Xiao Tangqiu looked at himself in the mirror and frowned slightly. "Narcissus is a beautiful young man in Greek mythology who fell in love with himself and died by drowning while chasing his own reflection. After his death, he turned into a daffodil..."
"Anyway, he died of narcissism!" Tang Mianmian interrupted, asking in confusion, "But what does this have to do with Lepnobet? But that guy collected so many mirrors, he's probably also a super narcissist!"
Xiao Tangqiu hesitated for a moment and asked Tang Mianmian, "If a person has never seen a mirror since birth, and when he looks in the mirror for the first time after growing up, do you think he will think the person in the mirror is someone else?"
Tang Mianmian blurted out subconsciously: "How is this possible? Even if that person has never seen a mirror since childhood, how could he not know that the person in the mirror is himself?"
Xiao Tangqiu smiled and said, "How does he know that the person in the mirror is himself? No one has ever told him this, no one has ever taught him this. Do you think that if a six-month-old baby or an isolated primitive person looked in the mirror, would they think that the person in the mirror was themselves?"
Tang Mianmian was stumped by the question. He was stunned for a moment before continuing, "But even if that person hasn't looked in the mirror, he must have seen his own appearance somewhere else, right? Like the reflection in the water you mentioned before..."
Xiao Tangqiu shook his head. "According to the mirror stage theory, children between six and eighteen months old are unable to recognize their own reflection in the mirror. They will mistake the person in the mirror for another child. At this stage, they haven't yet formed a sense of 'self'. Later, with the intervention of parents and family members, who constantly teach them to recognize the image in the mirror, they gradually become able to separate themselves from the many 'others' and eventually form a sense of 'self'..."
"But what I was thinking about just now is, if there is no intervention and guidance from others throughout this stage, will the situation occur: that person will not be able to successfully complete the transformation from 'other' to 'self', and will always regard the person in the mirror as someone else?"
Tang Mianmian was stunned by what she heard. Duan Hongzhen beside her raised an eyebrow and said, "Interesting. So you think this is the case with Lepnobet?"
"It's hard to say," Xiao Tangqiu said, looking at the countless images of himself in the mirror. "At least so far, we haven't found any physical evidence related to Lili Marlene... Does Lili Marlene really exist?"
Tang Mianmian was completely confused by Xiao Tangqiu: "Why do I seem to be getting more and more confused about what you are saying? Why haven't we found any clues related to Lili Marlene? Didn't you say yesterday in Dimon Town that Lili Marlene might have died due to the ignorance of the townspeople? You also said that there might have been a plague in Dimon Town, so they burned Lili Marlene alive as a witch who brought disaster..."
Xiao Tangqiu smiled. "I did say that. I never said Lili Marlene didn't exist. It's possible that she did exist and did suffer those misfortunes. But the witch hunts happened hundreds of years ago. Unless Lili Marlene is truly a witch, she couldn't possibly be alive today, right? So how did Lepnobet know her?"
Tang Mianmian finally realized: "I understand what you mean. You mean that it is possible that there is such a person as Lili Marlene, but the 'Lili Marlene' that Lepnobet married may never have existed?"
Xiao Tangqiu nodded: "Yes, that's what I mean."
Lili Marlene might have really existed, but this poor woman was burned alive by the ignorant residents of Dimon as a witch who spread the plague... So who was the "Lili Marlene" that Lepnobert married?
"We found pocket watches or photos of Laura, Maria, and Veronica, and we also found Alice's book. These things can at least prove that they really existed, but we have never found anything related to Lili Marlene..."
Xiao Tangqiu had wondered before why they couldn’t find Lili Marlene’s pocket watch?
Now the answer to this question seems to be on the horizon -
Because there is no Lili Marlene's pocket watch in this castle.
This poor woman has been dead for hundreds of years, and everything about her has long since turned to dust with the passage of time.
"What about those paintings in the castle?"
Tang Mianmian was incredulous. "There are portraits of Lili Marlene hanging everywhere in this castle. She even stares at me when I go to the bathroom... and now you're telling me this Lili Marlene might not even exist?"
At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out: "Found it! There is another door here!"
Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian turned around at the same time and saw that the cold girl had taken down one of the mirrors on the wall, revealing a door behind the mirror!
"There's another door!" Xiao Tangqiu suddenly became excited. "There's actually a third underground secret room!"
Duan Hongzhen twirled the knife in his hand and walked towards the door: "This room is so well hidden. It seems that it is almost time for the truth to be revealed..."
"Sister, you are so amazing! How did you find this door? There are so many mirrors here!" Tang Mianmian asked the cold girl excitedly.
The aloof girl gave Tang Mianmian a cold look, obviously not intending to pay attention to Tang Mianmian's deliberate conversation. She turned back to Shen Yuan and said, "Boss, I just took a look. There should only be three underground secret rooms here. This should be the last one."
Shen Yuan nodded and said calmly, "Be careful."
This last door was obviously a bit difficult to open. Duan Hongzhen struggled in front of the door for a long time. Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian also waited anxiously for a long time. Finally, the door lock made a crisp sound of opening.
"Dah."
The door opened.
Duan Hongzhen said with a grin: "Okay, now it's time to witness the truth——"
As soon as he finished speaking, he pushed the door open decisively and walked in.
When Xiao Tangqiu stepped into the last secret room, he was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him. Even though he had prepared himself mentally, he still couldn't help but be stunned.
The room was not big, but it was filled to the brim. Half of it was a bedroom, filled with various furniture such as beds and wardrobes, and the other half was a studio, filled with easels, picture frames, various brushes and paints, as well as many wet, unframed paintings.
The bedroom on the right is obviously a woman's bedroom. The bedding and wardrobe are full of feminine atmosphere. There are dressing mirrors, jewelry boxes and everything else. There are also many puppets and dolls on the bedside. The open wardrobe is full of various skirts and dresses. The studio on the left is much messier, with picture frames and paintings all over the floor, and a large mirror in front of the easel.
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