What happened

By MANUEL MUNGIA

The darkness of the world is usually covered up

All cover-ups will eventually be exposed by the light

Sin will eventually be exposed to the sun and disappear

Only justice is eternal in the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MANUEL MUNGIA
• Release date: Jul 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088092149

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Chapter 1

They say if you break a mirror, it's bad luck for seven years.

She had thought it was just superstition, but now there was some truth in it.

On the eve of the college entrance examination, she accidentally broke her mirror, and now, like the present day, she fell into a completely unfamiliar environment when she finished her last exam, and then opened the door and left the exam room.

Even though she did not believe in superstitions such as ghosts or supernatural events, she now more or less took what happened to her and attached it to it.

To put it bluntly, it's just to give yourself a psychological comfort.

It's not that she doesn't know what's going on, it's just that she doesn't have much of a sense of novelty about experiencing what the novels and TV shows call time travel.

In fact, she only felt a little dizzy in her head, not because she was carried away with excitement, of course, but because she had banged her head in close contact with the grass during the landing.

Although the area of the collision is miraculously not swollen or broken, but if the impact of some mild concussion, it is still possible.

nothingimpossible.

For a while, she could not slow down, and simply chose to continue lying on the soft lawn to enjoy a long lost leisure time. The tender green grass tickled her ears and cheeks in the wind. A little blinding sunlight trickled through the leaves, leaving mottled marks on her body and hair, and swaying deep, shallow shadows as the dense leaves on the top of the tree trembled in the wind.

In a trance, she heard cicadas chirping.

Yes, it's summer already.

She raised her head a little, and then slowly put her left hand under her head, and her right forearm was gently pressed against her forehead, as if to shield herself from some disturbing light. She took a few deep breaths with her eyes closed, eagerly, even greedily, inhaling the grassy air into her nose, as if this were the only way to calm her anxiety.

An anxiety completely at odds with the seemingly calm surface.

Lazily, she wiped the thin sweat that appeared on her forehead, and did not know whether it was because of the hot weather or the cause of anxiety and boredom.

Even if she looks calm on the surface, that doesn't mean much. For example, she is very clear that she is through time, but in her eyes, the word means to be separated from her family, separated from her hometown.

Sooner or later, the young bird must leave its mother's shelter, but she did not expect the day to come so soon. This morning, before she went into the examination room, she and her mother who sent her to the examination room discussed the dishes for dinner tonight, who knew that this farewell was as written in the novel, and became a farewell.

Maybe that's what fate does to people.

She let out a faint, inaudible sigh.

But there is no way to remain depressed, at least to fight for home, she thought.

Moreover, she has endured the third year of high school, and has experienced the college entrance examination. What can she not do as a good girl who is upward every day?

It seemed to be a little inspired by the hidden fighting spirit, and she immediately felt that she should do something in this strange environment.

Or maybe he thought it was getting dark, and it wasn't safe to stay in this place because it's a forest, and who knows what wild animals might be out there at night.

Anyway, whatever the reason, having been lying long enough, she slowly picked herself up from the grass.

It may be that she stood up immediately after lying down for too long, she only felt a sudden flash of darkness in front of her eyes, and when she finally recovered her breath, she found that there seemed to be something not far away that she had been lying and thinking about things.

A little uneasy in her mind, she thought, hanging on the side of the hands loose and tight, tight and loose.

She did not know what was not far away and whether it would threaten her life, but in the end, she summoned her courage and slowly moved toward it.

Yes, remove it.

She is well aware that her personality is somewhat warm, at best, that is always doing things slowly, at worst is slow. She can eat lunch in 15 minutes that others finish in five minutes, wash her hair for an hour and a half, and even go to school every morning as if she were walking. Such a character, now coupled with that kind of uneasy ambivalence of mind, a short walk made her walk like an ancient prisoner on the execution ground.

But when she came in front of the so-called thing, that calm baby face suddenly turned a little twisted, as if she had seen some evil spirit.

It was not, of course, a demon or a demon, but a maiden.

