Chapter 230 Housing Allocation for Alien Elves: "Dark Moon Elves" and "True..."
Despite having sworn an oath to the Eye of Lefra and even signed a magical contract, the alien fairies were still somewhat apprehensive in front of the enthusiastic business officer. After all, they were still aliens...
However, the fairies had a general idea of what was going on. After all, anyone who had interacted with flower fairies could personally experience how pure and kind they were. Although they didn't know how the flower fairies had become elves, their personalities didn't seem to have changed.
The deal that the business officer discussed with them next truly reflected this point—
The 23 magical fabric recipes voluntarily offered by the water fairy Dedemarin, and the magical materials from the family treasury that the wind fairy Qinqinlar offered to bring, were all generously purchased by the merchant officer in the name of the Land of Sin.
The business officer didn't forcefully buy the latest textile machine blueprints from the wind sprite Pupusop. Instead, after inquiring, he amicably purchased several basic textile machine blueprints.
Despite having nothing to offer, the trade officer showed no disdain for the wind fairy Barbaria. Instead, he invited her to become an alchemist in the Land of Sin, hiring her to assist the flower fairies in crafting textile machinery for their soon-to-be-opened garment workshop.
Fairies can also choose different payment methods offered by the Land of Sin according to their needs, whether it is gold coins circulating outside Ganar, leaf coins circulating inside Ganar, or houses, dwellings, or magical materials.
The business officer then gave a detailed introduction to the types of houses they could exchange, as well as their respective prices and differences, which the fairies listened to with great interest.
The Land of Sin is divided into two areas: the surface and the underground. On the surface, five functional areas are arranged radially around the central square where the Flower Castle is located: the agricultural area, the industrial area, the commercial area, the residential area, and the cultural and educational area.
The houses available for the alien fairies on the surface are located in the residential area, namely bamboo tube apartments and fairy treehouses.
Near the Flower Castle, which is also the central square, is the Elf Treehouse. As for the size of the treehouse, the business officer said that it can be referenced to the guest treehouse where they previously lived outside the city walls.
The Elf Treehouse and the Guest Treehouse are both magical trees of the same size. However, the Elf Treehouse in the residential area comes with a full set of furniture, is decorated with advanced miniature garden magic, and is equipped with a magical spring that can be used at will.
Of course, the high-end decor comes with a hefty price tag, and there's only one vacant Elf Treehouse. Neither Dedemarin nor Popsopp could afford to exchange for this one and only Elf Treehouse. In the end, the wealthy and powerful Qinqinlar obtained the key to the Elf Treehouse.
The price of bamboo tube apartments is relatively low. The business officer explained that this type of bamboo, which can be used as a dwelling, is a giant variety carefully cultivated by the lord. Although it cannot compare to the tall and independent elven treehouse, it is still very suitable for the small-sized elves to live in. It will also be simply furnished.
The residential area is dotted with large bamboo groves, and each bamboo stalk, called Giant Dragon Bamboo, has more than a hundred sections, so the choice of location is quite free.
Dedemaline chose a low-rise bamboo house near an artificial lake close to the agricultural area, and exchanged the remaining money for leaf coins; Pupusop chose a high-rise location near the industrial area, and exchanged the extra money for gold coins.
With no money or possessions, Barbaria has no choice but to live in the dungeon.
The dungeon is the underground area of the Land of Sin. In the planting area of the dungeon, there are mushroom houses that can be lived in for free. These mushroom houses are actually rest rooms built for the field guardians. The business officer said that if Barbaria is willing to help take care of the fields before going to bed, the Land of Sin will pay her extra wages for being a field guardian.
In addition, Barbaria is an alchemist, so as long as she works diligently for a period of time, she can save enough money to buy a house on the surface.
However, the inhabitants of the dungeon are not flower fairies, but dark moon elves. Their blood and magic are all highly poisonous, and they are very skilled in elemental magic. They love fighting and are extremely dangerous and powerful beings. The business officer warned Barbaria with a serious expression that she must keep a safe distance from these dark moon elves. If she angers them and is unfortunately attacked, the flower fairies will not be able to save her.
Barbaria listened with trepidation, repeatedly promising to stay far away from these Darkmoon Elves.
Having finalized the deal and bid farewell to the business officer, the fairies began their new lives in the land of sin, some with anticipation, others with reluctance, and still others with trepidation.
After obtaining the blueprints for the textile machine from An Anka, Shu Xin also began her own research.
The allocation of housing for the alien fairies was naturally discussed carefully. While the fairies waited anxiously in the guest treehouse for their audience, Shu Xin was making the most of her time to hold meetings with her subordinates and deacons.
The treehouse sold to Qinqinlaer, the patriarch of the wind sprites, was actually Shuxin's own treehouse. Apart from her magical cat occasionally going there for a stroll, the treehouse was basically empty. After all, Shuxin ate and slept in the Flower Castle every day. In addition, Qinqinlaer decided to move the entire family to the Land of Sin, so it was obviously not suitable for the whole family of wind sprites to live in a bamboo house.
Both the riverside elves and the demons agreed on this point. The dispute was whether the magical materials Qinqinlar used to purchase the elven treehouse should be deposited in Shuxin's private treasury or the public treasury of the Land of Sin.
