Chapter 73 The hotel owner is really weird!
She didn't know what kind of nut shell it was; the surface was very smooth. There was no handle on the round door, and Shu Xin only pushed it gently, and the slightly ajar door opened inward.
"Good afternoon, guests from afar," a light and cheerful voice rang out with a hint of laughter, "Welcome to the Magic Cat Inn~"
Shu Xin looked up and saw the hotel owner sitting behind the emerald green rattan counter. She had a head of incredibly beautiful crimson curly hair and a pair of deep red eyes that were so dark they were almost black.
Unlike the flower fairies in the market whose robes were extremely simple, the innkeeper's attire was very similar to that of the shepherds that Shu Xin had seen before. Both were loose-fitting robes in the style of ancient Rome, and the innkeeper's robe was even more elaborate and beautiful in its patterns. However, the color was not as colorful and gorgeous as that of the shepherds, and it was only a gold robe.
The hotel owner was very tall; even sitting behind the counter, she was almost as tall as Shu Xin. A heavy, wide, pleated golden robe draped over her, making her look dignified and elegant. Coupled with her long, crimson curly hair that resembled fiery waves, she looked extremely mysterious.
She simply sat there, like a book filled with stories, faintly exuding the fragrance of ink. It was the first time Shu Xin had ever seen a flower fairy like this. To be honest, she didn't feel like a flower fairy at all to Shu Xin. For some reason, Shu Xin even had the illusion for a moment that she was a human.
The hotel owner also saw Shu Xin in her governor's uniform, Nuonuo Li in her civil servant uniform following behind Shu Xin, and the snow-white lamb swaying its head at the back. Her gaze lingered on Shu Xin for a moment, then paused briefly when it fell on the little white lamb. Her eyes flickered as if she had discovered something, and the wariness in her eyes vanished in an instant.
With a fawning and enthusiastic smile, the innkeeper flew out from behind the counter: "So it's you two noble lords again! You're waiting for the Feather Trainer, right? She was originally scheduled to come on the third day. I'll pass on the message to her later. You two should rest well today, and you'll be able to see the Feather Trainer tomorrow!"
Nono nodded: "That's troublesome. We brought flints with us. We'll use three flints to pay for the three rooms."
Three flints? Three rooms? The innkeeper glanced at the little lamb that was pacing around the governor listlessly, blinked, and readily agreed: "That would be wonderful! I'm short of flints! I guarantee I can serve you two some hot sweet wheat soup tomorrow!"
She even personally led Shu Xin and the others to the top floor of the hotel—the Magic Cat Hotel has two floors—and led them to a room that she said was specially for nobles.
The gentle breeze that occasionally brushed against her face inside the inn carried the magical fluctuations unique to the miniature garden magic. In addition to the miniature garden magic, Shu Xin could also sense that spatial magic had been cleverly arranged in the inn. The interior space of the Magic Cat Inn was indeed much larger than the exterior of the nut shell, and it was very spacious.
The hotel owner claimed that the best room, reserved exclusively for distinguished guests, seemed fantastical and lovely to Shu Xin:
Inside the cut nut shells were densely packed golden hay; the former was probably a bed, and the latter a mattress. The emerald green rattan table was shaped like a lifelike mushroom, and the two plump, dried, beige mushrooms on the ground were probably chairs. A large leaf covered with soft, white fuzz lay on the ground, which was probably a carpet. The arched walls and ceiling inside the room were decorated with exquisite patterns created using illusion magic.
With such meticulous decor, this room certainly looked like the best—which made Shu Xin extremely curious about the hotel owner's true identity.
Whether it's the innkeeper's overly exquisite robes or her exceptionally unique aura, she doesn't seem like an ordinary flower fairy or commoner. Not to mention, there's illusion magic in this room. Nono had just told Shuxin on the way to the market that only some great lords and nobles could afford to hire illusionists.
Moreover, magical cat knights are not common. Magical cats are pure magical beings, and their size and magic reserves are directly proportional. When they are born, magical cats are almost the same size as flower fairy slaves. Raising a magical cat is not difficult, but training a magical cat to become a cat knight is a completely different story.
In the process of raising the magical cat given to her by her parents and nurturing it into a cat knight, Shu Shuxin spent countless efforts and a huge amount of magic power. Even so, the magical cat knight raised by Shu Shuxin, a flower fairy, was not as big as the golden cat in the magical cat market.
A flower fairy like the innkeeper, who can raise such an excellent magical cat knight and even take the cat knight to open markets everywhere, is really bizarre, without being derogatory!
Shu Xin actually suspected that the innkeeper's magical talent was incredibly powerful mental magic. After all, the existence of the Magic Cat Market itself was a bit illogical. The class system of the Kingdom of Ganar could be said to be full of malice towards commoners, but the Magic Cat Market was clearly full of goodwill towards flower fairies and commoners. Moreover, there were patrol envoys in Ganar who were specially responsible for patrolling the whole country. Shu Xin did not think that the patrol envoys would not have discovered such a folk market.
However, the truth is that the innkeeper, who was neither a commoner nor a nobleman, just wandered around and started one magical cat market after another through word of mouth. If it weren't for the innkeeper's magical talent, which could bewitch others' minds, Shu Xin would really find it hard to understand how this happened.
Considering her incredibly sensitive identity as a flower fairy, and the extremely awkward situation of the Land of Sin in the Kingdom of Ganar, Shu Xin thought it best not to delve too deeply into the matter.
After sitting on the bouncy mushroom chair and stepping on the soft leaf carpet, Shu Xin finally sat on the hay mattress of the nut shell bed and lay down.
As she moved, the soft hay made a soft, quiet sound. After lying down, Shu Xin was a little surprised. She didn't expect that this kind of hay, which was sun-dried, fluffy and thick, would be so comfortable to sleep on!
The only downside was the lack of a pillow. Shu Xin turned over and was about to close her eyes when she heard a knocking sound at the door. Before Shu Xin could sit up, the door was pushed open, and a little lamb swaggered in.
Shu Xin watched speechlessly as the little lamb trotted over, crouched down, and jumped, landing steadily beside her.
"...Okay, here comes the pillow." Shu Xin was too lazy to argue with Xi, so she pushed the little lamb up a bit, pressed it down, and rested her head on the lamb's soft, warm belly. She closed her eyes and started to sleep.
Xi adjusted to a more comfortable position, deliberately licked the flower fairy's cheek, and after being slapped, snorted through her nose and closed her eyes.
The soft yet supportive hay mattress helped Shu Xin fall asleep sweetly. However, she was shaken awake not long after falling asleep. She didn't know when Xi had turned into human form and was shaking her shoulders gently.
Before she could even ask a question, Xi's voice rang in Shu Xin's mind:
Look, what's that by the door?
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