Chapter 643 – Moon Aiko is scared of Mei!
Inside Mei's room, Moon Aiko pulled out the 2 Empresses.
"We are outside." The Old Empress was impressed by the scent of Herbs.
"..." The Young Empress was more of a scaredy-cat.
Mei blinked at those clearly not your usual Crimson Queen Bees.
They were so special that Mei had to rub her eyes a few times just to make sure Aiko was not trying to trick her.
"Two 'Queens' can't coexist." Mei suddenly uttered while staring in disbelief.
"I like my child." The Old Empress disagreed.
"I like my mom..." The Young Empress said sheepishly.
"My god, you have brainwashed another race." Mei almost fainted when she heard those words.
"Excuse me?!" Moon Aiko was clearly offended by that statement! Her and brainwashing?! Never!
She would just demonstrate what she can do and end it with that. It was not her fault that she had so many ducklings following her!
"What?" Mei snorted unhappily. "You are clearly underestimating how abnormal this situation is!"
"Then tell me! You know that I know jack shit about almost everything!" Moon Aiko pouted at her.
Mei visibly paused, not expecting that answer.
She cleared her throat. "Queen Bees are the lifeblood of every hive. They are what you could say is the heart and brain. One Queen Bee can sustain around 12 Royal Guard Bees. Those are important since they are always a stage above the Queen, making them troublesome to deal with."
"Now, add to that that they are Empress Bees, and you are starting to get to the ridiculous part."
"Every Empress can manage around 9 Queen Bees. Every Queen Bee can sustain around 12 Royal Guard Bees. Now, are you starting to see that problem?" Mei nervously tapped her foot.
"Now, to add insult to the injury, these are CRIMSON Bees! Those rascals that have honey packed with so much vitality that it's literally heaven-defying!" Mei really wanted to kidnap those Bees, but knowing Aiko, she didn't need to!
They were already brainwashed enough that they would stick to Aiko, so Mei would have the highest quality of honey at the tip of her fingertips!
"So, an army and delicious honey." Moon Aiko just had to troll Mei...
And as expected, Mei fainted on the spot. Was it due to high pressure or because Aiko did an Aiko thing again? Nobody will know since Mei will always refuse to talk about it...
...
"It's amazing." The Old Empress praised Mei, since that tea was delicious.
"It's far cry from Spirit Tea, but close enough that you can still enjoy some of the benefits." Mei chuckled.
Moon Aiko was slightly upset that Bees got better tea than she did, but she would let it slip for now.
"So we have two outrageous things on our hands, but they don't have a nest..."
"I actually like the new sapling." The Young Empress suddenly voiced her opinion.
"I will keep the old one." The Old Empress was more for the [Heavenly Blood Tree (Seedling)].
"The [Comprehension Tree (Sapling)]?" Moon Aiko tilted her head.
"Yeah, it might be weak, but the scent is incredible." The Young Empress almost drooled.
They were both oversized Queen Bees, but the most prominent feature was their red marks all over their bodies.
Mei gave up thinking about the numerous Treasures Aiko had and just enjoyed the tea with her soon-to-be honey makers.
"I suppose we can't join them together." Moon Aiko carelessly uttered her inner thoughts.
*PFFFT!*
Mei badly choked on her tea and kept choking for a while, making everyone worry.
"Are you alright?" Moon Aiko helped Mei calm down.
"What do you think?" Mei rolled her eyes. Aiko was really not good for her heart, especially when it came to her 'common' sense.
"You look unwell. You should lie down." Moon Aiko pushed Mei towards the bed.
"And whose fault is it?!" Mei felt flabbergasted that Aiko was so attentive.
"The tea's fault." Moon Aiko would not consider this her fault, since she had the [How to grow bonsai 101], which also mentions something called 'grafting'.
"..." Mei felt like it was useless to talk with Aiko right now, since she was so focused on such a ridiculous idea that she neglected to think this might be her fault. 'Well, not completely, but it would be nice if she realised how abnormal she is.'
Mei felt that this would become an issue on the mainland, since they would be living in the Beast Sect and with so many Foxes following them...
'Should I just start acting like Aiko?' Mei lay in the bed, and Aiko tucked her in.
'A bit spoiled, very abnormal and chaotic?' Mei thought about it again as Aiko adjusted the sheets.
'She seems to be having fun...' Mei sighed. 'When was the last time I had so much fun...?' She suddenly drifted to sleep.
"Phew." Moon Aiko was quite tired since she put Mei to sleep.
She would have to figure out how extensive her abilities were before another sudden war happened.
Moon Aiko felt like she didn't do enough during this war and that it was won pretty much thanks to her Tails Storage.
However, it was not yet time to go over it, since Grandmaster was recovering and so was Mei.
'Let's read up about grafting.' Moon Aiko nodded her head.