The riverside spirits all believed that the money should go into the public treasury.
It wasn't that the nobles and deacons wanted to confiscate Shu Xin's money, but rather that the river elves believed the entire Land of Sin belonged to Shu Xin. This naturally included the lives and property of all the river elves living on this land, and these magical materials from the wind sprites also belonged to Shu Xin. So why set up an extra warehouse to store the supplies? The existing underground warehouse was clearly sufficient.
The demons, especially the governor Xi, strongly demanded that this large batch of magical materials be placed in Shuxin's private warehouse.
The blond-haired demon boy spoke indignantly:
"That treehouse originally belonged to Shuxin! The magical materials obtained in exchange for the treehouse also belong to Shuxin! Putting them together with the supplies in the public warehouse would make them belong to the Land of Sin! You all have uniforms and salaries, but Shuxin has nothing! Aren't you making Shuxin work for free? Don't say that everything in the Land of Sin belongs to her; she even has to buy a straw blanket from you!"
Shu Xin then realized where the problem lay.
The flower fairies used to struggle on the poverty line, racking their brains to survive, not to mention the incredibly heavy magic tax weighing on their heads. Natural disasters were frequent in their daily lives, and they lived a life of constant uncertainty. As a result, most flower fairies had little concept of private property. Commoners would dig underground warehouses to store food, not to accumulate wealth, but simply to store food to survive.
Leaf coins are not actually the currency symbols that Shu Xin initially understood. Leaf coins are the currency of the Kingdom of Ganar. Currency is a special kind of goods that can serve as an equivalent. In Ganar, the leaf coins condensed by the Tree of Life are actually a thin amount of magic with a fixed shape.
If all the food is eaten and there are still leaf coins left, the flower fairy can use the leaf coins to make soup, which can save her life.
Finally, Shuxin stated that she did not consider the entire Land of Sin and the lives of its inhabitants to be her private property. She would respect and protect the possessions of every river elf, and correspondingly, her own possessions also needed to be respected and protected. Thus, Shuxin had a warehouse of her own to store the magical materials that the wind fairy Qinqinlar had exchanged for.
As for the so-called Darkmoon Elf title, it was something that Shu Xin and Xi came up with after some discussion.
The demons' identities cannot be exposed, but Shu Xin doesn't want them to live in secrecy either. So Xi made a suggestion: he knows that dark elves exist on other continents, so let the demons pretend to be dark elves.
It wasn't a good idea to directly use the name "Dark Elf," since a race name is essentially a magical name, and magical names can be used as specific magical runes, written into magic circles or spells for reconnaissance and observation. So, Xi came up with the name "Dark Moon Elf"—
This is what he said:
"Demons are a very general term. Purebloods actually have their own racial names, such as succubi, nightmares, harpies, serpent beauties, and so on. Hybrids, on the other hand, don't have racial names. Let me think, the demon realm has no sun, and all hybrids are born under the dark, false blood moon. In addition, their current human forms are modeled after your river elves, so how about calling them Darkmoon Elves?"
Shu Xin genuinely couldn't see any resemblance between these mixed-race demons and river elves. If she had to say, were they all just pointed ears? And long-limbed beauties? She wasn't quite sure.
However, the name Darkmoon Elf is still quite good. Shu Xin tried using this name as a magic rune, and it actually worked. This shows that the "Darkmoon Elf" "real exists" on the continent of Lefra, and the reference is very clear: the demons living in the dungeons of the Land of Sin.
This made Shu Xin feel a little uneasy. The race name was made up on the spot, but after testing, it was very real and effective. Could the rules of magic be so easily fooled?
Shu Xin hadn't thought much of it at first, but during a break from studying the textile machine blueprints, because this alchemical machine was so different from the textile machines she remembered—like pointing at a piano and calling it an electric kettle—it felt very disjointed, and she easily drifted off. Then she thought of the magic name, of Garnal—
The king's name was Garnar, a river elf who had personally experienced the great calamity that befell his race three thousand years ago. He erased all his own information and named the land inhabited by the river elves after himself. Whether it was plains, rivers, or a country, everything was named Garnar.
The name "Darkmoon Elf" was chosen to conceal the existence of the demon race. So what is the name "Ganar" meant to conceal?
There are also people named "Flower Fairy" who Xi considers to be alchemical beings, and herself named "Flower Fairy" who Xi actually says is a large fairy. Could this naming be a kind of deception or trickery of the rules of magic?
Shu Xin naturally noticed the astonished expressions of the alien fairies upon seeing the "Eye of Lefra," and she later asked Xi to inquire about their thoughts. Shu Xin wasn't too surprised to learn that, like Xi before her, the alien fairies had never heard of the "Riverside Elves."
So, could the "River Elves," like the "Darkmoon Elves," also be a "true lie" fabricated to cover up some undisclosed fact, in accordance with the rules of magic?
Shu Xin didn't know; all she knew was that the rules of magic in the magical world were damnably simple yet incredibly complex!
Rubbing her temples and gulping down a cup of mint tea, Shu Xin roused herself and continued studying the so-called spinning machine.
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Author's Note: ...Getting my period this season is such a powerful debuff... [melts]
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