Chapter 156 Feather Cloak and Honey Fruit Soup
As the concentration of magic in the air increased, the temperature in the Land of Sin also dropped. Even before nightfall, Shu Xin could feel a distinct chill in the evening. After careful consideration, Shu Xin decided to ask the flower fairies to continue living in the treehouse.
Shu Xin stayed in her treehouse for a few days. Since the main body of the treehouse, which grew from the Tree of Life, is located directly inside the tree trunk, its windproof and heat-insulating effects seem to be quite good so far.
After some consideration, Shu Xin thought that if the temperature continued to drop, the flower fairies could move the cottage next to the small sun spring on the terrace. If the temperature dropped so low that the hot spring wouldn't be enough, they could move the cottage into the treehouse and seal off the terrace. Then the flower fairies could use the teleportation rune to come and go.
Enclosing the terrace doesn't consume too much magic power for the Tree of Life, so there's no need to build additional mushroom houses. The saved manpower can then be used for cultivating the fields—another batch of clover can be harvested.
However, the air inside the sealed treehouse doesn't circulate, so it's necessary to draw a miniature garden magic circle to regulate it. During this period, the patrol team's training program was to inscribe miniature garden magic circles.
While Pengpengan and his patrol team were drawing miniature magic circles for the treehouses in the Land of Sin, Nonoli was also busy. He and the flower fairy slaves and servants of the Flower Castle were working hard to forge flint. After the flint was forged, it would be cut into tiny pieces by the flower fairy slaves who carried production magic wands. These tiny pieces of flint would be distributed to the flower fairy slaves so that they could use them to keep warm during the winter.
Shu Xin was incredibly busy. The miniature magic circle that Peng Peng'an and the patrol team inscribed was a magic rune provided by Shu Xin after many adjustments. The flint that Nonoli was responsible for burning and cutting was also the shape and size that Shu Xin finally determined after many attempts. During this time, Shu Xin also gradually restored the servants of the Flower Castle to the normal elf form.
She is currently researching how to provide winter clothing for the flower fairy slaves.
The clothes that the flower fairy commoners received from the Tree of Life were actually a manifestation of the power of protection. They provided both protection and warmth. However, the flower fairy slaves did not have such clothes. The slaves of the Land of Sin had to endure the harsh winters in the past, so a large number of slaves died every winter.
Shu Xin tried all the available materials in the Land of Sin, and finally set her sights on the down feathers of the Grey Bird.
These tiny, soft feathers have a strong insulating effect. Inside the Wind Chime Flower Cottage, some clever flower fairy slaves have picked up the down feathers dropped by the Gray Bird to make their beds. Now, Shu Xin wants to weave these fluffy, soft down feathers into cloaks that can be distributed to the flower fairy slaves to cover their bodies.
However, compared to the petals, grass leaves, fruit shells, and mushrooms that Shu Xin had previously studied, the down feathers were too soft and light. They had no weight or shape in her hands. Even though she could perfectly weave and shape a down feather cloak using illusion magic, Shu Xin's fingertips started to fight each other when she actually tried to do it. After studying it for a while, she not only failed to produce any results, but also made herself very angry every day.
In the end, Shu Xin chose to give up. She shared her idea with Nuonuo Li and Peng Peng An, asking them to tell the flower fairies about it when they had time. She promised a great reward to anyone who could weave a cloak that slaves could wear using the down feathers of the gray bird.
The wisdom of the people is indeed boundless—Shu Xin couldn't help but exclaim once again after seeing the down cloaks that Nonoli had brought over.
Shu Xin couldn't fathom how this was done. The fluffy downy feathers were woven into one gray-white cloak after another. Even though they looked incredibly small, Shu Xin could still see how exquisite they were.
In particular, Nonoli told Shuxin that one of the cloaks used twenty or thirty down feathers. Shuxin gently pressed the cloak with her fingertips and felt the thickness and softness of the down feather cloak. She was even more amazed.
Next, Shu Xin naturally had to keep her promise. She generously rewarded each flower fairy who offered her a feather cloak with a jar of honey. As for the flower fairy who wove a cloak from dozens of feathers, she even summoned her personally.
Papame overheard the message from the steward while irrigating the wheat field. She learned that the task was to weave a small cloak that slaves could wear from feathers, so she took some extra down feathers and tried weaving it at home.
The straw blanket in the house was woven by Papame. She was blown to Lantata City by a storm. Dedean brought her home after she was seriously injured and unconscious. She may have injured her head. When she woke up, she could only remember her own name and nothing else. But she must have been very good at weaving. She could even weave a soft blanket from the wild grass on the outskirts of Lantata City.
