Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 152: The Mirror Man and the Pure Knight
Audrey didn't know where her crew members had gone, but she thought that since she could appear here, the crew members were probably scattered all over the place.

Hope everyone is okay.

She stood up from the ground, brushed off the dust on her body, tilted her head, looked at the island for a few times, and then looked back at the sea level.

Finally, she chose to walk towards the center of the island.

Soon, she found a village.

Looking at the villagers busy coming and going in the village, Audrey wanted to go up and ask someone about the local customs and practices.

After all, she came here to see the world.

"A villager noticed Audrey, turned around, smiled at her and waved."

Suddenly, she felt something was wrong.

In addition to being a rehearsal artist, Audrey is also a spectator and a mind reader.

She felt that the villagers' movements were very stiff, not like living people at all. This was very abnormal.

Audrey immediately became alert and took out the transformation device she carried with her to complete the transformation into a magical girl.

Under the illumination of the holy light, the scene before Audrey's eyes instantly changed. The village before her disappeared, becoming a dark cave, and the busy villagers vanished, becoming giant cocoons hanging high in the sky.

The villagers who waved at her turned into mirrors.

It is called a mirror but that is not the correct term. It is a huge piece of mirror fragment with three candles placed under the fragment.

Surrounded by cocoons, Audrey did not act rashly.

The dark environment made her feel a little nervous.

She didn't go near the mirror, but she could see a figure in it.

It wasn't a reflection of herself, Audrey knew that very well.

She felt that the figure was beautiful, even though she couldn't see it clearly, she still thought so.

The vaguely wealthy face swayed among the fragments, and Audrey saw it more clearly.

This made her unable to help but get closer.

But at this moment, a dark face suddenly emerged from the huge fragments, replacing the beautiful figure.

"I have long been imprisoned within this shattered mirror," the dark thing said. "Believe in [Pure Beauty]... and I will answer your prayers."

"You said... you are pure beauty?" Audrey looked at the black humanoid creature uncertainly.

She remembered that Mr. Devil had mentioned a star god named Chunmei at the Tarot Club, but... why was this so different from the Chunmei she had imagined?

"Of course not, I'm just a mirror viewer." The mirror viewer replied.

Audrey breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought that the Star God with a nice name had collapsed.

"With the fall of the God of Beauty, all beings' conceptions of beauty have collapsed. Chaos reigns, like a towering tower crumbling into broken bricks and tiles." The Mirror Man's voice was distorted yet inexplicably beautiful. "Believe in Pure Beauty, and I will answer your prayers."

The God of Sime? He was referring to the Pure Beauty Star God? He had fallen!
"Are you surprised? Yes, you should be. You should be frightened. But you don't need to panic." The man in the mirror seemed to see Audrey's surprise, and he comforted Audrey instead.

"This transcendental mirror is a fragment of Idrila's divine body. When the God of Sime passed away, his fragments were scattered throughout the starry sea."

“One day, we will be able to piece it back together and restore pure beauty to the world.”

“When people’s ideas of beauty are unified again, disputes and disagreements will disappear. The God of Beauty will be complete again, and the universe will become one.”

Audrey felt that he was crazy and unreasonable.

"Believe in me!" The man holding the mirror slapped the mirror hard.

Audrey's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and she shook her head: "Sorry."

She bowed slightly towards the mirror, then turned and walked away in the opposite direction.

The man in the mirror did not stop her and watched Audrey leave.

“What a pity…”

…………

Time passed little by little, and Audrey found herself completely lost.

She found several surviving villagers in the cave, from whom Audrey learned about the situation of this place.

To put it simply, a bug that was good at creating illusions descended from outer space onto their planet and turned it into a hatchery for the bug swarm.

This is also the reason why Audrey couldn't find a way out, because most of the planet is now insect nests.

Then, like regular NPCs issuing quests, the villagers gave Audrey instructions on the subsequent plot.

Audrey had never played online games, otherwise she would have felt that the sense of déjà vu was too strong.

There is an "Eternal Lord" in the center of the cave. If you can kill it, all the insect swarms will be scattered.

As for why.

Because that’s how the setting was written.

Of course, a key plot item is also essential at this point. The villagers have developed a potion that, if injected into the "Eternal Lord," will inevitably kill it. As for how the villagers were able to create this incredibly powerful key item without any supplies?
Because that's how the setting is written.

This reason is so great that it is completely irrefutable.

