Daily Comics: Mystery Begins from Everyday Life

When Sakurajima Mai looked back, Luotian had already placed two pieces of cloth, one black and one white, on the work table. Seeing this, Sakurajima Mai stepped back to make room.

Luotian skillfully spread the black cloth flat on the work table, and then cut off an area of ​​approximately two meters horizontally and vertically. Then he moved on to the white cloth, and also cut off the same area by following the same pattern.

"Luotian, are you going to start from the clothes and finish them in one night?" Sakurajima Mai asked curiously. After all, the drawing that was torn just now was just a clothing design drawing.

"Yes." Luotian answered as he picked up a wooden ruler and drawing powder. After taking a look at the data on the rendering that had just been posted on the wall for making a pattern, he began to measure and draw the planning lines.

The first doll Mercury Lamp's Gothic and Lolita-style dress is very delicate and beautiful, and is also mainly divided into two layers, inner and outer.

The black outer skirt does not look complicated, but it is actually very delicate and intricate.

The tube top neckline and slightly puffed shoulders and sleeves are classic details of European dresses. There are two black satin bows on the back of the upper arms, which reflect the girlish atmosphere. The sleeves are half-open from the elbows, and the waist is also a classic tight design. The back is a hollow black ribbon cross design, which reflects the girl's slenderness.

The lower hem of the dress is opened on multiple sides from below the waist, like blooming petals. White inverted cross symbols are added to the bottom of the six pieces of the skirt, making it look extremely mysterious.

As for the inner skirt, it is also beautiful and exquisite, but also very complicated, and has a softness that is different from the power of the outer skirt.

The collar of the inner skirt is a small U-shape with a black rose as decoration, which complements the large U-shaped neckline of the outer skirt. The three-layer lace sleeves that bloom from the elbows also echo the half-open cuffs of the outer skirt, while the hem of the skirt has very soft wavy pleats and looks extremely fluffy.

The rest of the decorations are similar to those of other Rozen Maidens.

Black lace stockings, a black lace hollow maid's headband, a small black mock collar, three-quarter bloomers, and finally black boots.

Overall, the combination of black and white, strength and softness, is a vivid embodiment of Gothic elements.

"pat...pat..."

With the sound of the wooden ruler falling and hitting the table, the first step of measurement has begun.

This was not the first time Mai Sakurajima had watched the production of Luotian, and she knew the importance of concentrating at this moment.

Luotian concentrated his mind, various dimensions echoing in his mind, and then he started to draw continuously with a wooden ruler in one hand and drawing powder in the other.

And through these repetitive body movements, conspicuous planning lines are born under the white painting powder.

Twenty minutes later, Luotian stopped.

In Luotian's practice, making a piece of clothing consists of five steps.

The rendering on the wall represents the first step, pattern making, and Luo Tian’s stopping now also represents the completion of the second step, measurement.

"Is it ready?" Sakurajima Mai walked closer to check.

"Well, the preliminary plan is completed." Luotian put down the wooden ruler and the little bit of drawing powder left in his hand, then found a pin, fixed the fabric according to the planned line and hung it on the hanger.

"Ms. Mai, how is it? Can you see the general outline?" Luo Tian asked.

"Well, I can see some..." said Mai Sakurajima.

"Really..." Luo Tian touched his chin and thought for a while, then said, "This dress is a bit complicated. If you just look at the outer skirt, you may not feel much. Let me cut it out and then see if it matches the inner skirt."

"It should be very beautiful after it is cut out." Mai Sakurajima looked at the rendering on the wall again and felt it was very exquisite.

"Of course!" Luotian smiled and removed the pins from the fabric, then took out the golden pair of clothing scissors from the drawer under the work desk and began cutting according to the planned lines on the fabric.

“Kazaki, kazaki…”

Under Luotian's control, the slender golden clothing clippers were as smooth and natural as a dragon entering the water.

Because this dress has details that are different from other girls' clothing, Luo Tian cut it very carefully, and had to stop from time to time to compare to avoid mistakes.

Half an hour later, Luotian put down the golden clothing scissors, which also meant that the fabric had reached the level of a semi-finished product.

Next, Luotian hung the semi-finished fabric on the mannequin hanger and found the pins again to fix it into shape. This time the outline of the Gothic dress looked much clearer.

"It's amazing..." Mai Sakurajima's eyes were shining as she couldn't help but sigh as she watched it gradually transform from a square piece of cloth into the semi-finished product it is today.

"This is the basic skill." Luo Tian walked around the mannequin hanger, carefully checking the various connection points of the planned lines on the fabric, while also comparing it with the dress in his memory.

After checking everything, Luo Tian said, "Mai-san, can you help me get three black rose decorations and a stretchy black ribbon from the fifth shelf of the drawer on the left?"

"Um, okay." Sakurajima Mai was stunned for a moment, then took out the relevant materials from the drawer on the left as Luotian said.

"Thank you, Mai." Luotian smiled at Sakurajima Mai.

