Chapter 277 The Magic Cloth for Preventing Forest Fires is Fireproof Cloth
The caravan from Bopomo City set out on a trade journey. They donned magical cloaks, carried space stones laden with goods on their backs, and quietly traversed the sweltering forest.
The fairies, transformed into their flower fairy forms, did not ride the white-feathered birds as usual, as the excessively hot weather was quite dangerous for them.
The bird trainers would warn every flower fairy who came to rent or buy a white-feathered bird not to expose the birds to direct sunlight at midday for extended periods, because birds can also get fevers, and if they are not treated in time, the white-feathered birds will also die from the fever.
After receiving the blessing and forgiveness of the Flower Fairy, all the flower fairies, whether commoners or slaves, were able to possess the tall stature of elves. And after switching from the size of elves to flower fairies, everyone discovered that their magic reserves and even their magical talents far exceeded those of the past. It was truly a blessing from the Flower Fairy!
In the past, if they encountered this kind of scorching heat while traveling, the flower fairies would probably have fallen ill with fever along with the white-feathered birds. But right now, the members of the caravan all felt fine. Even though the wind blowing in their faces was warm, the magic flowing around them could dissipate most of the heat. In addition, the magic cloaks were constantly emitting a refreshing coolness, so the merchants did not feel too much discomfort.
The once lush, green forest was now dotted with patches of withered yellow and red. The flower fairies and merchants who were moving through the dense forest noticed that many of the grass and shrubs on the ground had also become dry.
Upon seeing the large pile of withered branches and fallen leaves, the caravan would pause briefly, retrieve the pre-cut and frozen fragments of water-attribute magical cloth from the space stone, carefully bury them inside the pile of fallen leaves, and then continue on its way.
Before leaving Bobomo City, the steward solemnly informed the caravan of its main purpose for the journey, the most important of which was to prevent forest fires.
All caravans were given specially made water-attribute magic cloth. These scraps of cloth, cut into small pieces and embroidered with freezing runes, had been soaked in the magic-rich Sun Spring water beforehand. When the merchants stored them in their space stones, they were all solid blocks of magic ice.
When these frozen fragments of magical cloth are buried in piles of dry grass or leaves, the excessively high temperature will first melt the ice formed by the cloth, thus greatly reducing the temperature of the surrounding environment. After that, the water-attribute magical cloth's own absorbency and the freezing runes on the cloth will work together to further slow down the loss of moisture, thereby keeping the piled-up dry branches and leaves at a relatively low ambient temperature for as long as possible, ultimately preventing the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion due to high temperature.
—During the severe drought that occurred earlier, nearly a hundred forest fires broke out on the Garnar Plain, and hundreds of thousands of flower fairies perished in the flames!
Shu Xin's goal was never to compete with the king for power; her aim was always to enable all the flower fairies to live better lives. Although she was determined to speed things up, she still steadily implemented her plan. Therefore, whether it was the land of sin or the caravans sent out by Popomo City, the primary task was to eliminate fire hazards along the trade routes, the secondary task was to provide drought relief supplies, and only after that did she help the villages and towns along the trade routes build teleportation arrays and convey her decrees to abolish magic taxes and to bless and forgive all the flower fairies.
If the caravan runs out of its water-based magic cloth before reaching a village or city, it must draw a teleportation magic circle on the spot to teleport back to the city to replenish its supplies before continuing along the trade route.
Using magical cloth as fireproof cloth has no drawbacks other than being a bit extravagant. However, in order to reduce the cost of magical cloth, Shu Xin specifically asked the Tree of Life for a crude version of the magical cloth recipe. This greatly shortened the lifespan of the magical cloth and also significantly reduced the material consumption for making it.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter.
Lelena is an ordinary flower fairy living in an ordinary town. When the rainy season arrives but not a single drop of rain falls from the sky, she helplessly realizes that a drought has come.
Compared to violent windstorms, merciless floods, and raging fires, droughts occur so silently, yet are so persistent. The former is a sudden and cruel demise, while the latter is a slow and prolonged cruel torment.
Lelena has no talent for planting magic and is not good at fighting. She can only do her best to help fetch water to irrigate the fields. Fortunately, she can use her innate magic to seal the space where the water bucket is located, forcibly isolating it from the high temperature outside, and locking all the water in the wooden bucket as much as possible. This makes her bring back the most water among all the flower fairies every time.
However, as the temperature rose and the air became drier, Lelena needed to consume more and more magic power to use her innate magic. One day, she was so exhausted that she fainted while holding onto the bucket of water. When she regained consciousness, she saw her sister's eyes filled with tears.
"Do you know you have a fever? You almost didn't wake up!" Didi cried out. "You're all I have left, Lelena!"
Lelena couldn't help but cry too. She had been feeling dizzy and lightheaded lately, even when she flew, but she didn't want to tell her sister, thinking that maybe she would feel better in a couple of days. She never expected that she would faint, not only spilling all the water in the bucket, but also breaking one of the wooden buckets in the house. She wasn't a child anymore; she was an adult. Why did she still keep causing trouble for her sister?
Diana didn't think her younger sister, who had only recently come of age, was an adult, and she insisted that Lelena stay at home to recover.
There was only one wooden tub left in the house, so even if Lelena wanted to help fetch water, she couldn't. She had no choice but to stay in the house and help cook some soup and mix some salad.
Without Lelena's help, Didi had to spend even more time watering the plants. She would leave before dawn and not return home until it was completely dark, growing more and more haggard each day.
That day, Diana suddenly returned early and asked Lelena to cook a sweet soup with the dried fruit she had treasured in the basement. Looking at her sister's increasingly dull hair and eyes, even though she was eating the dried fruit she had been longing for, Lelena could only taste bitterness.
"Sister, I think my fever is almost gone. Let's go fetch water together tomorrow!" Lelena couldn't help but say, she really felt much better.
Diana glanced at her sister's still pale face, swallowed the wheatgrass salad in her mouth, and for the first time, a smile appeared on her always worried face:
"You're going out tomorrow, Lelena. A caravan from Popomore City has brought the Flower Fairy's blessing. They say that under the Flower Fairy's blessing, sweet spring water will gush forth from the ground, and just one sip will cure all the flower fairies of their fever! Let's go receive the blessing together tomorrow!"
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