No longer dwelling on those distant events, Anvis closed Trapped Within the Black Mirror in his hands and slowly rose from the Pearl Wood table in the Great Library.
As the book closed, the pitch-black circular mirror that covered nine-tenths of its cover faintly reflected his face, making for a rather strange sight.
This was a Fourth Rank magic book. It documented all manner of terrifying entities that appeared within black mirrors, allowing readers to understand their habits.
The book's author had once proudly declared, "All records in this book are guaranteed to be true and reliable."
To prove the authenticity of its contents, he had captured every terrifying thing described in the text and placed them all inside the black mirror on the book's cover.
It was worth mentioning that the mirror had no protective measures whatsoever for its readers.
After several lower-year students accidentally reflected their own shadows in the mirror and fell victim to it, ending up in the academy infirmary, the book had been placed in the Dangerous Books Section.
However, in Anvis's hands, not a single one of those strange entities appeared. Like a truly ordinary black mirror, it showed no reaction at all.
"Anvis, are you done reading?"
Seeing him rise, Pekala, who had been seated beside him, closed her book as well.
She had come this time to report to Anvis on the recent acquisitions of Cursed Land.
But seeing that Anvis was reading, she tactfully refrained from disturbing him. Instead, she took a book herself, sat beside him, and waited for him to finish.
"Let's go. We need to keep quiet in the library. We'll talk at the High Tower Restaurant."
Knowing why Pekala had come, Anvis nodded and headed toward the library entrance. The book in his hand flew back to