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Chapter 51: Puppet City

After working hard the whole night, the big mirror was also tired, psychologically tired. He turned around for a while before clearing out a space beside Xing Ye and leaning on him.

It was pretty good, having somebody... having a mirror to accompany him in this dark world.

With somebody accompanying him, the night no longer seemed as frightening. The two puppets, one big, one small, waited together for daylight.

Now, Xing Ye could finally see the room clearly. This was a very simple and crude wooden room, with junk piled everywhere. Shabby looking wooden heads, metal parts, tools, hammers, and wrenches cluttered the room.

It was like a discarded warehouse.

Now, Xing Ye could finally see what the big mirror looked like.

The big mirror was a puppet with two copper mirrors, one big, one small. The small mirror made up his head, with a big copper mirror welded on for his body. The copper strip that was his neck was very difficult to move, but it made it feel as if his head was always crooked. The big copper mirror also had four moveable frames, which should function as limbs. The little mirror also had two pieces of crystal on it, which looked like eyes. A piece of copper protruded under his eyes- it seemed to be his mouth and could move. Although he didn't have any ears, there was a small wind-up coil behind his head.

He thought back to when he saw Lu Mingze earlier and the way he looked like an angel as he slept in the wheelchair. Then, Xing Ye looked at the mirror man in front of him and silently wrote a big, fat "ugly" in his heart.

However, he considerately chose not to say anything. If he did, the mirror might cry.

"Hahahaha, Xing Ye you're so ugly!" Beside him, the big mirror issued a large, bellowing laugh, which sounded similar to a gong.

Although the bronze mirror was a little fuzzy, it was still enough for Xing Ye to see his own appearance.

He was a very simply made wooden puppet. His right hand had broken off, and a wind-up spring was placed on the right side of his body. His neck, eyes, nose, and mouth were all there, except he didn't have hair. He was completely bald.

Yep, he was also bald down there.

But the mirror were the same. The two looked at each other's baldness and both bursted into laughter.

Xing Ye stood up, his body issuing a series of creaking sounds as he did, like a machine that needed to be oiled.

After inspecting his reflection in the mirror's body, Xing Ye said, "It's too old, this body of mine needs to go in for maintenance."

The big mirror was the same. His head was green, which should be from rust. Copper, when rusted, turned green.

He also didn't know how Master Benedict managed to make these mirrors and wooden puppets move. Well, this was a fairy tale world after all. Who in the real world would be able to give puppets human nature, then put his heart in a wooden puppet before they died, making them continue their life.

"Let's go look outside." The big mirror proposed, "There's nothing in the room."

Xing Ye wanted to find some tools to reattach his right hand, but he still didn't have a clear idea of how his body worked and didn't know how Master Benedict made the puppets move.

"Alright then, let's go outside and pretend to be puppets." Xing Ye agreed with his idea.

He was very curious about the little city Benedict created and wanted to know what it was like.