"I don't think Prince and Shion did anything wrong. The one who's wrong is Jiang Si, who cheated on me."
Keke looked at Peony, who was seriously criticizing her older brother, and chuckled dryly, "My brother has no choice."
"I understand, I understand. Cheating is something we can't help. Your brother is the most helpless person in Beihai." Peony patted Keke's shoulder cheerfully. "After all, Shion and the Prince of the Mirror World are not easy to mess with; he was forced into love."
Magical Girl Captain Li Yi pulled Keke aside, "Ignore her."
As the wedding of the Mirror King, it was naturally grand and magnificent.
The moment Coco stepped into the Land of Mirrors, Keke completely at ease.
In fact, she had been mentally preparing herself during this period.
All this time, Shion- sensei has taken good care of her, and she has feelings for Shion- sensei.
Actually, I kind of implicitly agree that my older brother will definitely marry Teacher Shion in the future.
Although she verbally supported Li Yi, deep down she didn't think Li Yi had a chance. This wasn't because she looked down on her friend or had a problem with Yiyi.
Compared to Ms. Shion, none of the girls seem quite good enough.
So when she heard that Ms. Shion and her brother had broken up, she actually had a vague disbelief in her heart.
Just like Yiyi said, maybe it's just a temporary argument? Maybe they'll make up after a while?
Of course, it was eventually proven that the two had indeed broken up, but Li Yi had no chance at all.
Because right after, my brother started a relationship with the king of the Land of Mirrors.
This guy is a heartless, unfaithful, two-faced, fickle, and lustful man. We haven't even learned the rest yet. In short, he's a complete scoundrel!
It's no wonder that Ms. Shion broke up with him. Any girl would find it hard to tolerate her lover philandering like that, right? Especially a proud and outstanding girl like Ms. Shion, she would find it even more intolerable.
She was still talking to Shion- sensei, but as soon as they broke up, she started preparing to marry Mirror King.
It's definitely not a seamless transition; it's more like a parallel circuit—he cheated on her while they were dating!
I initially thought the Prince was some kind of mistress or vixen.
However, she appeared when I was fighting with my older brother, defended him, sent me an invitation, took care of me, and showed me affection for him, which was evident in her eyes.
Keke was speechless for a moment.
For Keke, if someone who truly loves her brother can genuinely make him happy, she simply can't bring herself to say anything to hinder or criticize them.
I felt a little sorry for Professor Shion, but as I ate the expensive gifts and decorations at the wedding, I was also moved. Mirror King really went all out for my brother's wedding.
If I really like her, then my relationship with Shion- sensei is really over.
"Miss Coco? This way, Keke. You can go to the VIP section."
Just as they passed through the large, round, flower-covered archway, Alice approached them, speaking warmly and affectionately, "Please come with us. You are our customer, and a future member of the royal family of the Land of Mirrors— "
" Yiyi, I'm going to be a princess--"
"What are you thinking about!" Li Yi tapped her friend's head, pulled the silly Keke aside, and looked at Alice, saying in a deep voice, "We can just wander around on our own, you don't need to make any arrangements."
" The Land of Mirrors won't do anything to you--"
"You don't need to worry about it, otherwise Keke and I will be leaving."
Alice hesitated for a moment, then reported it to the higher-ups before nodding, "Then do as you wish, little sugar man."
After saying that, he turned and left, and Li Yi didn't even have time to react.
Until Keke whispered from the side, "She said you're a little sugar doll."
Who are you calling a little sugar figurine?!
Seeing her friend about to rush up and punch Alice, Keke quickly grabbed her, "It might be a difference in customs; the sugar figurines of the Land of Mirrors might mean 'sweet girl'—"
Li Yi turned her head and pinched Keke's cheek, "Do you really think I'm stupid?"
"Oh well, never mind her!" Keke dragged her towards the snack table. "Let's eat something good first, I'm hungry!"
Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Keke did not insist on going to the palace.
When Keke got to the dessert table, she froze. Looking over, Li Yi noticed many familiar desserts on the table:
Marmite toast, Starry Night pie, blue cheese soda cake, glutinous rice natto bread, wasabi mung bean juice, herring and houttuynia cordata milk--
The two girls exchanged a glance, Keke was dumbfounded. "Can these really be eaten?!"
"It tastes pretty bad," Li Yi said softly. "I think that discount cake shop in Beihai sells it—"
"--The Land of Mirrors can't be that shabby, can it?"
