Chapter 262 The Price of Unreasonable Laws in the Magical World
Shu Xin nodded immediately. She had actually been thinking that if things didn't work out, she could just eat a couple of pieces of dried fruit to make do. If there hadn't been an insect infestation, she might have been able to sit on the branch and leisurely eat something. But the branches were full of insects, so densely packed that it made her feel nauseous just looking at them...
It would be great to be able to borrow the kitchen to cook some soup or stew. It's so comforting to have some hot soup in the morning!
Following Nanaja to the hotel's kitchen, Shuxin discovered that the kitchen and restaurant of this fantastical hotel were also quite fantastical—
The round fruit house placed at the cashier's counter has most of the round fruit cut off, while the round fruit house in the kitchen has the entire fruit shell removed. Although the shell is gone, so are the openwork carvings, the transparent fruit membrane makes the structure of the kitchen completely visible. You can see clearly what kind of soup and rice the cooks are making. If you want to eat, you can get your own rice and soup; if you don't want to eat, you can take care of your own meals.
As for the restaurant, the top and bottom of the nutshells were retained, and the openwork carvings on them were as simple as the exterior walls of the hotel rooms. However, because the area of the nutshell wall left in the restaurant was small, the patterns appeared to be numerous and large, making it look better.
Nana flew into the kitchen with acorn powder and delicious mushrooms, and gave them dried fruit as a reward. The cook quickly prepared a rich and delicious mushroom and acorn powder soup.
After finishing a bowl of hot soup in the bright and airy restaurant, Shu Xin and Nana Jia each ate a piece of dried fruit.
The hotel is located near the riverbank, and the restaurant is situated in a high-altitude location. Looking forward through the branches and leaves, you can see the shimmering river and neat farmland in the distance. Looking back, you can see the endless forest and the round fruit houses of varying heights nestled among the branches and leaves.
If instead of the hazy, indistinct mist of insects lingering on the branches, there were gentle, light white fogs at dawn, the scene would surely be more beautiful.
Shu Xin did not stay in Bobomo City for long.
She carefully explored the round fruit grove, which the flower fairies used as a city, several times. She also flew over to check the water level of the Garnar River and the condition of the wheat fields, and noted down the larger animal communities that lived in the nearby forest.
After secretly observing Governor Mimi Lan gather the flower fairies in the city and arrange the distribution of insecticide and dried fruit, Shu Xin took Nana Jia back to the Land of Sin.
Before leaving, Shu Xin asked Nana Jia to go to the Sinful Land Caravan that was resting in Bobomo City and tell the merchants that they could add the magical material, the transparent membrane of the Round Fruit, to their shopping list.
Without using teleportation magic or having a carriage pulled by flying horses, Shu Xin originally planned to fly back. However, plans don't always go as expected. On her way back to the Land of Sin, Shu Xin picked up three flower fairies—
Two underage flower fairy civilians fell into a coma, while one adult flower fairy slave was critically injured and on the verge of death.
There must have been a windstorm somewhere, and the flower fairy that was affected by the disaster was blown to a desolate wilderness. This time, without the barrier of the transparent fruit membrane, Shu Xin immediately sensed the unique magical aura of the flower fairy.
After rushing over, Shu Xin quickly found the two unconscious flower fairies hanging on the tree, but she was completely unaware that there was also a flower fairy slave covered in wounds under the tree!
Shu Xin was still marveling at how lucky the two little flower fairies were to escape unharmed when Nana Jia brought up the flower fairy slave. Seeing the tiny flower fairy slave lying in Nana Jia's palm with its eyes closed, Shu Xin belatedly realized that she couldn't sense its presence at all.
The Tree of Life could never sense the presence of the Flower Fairy Slave. Could it be that she was influenced by the Tree of Life? Shu Xin almost immediately thought of the Key of Life she had taken from the Governor of Bobomo City—no, not only Mimi Lan's Key of Life, but also Nana Jia's Key of Life.
The Key of Life is like a kind of authority manifested by the Tree of Life. Before coming to Bobomo City, Shu Xin only had one Key of Life, which was the one condensed from the Tree of Life in the Land of Sin. At that time, her perception was still normal. After coming to Bobomo City, she obtained two more Keys of Life in succession. Then, having a total of three Keys of Life, she became like the Tree of Life and could no longer perceive the existence of the Flower Fairy Slave.
Fortunately, she wasn't a tree; trees don't have eyes, but she did...
Although she couldn't sense it, she could still see that while Shu Xin and Nana Jia were healing the flower fairy slave, she was also thinking about the strange phenomenon that had appeared on her body.
Without a doubt, this anomaly was caused by the Key of Life. Considering that the Tree of Life itself was formed from fragments of the Creator God's divine essence, could the so-called "Key of Life" be a fragment of that divine essence?
After she came into control of all three keys to life, it's likely that a quantitative change led to a qualitative one.
When Shu Xin obtained Nana Jia's Key of Life, she keenly sensed that she could control the changes and construction of the Flower Castle on the Tree of Life in Lotte City. After obtaining Mimi Lan's Key of Life, this feeling became even more pronounced. Even though she has now left Popomo City, she can still sense the condition of the Tree of Life in Popomo City. Moreover, as long as she is within the protection range provided by the Tree of Life in Popomo City, she can clearly sense the condition of all the flower fairies, and even the condition of the Tree of Life and the flower fairies in the Land of Sin.
The price she paid was that she could no longer sense the condition of the flower fairy slave.
