Chapter 244 The Joy of a Mischievous Kid Slacking Off
Like a newborn calf unafraid of a tiger, the young flower fairies were not afraid of poisonous snakes. The little ones were extremely interested in the long, slender creature that suddenly appeared, pointing and gesturing excitedly, completely unaware that if it pounced, it could swallow them and their friends whole.
Shu Xin, who was invisible in the air, helplessly drew her magic wand and kept a close eye on the group of ignorant and fearless little guys, in case the venomous snake really launched an attack.
The patrolling guards nearby quickly noticed the unusual magical fluctuations and rushed over in a cold sweat. Only then did Shu Xin put away her magic wand.
After donning protective shields around the children, the soldiers drove away the giant snake, then each carried one of the children, who hadn't yet realized anything was wrong, to the medical room.
The adult flower fairies are still at work and can't call their parents, but it's not good to let these audacious little brats wander around like this. Putting them in the medical room will not only check if they are injured, but also let the doctors help look after these idle kids.
If there are older children at home, parents can save some trouble. The older children, who are already sensible, can conveniently stop by the medical room after school to pick up their naughty younger siblings who have been caught. But if there are only young children under school age at home, then parents who come home after a day's work and don't see their children have no choice but to make a trip to the medical room.
Shu Xin, who followed the doctor all the way to the infirmary, seemed to be deep in thought. These infirmaries were barely functioning as daycare centers? And the doctors were also part-time kindergarten teachers?
Thinking of the giant snake that had confronted a group of little flower fairies earlier, Shu Xin curiously inquired about the cause and effect from the Tree of Life—
The giant snake was truly innocent. To it, the flower fairies, exuding a natural and peaceful magical aura, were no different from the water in the ditch or the grass in the bushes. Therefore, neither adult nor immature flower fairies were on its hunting list. However, the gentle flow of water and the swaying blades of grass were not going to suddenly fall from the sky and hit the giant snake on the head, startling it as it was peacefully sleeping in the bushes.
These overly young and ignorant little flower fairies were playing a "falling game," which involved closing their eyes, relinquishing control of their bodies, and plummeting straight down from the sky, only to take off again just before reaching the ground.
Shu Xin never expected that children born from such a beautiful race as flower fairies would also have mischievous kids!
This time it hit a big snake on the head, but what if it hit a rock next time? Wouldn't that kill it?! This is definitely because they have no homework, are too full, and are too idle!
Previously, Shu Xin had simply wandered around aimlessly, but after discovering the inadequate infrastructure and severe lack of preschool education in the Land of Sin, she began to diligently investigate the residential area while simultaneously seeking information from the Tree of Life and comparing it with the data.
In the present-day Land of Sin, adult flower fairies who are capable of working will definitely go to work. Therefore, it can be said that most families can be considered dual-income families. Furthermore, because female flower fairies possess the "Blessing of the Flower Goddess," they will receive the pure positive status of "Protection of the Flower Goddess" during pregnancy. Pregnancy has no negative impact on female flower fairies. In addition, the pregnancy period is short and there is no need to breastfeed. Therefore, most dual-income families are families with multiple children.
With rune chains attached, flower fairies have a normal lifespan of around one hundred years. Their innate magic usually stabilizes between the ages of three and five, but they generally reach a level of mastery over their innate magic around the age of fifteen. They reach adulthood at the age of twenty-five, and the underage students recruited by the Sinful Land teaching area are those between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.
With this in mind, Shu Xin checked with the Tree of Life to see how long the flower fairy's lifespan would be after the rune chains were broken.
The answer Shu Xin received shocked her greatly. According to the information provided by the Tree of Life, the theoretical lifespan of a flower fairy can reach about eight hundred years—this is truly a super qualitative change!
Three thousand years ago, the normal lifespan of true riverside spirits was only five hundred to seven hundred years. According to the analysis of the Tree of Life, the fact that the lifespan of flower fairies has increased to this extent is directly related to the fact that flower fairies are actually a mutated version of alchemical life. At present, flower fairies are actually in the transitional stage from alchemical life to natural life. After the transition is completely completed, the lifespan of flower fairies will be extended again. The Tree of Life estimates that it can be stabilized at around eighteen hundred years.
...This is a super, super, super qualitative change!
By comparing the alchemical life forms in the magical world to the robots in science fiction, Shu Xin found it much easier to understand. The virus in the program was completely eliminated, and the robot's steel body was greatly enhanced, so its lifespan would naturally be greatly increased. Therefore, the lifespan of the flower fairy was explosively extended.
But science fiction robots can't transform into humans, while flower fairies can genuinely transform from alchemical life forms into natural life forms. Shu Xin could only attribute this to magical powers.
In Shu Xin's original world, nature had its own ecological balance mechanism. Shu Xin didn't know if this magical world had such a mysterious balance, but she always felt that once the flower fairies truly became natural life forms, it would probably not be as easy for them to reproduce as it is now.
However, this timeline for increasing lifespan is very long, so it has little impact on the age division of the various growth stages of the flower fairies. Shu Xin once again focused her attention on the care of preschool flower fairy children under the age of fifteen.
