Achievements <Heron Express: We Tried, We Really Did>

Achievements <Heron Express: We Tried, We Really Did>

📍 The Xianzhou Luofu Aurum Alley

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This is a brand-new parcel. The cardboard has been slashed opened already, and the corner of a notebook is protruding out.
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It's obvious that this brand-new notebook was not originally inside the parcel, but was forcibly stuffed inside, as if it was a piece of garbage being squashed into a trashcan. Can you really sit by and ignore this?
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You can't help but notice that this notebook seems extremely familiar. Perhaps you should take a closer look...
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This seems familiar. Go take a closer look.
Ah, forget it.
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You pretend to idly flip through the notebook in the parcel. It is a lyceum practice notebook for "holiday homework." Not a single question was answered.
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Simple clues begin to form a narrative in your head: A lyceum student "accidentally" misplaced their holiday homework in an unattended cardboard box. Once the holidays are over, he (or maybe she) could be in big trouble.
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Fortunately, you notice that the student's name and homeroom is written at the start of their homework. There is still hope...
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I must return this to the child!
I wanna give the lyceum's questions a go!
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The High Morals clearly made the right choice with you. You have such a kind heart.
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You marked the delivery address on the package and booked for a Heron Express delivery service.
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No doubt this child will weep tears of joy after being reunited with their lost homework!
+ Praise of High Morals x 1
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Of course. You can try to answer the questions. You could even answer all of them. However, you need to prove that you have the CAPACITY to complete all the questions. Question one...
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An Artisanship Commission craftsmaster receives 9 strale when he cuts one whole steel pipe into 4 pieces. If he receives 24 strale for cutting a different pipe, then how many pieces did he cut this new pipe into?
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Another one of these questions!?
11 pieces.
10 pieces.
9 pieces.
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You now understand why this notebook has been tossed into a crate instead of sitting on the student's desk.
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Ahh. Well, at least you finished the homework. That's already very impressive, no?
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Ahh. Well, at least you finished the homework. That's already very impressive, no?
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Wow! You were serious about this. Let's count that as you got everything right!
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You complete the exercise book and instantly feel refreshed. There is a Xianzhou saying "none can become young once more." However, when you were immersed in answering those questions, you were the very image of youth.
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Take this. This is a reward from the High Morals. You at least respected this notebook. You have earned it.
+ Praise of High Morals x 1
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A fair decision. You've grown accustomed to seeing packages strewn all around the streets since coming to Xianzhou.
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However, you can come back here *any time* and investigate this again. It's not like anyone else will be touching it!

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You see a note blatantly scrawled on the package that reads: "Sender: Blue Rose. Recipient: Red Peach."
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You suddenly feel a jolt of alarm (I guess?). Both the sender and recipient's names fit the format of the notorious Disciples of Sanctus Medicus!
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So, as an old friend of the people of Xianzhou, what are you supposed to do when faced with such a dangerous package?
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The matter at hand is grave! Time to tear it open immediately!
This has nothing to do with me. Time to skedaddle~
Call the police. What else is there to do?
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You quickly tear into the dangerous package to find that it actually contains...
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A single bouquet of delicate blue roses in bloom. Its petals are a deeper blue than the Lunarescent Depths, as if all the blue of the Scalegorge Waterscape has been stolen and condensed into this one single bouquet.
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Alongside the flowers, you find a letter:
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"Dearest Peach: For tens of thousands of years, humans have considered the cultivation of blue roses a scientific challenge."
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"For millennia, people believed that they had tried every possible method and created every possible type of blue rose."
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"But they were mistaken. These flowers before you is the proof. I spent three hundred years of my life to search for a new method that has not been discovered over these tens of thousands of years, and created this blue rose just for you, my love."
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That is the end of the letter.
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Oops, my bad...
They must have hidden contraband in the flowers.
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You re-seal the package. Fortunately, you were gentle when you tore it open and did not damage the flowers or the letter. Otherwise... this could have been really awkward.
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It's fine. It's not your fault (obviously, it's not mine, either). If anything, it's this couple's fault for picking such suspicious nicknames and causing such a misunderstanding.
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Get out of here before anyone finds out about this.
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Deliver item
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Just as expected from the old foe of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus! You see through their facades with ease!
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You reach into the packaging and begin to tear through the content. Quickly, the blue flowers transform into dead petals.
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Inside, your fingers grasp a strange flower bud... Every flower in this bouquet is in full bloom, but this stalk alone only holds a bud.
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You squeeze the bud open and notice a tiny pellet concealed inside.
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You decide to pretend you didn't see anything. After all, what business does a disciple of Trailblaze have with the feud between The Hunt and Abundance?
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Perhaps this package will end up causing a huge criminal drama after you leave... But that's not your problem anymore.
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You inform the Realm-Keeping Commission and they take this report seriously.
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The Realm-Keeping Commission instructs you to stay away from the package and that they will send someone to deal with it immediately. It seems you've nipped another big case in the bud.
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The Realm-Keeping Commission didn't give me any rewards?
It's the least I could do.
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The Realm-Keeping Commission would never overlook you like that. You soon receive a reward for reporting the case.
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Good people will always get rewarded. All is well in this world.
+ Credit x 5000
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You accept the Realm-Keeping Commission's gratitude but decline their rewards. As an old friend of the Xianzhou people, this just comes naturally to you.
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You feel the golden ribbons across your chest... ahem, on your back — begin to look even brighter!
+ Praise of High Morals x 1

