Ambrosia was in the nursery of our hive, talking with her Nurse Bees. I just flew straight toward her sweet scent.
"The last brood is—Nectus?" Ambrosia turned to mid-word, frowning.
Whatever she saw made her frown even deeper.
"Nurses, we will talk about this later. Nectus… Nectus, co here. Fly with ."
Before I could say a word, Ambrosia pulled by the arm and flew away from her subordinates. While one hand was holding close, the other was rubbing circles at my waist.
All that while in flight. She was just so elegant…
"Nectus, you look terrible. What happened?" Ambrosia asked, landing in the royal chambers.
As I landed, the pull of her hands made stumble and fall right into Ambrosia's arms. Right where I wanted to be.
Words poured out.
"I'm followed by a bitch-ass that hates and wants to suffer playing her awful fucking ga. Amby. Amby, how do I know that next ti she won't just kill for accidentally breaking so stupid rule I didn't know about? Or kill you instead. Sothing tells the so-called 'Goddess of Bees' doesn't care about bees as much as she hates humans and !"
As I spoke, Ambrosia stroked my head and back gently. It was incredibly soothing to just be here with her… She often acted cold, but just now—she knew I was feeling awful before I even said sothing.
She really cared, and this ward my heart even more.
"Can you do sothing about this all, Nectus?" Ambrosia asked.
"No! Nothing. I can only play by her rules… And only hope that it's temporary."
"Then just accept things as they are and worry about the things you can change. There are so many dangers around us—what's one more?"
"This sounds so smart and easy when you say it, Amby, but my blood is 40% anxiety," I mumbled.
"This is less than a half."
Huh.
There had to be sothing magical about Ambrosia. The longer I spent in her arms, the calr I beca, even with the Grand Strategist title still equipped.
'And what if my na is *a bit* cringe? Who defines cringe, anyway? Society? My current society is made of *bees*! They have no fra of reference *whatsoever*! And this is beautiful and *based*. Although I gave them those utilitarian numbers at first… When they gather their creativity, every bee will have beautiful nas that reflect what they are or what they want to be, not so bullshit boring nas that their parents picked at random from a book. Nas that thousands of other people have already.'
With that deep thought, I finally pulled myself away from Ambrosia, and even smiled.
"There was good news, too, Amby. For a start, I got the next lifespan gene, so I'm young and 100% virile again!" I flexed my biceps. "And I got more attribute points, too."
Ambrosia's eyes widened. She looked up and down and then smiled.
"I see you are feeling better, Nectus. Let's choose together the next genes you will share with and our daughters."
I nodded.
Even if I was smarter than her again, Ambrosia had a unique perspective on things and more experience in this world than I did.
First, I explained briefly how attribute points and separate gene pools worked.
"You know, Amby, I think the smart old would've started by putting points into strength and defense, since those are the lowest stats. But the *brilliant* new has an even better idea…"
I narrowed my eyes, looking at my attributes and genes.
"A few tis before, the system offered genes of second and so on tiers from the start. I didn't think twice about it… But there surely are so hidden prerequisites. Prerequisites that I already fulfilled in that specific case, even if the gene doesn't show in the list. Like flight—I just have this ability. And you do. And so on… System doesn't list *everything*."
Ambrosia listened to closely.
"What are you leading toward, Nectus?"
I smirked.
There was one attribute that I never spent attribute points yet… The attribute which I thought I had more than enough until I had even more of. But now that I was smarter, I knew better.
I had no idea whatsoever what genes in this pool there could be, but if a higher attribute ant I had more advanced genes unlocked, they had to be absolutely OP!
"I'm going to put the first attribute point in intelligence, Amby."
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