"Perhaps, people in the Old World had a taste for this—"
Li Yi looked around. There were quite a few people around, mostly members of the Old World, and they were eating happily.
"Hmm, it really is just a matter of preference. We can't possibly bankrupt the entire Land of Mirrors like this—"
As they spoke, they moved to another table. This time, the pastries on the table were much more normal, though they all seemed to be mass-produced goods from South China.
She also saw Rose, her senior colleague from the police station, who was sitting at the table next to her, talking to Alice of the Land of Mirrors, which made her feel a little strange.
There were quite a few people from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau this time, but none of them were Rose.
Where did she get the invitation?
Hello, you two children.
Keke and Li Yi, who were snacking and about to go chat with Rose, turned around and saw a girl dressed in gorgeous clothes. "My name is Jialan, and I'm the vice president of the Witch Association. It's nice to meet you."
Keke and Li Yi hurriedly put down their snacks and immediately took out their Miracle Seed. Li Yi even grabbed a melon seed instead, and it took her a while to find her Miracle Seed.
Both of them looked at the girl, who would probably be considered a high-ranking official in the anime, with serious expressions.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous." Jialan immediately raised her hands. "I was just invited to the wedding."
The two magical girls exchanged a glance, then Keke glared at her, "Nonsense, the Land of Mirrors Witch Association."
The Prince had patiently explained to them that the Land of Mirrors and the Witch Association also enemies. As the leaders of the Old World, they wanted to make amends for the mistakes they made in the New World and live in peace with New World.
Marrying Jiang Si was their first step towards a friendly coexistence with the New World.
" The Land of Mirrors has invited many people to the wedding this time, including our Witch Association." After sizing Keke Jialan for a while, Garan seemed to want to flatter her but also wanted to maintain her composure. Finally, she took out a Miracle Seed and handed it to Keke.
" Jiang Si and I are old colleagues and good friends. This is our first meeting, so here's a small gift—"
"No, I won't accept it." Keke immediately refused. "I won't accept anything from the Witch Association."
Li Yi: "Wait, didn't you turn evil?"
Keke glared at her friend. "A temporary whitewash!"
Kalan could only shrug, somewhat regretful that Keke couldn't use Coco to better cultivate a relationship with Si Motu.
If Si Motu really turns against them in the end, the Witch Association be in trouble.
"Don't overreact. In reality, the Land of Mirrors won't Witch Association in the end. Do you think South China will forget the blood feud with the Land of Mirrors? In the end, the Land of Mirrors will still cooperate with the Witch Association, just like they invited me today."
Jialan wanted to say a few more words to persuade Keke to join his team, but Alice immediately surrounded them. A dozen Alice, their faces fierce, shouted, "Found her! A member of the Witch Association who infiltrated the Land of Mirrors! Seize her!"
So Jialan immediately waved her hand and fled outside, saying, "I won't disturb you any longer, I'll be going now."
"You weren't even invited!"
Keke and Li Yi stared speechlessly at the fleeing Kalan, then turned to find that Rose was gone. Keke Li Yi tugged at Coco, "Let's go, don't worry about her."
The scene was slightly chaotic as Alice chased after Jialan, but it quickly calmed down.
"Actually, I was thinking, Yiyi," Keke suddenly spoke up as they moved to a safer spot with her friend.
As Li Yi gazed at the palace, she casually asked, "What?"
"If Shion- sensei and my brother break up," Keke sighed wistfully, acknowledging the greetings around her while holding a dessert, "Then what should I do to maintain a closer relationship with her?"
"Huh? Isn't the teacher-student relationship already quite good?"
Keke scratched her head and sat down on the stairs next to her. On both sides of them were large tables laden with desserts and snacks, which were slowly rotating. The guests on both sides were talking and laughing, but their eyes were actually fixed on the palace.
Everyone was watching the palace, waiting for the final moment.
"The teacher-student relationship is very good, but if one day, I mean, if Ms. Shion feels that my abilities are sufficient and lets me graduate, then this relationship won't be able to continue."
Li Yi pouted, "I thought you were going to say something like, 'Just join the Azure Cloud Sect then. Anyway, the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau is practically defunct now, it's just a lackey of the Azure Cloud Sect. Joining the Azure Cloud Sect is as easy as changing departments now—'"
"No way," Keke said with a worried look. "If I join the Azure Cloud Sect, won't I just be the same as all the other disciples? As for Teacher Shion, I'm not special at all."
