Mind Reality of Eclipse

The Mirror Called Perfection ~ Chapter 103

"This mirror has tons of cracks in it... more importantly it has something interesting about it, take a closer look..." Shez muttered. The heroes looked over to the mirror and looked down. There were cracks but soon their figures distorted into something similar to what Byleth became.

Veyle asked, "A-Are you sure that's what ended up affecting Byleth in the long term?"

"It's a big possibility this is what it led up to..." Shez replied as he looked down at the mirror.

The mirror replied, "Hello dear heroes!" The heroes all walked away as Shez kept on staring down at the mirror. He felt like he was glued to it. Alear walked over and pulled Shez away from the mirror.

"G-Gah!" Shez yelled.

Alear asked, "Did something happen? You were glued to the mirror..." Shez looked at her and then turned around toward the mirror. He slowly nodded his head and shook his head too. He was so confused.

"Take a moment to pause Shez, it's alright," Kirby said as he pushed Shez away. The rest of the heroes followed except for Chrom. Chrom felt something off about the mirror, like he and the mirror had met in some form.

Chrom muttered, "Where did this mirror come from?" He walked over to the mirror and then looked down into it. He didn't see anything appear, perhaps it only selected a few people and he wasn't one of them... no, that's not right, that was stupid to believe.

He stood there staring at the mirror, and then turned around. Suddenly the mirror stood up on its own. Chrom turned around and watched in horror as the mirror slowly got up. It looked toward Chrom and then Chrom saw his perfect reflection in the mirror. As if... it had repaired itself.

Chrom stood there staring at the mirror, then he walked over and touched it. "Hello there Mr. Lowell..."

"H-How..." Chrom muttered. The figure looked at him and smiled. He had the exact same uniform as Chrom but he was wearing a strange purple crown. Chrom recognized the crown immediately, it was the crown of Zerus. "Tell me now, what do you know about this crown you're wearing?"

The mirror replied, "This is the crown of perfection!"

"Lies, that's one hundred percent; the crown of Zerus..." Chrom grunted. The mirror stared at him and smiled, the crown of Zerus had taken the form of the crown of the Exalt. "You know something..."

The mirror laughed, "Oh do I?" Chrom nodded as the mirror stared at him, suddenly Chrom started to get mesmerized by the mirror. "I don't have anything hidden behind my face of lies... hehe..."

Chrom asked, "W-What..." He shook his head and was able to break from the spell that was being casted upon him. The mirror smiled at him as Chrom got more and more furious. "You know SOMETHING!!"

The mirror laughed, "I don't know anything! I don't even know what you're talking about... all you need to do is find the scroll and the book and from there you'll get that answer." Chrom raised his sword at the mirror and suddenly the mirror shifted into being afraid. "Y-You're going to break me?!"

"I WILL IF YOU DON'T TELL ME THE INFORMATION I AM LOOKING FOR!!!" Chrom yelled. The mirror stood there staring at him. Soon someone walked into the room as the mirror reflection disappeared.

"What are you yelling at?!" Alear asked as she walked in. Chrom lowered his sword and turned over toward the mirror.

Chrom mumbled, "The figure... it told me about getting my hands on the book and the scroll... just like Byleth was supposed to get and which he did. This mirror led him down the path to trying to get the Crown of Zerus on his own..." Alear walked over to the mirror and looked around.

There was nothing there for Alear to get a look at. It was strange because all it looked like was a mirror with cracks in it. Alear looked over to Chrom and then back at the mirror. "There's nothing-" Suddenly a figure appeared in the mirror. Alear backed away and it was the same figure Chrom saw before.

The mirror asked, "Did you bring company with you?" Chrom stood there staring at the mirror as the mirror smiled at him. Alear didn't say anything, she felt conflicted because the mirror just felt off-putting. "You got to make sure that it's either her or you..."

"I don't want to hear any of it, what the hell are you hiding about the crown of Zerus..." Chrom muttered. The mirror stood there staring at him and then shook his head. "TELL US!" He raised his sword again and the figure got frightened again. He didn't know what to say, he was just too afraid to do anything.

"FINE I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING!" The mirror yelled. Chrom kept his sword up in case the mirror were to back down. Alear looked at the two and then back at the broken mirror. "The crown of Zerus... it can take different shapes in order to fit the person's headgear. Like here, it took the form of the crown of the Exalt." Then the mirror shifted to Alear to reveal it took the form of her crown.

Chrom and Alear stared at one another and then back at the mirror. Then the mirror shifted back to Chrom. "I see... but do you know who the creator of the crown is?" The mirror stared at the two and got more nervous, soon it got itself ready.

The mirror said, "I can't tell you directly but... I can tell you something..."

"Fire away," Alear said with a smile. The mirror looked down at himself and took a deep breath.

The mirror responded, "Those who roam around the world know the tale of this one. Feisty is he, but that won't be stopping anybody. Comeback has chased you back after what you did lord Peaceful of the holy land. The one you seek, is someone who wishes to take light against you..." The the reflection disappeared. The two stood there staring at one another and back at the mirror.

"W-What... did that mean?" Alear asked nervously.