[One of the Nine Keys has been forged.]0

[The ninety-ninth floor has been cleared.]0

[Entering the hundredth floor.]2

The flower field split open, and something rose from deep within. It was a huge mirror, but it was too large to reflect just one person. It was gargantuan, enough to reflect an entire legion. Crystals sprouted out of the mirror’s frame, making the surface uneven. 0

The mirror was murky and eerily purple on both sides. Like a wall from the underworld, it stood between me and the Sword Emperor and had nine keyholes.0

[Insert the first key.]0

I walked up to the keyholes. Though mirrors were different from glass and couldn’t show what lay beyond, I somehow knew the Sword Emperor was doing the same on the other side.0

I peered into the first keyhole.0

[The first key was forged by those who breathe in the shadow you cast.]0

[What kind of person are you? Are you strong? Are you lovable? Are you beautiful? Are you pitiful?]0

I took out a key and inserted it into the first hole.0

“I’m a person others can rely on,” I said. 0

“I’m a person you want to wait for,” the Sword Emperor’s voice came from the other side.0

Clank. 1

The purple color of the...0