The menacing figure was wearing a dark cloak just like the shadow that Mickey met in the Invisible Quarter, but this time his face was uncovered. Mickey recognized him—it was the face he had seen in the mirror, with the same grim expression. But in person, his eyes were even more ghostly: pale and empty like those of a phantom.

“It was you! At The Shop of Errors !” Mickey exclaimed.

The creature let out a demonic laugh that shook the walls of the house.

“You are clever!” he replied sarcastically. “Pleased to meet you, I'm Celantus!”

Celantus. Mickey had heard that name before, from Toppersby. He understood that Toppersby had entrusted the mirror to Pipwolf because it would be in safe hands. But this creature must have found out and was on his tail, following Pipwolf before he could get to Manny. So Pipwolf had hidden the mirror in Minnie's compact, taking advantage of his encounter with Mickey to put it in safe keeping. Unfortunately, however, it was Mickey himself who led Celantus to Toppersby, and he followed the trail, until it led him here.

“Give me back the mirror! I will finally be free, and no one, ever again, will be able to look at their own reflection without being dragged into another dimension.” Celantus insisted, confirming Toppersby's story and throwing poor Gertie to one side.

Mickey realised that this was a real threat and not only in this dimension, but also in the one that Minnie lived in.

He felt the shiver down his spine and this time he didn't resist it, he decided to follow his instinct. He took the compact from his pocket. Pipwolf made a start. He remembered that Mickey had put the mirror in his pocket since he risked breaking the compact in all the commotion.

Mickey winked and Pipwolf fell silent. And so Mickey handed the mirror to Celantus, who smelled something strange.

“Open it and tell me what you see!” he ordered.

“I don't know how it's possible, but... I can only see your reflection!” Mickey exclaimed, pretending to be agitated.

Celantus laughed malevolently, and dropped Pipwolf, grabbing the compact, which he snatched impatiently.

The evil creature could taste imminent victory and deliverance from the curse that limited his power. The big moment had finally arrived. He opened the compact mirror hastily and stared at it with a grim smile of triumph. But what he saw left him dumbstruck.

The mirror inside was a normal mirror. It was the type of mirror that Toppersby had said was dangerous for Celantus. Mickey remembered perfectly that the moster was careful to avoid them, looking for the only mirror in which he could be reflected without danger.

With a single glance, Celantus froze. His face began to crack, as if he had aged a hundred years in a second.

Fine, deep furrows suddenly appeared, creating a monstrous spider's web that spread furiously all over his face, as it contorted in an expression of painful and confused astonishment.

There was a brilliant flash of light in his ghostly white eyes before they faded. It was the longest second of the whole adventure, then Celantus shattered into a thousand pieces. Mickey, Manny, Pipwolf and Gertie were thrown into the air by the blast and the house shook.

The enemy had been defeated and the danger of the monster behind the mirror had been averted, but Mickey noticed something that made him jump.

“Oh, no! Minnie's compact has been shattered!” he groaned. EXr6287u6NNVz+GYLY+7SBsrcqIjTEksQl6hvkLhtOzogwUEg6k7NKkMkEKPp6LyPax8lT9VnO+uJTeQipvxVw==