Chapter 23 The Life of Flower Fairy Shu Shuxin Shu Shuxin felt suffocated…
In the incredibly dreamy blue wheat field, Shu Xin saw a flock of flower fairies taking flight like startled birds, and realized that what Nuonuoli had said before, "sleeping in the wheat field," really meant literally sleeping in the wheat field.
Later, Shu Xin quickly figured out how the flower fairy slaves spent the cold and long nights—these poor creatures, with bodies as small as mosquitoes, had nothing and could only dig holes in the desolate land with their bare hands, and then crawl into the small holes underground to spend the night.
Even goblins have a grass mat, but these elves have to sleep naked in their burrows!
However, when Shuxin tried to improve their living conditions, she found that there were many challenges.
Building a house in the Land of Sin is a pipe dream. Apart from the branches of the Tree of Life, there are no usable building materials here. The Flower Castle where she lives now was even grown directly from the Tree of Life.
Soil is plentiful, and building houses with water and mud is one way, but the problem is that the only water source in the Sinful Lands is the Sun Spring under the Tree of Life, which is also the only potable water resource in the Sinful Lands.
Using the clean water of the Sun Spring to build houses for the slaves? Needless to say, Shu Xin knew that Nuonuo Li and Peng Peng An would not agree. And even if they did build them, sleeping in mud houses would be better than sleeping in underground caves, but it wouldn't feel much better...
Of course, the most important thing is that the soil in the Land of Sin is not good. Shu Xin had secretly taken some soil and water to try it out, but to her surprise, it did not clump together at all! Even if it could be forcibly kneaded together, it would fall apart with the slightest touch after the water evaporated.
Shu Xin racked her brains, even thinking of weaving nests with wheat leaves, but unfortunately neither she nor the flower fairies knew how to build nests...
While using cutting magic to make a slotted spoon for the cook Meimeilin, Shuxin looked at the round spoon that was just beginning to take shape in her hands and suddenly remembered a familiar word: Poké Ball.
The flower fairy slaves were quite small; a large twig could be twisted into a small wooden ball large enough for them to use, just like when she made small wooden bowls for them before. The amount of magic power consumed was less than that of casting a detection spell. It was just that the subtle control of magic power was a bit mentally taxing, but Shu Xin felt that it was nothing. She would recover after resting for a while.
Moreover, Shu Shuxin is proficient in sandbox magic—
Because the concentration of magic on the magic tree that made the flower fairy feel comfortable was far too high for the magic cat, the kitten that followed Shu Shuxin up the giant magic tree quickly fell into a long slumber and could not wake up.
In Shu Shuxin's memory, a kind court physician reminded her of this, and Shu Xin discovered that the kind physician was none other than the mother of the Wheat Herder.
It seems that the physician had been serving the royal court for over a hundred years. Considering that the average lifespan of a flower fairy is only a little over a hundred years, it's not hard to understand why the shepherd would ask a question like "Is she still alive?"
Therefore, it seems highly likely that the three bottles of magic potions that Shu Xin received before her departure were not at the king's behest, but rather a private gift from that kind doctor.
...King Garnar probably really wanted Shushuxin to die on the road.
As for the kind doctor's reminder to Shu Shuxin, it was probably meant to let her send the young magical cat away from the magic tree. However, in order to awaken her own magical cat, the equally young flower fairy mastered basic miniature garden magic in a very short time, quickly creating a suitable magical environment for the magical cat and successfully awakening her only animal companion.
It was precisely in order to ensure that the magical cats could live better that Shushuxin spent a lot of time studying miniature garden magic, and eventually became extremely proficient in it.
Speaking of this, Shu Xin once again felt that the social hierarchy of the Kingdom of Ganar was incredibly bizarre!
Logically, royalty, situated at the top of the pyramid, shouldn't necessarily enjoy a high quality of life due to limitations in productivity. However, compared to the lower classes, they should certainly be enjoying privileged lives. Shu Xin doesn't know about the lives of other members of the royal family, but she knows about the life of the Flower Fairy Shu Shu Xin—
As for clothing, food, shelter, and transportation, her clothes are made from the leaves of the Tree of Life, an eternally unchanging set of gorgeous dresses; her food consists of two white rice cakes every day, much larger than the white rice cakes of the Land of Sin, but the taste is probably just as bland and tasteless, like chewing wax; her dwelling is an empty palace, with nothing but four tall walls; as for travel, there is no travel. Since Shu Shuxin was taken to the Magic Tree, she has never been able to go out, not even with teleportation magic!
If the material world is so barren, then the spiritual world must be rich, right?
However, in Shu Shuxin's more than 100 years of memories, apart from the cute, soft, and often affectionate fluffy magical cat, the only humanoid creature that appeared was that kind flower fairy doctor. Besides staying in her palace to play with the magical cat, Shu Shuxin would go to the library to study magic after the cat fell asleep so that she could play with the magical cat better.
Shu Shuxin did consider going to other places, but no matter which direction she went, she would eventually only end up in front of the library.
Inside the vast, endless library, bookshelves stretched to the ceiling in all directions, displaying countless scrolls neatly arranged. Above, scrolls shimmered with magical light like a starry sea. With a wave of her hand, the magical scrolls she desired would automatically fly over, and she would begin reading and studying them.
Can this be considered a rich inner world?
Shuxin felt suffocated even after just a brief review of her memories.
With mixed feelings, Shu Xin used the miniature garden magic from her memories. It took her quite a while to finally create a sufficient number of otherworldly miniature Poké Balls.
During this time, Shu Xin also tried to use the miniature garden magic to adjust the magical environment of the Flower Castle. However, as soon as she released the miniature garden magic, she urgently withdrew it before the magic took effect—she couldn't even get enough magic power to make the magic take effect!
Shu Xin tried to create a Poké Ball suitable for the Flower Fairy servant, but this time she stopped before the magic took effect. This time, she only needed to drain all the magic power she had – even if she did, she could only create one usable Poké Ball!
After resting, Shu Xin took a Poké Ball and went to find Nonori and Peng Peng An.
Before showing the Poké Ball, Shu Xin first talked about the arrangements for the Flower Fairy servants—she wanted the Flower Fairy servants to live in the Flower Castle.
Surprisingly, Nonori and Pengpengan accepted it calmly.
Noticing her confusion, Nono explained it this way:
“Your Highness, they are all your property. We used to let them sleep in the wheat fields to protect them from the sandstorms. The closer we get to the harvest month, the more monsters from the outer continent will escape. For safety’s sake, Peng Peng’an and I originally planned to have the servants hide in the Flower Castle. Although it’s a bit early now, it doesn’t matter. They can sleep in the empty warehouse underground.”
Peng Peng An added the following at the time:
"That way they won't be able to sneak in and steal food during the harvest season! Actually, I think it's fine to have them sleep in the corridor. Our wheat seeds are right next to the empty warehouse! But if anyone dares to steal wheat from the warehouse, we can kill them after the harvest season. This way, we can save a lot of food. After feeding them well for so long, Your Highness, they must be able to extract a lot of magic tax from their bodies!"
A note from the author:
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Shu Xin: ...Peng Peng An, you really are a living devil!
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Pigeon Ball: Bowing in a "Wild Goose Descending on the Sand" style! Sorry I'm late! I was having a bit of writer's block, so I went out to a pub with some friends for a few drinks, and when I looked up I realized it was past nine o'clock!
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