"What nonsense are you talking about? What's so special about it?--"
Li Yi was still paying attention to Rose across from her, wondering what the other party was there for. Although there were also members of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau who came to stir up trouble, such as Susan and the others, they all entered the palace. Rose's identity was really suspicious.
But after hearing Keke's words, as if remembering something, she suddenly turned to look at her friend, "Wait, why is it special?"
"Huh?" Keke scratched her head, seemingly a little confused. "I've always wanted to be Shion- sensei's most special friend, haven't I told you that?"
After a long silence, Li Yi wiped the sweet juice off her hands and grabbed Keke's shoulders seriously and earnestly.
That expression startled Keke. "W-what's wrong?"
"You absolutely must not fall in love with Shion!"
What are you talking about?
"You absolutely mustn't fall for Shion! Teacher and student are teacher and student; they can't be lovers!"
"I know, I know," Keke, somewhat amused and exasperated, as she nudged her friend. "What are you talking about? I just want to be best friends with the teacher, like Ichigo does with Yiyi —wait, Yiyi, you're not so upset because you think your only friend is going to be taken away by Shion- sensei, are you?—You like me too much, your possessiveness is so disgusting—"
"You're the disgusting one! I have plenty of other friends!"
They pinched each other's cheeks, and Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief. "Anyway, Coco Keke needs one friend, me. As for Shion, you're not allowed to like her, and she can't be your best friend either."
"How domineering!"
"That's what friends are like," Li Yi said matter-of-factly. "You should just maintain your teacher-student relationship with Shion."
"Okay, okay, I got it."
While casually responding to her friend, Keke cupped her face in her hands, seemingly lost in thought.
However, if he and his brother weren't lovers, they might not see each other so easily in the future, and it would be impossible for Shion- sensei to come to their house to play. They would also never have the chance to sleep in the same bed with Shion- sensei or touch her dragon horns and tail.
Thinking about this, Keke somewhat disappointed and unwilling.
Anyway, I still want to be with Shion- sensei--
Just as the wedding was about to begin, the Land of Mirrors suddenly went dark.
Everyone gasped in surprise, and then Li Yi and Keke saw the palace getting further and further away from them!
Li Yi immediately turned her head to look around and saw the Rose in the distance. At that moment, their gazes also fell on her.
Something was wrong. Li Yi was startled.
She was staring at Keke!
Suddenly everything went black, all light vanished, Li Yi heard Rose whisper, "I'm sorry, Captain."
"Is that what you mean, Miss Shion?"
Jiang Si took the eyebrow pencil and drew a couple of lines on the Prince's eyebrows.
Although he revealed his true identity, the Prince did not get angry or push him away.
It's more like the eyebrow pencil was handed to her by the Prince, so she quietly accepted Jiang Si drawing her eyebrows.
What are you saying?
The eyebrow pencil color wasn't strong, just a light touch; even if you drew a few lines, you wouldn't see much difference. I didn't understand.
Prince Zi raised an eyebrow, a slight smile playing at the corners of her downturned lips. "This is the first time you've been willing to touch me first."
A hurried bell rang outside, and Alice's voice came through, "The guests have all arrived."
The eyebrow pencil he was using stopped, but the Prince didn't urge him; he simply reached out and took back his eyebrow pencil.
"Just kidding, were you scared?"
Jiang Si shook her head, only looking at her slightly lighter eyebrow on the other side.
The Prince didn't mind. "It's alright, the last one can wait for the eyebrow-drawing ceremony later."
Having said that, she offered her right hand, gloved with lace, her blood-red eyes like amber that could drip water. "Let's go, the engagement ceremony is about to begin."
Jiang Si took the Prince's hand without thinking much about it.
The two emerged from the dressing room and walked onto a long red carpet flanked by one-way transparent glass panels on either side, allowing the guests behind them to see them, but the guests could not see them.
It was as if the world had shrunk to just the two of them.
What did the Shuangsheng say to you?
Amidst the silent footsteps, the steady, cold voice of the young man carried a hint of sharpness.
Feeling the warmth from that cold, hard hand, the Prince's beautiful eyes narrowed.
"He didn't say much, just some things about you."
Her voice was flat, tinged with indifference, "But the Shuangsheng are ultimately Witch Association, so I don't really believe what she says."
They stopped in their tracks when they reached the pristine white curtain and could hear the noise outside.
The groom-to-be, who had been adorned with confetti by Alice, said, " The Shuangsheng are my subordinates."
