123. Mirror, Mirror
[Episode 123] – Mirror, Mirror.
-…Oh, princess…
Eincel looked at Titania, who had returned to her room, supported by her maids. She fell and broke both her knees, and her palms were scraped, and it looked like it was painful just to look at her.
The maids carefully treated Titania’s wounds and left the room. She blamed Titania’s order to stay out because she wanted to be alone.
She thought she would give Titania time to think for now, so Ain Cell slipped out of her main body and headed to her powder body. Currently, all mirrors in the castle are ‘powders’ that Ainsel can freely come and go around.
Unlike in the past, now you can go anywhere with the mirror inside the royal castle. She began to wander around the royal castle as the Aincell escaped from her main body and roamed around in her powdered body. The moment Ainsel entered a room-
“Ouch! Her Royal Highness’s face is in the mirror over there…!”
“…Are you very tired?”
“No! It’s real, sister?! I just saw Her Majesty’s face in that mirror…”
“Okay, okay, let’s go in and rest quickly.”
Her eyes met the maid who was cleaning.
Sometimes it gets noticed by really tired people or babies who can’t speak, but since everyone thinks they didn’t see it, rumors haven’t spread or anything like that yet.
It was merely a source of entertainment for maids and was included in the top 10 ghost stories of the royal castle. It’s like a ghost story about how if you look in the mirror at dawn, you can see Her Majesty’s face.
Einsel let out a small sigh and passed by the mirror to examine her energetic mood.
The atmosphere in the royal castle was as noisy as Ainsel had expected. Everyone was whispering and talking about Titania’s actions a little while ago.
At that time, as she was wandering through her hallway, Einsel caught sight of a group of maids. Ein Sel, who got as close to the group as possible, pricked up her ear and began to secretly listen to the maids’ story.
A maid in the crowd asked, ‘Maybe the princess has gone crazy after all…? ‘There’s no way that the former queen could be there… After all, you’ve seen something in vain…’ She said, trailing off her words.
Rumors began to circulate among the maids that the princess could not bear her longing for Her Majesty the Queen and eventually went crazy. Ain Sel, who saw her maids’ nonsense spreading in the castle, shook her head and headed to Vinchot’s office.
Inside the office, Vinchot was confirming with the guard captain that Vivian had indeed visited the royal castle. The security captain who permitted Vivian’s entry was explaining the situation at that time to Vinchot in detail.
“It’s true! Here is the funeral invitation for Her Majesty the Queen Mother, given to me directly by Vivian! It says that Vivian Liliensol’s visit is permitted…! Moreover, I am not the only one who has seen it! Testimonies from other guards! There is also!”
“Yes, Her Majesty the Queen’s handwriting is clear…”
Banchot looked at the funeral invitation he received from the guard captain and let out a long sigh. It was clear that Vivian entered the royal castle, but the problem was that no one saw her leave. Bangchot sighed and began to think about what to do.
Then, the guard captain spoke in a voice that was close to a shout.
“And there was also an artificial flower that looked like it had just been placed in front of Her Majesty the Queen’s tombstone! Clearly, Vivian-“
“Harmony?”
-Harmony…?
“Yes. I brought it because I thought it would be evidence, but…”
The guard captain took out a small box from his arms and handed it to Vinchot. The artificial flowers presented at Her Majesty the Queen’s grave seemed to be handled with as much care as possible so as not to damage them. When Vinchot opened the box given to him by the guard captain, there was a small lily flower inside.
Banchot looked down at the artificial flowers and sighed softly.
“What kind of evidence do you think this is? Moreover, you arbitrarily took the flowers placed in front of the tombstone…! Quickly, return them to Her Majesty the Queen’s tombstone!”
“Ah, I understand!”
The guard captain, who had been handed the box with a shout from Bang Chau, began to run away. While Bangchot clicked his tongue briefly and sighed in frustration, Ain Sel’s eyes widened after seeing the artificial flowers.
-That is…
Einsel left her office and headed to Veronica to tell her what she had found out. After almost a year of not finding out, she said she had finally found Vivian’s abode, and she rushed to Veronica after Einsel crossed her body.
*
“…Katarina?”
-Yes! Katarina! Katarina the ‘Hermit’, one of Kirven’s witches! Vivian is definitely by Katarina’s side!
“How did you know…?”
-I can feel the magic of ‘Katarina’ in the artificial flowers that Vivian left behind! I remember because I only met her once before at a meeting!
Ain Sel, who was catching her breath from running, was very excited and told Veronica what she had found out. Contrary to Ainsel’s expectations, who thought Veronica would be surprised, Veronica only let out a small ‘hmm’ sound.
-…? You’re not really surprised, are you? They say Vivian belongs to another witch…
“Ah… I was surprised. I didn’t know that he would be with that ‘Katarina’. It’s just… I understand that we haven’t been able to find Vivian until now. With that ‘Katarina’ “It’s worth noting that you can’t find it, right?”
Ein Sel nodded her head slightly.
Katarina is not called a ‘recluse’ in Kirven for nothing. Katarina was called a hermit because even with her magic she could hide where she lived.
Clearly, the reason she couldn’t find Vivian was because of Katarina’s magic, and Aincell sighed.
There were only two ways for Katarina to know where she lived. Firstly, there was no choice but to ask her archwitch, and secondly, to ask the Kirven witch who was close to Katharina.
