Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

After being swallowed by the light, I gradually opened my eyes. I don't know why I was still a little tired, so I could only keep my eyes half open. But I did see that blurry figure.

It really was him.

"Good morning, Chunxia," he greeted me with a smile.

"Hmm..." I yawned. "Ah... Good morning... Brother Xin Chu... What are you doing here?"

I'm a little confused as to why Brother Xin Chu is holding me in a princess carry. I remember he hasn't been able to walk for a while now, so how did he get to my bedside?

"I'm dead," he said calmly.

"Hmm...? Ah, right... I was killed by a dragon from another world..." I thought he was joking, so I played along, "Of course, it was a dream, a dream of being transported to another world."

"No, wait, this isn't a dream." He patted my head. "This is still another world."

"Eh……?"

I looked up and around, and everything was a familiar sight. Could it really be real?!

"Calm down, calm down," he reassured me. "You're still in a spirit state right now. If your emotions are unstable, you might turn into an evil spirit."

"Huh! Huh!? A soul state?!"

I immediately broke free from Xin Chu's hand and tried to stand up on my own, only to find that I was floating in mid-air and my body was somewhat transparent... Wait... why am I not wearing any clothes?

"Wow! Don't look, you idiot!"

"Hey, hey~ I didn't see it~"

I quickly covered his eyes. Hearing him laugh like that was really annoying. Anyway, that's just how I am! So what if I have small breasts?! You're not allowed to look!

"What on earth is going on?! What's happening?!" My mind is a complete mess. "Why are you here, Xin Chu?!"

I remember being killed by Reilfa, but why did I end up like this? And how did Xin Chu get here? I have absolutely no clue.

"I'm the one who brought you here," Xin Chu smiled. "If I could bring you here, I wouldn't have had any problem coming here myself."

"Wait?! You actually brought me here?!" I grabbed the jerk's face without giving him a chance to speak. "Wow! You brought me here, fine! But why am I a mimic?! And you just dumped me in such a dangerous place, what were you thinking?!"

I'm so angry! Why wasn't I reincarnated as a mimic instead of a human?! And to be in such a dangerous place!

And... and...! I can't really explain it! I'm just incredibly angry!

"Haha, sorry, sorry, this is not something I can control." Xin Chu laughed helplessly, "You have already died once, so I can only prolong your life in this way."

"...I understand." I didn't have anything to complain about.

Ah, it really wasn't a dream... I died long ago on Earth, from illness. I once told him that it would be wonderful if life could be extended.

I just didn't expect him to remember it all this time, and even actually do it... So, if that's the case...

"Hey... Brother Xin Chu," I asked, "Are you from another world?"

Possessing a vast amount of knowledge about other worlds, which is largely consistent with his description, coupled with his ability to traverse worlds... I can only consider him a person from another world.

“No.” He shook his head. “I am an Earthling, just like you.”

"Are you lying to me again?" I couldn't help but wonder.

"No, it's true." He smiled. "Anyway, I'm going to die soon, so I came to see you one last time."

"...Was Xin Chu also dead?" A sense of melancholy washed over me. "Why not..."

“I’m going to give you something one last time,” he stopped me from continuing, “I’ll tell you everything about this world, and the reason I sent you here.”

He hugged me tightly, pressing his head against mine. I tried to push him away, since I was still in the same position as when I was born, but suddenly I realized that I couldn't touch him anymore.

"Xin Chu...? Waaah—?!"

Just as I was about to say something, a flood of information suddenly rushed into my mind, and a persistent headache kept assaulting me. But I could see it gradually disappearing.

As I gained more information, I understood and knew what I should do.

I turned around and hugged him, even if I could only hug the air, I still wanted to tell him how I felt.

"Thank you...brother..."

I closed my eyes, refusing to look at him as he gradually disappeared, because if I did... the tears would just keep flowing.

……

Finally, Xin Chu was gone too. He just smiled at me one last time, and then disappeared, vanished from the world, vanished from everyone's memory.

But I will never forget it...

absolute.

Chapter 34: A Story

Ah... there's too much information to explain to you all right now.

In short, Brother Xinchu is just an incredibly kind and good-natured person. It's amazing that he can maintain such a personality in this kind of society... I'm not trying to criticize him, I just feel a little uncomfortable.

He used the favor the goddess owed him to summon me, who had died, to another world, where I was reincarnated. You all know the result of the reincarnation and what happened afterward.

Time flows faster in this world than on Earth. Long ago, he was summoned to this world by the goddess... as the first hero.

What kind of hero is he... He's just an ordinary person...

I know the reasons and causes for his disappearance, but I can't understand them now.

I've always known these things, but I couldn't remember them. Now... I remember them.

"Lairfa." I came down from mid-air. "Thank you for your hard work. I'm back. I know the gist of the matter."

"...You already know, so why did you come here?" Rielfa inexplicably looked unhappy. "I was thinking of how you'd cry your eyes out after you found out the truth. Looks like that's not going to happen, tch."

So that's what you were up to!

"What do you say?"

"You're still the same."

"Don't act like we haven't seen each other in ages. You only slept for half a day."

Right now, I can still bicker with Rielfa like we used to, but that's only for now. Because…

"Because... I may never see you again."

"..."

