Chapter 32: Who’s Peeking at This King!

Chapter 32: Who’s Peeking at This King!

“Magic mirror, magic mirror, who’s the biggest?”

Stuart next to him looked at Louis with a clueless expression. Then, Stuart was sucked into the mirror by an invisible force, and a person’s image appeared in the mirror.

It was a hot woman changing clothes in front of a full-length mirror. She had fiery red hair, two pointed little ears on top of her head, and a fluffy, thick, cute tail behind her.

Sure enough, she was a little underperforming student, even worse than Ocris.

Louis gave a grade—C+.

“Magic mirror, magic mirror, who’s the most beautiful?”

The fiery Yingling appeared again.

“Who’s the ugliest?”

The beautiful Helen came out.

[How is this possible! There must be a mistake!] ‘Helen’ (Stuart) in the mirror shouted: [Miss Helen is one of the most beautiful princesses I’ve ever seen, how could she be ugly?! And the most beautiful person in the world is definitely not Yingling! It should at least be Princess Ocris, or Queen Delphinia…]

“You know nothing!” Louis rolled his eyes.

Sure enough, the answer was related to the questioner.

Rubbing his chin, Louis asked again, “Magic mirror, magic mirror, what is the derivation process of universal gravitation?”

Stuart was completely baffled—what was universal gravitation? But before he could think much, what was in the boss’s mind was reflected in the mirror. Stuart turned into a mist, and the scene in the magic mirror began to change.

The scene shifted. A grassy field appeared in the mirror, with an apple tree on it. A great scholar wearing a wig was sitting under the tree, writing something in a notebook.

The view zoomed in, and what was in the notebook appeared in the mirror. The calculation process inside was very complex, but the final conclusion was the formula for universal gravitation.

Louis began to understand.

If the magic mirror was compared to a computer, then Stuart was the administrator inside. Whether the magic mirror’s answers were accurate was related to the questioner, not to Stuart the administrator.

As for the scene in the picture, it was not Sir Newton’s actual experience back then—if Stuart asked this question, an accountant might appear instead. And the answer given might not be about universal gravitation.

Louis decided to test it. He waved away the illusion in the mirror and said to Stuart inside, “You ask a math question.”

[Huh??] Stuart in the mirror was startled for a moment.

What math problem should he ask?

Suddenly, Stuart had an idea. He remembered the problem the Witch Queen once encountered.

Stuart carefully recalled it, then, carrying this memory, turned into smoke.

A scene appeared in the mirror.

It was a spacious and luxurious bedroom. In the bedroom was a beautiful young woman, about twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, wearing only a tight corset—definitely a D-grade underperforming student!

She was biting her finger, standing in front of the mirror. She looked at the mirror, then at the book in her hand, reading from the book to the magic mirror.

“Hmm… Little O and Del set off from a certain tower at the same time, following one route to the cafeteria to eat the little cakes made by Mother Frankischko…”

“…If Little O walks at speed x for half the time and speed y for the other half; Del walks at speed x for the first half of the distance and speed y for the second half (x does not equal y)…”

Before the problem was even finished, Louis had already calculated it on the draft paper—as long as X does not equal Y, then Little O would definitely reach the cafeteria first. He couldn’t help but blink, curious about the answer the magic mirror gave back then.

This problem… was indeed a bit difficult for the Witch Queen, but the Archmage of the royal court should have been able to answer it, right?

The magic mirror should have been able to give the answer, right?

What exactly happened back then?

In the scene, Delphinia was almost done reading the problem.

“…Del walks at speed x for the first half of the distance and speed y for the second half (x does not equal y). Mother Frankischko only made one little cake—how dare you try to steal from me… Ahem (continues reading), ask which of them will get to eat it… Tch, it’s definitely me!”

Suddenly, three words appeared on the storybook—You’re not worthy.

Then, the Book of Fate started burning.

Immediately after, three words also appeared on the magic mirror—You’re not worthy.

It even added an extra jab.

Delphinia stared blankly at Stuart in the magic mirror.

[Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I’m wronged, I’m wronged! The magic mirror must be malfunctioning! I’m loyal and devoted…]

The Witch Queen angrily reached out and grabbed at the magic mirror, and the scene disappeared.

Louis at the scene: “…”

Stuart at the scene: […]

At this point, the mystery of ‘why Stuart was pulled out of the magic mirror by the Witch Queen and whipped’ was finally close to its final answer.

Quite innocent…

That storybook records the every word and action of the reader.

Delphinia’s magical operation naturally included the phrase ‘Tch, it’s definitely me’.

This answer was wrong, so the storybook told her—You’re not worthy!

This was indeed the playful nature of the storybook—it had a double meaning.

This ‘you’re not worthy’ was both its literal meaning and the correct answer to the problem. It was telling the Witch Queen she was wrong.

