Xingtie: Starting with an in-depth analysis of the Yellow Springs

Sunday's tone was calm and soothing, and his voice seemed to possess a power that convinced people.

“Come forward, family. I have asked Him to be with us.”

Servant: "As you wish."

The servant, who had been dismissed for accidentally knocking the food to the ground and falsely claiming that it had been arranged, was still uneasy and came to confess on Sunday to atone for his sin.

After the inquiry was completed on Sunday, it was a genuine act of repentance. By showing enthusiasm and diligently performing good deeds to family members, one can rebuild good relations with them.

[He quit his job because he accidentally dropped a piece of pastry, and your family calls that tolerance.]

What use is a servant if they can't even do their own job properly?

Paimon: The family isn't as good as they say, is it?

The second person was a panicked dreamer.

I came to Pinocchio illegally. To get a ticket, I sold everything I owned: my house, my land… and my two children…

They'll starve if they stay with me; at least being slaves means they'll have enough to eat. If I become successful, I'll immediately redeem them and raise them well…

As a result, the hound family discovered me, and they've been searching for me everywhere... I even wanted to bring my child here! It's all my fault...

After hearing this, the family will be understanding and forgiving. On Sunday, he will not need to worry and will be informed that the hound pedigree has ceased its search.

[Gui Naifen: Is this even human? She sold her own child and still has the nerve to repent.]

[Qingyi: This isn't about wanting to pick up the child; it's clearly about being afraid of being kicked out.]

[Yanfei: If you can tolerate people like this, what's the point of the law? The child is innocent.]

The third is Pipixi, a wealthy businessman.

He opened his mouth with sarcasm: "Long time no see, Mr. Sunday, the most prominent man in Pinocchio, the second head of the Oak family?"

"...I have asked Him to be with me, and we may begin."

Seeing that Sunday was boring, Pipixi decided to follow the routine.

"Ahem! I made a mistake, please forgive my sin: I wasted half a pizza and a bottle of Sorida at breakfast."

"That's all, nothing else. Do you have any more lines to recite? Hurry up, I'm in a rush to watch the Motorball game."

On Sunday, his tone became noticeably stronger: "Are you... willing to perform good deeds to atone for the sins you deserve?"

Pipixi seemed to find it amusing. "Punishment? Starting to play the saint now, huh? Let me tell you, the family has no right to judge me, and you have even less right."

"Someone who isn't even the head of the family dares to punish me," she said, her tone filled with dissatisfaction.

"Who doesn't know about your family's affairs? Forgot about the watchmaker? Get lost, you chicken-wing-headed fool, I'm not buying your act. You can fool those dream chasers, but don't fool yourself."

Realizing he was a big shot and there was no need to get angry, he started lecturing.

"In the future, before reciting those scriptures, think carefully... What is it that has enabled the Oak family to achieve its current status, and for you to sit here, living a life of comfort and looking down on everyone?"

"Is today's confession time enough for me to get into Harmony Paradise? Well, I'm off then. I hope you get elected, hmph... don't make me lose money."

[Zhe: Sunday's emotional control is really good; I can't possibly keep a straight face.]

[Beidou: This is outrageous! Just because they have money doesn't mean they can trample on the rules.]

[Heh, making it seem like the whole family are all good people, we're all the same.]

[Victor Hugo: Rules are made by those people; talking about rules is like killing them.]

At this time, Sunday was not yet the head of the household.

How ironic!

Chapter 77 The Prototype of Paradise

He exhaled deeply and fell silent.

The screen went black again, and Sunday sounded confused and bewildered.

"A soul with three facets, please listen to my questions..."

"If the power and wealth of the strong can cover up crimes, who can judge them?"

"If the weak must pay any price to survive, who can guarantee their rights?"

"If even the purest and kindest souls make mistakes, who can offer them solace?"

[Robin: Brother, why do you never confide in me? I can help you bear it.]

Wendy: It's precisely because he's your brother that he doesn't want you to see the dark side.

He was on the verge of collapse, living under constant pressure and encountering all sorts of people.

[Zhe: Having witnessed too much, he seems to be losing faith in Tong Xie.]

"If the strong support the weak, then this is truly the foundation of paradise..."

"And who is it that leaves them to wail in the midst of suffering?"

So let's go on a faith-seeking pilgrimage.

[Navilette: ...to be just.]

"Brother...brother...?"

On Sunday, I heard the concerned call of a robin.

"Brother, are you okay?"

Suppressing my inner turmoil and discomfort, I smiled back at the robin.

"...It's nothing. I'm probably just a little out of sorts from working for too long and coming back from Liumeng Reef. I should be fine in a bit."

[Ying: If it weren't for the robin, he probably wouldn't have made it.]

[Ayaka Kamisato: She's a very good older brother, and of course, my older brother is too.]

[Robin: Brother...we are family.]

[Sunday: Perhaps the ideal paradise should not be built on harmony.]

The brother witnessed the darkness of humanity in the church, while the sister saw the brilliance of life in a corner.

Walter lamented, "Mr. Sunday worked tirelessly day and night for the Harmonious Ceremony, and now he has encountered such an unexpected event. Even though the Star Core issue is of great importance, it is still somewhat regrettable."

