The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 1092

Chapter 1092: Outgrown

"...?"

"Luca, is something wrong?"

Xavier, who was in the middle of assisting his wife with setting up the new and much larger-scale beehives, suddenly looked up after noticing how the little chipmunk had abruptly flinched to a stop.

Luca blinked before tilting his head slightly.

"Oh, it’s nothing," he answered after a moment. "I just thought I heard a scream."

"A scream?"

"Yeah." Luca scratched lightly at his cheek. "But if you didn’t hear it, then it’s probably nothing. I just thought I heard my brother..."

The golden-eyed cadet trailed off before eventually smiling at his husband.

"But what could possibly go wrong when he’s with Kyle and Jax, right?"

"..."

Xavier instinctively glanced toward the direction of the settlement.

Because honestly?

There were so many things that could happen, especially if Jax were involved somehow.

However, at this point, while the Imperial Crown Prince firmly believed his beloved to be the kindest and purest person in existence, even Luca may find it difficult to believe that, around Jax, even the sudden and most random appearance of a meteor was possible.

And so, after several seconds of silence, Xavier ultimately decided not to say anything at all and simply chalked the matter up to fate.

If something really had happened over there, then it was probably because they didn’t keep their mouths welded shut next to that one.

Then again, even if Xavier genuinely wanted to head over and verify everyone’s condition personally, there were simply too many pressing matters demanding their attention right now.

Like figuring out how to replenish Jax’s spiritual energy without resorting to either forcefully waterboarding him with spiritual water or aggressively stuffing him with food every so often.

Thankfully, the Elders were currently investigating that issue for them, which left Luca and Xavier with another urgent task that absolutely could not be delayed unless they wanted a second round of swarming bees.

Though in truth, that possibility was already starting to look alarmingly real, considering the bees had practically begun living outside the beehives altogether, attaching their own combs all over the original structures instead of building inside them.

The entire place was chaotic and most definitely not for the faint of heart. In the meantime, the children had been instructed not to go outside just in case they encountered any agitated bees dissatisfied with their suddenly subpar living accommodations.

To solve the impending crisis, they had been working on this rehoming plan nonstop for quite some time now, and the Prince was pretty sure he’d hear buzzing even in his sleep.

Still, if there was any consolation to this sudden workload, it was the fact that Xavier was simply relieved his little wife hadn’t suffered a complete emotional collapse after discovering that the beehives they’d purchased for a total of 600,000 CP across all three sets had barely lasted several days before becoming obsolete.

Yep.

The bees had outgrown the hives so quickly that the group practically had to beg and help Cece produce scaled-up replacements as quickly as possible.

Thankfully, while the two remaining colonies had also undergone obvious growth—both in population and literal physical size—the good news was that they still appeared significantly more recognizable than the unusual colony attached to Jax.

Not that Xavier knew enough about honeybees to properly judge such things, but even when comparing them to the pictures in the manual...

Unless the scale in those illustrations was somehow catastrophically inaccurate, there was absolutely no way bees the size of someone’s actual thumb could still be considered normal dimensions.

Still, as some consolation to this sudden and rather extreme growth spurt, the colonies mostly retained the same appearance and coloration as the honeybees they had originally purchased.

Just... larger.

Noticeably larger.

And because of that, absolutely nobody present was naive enough to grow complacent now that mutations had officially become a confirmed possibility.

Ah.

Well, speak of the devil, and it would appear.

Ha.

Because just when they thought the other bees were much closer to normal, Xavier most definitely heard his little wife moan upon inspecting the old frames they were just about to pull out.

Luca was practically salivating from sheer awe and joy as he stared at the beautiful expanse of white and gold before him.

The combs were already sealed.

Practically completely sealed.

Which meant the honey inside was fully matured and ready for harvest.

"!!!"

The little beekeeper tried his absolute best to stay calm as he carefully pulled out the first frame.

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