The display on the magic mirror also proved this—the answer was that Little O would eat the little cake.

Louis rubbed his face.

First, he realized he had underestimated the difficulty of this problem—it was indeed not simple multiplication.

Second, he had underestimated the usefulness of the magic mirror—it could give the correct answer.

But what he had most underestimated was Delphinia!

I really can’t believe you!

I thought you genuinely couldn’t figure out the answer, so you were treated like a fool.

But even when you were given the answer to copy, you copied it wrong!

[Ahem, sir, is the magic mirror fixed now?] Stuart wiped his cold sweat, changing the subject. Every time he thought of Her Majesty, he felt a bit scared.

“No.” Louis shook his head and said, “There’s one final test.”

As he spoke, Louis pulled Stuart out of the mirror, indicating he didn’t need to go back in later.

Then, Louis asked, “Magic mirror, magic mirror, who’s the biggest.”

The scene flowed. It was a palace from the Victorian era. A graceful and elegant young woman had just returned from a banquet and was changing clothes with the help of her maids. Judging by the long hair and decorations pinned up on her head, she should be a young married woman, not a maiden.

Stuart looked at the person in the mirror, his eyes widening in shock. He nearly jumped in fright and trembled all over, not daring to say a word.

“Who is this?” Louis frowned, not recognizing her.

Stuart stared blankly at his Boss—Do you have face blindness?!

But his boss soon recognized the woman.

The beautiful woman in front of the full-length mirror took off her evening gown, revealing the tight corset underneath. When she finally took off the entire corset, she couldn’t help but let out a long sigh, feeling completely relaxed.

Louis also let out a long sigh.

“Oh~ So it’s you.”

It proved that teachers remember the underperforming students most.

Suddenly, she seemed to sense something. She sharply turned her head, her willow-like eyebrows raised as she looked into the air. Her eyes were filled with extreme anger: “Who’s peeking at this king?!”

Stuart almost fainted from fright. He scrambled towards the mirror and shut off its image.

Louis shook his head, secretly thinking it was a shame. It seemed people with mana levels like the Witch Queen could sense it.

Otherwise, he had planned to ask about ‘Frankischko’. He strongly suspected Frankischko was currently in the royal palace!

And Delphinia knew it!

Back when she heard about the little cakes made by ‘Mother Frankischko’, her expression didn’t look like she was remembering a deceased person.

Instead, she seemed a bit shy…

So strange.

[Sir, should we try again…] Stuart asked cautiously, wiping his sweat.

“No need.” Louis looked at the magic mirror and nodded with satisfaction. “The magic mirror is fixed.”

[Clearly, the magic mirror can be repaired, and users can use it to be reborn repeatedly. But sadly, its creator cannot achieve this. Even if she could, it would be meaningless, because even with endless life, her wish probably cannot be fulfilled. So she could only try a different approach…]

Regarding the first Dark Lord’s wish, Delphinia and Stuart had different understandings.

Stuart believed Frankischko hoped her daughter could live a peaceful, ordinary life—maybe go on some blind dates.

But Delphinia believed she carried her mother’s mission, though what exactly this mission was…

Well, her foster mother definitely didn’t want her to go on a date with her dad…

As for the true spark in Frankischko’s heart—it was probably her disappointment with the wizards of this world.

The young man who was supposed to go on a blind date with Ocris now felt the same way—he now felt like he had come to a kindergarten, playing with kids every day!

As for Delphinia herself, she felt this world was quite nice, not really disappointed—after all, she couldn’t feel that sense of being invincible and lonely that her foster mother felt.

Instead, she was a bit disappointed about not having read many books.

Her daughter didn’t even do well as a beginner forbidden apprentice. Her foster mother must have been quite disappointed too…

Wiping the still somewhat dirty mirror, Louis checked the new description in the storybook.

He found that when Stuart was inside the magic mirror, his HP and MP were both N/A. As long as the mirror wasn’t shattered, the mirror spirit wouldn’t die.

If he entered the magic mirror himself, the situation would be the same.

Also, he discovered that after he repaired the magic mirror, a new Narration appeared: [Louis +1]

Then, his current personal description became this: [Louis 2]

What was this?

Did I ‘add a person’?

Two lives now?

Checking the storybook’s Narration, Louis found he could now revert to his state from the last time he looked in the mirror at any time—for example, if he got injured, he could recover as long as he summoned Stuart to possess him. However, the magic mirror would crack a little because of this.

And if he died completely, he would wake up in the magic mirror world. But when he returned to the normal world from the magic mirror world, the mirror would shatter.

However, Louis could repair this magic mirror, which meant…

[In your words, this is called a ‘Corpse Run’.]

[A ‘Mysterious Man’ who can do corpse runs…]

[This world is getting more and more interesting…]

Louis blinked.

“Can I take huge risks now?”