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The package before you is mercilessly stamped with a red print stating: "No such address found. Return to sender."
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As a Trailblazer filled with curiosity for all things, naturally you must...
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Open it up!
I'm out of here!
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The package's lid opens with a crack, and a Diting pokes its head out.
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Woof! It calls out to you. Unfortunately, you are not March 7th and you can't understand what it is trying to tell you. As it opens its mouth to bark again, you see a note fall.
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Read the note.
Send the puppy to the Realm-Keeping Commission.
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"Every time Riceball barked at me after you and I broke up, it just reminds me of how you used to yell at me as well. These memories have left me in deep pain."
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"So, I am returning this thing to you — this thing that you bought with a loan that's to be paid over three thousand repayments. I hope you will take responsibility and look after it for the rest of its life!"
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"Also, I would like you to return all the jade abacus and clothes I bought you for every anniversary and holiday over our years together. If you won't return them, then please pay 31,520 strales to my bank account..."
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"There are also fees for meals, rent, starskiff maintenance, and mental counseling..."
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You are stunned to see so many figures written on a single piece of paper. You run your hand around the inside of the box to find another note.
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Keep reading.
Enough. I don't want to see any more of this cringy romance drama.
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"Firstly, let's get this straight. It was you who kept telling me to take out a loan to buy Riceball. Secondly, just give up. You think I don't know what kind of games you're playing?"
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"You want to give this to me so it can remind me of you, don't you? You think my heart will skip a beat when I see this dog, and I'll come running back to you? You think seeing all your bills will keep me up at night, wracked with guilt? Right?"
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"We've been fighting, arguing, ignoring each other, and reconciling just to fight again for over ten thousand days and nights now. This little drama has gone on too long! I'm tired! I'm done! I've had it!"
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"Perhaps you're going to say that all of this is my self-indulgent imagination, but then I'd like to ask you one thing: Why do you know my current address...?"
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It's as if you're trapped between a pair of lovers, paralyzed in shock as you hear them reel off the many things they have done to annoy each other — no matter how trivial these actions may be.
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You rummage through the box again and... unbelievable! Inconceivable! There's another note that's been crumpled into a ball in the corner?
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Read it...
Love is transient, but dogs are humanity's best friend.
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Wow, you're really that into such petty gossip?
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This lost third note is actually not another list of heart-broken accusations. It is... a Diting warranty card. Sorry, I know you're disappointed. Artistry Hardware can repair a Diting, but we will never be able to repair a broken relationship.
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Either way, in your spirited quest for knowledge, you've lost some precious few minutes of your life to learn a vivid lesson in intimate relationships.
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You decide to send the little dog over to the Realm-Keeping Commission. They will find a fitting home for this Diting.
+ Key of Inspiration x 1, Praise of High Morals x 1
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No matter what happened between the lovers, mailing a puppy back and forth in a cramped little delivery box would upset any caring Nameless.
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These petty squabbles are nothing to do with you. You decide to send the little dog over to the Realm-Keeping Commission. They will find a fitting home for this Diting.
+ Praise of High Morals x 1
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No matter what happened between the lovers, mailing a puppy back and forth in a cramped little delivery box would upset any caring Nameless.
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These petty squabbles are nothing to do with you. You decide to send the little dog over to the Realm-Keeping Commission. They will find a fitting home for this Diting.
+ Praise of High Morals x 1
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It goes without saying that even though a Diting is an ingenium device, mailing a puppy back and forth in a cramped little delivery box would upset any caring Nameless.
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You decide to send the little dog over to the Realm-Keeping Commission. They will find a fitting home for this Diting.
+ Praise of High Morals x 1
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Oh... Alright. A Trailblazer is a free spirit, after all. But you can come back and check this out again later if you change your mind.

