King of succubus

"...No, it's impossible." His monotonous voice resonated as his hands sweated unconsciously while his eyes switched between the three mirrors.

"However, this is the case; and since you seem to understand without me needing to explain more, it is time to submit and follow me obediently if you do not want these two to die or this seed to disappear."

"No, it's impossible; how can I appear in one of the mirrors while being here?" He replied with a ridiculous smile, but his frown always said he hesitated to deny what he was looking at ultimately.

A red seed? No, contrary to what Alvine imagined, the key had nothing to do with a pearl but like an inverted cross that was jet-black; it was in one of the three mirrors.

He did not need the old man to identify the function of the inverted cross he saw. Even if he could not explain it himself, he was sure that it was something he had and needed at all costs.

With this single clue, the old man did not need anything else to bait Alvine.

But probably ignoring this fact, he did not go with a dead hand with him.

Apart from the inverted cross, a person was lying unconsciously in one of the mirrors. A vestige of the past? One of the reasons that pushed him to come to the blue planet?

By the way, this person represented all this, in addition to his past, Alvine Earth.

'Sigh, it's impossible that my self of the past and that of the present are together.' He murmured after dosing his emotional fluctuations a little.

The reason he was talking about two different people but yet the same was because of the reflection shown by the third mirror.

A man with long white hair and a flawless face was suspended from two massive pillars that connected his four limbs with golden chains and dozens of golden piles embedded in his chest.

In addition to having the same current appearance as Alvine, he also had his white horns and raw energy sweeping around his body.

It was the most incredulous and inconceivable for him. Why does he appear in one of the mirrors and such a lamentable state? He could not tell himself that it was an event of the past since he had never had such memories of himself in such a strange state.

*It's not an illusion.* Reha's nonchalant voice suddenly resounded as he began not to have this hypothesis in his thoughts.

*How can you be sure?! *

*It's because of the artifact he uses.*

*... Are you talking about this mirror?*

*Yes, it is a primordial artifact serving as a communication relay for two people, no matter how far apart!*

Upon hearing Reha's explanations, Alvine became even more confused just by imagining the truth behind this strange phenomenon.

*But how do you explain that I am on this mirror? Not to mention the person I was before my reincarnation?*

*... Sigh, this person has never been you; you just inherited his memories to force you to wake up in your sleep.*

*...Let's admit that this is true; in this case, why is a person who is supposed to be dead either with this bastard?!* He asked when talking about the other Alvine living on Earth.

*This phenomenon is not surprising. Even if the man who was sacrificed to force you to go out into your eternal rest and this man you see through this mirror are the same people, they are also different.*

*... In what? *

*... To explain more simplistically, he is on another parallel planet.*

*Huh?! You mean...that...

*Yes, they exist; parallel worlds. See these worlds as true copies of the universes created by the transcendents. Members of the order supervise them. They are-- sigh, it will take a long time to explain to you. But all you need to know now is that this man probably captured this other Alvine still living in one of the earth parallel to the original.*

*...* Reha's information was undoubtedly interesting but derisory and unfair to him.

'If it's really possible, will I be affected by what happens to this guy?' He murmured as he looked at his half-alive look-alike suspended between the two pillars.

'No! That's not what I have to care about. This bastard knew how to annoy me; no matter his motives, I swear to make him pay for making me his target.' By dint of being angry when seeing the contents of the mirrors, a cold smile stood on his lips while his eyes turned almost to the abyssal blacks with runic patterns.

Contrary to what he expected, he realized he was more affected to see his look-alike in such a desolate state than expected.

*I advise you not to attack him. He is-!?

Reha was silent momentarily when she noticed Alvine's strange and icy look at her.

*... Sigh, he probably belongs to the order. And they play the role of supreme judges that even the transcendents must obey them. Apart from beings above the transcendents, anyone will suffer if it goes against their orders. And you are currently no exception!* She retorted harshly by guessing Alvine's intentions.

*... *

Seeing him silent and always persistent on his intentions, Reha became strangely more talkative than usual.

*Be reasonable; there are things that the consequences will be disproportionate if you do them. For now, the best would be to--

*You say that because you are afraid of these people?!*

*!! - Tsk, tsk, it's called caution. If I had completely recovered my powers, it's not bastards like them who me-- sigh, for now, if you don't want to see everything you want to disappear before your eyes, you'd better use your brain instead of your sword. You are not the only one who feels humiliated by them.

-My rage at this weak and arrogant bastard who comes to confront me in my territory when I can kill him without too much problem far exceeds yours. But it's not him the problem, but those who sent him here; keep that in mind.