...
While reading, she realised something.
'I would like to join the two halves to make them complete, but then what would the tree crown look like? Is it possible to just mix the bottom parts and let it grow?' Moon Aiko read through the book, but some things were blurred, not allowing her to see what was written there.
It might be possible that that part was described in detail in the blurred parts, but this was quite troubling.
'Maybe it's telling me to heal that one sapling first?' Moon Aiko thought about it, but this was the only reason she could come up with.
[Correct.]
'You could've told me sooner! I wouldn't need to read it so many times!' Moon Aiko pouted, since she had a lot of work on her hands.
[Reading won't harm you, Princess.]
Moon Aiko almost flipped out when she saw that message. Reading might not be harmful, but it was wasteful! Especially since she remembered the whole book by just reading it once!
It's just that she hoped that the book would get completely unlocked if she read it a few times, but she had not thought that it might be a trap!
'Tsk.' Moon Aiko was annoyed, so she placed that book down.
'Oh, the Blessings greyed out again.' Moon Aiko wondered what was happening on their side that the Blessings were like a Christmas tree.
"You are still handling books and the system." Mei yawned as she came over, leaning against Aiko. Her clothes were messy, and her ears were droopy for the first time in a while.
"Yeah, I was waiting for you to wake up." Moon Aiko nodded her head.
"So you can knock me out again?" Mei bit Aiko's shoulder in annoyance. It seemed like she was quite sensual when sleepy like this.
"I have no idea what you mean by that. I even already read about 'grafting'." Moon Aiko pouted.
"Grafting fails like almost 100 times out of 100, so nobody ever uses it, and when it fails, it kills the joined Herbs or, in this case, saplings." Mei was quite sceptical about this.
"It's from the system." Moon Aiko said, like she believed it would work.
"..." Mei was always lost when it came to the system.
It was clearly helpful to Aiko, but for how long? Should Aiko really rely on it?
"Hey, pay attention to me." Mei snuggled closer to Aiko, wrapping her hands around her.
"What?" Moon Aiko was startled at how Mei was acting.
"Something bad will happen if you don't pay attention to me!" Mei pouted. She wanted to have Aiko for herself, since that hateful red Fox dragged Aiko into the bed.
Moon Aiko was confused and flustered as to why Mei was doing this. "What 'bad' are we talking about?" She was unsure how to feel about this unrestrained Mei.
"Hehe~" Mei giggled sinisterly.
"I figured out how to help the Grandmaster~" She snuggled Aiko again.
Moon Aiko was confused why Mei was so giddy, but helping Grandmaster was always a good thing.
"Oh, that's good." Moon Aiko smiled, completely oblivious about what would happen next.
Mei suddenly pulled out a bowl filled with nasty, green brown Pills.
Its smell would be able to take down even the Empresses who were vibing peacefully in the corner.
"Let us in!" The Old Empress yelped for her life while trying to get into Aiko's tails.
"We will suffer together!" Moon Aiko's wide and crazy eyes didn't allow them to just get inside.
She didn't know why Mei pulled out those nasty things and thought of it as a prank.
But Mei was already prepared with nose blockers, smiling at Aiko.
"H-huh?" Moon Aiko was flustered that Mei was not taking them back. "W-why?"
She was asking why Mei didn't take away those Pills.
"These are for you~" Mei giggled sinisterly.
"Huh...?" Moon Aiko blinked at her. The terrible smell must've caused her hallucinations, since there was no way that Mei would torture her like this.
"This is a bit of an over-the-top joke, Mei..." Moon Aiko laughed awkwardly. She didn't want to get near those nasty things.
Even the smell alone made her gag.
"We need a lot of condensed Vitality, and nobody can do it as well as you do. If we can compress that Vitality into that singular drop, then we can recover Dai Lu's tails one at a time~!" Mei smiled happily, but it was obvious that Aiko was currently suffering.
"Do you hate me...?" Moon Aiko cried in front of Mei.
"Of course not." Mei already expected this reaction, so she soothed Aiko with pats.
"But it's either 1,000 of these, or 100,000 of tasteless Pills which waste resources." Mei suggested that Aiko ate so many tasteless ones and even mentioned money.
"I can do 100,000. I can even make them myself!" Moon Aiko cried even more. She didn't really want to eat this.
"You will be fine." Mei was adamant, since she spent a lot of time preparing these, and it would be a waste to just throw them out.
"It's not that much." Mei chuckled. "And Dai Lu is eating something much worse." It seemed like Mei was quite sadistic when it came to this.
"I wanna go home..." Moon Aiko cried even more now.
"You are home." Mei soothed Aiko with a smile, but that made her even more scared of what Mei was planning.
"Don't worry, you will be able to do it~!" Mei cheered on Aiko, but she was not very convincing with blocked nostrils...