Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

Yu Man extended his right index finger towards the upside-down city above his head.

The magic book in the left hand operated the magic power and constructed a magic.

A hockey puck, dramatically floating towards the city—and then exploding.

Obviously, you can see those small things like flies, and they are attracted for a moment.

But they did not react in any additional way and just continued to do their original work.

Just when Yu Man felt something was wrong - finally, a very reluctant guy was pushed out by the others, and flew towards Yu Man and the others in distress... no, it should be said that it fell.

"Something is coming." Yu Man signaled everyone to be quiet.

At the same time, because her vision was enhanced, she could clearly see what was coming.

From a tiny black dot like a sesame seed or a fly, it gradually turned into a clear outline of a goblin.

The aqua blue body is translucent, with a distressed expression and colorful fairy wings on its back.

It seemed that the fairy that came was about the same length as the girl's arm and was not flying very fast.

But there was one thing that made Yu Man feel uncomfortable. This guy was like a fly flying in the mirror. For her, that was the place that was hanging straight, while Yu Man and the others were falling - it seemed like that was the feeling.

The goblin approached Yu Man, but his eyes grew wider and wider: "...this new batch... could it be alive?"

It muttered these words in the common language, its astonishment growing, even to the point of being stunned.

It just stared blankly at Yu Man and his group——

"I'm lucky...lucky! A rare shipment of living...goodies!"

Goods? The first piece of intelligence was obtained.

"Hello, fairy." Yu Man raised her hand and greeted, "I once established friendly relations with your compatriots in Shimlabakken. I didn't expect to come to your city by chance."

"Hello, welcome to our community in advance." The fairy corrected, "Please call this the Holy City. This will also be where you will work and live from now on."

"Are we going to become goblins?"

The goblin nodded. Though impatient, he was still driven by a certain excitement and quickly explained, "You haven't drowned yet. You came in still alive... It doesn't matter. You will die soon and be made into fellow human beings. We all came here this way, don't worry."

Hearing this, several teammates behind Yu Man, young and old, felt uncomfortable.

If you stay here for a long time...

After losing all reality, the result is to become a fairy?

Yu Man was calm: "Can we go out? After all, we are still alive."

"No, you can't. You're the goods we bought through the mirror. No matter if you're dead or alive, there's no reason to return you. And you're very fresh, an extremely rare and good commodity... and there are so many of you here with us! Come on, come on, follow me and deliver the goods."

"We are strangers. Are you sure we will—"

The goblin's expression immediately changed, filled with disgust. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, disgusting strangers... Well, there's nothing I can do. Before your corpses turn into magic, I'll dig out the goods and hand them over—"

After saying that, the fairy took off one of his wings and made it into a sword in his hand.

It really turned into a special little sword: "Don't move, you are all doomed to die anyway."

Okay, this one is familiar.

——Not long after, the goblin was frozen in the ice cube, leaving only its head outside.

He just hung the rope and swung it back and forth in Yu Man's hand.

But this was different from usual. Even at the point where it was made into Yu Man's plaything, the goblin did not back down. It just sighed and said this -

"It doesn't matter. You can't kill me, but you will die soon."

Yu Man didn't back down either, but simply created an ice blade and gently pressed it against the fairy's fragile forehead.

It was as soft and transparent as jelly, making it easy to reach the tiny brain core inside. "'Fate Changer,' you don't have to do anything. I'll summon a reflection of the old world and read its brain to get some information."

"You... just in case, I want to ask, what will happen to me after you have dealt with me?" the fairy asked.

"How would I know? But it's probably completely useless. After all, I'm going to remove your brain and let the summoned monster eat it, so I can taste your memories from the flavor. Then I'll chew it up, spit it out, and put it back into your head..."

Perhaps, the assimilation of this world will kill them.

But at least not now.

The fairy shuddered: "...No, no, I can't talk to you first."

"No need. We just want to know the basic situation of this world. No need for you to ask, I'll flip your head off first..."

Yu Man's ice blade had already penetrated lightly into it.

It tried to liquefy its body, but Yu Man had experience with that, and the ice blade had a freezing effect.

"This, this world is the holy city of us drowned fairies! We are here... managing the mirror trade across the entire world on behalf of the Creator - we... we are looking for something for the Creator!"

Yu Man stopped his knife and simply cut off its arm and played with it in his hand.

"You need to reveal enough information to redeem your limbs and brain, otherwise I will dismantle you piece by piece, but I will make sure you live and feel your brain being eaten."

"…What exactly do you want to know? Didn't I tell you?"

"What is the creator looking for?"

"I don't know... We really don't know."

"So, how do you get the goods?"

"The entire world, all the mirrors reflected in the water, are within the authority of our Creator! We look through those countless water mirrors and collect everything that falls into them. This is called purchasing! You... isn't this how you came in as well?"

This is a bit strange.

Those who drowned in this small world were once living beings with souls, and they would be reincarnated into goblins like them.

