Precious honey
Mae looked at the revenue statistics in her hand and was very satisfied with the number. With this income, the village will develop even more and no longer have to worry about money for repairs. Because of that, she saved a decent amount of money to be able to open a small store. But the market price to buy land in Drakenberg is quite expensive. If you buy land outside, it will be cheaper but you will have enough trouble with bandits or monsters.
[I see that you only do the things of a normal person, never using magic. Advice: Not using magic for a long time will lead to losing control of the magic]- Eri
"Sorry, it's not very suitable for a middle-aged woman like me to use magic like a young person. I'm not too ambitious in this matter, but we'll practice so we don't forget." How to use magic" - Mae
So Mae temporarily put aside her work and went into the forest to practice. Why not a dungeon, because a dungeon is a place where food is harvested, so it's not a place that can be used to practice.
But practicing magic wasn't easy, since she couldn't even control a small fire. If she put too much magic power into the fire, it would swell into a fire that would burn the entire forest to the ground. Although she also often watches fantasy movies, the characters in the movies all use magic very easily. But in reality it was very difficult, she was not like the character in the movie.
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[Warning: There is a huge source of magic very close by, there is no sign of a threat]
[Confirmed: Magic power is the same as Archdemon's]
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'Magic Power similar to that of the Archdemon? Like Ira?'- Mae thought
She immediately went to see what that Archdemon looked like.
Speaking of Ira, lately that girl has been coming to the village often to see Mae, mainly wanting to eat the hamburgers that Fifi made. Because she was treated well, Ira told her about the other Archdemons.
Thanks to sensing magic power, Mae can follow the traces of where the magic power is released.
Suddenly she stepped on something greasy under her foot. When she looked down, it was a thick yellow liquid with a slightly sweet scent. Is it what she's thinking about?
Mae immediately wiped a little liquid with her finger and put it in her mouth.
"This is...Honey?!"- Mae was surprised
In her old world, honey was not a novelty because it was mass produced industrially and it wasn't delicious, sometimes it was a bit bland, it didn't even look like raw honey. any substance.
Mae had seen jars of honey sold in big stores, they were worth more than 500 gold coins, it was an extremely luxurious food here. But why is there so much honey scattered here?
Is there a bee hive nearby?
Suddenly she heard a buzzing sound somewhere, a dark shadow appeared above, causing her to look up and see that it was a giant worker bee, not one but dozens of them. The size of each bee is as big as a car.
"Calm down, I don't mean anything bad to you" - Mae
"You are a walking mushroom? Furthermore, you can talk, so you have knowledge" - Commander Bee
"Can you talk?"- Mae
"It's normal, have you never seen a bee that can talk?" - Commander Bee
"Never seen it before" - Mae
"But wait, who are you, how dare you trespass into this territory!" - Commanded Bee
The worker bee raised the sharp spear and the bees behind also raised it towards Mae, she jumped back in surprise.
"Don't raise your weapon! I was just wandering around the forest to practice magic. But I happened to smell a delicious scent somewhere so I was curious to see" - Mae
"What do you mean honey? Do you also know this type of food? Those robbers, when they saw that this food was yellow, they immediately stole it all from us and sold it" - Worker Bee 1
"Look, the honey is all scattered, all because they destroyed our nests, leaving us with no place to live, no food to store for the winter" - Worker bee 2
"Your beehive was destroyed? Where is it? Can you show me?" - Mae
"What for? Are you planning to steal our honey?"- Worker bee 1
"No, no, no, I know how to restore your nest. If you give me a chance to prove it" - Mae
Seeing that the bees still didn't seem to believe her, Mae immediately took out a very large bunch of flowers from her book bag and gave them to the bees. They looked at each other and discussed for a while when the commander bee returned. towards her.
"Okay, we will take you to our village but if you try to do anything, we will sting you!"- Commander Bee
"I understand, I won't do anything but just help you guys" - Mae
The reason she brought so many flowers was because she was prepared for this to happen. Bees are quite peaceful insects, they will not attack if they are not attacked. Flowers will be something that can temporarily fool bees.
When bees lead to a cave, more honey is scattered. Inside the cave, yellow minerals can glow to light the way inside.
Stepping deeper into the cave, Mae witnessed many bee residents here. They seemed to have just experienced something terrible, their beeswax nests had collapsed.
"What should we do now?"
"Should we move?"
"It's almost winter, we can't move now"
"We've lost all our honey, how can we survive the winter?"
Seeing this scene made Mae very sad. She did not expect that there were people who were willing to trample on others just for money. Going deep into the cave, you will see a scene in front of you, which is a cave with a lot of honey hanging high above.
"This is the remaining amount of honey we have, but it's not enough for half the population here. Those robbers took a lot, a lot of bees died at their hands" - Commander Bee
"If I'm not mistaken, are you guys granted the favor of the Archdemon of Sloth? So why don't you all fight?"- Mae
"Lord Acedia has given us the ability to work without the disadvantage of being small, we are all very grateful to her so we don't ask for much. But every time the bandits come, we don't have anything." How to protest?" - Commander Bee
'With such a massive body, these bees are so gentle, so why can't they resist strongly' - Mae thought, feeling sorry for the bees.
"Let me ask, where do people usually go to get honey?" - Mae
"In very remote places, mostly green grasslands, there are very large flowers. Every time I go to collect honey, it takes a whole day" - Commander Bee
"This is so inconvenient..."- Mae
To start with restoring honeycombs, you need to do it in order.
Starting to repair the bees' nest, Mae took out a very large jar of brown wax. Nearby there was a very large lake. She poured half of the wax into it and mixed it with water.
There are a lot of flowers in the village, so a lot of pollen often falls. Mae often goes to the pile of flowers to collect pollen. She was also lucky enough to have some custom wax that Prim delivered.
Thanks to several preparation steps, Mae was able to create special wax. She immediately took some and applied it to the broken part of the nest, then she placed the pieces on top to make the nest look more solid. Immediately the wax on it dried very quickly, and the broken nest was repaired.
Seeing this, the bees immediately followed each worker bee's instructions to each other, placing scraps on the collapsed areas, and the worker bees standing high up would cover them up. Consider the honeycomb repair part stable.
The main problem is the honey, luckily she still has a lot of pollen and flower seeds with her. Thanks to Eri's directions, Mae reached the top of a nearby mountain not too far from the bee cave. There was a large waterfall in there, surrounded by high and dangerous mountains. very difficult to get in.
Not ruling out that there were monsters lurking there, Mae immediately used the fire element, this time it was no longer a small fire but a big fire. The fire burned the monsters, turning them into ashes.
Mae spread a lot of seeds everywhere, then she took the pollen that had crystallized into a crystal ball and threw it at the base of the waterfall to mix it together. When water containing pollen moves around, soaking the ground, the seeds begin to move and grow into sprouts and quickly develop into large flowers. Not only that, the scent of honey appeared in the air.
The bees smelled the honey and immediately rushed in to suck the honey inside the flower. Thanks to the ashes of the monsters she burned alive just now, they were enough to become fertilizer for this land. The commander bee flying high above was surprised at what had just happened.
"I can't believe it, just a moment ago. We don't even have a nest anymore, we don't have enough honey to live. Yet you just did a few simple things and that's what happened" - Commander Bee
"It's nothing, just a little research and all problems can be solved" - Mae
"We don't know how to thank you anymore. Or so, because you helped us restore our lives, in return we will give you our honey" - Commander Bee
Hearing that, Mae was very surprised. Isn't this a golden opportunity for her to own honey? What can she not agree to?