O...kay?
Not exactly the most comforting thing that could come out of nowhere.
More importantly, the aggressively blinking prompt made it painfully obvious that they weren’t being given much of a choice in the matter either.
But wasn’t this unfair?
Would they even get a reasonable price out of this?
How could proper vendors just sell raw materials like this? While it was probably possible to sell frames, even those would have to be protected while in transport!
How could he just sell it in all its naked glory like this?
Wouldn’t that result in terrible losses? And just how many useful byproducts would they miss out on if they simply sold the capped frames as is?!
The newly troubled beekeeper looked deeply conflicted.
Still, after several painful seconds of internal struggle, Luca managed to regain control of himself.
The cadet carefully attempted to set down the frame in his hands.
Only for another prompt to immediately appear.
This time in the shape of a giant warning triangle with an enormous exclamation mark.
"..."
"..."
"It’s really hell-bent on making us sell something," Xavier finally voiced out exactly what the dungeon owner had been thinking.
"Wait..."
A determined look suddenly crossed Luca’s face. After all, he really had intentions to sell things anyway, because who wouldn’t want to make more CP!
But as a small business owner (not), he should still have some pride in their products!
How could he live with himself if he were to succumb to pressure just because he’d been bamboozled!
"Maybe something like this could work."
Completely ignoring the increasingly aggressive prompts hovering around him, Luca quickly opened his inventory instead and began pulling out several differently sized glass jars before carefully arranging them along the ledge attached to the hive.
"Bottles?" Xavier asked curiously as he watched his wife suddenly scuttle around with growing purpose.
"I’m not entirely sure if this’ll work," Luca admitted honestly while lining the containers up neatly, "but theoretically, it should."
The little beekeeper looked increasingly thoughtful as he worked.
"At first I was only planning to use one jar size for everything," he continued. "But if Level One vending allows us to sell five different products..."
His golden eyes brightened slightly.
"Then shouldn’t we experiment a bit?"
Xavier silently observed him, honestly unsure where this experiment was even heading.
After all, even now, the Imperial Crown Prince still didn’t fully understand what exactly they were supposed to do with all the byproducts from these honeybees that his beloved was so excited about.
What was so good about honey in the first place?
Meanwhile, Luca was already planning ahead enthusiastically.
"First, we should use the honey from the filled autoflow hives," he explained while moving toward one of the systems. "Not only are the combs already capped, but the bees themselves probably can’t comfortably fit back inside anymore anyway."
Then, with visible excitement, the little beekeeper carefully cranked one of the frames open.
"Husband, look!"
Luca’s eyes sparkled instantly.
"This’ll become our very first jar!"
The golden liquid began flowing from the spout.
It initially moved at a snail’s pace, but even so, it looked absolutely divine.
The honey poured out thick and radiant like liquid sunlight itself, gleaming brilliantly beneath the light as the rich scent immediately spread through the area.
Luca stared intently as the jar gradually filled before his eyes.
"If preserved properly," he added excitedly, "honey can even last indefinitely!"
The little chipmunk looked so genuinely happy that Xavier’s gaze softened almost immediately.


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