Mirror Demon, a little girl with a mirror in her hand, can replicate the appearance of the person looking in the mirror or other monsters in the mirror, so as to control the other person's mind, which lasts up to five minutes, appears in places where crowds gather all year round, and likes to control others to play pranks.

That's what Tsubaki told me.

"Are you familiar with it?" I asked, "how do you know so much detail?"

"Because it often uses this trick to get into drinking parties. Tsubaki said, "I just know it's a mirror demon, I don't know what it's called." ”

"Sneak in?" I said, "Isn't your youkai's drinking party open to anyone?"

"Of course not! we're very strict!" cried the white cat, "you have to have a glass from Lake M to participate, or you'll be kicked out." ”

“... What is the M Lake wine glass?"

"Lake M has a guy who makes cups, and he makes cups that turn lake water into wine on the first day of the month, and it's very difficult to get that cup, and I think I bribed a lot of things to get it. ”

"What's so special about this drink?" I said.

"Actually, it's just an ordinary drinking party, everyone drinks and chats together, but good wine and good stories are always very attractive," Tsubaki said, "Do monsters live for a long time, there must always be some pastime, there is nothing more interesting than drinking and listening to gossip, and Lake M is one of the places with the highest concentration of monsters in the north and south." ”

... Youkai are really boring sometimes.

"Does the Mirror Demon come often?" I asked, "why doesn't it apply for a wine glass from Lake M?"

"Because it really wants to take shortcuts, the first time it infiltrated our drinking party was by controlling another guy, and it was found out, and since then it has been blacklisted," Tsubaki said, "but it still tries to sneak in again and again, and every time it will be discovered, and over time, everyone will get used to it, and sometimes they will make small talk, why hasn't that guy come to make trouble recently." ”

"It's weird..."

"What's so strange? There are so many such greedy and reluctant to spend money, in fact, if he had handed over some food early, he might have let him participate in it a long time ago. ”

"Isn't it strange that it can get a glass of wine so easily, but it won't want to apply for one even if it is kicked out again and again?"

"Also, it seems that it has never applied for a sake glass, but it just comes again and again, and it feels like it is very satisfying every time I listen to it. Tsubaki suddenly remembered something, "yes, it's never drunk! not once!"

"I've been kicked out by all of you, how can I drink?"

"No, no, no, at first we thought it was for wine, so we were very repulsive, but then we found out that it was just sneaking in and listening to stories, not eating or drinking, and everyone turned a blind eye, although it was careful to enter other people's minds every time, but it could only listen for five minutes. Tsubaki said, "Even so, it's a happy look, and every game must come." ”

"When is the next one?" I looked at the calendar, "the day after tomorrow?"

"Mmmm, the day after tomorrow, why are you coming?"

"Well, I'd like to go and see," I said, "there must be something going on with this mirror demon who left a sentence inexplicably." ”

I went to the convenience store just after dawn and pretended to be here to buy groceries, but Gao Lang looked a little tired.

"What's wrong? didn't wake up?" I asked.

"Ouch, Yeke!" he saw that it was me, and he was a little more energetic, "When did you come back? I heard that you have something important to do at home, so you took a long vacation?"

"Ahh

"Really, can you see that?" Gao Lang sighed, "It's nothing, I just think a lot of things have been a little strange lately." ”

"What's wrong?"

"It's just that I suddenly feel like everybody's a little... Too enthusiastic?" Gao Lang shook his head, "The store manager suddenly gave me a salary increase for no reason, and several colleagues were always rushing to work overtime, and... The shelves are suddenly loaded by themselves?" he said and smiled, "Haha, you must think I'm dreaming when you hear it, don't pay attention to me, I guess I haven't slept well recently, and I feel like I've always had temporary amnesia." ”

"Maybe it's really good luck," I smiled and scanned the QR code to pay, "but it's better to have a good rest." ”

Eighty percent of these strange things in Gao Lang's mouth are related to the mirror demon.

Finally, it was the day of the reception.