A girl wearing a long white dress, with long emerald green hair, and a cute baby face. The girl's eyes were closed, as if she were asleep peacefully, but that alone did not frighten her.

She had that frightened look because the girl's baby face was so familiar to her.

It was the face she saw in the mirror every morning.

That's her face.

She suddenly knelt down beside the girl, trembling, stretched out her hand to push the girl who seemed to be sleeping, but the cold temperature touched her fingertips, so that in this hot afternoon, she suddenly shed a cold sweat.

She reached down again, only this time it was toward the girl's nose.

But it still didn't turn out the way she wanted.

She then tried several other methods, but came to the same conclusion.

There's no body temperature.

No breathing.

There's no heartbeat.

There's no pulse.

There is no doubt that the maiden who appeared in her vision was indeed dead.

She knelt there in panic, not that she didn't want to leave this place that seemed to suddenly become grim, after all, no one wanted to see their own bodies, even if they were only the same appearance, but it was enough that her paralyzed legs prevented her from getting up, let alone running away.

Now all she could do was stare at the body, and then do nothing.

Although she has reached 18 and can be legally identified as an adult, she was, after all, just an ordinary high school student in Heaven before this, her life was ordinary, her elders were in good health, and no one around her had any accidents.

It was the first time she had faced death so closely.

Even the other person has the same appearance as her, which may be the treatment that ordinary people do not have, although this treatment, she would rather not.

She thought about it, and once again held out her hand, which was still trembling, if she could, she wanted to find something from the girl that could prove her identity.

After all, it's the only thing she can do right now.

While doing so, she silently prayed that they would never have the same name.

It should be said that the emperor does not pay attention to the people, can prove the identity of the girl, and finally was originally did not hold what hope she gave to find.

It was a driver's license, and the girl on the driver's license was exactly like the person lying in front of her, except that the girl in front of her seemed to be asleep, and the girl in the photo was smiling lightly.

She has been curious about what the other person's eyes look like, and finally knew the girl's eye color, which is like the olivine after many carving, clear and transparent.

But that's not the most important thing.

The name on her driver's license is all she cares about right now.

And then she saw that the maiden's name was

Steven Shines, 23, sat up in bed with his lovely baby face. The glimmer of the morning sun fought its way through the indigo curtains and into the room, casting dark marks on the delicate carpet.

She scratched her hair and then fell straight back onto the bed. After about five minutes, as if she remembered something, she sprang out of bed and turned her head to look at the clock on the nightstand. The hour and minute hands seemed to be in a straight line at this moment...

It's only six o 'clock, she said, rubbing her hair, her face slightly cushioned from the chill of helplessness, but it was still somewhat incongruous on the doll's face, which was only suitable for smiling.

It had been a full five years since that incident had happened, and she had thought that the comic-book story that had happened in those five years would be enough to seal it off. Who knows that after five years, she still can't forget the initial scene when she came to this world.

The girl who looked like her would lie so still on the grass where she had fallen, and at first glance would only think that she was sleeping peacefully. It would be so beautiful if you did not know that the sleeping person had become a cold corpse.

The green grass, the lush green forest, belongs to the summer wind gently blowing, dappled shade fell on the girl sleeping in the white dress, which should have been the most beautiful picture she had ever seen.

Only in the recent period of time, this should be a beautiful picture worth remembering has been appearing in her dreams, playing again and again, becoming her difficult to annihilate, the most terrible nightmare.

Steven Shines thought that even if he had to sleep again, he probably couldn't fall asleep, so he stood up and slowly changed his uniform.

Although there are some differences in detail between this suit and the general public uniform in this building which is so ugly, it's not that different from a space suit but the one she's wearing isn't much to look at either.

To put it crudely, it's just the difference between a dung and a dung beetle.

Perhaps it is correct that even after five years, her slow movement has not changed, and may give her another five years, there will be no change.

Quickly, with plenty of time, she finished changing her clothes and picked up the ring on the nightstand.

