Chapter 143: Chapter 143

Belissar considered it for all of about five seconds before shrugging. He couldn’t think of any particular reason why he shouldn’t pick another room feature choice, and he still wanted to see an uncommon or rarer option if at all possible. So, he went ahead and purchased yet another room feature choice.

Please select a room feature:

- Thorned Roses (Rarity: Common, Type: Nature, Trap)

- Snare Trap (Rarity: Common, Type: Trap)

- Mud Pit (Rarity: Common, Type: Ground, Water, Trap)

Belissar’s face fell as he read through the options. Once again, all commons. He was starting to wonder if he was exceptionally unlucky today…or if he had been exceptionally lucky until now. He really hoped it was the former and not the latter…

But well, he had a choice to make, so he read them out.

- Arrow Trap (Rarity: Common, Type: Trap)

Belissar groaned. How?! How had he gotten not a single option other than common in three full choices?!

Belissar took a deep breath as he was Niobee fly in front of him, clearly worried at his response.

“It’s…nothing. I was just hoping for…well, I don’t know, but I guess slightly rarer options than we got.”

Niobee hovered for a moment before dancing slowly.

Belissar shook his head and reached out so that she could land on his hand, then brushed her back.

“It’s fine, it’s not your fault. Besides, everything we can get is helpful, right?”

Niobee began dancing again.

“Yes! Everything King makes is great! King is best king!”

Belissar chuckled as the rest of the bees followed Niobee’s dance. Well, that was right, wasn’t it? Even if it wasn’t what he wanted, he was getting three new options tonight for his Tower. The majority of his Tower was built on common features, after all, so perhaps a few more would be helpful as well.

He still wasn’t going to look at the DP shop for a while, though.

In any case, it was time to choose…and this time, the choice was easy.

Lotus Flowers selected.

- Type: Nature, Water, Resource

- Description: An aquatic flower plant cultivated for food.

It was a flower, and it was edible. That meant it was helpful for both the bees and the karnuq, and that was enough for Belissar. He was a bit worried about the aquatic part but figured they might work in the Ponds? Well, if not, at least he would have something if he ever got a water room of some sort.

With that, the celebration and meeting came to a close, and Belissar decided to turn in for the night before addressing the new options. Disappointingly common choices aside, it was still a day of great gains for his Tower.

He, uh, just wasn’t going to buy any new room feature choices from the DP shop for a while. Maybe the karnuq expedition would find some more mana flowers or something?

Belissar awoke the next day smacking his head with a groan, for he realized he had once again been dumb.

If he wanted new stuff…then why hadn’t he asked the karnuq if they had more plants? And minerals now, too! He would have to check with them on that today.

Besides that, it might be time for a new expansion soon. Belissar had waited for the new options, but he didn’t really expect any of them to dramatically change his Tower’s defenses. Most of all…he didn’t expect thorned roses or lotus flowers to result in new bee types, so there wasn’t much left to wait on, unless he wanted to wait for the bumblebees to grow. But that could take a while.

He definitely wasn’t being motivated by his failure to get an uncommon or better room feature last night.

He had a lot on his mind…and a lot he was forgetting. He should try to write some of it down…if only he had something to write on and with.

“King ok? Thinking about something?”

Belissar shook his head and smiled at Niobee.

“Nothing too troubling, just there’s a lot going on in the Tower now. I’m wondering how I can keep track of it all.”

Niobee immediately started dancing.

Belissar was about to chuckle and thank but politely decline her. His bees were amazing, but he didn’t think they knew how to write. But then, he had a thought.

The First of the Fifth had remembered the bumblebee queens when he had not. Maybe the bees couldn’t write for him or make something for him to write on…but they could remember things, and remember things that he forgot. So…why didn’t he ask them to help him remember? Because there were a lot of bees, so if he asked a different bee to remember each thing…than wouldn’t each bee only need to remember one thing for in order for the Tower as a whole to remember them all? And then, if he had each bee remind him of their one thing at the purification celebration, wouldn’t he never forget anything?