Chapter 132: Chapter 131: Man In The Mirror

Hi, it's Madeleine here. I'm currently tied up in a chair! Why? Umm… Mel likes rope?

"I don't! Lina's the pervert, not me!"

"Oh… do you know why we're tied up, Mel?"

"I have no idea."

We're in a cave, a really fancy cave. There's a dinner table, a chandelier, Mel tied to a chair, a man inside a mirror at the head of the table, and… soup. Bleh.

"Is the soup not to your liking?"

"Soup… no, no more soup!" And Mel is violently thrashing about in her chair. I'd violently thrash about too, but… well… I feel nothing towards soup. It has opened an abyss within my heart, one that no longer feels anything. Not even the most tastiest of soups can fill it. A shame, for soups are the very first thing a maid learns to create in Maid School. Ah… another memory of Maid School tainted… but they were all tainted in the first place, so whatever.

"What a sad display." I looked around the cave to see where the voice was coming from, but couldn't find anything. "If you two weren't so valuable, I'd have stuffed you two into the barrels in the back."

It can't be the rocks since rocks don't speak to me anymore. It can't be Mel, she sounds much cuter, or hotter, but that latter one is for me alone to hear. It can't be the table, not even the super special table Mel and I own can talk. Thus, I can conclude that the thing talking is the soup! Wait… that sounds wrong.

"It's incredibly wrong. So wrong, if you were one of my henchmen, I'd have your tongue cut off and fed it to the goblins. Actual buffoonery." There's the voice again! I know it's not you guys since you guys are nice to me… which, now that I think about it, is very unhealthy. Shame on you guys for enabling my insane behaviour. I love you guys. "The mirror, you dimwit."

Oh yeah, the man in the mirror! I turned to him to see just the most annoyed look ever. Jeez, talk about a short temper… and also an ugly mug. I'd rather stare at Mel's beautiful face, which is what I'll do. Oh… Mel got knocked out. The man in the mirror has some reach. "She was getting annoying with her insistence on being taken away from the soup. So, allow me to introduce myself."

"My name is Madeleine, and I'm a maid! Ha! Suck it! I introduced first!"

"I am Traas, Bandit King of Trogen. In a few moments, three other Bandit Kings shall be arriving, and we shall be having a discussion together."

"Can I join?"

"You are merely property. Merchandise to be sold off."

"I'm being sold again?"

"I plan to hold an auction. Many items are for sale, such as a few Sacred Power Items, some weaponry of notable former adventurers, and the jackpot prize: You. I intend to invite many of the important people that are currently here in Trogen."

"Ooh, I love being the big prize! Are Mel and me a two-in-one, though?"

"And miss out on extra profit for selling a former member of the Hero's Party? You're as foolish as they come."

"Okay, time to go Sicko Mode."

"Wait… what?"

I tap my foot against the chair I'm tied to, igniting it and the rope. This burns. but fortunately, Maid School maid dresses are fireproof… I think. I fall onto the ground, with the chair and rope being turned to ash and myself untouched. Okay, so I learnt my dress is fireproof. Good to know.

"How annoying. Brothers, you know what to do."

Suddenly, five masked men jumped out of the mirror and faced me in a fighting stance. Well then, time for an easy fight… they all just dropped. Man, I'm fast. Just kidding, I'm not the fast one.

"You! That damn Seer said she had you under control!" The man in the mirror angrily pointed at the new arrival, who was none other than the second fastest girl I know, Speedy.

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"You suck at scheming." And boom, Speedy punched the mirror, causing the man to jump out from it and into the cave. "So, do you want to do the honours, or should I, Madeleine?"

"I want to punch him in the guts. I want to punch him!"

"Then do it."

"Just give me a second. I need to mentally prepare myself."

"It's not even two minutes into our reunion, and I'm already confused."

"Teehee~"

"Just hurry up and punch him."

"Aye aye, your majesty!" And so I punched him, but only after I had an intentionally awkward impromptu staring contest. That whole mirror thing was definitely a Sacred Power.

Mirror You can travel to the Mirrorrealm. Side Note: Mirror Mirror that brings woe, what's behind what you show?

Ooh, the Side Note rhymes… I have no idea what it means, though. Then again, I never know what the Side Notes mean. It could be a good bonding activity with dad. I'm sure she'd love to explain it to me. I also love it when people explain things to me, except not really. You voices already know about my severe hearing problems caused by that one time we had a shootout in Maid School. The cowboys sent by the Reincarnator's Organization were very scary. There's also the fa- 

"Ow!" Speedy just flicked my forehead. "What was that for?" 

"Meri is with the other Bandit Kings, and we've got to get to them soon." Speedy sighs. "Meri wants to cause chaos, and she can't do it without you."

"Ooh… chaos. Chaos chaos chaos."

"She'll be at the cave's entrance." Speedy puts Mel over her shoulder. "In the meantime, I'll take your girlfriend to a safe place. Do you want me to hand her over to a Shadow Clone of yours?"

"Hmm… send her to Myka. That's the safest place in the world."

"Got it." And off she went. Hmm. Guess I'll go see what Merida has to say.

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Character profile: Traas

Sacred power: Mirror

Years spent in Mirrorrealm: 17 years.

Description: It's the man in the mirror. Traas grew up alongside five siblings, each from different mothers, who he competed against for the right to inherit his father's Bandit Group. The condition to inherit was easy: Be the last child remaining. Traas quickly met this requirement, stealthily throwing his brothers one-by-one into the Mirrorrealm, which served as both their prison and the place where Traas would train them. When he came of age, he ruthlessly threw his own father into the Mirrorrealm, his execution acting as the last test for both him and his brothers. From then on, Traas would rule his father's bandit group from the safety of his mirror, eventually becoming recognised as the Bandit King of Trogen after all the other bandit groups were either assimilated into his or absolutely destroyed.

Chapter namesake: Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson

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