"You're welcome." Sakurajima Mai smiled sweetly and said softly, "I'll be glad if I can help."

"Of course I can help!" Luo Tian smiled and looked at Sakurajima Mai's pretty face and said, "Mai-san coming to accompany me is the best help for me!"

"Really..." Sakurajima Mai pouted slightly and said angrily: "Sweet talk... Stop looking at me, continue."

"Okay!" Luo Tian responded seriously, then took a look at the rendering on the wall, then took out the needle and thread and started the next step.

Hand sewing is a very slow process, and each stitch and thread requires time to accumulate, but this dress is designed to be hand-sewn.

And this was the most difficult time for Luo Tian.

It was already one o'clock in the morning. Under the quiet night sky, all the lights in the houses had long been extinguished. Only a hazy silver-white full moon was hanging high in the sky, illuminating the world with its cool and hazy moonlight.

Another half an hour later, the hand-sewn part was finally completed.

"Huh..." Luo Tian breathed a sigh of relief after an hour of hand-sewing.

"Finally done..." Luotian stretched his stiff neck, then stood up and picked up the girl who was sleeping beside the work table.

"Hmm..." Mai Sakurajima felt someone touching her and opened her eyes in confusion, "Luotian..."

"Yeah." Luotian responded softly, carrying Sakurajima Mai back to the room and putting her on the bed.

"Is it okay?" Sakurajima Mai asked dazedly.

"Almost done." Luotian lifted the quilt and covered Sakurajima Mai, leaned over and kissed her forehead, "You've worked hard, go to sleep."

"Hmm... um" Sakurajima Mai responded softly.

Looking at the sleeping girl, Luotian got up and walked out of the room, then returned to the workshop to continue the next production.

Due to the large amount of manual sewing, Luotian hung the unfinished Gothic dress on the mannequin hanger for inspection for the third time, fearing that the stitching of some details was too much or did not meet the standards.

After the inspection, Luotian took down the unfinished Gothic skirt and put it on the sewing machine.

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After readjusting the angle of the needle of the sewing machine, Luotian threaded it with pure black thread and began to step on the pedal to perform the machine operation.

Rhythmic tapping sounds were heard in the quiet workshop. Under the warm light, a shadow of a person with an upright body and knees shaking up and down was imprinted on the wall.

Ten minutes later, the sewing sound stopped. Luotian pulled out the black thread and replaced it with pure white thread. At the same time, he transferred the six pieces of skirt under the needle and stepped on the sewing pedal. The needle began to drive the pure white thread to embed an inverted cross logo on the skirt.

It was two o'clock in the morning when the intensive and rhythmic sewing sounds slowly stopped, but this was not the end, it just meant that the sewing was completed.

Luotian stood up and hung the finished black outer skirt back on the mannequin hanger. He then picked up the pure white inner skirt and sewed the black rose decoration into the neckline. He then took the three-layer lace sleeves that he had spent more than ten minutes making and sewed them onto the cuffs one by one. He then cut off the original round cuffs and replaced them with the three-layer lace sleeves.

"It's almost done..." Looking at the clock on the wall that was still working tirelessly, Luotian also gathered his energy and started the last step, ironing!

...asking for flowers...

During the ironing process, the time-consuming objects were replaced again, and this time it was the pure cotton underskirt.

Since cotton fabrics are easy to wrinkle, Luo Tian had to use an iron to gently iron it several times. This is a necessary procedure to ensure that the skirt looks fluffy while showing soft pleats.

Luotian continued ironing for forty minutes until the inner skirt completely matched the skirt in his memory, then he stopped.

Then, Luotian overlapped the outer skirt with the inner skirt and put it on the mannequin hanger.

"Perfect!" Luo Tian praised himself excitedly, and then began to prepare the accessories.

“Let me see which ones need to be made… Luotian walked to the work table and stared at the renderings on the wall for a long time. “The black sock loops, small fake collars, bloomers, and black boots are all ready-made. All we need to do is make a black lace hollow maid headband, and then add rose decorations to the shoes.

"If I remember correctly, I have some leftover materials from making a COS costume for Kitagawa-san last time."

Having said that, Luotian immediately started preparing the materials and started working.

Since he had previous experience in making Kitagawa Umi's maid uniform, Luotian was able to easily make this rather special headband. In just fifteen minutes, he made a small maid headband and embedded rose decorations on the instep of the boots.

"Next..." Luo Tian placed all the finished accessories next to the mannequin hanger, then sat back in the chair in front of the work table. He reached out and opened the drawer beside him. There were originally seven sets of doll parts in it, but now there were only two sets left.

Luotian took out the set of puppet parts on the far left and placed them on the table. He then closed the drawer and immediately opened the drawer on the next level, taking out the silver-white wig and cherry-red eyes that he had prepared long ago.

"Everything is ready, but there are still some key items missing." Luotian thought about everything clearly in his mind, and then took out the thread of life, the philosopher's stone, the philosopher's stone fragments and a brown suitcase from the system.

Although only purple and white fragments of the Philosopher's Stone were left, the glow was still full of fantasy and magic, instantly drowning out the lights in the room.

"Very good, it's almost done!" Luo Tian rubbed his hands with some anticipation, then picked up the thread of life and began to assemble the parts of the puppet.

From the hand to the wrist, then to the forearm, upper arm to the shoulder, and finally to the torso. After the arms are completed, the feet are connected, following the same procedure.

In just ten minutes, all the joints of the puppet's limbs, hands and feet were completed, and the only thing left was the head.

As the most critical part, it requires meticulous processes such as implanting wigs, installing eyes, drawing eyebrows and lips, etc.

It was just another detailed process, and Luo Tian did it carefully and slowly without getting tired of it.

"It will be ready soon." Luo Tian mobilized the life line to connect the puppet's head and body, then put on a Gothic dress for the puppet, put on a black lace headband, tied a small fake collar, and put on black thigh high shoes.

When everything was ready, Luotian opened the suitcase, inside which was a pair of jet-black wings and a crystal-like silver sword.

"Let's start!" Luotian directly selected the purple fragment of the Philosopher's Stone, then condensed life energy in his hands and sent the life energy and the fragments into the body of the puppet.

Then, the puppet floated up on its own, and a mysterious purple-black light began to emerge.

But soon, the purple-black light became more and more dazzling, and it even emitted obvious magical fluctuations.

"Buzz!"

A purple-black light exploded, and waves of energy surged. The energy was so intense that Luo Tian had to set up a magic barrier to prevent it from leaking out.

At the same time, the pair of jet-black wings seemed to be summoned by the energy tide and flew towards the back of the puppet.

“Click…click…click”

The puppet's joints moved and began to tremble visibly. Its little hands clenched and unclenched, its arms raised and lowered, its lowered head slowly raised, and its wings behind it flapped a few times.

Luo Tian knew that this was a sign of success, so he called out, "Mercury Lamp."

Following Luotian's call, the purple light in the fragments of the Philosopher's Stone on the workbench suddenly shrank and condensed, then formed a small ball of light that shot up into the sky and rushed towards the puppet shrouded in purple-black light.

And this ball of light was the artificial elf belonging to the first puppet, Mercury Lamp: With the blessing of the artificial elf, the dazzling purple-black light began to converge, and the puppet suspended in the air began to slowly descend until it stood on the work table, raised its head, and looked at the boy who appeared in its sight with its slightly trembling cherry-red eyes.

At this moment, the first doll of Rozen Maiden, the noble and strong Mercury Lamp, was born!

"My dear father, how are you~" Mercury Deng gracefully held the hem of her skirt and saluted Luotian. Her elegance and beauty were beyond doubt.

"Yeah, late."

Without waiting for Luotian to finish his words, the elegant Mercury Lamp rushed over like a wronged child, knocking Luotian to the ground.

At this moment, the only thought in Luo Tian's mind was...

This girl is really strong... beg.

Chapter 1: Birthday dinner prepared for Yuigahama Yui

Monday morning.

The originally quiet and peaceful morning became a little solemn.

The living room was divided into two factions at this time.

"Hehehe! Zhenhong." Mercury Lamp stood in the air, looking down at the five Zhenhong people.

"Mercury lamp." Zhenhong rarely showed a serious expression.

"Are you surprised? Father woke me up~" Mercury Lamp said proudly.

"I knew that father would wake us up sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to be last night." Zhenhong said calmly: "Let's get along well from now on."

"Hehe~" Mercury Lamp laughed inexplicably, and did not answer what Shinku said, but instead looked at Hinami who was hiding behind Shinku with a playful look, "Little idiot Hinami, stop hiding."

"Well...I...I'm not hiding!" Hinamichi shouted arrogantly, relying on the presence of Shinhong.

In the kitchen, Luotian and Sakurajima Mai were preparing breakfast.

"Luotian... Have you noticed that Zhenhong and the others are not getting along with Mercury Lamp?" Sakurajima Mai asked puzzledly.

"It doesn't matter, they will make peace with each other later." Luotian said vaguely.

“Is that so…” Sakurajima Mai looked at Luotian curiously, then looked at the soup noodles in the pot and said, “I’m sorry Luotian, I couldn’t help falling asleep last night.”

"What's there to be sorry about?" Luo Tian smiled and said, "Ma Yi has worked hard on the filming. I should thank you for staying with me for so long!"

"There's absolutely nothing to thank me for..." Sakurajima Mai shook her head, picked up her chopsticks and evenly divided the noodle soup in the pot into eight bowls, "It's almost time to have breakfast."

“Ma Yi’s talent for cooking is truly amazing. You can make the same dish after just one try.” Luo Tian praised.

"It's not a difficult thing. After all, I cook for myself when I live alone." Sakurajima Mai said calmly.

"I see." Luo Tian quietly approached Sakurajima Mai's jade neck, sniffed the faint fragrance and asked: "Then when can I taste the lunch box prepared by Mai?"