It was difficult to venture deeper into the Mirror Hall, but leaving was easy—all one had to do was think, I want to leave, and after at most three spatial shifts, one would return to the entrance.
That was also why it was called the Mirror Hall rather than the Mirror Maze.
Once they had left the Mirror Hall, Iver arranged the ritual and began summoning Moon Deer Arnold.
None of them had a Dream Realm Navigator, so they could only rely on Moon Deer to travel steadily through the gaps between dreams. However, with Arnold's true name, this was not particularly difficult.
But what surprised Iver was...
—the summoned Moon Deer Arnold was not Jester Angel at all, nor did he know them.
Although he still spoke in that sharp, jester-like voice, he was nothing like the deranged, excited "Moon Deer Arnold" who had left earlier. Instead, he spoke softly and unhurriedly, just as he had before they set out, in front of Shadow Angel.
In other words...
It was not that Jester Angel had an incarnation called Moon Deer Arnold.
Rather, he had somehow taken Arnold's place, intercepted and answered Shadow Angel's summons ahead of time! This meant that even Shadow Angel could not detect Jester Angel's impersonation! However, this was actually a good thing for Arsene—he had already told Jester Angel a story once, and now he could tell the same story to Arnold again.
Although they were carrying three people this time, the journey from the Mirror Hall to Geometric Angel's domain was not particularly long. Thus, this one story was enough to serve as the fare.
Arsene did not need to reveal any new embarrassing history to ride the "Moon Deer Bus" once more.
Still, this left Arsene somewhat regretful. He had originally thought that