Draconis directly offered a condition that Vespiquen simply couldn't refuse.
"Bee..."
Hearing these words, Vespiquen was slightly stunned, then an expression of surprise appeared on her face.
In fact, before deciding to come here, Vespiquen had already heard everything from Zorua.
However, what she didn't expect was that these humans, in addition to protecting their safety, were also willing to provide them with food in winter to help them get through the cold season!
One must know that in winter, all the flowers in the wild would wither.
At such times, they couldn't gather nectar to make sweet honey, and without nectar, they couldn't make sweet honey, and without sweet honey, they had no food.
Not only would she be in danger, but her Combee subjects would also face peril, losing their lives to hunger and cold—
Under normal circumstances, they would store enough honey in their nests before winter arrived.
But if something unexpected happened in between, such as being stolen or robbed by other Pokémon, then they would truly be helpless.
It was precisely because of this that Vespiquen simply couldn't refuse the conditions offered by this human lord named Draconis.
"How about it, Vespiquen?" Draconis patiently waited for Vespiquen to think for a moment before asking again, "Bee!"
Vespiquen agreed without the slightest hesitation.
She led the Combee forward and performed a bee salute to the human lord in gratitude.
"It seems she agreed." Draconis breathed a sigh of relief. He slowly stood up and said to the Combee and Vespiquen, "In that case, I'll take you to see where you'll be living! I've already arranged for someone; she will live there with you and take care of you."
Vespiquen nodded gratefully, then she turned her gaze to Anna.
During this migration, they brought all the honey stored in their hive.
Vespiquen stepped forward and took the barrel of honey from Anna's hand, then slowly flew forward and presented the honey to Draconis.
Seeing Vespiquen's actions, Draconis raised an eyebrow: "For me?"
"Bee."
Vespiquen nodded gently.
"Thank you." Draconis didn't refuse either; he had Alfred help put it away.
Sweet honey was a very useful item.
It could not only be used to make various desserts but, if placed in the wild, could even attract some rare Pokémon.
For example, Pokémon like Heracross, Munchlax, Bewear, and Ursaring were very fond of eating sweet honey.
"Please follow me!" Draconis stood up and said to Vespiquen and the Combee. "Bee."
Draconis nodded to Alfred, signaling him to call Megan over as well, then led Vespiquen and the Combee to the riverside, where they took a wooden boat to the opposite bank of the river.
On the vast plain, a brand new ranch stood.
The ranch was surrounded by wooden fences, and to prevent wild magical beasts from causing damage, scarecrows were placed around to frighten them.
The carpenters in the territory, according to Draconis's request, had already installed beehives for the Combee and Vespiquen to live in.
At this moment, Draconis stood in front of the beehive and said to Vespiquen:
"Here we are. This is where you will live from now on. And this person is responsible for taking care of you; her name is Megan."
Vespiquen was quite satisfied with the environment of this place; the surrounding wooden fence gave them a strong sense of security.
As for the human who would take care of them—
Vespiquen looked at the girl next to her.
Megan was also looking at these magical beasts at this moment, and seeing her suddenly look over, Megan couldn't help but get nervous.
"H-hello!" She bravely greeted Vespiquen.
"Bee~!" Vespiquen was also quite satisfied.
Everything that followed no longer required Draconis's arrangements.
Vespiquen directed the Combee to build a nest in this beehive. Their bodies would secrete a special golden substance similar to honey, and soon, this substance covered the entire beehive.
Once everything was complete, Vespiquen began to direct the Combee to collect fresh nectar to make sweet honey. Many flowers grew on the plains around the territory, and Lila had also transplanted many flowers into her herb garden.
The Combee flew back and forth, constantly shuttling between these places, transporting nectar back to the nest, and beginning to make sweet honey.
"Well, Vespiquen, Combee, live here in peace!" Anna, with Zorua, waved goodbye to them: "We will come to visit you often!"
"Bee~!" Vespiquen was very satisfied with the living environment here, which made her mood involuntarily improve.
Seeing everything settled, Draconis found Megan again and said to her:
"Later, I will have someone send you some flower seeds and grass seeds. Find a place to plant them and create a flower field. When the time comes, the Combee won't have to go out to collect nectar anymore."
"If you don't understand something or need help, you can look for the farmers and the Dugtrio in the territory."
"Yes!" Megan nodded quickly.
Draconis also thought of the Mareep: "In a while, perhaps a group of magical beasts will also join the ranch, and then they will also need your care."
"No problem!" Megan continued to respond.
However, what she cared about more than these were the Magikarp.
This ranch happened to be built by the big river. Megan observed the surrounding terrain and decided to have her brother dig a pond in the ranch specifically for the Magikarp to live in.
"Not bad."
Draconis was quite satisfied with his arrangements.
After explaining all the matters, he returned to the territory with Dratini and Snivy.
The panel began to refresh several notifications again.
Satisfaction + 30!
Satisfaction + 10!
Satisfaction + 15!
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The source of these satisfaction points was none other than Vespiquen and the Combee.
Draconis glanced at his satisfaction, finding that it had accumulated to 2700.
"I can unlock several new technologies again!"
Draconis immediately became excited.
However, before he could open the technology tree panel, Gerolt walked in hastily.
"Your Highness Draconis!" The knight knelt on one knee and saluted, then presented a pottery shard in his hand: "There seems to be something hidden beneath that Mine. When Haxorus and I went down to investigate today, we discovered a structure inside that appears to be the ruins of an ancient tribe!"
Draconis was slightly stunned. He looked down at the pottery shard in his hand and clearly saw an ancient pattern similar to the sun on it.
This thing—
He had also seen it last time when he was in the Mine.
It's just that the era he was currently in was already the Middle Ages, thousands of years ago. Could it be that before this, some even older civilizations existed in the Pokémon world?
What did the sun symbol on it represent?
Could the Sun God be the legendary Pokémon Solgaleo?
But this was the Unova region!
Draconis was a bit curious. He looked at Gerolt and asked, "Did you enter that ruin?"
Gerolt shook his head: "No."
As soon as he discovered that place, he rushed back to report the situation.
Gerolt understood Draconis's meaning and immediately said, "I'll go back and investigate the situation thoroughly right away!"
With that, Gerolt stood up and was about to leave.
"Wait!" Draconis quickly called out to him: "We'll go see it too."
"Your Highness?"
Draconis asked with a smile, "You'll protect me, right?"
With such a powerful Haxorus, plus an ancient tough guy who could tear apart a large group of Haxorus with his bare hands, their safety was naturally not an issue.
Gerolt paused slightly, then his eyes gradually became firm.
"Of course."
As a knight, he would guard his king with his life.