Of course, Ainsel does not know who the witch who is friendly with Katarina is. Besides, she had no way of contacting the witch even if she knew.
-Sigh… I knew he was with someone, but there’s no way to find him…
Ain Sel sighed in frustration, but Veronica was a little different. Veronica sat down in her chair, crossed her legs, rested her chin, and thought for a moment.
The problem for Veronica now is that although it was good that she found Vivian, the biggest problem was that she ended up with the witch of Kirven.
Because she herself cannot become involved with the Kirven witch.
‘If I go near the Witch of Kirven myself, I might be caught by her Great Witch… I can’t help it, but I guess I’ll have to secretly send one of her dwarves to get Ain Sel’s powder.’
After thinking quickly, Veronica got up from her seat and asked Eincel.
“Did you make the powder last time to put where Vivian is? Where is it?”
-Yes? Ah… It’s in the drawer over there. But why? You know who Vivian is with, but you don’t know where she is, right?
“I know where I am.”
-Yes?! How?!
Veronica took out a small mirror from a drawer and smiled. She thought about it for a moment and then laughed, saying she couldn’t remember how many times it was.
“How many times was it? Katarina saved me from almost being killed by a hunter during my last return. I lived with Katarina for a few months back then. So, I know where Katarina is. Probably by now, as she wished, in the countryside. “Maybe he opened a small ‘bakery’? Vivian is helping him with that.”
-Ah…
Veronica let out a short sigh at the sight of Einsel’s pitiful expression, and opened the door to her cabin. Just as she was about to return to her cabin, Veronica lowered her head, looked at her Aincell and said:
“Ainsel. I told you that even if you remember all of my ‘returns’, it’s not something you should feel guilty about. I’ve said this over and over again, but there was nothing you could have done at that time.”
Veronica remembered talking to Ain Sel at her academy. Veronica was so angry at Aincel’s passive attitude that she continued to avoid her that she vented her anger and lashed out at Aincel.
Why on earth are you avoiding me? Didn’t she apologize? Didn’t she say she was reflecting? She knows that this is a bad situation, but since she will be seeing him for a long time, this kind of atmosphere won’t be difficult for Titania.
At that time, Einsel finally burst into tears and let out her tears to Veronica. She says she remembers all of Veronica’s ‘regression’ and doesn’t know how to deal with it. She says she feels so guilty that she doesn’t know what to do.
This time, I promised myself that I would protect you, the princess, and make sure she didn’t get hurt, but you turned up remembering the hurt from back then. So, so…
I don’t know what to do.
I confessed to Veronica, shedding tears.
-But…
“Okay, go tell Titania this news. Soon you’ll be able to see your beloved mother.”
-……Yes.
Heinsel whimpered and ran straight to Titania. Veronica gently squeezed the Ain Cell powder and let out a small sigh.
Ein Sel knew why she felt guilty. Because in all her regressions she was an aincel and it was true that she had done herself no favors.
She was definitely disgusted and angry at the time. She even hated Aincel, who ignored her pleas for help. However, she was forcibly ‘contracted’ by ‘Vivian’ in all episodes due to threats.
Now that I know that, I had no intention of saying anything. The bad one is Vivian there, right? Besides, right now, I’m staying by Titania’s side to help ‘me’ here.
Because you always provide for ‘me’ here.
That alone was enough.
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I was happy to come here and know Ainsel’s sincerity. Veronica felt like she was being comforted just by knowing that Aincel was there for Titania.
Veronica walked out one step and headed toward her cabin. She wants to grant the wishes of ‘me’ here. To make her feel better about her beloved sister.
*
-Princess! Princess! Look at me! Yes?!
She tried her best to divert Titania’s gaze when Ain Sel arrived in Titania’s room and covered her with her blanket. She bounced around in place and wrung her hands, but she was of no use to the depressed-looking Titania.
-We found out where Vivian is! Veronica said she’ll be leaving my powder there soon… So I’ll be able to show you Vivian soon!
“Where is mom…?”
Titania poked her head out from the blanket and finally looked at Ain Cell. Now, with just a signal from Veronica, she could beam Vivian through the powder. Ain Sel eagerly twirled her arms to get Titania’s attention.
-Yes! It’s coming soon! If you wait just a moment…!
Knock knock.
At that moment, Ain Sel felt a signal coming from her own body.
She was delighted as Ain Sel looked at her Titania with a wide smile. She thought she would finally be able to see Titania’s smile. After Vivian left, she rarely smiled. She had thought that when Titania saw Vivian’s face she would perk up a little.
-hehehe! There’s a signal! I’ll shine it on you now!
But.
Ainsel and Veronica did not know ‘yet’.
Even though Vivian was with Katharina, she never expected that they would live together. No, she hadn’t even thought about it. Moreover, the relationship between the two…
‘Rain, Vivian… Are you okay…?’
‘……No, it’s not okay.’
‘Well, if I can comfort you, I will… How about a hug like last time…?’
‘…Thank you always, Katarina.’
It was unexpected for both of us to be this close.
A large mirror hung on the wall reflected Katarina and Vivian. Vivian is sobbing and crying in the corner of a store, and Katarina is comforting her.
Titania just looked at her like that.
“Ha.”
In the end, I burst into laughter.
