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Chapter 20 - Fragile mirror

The wind blew gently, heavy rain fell just like that, the sound of wet soil could be clearly smelled, leaving an impression of deep silence. I walked over to see a lounger in a park soaked with water, a shard of glass was visible, with some blood splatters on it.

A chuckle was heard from behind, I turned my gaze towards the direction the sound came from, and I saw, the figure of a man in a black robe was standing, as if this was the moment he had been waiting for.

"Are you the one who brought Ariz? Give him back to me."

The figure remained silent, standing still in the midst of the heavy rain that poured down so heavily, without mercy.

His hand rose, then a large chunk of glass came crashing down towards me, I acrobatically avoided the chunks, without me realizing the direction changed, and the chunks hit me, penetrating every part of my body.

*

"This is driving me crazy, I've tried everything, but I still can't, besides, getting into that mirror is impossible!"

Queen ruffled her hair in frustration, Fizen burst out laughing at Queen's funny behavior. Queen flattened her face, her lips forming a perfect horizontal line,her eyes narrowed at Fizen who was still laughing at her.

"You're so weird!"

Fizen said it while laughing out loud, his hands holding his stomach, feeling the intense vibrations and ticklishness there.

"Entering behind the mirror is not an easy thing to know, it is a world order that is different from our world in general."

Queen and Cestele's attention was diverted to Jerry, Jerry flinched as all attention was diverted to him, then he cleared his throat softly, and continued his delayed words.

"Basically the order behind the mirror is the same as our world, but there is a system that keeps it behind the mirror accessible."

"I get the gist of it, but I still don't really understand it."

Fizen barged in between the conversation, smiling broadly.

"It's basically like a computer system that's hard to access. Let's make an analogy."

He raised both his hands high, then his index fingers rose, his face beaming with enthusiasm again, as if he had just taken an important stage.

"Let's say my right hand is computer one, and my left hand is computer two. Computer two has a system that is difficult to access, but not with computer one, but basically they are the same, both are computers, only a system differentiates them."

"I see, I understand now."

Cestele muttered with her hands clasped to her chin, her mind wandering far away to think about all the information she had received. Meanwhile, Queen still looked confused and rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly several times.

"Well... Queen is stupid, so I'll excuse it."

Hearing Fizen's words, Queen's eyes widened and she stared at him sharply, her cheeks puffed up in annoyance, her hands clenched into fists as she tried to hold back her anger, then she averted her gaze.

Cestele stepped closer to the glass again, her hands touching its cold surface, her eyes filled with worry, and her mind was still on Ray who still had no news until now.

"Calm down Cestele, Ray will be fine there, believe me he is a strong person."

Cestele nodded at Fizen's words of encouragement, her eyes returning to a mirror reflecting herself.

After a while, the sound of footsteps was heard, the figure appeared with his towering height, glasses on his face, and his eyes that looked so perfectionist, As usual, Yadz always appears with a lazy and grumpy face.

"You guys are still chilling here? Where's Kama?"

Fizen chuckled, his lips curved into a bitter smile that was directed directly at Yadz.

"A while ago he left because of something, we are still here because Kama asked us to wait for him first, instead of that where have you been lately huh?"

Yadz took a deep breath, raising his hand to scratch the back of his head with an uncontrollable bitter smile.

"I'm busy taking care of my younger siblings."

After saying that, his eyes now swept the air looking around, his mouth opened again to ask a question.

"Where is Lyzky? And the others?"

Fizen raised both hands, making a gesture of ignorance.

"I don't know, whether they are busy, or just pretending to be busy, who knows."

Yadz sighed again, his hand raised to pat his forehead gently, his face perfectly flat, then his gaze shifted back to Fizen who was still leaning back casually.

"They are too much, Kama is too kind to them."

Now Yadz's footsteps are approaching the window, the rain continues to fall heavily, the dry ground has been colored by the density of puddles, the sound of each drop of water was so peaceful, bringing a calm that was almost imperceptible.

"I don't know why I have a bad feeling."

Fizen stepped carefully, then his hands embraced Yadz's stiff shoulders, Yadz could only give a thin smile,

"That Kama... I don't know but it seems like he's hiding something, even though if he asked for our help, we wouldn't mind."

"Yes... That's how he is, stubborn."

*

"So... Who do you think made Ray disappear?"

The question seemed to hang in the air, their all stood in a circle, facing each other, their minds spinning, looking for a possibility that might occur to them.

"As long as it's just speculation, it won't be of any use, right?"

Jerry replied, his voice still calm, with his cold face remaining the same, his eyes drooping as usual.

"That may be true... But Cestele, didn't you see someone strange approaching him?"

Cestele flinched as their gazes fell on her, then she shook her head slowly.

"We parted ways at school, so I didn't know anything when he came home."

"Oh, I see."

Their brains were spinning again, their thoughts wandering in search of something they might have missed.

"It's a bit difficult, if only we had Lyzky here."

Yadz muttered softly, thinking his thoughts over and over again, but before he could continue Fizen interrupted him.

"I think it's impossible, I've already confirmed that, and I don't think we'll be able to see what Ray sees, his perception is completely messed up."

Yadz's eyes widened, but then his expression quickly calmed down, his head nodding slowly, understanding what Fizen was saying.

Jerry was still standing there, his gaze looking out the window several times, his eyes gazing far into the black clouds with heavy rain continuing to fall. Her sapphire blue eyes faded, her lips pulled horizontally, her expression so cold, almost completely unreadable.

"It's been a long time, why hasn't Kama come back?"

The question jumped out, they simultaneously looked at the clock on the wall near them, it had been quite a while, Fizen scratched his cheek with a feeling of doubt bubbling up inside him.

"Okay, back to the discussion, as we know, Ray almost never communicates with outsiders, the only ones who talk to him are between us, right?"

Yadz took over the discussion, they nodded simultaneously, agreeing with a statement he made.

"So the possibility is that the one who did something to him was an outsider, right? That's obvious."

Jerry looked down, his hand raised to support his chin lazily, barely audible as he spoke in a voice that was almost a mumble.

"No, there is one outsider who has interacted with Ray lately."

They all looked away, Yadz tilted his head, looking confused and surprised, he remained silent, inviting Jerry to continue.

"Ghost, or Noah, lately he likes interacting with Ray."

"But... Why did you jump to conclusions so easily? It's possible that he was really kidnapped by outsiders, right?"

Fizen chuckled softly at the opinion put forward by Queen, raising his hand and waving his index finger, his smile widened with a hint of mockery hidden in it.

"Tracking us is nearly impossible, we have systems in place to protect us from technology-based location searches."

Hearing Fizen's arrogance, Queen flattened her face lazily, her lips pulling in two directions, forming a horizontal line.

"Besides, what are you guys really?"

Queen frowned, leaving a question hanging awkwardly in the air.

Yadz took over, his hands grabbing their hands tightly, his steps were so fast with a heavy sweat continuing to drip down his temples, his teeth gritted with the anger that radiated there.

Their steps quickly headed towards Lyzky's class, in the corridor in front of her class, Lyzky was standing looking at the rain falling heavily, she turned her head to notice us.

"What is it?"

Beads of sweat fell as he saw our faces that probably looked panicked, Yadz took a few steps in front of him, and gripped both of his shoulders tightly.

"There's no time left, use your clairvoyance!!!"

Yadz's voice was a little thunderous, Lyzky swallowed heavily, then he took a few steps back, His eyes shone with such a bright golden color, Queen and Cestele looked surprised, but there was no time for them to do that.

"Okay, I've activated it, who should I see it to?"

"Look into Kama's vision!"

Lyzky nodded, her eyes began to open access to Kama's eyes instantly, her body jerked in surprise, when what she saw was only a blackness that was closing.

"I can't see anything, it's all dark."

Their breath caught in their throats, sweat began to wet them, their breathing became labored, their eyes widened several times.

"Then... That means Kama is in danger."

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