Sunday smiled and said, "It's alright. The original intention of the Harmony Ceremony was to enhance the happiness and harmony of the Milky Way, but now that we know the truth, we should stop it in time."

Robin also stepped forward to add, "Our wish has always been for everyone to be happy... Therefore, we will try our best to persuade the dreamer. As long as we explain the reasons, the dreamer should be able to understand."

“Even if the final negotiation does not go as planned, I will refuse to go on stage. Without the tuner, the Choir of Harmony (the embodiment of harmony) would not be born, and the ceremony would just be an ordinary performance.”

Walter nodded. "Seeing how determined you two are, I'm relieved."

[Bell: So if that means the dreamer can't hold the Harmony Ceremony, then why is the family still preparing?]

[Keqing: The problem is solved simply by protecting the robins. I don't think it's that simple.]

“Speaking of which, we’ve come all this way to Pinocchio and haven’t had any contact with the Dream Master yet. I’ve heard a little about the heads of the five major families, but very little about this Dream Master,” Walter said, puzzled.

Sunday: "The dreamer rarely appears in public, and we rarely get to see him. But this matter is of great importance, and he has promised to come in person to discuss it with us."

The robin laughed and said, "Mr. Walter will probably be the first guest to meet the Dreamer in all these years."

【I, Lord Huang Quan, have already seen them all.】

[Zhe: Hehe, but not as a guest.]

It was almost time, so the robin siblings prepared to go and meet them first.

At that moment, a drunken Pipisi man passing by appeared to need help.

The brother and sister decided to go and take a look.

So he was drunk. He even mistook the Grand Theater for the moon over his hometown. He must be missing his hometown.

He then changed the subject, saying he didn't care and that the Pinocchio Grand Theatre was still better! More pleasing to the eye!

Back then, he sold all his possessions to come to Pinocchio.

The robin was puzzled. Why would it sell all its possessions to come here?

Why else? Life was too hard back home; people were barely human.

The tipsy guests exclaimed, "Pinocchio is the best! Only sweet dreams, no suffering, no worries about tomorrow, you can do whatever you want, that's what living is all about... hiccup, so comfortable!"

Sunday watched silently without saying a word, while the robin thought, "Can this... really be considered living...?"

[Chongyun: That burp... I can smell the alcohol even through the screen.]

This is real! Who wouldn't love a carefree, worry-free dream?

[Zhu Yuan: This is clearly escaping reality. Don't they really care about their parents, children, and friends?]

If you can endure hardship, there's no end to the hardship. If I had the money, I'd want to go too.

After taking care of the guests, the robin was preoccupied with his own worries.

Why do people live this kind of life in a place that is supposed to be a dreamland?

She shook her head. "That gentleman just now... wasn't happy at all."

She looked up at her brother intently.

"No matter how sweet the dream is, it is still an unseen and intangible fantasy, but he regarded it as the only choice for survival, and even gave up his future in reality for it... This is not life at all."

[Why not? Painful reality and blissful dreams—for those people, the dream is already indistinguishable from reality, so why bother dwelling on it?]

[Ring: You can't stay asleep forever; you have to wake up eventually.]

On Sunday, however, he had a different opinion: "But in my opinion, this is the way ordinary people should live."

The robin asked, puzzled, "...Why do you say that?"

“You just said that the man’s life based on his dreams is not a real life, but that’s not true. Even without Pinocchio, people would still live in their own illusions, which is called self-worth.”

"People always think that they are destined to achieve some kind of value. Earning value for oneself means great power, while those who have no value are degraded to the weak."

"However, value is not something people create out of thin air, and its totality has an upper limit. To realize so-called value, people must plunder from others. In this way, the weak are exploited and oppressed..."

[Fu Xuan: The siblings have disagreed. Different life experiences will inevitably lead to different perspectives on the same issue.]

[Eileen: I think what he said makes a lot of sense.]

[Ningguang: Resources are limited, just like in business. Even if you don't compete, others will, and you'll eventually lose the market and fail.]

Gold dust: The more you get, the more you want to possess; this is the greed of human nature.

[Blue Sparrow: Let's get started!]

[Fu Xuan: Is the work finished? @Qingque]

[Qingque: Of course.]

[Fu Xuan: Then I'll give you some more. You're still young, you need to focus on your work and studies.]

[Qingque: No... Look, this is what happens when you do more, you get more.]

Robin: "You mean... things shouldn't be like this, right?"

Sunday nodded: "Exactly. Ironically, however, people don't think it's wrong. Because they always hold onto that vague sense of self-worth as their guiding principle, even the weak believe so."

(圭臬, meaning standard or law)

With the perspective widened, the scene presents the prosperous and luxurious Pinocchio.

"Survival of the fittest, the strong preying on the weak... all the tragedies of the world stem from this. And the reason Pinocchio is a dream is precisely because it provides a peaceful haven for anyone who wants to escape it..."

On Sunday, I looked up and a smile appeared on my face.

"There is no tragedy here, only happiness—although it is only in its embryonic stage, isn't this exactly what our paradise looks like?"

The robin did not affirm.

Chapter 78 Hehehe, Hanabi: "Get anxious!"

He gently stroked his chin with his slender index finger, lost in thought.

"Perhaps that gentleman was just an exception. Before drawing any conclusions, I think it would be better to see it for ourselves in a dream, just like we did at Dream Reef."