Through the mirror

『 Three 』 『 (3) 』

The two Royals paused their panicking and turned towards the others.

"Thorn, why is your arm on fire?" asked the boy who Thorn had learnt was Keonhee.

"Xion burnt me," Thorn replied, surprisingly calm.

"I didn't really burn you considering you aren't really screaming in pain even though you're on fire," he said trying to get himself out of trouble. "Wait, why aren't you in pain anyways?"

The girl then realised that for some reason, she hadn't felt any pain from being burnt alive. "I- " she couldn't force any words to leave her mouth as she was deep in shock.

"I'll just undo it," Hwanwoong said. He raised one of his arms and began to rewind time for the two young royals, lowering his hand once he was done. "That should do it."

No longer able to understand what was happening anymore, Thorn sat at the head of the table and waited for the boys to sit as well so they could begin their meal. Hwanwoong, being the openly affectionate person he is, rushed to the seat on the left of her, causing him to sit opposite of Xion. Keonhee scoffed and sat right beside him. Since Xion had already been seated to her right, Ravn sat next to him. Seoho sat next to Ravn and Leedo sat opposite of Seoho.

"Okay, let's eat."

///Time Skip\\\

The 7 royals had finished eating and were just making small talk among each other. Although Xion had tried to get her involved in the conversation a few times, Thorn couldn't help but feel left out. Deciding to take her mind off the current situation, she brought out the vintage hand mirror that was small enough to fit in her pocket. Lucky for her, Rose had seemed to be staring into the mirror as well.

"How was your day?" Rose asked. Thorn began to explain everything Xion had told her about the other princes, forgetting the fact that they were all right next to her and that Rose most likely already knew about it. She told Rose about how Xion had burnt her hand, but she couldn't feel any pain from it and a voice had said something about a new power being unlocked. She had been so deep into her conversation with her reflection that she didn't notice the boys had stopped talking to each other and were now completely focused on what the girl in front of them was saying. She began talking about how she felt the boys were ignoring her even though Xion had told her they weren't only to be interrupted by one of them.

"Thorn,"

"Yeah?"

"Where are the Princes right now?"

"In front of me," Thorn responded. "Wait-" She turned around only to realize all the boys had been staring at her. "I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"Bye, Thorn."

"Bye." She placed the mirror back into her pocket, and faced the boys.

"You think we're ignoring you?" Hwanwoong asked, a bit upset that he had unknowingly taken part in making the only female royal feel sad.

"You unlocked a power?" Leedo questioned, surprised she was able to do it so quickly.

"You can talk to the Moon Goddess through mirrors??" Seoho asked in disbelief.

"Yes, Apparently and yea" she said, answering their questions.

"Sorry we made you feel that way." Hwanwoong said. "It's just that the Moon Goddess didn't talk to us often, so we assumed that you being her 'other half' it would be the same."

"It's okay," Thorn smiled.

"How are you still able to talk to your reflection?"

"I don't know. Aren't you like an illusion master guy?" she replied.