Formicea Chapter 207

Once I settled down, things got a lot easier.

Due to stress and anticipation, my laying intervals got a bit jumbled in recent tis, but now that I'm finally back here in a familiar environnt, I really notice a difference.

It's... easier if I'm not stressed out.

The whole laying, but also how my body feels in general.

I an, it's a rare occasion if you truly can enjoy yourself without worries.

But I think I deserved this, which plays into this particular feeling of ease.

The war should be considered over by now.

Not sure if Koreso is going to send for peace negotiations anyti soon, as their national pride might prevent this, but I doubt they'll start any attacks on a greater scale anyti soon.

This ans we got it.

Crisis averted, Tarsona saved, and hopefully, the animosity that ca up during our short occupation of the capital will eventually dissipate with the aid of the fact that our swarm helped to prevent them all from getting enslaved.

So yes, I think I am fully justified in feeling this certain, profound kind of relief.

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So she proceeds, and I need to say, I missed this.

I feel at ho.

As I said, life is good.

However, as ti passes, I can't help but get thoughts about things that at least mildly concern .

How are things going at the wall?

Is truly everything alright there?

I an, I established a bit of a ssenger network, as Liseti advised to, but if sothing were to happen the news would require a bit of ti to reach us here.

Also, how are things going in the capital, where Mum is located?

The Formicea kinda relinquished control of the city and returned underground, but Honiu still maintains a presence there, within that gigantic underground base, which ans Mum also stayed.

Is she still fine?

Working all the ti with Honiu can't be very relaxing.

Not to forget the chance she could be hard by whatever shit the extremists would try to pull against them.

In addition, when is she going to return here, back to us?

When will our family again be reunited?

All these things accumulate into little worries the more ti they have to fester.

As my information network is by no ans on that level yet, lacking several generations of ssengers, there's but one I can turn to.

Liseti.

Yes, Uma may have been another option, but whenever I interact with her there's the chance I get caught up in sothing unpleasant.

So, according to the usual customs, I send a ssenger in advance to inform her about my visit, then depart for her dwelling.

After a while, I reach the upper levels where Liseti's district is located.

On the way, I passed several troops with human workers, getting more frequent the higher I climbed.

Yet once I enter the premises of the district, I notice a distinctive change in the atmosphere in comparison to my last visit.

There are more ssengers, by far, busying themselves around the area.

Surely all delivering important ssages from the wall, the vicinity of the surface fortress, and maybe all of Tarsona.

If I'm right, there are even more passages than before to the surface.

As I'm expected, we are received by Liseti's ssengers and directly guided to the princess in question.

When I arrive, I find her sowhat busy with giving orders about various logistics that certainly concern her building project above ground.

It's kind of incredible how she gives the impression of a whirlwind that with each rotation takes care of another dozen of issues.

Yet not to the degree that she wouldn't be able to free herself of these duties and directly turn to .

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Isn't this a bit like her making her own independent hive?

The distance shouldn't an much if she's the one to independently handle what I assu is going to be a major settlent in this region.

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My own hive... Right, there was sothing in that regard.

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As if I could!

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In return for my little outburst, I receive one of Liseti's typical unblinking glares.

However, eventually, she does so with her second eyelids.

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Ehm, this wasn't exactly my underlying reason, but I guess I'll take what I can.

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At least, there's by now a decent number, so are even already tending to during my sessions.

I an, they are the cutest I can produce, so I might have been a little bit more inclined to do so from the very start.

However, regarding the other two, ever since I lifted that ntal block I am at least capable of producing them as part of the whole egg mix, but the re fact that I avoid thinking about those patterns could an that, in fact, I didn't actually include them.

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Although I have been rely relaxing…

Maybe I should take so ti to visit the nursery.

I couldn't get to it while I was at the wall, but I guess the younger brood deserves to be treated equally to their older siblings.

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Maybe making concessions will get her to stop.

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What does she an?

Her pheromones make whatever she has on her mind sound like a really serious topic.

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Huh!?