Planetes
2. n. Mirror - Mirror on The Wall

Elliot should have known, though, that he shouldn't mess with anything high-risk. But the thought that he was immortal and would not die if hit by a fatal attack was something wrong.

The bad impact, Elliot increasingly piled curse after curse while trying to help people who play the perverse game. As a result made his brothers anxious and held an impromptu meeting. As it is now....

(This bego.) Elliot's fourth brother, Mars—or his human name, Shigeo, folded his hands together in front of his chest. His face was furious with anger. (YOU'VE BEEN TOLD NO, ANYWAY?! DEALING WITH SUPERNATURAL BEINGS WOULD REDUCE YOUR SUPERNATURAL POWER, HAAAH??!)

Early in the morning the local rain from Shigeo was something to be offended. Instead of making the spirit, the man made Elliot even more shriveled. Though some time ago, Elliot got a similar scolding from Jupiter as well.

The difference is, Jupiter will not use harsh sentences to scold Elliot. While Shigeo will not hesitate to use words that are unethical enough to scold his youngest brother.

"I'm sorry once again, Sister.." kind of tired of hearing Shigeo's timid nagging. "...I myself am looking for a way to break this curse."

(In what way? If you ask us to do it, it's the same as asking us to be a substitute doll!)

[Uh, that's right, anyway.] Elliot.

He could not dodge Shigeo's words. If this is the case, inevitably Elliot must swallow a bitter pill that he produced himself.

(Haaah, even though it has been repeatedly told not to carelessly help earthling. Now you know the consequences? Destroying an entity that cursed you was no easy feat, idiot!) Shigeo massaged his temple plan.

"Sorry...." Elliot bowed languidly in his bed. "Does Brother Shigeo have a way?"

(There is, but it is risky. Wrong, you will be killed) Shigeo replied half-heartedly.

"What way did he use it?"

(If it's not your fault that the other one has a problem with the mirror-hater, right? Just use him!)

Shigeo's words made Elliot suddenly startled. He knew who Shigeo meant, but there was no harm in Elliot confirming it first.

"I mean Brother?"

(Medusas. Only his eyes can destroy the entity that cursed you!)

Foreseeable. However, Elliot does not want to take advantage of Medusa even though he wants to escape the curse.

"Isn't Medusa dead? How...."

(Medusa is dead, but her eyes are not)

"What—"

(I heard that there is a cult of monster worship and intend to raise the monster into this world.) Shigeo started telling stories. (You can use it to break your curse.)

"Sister, but—"

(El, relax! You're not human! Stop acting like a human! You understand?!) Shigeo snapped at his sister.

Elliot fell silent and squeezed the fabric that was enveloping his feet.

"I understand, Brother. Sorry...."

This was what Elliot disliked about his brothers. They constantly remind us that Elliot is not human and should not be human. Shigeo's words inevitably made Elliot agitated.

Looking for Medusa in the present? Will I meet? If you meet, what do you want?

Let's flash back for a moment to the cause of Elliot's curse after dispelling Alice Game. At that time his friend asked Deeky Dama in the mirror and asked to be granted his request.

The fatal mistake happened because Elliot was not a woman and Deeky Dama hated men. As a result, Elliot defended himself from the assassination attempt made by Deeky Dama by using holy water vapor.

Elliot survives, but who would have thought before he disappeared Deeky Dama cursed him. Other times, Elliot will have endless bad luck.

Continuing to the next, his professional friend was playing hide-and-seek with the devil in the mirror. Indeed Elliot did not participate in the game, but hearing the sound of a cry for help from his friend made Elliot burst in and freeze the demon with holy water mixed with his power. Again he got a curse for breaking the rules of the game. He could no longer use his supernatural powers.

Event after event approached, and the edges of Elliot who hit the stone due to curiosity earthlings will the perverse game. Elliot sighed, everything related to the mirror. While his savior later, hates the mirror.

To entertain himself, Elliot opened his tarot card and tried to look at the six cards that represented the answers to all his questions. Not bad, not good either.

{You still use tarot as your medium of divination, El?}

"Sister Jupiter?" Elliot flinched with the sudden presence of Jupiter behind him. "Yes, I'm a little curious about the person meant by Brother Shigeo...."

Jupiter passes the exhalation and sits next to Elliot. {I disagree with him. Using Medusa's eyes as neutralizing your curse is too risky.}

Jupiter is right. Moreover, Medusa would make anyone who looked into her eyes become stone, right? Elliot understood Jupiter's anxiety.

"Ughhh!" in this reaction, Elliot again felt his soul as if it had been sucked from his body.

Her twin Ain saw similar shimmering blue threads flying from her body. Jupiter knitted his eyebrows.

{El, what is it?}

"The essence of my soul, Brother." half-gasping, Elliot answered asked the older brother. "The ghosts in the game Hell Level Hide and Seek, they were trying to kill me. But they failed, so this is what they did. Taking my soul essence constantly."

Jupiter clapped his forehead and sighed again. Eating soul essence will make Elliot gradually lose his humanity. If that happens, it is not impossible that a catastrophic disaster will arise later.

The curse of that one really....

{El! Listen to me!} Jupiter held both of his shoulders. {Whatever happens, you can't give up! Even if they take something from you, you have to replace it with a new one. Got it? Your soul essence is indeed taken away, but you can restore it back!}

"How?" Elliot tilted his head and waited for Jupiter to describe the things he had to do.

Jupiter let go of her hand and moved away from that place. He then returned with a small sack of equipment that did not know what it contained.

{Use this whenever you feel any signs of the curse are active. Understand?} Jupiter handed the sack to Elliot with an expression of solemnity drawn on the face.

"I understand, Brother. I'll use it."

Although confused, Elliot still accepts the gift of Jupiter. But something was bothering him. Apparition of a beautiful girl in her vision, is it true that she will meet him?

{El? What's up?} Jupiter seemed curious because her sister was silent for quite a long time. {Your face looks pale. The curse reacted?}

"No, Brother. I was thinking, "there's a pause in his speech. His power grabbed the hand mirror with the Neptune emblem behind it. "Look, Brother. This is the figure of the girl who will break my curse. Do I have to look for him now?"

Jupiter leaned in and saw the reflection in the mirror of her sister. The girl's figure, her face was invisible. But from her stature, like a graceful girl.

{No need to rush, El. Later, the girl will present herself before you.} Jupiter answered wisely.

"I see," Elliot nodded his head. "Sister, thank you so much for your help."

{No need to thank. We're brothers, we should have helped each other, right?}

"Big brother is right," Elliot lowered his head slightly. Gundah ambushes the sanubari.

{What worries you, El?} looking at his sister's expression, Jupiter was unable to stem his curiosity.

"If this girl was taking her revenge on me, what would I do?"

Elliot's words make Jupiter realize that Medusa had a grudge with Poseidon in the past. His own part Elliot.

{I don't know, Elliot,} the big tall man passed the exhalation. {But you did what you thought was right. If you let Medusa take her revenge on you, take it. Thus, you will be free from the guilt that holds you back.}

Elliot looked. He looked at his brother with a look of disbelief. "Is that true, brother?"

Jupiter nodded her head. One hand broke Elliot's short curly hair in a fit of anxiety.

{Different from Shigeo, I mean Mars. I'm not gonna tell you to use her. You do what you think is right and unencumbered by it all. Understand?}

Elliot nodded his head. That day, he felt all the burdens that were squeezing his chest come off. Putting aside all the curses that were piling up on him, Elliot would try to find a way to not incriminate all parties.

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