ID: 35

Outcome: Failure

Open After Story: No

Manual Prompt: No

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The journey lasted many years, until you grew old—your face lined with wrinkles, your joints aching, your muscles withered... Yet through it all, your dearest companion remained by your side. Never once did you doubt that this was the life meant for you. But now, you are old. Too feeble to walk, too weak to join your best friend in seeking out new wonders. Strange... after all these years, has [xiaochou.gender] not aged a day?



The moment the thought crosses your mind, a sound like shattering glass echoes in your skull—the Mirror Spirit! Its magic unravels in an instant. The twisted perceptions, the buried memories—they flood back. God, what have you been doing all these years? So many people, so many duties, so much love... all left behind! The pain you must have caused when you abandoned the capital! These decades, you lived the life the Mirror wanted—wandering, feeding its hunger for spectacle!



Frantic and lost, you stare at your aged reflection—a stranger, as if the Mirror Spirit still watches through those eyes, savoring your final moments of amusement.



Fury drives you to smash the mirror, to tear the room apart—but age has weakened you. Breathless, you falter. And then, slowly, the memories of your long journey return: the wonders you beheld, the tales you lived, the fame, the riches, the magical treasures you amassed. Even now, two lovers who adore you wait below. All of it—left for the real you, [player.name]. A paltry reward for entertaining the Mirror's whims. Now, think and act. Perform one final act to please it: How will you spend what little remains of your own life?

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