Laelfa, stung by the truth, was speechless. She didn't look me in the eye, which said a lot.

I still remember what Brother Xin Chu said.

Time to get up! Everyone's leaving...

He meant my relatives and friends, including himself...

Not only him, but also Nao, Laelfa… and Zhou Dong. They were all leaving.

If Brother Xin hadn't woken me up, I would not only have died like this, but I would have also been filled with regret. So, here I am now, saying goodbye to them.

“Go back to your own body.” Rielfa didn’t look at me. “It’ll be too late. You’ll be beyond saving.”

My body is beneath the Perseus Tree, in the center of that strange magic circle. Now, the full picture of this magic circle has been revealed; it is a beautiful and mysterious emblem.

I have a vague feeling that something is different about my body.

I floated to Rielfa's side and embraced her, our souls touching. According to Earthly tradition, souls are cold, but at this moment I felt incredibly warm.

"Thank you... Goodbye."

I offered a brief thank you and farewell, then floated back to my original body. The box suddenly opened by itself; it was pitch black inside, but I felt no fear whatsoever.

Once I got inside, the box closed by itself.

From now on, I'm going to fall asleep again... Speaking of which... I haven't said goodbye to Zhou Dong yet... So sleepy...

Reilphan stood there for a long time before slowly turning her face to look at the closed box, inside which was Li.

"Aren't you the same, you stupid box?"

A slightly warm liquid slowly trickled down her face. She knew what it was, of course; it was a natural action that stirred her originally calm heart.

So, even the soul can shed tears...?

"Then... farewell, Rin."

She wiped away her tears, discarded the white trench coat of unknown origin, and burned her own soul as the driving force for the ritual. With only her soul left, she had only this power to complete the ritual.

The enormous emblem carved into the ground burst forth with unprecedented light; it was the emblem of Rielfa, composed of gears and clocks.

Meanwhile, the points of light in the sky gradually connected, and it was still unclear to Rielfa what kind of pattern they were forming.

But she knew that it belonged to the new Dragon King—the emblem of reason.

Wait for me, Nao... Soon, I will be able to fulfill your wish and then come to see you.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the last line of defense in the labyrinth continued to echo with the sounds of clashing swords and countless magical explosions.

That was the last person in the labyrinth who could fight.

"Here she is!" "Hey! Don't shoot in here!" "She's coming! Get out of the way!"

when!

The adventurer used his greatsword to block the katana that was slashing through the wind, then dissipated the opponent's force and stepped forward to deliver a full-force punch.

"Waaah!"

Xiao immediately spun in mid-air to dodge the punch, then spun rapidly and swung two small katana at the adventurer.

"Ice Mirror Cliff!"

Clang! "Gurgle?!"

The shoji was naturally blocked; the ice mirror released by the mage not only blocked the attack but also returned all the power to the mage.

Fortunately, Xiao reacted quickly enough and immediately dodged the returned slash.

Several adventurers rushed up to give chase, but Xiao dodged them all. After landing, she immediately ran away, not giving them a chance to catch her.

"A lot of people..."

As Xiao ran, she dodged the incoming magic. At first, there weren't this many people, but gradually more and more of them appeared, and they were all very strong individuals.

"Where do you want to go?"

"Huh?!" *Smack!*

A black whip appeared from a blind spot, lashing Xiao's back and sending her sprawling. The woman in the green hat and white dress withdrew her whip, preparing to attack again, but was interrupted.

"Enough! Stop it now!"

call--!

The black whip was deflected by the wind shield and did not strike Xiao. Xiao immediately got up, dodging the several spells that were targeting her, and continued her charge.

Celia couldn't understand why anyone would go to such lengths to kill a child like this, but now she knew exactly what the strange thing Mo Yueya had been talking about was.

"Miss Lycia! Why did you do this?!" Seria questioned Lycia loudly.

“Don’t you understand, Miss Celia?” Lycia withdrew her whip and retorted, “Why would you help our enemies?”

"...So!" Celia unfurled her magic circle, "Why! Why would you harm a child!"

“Ah, if you ask why, it’s because, of course, she’s a monster,” Lycia said expressionlessly and matter-of-factly. “Shouldn’t we kill monsters?”

"you--!"

Upon seeing the little girl, Lycia immediately organized the adventurers to attack her, and the fight broke out without any explanation.

That woman, by using the names of the hero and the kingdom, justified all her actions, and most of the adventurers who came here followed her lead and attacked the little girl.

Chapter 35 The melee begins

Now, the adventurers are divided into three factions: one faction intends to follow Lycia's orders to attack the little girl, another faction remains neutral and takes no action, and the third faction, like Seria, expresses doubt and incomprehension about such behavior, but she is the only one.

Under the guise of righteousness, Celia's arguments were clearly insufficient to persuade them. However, Celia estimated that even if she came up with a more compelling argument, it would be useless.

These people... were probably adventurers who received extra rewards from the kingdom before they even came in... or rather... there's some kind of extra reward for defeating her...

These adventurers, who kept attacking the little girl, all had greedy glints in their eyes, as if they had seen something valuable in her.

Money is indeed a vile thing... and so is this kingdom...

Just as Mo Yueya said, there is a problem with the kingdom, and they are doing something in secret. An unimaginable vortex is pulling the world into it.