Audrey knew very well that she would not really die in the simulated universe, and at most she would be forced to leave, so she volunteered to take on the task of assassinating the "Lord of Eternal Sleep".

Although the villagers were reluctant to trust this stranger, they were all skinny little bastards. They might have good brains, but their strength was truly worrying.

In desperation, the villagers took out a potion from the hundreds of potions they had developed and handed it to Audrey.

In their words, they have to carry at least three-digit potions with them, otherwise they will not feel safe.

Just like that, Audrey, holding the potion in her hand, stepped stealthily into the center of the hive and came behind the Lord of Eternal Sleep.

It was a huge gray beetle that looked two or three meters tall.

The Lord of Eternal Sleep was currently sleeping, and its sense of smell didn't seem to be that sensitive, so it didn't notice Audrey's arrival.

She raised the potion high and stabbed it hard into the gap between the shells!

Audrey, a first-time killer, miscalculated one thing and failed to hit the right spot.

As a "king insect", "Lord of Eternal Sleep" is strong even in the gaps between its shells.

No defense breach.

This dose not only failed to kill the "Lord of Eternal Sleep", but instead woke it up from its eternal sleep.

Its eyes immediately opened wide, and saliva dripped from between its teeth.

Disgusting!
Audrey was so scared that she raised her hand and fired a volley of explosives, covering the entire area with heavy fire.

As expected, it still failed to break through the defense.

The Lord of Eternal Sleep rose up, and a huge cloud of dust blew Audrey away.

Her body quickly fell back until it was caught by a warm, soft barrier.

She suddenly heard an ancient and beautiful ballad.

The sound was like clear rain mist, like honey tea watering her.

In an instant, Audrey felt that her slightly irritated and panicked body and mind relaxed.

A huge golden spear fell from the sky, piercing through the "Lord of Eternal Sleep" and nailing it to the ground.

"It is our honor to meet a soul as resilient as yours. We are the Knights of Pure Beauty, and we offer you our loyalty at the tip of our spears."

A gentle male voice full of magnetism came from behind Audrey.

Along with the sound of knights' armor clashing, a halo of light enveloped Audrey.

She half-closed her eyes and saw three knights in armor through the rich special effects.

Bright beams of light came down from the sky, hitting them like spotlights.

Audrey didn't know much about the Pure Beauty Knight, otherwise she would have recognized that this was a unique ability of the Pure Beauty Knight.

Call up the lighting anytime, anywhere.

"I'm not good at speaking, but please accept my presumptuous praise. Breaking into the insect nest alone and fighting with a king insect. What courage! Please allow me to salute you, your heart is as beautiful as your appearance!" The knight in golden armor offered praise.

"Thank you." Audrey felt a little embarrassed by the compliment. She could clearly feel that everything the knight said was from the heart, and because of this, she became even more shy.

"There's a reason for this," Audrey explained. "You might not believe it, but even if I fail, I won't die here."

Audrey wanted to explain herself. She wasn't as brave as the knight praised her to be. At least, she would not do such a thing if her life was threatened.

"Honesty!" The knight in blue armor suddenly raised his hands in surprise and shouted, "This is another pure virtue. By Idrila, how pure it is!"

"This..." Audrey was a little incoherent.

Next, the three knights learned about the situation here from Audrey and began a heated discussion on how to save the planet.

The discussion dragged on for a long time, with each of them nodding and praising each other, and offering Audrey dozens of targeted "helps."

Audrey found out that the golden knight was called Sdelot, the sea-blue knight was called Viljana, and the rose-red knight was called Silver Branch.

After rescuing Audrey and others from danger, the Pure Knights were still reluctant to leave. They believed that Audrey was a perfect match for the definition of pure beauty.

The Pure Beauty Knights decided to teach Audrey the spirit of "Pure Beauty".

"May you believe in Idrila." Ten minutes later, the pure and beautiful knights said piously.

"Thank you." Audrey understood that this was probably a blessing, so she apologized sincerely.

After hearing the explanations from the three Pure Knights, Audrey understood that the Pure Knights were a group of knights who were extremely strict with themselves.

They stubbornly impose upon themselves a now extinct creed called "chivalry."

From the conversation between the few people, Audrey could probably understand that they came from a civilization much more advanced than the Kingdom of Loen, and even in the Kingdom of Loen, chivalry had long been abandoned.

The Pure Knight believes that only by tempering a flawless body, wisdom and spirit can one gradually become pure and beautiful, and be qualified to serve Idrila.

(End of this chapter)