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There is a large pile of goods stacked up here. You look closely at the receipts and realize that these should have been delivered to the recipients long ago.
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A huge pile of parcels that should have already been delivered are stacked up and passers-by ignore them as if they are nothing unusual. You inspect closely and realize there is an inscription on the cargo box to the side...
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"Cargo pilot Fengyun was a taciturn and unsociable man. Once a fighter pilot, he retired from the army without merit and fell into obscurity."
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"When Sanctus Medicus stirred up trouble, Fengyun unloaded his cargo here and used his starskiff to attract enemy firepower, buying time and protecting the civilians. Unfortunately, his vessel was destroyed, and his remains were never found."
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"When the chaos fell quiet, no one came forward to claim these goods."
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(Salute in respect)
(Mourn in silence)
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As you inspect these items again, you realize that they are no longer a scattered bunch of boxes but a great monument. No one can remove a single stone from this great monument, as it is now the foundations of a great ship.
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Deliver item
- Praise of High Morals x 1
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As you inspect these items again, you realize that they are no longer a scattered bunch of boxes but a great monument. No one can remove a single stone from this great monument, as it is now the foundations of a great ship.

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There are three delivery boxes piled up in the corner. As you are a good person, you decide to take a look at where they are from and where they are going.
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As you approach, you realize that these old boxes are not actually courier parcels. There is a note on them that reads: "Items for the faith mass theory experiment" in large letters.
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You vaguely remember the concept of the "faith mass theory." You believe it was Dan Heng who taught you about it. Put simply, it states that items filled with the reverence and faith of humanity will subconsciously feel heavier.
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Many scholars believe that this is not only a psychological effect, but actually evidence that the mind can influence the physical world. This research is currently an extremely popular scientific discipline and scholars in this area receive generous grants year after year.
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The three boxes in front of you read: "Iron Block (1 kilo)," "Iron Block (1 kilo)," and "Reignbow's Relic (1 kilo)."
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According to the "faith mass theory," even if the three items are of the same mass, Xianzhou citizens would perceive the Reignbow's Relic to be significantly heavier.
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Really? Let me try.
It's all superstition. I'm not interested.
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You pick up the three boxes in turn, comparing their weight. The box with "Reignbow's Relic" written on it is far heavier than expected. That's a much larger weight difference than you anticipated from a "deviation caused by subjective perception."
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If the signs on the crates are correct, the three items should all weigh 1 kilo each. Perhaps it really is "faith" that caused the relics to have a heavier weight.
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Maybe the sign is wrong. Have a look inside the boxes.
Boring. This is all superstition.
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You opened the two boxes with "Iron Block (1 kilo)" written on them. Inside each, you find a regular iron block. Then, you open the box marked with "Reignbow's Relic (1 kilo)"...
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You find that the box is completely empty except for a single note...
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"I knew that people will grow curious and open this box to check. This box is completely empty, but is still heavier than the boxes with iron blocks. Why is that?"
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"This is because people believe that this box contains the Reignbow's Relic. Faith has weight."
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"I hope that this experiment serves to dispel any doubt and that you will accept our theory — that the activities of our souls and minds can affect the world around us on a large scale."
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The world is truly miraculous...
There must be something else in this box...
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Although what just happened wildly contradicts common sense, you are faced with iron-clad proof and have no choice but to accept it.
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You seal up the three boxes and return them to their original place, and turn to leave with a new respect for science.
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You just cannot bring yourself to accept the phenomenon in front of you. You throw caution to the wind and whack the empty box hard with your bat.
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With a great "twang," your bat strikes a hard object and rattles your hand painfully. You pick up the box and tear back the paper covering the area you struck...
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...You find a thin, heavy metal plate underneath the paper.
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It seems that this "faith mass theory" is indeed a popular scientific discipline. People must have used it to earn many a large grant...
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If a phenomenon only works under the influence of the human subconscious, doesn't that make it no more than a psychological placebo effect? You refuse to believe these so-called scholars. They're just trying to scam grant agencies for money.
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So, you leave the three boxes behind, turn around, and walk away.
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If a phenomenon only works under the influence of the human subconscious, doesn't that make it no more than a psychological placebo effect? You refuse to believe these so-called scholars. They're just trying to scam grant agencies for money.
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So, you leave the three boxes behind, turn around, and walk away.

