The misty water vapor is evaporating in the bathroom, making the huge bathing pool hazy. Occasionally, you glance sideways at one or two exquisite mermaid statues, which inexplicably adds a bit of mysterious beauty.
On weekdays, when Sandrina takes a bath, she usually just washes herself off in a hurry and then ends it. Enjoying an entire large bath alone like tonight is undoubtedly a luxury for her.
"call-"
Sandrina scooped up a pot of water and poured it down her neck. The feeling of the flowing warmth gently sliding over her skin made her narrow her eyes slightly.
After letting out a faint sigh, she pursed her lips, lightly flipped her moist hair and thought to herself:
"Is it really because I'm too sleepy? Why did Mr. McClain just say it casually and I subconsciously followed it?"
While thinking so randomly, Sandrina watched water droplets dripping from her fingertips. The warmth that seemed to melt people made her eyelids heavier, as if she would fall asleep at any moment.
Sandrina patted her red cheeks and told herself that she couldn't fall asleep here.
Perhaps after all, she was still not used to enjoying the leisurely bathing like this. Even though it was indeed very comfortable, Sandrina quickly left the bath, wrapped herself in a bath towel and walked towards the door.
However, just as she passed by the mirror on the side of the bathroom... there seemed to be something in the mirror among the mist, which suddenly attracted her attention.
"Well?"
Sandrina stopped for a moment and looked at the mirror a few more times in confusion. It was just that the white steam covered her eyes, making her unable to see clearly.
Because her feet were bare, the wet stone floor was a bit slippery, so in order to prevent slipping, Sandrina walked carefully towards the mirror.
As I get closer and closer to the mirror, my reflection in the mirror becomes clearer and clearer.
There was nothing unusual - except for Sandrina herself who was wrapped in a bath towel, her long wet hair tangled around her shoulders and hanging down around her waist, there was only the white mist, everything seemed normal.
She subconsciously raised her hand to smooth her chestnut hair, her expression seemed a little hesitant - when she subconsciously glanced at the mirror just now, she felt that she should have seen something a little inconsistent. Yes, but now it seems that it was probably just a misunderstanding due to sleepiness.
After hesitating for a moment, Sandrina turned around and continued walking towards the door.
However, the moment she turned around, she suddenly saw from the corner of her eye that she hadn't moved in the mirror, still maintaining the posture of looking forward with her hair lifted.
This time, Sandrina was finally frightened and hurriedly took a step back in the opposite direction of the mirror. But just that step caused her feet to slip and she fell heavily to the ground with a "bang".
Since she only had a thin bath towel on her body, to be honest, Sandrina's fall was really heavy. She lay on the bathroom floor and groaned for a while, then struggled to sit up with pain.
And during this whole process, "Sandrina" in the mirror never moved - "she" just looked at "me" outside the mirror silently with a cold look, until the other person slowly crawled away. When he got up, he faded away quietly.
Sandrina's knees and elbows were broken, and her ankle seemed to be slightly sprained, but no matter how much pain she felt, it couldn't compare to the shock in her heart.
She is a squib and has had no connection with magic since she was a child. She can't see all kinds of magical animals, nor can she see most interesting or strange and mysterious magical phenomena. Situations like accidentally seeing strange scenes in the mirror are a strange situation for her. Something incredible.
But... if I have to say it, in fact, apart from the initial fright, what she felt at the moment was more of a complex emotion mixed with surprise and surprise.
"Could it be that-"
Sandrina waved her hand in front of the mirror - although the figure in the mirror had returned to normal, her inner expectations became stronger. As for the sleepiness just now, it has long since flown out of the sky with this series of accidents.
Unfortunately, she waited for a long time after that, but she never saw any strange changes in herself in the mirror.
Until...the moment when she tentatively touched the mirror with her palm.
"ah!"
Suddenly, the "Sandrina" in the mirror suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed her slender wrist. "She" looked at the real Sandrina outside the mirror with extremely cold eyes, and a frightening aura wafted out from the mirror.
But soon, just as Sandrina felt in horror that a huge force suddenly came from that hand, everything suddenly disappeared.
The figure in the mirror returned to normal, and the palm protruding out of the mirror turned into nothingness. Sandrina, who thought she was going to be dragged into the mirror, just hit the mirror hard with a "boom".
"Wow-"
The mirror was smashed into pieces.
…
"Um?"
At the same time that Sandrina encountered an unexpected situation, in the room on the top floor of the tower, Maka was staring at the Devouring Mirror with some confusion.
Because he wanted to study Haierbo's Horcrux in depth, he had just removed the "arrogance" rune on the mirror. In order to prevent Blois Castle from being affected, he deliberately set up several strict isolation protections in this room according to his previous seal on the mirror.
The moment the seal was released, Maka thought she would have to endure the same strong suction force as before. But who knew, when he stabilized his soul and planned to resist the power of the Devouring Mirror to study it carefully, he found that the expected suction force did not appear.
This was obviously an anomaly that Maka had not expected.
"this… "
Maka frowned and hesitated for a moment. After thinking about it, she decided to immediately stop this research plan and use the soul rule runes to seal the Devouring Mirror again.
When the seal was completed, he scratched his scalp and remained lost in thought. It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Maka, who had "wasted" another night, put away the Devouring Mirror again, untied the protection in the room and walked out of the room.
And when Maka was the first to go to the restaurant, ready to eat some breakfast to fill his stomach, he discovered that the maid who usually helped him read the newspaper in the morning had suddenly changed.
"Excuse me... where is Sandrina? Is she off today?" Maka asked casually.