Chapter 231

Chapter 231

“You really couldn’t have been a little gentler?” Dorien groaned when he woke up.

I shrugged in response to him. “Hey, it’s not my fault. I was in a rush.”

The two of us stood right outside of the bastion bee hive, adjacent to my restaurant. Inside, the baby bastion bees were waiting for us. I had brought the [Druid] out here to let him wake up, then recover, before we went to figure out what was going on.

Bucky was waiting inside with the baby queen bastion bee. When I stepped inside the cavern-like room, dimly-illuminated by the glowing honey, I saw the swarm of baby bastion bees waiting there for me.

The nursing bees were present too. They exchanged hesitant glances.

That made me dread what was to come. I hoped it was nothing too major. After all, I was starting to get into my stride, especially having dealt with Edlyn’s fear of me. For the most part, at least.

Bucky and the baby queen bastion bee moved forward. Dorien raised a curious brow, before facing me.

“They look... upset. What did you do?” he asked.

“Beats me,” I said with a shrug. “That’s why I brought you here.”

“Right.”

The [Druid] went down on one knee, looking between the baby queen bastion bee and Bucky. The chicken started clucking angrily immediately. I watched as she waved her wings at me, squawking and hissing and making all sorts of noises that I didn’t think chickens were supposed to make.UppTodated from nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

Eventually, the baby queen bastion bee flitted forward, buzzing and interrupting Bucky. Dorien turned his attention to the baby queen bastion bee as she moved her mandibles like she was talking. I heard nothing but soft squeaks— almost like chirps.

And behind the baby queen bastion bee, Bucky harrumphed.

I waited as both Bucky and the baby queen bastion bee took turns talking to Dorien. Well, it was more like the baby queen bastion bee was in the middle of telling Dorien something, then Bucky would interrupt angrily. But the anger wasn’t directed at either the baby queen bastion bee or Dorien.

I could sense the enmity coming from the chicken, even from here.

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The chicken began to protest, before pausing. She lowered her head, acquiescing my point.

I looked towards the baby bastion bees. They were gathered behind their queen. And unlike before, they looked small.

It was clear they were babies right now.

I started to feel bad. Unlike before, they seemed like monsters. Because they acted like monsters, attacking everything they saw. However, right now, they weren’t acting in any way like they did before. They were acting like babies.

And I sighed, “Look, I can’t make any promises about staying by their side at all times. But I know they’d prefer to be closer to me, even when I’m busy cooking. So... I have an idea.”

“What is it?” Dorien asked, tilting his head at me.

Bucky also peered my way, curious about what I wanted to say. I shrugged as I threw out a random suggestion I came up with.

“What about moving their hive to the inside of the restaurant?” I said, glancing at the walls surrounding us.

“You want to... what?” Dorien asked, eyes growing wide. “Do you know how long that’ll take? The bastion bees will have to disassemble and reassemble—”

“I can do it in under a minute,” I cut him off.

Dorien opened his mouth. “That’s—”

I gave him a flat stare. Bucky gave him a flat stare. The nursing bees too, gave him a flat stare.

And the baby bastion bees, wanting to join in even if they didn’t fully understand what was going on, gave the [Druid] a flat stare.

He blinked, then lowered his head. “Point.”

And I began to get to work.