Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 813 Psychologist Audrey

"Is this... the world in the mirror?"

Looking at the dark passage that kept passing by, Audrey, who was held by Angel with his arms around her chest, opened her eyes wide, looked around excitedly, and muttered to herself.

The last outsider Angel brought into the mirror world was Captain Elaine of the "Redhead Girl", but as soon as the latter entered this mysterious world, she struggled and twisted like an uneasy quail.

Audrey, as a "newbie" who had hardly left Backlund and had always been under protection, showed a rare high spirit.

Angel was so surprised that he secretly took a detour, extending the journey to Dolton Street, which was only a few hundred meters away from 160 Böklund Street and could be reached in the blink of an eye, to several minutes.

"This place is similar to the spirit world, but it is not in the same connected world," she explained as she led him through the passage slowly. "Compared to the dangerous and vast spirit world, the passages in the mirror world only lead to different mirror surfaces. Therefore, such spectacular scenes can only be seen in the city. There are only a few passages in the suburbs and on the sea. Even fewer people can enter here. As far as I know, only high-ranking witches and people who use certain magical items to activate the passages in the mirror can come here... Of course, there are also 'mirror people' who are born in the mirror world."

"It's a little different from the process that Mr. World took me from the student aid fund office to his home just now... But I prefer this feeling of walking through a quiet passage. It reminds me of some strange and magnificent dreams."

Audrey sighed, and opened her hands slightly, allowing Angel's hands to hold her more easily. Her emerald eyes looked at the bright or dark "mirror exits" at the end of different passages, and suddenly said:

"It would be great if the Audience pathway had a similar ability, so I could sneak out of the house in the dead of night, just like... just like Hazel did."

In the process of comforting the frightened girl just now, she inevitably learned some of her thoughts and memories, and realized that the congressman's daughter, who was usually unsociable but actually full of adventurous spirit, had a similar "inner world" to herself.

It seems that this noble girl has a strong sense of adventure in her nature, but this is consistent with her behavior of wanting to buy potions when she first came to the Tarot Club. If it were other cautious nobles, they might just pretend to be submissive and actually dare not contact me or the Hanged Man in the gray fog, let alone Mr. Fool who believes in mystery...

Angel pondered for a moment and said comfortingly:

"Yes, the 'King of the Black Seat' possesses some kind of fast-moving technique, and I think it has something to do with 'dreams'... Isn't your next sequence 'Dream Walker'? Perhaps you will be able to gain similar abilities."

"The King of the Black Throne, that's... one of the Pirate Kings?"

As expected, Audrey had long forgotten about this demigod "audience" whose existence could be ignored. Even with Angel's reminder, she only had a vague memory of him. But before the two could continue their conversation, this short journey in the mirror ended.

As the surface of an unbroken mirror in the basement of 25 Dalton Street began to move like ripples, two figures appeared beside the mirror.

Slowly walking out of Angel's arms, Audrey looked around and found that she was in a dark and damp basement. There were almost no other decorations except mirrors of different sizes and directions. It was only illuminated by a dim gas lamp, making this place like the perfect place to kill and hide the body in crime novels.

Fortunately, the person next to me is Miss Queen, who knows everything about the Tarot Club. If it were anyone else, a weak "audience" would not be able to deal with it, not to mention that I haven't put on the "Star Ring Forehead Ornament" and "Lucky Hairpin" yet... She glanced at Angel next to her, quickly cleared her mind, and asked in a probing manner:
"What about those people who were left with sequelae after being 'parasitized'? Are they upstairs?"

Based on the hypnotic process of the "patients" of the Dantes and Macht families just now, Audrey subconsciously thought that the problem to be solved this time was also the master-servant problem of a certain family, even though this basement was relatively simple, which meant that the house above was unlikely to accommodate two-digit people.

"No, they are scattered all over the street. There are residents, pedestrians and workers. Some have even left the street, but they haven't gone far."

Angel answered as he sensed the approximate location of the "disease seeds".

Ever since she decided to use Audrey's hypnosis to make the victims pray to the gods in order to expel the "Time Worm", she had no intention of looking for these parasitic people one by one and hypnotizing them in person. That would not only be inefficient, but also easily attract the attention of other people and even provoke the Beyonders of the Storm or Steam Church.

Ms. Arianna expressed the goddess' intention, which was obviously for us to keep a low profile and even agreed that victims of other faiths could pray to the goddess for help. If I caused a big fuss, it might not meet the expectations of the gods... She muttered, activating the mirrors with her eyes, making them show different scenes in the rippling water.

There is an old man who is reading a newspaper in a carriage, and occasionally uses his right hand to hold up his glasses. There is a lady who enjoys the afternoon sunshine at home, squinting her right eye. There is a worker who has finished his work and is sitting on the street to rest, rubbing his eye sockets like a nervous person...

As the victims were located one by one, the mirrors beside them were activated. The originally dark basement was gradually filled with light from different angles, as bright as the outdoors with direct sunlight.

Looking at the different scenes from all over, Audrey opened her mouth in surprise, looked at the witch beside her who was showing the magical scene, and spoke after a moment:

"Are these the 'patients'? Can I give them direct hints through the mirror?"

There was uncertainty in her words.

Suggestion and hypnosis are essentially about the "audience" manipulating the target's mental body, modifying their consciousness, influencing their subconscious, and making the target act against their true will. Although it does not have to be done face to face, Audrey has always started suggestion and hypnosis with face-to-face conversations. She has never tried to influence the target through objects, let alone standing in front of a mirror and "remotely hypnotizing" the target who is nowhere to be found!
This is an ability that is not available in the knowledge provided by the potion, and it is a brand new challenge...

