Chapter 88: Combee Arrive, Unlock Honey!
Lei Wen made an offer that the Vespiquen Queen simply couldn’t refuse.
“Bee…”
Hearing this, the Vespiquen Queen was slightly stunned, and then a surprised expression appeared on her face.
In fact, before deciding to come here, the Vespiquen Queen had already heard everything from Zorua.
It just didn’t expect that these humans, in addition to protecting their safety, were also willing to provide them with food in winter to help them get through the cold season!
You must know that during winter, all the flowers in the wild wither.
At such times, they cannot gather nectar to brew honey, and without nectar, they cannot brew honey, and without honey, they have no food.
At that time, not only she, but also her Combee citizens would be in danger, losing their lives from hunger and cold…
Under normal circumstances, they would store enough honey in their nests before winter arrived.
But if even a small accident happened, such as being robbed by other Pokémon, they would have no way out.
For this reason, the offer made by the human lord named Lei Wen was something the Vespiquen Queen simply couldn’t refuse.
“What do you think, Vespiquen Queen?” Lei Wen patiently waited for the Vespiquen Queen to ponder for a moment before speaking again.
“Bee!”
The Vespiquen Queen agreed without any hesitation.
She led the Combee forward and, with gratitude, performed a bee bow to the human lord.
“It seems she agreed,” Lei Wen breathed a sigh of relief. He slowly stood up and said to the Combee and the Vespiquen Queen, “In that case, I’ll take you to see where you will live from now on! I’ve already arranged for someone, and she will live with you there and take care of you.”
The Vespiquen Queen nodded gratefully, then turned her gaze to Anna.
During this migration, they brought all the honey stored in their hive.
The Vespiquen Queen stepped forward, took the jar of honey from Anna’s hand, then slowly flew forward and presented the honey to Lei Wen.
Seeing the Vespiquen Queen’s action, Lei Wen raised an eyebrow, “For me?”
“Bee.”
The Vespiquen Queen nodded gently.
“Thank you,” Lei Wen did not refuse. He asked Elif to help store it.
Honey is a very useful thing.
Not only can it be used to make all sorts of desserts, but if placed in the wild, it can even attract some rare Pokémon.
For example, Pokémon like Heracross, Snorlax, Bewear, and Ursaring really enjoy eating honey.
“Please follow me!” Lei Wen stood up and said to the Vespiquen Queen and the Combee.
“Bee.”
Lei Wen nodded to Elif, signaling him to call Megan over as well, then led the Vespiquen Queen and the Combee to the riverbank and crossed to the opposite bank of the river in a wooden boat.
On the boundless plains, a brand new pasture stood tall.
The pasture was surrounded by wooden fences. To prevent wild monsters from coming to destroy it, people had placed scarecrows around to frighten them.
The carpenter in the territory had already installed beehives for the Combee and the Vespiquen Queen to live in, according to Lei Wen’s request.
At this moment, Lei Wen stood in front of the beehive and said to the Vespiquen Queen:
“We’ve arrived. This is where you will live from now on. And this is the person responsible for taking care of you; her name is Megan.”
The Vespiquen Queen was quite satisfied with the environment of this place; the surrounding wooden fences gave them a sense of security.
As for the human who took care of them…
The Vespiquen Queen looked at the girl next to her.
Megan was also looking at these monsters. Seeing it suddenly look over, Megan became nervous.
“H-hello!” she mustered her courage and greeted the Vespiquen Queen.
“Bee~!” The Vespiquen Queen was also quite pleased.
From then on, everything proceeded without Lei Wen’s arrangement.
The Vespiquen Queen directed the Combee to build nests in this beehive. Their bodies secreted a special golden-yellow substance similar to honey, which soon coated the entire beehive.
Once everything was completed, the Vespiquen Queen began directing the Combee to collect fresh nectar to brew honey.
Many flowers grew on the plains around the territory, and Lila had also transplanted many flowers into her Herb Garden.
The Combee flew back and forth between these places, transporting nectar back to the nest to begin brewing honey.
“Well then, Vespiquen Queen, Combee, live here with peace of mind!” Anna waved goodbye to them with Zorua, “We’ll come visit often!”
“Bee~!” The Vespiquen Queen was very satisfied with the living environment here, which also improved her mood.
Seeing that everything was settled, Lei Wen found Megan again and said to her:
“Later, I will have someone deliver some flower seeds and grass seeds to you. Find a place to plant them and create a flower field, so the Combee won’t have to go out to collect nectar anymore.”
“If you have any questions or need help, you can go find the Farmer and the Sandshrew in the territory.”
“Yes!” Megan quickly nodded.
Lei Wen thought of the Mareep again, “In a while, perhaps a group of monsters will join the pasture, and they will need your care then too.”
“No problem!” Megan continued to respond.
However, more than these, she was concerned about the Magikarp.
This pasture was built right beside the big river. Megan observed the surrounding terrain and decided to have her brother dig a pond in the pasture specifically for the Magikarp to live in.
“Good.”
Lei Wen was quite satisfied with his arrangements.
After giving all the necessary instructions, he returned to the territory with Dratini and Snivy.
Several notifications began to refresh on the panel again.
【 Satisfaction +30! 】
【 Satisfaction +10! 】
【 Satisfaction +15! 】
【… 】
The source of this satisfaction was none other than the Vespiquen Queen and the Combee.
Lei Wen glanced at his satisfaction, finding it had accumulated to 2700.
“I can unlock a few more new technologies!”
Lei Wen immediately felt energized.
However, before he could open the Technology Tree panel, Geralt hurried in.
“Your Highness Lei Wen!” The Knight knelt on one knee and bowed, then presented a pottery shard in his hand, “Something seems to be hidden beneath that ore. When Axew and I went to investigate today, we discovered a building inside that resembles an ancient tribal ruin!”
Lei Wen was slightly taken aback. He looked down at the pottery shard in his hand and saw an ancient symbol resembling a sun on it.
This thing…
He had seen something similar in the mine last time.
However, the era he was currently in was already the Middle Ages, thousands of years ago. Could it be that before this, there were even older civilizations in the Pokémon World?
What did the sun mark on it represent?
The Sun God… Could it be the Legendary Pokémon Solgaleo?
But this is the Unova Region!
Lei Wen was curious. He looked at Geralt and asked, “Did you enter the ruins?”
Geralt shook his head, “No.”
The moment he discovered the place, he rushed back to report the situation.
Geralt understood Lei Wen’s intention and immediately said, “I’ll go back and investigate the situation thoroughly!”
With that, Geralt stood up to leave.
“Wait!” Lei Wen quickly called out to him, “Let’s go take a look too.”
“Your Highness?”
Lei Wen asked with a smile, “You’ll protect me, right?”
With such a powerful Axew and an ancient strongman who could tear apart a large group of Axew with his bare hands, their safety was naturally not an issue.
Geralt was slightly taken aback, then his eyes gradually became firm.
“Of course.”
As a knight, he would swear to protect his king.
