The misty water vapor was steaming in the bathroom, making the huge bath hazy. Occasionally, I caught a glimpse of one or two exquisite Mermaid statues, which inexplicably added a little mysterious beauty.

On weekdays, when Sandrina takes a bath, she usually just washes her body in a hurry next to her. It is undoubtedly a luxury for her to enjoy the whole bath alone like tonight.

"Call -"

Sandrina scooped up a pot of water and poured down from her neck. The feeling of flowing warmth slipping gently on her skin made her squint her eyes slightly.

After a faint sigh, she pursed her mouth, gently lifted her moist hair and thought:

"Sure enough, was it because I was too sleepy? Why did Mr. McLean just say casually and I subconsciously did it?"

Thinking so casually, Sandrina watched the water drip on her fingertips. The warmth that seemed to melt people made her eyelids heavier, as if she would sleep like this at any time.

Sandrina patted her red cheek and told herself she couldn't sleep here.

Maybe after all, she was not used to enjoying the leisure of bathing like this. Even if it was really very comfortable, Sandrina soon left the bath, wrapped up her bath towel and walked to the gate.

However, as she passed the mirror on the side of the bathroom... There seemed to be something in the mirror, which suddenly attracted her attention.

"Well?"

Sandrina stopped a little and looked at the mirror a little more suspiciously. But the white steam covered her eyes and made her a little unreal.

Because she was barefoot and stepped on the wet stone carving floor, it was a little greasy. In order to prevent slipping, Sandrina carefully walked to the mirror.

As we get closer and closer to the mirror, the self in the mirror becomes more and more clear.

Nothing unusual - except Sandrina, who was wrapped in a bath towel and her long wet hair tangled around her waist, there was only the white water vapor, and everything seemed normal.

She subconsciously raised her hand and stroked her maroon hair. Her expression seemed to be hesitant. Just now, when she subconsciously glanced at the mirror, she thought she should have seen something contrary to peace, but now it seems that she was only wrong because of sleepiness.

After hesitating for a moment, Sandrina turned and continued to walk to the door.

However, at the moment she turned around, the remaining light in the corner of her eyes suddenly saw that she didn't move in the mirror and still kept the posture of lifting the tip of her hair to look forward.

This time, Sandrina was finally frightened and hurriedly took a step back in the opposite direction of the mirror. But it was that step that made her slip and fall to the ground with a bang.

As she had only a thin bath towel on her body, to tell the truth, Sandrina fell very hard. I saw her lying on the bathroom floor humming for a while, and then she struggled to sit up.

In the whole process, the "Sandrina" in the mirror never moved - "she just looked at the" herself "outside the mirror silently with cold eyes until the other party slowly got up.

Sandrina's knees and elbows were broken, and her ankles seemed to be a little sprained, but no matter how painful she was, she couldn't match the amazement in her heart.

She is a squib and has never been associated with magic since childhood. She could not see all kinds of magical animals, nor could she see most interesting or strange and mysterious magical phenomena. For her, it was an incredible thing to inadvertently see the strange scene in the mirror.

But... What she had to say was that, in addition to the initial shock, at the moment, her heart was more mixed with a complex emotion of surprise.

"Do you mean --"

Sandrina stretched out her hand and shook in front of the mirror - although the figure in the mirror had returned to normal, her inner expectation became stronger. As for the sleepiness just now, it had already flown out of the sky with this series of accidents.

Unfortunately, after that, she waited for a while, but she didn't wait for any strange change in herself in the mirror.

Until... The moment she tentatively touched her palm against the mirror.

"Ah!"

Cold, the "Sandrina" in the mirror suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed her slender wrist. "She" looked at the real Sandrina outside the mirror with cold eyes, and a frightening breath floated out from the mirror.

But soon, just as Sandrina felt in horror, there was a great force on her hand, and everything disappeared.

The figure in the mirror returned to normal, and the palm sticking out of the mirror turned into nothingness. Sandrina, who thought she was going to be dragged into the mirror, just hit the mirror hard.

"Wow -"

The mirror was smashed into pieces.

……

"Huh?"

At the same time that Sandrina encountered an accident, in the room on the top floor of the tower, Maka was staring at the devouring mirror with a little doubt.

He has just removed the "arrogance" Rune on the mirror because he wants to study this Horcrux deeply. In order not to affect brova fort, he specially set up several tight isolation protection in this room according to his previous seal on the mirror.

At the moment of releasing the seal, Maka thought she would bear the strong suction as before. But who knows, when he strengthened his soul and planned to study it carefully against the power of the devouring mirror, he found that the expected suction did not appear.

This is obviously an exception that Maka did not expect.

"This..."

Maka frowned and hesitated for a moment. After thinking about it, she decided to stop the research plan immediately and seal the devouring mirror with the soul rule Rune again.

When the seal was finished, he scratched his scalp and fell into meditation as usual. It was not until the next morning that Maka, who had "wasted" another night, put away the devouring mirror again, untied the protection in the room and walked out of the room.

When Maka was the first to go to the restaurant and prepare some breakfast to fill his stomach, he found that the maid who often helped him read the newspaper in the morning suddenly changed.

"Excuse me... Where's Sandrina? Is she off today?" asked Marca casually.