Chapter 63: A Hot and Bee-utiful New Flower!
Belissar had the bear folk put the wood near the Flower Meadow queens. He then went and got some trays of mana honey to give in exchange. Chief Rohsuak wanted to refuse but Belissar convinced her to take enough to share with the laborers. After that, he and the soldier bees escorted them back out of the Tower, and then he finally made his way to the end of the Flower Meadow where the wood pile now waited.
Well, it took a bit longer than Belissar hoped, but the bear people and their awkward conversations were finally gone. And that meant, he could get started on his projects! He had a nice stockpile of fully dry wood now, so he could make a higher quality home than he had first expected.
But first things came first, he wanted to dig a ditch around the hives, the Shrine of Bees, and the Memorial to ensure they wouldn’t be at risk if the Flower Meadow ever caught on fire. He would also dig another, circular ditch nearby to create a safe place to plant some flame radishes. He didn’t know if they would be as flammable as their roots were but he figured it would be best not to take the chance.
He then, of course, realized that he should have asked if the bear people had any shovels or digging tools. They came from an underground tunnel, so they had to, right? That would be a lot easier than trying to dig by hand, or with the knives, saw, and axe he had available…
But at the same time, Belissar didn’t want to go run off after them immediately after they had left. Plus…he was just calming down from the first conversation.
Ultimately, Belissar decided he would leave that until tomorrow and see what he could do with what he had now. He also figured he should see if the Tower had anything he could use to help with the process.
And it turned out it did, now that he managed to remember it. He could clear small areas of the Flower Meadow and the Apiary of flowers, which was how he prepared the campfire sites in the first place. And if he thought about it, the flame radishes didn’t specifically need a ditch in the ground, they just needed an area clear of anything flammable. So, Belissar went ahead and set a small area near the other Flower Meadow resource patches where flowers wouldn’t go.
It was one thing to watch the Tower magically grow plants, but it disturbed Belissar slightly to watch them now disappear, receding back as if they were growing in reverse. But he shook his head and continued on with his task.
Available Resource Plants for Flower Meadow: