In the early morning of this morning, Klein was preparing to leave home and go to work, but unexpectedly received a request from Miss Witch.

"You mean, you want to go out with me?"

He was a little surprised and couldn't help asking her again.

"Does this embarrass you?"

Alice looked at him calmly with a rare non-joking expression.

Klein looked away uncomfortably, avoiding looking into those overly clear eyes.

"I can't say it's difficult, but I only have one day off a week, so I have to go to the company even on Saturdays. Well, just in time, I plan to walk there today. If you don't mind walking a few kilometers..."

Uh... when he said this, he suddenly got stuck.

Because Klein realized that if she followed him to the Blackthorn Security Company, wouldn't it be like falling into a trap? And he couldn't explain the Nighthawks wanted order to her at all!

Should we place our hope in Miss Witch's mysterious magical ability? Can that kind of magic that confuses others' perceptions be hidden from senior extraordinary people?

Alice just shook her head slightly.

"Don't worry about me, just think that you have someone to chat with on the road. I will say goodbye to you when you arrive at the company."

Now that she had mentioned it, Klein couldn't find any reason to refuse, so he nodded in agreement.

The journey that used to take only ten minutes by public carriage now takes about an hour on foot.

So Klein deliberately left the house early, and after greeting Melissa and Benson respectively, he left the house with his little tail following him.

——During this period, he became completely accustomed to the subtle expressions his brothers and sisters showed towards him, and was able to accept it all without changing his expression.

...Of course, yesterday before Alice returned home, Melissa took him seriously and asked him to consider the issue of self-control, saying that Alice was not even legally an adult, so they had better

Wait until a year later before having close contact... At that time, Klein can also consider renting a house suitable for young couples to live together, so that life can be more convenient and comfortable.

Klein almost lost his temper at the time, but fortunately his sister Melissa added that she believed they had not developed that kind of close relationship yet, but accidents were indeed prone to happen when living in the same house, so she hoped that her family

My brother can find a suitable time to talk to Alice and convince her to move into the vacant guest room on the second floor.

Slowly walking along the Narcissus Street in the early morning, Klein thought of this incident, so he tentatively mentioned it to Miss Witch, and received an "It doesn't matter" reply from the other party.

"As long as you don't worry about the money to buy quilts and pillows." The girl beside him said with a slightly arched eyebrow.

When his money-obsessed nature was revealed, Klein felt his face get a little hot.

"Sooner or later you will have to buy it...it's not a waste, and it can also be used as a backup for emergencies..."

He replied stiffly.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Klein thought of her temporary residence so far, the full-length mirror in his room. This was a topic he had not dared to ask in detail before, but since she was about to "move" there,

Then maybe it’s okay to ask?

"Hmm, are you curious about what it looks like behind the mirror?" Alice reached out and touched her lips, slightly raising the corners of her lips, "Generally, shouldn't this kind of question be asked the first time you meet someone?"

"...Isn't it true that I haven't found the right opportunity to ask?" Klein managed a smile.

Alice seemed to be amused by his reaction. She stopped and the sound of her heels tapping the ground stopped. Klein subconsciously stood still and turned to look at her questioningly.

"If you want to understand the subspace behind the mirror, you just need to experience it yourself." Alice said, completing a strange gesture with her right hand.

This action seemed to touch Klein's spiritual sense. He looked around consciously, and was vaguely aware that the surrounding environment suddenly became "stagnate", as if there was an invisible wall separating the area where he was from.

The outside world is separated, forming a special closed environment.

Klein noticed that no one around him seemed to pay attention to the changes here, which was very similar to the situation when he first met Miss Witch——

"A little trick can help you avoid attracting attention from irrelevant people."

Alice didn't explain much, took the initiative to hold Klein's wrist and walked a few steps forward, past the fruit stand not far from the two of them, and arrived at a street shop with relatively clean windows.

This is a relatively respectable store in the city adjacent to Iron Cross Street, but the door is closed and a sign indicating that it is closed for some reason has been put up.

Klein was distracted by the soft touch on his wrist. He didn't pay attention to the products displayed in the shop window at all. He just seemed normal and his eyes stayed on the glass window in front of him slightly dull.

The street scene was reflected there, as was the young man and woman standing in front of the window.

The petite and beautiful Miss Witch put on a new outfit today, a ruffled V-neck off-the-shoulder dress. The necklace dotted with light sapphires around her neck pressed against the graceful and distinct collarbone, making her appear girlish.

The skeleton becomes more slender and softer, making people lovable.

And her hand was holding the wrist of the young man with black hair and brown eyes, wearing a formal black tuxedo...

Ah, let go.

