THE MIRROR’S DOMAIN 2

"Senior sister… not only did she have such a pure expectation, she even kept her promise. She had given me her own healthy and beautiful body, yet she herself was lying in this ice-cold stony room, unable to see the light, unable to see the outside world. She's just sleeping in silence within this darkness."

"Why? Why are you doing so much for me?"

"I have never done anything for you, I was only secretly in love with you! Are you really willing to sacrifice yourself for me just because of that?"

"Senior sister, you like me right? That makes me really happy. I am really happy to recall those words, they give me strength all the time, and the hope to live in this Dark Age. We were almost within each other's reaches, yet we have to live so far apart."

"Senior sister! Don't you worry, I will definitely, absolutely, find a way to awaken you! Even if my soul shatters and dissipate because of this, I will not hesitate!"

"I will definitely wake you up!"

"We will definitely go home together!"

Lily silently walked beside the sleeping beauty and kissed her lightly on the forehead. Naturally, the feeling of touch was absent, but his heart was deeply moved.

Lily helplessly kneeled at senior sister's bedside.

"At least senior sister's soul is still here… just let me stay with you for a while longer. It must be lonely to be here by yourself."

Lily tried to grab senior sister's hand. Although she couldn't really grab it, she could, in fact, feel an extremely feeble pulse.

No, this was not a pulse. It was an extremely weak and feeble fluctuation of senior sister's soul!

Senior sister is still alive!

She was only in a comatose state for some reason.

Lily tried to talk to senior sister, retelling the interesting stories in their schooldays, and about the things he encountered in this Heian Empire. Then he tried to feel her soul fluctuation again. By linking their intention, he tried changing his clothes according to those intentions. However, no matter how hard he tried, senior sister was still sleeping peacefully and didn't show any reaction.

Lily noticed senior sister's beasts were slightly moving up and down. It appeared that the soul fluctuation caused the soul to breathe. However, this could be taken as proof that senior sister was really alive. Just that, he didn't know when she would wake up.

"I will definitely awaken senior sister!"

"I won't be able to help senior sister if I just stay depressed here! Who am I? Just an ordinary girl in this other world. What is the soul, how to feel it, how to influence other people's soul, and why is senior sister's soul sleeping here?"

"This is definitely not something an ordinary girl can understand and resolve!"

This Heian Empire was devastated by demons and overflowing with ghosts. Let's not mention finding a way to wake senior sister's soul, a single girl would not even be able to take a single step! Lily vaguely felt that, this was definitely not an ordinary matter, and that a big secret could be involved!

Only by becoming stronger, just like that silver-haired female samurai! Then would she be able to sweep through the continent, explore every corner of this world, and find an answer to unriddle this secret!

"Even if I have to go to the end of the world, even if I have to go beyond the Heaven!"

All of these required strengths. Strength surpassing earthly limit!

Lily grabbed senior sister's hand as strong passion welled up in his heart!

"I want to become strong! I must become stronger!!!"

"Senior sister, just wait for me. The day when I become really powerful, I will come to take you home!"

Lily placed her face on senior sister's chest, despite the fact that he couldn't feel the body temperature.

If souls could weep, then perhaps Lily would be crying now.

Just at this time, the ethereal voice of a girl resounded.

"There is no point in staying here any longer, it's about time you go back."

This was not senior sister's voice, but the voice of a proud and tender girl. Her voice reverberated in the stony room.

Somehow, this voice sounded familiar… That's right! It sounded like the voice of the girl who told him how to use the sakura parasol to hide from the ghosts of the night parade.

Without giving Lily the chance to ask anything, he was swallowed up by the darkness. Although he wanted to look at senior sister's beautiful face for a while longer, Lily's will couldn't resist the power and was dragged into nothingness.

Whereas, during the time when Lily's soul was still in the stony room, the mirror which was held in front of her physical body was scattering some kind of gentle light. There was a slight golden light in the middle of the mirror, and the outer side was emitting a soft purple luster. The misty ring of light was visible even through the blanket.

During this time, when her consciousness was robbed from her, a change was occurring to her body under the influence of this warm and beautiful light.

Though her outward appearance remained the same, every inch of Lily's flesh was absorbing that misty ring of light. Her bones, body, and veins were being strengthened by this ring of light while she's still fast asleep. Even if people were to touch her body, her muscles were still just as soft and flexible. However, in reality, her strength had already drastically increased!

All of these were happening without Lily being conscious of it…

And just when the girl was bathed in the halo of the mirror and moonlight, the silhouettes of many strange creatures could be seen just beyond the thin sliding doors that led to the backyard. They carried some kind of distracted tempo as they walked through the moonlit door. With their various shapes and sizes, they fluttered across Lily's spotless body as though they were just some kind of strange projections. There were even a few lofty and bizarre figures which stopped in front of the door momentarily, seemingly peering into the house!

However, these monsters from the night parade were different from the monsters that were originally living or wandering in this area. Without the invitation of the owner, they were unable to enter the house. Thus, they also couldn't see the fantastic scene in the room nor could they find out what made this girl so special. At most, all they could do was turn around and return to where they came from.

As for why these ghosts from the night parade would appear outside Lily's room on the sixteen of July, nobody knew.