Elena nodded. It seemed that her transformation into a frog was indeed related to Alucard.
It's just that although she luckily escaped Alucard's witchcraft this morning, she could not escape the first grade of junior high school, but she could not escape the fifteenth grade. When her coming-of-age ceremony begins, she will eventually have to face Alucard.
"Then tell me, if I am possessed by witchcraft, how should I break it?" Elena asked again.
"This is more troublesome." The mirror rolled its eyes, "Unless the witch's heart is allowed to rot...or break. However, the witch's heart is not afraid of water, fire, electricity, or sharp objects. It is only afraid of curses. No one here understands curses.”
Elena: (｡ŏ_ŏ)
Once again she hoped the mirror was lying.
"Okay, then I'll ask you again." Elena thought calmly.
"Am I missing one of my guests?"
"Of course. Your Excellency, the Earl, must be having a headache about this matter at the moment." The mirror said matter-of-factly, "After all, that is your mother's prophecy. If you have fewer or too many guests, it will bring disaster to you. But I believe that the earl will never allow this to happen, because he loves you very much."
Regarding this point, I agree with what my father said.
But it is also possible that both the mirror and the father are lying.
After all, one of Aunt Mary's advices is that the third painting always lies; the other is not to trust your father.
besides! In the first "Visible Future", the "self" who appeared out of thin air once said: I am yours, the hundredth guest.
This is contradictory to what the mirror said about one missing guest.
Elena thought of the blank guest name card again, and finally her name appeared strangely, and finally asked.
"How many Elenas are there in this castle?"
The mirror paused for a moment, and then all eyes looked at her, as if they wanted to see through her.
"You should ask yourself this question, Princess Elena. How many selves do you...have?"
Elena was inexplicably frightened and her scalp was numb.
How many selves do I have?
She was very sure that there was only one self in the world, but why did she see another self with her own eyes?
Elena breathed heavily.
So far, every time the mirror answered her question, it would bring her despair, making her inexplicably hope that the mirror was lying every time.
However, Elena thinks it is easy to distinguish the authenticity of the mirror's words.
So, she put her hands behind her back and asked again.
"Okay, last question, how many hands do I have?"
This can be said to be a scoring question. As long as the mirror answers "two", then the one that "always lies" is the third painting in the corridor, not the mirror.
In other words, Aunt Mary's first piece of advice was just to remind her how to find the mirror.
If the mirror tells other answers, then it proves that everything the mirror says is untrustworthy. It always lies.
"Of course...two hands, Her Royal Highness Princess Elena." Mirror replied with a smile.
Elena breathed a sigh of relief.
"The honest mirror!"
"Smart princess!"
"If I invite you to be my guest, will you sincerely bless me?" Elena asked.
"Of course! If I become your guest, I will definitely send you my most sincere blessings. But..."
"What?" Elena asked confused.
"But I'm sorry, I can't accept your invitation, my shrewd princess. Because, my hide-and-seek is not over yet." The mirror said, and a bunch of eyeballs looked nervously in various directions.
"Shh! I feel that the little girl holding the teddy bear is nearby... I'm sorry, Princess, we will talk next time."
As he said that, the mirror put away its eyes and teeth and became quiet again.
"Master! Why are you here? Nini is so lonely. Do you want to... play hide-and-seek with Nini?"
The blood doll stood at the end of the corridor holding a toy bear, staring with big watery eyes and looking forward to it.
"In no mood."
"Whoaaah——"
[Nini’s favorability towards you -3]
Elena looked expectantly at the bleeding walls around her as Nini screamed. However, this time, the blood seeping out of those walls did not decrease at all.
He knew that the mental pollution she suffered this time was indeed powerful and could not be suppressed by Nini's screams.
Is everything really like what the mirror said? Facing that mysterious and powerful existence, her survival rate is almost zero...
"Yeah! Master, your portrait... is so funny! Hahaha, giggle!" Nini looked at the corridor wall next to Elena and laughed loudly.
Elena turned her head and discovered that...hanging on the wall was actually a portrait of her.
Long silver hair, playful eyes, lewd smile, and long nose.
[Portrait: Shrewd Princess]
This damn guy...
Elena passed through the corridor and came to the auditorium.
Nini immediately started running around holding the teddy bear.
At this moment, the heavy rain was pouring, and the hazy weather was still there. However, the servants in the auditorium had already lit candles, making the entire auditorium brightly lit. However, it also made the blood-stained scarlet walls of the entire auditorium look even more terrifying and depressing.
Elena knew that only she could see the "non-existent" blood, so she chose to ignore it and walked straight to the seventh table and seat on the other side of the seat.
Sure enough, there was not a single word on the guest name tag in front of this seat.
There are no guests in this position.
Elena frowned, but in the first "visible future", her "other self" said to her jokingly: I have always been there, why can't you see me?
I still remember that at that time, I clearly invited the Blood Calamity Flower to be my guest, but there was still no writing on the name tag. It was not until I turned into a frog that my name appeared on the blank name tag.
Is my invitation invalid?
Or should I say that this guest is really always here.
——You’ve been waiting to replace me!
She took a deep breath and finally, carefully... sat on this chair.
Her bloody eyes stared straight at the blank name tag...
Nothing happened.
"Elena, are you here to personally check the layout of the auditorium?"
At this time, I saw my stepmother and housekeeper slowly walking out from the back of the auditorium.
Elena stood up, held the hem of her skirt gracefully and said, "Has aunt just come out from father's house?"
Margaret paused, and then said angrily: "Yes, I believe you have also discovered that one of your guests is missing, right? Your father is about to be in chaos because of your affairs."
"I will go and discuss it with my father."
"That's good." Margaret nodded, walked slowly past Elena, and then suddenly stopped.
"By the way, you should have seen Alucard this morning, right?"
Elena's bloody eyes raised slightly: "No, aunt."
But seeing Margaret take a deep breath, and then said angrily: "How is this possible! He didn't take you out of the room, which is very disrespectful! He must stay by your side every second !”