"What were you in your lifetime?" Yu Man continued to ask.

"...I don't remember much, except that I was just an ordinary blacksmith's kid, went fishing, and ended up like this."

"What is your status here?"

The goblin gritted his teeth and said, "The lowest, that's why I was sent here to collect unstable people like you..."

Yu Man asked a few more questions and estimated their reincarnation logic.

The more powerful you are in life, the more valuable the demon you transform into after death will be.

Ordinary goblins like it can only work as garbage collectors after death.

It seems that there are several powerful fairies stationed in the Fairy City, keeping it running.

But Yu Man was a little curious——

They lost all reality and arrived at falsehood, and the result was the fairy's life and the fairy's holy city.

Are they—alive?

Yu Man continued, "We want to visit your city—but it looks like it's hanging upside down in our view."

"Hanging upside down—?"

suddenly--

This was like handing Yu Man a key, or perhaps it was because the truth about them had faded enough.

They have changed.

He was falling towards the upright fairy holy city, and the water mirrors in the sky reflected fragments of the sky from all over the world, and the combined scenery was wonderful and colorful.

"Does this count as you welcoming us?" Yu Man asked, completely ignoring the fact that he was falling.

"Yes... I, I shared the invitation with you... so... it's not hanging upside down anymore. This is a protective rule to prevent goods from damaging the city."

The fairy spoke flatteringly, but Yu Man could clearly feel that this accelerated the rate of "losing reality".

But that's okay, it means there's progress.

"Then step in and see."

Just like that—they adjusted their positions according to Yu Man's instructions and landed together at the edge of the city.

……

Today, a low-level goblin got lucky - at least in the eyes of his fellow goblins.

From time to time, groceries would fall into the mirrored sky, and it would clear out not garbage or smelly boots.

Instead, it is a group of strange people and a thriving and healthy treasure chest monster.

This team is alive—incredibly alive.

In this fairy city, fresh lives are the highest quality goods, but their freshness is extremely precious.

Because everyone knows that the false laws that compose this world will dissolve all truth and cause everything to fall into them. Then, they will have more fellow fairies, either sent to import large goods or, like it once was, responsible for maintaining the beauty of the water mirror sky, commonly known as picking up garbage.

"Oh, so in your eyes, we are just garbage that unfortunately fell into it?" Yu Man asked with a smile.

"Well—but not now. I need to get you to the cargo processing yard while you're still alive, and then take the cargo to the Creator. This is urgent."

The fairy really had no way to resist Yu Man. The fairy's skillful dismantling technique really annoyed it.

But it doesn't matter...this world will swallow them up bit by bit.

"This city is a patchwork..."

After entering the holy city, travelers have been gaining experience rapidly, which is enough to show the rarity of the scenery here.

They were not in a hurry to go anywhere else, but just observed the scenery in the corners of the city.

For example - ordinary houses.

No, there is no concept of family here, only a purchasing yard.

Several low-level goblins combined together can get a water mirror.

In the Old World, it could be a pond next to a village, a wilderness lake, or just a well.

But no matter what, anything that falls into it will become the possession of the goblins through the power of the water mirror.

The drowned will become goblins, and things will be picked and sorted.

The purpose of the fairies' existence is to stare at the water mirror, watching and waiting woodenly and endlessly.

"...After we die and become fairies, will we have to live this kind of hell?" The "Fate Changer" was very nervous. "Oh no, I'm a reflection... I will also become dissolving magic... Fortunately, it's okay."

But she still sympathized with the goblins.

And, he was shocked at the creator of this world, the one who created all of this: "What on earth is he looking for? He actually secretly constructed this little world..."

"Rather, possessing that kind of power, he actually searched in such an inefficient way."

Yu Man felt strange about this. This must be the owner of theocracy, who could organize such a huge force in the old world.

But would you rather hide in a false world and rely on this extremely slim way to wait for what you are looking for to fall into it?

"Take us to where the cargo is handled. There's not enough information."

Yu Man flicked the fairy's finger and it had no choice but to do as he asked.

Because the copy was time-limited, they did not hide themselves slowly, but moved at lightning speed.

Now, in the eyes of other fairies, they were the lucky catches of a lucky scavenger. Although they were rare in the city, it was understandable. However, occasionally, a fairy would look at them with complicated eyes, as if they were starving for life.

Soon, they arrived at the nearest processing site.

The goblin, who looked a little smarter, was disassembling a large item with several assistants.

There were also some assistants sorting the processed goods. Outside, a nimble goblin, seemingly of some extraordinary status, stood anxiously at the door.

"Have you taken it down? The freshness is going to plummet."

"Soon—don't worry."

Dead body.

What they were dealing with was a fresh drowned corpse.

Male, young.

I don’t know which water mirror it came from, but the pale color of the corpse still retains some authenticity of its life.

The corpse itself—but not the cargo.

The fairy took off her wings, rolled them into a sharp-edged spoon, and carefully gouged out the corpse's eyeballs.