Leraje and I quickly parted from the group and started walking towards the elevator stairs towards the first floor of the mall some of the people who had been following us noticed that both me and leraje were leaving the guys especially seemed to be glad that leraje was going to go,but they had no idea that leraje wasn't the scariest monster in the closed...

Thinking like this I quickly prompted leraje and asked him to hurry up a bit more he nodded his head and soon enough we were walking in a pretty fast pace through the crowd avoiding them skillfully and slowly reaching our destination.

On our way Leraje told me that we were close and that the two demons had suddenly stopped his words were slightly worrisome,but I convinced myself that nothing was a sure thing yet it could be that were just totally wrong about the situation and honestly saying we were just doing this because I felt suspicious and nothing else.

-Its here...

Leraje said in a solemn...the people around us were slightly startled when they realized that we just came out of nowhere our speed on the way here had turned into something like a blurred run ordinary people wouldn't be able to catch so it was understandable they reacted like this though no one said anything to us.

-You sure ?

I asked a bit sceptical...

-Yes..

He said sure of himself pointing to the right door....ironically we were currently standing in front of a restroom the excuse that I had set up in front of hestia to come to check on these two...never thought that it would be actually true.

-Leraje wait here for a moment I call if I need you,guard the entrance and make sure that no one goes inside...for now at least..

Leraje hearing my words nodded his head and walked towards the wall that was between the female and male restroom leaning onto it and making a intimidating expression.

I nodded satisfied and willed my ability stopping time altogether...silence enveloped this space as every person in this area stopped moving they were all standing still and keeping their expression as if they were being captured inside of a picture the image of such a lively place turning still and silent was almost weird like it always is I guess...

Without a second thought I started moving towards the male restroom I opened the door and quickly shut it behind me with a shallow sound behind me when I got inside what met my eyes was a white room with white porcelain walls and ground there were 4 stalls and 4 sinks with a large broad mirror on the right,the space inside seemed suspiciously empty for some reason I didn't check the stalls yet,but because of that I felt awkward checking into them...what if they just came here to take a dump ? wouldn't that be awkward ? Its not like they would see me,but still...

I sighed...I quickly shook my head and told myself to suck it in and just check for it.

With that thought I started going towards the stalls looking into them one by one trying to find if anyone was in here,but...

-This..where are they ?

I wondered I was a bit confused I had checked every stall and this room in particular didn't have any space to hide anyone it was open and had only the stalls in it no person could squeeze anywhere to hide so why wasn't anyone here...was leraje maybe mistaken ?

No,that shouldn't be the case leraje is a archfiend demon why would he be mistaken ? I thought trying to picture this bizarre event I still looked around with no results avail.

I felt slightly conflicted maybe leraje was indeed mistaken or just confused...

I thought holding onto the sink and looked at the mirror seeing my own body reflected in the mirror...wait what ?

I once again looked at the mirror more closer this time a bit intrigued I could clearly see my own reflection in the mirror moving around as I did,but the thing was,time was stopped how is this mirror working ? Curious I started to move my hand towards the mirror a bit slow and not sure about myself...and as the tip of my finger reached the mirror a ripple started to spread onto the mirror giving the illusion of a stone dropping in a single pond my image was disoriented through the ripple and I could feel my finger going through the mirror very bizarre...

I felt slightly uncomfortable about this strange mirror it wasn't affected by stopped time and it felt like I could go through it as if it was a door,it made me wonder...why was this even here ? and where did this lead ? Those were question I probably didn't get answers to if I stayed here,but I was sure that it was involved with the demons ,what they were doing was already unknown to me,but I would soon get onto the bottom of this,in this case the mirror.

Without hesitation I jumped face forward into the mirror my head completely entered the mirror and when I opened my eyes I founded myself inside of the same restroom identical to the original it was weird since the mirror on this rest room was on the left not the right,anyways the reason I got inside partially was to see if there was a way out it wouldn't be funny if this was an one way ride to hell was it ? With those thoughts there to comfort me I jumped into the mirror and got inside looking around this place..

Other then the room being completely identical it was also a lot more darker then the original room suspiciously dark even the white was now replaced by gray instead and the light inside the restroom was a bit more fainter then it used to be I didn't start searching immediately because when I looked at my front I saw that the stall in front of me was slightly open,it was a sign that someone used it before the feeling i got from this was tense not frightening though since I could feel that my powers still worked even inside of here meaning that time was still stopped...

Feeling that I was on the right track I stepped forward and grabbed onto the knob of the stall door...the moment I touched it I could feel a deathly cold sensation spread through my body it was only for a few moments so it didn't bother me as much,but I could see that something in this door didn't want me to enter no matter what since time was stopped there was only a small sensation the effect on this door wouldn't go off no matter what so I wasn't worried when I directly opened the door of the stall and looked inside...

Dark...it was fully dark and nothing else...I could feel my eyes going wide for a few seconds as I continued to stare inside the stall..no the room...there was no stall to speak the moment I opened the door to the stall it showed me a completely dark room that was devoided of all light showing pure darkness and nothing else there was no toilet or toilet paper it was just dark and nothing else...