The medical rooms, which temporarily served as nurseries, were initially converted from small magic workshops, totaling fifteen. Later, as the number of elves regaining their original size gradually increased, the Land of Sin built larger medical rooms that could be used by the elves. Subsequently, because the small medical rooms were mainly built with water-sensitive white clay, the Construction Department demolished and rebuilt all the small medical rooms before the rain. Although the large medical rooms used less white clay, they were also demolished and rebuilt.
Shu Xin only learned from the information provided by the Tree of Life that there are currently fifty-six medical rooms in the Land of Sin, of which fifty-five are small medical rooms and one is a large medical room.
The medical rooms available to the flower fairies are all located inside the same giant bamboo on the edge of the residential area, while the large medical room for the elves, which is a large bamboo house, is located to the side.
There is only one resident doctor, Manmanli, who has the talent of healing magic. The other flower fairies are doctors on duty in shifts, and the latter all come from the emergency medical team.
Shu Xin's initial setup of a ten-person combat team plus a five-person emergency medical team greatly improved the survival rate of the Flower Fairy Warriors, and this configuration was subsequently adopted. To date, all the warriors of the Land of Sin have managed to escape the battlefield alive. However, as the number of warriors continued to increase, the military officers adjusted the organization, and the current configuration is a one-hundred-person combat team plus a twenty-five-person emergency medical team.
As the Land of Sin continues to develop, the magical equipment available to warriors becomes increasingly sophisticated, with the magic wand being the most important. Aside from its basic magical amplification function, the magic wand is an indispensable tool for assisting in spellcasting. A high-level magic wand can theoretically be engraved with hundreds or even thousands of magical runes. Of course, this places extremely high demands on the wand's materials, as well as on the wand maker and the user. While the fairy warriors' wands aren't quite that extravagant, engraving dozens of magical runes is still achievable for the current wand workshops of the Land of Sin.
Whether it's the combat team or the medical team, the soldiers' daily training is all about becoming more proficient in using their magic wands, so that they can cast spells better, faster, and more accurately. The soldiers who win in the combat training competition can win better honors and rewards, choose better magic equipment, and receive more delicious desserts as rewards. In addition, the soldiers in the medical team can also get priority access to the medical room.
Except during the harvest month, the work in the medical room is quite leisurely. You rarely encounter patients, and even when someone comes to see a doctor, they go straight to Physician Manmanli, who has healing magic talent. It is only very rare to encounter a patient who has entered the medical room where you are on duty. At this time, you can easily solve their minor illnesses and pains, and you can also get their sincere gratitude and praise. It is much more pleasant to be on duty in the medical room for a day like this than to train hard all day on the training ground!
After learning this, Shu Xin silently deleted the plan to "turn the unused medical room into a daycare center" from her mind. Perhaps it was best not to deprive the medical team members of their happiness...
Nurseries and kindergartens can be built near the medical room. Nurseries can accept infants under the age of five, while kindergartens can enroll children aged five and up to fifteen.
In this way, if the children have any headaches or fevers, they can see a doctor immediately. If the medical team members are on duty and have free time, they can also visit the children without any problem.
Considering that the residential area is already quite large, Shu Xin thinks it is possible to plan and build medical and childcare facilities together, setting up more locations, which would not only facilitate the daily lives of residents, but also create more job opportunities.
Medical facilities could also be installed in other functional areas, so that if any of the flower fairies feel unwell, they can see a doctor nearby without having to travel to the residential area.
Then more medical team members will be able to experience the joy of slacking off, Shu Xin thought happily.
Returning to Flower Castle with the new work plan, Shu Xin was about to call her subordinates for a meeting to refine it when she suddenly remembered that she was still on vacation. She paused for a moment, then briefly wrote an outline.
After putting away the work outline to be discussed tomorrow, Shu Xin continued her leisure time for the day.
After brewing a cup of mint and dried fruit tea and fetching a plate of Fairy Flower Special Salted Egg Yolk Cookies from the kitchen, Shuxin ran to the rooftop terrace to continue enjoying the breeze and sunshine.
Looking down at the lush, verdant land of sin, Shu Xin felt increasingly cheerful. Through the dense foliage of the Tree of Life, she could vaguely see the amusement facilities in the central square.
After asking the Tree of Life, Shu Xin was somewhat surprised to learn that the magical amusement park, which she had initially built but later completely forgotten about, was well-maintained. The flower fairies and demons from the Construction Department would come regularly to repair and maintain it, and even now, many flower fairies still come here to play happily.
Thinking of the swings in the amusement park, and then of the little flower fairies' "falling game," Shu Xin felt a little guilty. Could these little guys have gotten their game inspiration from there?
After eating a salty, crispy cookie, Shu Xin gazed at a corner of the amusement park peeking out from behind the trees, and unexpectedly recalled Xi's past obsessions with her—
That was a long time ago. She had renovated this magical amusement park in the central square surrounding the Flower Castle. After Xi returned from the human territory, he naturally went there to play for a while. Then he pestered Shu Xin to put a swing in the bedroom. At that time, the Land of Sin was suffering from a drought, and Shu Xin had a lot of things to do, so she ignored him. Xi didn't mention it again.
After eating another cookie, Shuxin clapped her hands and stood up.
Since I've already thought of it, let's make a double swing. Putting it in the bedroom is out of the question, but it should be quite nice on the balcony.
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