She brought back some extra down feathers, initially worried that she wouldn't be able to weave them well on her first try. However, after getting started, Papamei found it quite simple, so she simply incorporated the down feathers she had acquired into the weaving. After handing in the finished product, she soon received a large jar of honey, which was said to be a reward from the Flower Fairy. This made Papamei very proud, as it was a very precious magical material!
Unfortunately, neither she nor Dedean knew how to brew magic potions, and there were no apothecaries in the Land of Sin, so they could only preserve the honey carefully for now.
When Papame was brought to the Flower Castle, she was very nervous. She and her husband had been working diligently ever since they arrived in the Land of Sin. She had no idea what the Flower Fairy wanted to do with her. When she flew into the conference room and saw the radiant Flower Fairy, Papame's mind went completely blank.
This was the first time she had seen the Flower Fairy at such close range. She had only seen the Flower Fairy's figure from afar on the terrace of the Flower Castle before, and even just the silhouette made her feel that the Flower Fairy was holy and noble.
Now that she had truly seen the Flower Fairy, Papame was surprised to find that apart from having an extra pair of slender and elegant antennae and several pairs of light and beautiful wings, the other party was no different from the legendary flower fairy Ananka that she had seen before. In fact, the Flower Fairy's temperament seemed even gentler!
Papa Mei stared intently at the flower fairy before her until the fairy gave her a gentle smile. Only then did she realize her rudeness and lower her head in a fluster. Before she could apologize, she heard the flower fairy praise her very gently.
Papame never expected that the Flower Fairy would summon her specifically because she had woven the thickest down cloak. After praising her skillful hands, the Flower Fairy gently asked her if she would be willing to teach other flower fairies how to weave down cloaks.
Unconsciously relaxing, Papame readily agreed. But after leaving the meeting room, her feverish mind calmed down, and Papame began to regret it. Was she really being asked to be a teacher? What if she couldn't teach everyone? Dedean, for example, just couldn't learn how to weave a blanket!
Fortunately, the Flower Fairy had also considered this point. The flower fairies who appeared in the newly opened weaving workshop in the Land of Sin were all skilled at weaving, and they all wove down feather cloaks. However, most of the flower fairies hadn't thought of weaving in more down feathers, and a small number of them had thought of it, but they couldn't handle the relatively stiff feather shafts. Papame generously shared her experience:
"The feather shafts are meant to serve as internal support for the cloak; you can see these two downy feathers overlapping like this..."
Papame, who was transferred from the irrigation team, started working at the weaving workshop. Now, like Dedean, she receives an extra portion of nut candy every day. In addition, as a teacher who imparts knowledge, she also receives an extra portion of honey fruit soup compared to the other flower fairies in the weaving workshop—it's too extravagant to use magical ingredients to make soup!
However, the honey fruit soup was indeed delicious. Papa Mei would bring the honey fruit soup home and share it with her husband and daughter. After drinking the soup for a while, Papa Mei noticed that Dedean's complexion had become much rosier, and Papa Wei had also grown noticeably. She immediately realized that this was the effect of the honey fruit soup.
Dedean did feel that he had become much stronger recently: "Could it be that the honey fruit soup is actually a kind of magic potion? I know that the magic supplement in the Sinful Land is called acorn wine!"
Papame nodded in agreement: "I think so too!"
The couple's gaze eventually fell on the honey jar on the shelf.
After Papame and the other weaving workshops had accumulated a batch of down-feather cloaks, she went to the Flower Castle to find the Flower Fairy and presented the cloaks. Papame was still very excited to receive praise once again, but before leaving, she calmed herself down and mustered up her courage to ask the Flower Fairy for the recipe for honey fruit soup. She lowered her eyes somewhat nervously and explained to herself:
“My husband is in poor health, and my daughter only gets enough to eat after coming to this sinful place. She’s been growing very, very slowly, and I was thinking, could we…”
"Of course you can," the Flower Fairy said with a smile. "Just ask Memeline, she'll teach you the recipe, and you can teach it to everyone. Oh, but Memeline went to the dungeon. How about this, I'll take you there."
Papame thanked her profusely. After being taken to the dungeon by the Flower Fairy, she indeed learned how to make honey fruit soup from the cook, Memeline. However, just as Papame was about to leave, she was called back—
"Papame? Papame?!"
Somewhat puzzled, Papame turned around and saw a flower fairy, as tall as a flower fairy herself, rushing towards her. She had seen this flower fairy before in the Flower Castle and knew that he was a servant of the Flower Castle. She was a little confused: "Hello? I am Papame. What can I do for you?"
The other person had already run over, and upon hearing Papame's question, his eyes widened: "I am Papame!"
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