity?’

I was a little embarrassed for a moment.

In the original work, what the mirror of truth reflects is the weakness hidden within An Yu-min.

What is Ahn Yu-min’s true self now?

Very honest feelings about me. Because it was affection.

So I didn’t carelessly push An Yu-min out of my arms.

Instead, he hugged her more kindly.

“Junwoo…”

In a shy voice that I’ve never had before.

An Yu-min buried his face in my chest.

An Yu-min’s warm body temperature reached me.

Although we fought all evening.

Just like the girl I had once fallen in love with, a nice scent spread.

Probably if the Unknown title wasn’t applied.

The current An Yu-min felt so lovely that I fell in love with her again.

‘Is it the influence of the 10th floor?’

In the original work, the way to escape the 10th floor is the truth hidden in An Yu-min’s inner heart.

Facing that truth.

In short, to clear the current quest.

Here, I had to completely face and liberate the feelings that had been suppressed against me.

‘The feeling of wanting to go back to the old days.’

Although she confessed her feelings during Hell Week.

Now, I feel much more honest and deep emotions than then.

Right at that moment.

The scenery reflected in the mirror began to change.

‘That’s…’

The two people were reflected in the mirror.

Not the two people hugging right now.

As seen at Theia High School.

At that moment, I had a hunch.

‘This is a space ruled solely by An Yu-min.’

So it was like I was dreaming.

But as per the original.

This means that what happens here will definitely affect her in the future.

And the dream that An Yu-min wants now.

It’s a very sweet dream.

“I will definitely go back to that time. To the time when there were no women who disturbed us.”

After saying that, An Yu-min kissed me on the lips.

A very brief kiss.

Ahn Yu-min blushed as soon as he touched his lips.

Soon he got out of my arms and clasped one of my hands.

“So, tell me your heart too.”

The moment I heard those words.

I had a very good idea.

‘If you are An Yu-min today, you might be able to enter areas other than the hallway on the 10th floor.’

In the original, like now, you could only see the mirror in the hallway.

I couldn’t get any more clues about Letisane.

‘I’m worried about what Unknown whispered in the mirror.’

In that case, there was no harm in joining in with An Yu-min’s sweet dream now.

I whispered in her ear.

“The hallway is a bit sore. Should we go somewhere else?”

An Yu-min blushed at those words.

He quickly nodded.

“Then let’s go there.”

An Yu-min pointed to a place beyond.

The two people quickly moved there.

I stopped in front of the door of a guest room.