From this point on I stopped walking further...going into a space that was most like a part of no-mans land was too unexpected and dangerous the reason I got inside the mirror was because I was sure that it had an way out,but now this complete darkness had made me think deeply it wasn't something I should mess with just yet I need to get leraje in here he is the demon expert in this case...

Thinking that it was really the best course of action I was about to leave the space and return to the normal world,but as I was about to leave from the corner of my eye I could see some kind of shadow appear inside of the complete darkness it was only for a millisecond it also made me check it for a second time just be sure,but sure enough there was nothing it was still a unending world of darkness...

-Was...that a smile ?

I muttered trying to remember what exactly I had seen...Thinking about this any further wouldn't help so instead I quickly left the space and arrived into the real world the male's restroom I started time at this very moment and walked outside where leraje was still standing leaning on the wall and guarding the place...he was slightly surprised when he saw me probably because it had been only a few seconds since I got inside which was actually his mind of time...sometimes this ability could mess with your head if your not careful.

-Lord ?

Leraje asked stepped to my side with a questionable expression on his face he wanted to know what was going on so I quickly gave him a small explanation on what happened inside that there was a second space replicating the restroom and that one of the stalls had a space of pure darkness inside...

Leraje listened to my explanation attentively sometimes making slightly surprised expressions even after I was done he started making a thoughtful expression thinking about what I said explaining to me what it was that I had seen.

-Lord you see the space inside the mirror is probably made by demonic magic more specifically its made by a demon who is probably mainly focused on corruption the darkness inside the stall was a passage to the end room its a obstacle not really harmful by itself,but very mental heavy it mostly tries to convince someone into something the passage in itself has a compelling enchantment people with weaker willpowers or easily convinced people often get corrupted by its power,in most cases the passage only appears if you are getting closer to your goal so it safe to assume that the passage leads directly to the demons...

He said with a solemn tone while looking at the restroom door thinking.

His explanation was a lot to be thought about,but at the same time I still had one question.

-Why couldn't they have done something more straight forward like a confrontation or simple violence instead they set up something so non-lethal as if begging to get caught...

My words made leraje look at me once again his eyes shined which showed that he also agreed,but nonetheless he explained to me why it was the case.

-Some demons in this world are simply not satisfied by primitive violence most of the demons are simple like that ordinary and traditional so to say...there are very few who can actually use demonic magic making very few of them also very arrogant and bored mainly these kind of demons are especially vicious and poisonous they have extremely sadistic minds that can't be filled by simple murder or mutilation they want to see a person crumble down as mentally as they go down physically thats just how demons are we accept who we are and what we do our inner self is what we are today upholding things such as justice and honor aren't things that can convince us,but often times we also hold our pride which pretty much translates into our word that binds us to a deed...this very demon here just shows that he is convinced that he wouldn't get caught no matter what and purposely set up such a passage to toy with its victim until it dies miserably or kills itself...

I swallowed momentarily hearing lerajes words he was very monotone and stiff about the matter his eyes also showed some kind of nostalgia he must have dealt with this kind of demons before which wasn't surprising.

While I re-thought of the things leraje said I suddenly wondered about something asking leraje himself.

-If this guy is a demon of corruption then what kind of demon are you leraje ?

My question surprisingly got leraje to flinch for a moment he seemed to be surprised,but his surprise only lasted for a few seconds when he returned to his usual state looking at me with thise strikingly green eyes of his..

-I am a demon of regret..

Those words were spoken with a tone of sadness that I couldn't comprehend his focus or whatever it was,was also very confusing...a demon of regret ?Why regret ? I wondered maybe there is much more to this person then there meets the eye...leraje must have his own story to tell something I unconsciously started to get curious about,but now it was not the time..

-Lets go

I said stepped forward leading the way leraje seemed momentarily lost on what to do...

-Wait...my lord we are going inside of there ?

I stopped turned around again looking at him weirdly...wasn't the whole point we were here,why is he asking me this ?

-Yes,leraje lets go already...

-But..

He wanted to say something,but caught himself stopping from saying the words he wanted to say,from the way he was just acting I could pretty much guess what he wanted to say to me..."Are you really going to be alright in there ?"...

Even thought he didn't say it,it was still kinda insulting and while we walked inside I spoke up.

-Leraje listen you know very well that I am not weak or anything like that you also said that this passage or what it was is non-lethal so whats the deal with me going through ? I am not a very easily persuasive person which you should know too by now and even if I am a mortal...

I stopped next to the mirror turning myself I faced leraje who had a hard expression his face.

-It doesn't mean I am any less stronger then you understood ?

Leraje looked at me for a moment he stared into my golden eyes that were shining faintly his stare was light a deadly cold dagger piercing through the night claiming its victim by the soul the cold that he expressed through it was honed and sharp,but even now he could see the burning stand of my own eyes holding up against him without any sort of fear or uncertainty this gaze made him swallow his words momentarily as he spoke to me with a tone of respect.

-Yes,my lord

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