-Even your subordinates will not be the weight in front of them!* She growled these words with an anchored face as she tried to resonate with Alvine to swallow his hatred of the moment to attack next time better.

Following these words that he listened to with special attention despite his bubbling rage, Alvine sent Kimiko back into his shadow. His suffocating aura slowly vanished around his body, followed by his eyes which regained their usual red gleams.

"Khehehe, a wise decision, Sir. Now, if you allow me, come with--

"I have only one condition." He pronounced nonchalantly with his monotonous voice that seemed to have neither joyful nor frustrated.

The old man frowned, noticing this anomaly but did not comment.

Seeing this, Alvine pointed Reha by his side. "She will come with me."

-Dark frown!

"I can't guess what she might do to my citizens if I leave her alone." He added when he saw the undecided old man.

"..."

"Otherwise, I must first go to my kingdom before--

"No, it's not necessary; if you want her to come with us, then I don't care." He retorted before Alvine finished his remarks.

This action made both more suspicious of him.

At the same time, the old man slammed his fingers, followed by the fainting of all those with them on the ground floor.

"Don't worry; it's only an instinctive security measure consisting of erasing in their memories... any trace of our existence." He explained himself while maneuvering the elevator.

After ten seconds of waiting, the elevator doors open and finally let them in.

But Alvine frowns again, noticing the strange anomaly with the elevator that was anything but ordinary.

The elevator itself was nothing flashy or out of the ordinary.

The problem was the little purple Crystal that floated above them. Even if Alvine could not know what this object or its rank was, he still had an idea of how it worked.

'An artifact probably used to teleport us to another dimension.' He murmured to himself, staring at the purple sphere of gaze.

And this hypothesis became certain for him; from the moment the old man activated the elevator, the Crystal lit up with a blinding glow, followed by the sudden appearance of a translucent cocoon that enveloped them.

'Sigh, it's frustrating to know how much the situation suddenly escaped my control. I hope all--huh?' While he was entirely focused on his thoughts, the translucent cocoon suddenly disappeared around them.

And contrary to Alvine's predictions, he found himself in the same elevator.

'What-- no, it's not the same elevator. Even if their appearances are identical, there are notable changes regarding the energy flows of this place and the absence of the Crystal above us.' He murmured to himself, looking around him with more confusion than before.

"Kheheh; even if it's your first time, you could still notice it.'

"!" Alvine's expression suddenly darkens, noticing the voice and appearance of the old man, who has just drastically changed to that of a bald man with black skin dressed in a tie suit with sunglasses.

"Note what?" Asked Alvine, watching the black man press the elevator button again to go to the ground floor.

"... You will know it soon enough." He retorted after a glance at Alvine.

-Ting~

Once they reached their destinations, the elevator doors opened for the third time, and Alvine found himself in the same place as a minute ago.

But unlike the previous battlefield he had left behind, the place was peaceful, and people came and left for their occupations.

"!"

"A century, a year, a day, or even a second; the time necessary for real-world actions to impact parallel worlds. The duration of this time depends on the impact and influence that beings such as you and me will have on it." At the same time, a female voice resounded behind Alvine and Reha in the elevator.

But before he noticed the woman, she vanished before them and appeared three meters away with a welcoming smile.

"Welcome to you; I hope the trip wasn't long?" She continued with sparkling eyes.

"..."

"Hmm? Do I have anything on my face?"

She asked when she saw the silence of Alvine and Reha.

*Why does this woman look like the Oracle but younger?* Alvine asked Reha, looking at the woman with short black hair barely reaching her shoulders and dressed in an ocean blue t-shirt and slime jeans highlighting her long legs.

"Fufu~, instead of whispering things to you secretly, allow me to introduce myself in person. One of my names is In Soon Min, the real one, of course."

"...Are you the person behind the anomalies present on the original planet?" Reha asked in a monotonous voice.

"Hmm? These are not anomalies, but experiments." She giggles while looking at Alvine.

"Fascination, perfection, supremacy; these are my goals. And to achieve this goal, I needed the main ingredient, you!" She jubilated with a cheerful smile as she indexed Alvine.

"..."

"Of course~, it's not an easy task. But now that you are with me, I will surely achieve this goal in the next millennium." She continued with a twisted smile on her face.

*... Reha, on a scale of zero to ten, what are my chances of killing this psychopath?! *

*2/10 is the number that represents me, even if I face it with all my power. This madwoman is not only one of the elders of the supreme order but also one of the tops and the most twisted among them; also called the learned madwom--

"Hey, I hate this nickname!" She growled with mad glowing in her eyes before Reha finished her sentence.