Chapter 27: Bee BUZZ!

*Earthland, Ishgar, Fiore*

*April 14, Year 772*

*Morning*

Morgan and I both looked at the closing door then looked at each other and shrugged.

Morgan looked at me and asked.

" What are you here for little kid?"

"Do you sell Bee colonies and Beehives here?"

Morgan raised an eyebrow but answered anyway.

"Yes, we sell Bees and Beehives but why would a kid like you want something like that?"

I just shrugged and replied.

"Well, I have a plot of land and want to try beekeeping as an investment for a retirement plan." (If you don't remember read Chapter 13)

Rubbing his forehead, Morgan asked a question.

" Tell me kid how old are you this year?"

" I'm five but I'll be six in about three months I guess?"

"So, let me get this straight. You, a kid about to become a six-year-old already planning for retirement this early?"

A bit confused I replied.

"Yes, is there anything wrong with it?"

Morgan just sighed and went outside.

"Follow me outside and walk a bit for some time."

So I followed him and we walked for some time, passing beautiful sceneries like flower fields with bees picking nectar.

Grass pastures with big cows grazing or a small forest with birds that flew in and out.

You might be asking why the town is wrecked but the flower field, pastures, and small forests are fine.

Well, The answer is the fight between the pope and Gildarts happened in the town thus not affecting the nature around the town.

After having circled around the town we went back to the beekeeper's association.

Morgan then invites me to sit at the table on the second floor of the building.

"Would you like some tea?"

"I'll have a sip."

Morgan then called for staff and have her pour tea for us.

As we drank tea, Morgan asked.

"So, what do you think of the scenery in this town?"

" It's quite peaceful."

Morgan nodded.

"Right it's indeed peaceful, but don't you think it's a little boring? Well, for you right now the scenery doesn't seem to be boring, even beautiful is a good word to describe it."

"But as you spent more time in retirement the beautiful scenery will slowly start to be boring. You will be bored of the scenery."

Morgan stood up from the chair while holding a cup of tea and looked out the window into the scenery.

His eyes were stained with a look of longing.

" That's why when you're young you should be passionate, Don't think about retiring at such a young age. Do what you want, Go on adventures with your friends, explore ruins with your comrades, or fall in love with the right person."

At the mention of love, a trace of pain flashed in Morgan's eyes.

"So while you are still young, Be passionate, Be bold, Be romantic, and most importantly leave no regrets!"

We stayed quiet for a few seconds and after Morgan was done reminiscing the memories of the past. He sat down again and asked.

"Sorry, Listening to my rants must be boring right?"

I waved my hands and shook my head.

"No, it's not boring at all, the advice you spoke contains great wisdom from old age."

Morgan laughed upon hearing this.

"HAHAHA, Let's stop all the shenanigans and into the main business."

"So, what kind of bee would you like to buy?"

I felt confused and asked.

"Wait, There are different kinds?"

"Well, it's not exactly kind but specializations, depending on the price that you pay."

"We have bees that produce honey fast, Bees that produce delicious honey, or bees with both characteristics."

"The bees that have both the characteristics is the cheapest pricing at 10,000 Jewels per hive that contains about 50 Bees and one queen."

"Then we have the one that produces honey extremely fast pricing at about 15,000 Jewels per hive that contains about 150 Bees and one queen."

Hearing the number of bees I interrupted Morgan.

"Wait, why does this one have 150 bees while the other one only has 50 bees?"

Morgan smiled and replied.

"You see, the characteristics of the fast-producing honey is that they are small and numerous. They need very little honey to survive so they have lots of stock."

I nodded feeling that this is indeed very reasonable.

"What about the last one then?"

Morgan smiled proudly.

"Heh, The last one is what I'm proud of the most. This kind of bee has been passed down from generation to generation and gradually mutated into magical bees that produce crystal clear honey that tastes extremely delicious."

"This group of bees is the most precious treasure of our association, Every single jar of this honey can be sold for 20,000 Jewels! The only downside is that their fertility is very low resulting in very few bees."

"Along with that they produce honey slowly, A jar of honey takes about two weeks to be harvested."

"Coincidentally, From the batch of freshly laid larvae, we found a queen seedling. To prevent the queen from killing the larvae we transferred that seedling to another hive which now has 10 bees and one queen bee."

"Originally we don't consider selling it, But since you want to do beekeeping. I'll do you a favor for completing the mission and sell it to you at 30,000 Jewels along with a few other free pieces of equipment used in beekeeping."

"Okay, I'll buy it, By the way, what flowers do that group of bees like?"

Morgan smacked his forehead.

"If you didn't remind me, I might forget it. Don't worry I'll send you a bag of seeds of Crystal flowers."

Morgan then went down for an hour or two and returned with three people carrying a hive, a bag of seeds, and some equipment for beekeeping.

I took out 30,000 Jewels and handed them to them and put the items inside my space.

I said goodbye and went back to the house of the town chief and saw Cana and Gildarts packing up.

I said hello and went to the kitchen to eat since I don't need to pack anything as all my things are inside my space.

Gildarts and Cana joined me a while later, After eating we bid farewell to the village and started our journey back to Magnolia.