"The little girl with the mirror," I muttered as I leaned on the table, "I think it's probably still in the convenience store." ”

"But didn't you find it no matter how you searched for it," Tsubaki said, "that guy is not very powerful, you definitely can't sense it, and he is also good at disguising himself, and he can only find it in a special way." "The white cat didn't know where to take out a super large black cloth bag.

“... What are you doing here?"

"What does it take to mirror someone else?" she looked like a villain...

"Light," I said, "are you trying to catch it with this cloth bag?"

"Yes, it's been ten o'clock in the evening since the party began, and when I find it, I'll cover it with this black cloth bag, so that it can't escape by controlling other people's minds," Tsubaki said, "and it's good at escaping." She smiled and rubbed her hands, "The hunt has begun!"

I should say Tsubaki is smart... Or is it black...

I was about to complain about her when suddenly the store went dark.

"There's a power outage?" I said.

"It seems to be, why is there a power outage here. "Tsubaki's eyes are still shining in the dark, and the cat is indeed a nightcrawler...

I opened the door to let in some light from the street, but it was also pitch black, and at this time, the convenience store on the opposite side suddenly became noisy, accompanied by the sound of various things being knocked down.

"Hey!

"Did you get into the thief?"

"I don't know, I can't see anything!"

"What's going on!"

I found my flashlight and was about to turn it on to take a look at the other side, but Tsubaki, who had turned into a white cat, jumped up, knocked my flashlight off with his paw in the dark, and then swooped out the door.

"Finally, I've got you. After a tinkling and clanging, the white cat's satisfied voice reached my ears.

I finally felt the flashlight from the ground, and when I opened it, I saw that the white cat, which had regained its human form, was carrying a bag with an expression of invitation, and the bag seemed to contain something, and it was smashing back and forth in the bag.

"Let go of me! let go of me! it's so dark in here!" shouted the guy in the bag with a crying voice.

Listening to this voice, it's unexpectedly cute.

"Just, no, let it go," Tsubaki shook the bag, "If you understand the reason for leaving that sentence for Ye Ke, I'll let you out." ”

"Here... It's too dark," cried the little guy in the bag, "please, let me out first." Just let me out, I'll do anything..."

The guy in the bag suddenly stopped making a sound and didn't move.

"Hey, hey, huh?" Tsubaki put her ear to the black cloth bag, "Why don't you speak?"

"You won't... Scare it to death. I said.

"How is it possible," Tsubaki said with confidence, but the worried expression still betrayed her, "There will never be such a small youkai with such guts." She looked at me, then at the sack, "Okay... Or open it up and take a look. ”

I leaned my head to the side, and the moment Tsubaki opened it, we were both dumbfounded.

A little girl the size of a palm is lying in a cloth bag, wearing a red puffy skirt, holding a round mirror in her hand, and her long double ponytail scattered in front of her, looking like a doll.

And this doll, at this moment, is full of snot and tears, and the appearance of foaming at the mouth looks a little... Bad.

Half an hour later.

"I said you're too rude," I lit a candle and carefully wiped the little doll's face with a wet tissue, "what if this really scares you to death." ”

"Hmph, I've never seen a monster that faints so easily," Tsubaki squinted, "You can just wipe it, and find a square towel for it to be a quilt, Lord Ye Ke is so caring." ”

"Didn't you just be scared half to death? I said speechlessly, "Now it's time to talk about the cool things." ”

Tsubaki just wanted to refute me, but the doll suddenly sat up, and when she saw Tsubaki, she was so frightened that she cried.

“... Well, do I look so scary?" Tsubaki shone a flashlight on his face, and it did look a little... Uncanny.

"It's so dark, it's so dark, I'm most afraid of the dark, it's so scary..."

"It's okay, I'll be calling in a moment. I put a small candle next to it, and it immediately seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and it took a long time for it to recover and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Lord Yek, I'm sorry... I'm afraid of the dark..."The mirror demon said, her voice milky, like a child, "My name is Xiaozhao, I'm causing you trouble..."

(End of chapter)