|Damien's POV|
I wasn't sure what led me and Toshiro to walk into one of those glasses. Yes, those glasses that surrounded us brought us into this maze of madness. The temptation, as I could feel, was very strong that we entered right immediately we saw our reflection. I never knew the tomb had this type of place! In general, I never imagined this type of place in the tomb. Somehow, I couldn't hear Fay, or even receive messages from my system. It felt like everything I had was shut down. I could remember now, I remembered how I got here through the glass which indicated the name of hell maze at the top. Hell maze! And we still entered after reading the name. I can't believe how foolish we were to do so! Why Damien!! I kept on feeling goose bombs when I kept on walking. This was the least way I wanted my day to go. What I initially planned was to just chill in the tomb. But apparently, we asked for trouble and adventure. Now, we just found one which we turned out to hate with passion. If I could have seen the future, then I'll know that I shouldn't even go near the tomb at all. Well, the deed had been done and we needed to find a way out.
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Damien along with Toshiro kept on walking through the forest looking for a way out. The two almost moved a step further when a huge bear came out of the blue. Standing in front of them, both were scared to their bone marrow. Damien noticed something about the animal immediately. He knew the particular beast, and knew that it should be dead.
"To, this beast should be dead by now!" Damien said.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"The time we came to your kingdom. There was a beast wave right?"
"Yes?"
"This beast was the leader of the beast wave."
The beast leapt high into the air, with the aim of devouring them. Once within pouncing range, it disappeared into the air. Damien looked at the air in surprise.
'This was what happened to the fissure.' He said to himself.
"To, this place…"
"This places what?"
"…It's an illusion."
"What do you mean it could be an illusion?"
"I'm not saying it could be. I'm saying that it is. This is a mirror dimension."
"What are you saying?"
"We entered this place through a mirror. We entered a mirror dimension."
Toshiro had a confused look on his face, what was Damien saying? But it was all of a sudden when everywhere turned void dark and only mirrors orbiting around, with Damien and Toshiro in the center.
"Alright, which one do we choose?" He asked.
"What? Choose what."
There seemed to be no gravity, as both floated up in the void. Damien didn't know what to choose, but it seemed to be too late. Both found themselves in the tomb which surprised them.
"Finally, something real Toshiro wanted to run forward when he was held back by Damien's tight grip.
Damien noticed two things; the book which he used to learn about the beast was replaced by a black pen. And the names of the portals were written backwards. Damien pointed at the details and all Toshiro could do was open his mouth in shock. Once again, they were taking to the place where the empty void filled with mirrors. Once again, they were teleported to another location, but this was different. Damien and Toshiro found themselves in Raio's hose. The both of them knew that this wasn't real, and have to find details that aren't supposed to be where they are. Damien and Toshiro started to look around. But after a minute of searching, they found nothing. Damien kept on searching but couldn't find anything. Damien and Toshiro almost pulled out their hairs out of frustration.
"This is really exhausting."
Damien and Toshiro wanted to continue their search, but the sound from the door stopped them. The both looked back to see Raio standing by the door.
"What are you kids doing here?" Raio asked "And you aren't supposed to be upstairs?" He added referring to Toshiro.
Damien was far from confused, were they back in the real world? Or was these all an illusion.
"You two look stressed, a hot tea would do." He said before heading to the kitchen.
Toshiro stared at Damien with a confused look, and so did he in return. Even though amidst the confusion, they couldn't deny a hot tea. They both rushed to the dining then stood there waiting for Raio to be done with his cooking.
Damien opened his eyes, feeling like he was being brought back to his actual senses. He sat up very well to see Toshiro enjoying his cup of tea and Raio sitting beside him. A sudden thought struck him; if all of these were real, then Raio was supposed to be in another planet entirely, and not busy entertaining them. Damien tapped Toshiro on the shoulder before whispering to him.
"To, this isn't real."
"What do you mean isn't real. Dad was just telling me about his funny adventures." Toshiro said with a smile. "He is really a good comedian." He added lowering his voice.
"Doesn't that prove my point? Raio isn't the funny type."
"If you would just excuse us" Toshiro said politely before dragging Damien out of the dining.
"Are you crazy? We finally got home and you're telling me this whole thing isn't real?" Toshiro said.
"Yes! It is not real. Besides, if it were real, I'll have gotten a message from Fay or my system."
"Your system?"
"I'll explain later," Damien replied. The both found themselves in the black void once again. But this time, there was only one mirror in front of them.
"This is it." Damien said holding Toshiro hands softly.
"I'm also sure of it."
They both dragged themselves into the portal, and this time, they found themselves in the hotel room where Raio was sitting on the bed with a worried look. Raio's eyes brightened when he saw the both of them.
"Where have you troublemakers been?" Raio ran to them then gave them a tight embrace.
"Sorry Master, it was all my fault." Damien replied. Toshiro noticed all their bags on the bed neatly packed.
"Quick, we have no time." Raio said as he picked up the bags.
"Have no time?" Toshiro asked with a confused look.
"Yes, you two test is about to begin!"
"Test, how long were we gone?" Damien asked
"I'm taking the test?" Toshiro followed up.
"For five days. And yes Toshiro, you are taking the test."
Damien and Toshiro simultaneously looked at each other with confused expressions.
'Serves you two right' Fay said.
'Bitch!'