Chapter 25: The Mind-Reflecting Mirror

What kind of romance would satisfy Miyamizu-senpai, Arisugawa Yuu couldn’t figure out right now.

But there was no need to figure it out at this moment.
There was still plenty of time, and he would understand these things eventually.

The immediate priority was to train hard and get strong quickly—at the very least, he couldn’t be a weakling who would easily get himself killed the moment he left Miyamizu Rin’s protection.

Although the feeling of living off a beautiful girl like Miyamizu Rin was actually quite nice, his dignity as a man still reminded Arisugawa Yuu—while being a kept man was enjoyable, it also meant you were easily pinned down from above.

If possible, he much preferred to be the one on top.

Being on the bottom was fine occasionally for a change of pace, but it could never become the main theme.

A man should always strive to be on top.

What surprised Arisugawa Yuu was that, although Miyamizu Rin said she would teach him cultivation, she didn’t immediately teach him any cultivation techniques.
Instead, she took out several strange artifacts.

One of them was a small, square mirror of ancient design, decorated with vine-like patterns around the edges and a phoenix bird totem on the back.
It looked ancient at a glance.

With a light tap of her jade-like hand, the mirror flew in front of Arisugawa Yuu, grew in the wind until it was his height, its surface facing him directly, reflecting his handsome figure.

“What is this thing?”

Arisugawa Yuu marveled at it like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.
As an ordinary person, it was the first time he had seen something that so blatantly defied the laws of physics.

However, thinking that he would see even more things that defied common sense in the future, Arisugawa Yuu felt at ease.

Miyamizu Rin covered her cherry lips with her slender hand and chuckled lightly: “This is the Mind-Reflecting Mirror.”

“The Mind-Reflecting Mirror?”

Hearing this, Arisugawa Yuu subconsciously moved away.

Miyamizu Rin’s clear eyes, like a handful of water scooped from a summer lake, looked at Arisugawa Yuu, her delicate little face holding a teasing smile: “Arisugawa-kun, why did you move away? Do you have a guilty conscience?”

An awkward yet polite smile appeared on Arisugawa Yuu’s face: “Senpai, I’m a proper person. How could I have a guilty conscience?”

“Oh? Is that so?”

Miyamizu Rin rested her chin on her slender hand, feigning a thoughtful expression, clearly not believing his nonsense.

“Of course, it is. I never lie.”

Miyamizu Rin nodded as if in agreement: “Arisugawa-kun, I believe you. You truly never lie. You’ve just altered the definition of ‘lying’ in your personal dictionary.”

“And you call that believing me?”

Miyamizu Rin smiled slightly, her voice cool: “Is there a problem with that, Arisugawa-kun?”

Although Miyamizu Rin made no move, perhaps because he now knew how terrifyingly strong she was, Arisugawa Yuu subconsciously chose to submit: “Of course not. Whatever Senpai says, goes. In the future, if you tell me to go west, I’ll never dare to go east. If you tell me to catch fish, I’ll never dare to kill chickens.”

Miyamizu Rin glared at him with her clear eyes and said irritably, “Arisugawa-kun, you don’t have to say stupid things so loudly.”

Arisugawa Yuu looked innocent: “But I was speaking from the heart.”

“It seems the definition of ‘from the heart’ has also been tampered with by you.”

Arisugawa Yuu: “???”

At the moment he said it, he was being sincere. He didn’t know if he would be the same in the future, but at least for now, that was the case. Why didn’t she believe him?

Ignoring Arisugawa Yuu’s confusion, Miyamizu Rin waved her slender hand, and the mirror once again moved in front of him.
She parted her crimson lips and asked the mirror: “Hey, mirror, is the man in front of you a perverted foot fetishist? What are his innermost thoughts about a beautiful girl’s feet?”

The Arisugawa Yuu in the mirror immediately spoke up: “I’m not sure if I’m a pervert, but I’m definitely a foot fetishist. If possible, I’d love to be woken up every morning by Miyamizu-senpai’s stockinged feet stepping on me. Of course, I don’t mind bare feet either. By the way, it’s best if you step on my face; that would be more stimulating.”

The next second, an intoxicating blush visibly spread across Miyamizu Rin’s pale face.
Her clear eyes were wide with shock, and for a moment, she was speechless, seemingly stunned by Arisugawa Yuu’s inner thoughts.

“Slander! This is outrageous slander!” Arisugawa Yuu’s face darkened as he protested with extreme innocence, “Senpai, how can you tarnish my good name out of thin air?”

Ignoring his protest, Miyamizu Rin stared at him with a cold, disgusted gaze and said icily, “Arisugawa-kun, this is the Mind-Reflecting Mirror. It only reflects your truest thoughts and cannot be controlled by me.”

Being stared at with that “looking at garbage” gaze, Arisugawa Yuu also began to feel embarrassed.

Could it be that, deep down, he really thought that way?

No, impossible. He was a proper person. How could he have such an outrageous thought?

By the way, in his personal dictionary, a proper person was just a proper person—not the kind of “upright” man who proves it by carving tally marks on a girl’s thigh.

As a proper person, Arisugawa Yuu absolutely refused to accept this result.

However, whether he admitted it or not, Miyamizu Rin had already labeled him a pervert who liked feet.

Today was another day of having his reputation ruined. Arisugawa Yuu was in tears.

To avoid continuing this awkward conversation, Arisugawa Yuu changed the subject: “Senpai, aren’t you going to teach me cultivation? Why did you take out this Mind-Reflecting Mirror?”

Blushing, Miyamizu Rin took the bait and said, “In my opinion, cultivation is very much about fate. I took out these divine artifacts to see which one has a connection with you.”

“Divine artifacts?”

Arisugawa Yuu was shocked. A beautiful girl who gives away divine artifacts right from the start—was there a more perfect woman than Miyamizu-senpai?

Miyamizu Rin nodded: “They are indeed divine artifacts, but due to the current scarcity of spiritual energy in the world, their power is far from what it used to be. They can only exert a portion of their might. Of course, if you are strong enough, it’s possible to restore them to their former glory.”

“Understood.” Arisugawa Yuu nodded, then pointed to the Mind-Reflecting Mirror and asked, “Besides reflecting the mind, what other effects does this mirror have?”

“It can also bewitch the heart.”

Miyamizu Rin replied.

“Bewitch the heart?”

Arisugawa Yuu was a bit confused.

Miyamizu Rin explained, “Since it can reflect a person’s truest thoughts, it can naturally trigger the most instinctive desires deep within a person’s heart, causing them to become lost in their own illusions, never to escape.”

“That powerful?”

Arisugawa Yuu was shocked.

Miyamizu Rin gave him a “isn’t that obvious” look and said, “Otherwise, why do you think I called it a divine artifact? The divine artifacts I have here are not comparable to the so-called ‘divine artifacts’ in the eyes of ordinary people.”

“Got it, got it.” Arisugawa Yuu nodded. “Senpai’s products are always top-quality.”

Miyamizu Rin glanced at him with her clear eyes, pursed her lips, but ultimately did not refute it.

Arisugawa Yuu was certain: Miyamizu-senpai was endowed with a pair of huge, massive, colossal thighs to hug, completely incomparable to those flashy vixens out there.