Chapter 2
Chapter 2
The Magic Book very kindly recommended her must-read list to me.
“How to Cleverly and Naturally Attract the Queen’s Attention”
“On the Queen’s Ten Most Charming Qualities”
“The Queen’s Dietary Taboos”
“The Queen’s Clothing Taboos”
“The Queen’s Makeup Taboos”
“A Record of the Queen’s Sleeping Habits (Abridged Edition)”
…
I stared at the Magic Book, speechless.
No, seriously, sis, don’t tell me you’ve got a thing for the Queen?
After I hit the nail on the head, the Magic Book immediately turned flustered and shy. “Oh, stop it… i-is it really that obvious?”
Silently, I glanced at the book she’d hidden behind the sleeping record. One corner was sticking out, just enough for me to make out the words: “…Bathing… Uncensored… HD…”
How is that not obvious…?
After her bashful moment passed, the Magic Book started going all out trying to sell me on the Queen.
“Please, just take one look. She’s seriously insanely beautiful!”
“Nope.”
“Really, really! Insanely, insanely beautiful!”
“Nope.”
“I’m begging you! Just look at her once! I’ll teach you anything! Sheng, dan, jing, mo, chou, immortals, tigers, dogs, growing bigger, shrinking smaller, becoming prettier, turning deaf, mute, or lame-I can do it all!”
“…Fine, then.”
The Magic Book kept her promise and taught me all she could.
“I want to turn into a human!”
“That one won’t work.”
“Why not?!”
“That’s Dark Magic. I don’t know it. You’ll have to find a Witch.”
“Where’s the Witch?”
“In the Deep Forest.”
“Take me there!”
“Can’t.”
“And why not this time?!”
“Because I can’t.”
I stared at her in silence for a moment. “Then what exactly can you do?”
She blinked. “Uh, lots of things. Like making things bigger, making things harder…”
I sighed. “Fine. I’ll learn that, then.”
If I really couldn’t change the plot, then I’d just turn myself as hard as a rock!
Let’s see who’d still be able to bite through that!
Ever since I got familiar with the Magic Book, Mirror Bro had been looking at me like he wanted to say something but couldn’t.
“Mirror Bro, is something up?”
The Magic Mirror nodded, then shook his head.
“Nothing.”
As a seasoned webnovel reader, I could tell at a glance there was definitely something going on.
It felt like there was juicy gossip here. The kind you couldn’t say out loud.
And to me, that had fatal appeal.
I stared at the Magic Mirror from the left, then from the right, until his mirror surface got redder and redder.
“Y-you… you… why do you keep looking at me?”
Tilting my head up, I thought for a moment. “Because you’re good-looking.”
I mean, come on. I was looking at myself in the mirror.
Under the Magic Book’s guidance, I could already skillfully control the distribution of the poison on my body. Red and green interwoven together. After arranging them a bit, I could strike some pretty decent shapes with it. At the very least, I looked way better than I did at the beginning.
Mirror Bro had probably gotten the wrong idea.
Uh, how do I put this, friends… have you ever seen a mirror blush so hard it practically glows?
He looked like a giant ruby.
Mirror Bro fidgeted for quite a while before saying in a low voice, “You’re good-looking too.”
Then, with a whoosh, he shot back into his personal little box.
As the Queen’s new darling, he had the best treatment in the entire storage room.
Not only did he have his own little diamond-studded box, it was even lined with an ultra-soft velvet cushion inside.
Absolutely luxurious!
Only after Mirror Bro hid inside did I realize I still hadn’t gotten my gossip!
I hesitated for a moment, then decided to roll over and knock on his box.
If I didn’t get this gossip, I definitely wasn’t going to sleep tonight.
“Mirror Bro? Come out and chat a little more?”
After the box shook violently for a while, it opened a tiny crack.
The Magic Mirror poked his head out. “…Don’t rush me. I haven’t thought it through yet.”
Me: “?”
Thought what through?
Did telling gossip really require this much careful consideration?
The Magic Mirror glanced at me, turned his head, shut the box again, and kept thrashing around inside with loud clunks.
I stood there in front of him, torn between going back to sleep and staying for more gossip.
After agonizing over it for a long time, I still couldn’t resist raising my hand and knocking again.
This time, Mirror Bro opened the box much more slowly. I could practically feel the hesitation in the way he opened it.
After the box opened, he shot me a look at lightning speed, then slammed it shut again.
I didn’t even have time to put on my most sincere, friendly, eager-to-learn smile.
My first-ever complete gossip failure.
It was devastating.
Sighing, I rolled back toward my own spot.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.