Mir and I stared at the unknown, vibrating metal on the table. The light kept on flickering on its surface, pausing every few minutes to dim out before lighting up again, but we have determined that it wasn't anything dangerous as we have observed it for over an hour.
'Should we just chuck it back into the box and toss it outside?' I looked at the dragon who still stares at the surface of the metal thing. I suppose he was concern of the human who was trapped inside that metal thing – a human face with the name "Prefect" written below the picture. Mir shifted his gaze to me. I sighed. 'I don't think anyone knows the spell to unseal someone who has been trapped in another item. If so, Fanzy wouldn't still be a cat.'
After a short pause, Mir nodded sadly, and I picked up the metal thing, put it back into the box that was in front of our house, and toss the whole thing into the garbage bin. I sighed in relief when all is done, but somewhere in my mind told me that it wasn't over yet.
I recalled Zipangu underwent a revamp. I have yet to check it out so I invited Mir to go there and visit the monsters that seemed to be now over level 160. We went through the Dimensional Mirror located in Henesys as it seemed to be a handy, nearby town with almost everything there, and realized the scenery of Zipangu have changed drastically compared to my memory a while back where I was getting the skill to challenge Princess No. Kino Konoko, the shrine maiden who sweeps the front yard of the shrine, have undergone revamp that I do not recognize her. I smiled at her when her gaze met mine. She seemed to have remembered something and gestured us to come. I understand she has a quest for me, judging from the lightbulb above her head.
'DragonGod, there is a package for you,' she said with a smile as she handed us a familiar package to us. 'It was dropped near the shrine for some reasons – I could not see the person who sent it.' She nodded apologetically.
I glanced at Mir. Something sounds familiar. Regardless my doubts I took the package from her, muttered a "thank you" under my breath and opened the package. Polystyrene foams were abundant inside. I could vaguely feel the box vibrating. I closed the package and handed it to Mir. 'Burn it.'
Mir caught on to my statement. 'How did it follow us?' It asked, surprised. I shook my head. Kino Konoko was confused while Mir sucked in air to cast Fire Breathe. I tossed it into the air 3 second later, with the Onyx Dragon's fire coating it while it was floating. The box was completely burned when it reached the ground, leaving ashes and a reeking smell of polystyrene in the area.
The shrine maiden was angry. 'How dare you do such dangerous thing in front of the shrine? What if you have burnt it down?'
'Well, that's beyond our strength…' I muttered, and apologized to her. Background items are almost invincible when it comes to adventure's skills. Despite whatever happens, they will remain standing – unless the Black Mage or the quest requests a change, or a revamp occurs in a place, such as Zipangu. Perhaps Showa Town have changed, too.
Then, a box dropped from the sky. It was the same brown package that we have just seen a moment ago. The three of us looked at it in surprise as a name formed above it. "To DragonGod". I glanced at Mir, who was coincidentally staring at me. 'M-m-m-m-master!' It cried and pointed the package. 'I-i-i-i-it's still there!'
'I can see that,' I replied as Kino Konoko bravely moved towards the box. She lifted it from the ground, scanning the exterior of the package for a moment, before she handed it to us.
'It… doesn't look dangerous, but something is vibrating inside,' she replied. 'But it was burnt before. How did it…?'
'Kino Konoko.'
'Yes?'
'Have we been… cursed?'
She stared at us for a moment, then shook her head. 'It is perhaps an important task entrusted to you. I suggest you to take the quest, for it seems to be unperishable, even with your skills.'
But what good would come with a stalking box with a thin, vibrating object would bring? I looked at Mir, who nervously glanced at the package in Kino Konoko's hands.