At the time, Shu Xin only felt that the magical world was indeed unreasonable, and now Shu Xin only feels that the magical world is indeed unreasonable!
Shu Xin could barely understand this. It was like how a child less than half a meter tall would notice a small ant crawling past their feet, while an adult nearly two meters tall would hardly notice it. She had become "taller," and she had also become "blind."
After healing the flower fairy slave's injuries, Shu Xin drew her magic wand, took out magic powder, and began drawing a teleportation magic circle, preparing to teleport directly back.
This flower fairy was clearly enslaved to protect the two little flower fairies. The magical fluctuations of the two children were even weaker than those of the little flower fairies in Bobomo City, and they were probably starving for a long time. If the children were this hungry, the adults must have been even hungrier. Healing magic could only heal the flower fairies' external wounds. To recuperate, they would have to return to the Land of Sin and drink herbal medicine.
As the magical glow dissipated, Shu Xin, who had been teleported back to the Land of Sin, watched as Nana Jia and the welcoming servants took the three flower fairies to the medical room, and finally couldn't help but sigh.
She only took two more Keys of Life, yet she couldn't sense the Flower Fairy Slave anymore. In the Kingdom of Ganar, every village and city is filled with Trees of Life, and every Tree of Life has a Key of Life. If she takes them all, won't she perish before the world does?!
Shu Xin went to the Tree of Life, hoping to get it to take back the Key of Life, but the Tree of Life didn't react at all. She had no choice but to try to separate the Key of Life from her own body. Unexpectedly, taking the Key of Life from the Flower Fairy Governor's body was as easy as taking glasses off someone else's face, but separating the Key of Life from her own body was as painful as gouging out her own eyeballs!
Before she could even gouge out the "eyeballs," Xi appeared in a flash: "Shu Xin, what are you doing!"
Upon learning of the flower fairy's predicament, the blond boy sincerely said, "I have a solution! Don't we have a contract? You can just transfer the fragment of your divine power to me!"
...So the Key to Life is indeed a fragment of a divine essence.
Shu Xin resolutely rejected Xi's suggestion. This guy had a history of trying to destroy the world, and even if she had to return it to the governor, she couldn't give it to him.
Facing the distrust that the flower fairy could almost write on her face, Xi didn't feel sad. They had been together for so long, and he still knew very well how much he meant to Shu Xin. When they first made their contract, his magic mark was engraved on the back of Shu Xin's hand, which meant that he was like her palm to her. He was very useful, but it wasn't impossible for her to give him up.
However, there is good news: his magic mark has now been transferred to the inside of the Flower Fairy's arm, which means that his presence is equivalent to one of her arms, so he is still very important!
"So what do you plan to do?" Xi reminded her. "The Creator God has the highest status. Even if you are a true river elf, you will still be affected by the power of the God. Not to mention that you are not a true river elf. Your soul power is indeed strong, but even I would find it difficult to fight against the laws of the world."
"Then why did you just say you'd transfer the fragments of divinity to me?" Shu Xin retorted.
The blond-haired boy-like demon shrugged: "Because I am not a being of this world, I don't need to fight against the laws of this world."
Seeing Shu Xin's question, he continued to explain: "What I wanted to destroy before was the Demon Realm. It was because it was difficult to fight against the world laws of the Demon Realm that I wanted to come to the material plane to find the fragments of the creator god's divine power, hoping to use divine power to enhance my own strength. However, I have now given up on this idea."
“If you entrust the fragments of your divine essence to me for safekeeping, I will use my true form to take them to the Demon Realm, leaving only a projection on the material plane. The world barrier can isolate the fragments of your divine essence from assimilation and influence,” Xi said earnestly.
Shu Xin remained silent for a moment, neither saying whether it was good or bad, but asked again, "You mean, I'm going against the laws of the world?"
The blond boy blinked: "I can't say."
Shu Xin: "...Okay, I understand."
Why did she suddenly go against the laws of the world?
According to the information revealed by Anxi before, the elemental life in the Demon Realm was destined to perish, and he wanted to destroy the Demon Realm ahead of time, hence his "confrontation with the laws of the world." However, for him at that time, the laws of the Demon Realm were actually about "existence," so his "destruction" was a form of "confrontation." All her current actions are aimed at ensuring the flower fairies can live better lives. Could it be that the will of the world's laws is to make the flower fairies continue to struggle in pain?
This doesn't make sense at all. The Creator God must love the world He created, otherwise He wouldn't have used His own divine power to reshape the collapsing continent. The Tree of Life's love and protection for the Flower Fairy is also beyond doubt. The Flower Fairy's current plight is more due to the tyranny of King Ganar. Ganar hates this world, even to the point of having thoughts of destroying it. Her current actions can actually be seen as a form of resistance against Ganar. So, you can't say that the will of the world's laws is self-destructive, can you?
Forget about thinking too much about it. There's always a way out. Just do what you need to do. Her situation is different from the Tree of Life. She can still see the flower fairy slaves, so it's not a big problem!
As early as last year, Shu Xin held a general meeting in the Land of Sin, announcing that she would take over the Bobomo Territory next year. She planned to first abolish the magic tax in the Land of Sin, and then use the Land of Sin as a starting point to slowly expand outwards, eventually eliminating the magic tax from this land little by little.
The magic tax in the Land of Sin has been quietly abolished with the opening of the magic supermarket, and the system of settling wages with leaf coins has been quietly abolished. Now that the Land of Sin's development is on the right track, it is time for her to move to a new location.
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