"I haven't practiced it either, but this method should be feasible," Angel said truthfully, "The mirror can transmit my power to everywhere, as long as it does not exceed the range of the mirror that I can lock... Fortunately, it is not yet evening, even those who left Dalton Street in a carriage are still nearby."

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Audrey and said sincerely:
"If you find it difficult, I can take you to each target and hypnotize them one by one like I did just now, but I hope to complete all the hints in this secret and simple way to avoid exposing the action... It depends on your will, Audrey."

It's up to me... Audrey's heartbeat suddenly quickened. After a moment, she nodded heavily as if she had made up her mind, clenched her fists, and replied:

"I want to give it a try!" In the morning's "joint operation", she had hypnotized a Sequence 5 vampire viscount on her own and made him voluntarily enter the church of the Mother Earth. As a "first battle", it was already perfect, but just a few hours later, she learned that the "Queen", "World" and the "Blasphemer" Amon's clone in Backlund had fought a very fierce battle. The harm caused by the escape alone almost made a Beyonder girl lose control, and countless innocent passers-by were affected.

This made her still yearn for the excitement of the extraordinary world and look forward to the adventures and surprises in life, but on the other hand, she also developed a fear of the cruel nature of this mysterious world.

If one day, I fell into despair like Miss Hazel, and my family was hurt because of my wrong choices, would I be able to protect them... Audrey looked at the mirrors in front of her that showed the lives of people from different levels. She felt a deep peace for their ordinary lives, but was also worried because their daily lives were disrupted.

So she wanted to "give it a try" and take a brave step to gain greater power.

Bang, she stepped out and came to the center of the basement, her eyes were firm and her expression was calm.

It seems that Miss Justice has made great progress since joining the Tarot Club, whether it is the sequence of potions or the change in her character... Angel thought with relief, waving his hands, letting the invisible spider silk pull the mirrors to Audrey's front, and fixing them neatly together in rows and columns like display windows, so that she can see all the "targets" without turning her body.

The focal point of these mirrors is exactly where Audrey is standing. If Angel is illuminated by multiple mirrors at the same time during a battle, it will be enough for Angel to launch a powerful curse through the mirrors and focus on the enemy, producing an effect far better than a single mirror. But now, she wants to do the opposite and let Audrey, who is at the focal point, use "hypnosis" to reversely affect all the targets in the mirrors.

After doing all this, she nodded to Audrey and stepped back to make room for the "stage" in the center of the room.

Then the dragonfly stepped out of its comfort zone.

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"There are 12 time worms in total. It seems that not every parasite will spit out the worms. Perhaps some have been sucked away... They may like to wear monocles in the future, but there will be nothing left by Amon in their bodies..."

Angel said with satisfaction as he counted the curled up translucent bugs in front of him.

She was not only satisfied with today's gains, but also pleased that "Justice" Audrey was brave enough to try a new combination of extraordinary abilities.

Although the latter looked exhausted, as the large-scale hypnosis transmitted through the mirror and the complex mind-body manipulation had consumed most of his physical strength and spirituality, a satisfied smile also appeared on his sweaty face.

"If 'hypnosis' and 'suggestion' can be transmitted through mirrors, what about other abilities? For example, nightmares..."

She shifted her gaze from the Time Worm to Angel, who looked calm and didn't seem to feel any pressure at all after controlling more than ten mirrors at the same time. In her heart, she lamented the gap between the Middle-Sequence Beyonders and Demigods.

In terms of physical strength alone, I have no ability to fight back... This thought suddenly popped into her mind.

"It should be able to achieve a similar effect... But today I'm only targeting ordinary people. I was able to manipulate multiple mirrors so they didn't notice me. If I were facing Beyonders of the same sequence, the slight changes in the mirrors would definitely arouse their vigilance. So when facing Beyonders, I still have to perform 'detailed' operations one by one."

Angel explained, picking up a Time Worm between his fingers and separating it from the rest of the spoils.

"Ordinary people... my parents and Hibbert, they are all ordinary people. Facing the secret 'operations' of the Beyonders, I'm afraid they are powerless to fight back..."

Audrey's excited expression slowly faded, and she spoke in a slightly confused tone.

But she soon laughed again and continued to herself:
"Fortunately, today's 'actions' have made me fully aware of my own heart. At least it has made me less 'naive' and I know the direction I should move in."

Angel also smiled and pointed at the lone "Time Worm" and said:
"This will serve as your 'reward' for your actions today. I will make it into a demigod-level spell. As long as it is used properly, it can pose a certain threat to high-sequence Beyonders, and even have a chance to kill them... If you continue on the path of transcendence, sooner or later, you will face such a threat alone."

"A spell that can kill a demigod..." Audrey muttered, her emerald eyes flashing with an inexplicable brilliance. "Mr. 'World' also promised to give me a 'Luck Stealer' spell just now. It seems that your personalities and behaviors are very similar... Is this why you two got together?"

Without waiting for Angel's answer, she continued with a sly tone:

"But according to my observation, when Mr. World was first promoted, that is, when he returned to Backlund from the Southern Continent, he was actually very confused. This is my professional judgment as a 'psychologist'... Of course, he seemed to recover quickly and covered up the scars in his heart in a way of 'getting more involved in the present life', but I think this method can only delay the outbreak of the problem, not solve it.

"However, whenever he appears with you, the sadness hidden under the mask has obviously improved, which makes me more certain that only you, Miss Queen, can heal the pain in his heart.

"So... I think you should find an opportunity to have a good talk with him, to dispel his inner confusion and allow him to recover from his trauma. This is the advice of a psychiatrist, and also the blessing of your friend."

After saying that, Audrey turned her head and no longer looked at Angel, but at the mirror wall that was still neatly arranged in an arc and reflected her figure.

Blessings… Thank you, Audrey.

Angel's mouth corners slightly raised, and he hugged her again from behind to express his gratitude.

(End of this chapter)