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An open package lies on the ground before you. You want to see who has left it behind, but there is no receipt on it. You find a note where the receipt should be attached, stating:
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"This is the unsolved mystery of Aurum Alley: The Midnight Mystery Boxes."
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"These seemingly normal and unassuming cardboard boxes have actually been around for longer than the Aurum Alley itself. No one knows who created them, or where they came from."
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"All we know is that, even if they are stolen or destroyed, they will reappear intact here at midnight the next day. What's more, those that moved or damaged the boxes will all met their doom."
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"To people's shock, they realized that if they placed gold, silver, jewelry, or other precious items inside the boxes, their future lives will be blessed and full of good luck."
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"Whereas those who attempt to poach the treasures inside the boxes will, without exception, meet their doom."
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You look inside the boxes again and realize that there are a number of precious items already piled inside.
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I'll ask for good fortune, too...
What a lazy con. This is ridiculous.
Haha, these treasures are all mine!
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You place some money inside and make a devout prayer that the Midnight Mystery Boxes would protect you in your future Trailblaze journey.
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No one knows if the Midnight Mystery Boxes are satisfied with your offerings, but the man that comes to collect all the treasures under the cover of night every day must be very satisfied.
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- Credit x 1000
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You stick to your principles of rational thinking and ignore these mysterious Midnight Mystery Boxes.
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No one knows if the Midnight Mystery Boxes are disappointed, but the man that comes to collect all the treasures under the cover of night every day must be very disappointed.
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You mercilessly plunder all the valuables from the Midnight Mystery Boxes and stuff them into your bag.
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That night, the streets of Aurum Alley saw yet another heartbroken conman.
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- Praise of High Morals x 1

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상자들이 너저분하게 놓여 있다. 남의 택배 상자를 많이 뒤져본 경험으로 한눈에 빈 상자들이라는 것을 눈치챘다
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왜 빈 상자들이 길가에 놓여 있는 걸까? 상자를 들자 연결된 다른 상자들이 줄줄이 끌려온다
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그건 「빈 상자들」이 아니라 「이상한 형태의 빈 상자」였다
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그때, 상자 아래로 힘 있는 필체로 적힌 글자가 보인다——「나부 현대미술 비엔날레 작품 『택배의 용』」
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미술 작품이었다니… 하마터면 대형 사고를 칠 뻔했다. 어서 자리를 뜨자
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왜 용이라는 걸 눈치채지 못했지?
현대 미술 작품이구나…
이건 또 뭐야…
「택배의 용」이라니, 정말 아름답네
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쓸데없는 소리, 그걸 눈치챌 수 있다면 그건 예술이 아니다
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어떤가? 예술이 당신의 영혼을 정화하는 게 느껴지는가?
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모두에게 이해받을 수 있다면 그건 예술이 아니다
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그렇다, 보고만 있어도 뛰어난 미적 감각이 느껴진다
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「택배 상자」는 우리의 현대적 가치관을, 「용」은 전통적 가치관을 의미한다
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「택배의 용」이 해답을 제시하는 건 아니지만, 우리에게 날카로운 질문을 던진 건 분명하다——현대적 가치관과 전통적 가치관이 충돌할 때, 무엇이 탄생할까?
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아무튼 현대 미술 작품은 가만히만 있어도 값이 계속 오르니 우선 멀리 떨어지는 게 좋겠다. 실수로 작품을 망쳤다간 폼폼을 팔아도 배상금이 모자랄 것이다
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