"Come here, Klein."

As if nothing had happened, Alice gestured for him to come closer to her as usual, and then stretched out her hand to touch the dusty and stained glass window.

She didn't see any movement or chanting any incantations. Klein noticed that there seemed to be subtle ripples on the horizontal mirror reflection in front of him, just like the waves on the lake surface blown by the breeze, but this change only lasted

It returned to normal in an instant.

Looking at it, the reflection on this piece of transparent glass is exactly the same as it was at the beginning, without any abnormalities.

Alice turned around and stretched out her hand to him.

Klein was stunned for a few seconds without reacting, and then he heard her sigh, and her eyes turned helpless as she looked at him, quite similar to Melissa's look when she cared for her mentally retarded brother.

"Hand, Klein." Alice explained patiently, "If you don't want to get lost in subspace, you'd better take the initiative... Well, have you never touched a girl's hand before? So?

A little nervous?"

As she said that, she looked him up and down seemingly seriously, and then nodded lightly, as if she was convinced of something.

In addition to feeling embarrassed and offended by her bluntly telling the truth, Klein suddenly became angry and righteously raised his hand to grab the soft, fair-skinned palm.

"No, it's not that I'm nervous. I'm just a little surprised... was that a spell just now? But I didn't see you using any spell-casting materials."

Klein remembered clearly that when Alice briefly introduced the spell system of the other world to him, she clearly said that most of the spells there are composed of three necessary parts-casting actions, or gestures, and several measures.

The chanting of incantations, and the casting catalysts that channel the power of spells.

But she clearly didn't chant just now, and she didn't take out any materials. In just one movement, she seemed to have completed a... well, a spell that he couldn't quite understand.

——But then again, are all girls' hands so soft? It's like they have no bones... And her hands are so small, they can almost be completely included in his palm...

Klein tried his best to suppress the embarrassing thoughts surging in his mind, pretending to be fully focused on the magical power she displayed.

It is worth mentioning that until now, he has not noticed the change in Miss Witch's name for him.

"Well, this is your focus, I thought..."

Alice obviously didn't have so many distracting thoughts like him. Even if he took the initiative to hold her hand, her attitude did not change at all. She raised her lips and smiled, with a bit of mischievousness in her eyebrows.

"Okay, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it if I keep talking. Come on, remember to follow me closely. As for the question you just asked -"

She started to walk forward, and right in front of her was the glass showcase where they had stopped for a while. Klein subconsciously opened his eyes and was led forward by her.

So he saw the scene he had seen in the room again.

As if walking into a curtain made of water, Miss Witch sank directly into the glass of the display window. What was different from the previous time was that Klein's own reflection in front of him was getting closer and closer, until it was completely

On collision——

Huh? I don’t feel anything...

After Klein reflexively closed his eyes for a few seconds, he realized that he had not hit anything, and the hand he was holding tightly was still warm and soft, as if to remind him that he was still in reality at this moment.

He opened his eyes half in surprise and half in anticipation, just at this moment Alice also answered the previous question.

"Because strictly speaking it's not a spell, well... it can be said to be an innate ability."

Klein didn't realize what she said at all.

His attention was entirely focused on the space in front of him.

fragments...

This is a world that seems to be pieced together from countless fragments.

His feet, his whole body, and his head were all composed of fragmented scenes reflecting various pictures. And from those pictures that were completely symmetrical with the real images, he could see a thin old man walking on the street, seemingly looking for a job.

The middle-class housewife who was arranging her appearance and hair in the mirror, saw the Loen gentleman arranging his hat and shirt in front of the full-length mirror, and even saw the workers in the cheap restaurant with simple decoration, devouring black bread...

In just a few brief glances, he saw many vivid scenes of life. From the different facial features and emotional expressions of the strangers, he felt the early morning breath of Tingen at this moment.

It was like... he had mistakenly entered the world of the Land of Mirrors in a fairy tale. But what was different from the fairy tale he was familiar with was that the person who led him into this world was none other than Alice, who has the name of the fairy tale protagonist. (Note)

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...Is she really Alice from that other world? A character based on a fairy tale?

No, that's not right, Miss Witch said Alice's name was fake...

Klein was shocked for a moment, but he couldn't look away from the miraculous sight in front of him until Alice stood on tiptoes and reached out to pat his cheek.

"Stop looking. You'll get lost if you look too much...Follow me."

"Where are you going?" Klein reluctantly focused on the girl's back and asked with difficulty.

"Well, you'll know when you come."

Alice seemed to have a clear goal. She took him a few steps and then stopped, raising her hand to outline a rune in the air filled with various fragments.
To be continued...