The indigo pigeon eggs and a pair of silver wings, the simple design makes Steven Shines think the ring is as bad as the space suits.

She does not like this kind of thing although it is said that there are many people out there to grab this kind of ring, especially hers is the most special one of this kind of ring, but in her eyes, holding this ring, but more dangerous.

Even if it's not so hot, Steven Shines never wears it on his hands at normal times, because it looks like he is nouveau riche.

No, you'd be a fool to wear that out there and let it get robbed.

Unfortunately, even if she didn't want to be one, she had to be one of those fools.

After all, it is the same as her uniform, which is from the hair, and it is also the only proof of access to some special rooms in the building. Steven Shines honestly wore the dove egg on her right index finger, even if she did not like it, just like she did not want to wear the uniform every day.

Be a fool. She's not the only one.

When she was finished, she moved herself very slowly to the bathroom.

Influenced by previous dreams, Steven Shines was still in a dazed state while washing himself.

When she saw the reflected figure through the mirror with a burst of blackness in front of her, the ten hands that had been hidden in ordinary days were subconsciously thrown to the mirror.

Of course, you can't blame her.

Because the face was the same as the body in the dream.

If five years ago her baby face was still a little young compared to the corpse although you wouldn't know it if you didn't look closely then in five years her face has become exactly the same as the corpse. Every time she looks at her face, she remembers what happened that day.

She never imagined five years ago that what happened then would become her nightmare.

Only she soon realized what she had done when she saw spiderweb-like lines appear on the mirror's surface, and several pieces of the mirror fall straight down the sink and toilet.

The mirror is broken.

You break a mirror, it's bad luck for seven years.

At that moment, only two words passed through her mind.

And, of course, what happened after she broke the mirror before the college entrance exam.

So she suddenly pulled down the ten hands nailed to the mirror, although this action made more debris fall, but now she did not care about this, but the muddled back to her bedroom, before she had any other action, the sudden sound stopped all her thinking.

Yo, long time no see, little Steven Shines.

A hologram of the man in Steven Shines' spacesuits suddenly appeared in her bedroom, the inverted crown mark on his face and the smile Steven Shines knows all too well.

Seeing his boss suddenly appear, Steven Shines immediately stood up and said, Mr Vicky Quick!

She was not surprised at the sudden appearance of the other person, which is a common occurrence in these days.

Although she has always thought that the terminal that can play holograms is put there, it is so that the evil boss can come out anytime and anywhere to scare their subordinates.

Don't be so nervous, little Steven Shines, Mr. Vicky Quick in Steven Shines' lips looked at her with a smile, I came to inform you that you have a new task, you should remember, I sent you the information a while ago.

Steven Shines' expression changed. His baby face, which can only be described as cute, was so serious that it was in sharp contrast to the man's smile.

But even though she didn't look pretty, she replied, Yes, Mr Quick.

There was no emotion in the dry tone.

That is the target of your mission, and the other party generated a bag of marshmallows from nowhere. I think the clever Steven Shines must understand my meaning, right?

Steven Shines did not answer, but waited quietly for his reply.

As she expected, her immediate boss did not wait for her answer and continued to say, I want you to get the cloud attributes of Pengelei ring, such a small thing, should not be difficult for you, right, Steven Shines?

Silence Shines like a shadow in Steven's room.

On summer mornings, the sky has always brightened so quickly that the sky, which was only slightly bright, has been completely illuminated by the rising sun in a short period of ten minutes.

But at this moment, Steven Shines's room is soaked in sunlight, but it is still as cold as a snowy night in winter.

The man in the hologram said nothing, only looking at Steven Shines with a smile as he wiped out the marshmallows in the bag, waiting for her answer.

After a long time, Steven Shines, who has been silent, finally nodded.

Yes, she said hoarsely. Mr Vicky Quick, I see.

Vicky Quick looks at Misty River with satisfaction, so I am waiting for your good news, don't let me down, little Steven Shines. You know, it's a terrible sin to let me down.

The hologram quickly disappears, leaving Steven Shines alone