The bride, adorned with confetti, nodded. "I know, of course I wouldn't kill her. But to say you're Miss Shion is a bit too much, and to actually ask me for a reward, so I made her suffer a little."
The white curtains were drawn back, revealing a bustling lobby where various distinguished guests, almost all of whom were acquaintances, sat at the tables.
Susan Anshiyu, her face grave, joined the Sanctuary's Demon Squad.
As the two walked hand in hand onto the main stage, cheers erupted from below.
The Prince smiled confidently and arrogantly, waving to the guests, but his lips moved slightly as he whispered to Jiang Si through the system, "Speaking of the Holy Church's Demon Squad, they have a system called the Main God, did you know that?"
Jiang Si's previously icy expression shifted slightly. "I've heard of it."
"However, the Main God System actually uses technology from our Land of Mirrors. Although it's common for the New World to steal technology from the Land of Mirrors, it's truly flattering that even the renowned Holy Church needs our technology."
With a smile and a wave, the Prince greeted several members of the Old World. Then, he turned his head to examine every detail of his lover's face. "It turns out they didn't use the system very well either. The security system was practically nonexistent. After we reconnected them to the main system, the secrets of the Holy Church were essentially useless to us."
"No one would have guessed, would they? The Holy Church was actually just a hoax. It really surprised me."
Listening quietly to the Prince's story, Jiang Si stopped and stood on the stage, simply waiting for him to finish.
However, the Prince simply pulled him along and continued walking forward, determined to finish the red carpet.
Jiang Si followed her and continued walking forward.
When did you find out?
"Just these past two days, since the Shuangsheng have said so many shocking things, I had to verify them, and unexpectedly I discovered the problem with the Holy Church."
As they walked, Alice on both sides began to scatter flowers.
The hydrangeas, as beautiful as a dream, are still fresh. Their petals are large and thin, very light, and the white petals drift down slowly, exuding a natural fragrance.
The engaged couple walked through a shower of flower petals, a beautiful and romantic scene.
"Ever since I began my operation to unseal the Land of Mirrors, I've actually been watched by many people."
The Prince spoke calmly, not waiting for a reply, as if talking to himself, "Because of the Land of Mirrors's past power, everyone wanted Land of Mirrors technology. The Witch Association, the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, the Incubators —everyone naturally saw me as a puppet capable of acquiring the Land of Mirrors's technology."
Have you ever felt utterly alone and helpless? Have you ever experienced it? Everyone you come into contact with is scheming, targeting, and deceiving you, even your mother is plotting how to take your body away.
Amidst the cheers of the crowd, after walking onto the stage, Prince released Jiang Si's hand.
She reached out and caught the swaying hydrangea, gazing at its beautiful petals with pity, then gently grasped its hand.
Crush it.
"I have never trusted anyone, nor do I need to trust anyone. Everyone is just a tool. To me, only absolute power is everything. My power, my technology, are power that belongs only to me. They are even a part of what makes up Yitaen. I will not share them with anyone."
"You are the only exception."
Holding an eyebrow pencil, amidst the rain of petals and the cheers from below, she gently and slowly drew a stroke on the boy's eyebrows. "You are the only person I'm willing to share all of this with. I'm willing to place half of my life in your hands. My future, my dreams, and my passion are all willing to change for you."
So, don't lie to me.
His expression was forlorn, but his tone was almost pleading.
" Si Motu."
A beautiful, sacred, and serene entrance music began, a carefully selected classic Baroque piece, accompanied by soft whispers from the audience.
The palace was packed, bustling and lively, yet the girl put down her eyebrow pencil, feeling as lonely as if she were standing alone in the rainy night.
Alice, acting as the emcee, stood quietly beside the main stage, awaiting her master's command.
The boy looked at the solitary figure amidst the petals and nodded.
"Good."
The music reached its climax, the emotions becoming heavier and deeper, the gradually drooping tone like slowly falling into an abyss.
Until that purple Miracle Seed appeared.
The music stopped for a moment, like the calm before an avalanche.
All the whispers vanished at the same moment, and all eyes were drawn to the Miracle Seed; many people stood up.
The rain of petals finally came to an end, and the last hydrangea petal swayed and fell into the girl's white hair.
"Heaven and earth are ruthless."
The soaring music pierced the deathly silence, resounding throughout the palace and filling everyone's eyes with astonishment.
"Treating all things as straw dogs."