Chapter 4 Where there are flower fairies, there must also be succubi. How did you know I...?
“That’s the question I need to consider,” Shu Xin said calmly, but her tone left no room for refusal. “I am a flower fairy, so you don’t need to worry about magic. All you need to do now is answer me: are the bitter wheat seeds currently in the territory enough to distribute to the slaves?”
Perhaps because her identity as a flower fairy was convincing enough, Nono finally gave her answer:
"There's enough to go around, sir. The previous lords didn't like the taste of bitter wheat. They only ate the food they brought themselves. We've already filled a warehouse with bitter wheat. But we need to set aside enough reserves to last until the harvest month. That way, we can give each slave two seeds."
Over eighty years, this bitter wheat variety has only managed to fill one warehouse. How low must the yield be?!
Two seeds for each slave… Shu Xin’s lips twitched, but she really couldn’t say anything more. She could only say that we’d stop here for today and talk about it tomorrow.
After watching Nuonuo Li leave, Shu Xin stayed alone in the conference room for a while, sorting out her thoughts.
The reason is unknown, but she did indeed travel to another world after her death. This was a magical world, and what restricted this land and the people living on it was a somewhat abstract concept for Shu Xin: "insufficient magic power."
Shu Xin felt empty inside. She was actually a little lost. She had died in the original world, and the new world was extremely unfamiliar. She just felt completely lost.
She was an atheist, but the world actually had a so-called creator god. She watched anime and read novels, but when she actually saw a flower fairy the size of her palm and actually turned into a flower fairy with tentacles and wings, she still found it unbelievable. Could she be dreaming?
If it were a dream, the painful experience of being on the verge of death would be too real. Not wanting to think about it too much, Shu Xin focused her attention back. Even in a magical world, people still need to eat. Since she was already there, she might as well make the best of it and let the flower fairies eat their fill before thinking about anything else.
Crops need enough magic in the soil to grow, and flower fairies need enough magic in the air to survive. If we look at magic from another perspective, like sunlight, oxygen, and water, which are essential for the survival of living things, Shu Xin finds it much easier to understand.
The situation in the Land of Sin is not good at the moment, but after careful analysis, Shu Xin is still optimistic about the territory's development prospects:
On the one hand, her identity as a flower fairy after transmigrating was a great advantage. Even if she was exiled, as a member of the royal family, she would still be considered to have a high position and great power. In this remote place, she would be like a local tyrant. This meant that no matter what measures she wanted to implement, she would not encounter much resistance.
On the other hand, there is already a good crop like bitter wheat that is not picky about the environment. The poor taste of bitter wheat is not a problem at the moment. If the food problem can be solved, it means that most other problems can be solved as well.
Another factor is the geographical location of the Land of Sin. It is situated on the northernmost border of the Kingdom of Ganar. The seeds of bitter wheat were purchased by Nonori from merchants from the Snow Country, so border trade is definitely worth considering.
Tomorrow I need to ask Nonori specifically which countries the Land of Sin borders, and I also need to find out the specific terrain of the Land of Sin. I don't know if there are any rivers or lakes in this place. On the way here by carriage, I only saw a desert.
She also wanted to see the wheat field Nonoli mentioned, to see how crops grow in the magical world, and to see the living conditions of the flower fairy servants. Shu Xin found it hard to imagine what "sleeping in the wheat field" was like. If it was really as she imagined, improving the living conditions of the flower fairy servants would have to be put on the agenda.
However, the most important thing tomorrow is to gather the flower fairy slaves. The environmental conditions outside the coverage area of the Tree of Life are so harsh that their condition is probably not good. Let's make arrangements based on the specific situation when we see them tomorrow.
Just in case, she'll search through the original owner's memories tonight for any usable healing or healing magic—there's bound to be some flower fairy slaves who've fallen ill. As for distributing the seeds, there's no need to rush; things should be done one step at a time…
While planning and arranging for tomorrow, Shu Xin got up and left the meeting room. Instead of returning to her own bedroom, she pushed open the door to the room where the black-haired boy was.
The inside of the door was pitch black.
The elves have night vision, so they can see normally even in the Flower Castle where there is not a single ray of light. However, the darkness in the room in front of them completely blocks their vision.
Shu Xin was pleasantly surprised: "You're awake? I've been wanting to talk to you about something!"
Upon hearing Nonoli say that magic could be extracted from flower fairies, Shu Xin immediately thought of herself, and then of the black-haired boy with overflowing magic whom she had picked up on the road.
The room was filled with a thick, liquid darkness that surged and churned, from which a profound and ancient language emanated: [Fairy? No, elf? No, that's not right either! What are you? Where is this?]
Shu Xin was somewhat surprised to find that she could understand what the other person was saying without any difficulty, even though the language the other person was speaking was completely unfamiliar.
Thinking it was some kind of magical talent she didn't understand, Shu Xin didn't think much of it and introduced herself with a smile:
"This is the land of sin in the Kingdom of Ganar. The Kingdom of Ganar is the country of river elves, and I am a river elf, as well as the lord of this land of sin. You can call me Shushuxin. May I ask your name?"
Shu Xin said earnestly, "I really need your help! Anything I can do, I'd be happy to help you!"
【Ganar? Is this Ganar...?】
The bottomless darkness contracted in an instant, and the handsome young man in the black robe looked over warily.
Surprisingly, the boy had skin as white as milk and short, curly golden hair as bright as the sun. If it weren't for the two black horns peeking out from his golden curls and his sky-blue pupils with long, narrow, vertical golden pupils, anyone who saw him would probably only think of a pure angel bathed in holy light.
This blond boy with a gentle and harmless demeanor not only has sharp horns and vertical pupils, but also two pairs of wings, one large and one small, on his waist and back. Clearly, he is a demon. Behind him is a long, thin tail that is raised high, and the full heart at the end of the tail makes Shu Xin doubt her own eyes.
This feature is so classic that Shu Xin wasn't surprised. If there are flower fairies in the magical world, then there must be succubi too.
Shu Xin just remembered that when she found him, he clearly had black hair and didn't have any non-human features like horns, wings, or a tail.
Shu Xin glanced curiously at the black robe the other person was wearing; the edges of the robe were shrouded in black mist that seemed to be writhing like tentacles.
Demons are actually quite rare among river elves, but the original owner's cat knight is a rare dark attribute. In order to better train the cat knight, the original owner specifically learned about the demon realm, which is rich in dark elements, and the demons who are mostly dark attribute.
After comparing the boy's appearance with the original owner's memories, Shu Xin greeted him again:
"Good evening, succubus, over here—"
Before he could finish speaking, "It's Garnar," he was interrupted, the blond boy's wariness instantly turning to terror: "How did you know I'm a succubus?!"
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