If there was a competition for the most average human on Earth, Lee Eunwoo would probably lose.
Because even being average required some kind of talent.
Eunwoo had none.
At twenty-six years old, he worked a painfully ordinary office job in Seoul, had a bank account that looked like it had been personally offended by money, and lived in a tiny apartment that could generously be described as "cozy" if the person describing it had extremely low standards.
His daily routine was simple.
Wake up.
Go to work.
Get scolded by his boss.
Eat convenience store ramen.
Go home.
Read webnovels.
Repeat until death.
Which, unfortunately, happened sooner than expected.
Tonight was no different.
Eunwoo lay on his bed at 2:47 a.m., phone hovering inches above his face as he scrolled through yet another ridiculous webnovel.
The title alone made him sigh.
"Reincarnated as the Supreme Dragon Emperor With Infinite Cheat Skills and a Million Wives."
"Why do these titles keep getting longer?" Eunwoo muttered.
Still… he kept reading.
The protagonist had just unlocked his tenth god-tier ability, defeated a demon emperor, and somehow acquired three more fiancées in the same chapter.
Eunwoo snorted.
"Idiot protagonist."
He turned onto his side.
"If I got reincarnated, I'd do way better than this guy."
The room was silent.
His phone screen glowed in the darkness.
Outside, rain tapped against the window.
Eunwoo stretched lazily.
"Seriously. These protagonists get everything handed to them."
He waved his phone around dramatically.
"If I got a system, I'd become the strongest in no time."
A pause.
Then he laughed at himself.
"Yeah right. As if reincarnation is real."
He finally closed his phone.
Sleep pulled at his eyelids.
But hunger won.
"Ugh… I forgot to buy dinner."
Grumbling, Eunwoo pulled on a hoodie and stepped outside to grab instant noodles from the convenience store down the street.
The rain had gotten heavier.
Streetlights reflected off the wet pavement, turning the road into a blurry golden mirror.
Eunwoo shoved his hands into his pockets.
"Just ramen and back home," he mumbled.
Five minutes later, mission accomplished.
He stepped out of the convenience store holding a plastic bag and humming softly.
Then it happened.
A loud HONK split the air.
Eunwoo turned.
Headlights exploded in his vision.
For a moment his brain refused to process what he was seeing.
A truck?
Why was a truck speeding down a narrow street?
Why was it coming straight toward him?
His final thought was extremely profound.
"Oh."
BOOM.
Darkness.
Total, endless darkness.
Eunwoo floated in nothingness.
He couldn't feel his body.
He couldn't hear anything.
He couldn't even tell if his eyes were open.
"…Am I dead?" he asked.
His voice echoed strangely.
Silence answered him.
Then—
A mechanical voice rang through the void.
[Initializing Reincarnation Protocol.]
Eunwoo blinked.
"Wait."
[Soul compatibility confirmed.]
"Hold on—"
[Loading Universal Reflection System.]
"…Excuse me?"
[Reincarnation target selected.]
Eunwoo suddenly felt extremely uneasy.
"Hey… what do you mean target?"
The voice continued mercilessly.
[New Lifeform Assigned.]
Eunwoo swallowed.
"Please tell me I'm at least human."
A pause.
Then—
[Host has been reincarnated as: Mirror.]
…
Silence.
Complete silence.
Several seconds passed.
Then Eunwoo screamed.
"WHAT?!"
He woke up.
Except… something was wrong.
Very wrong.
He couldn't move.
He couldn't breathe.
He couldn't blink.
In fact—
He couldn't feel anything at all.
Panic spread through his thoughts.
"Hello?! System?! Anyone?!"
His vision slowly stabilized.
And what he saw made his brain short-circuit.
He was staring at a room.
A dusty room.
Wooden shelves filled with strange items surrounded him.
Old swords.
Ancient books.
Glowing stones.
And right in front of him…
A human face.
Eunwoo froze.
The face looked exactly like him.
Same messy black hair.
Same tired eyes.
Same slightly pathetic expression.
He stared at the man.
The man stared back.
They both looked confused.
Then Eunwoo realized something horrifying.
"…Wait."
He leaned forward.
The man leaned forward.
Eunwoo leaned back.
The man leaned back.
"Oh no."
Realization struck him like a lightning bolt.
"That's… my reflection."
He screamed internally.
"I'M A MIRROR?!"
The mechanical voice returned calmly.
[Universal Reflection System Activated.]
[Host Species: Mirror Artifact.]
[Level: 1]
[Primary Skill Unlocked: Reflection]
Eunwoo was too stunned to react.
"…Reflection?"
[Reflection allows the host to copy, redirect, or amplify abilities observed within the mirror surface.]
"…That sounds cool but—"
He looked at the dusty antique shop again.
"I'M STILL A MIRROR."
Minutes passed.
Nothing happened.
No adventure.
No magic battle.
No heroic destiny.
Just… dust.
Eunwoo sighed mentally.
"This is worse than being unemployed."
Hours went by.
Eventually the shop grew dark.
Night arrived.
Eunwoo prepared himself for a very long and very boring eternity.
Then—
The door creaked open.
A shadow slipped inside.
A man wearing a hood quietly stepped into the shop.
He pulled out a dagger.
"…Jackpot," the thief whispered.
Eunwoo watched helplessly.
"Great. I got reincarnated just to watch someone rob a shop."
The thief approached the shelf.
Then his eyes landed on Eunwoo.
"Oho… this mirror looks expensive."
The man stepped closer.
And stared directly into the mirror.
Right into Eunwoo's reflection.
The system immediately reacted.
[Ability detected.]
[Skill observed: Shadow Dagger Technique.]
[Reflection activated.]
A strange force surged through Eunwoo.
Before he understood what was happening—
BOOM.
The thief suddenly screamed.
"AAAAH—!"
He collapsed onto the floor unconscious.
His dagger clattered across the wood.
Eunwoo froze.
"…What just happened?"
The system answered calmly.
[Shadow Dagger Technique reflected.]
[Host has successfully neutralized target.]
Silence filled the shop.
Eunwoo stared at the unconscious thief.
Then at his own reflection.
Then back at the thief.
"…Wait."
He paused.
"…Did I just win my first fight?"
Another notification appeared.
[Level Up.]
[Mirror Level: 2]
Eunwoo slowly processed everything.
Then he sighed.
"Well… I guess being a mirror isn't completely useless."
Outside, thunder rumbled.
Inside the dusty shop…
The most ridiculous legend in another world had just begun.