Curving lines sketched what seemed to be the course of mountains and rivers across the parchment. The simple houses might have indicated a city building complex or a hunter cabin beside the mountains. There was no scale, no marked direction, not even a single letter.
At the very center of the map was a five-pointed star. If Shade was not mistaken, it probably meant "target" or "treasure."
"I feel like I've seen this somewhere before."
Luvia suddenly said from beside him, and the Duchess nodded as well.
"I feel like I've seen this map too. It looks very familiar."
God's Gift Box could not create things that did not exist. It merely copied something already known to exist and transformed it into a gift for children, so it was not surprising that they recognized it.
In the end, Dorothy was the one who suddenly remembered.
"I remember now. It's actually this—Maria Thorn's Treasure Map. In that ancient fairy tale, this was the map a god gave to Maria Thorn, a child who loved adventure. She later used it to find a pirate's treasure."
With that reminder, Luvia remembered as well.
"Yes, that was a true story from the Fifth Epoch. Since the Treasure Map was drawn by a god's own hand, it indeed possessed such powerful Miracle Element. The original map was lost long ago, but its patterns were recorded in many documents and materials."
"Then the treasure this map points to..."
Shade asked hopefully, holding the parchment. The Red-haired Duchess smiled and regretfully shook her head at him.
"Didn't Dorothy just say so? It was taken by Maria Thorn. The records are very detailed: a huge amount of gold and silver treasure, as well as three relics:
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