The Crimson Bees were able to sustain themselves thanks to the [Heavenly Blood Tree]. The [Heavenly Blood Tree] was then maintained by the Crimson Bees.

It was a very beneficial cycle that required both parties' work.

The [Heavenly Blood Tree] secreted some kind of sap out of its bark. This could be eaten by the Crimson Bees or used to build their nest.

Since it was the same material that the [Heavenly Blood Tree] secreted, it would then count still as its own, so the [Heavenly Blood Tree] would protect the nest like it was its own.

The Crimson Bees would look for parasites in the sap and chew on the parts that it secreted, making it possible for the [Heavenly Blood Tree] to heal over time, even if 90% was chewed off.

That's because the 'saliva' and 'pheromones' of the Crimson Bees were a great stimulant for growth for the [Heavenly Blood Tree].

Once the Crimson Bees grew mature and produced Royal Guards, they would then take turns to hunt animals and bring them to the [Heavenly Blood Tree]. The [Heavenly Blood Tree] would then consume the blood of the animals or possibly Beasts and nurture its strength, allowing it to produce higher quality sap for the Crimson Bees.

"But since it's too sickly, this barely constitutes as a sap." The old Empress shook her head.

Her size had shrunk significantly, and she was now the size of Aiko's palm.

This was a temporary measure, since they didn't have enough nutrients to grow big again.

"Crimson Bee Empresses are about the size of a full-grown human. The Crimson Empress Royal Guards are about the size of a large boulder. The Crimson Bee workers can range anywhere between tiny and about half-human size." The young Empress explained.

"So you are tiny because you don't have enough to eat..." Moon Aiko nodded her head. This was quite problematic, but not impossible to solve.

"The [Heavenly Blood Tree] needs blood, but for it to consume blood, it needs 'home?" Moon Aiko tilted her head. She then had quite the idea.

"Can you become even smaller? As small as normal bees?" Moon Aiko smiled sinisterly.

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Moon Aiko thought about growing the [Heavenly Blood Tree] as a tiny tree, with a tiny bee nest and everything.

This was naturally a temporary measure since she wouldn't be able to squeeze enough honey out of them, but for now, it would allow her to nurture the [Heavenly Blood Tree] to its healthy state.

"It's possible." The old Empress was grateful, so she didn't notice Aiko's abnormal smile.

The young Empress nudged the old Empress, since she saw that smile, but nothing would be able to move the old Empress.

"Good. I have my own plans~" Moon Aiko hummed. That way she wouldn't need-

"What if I reduced its size with a special Inscription?" Moon Aiko paused.

The Rune on her back gently pulsated. She just got an idea, but what would come out of it was hard to say.

'To begin with, the consumption would get more and more ridiculous over time...' Moon Aiko groaned, but she was looking forward to it.

If she could figure out how to efficiently use Spirit Stones, then the Black Demonic Disc would naturally become more efficient, too.

'One step at a time.' Moon Aiko nodded her head. It was not the time to get crazy yet, since they were high up in the sky.

Moon Aiko stuffed them back into her tails. She needed some kind of baseline in order to be able to create them.

For now, she would buy both of them from the [Primordial Shop] and see where it would go. They were cheap and might prove very useful in the future.

Danji smiled at Aiko, the smile of many meanings.

"You are enjoying yourself." Danji playfully said.

"I'm just thinking about the future." Moon Aiko shrugged.

"How about resting and trying on some clothes?" Danji smiled 'innocently'.

"What are you planning?" Moon Aiko narrowed her eyes.

"You said that you need some new and better underwear, so I went ahead and bought everything." Danji hummed happily.

"When were you able to do that?" Moon Aiko cautiously stared at Danji.

"When you were working." Danji shrugged. When Aiko worked on something, she pretty much ignored everything around her as long as it didn't endanger her.

The proof was when they were recording the metal mixtures.

"..." Moon Aiko tried hard to remember, but she was so focused on her work that most, if not all, of her memories were about that.

"I give up..." Moon Aiko groaned unhappily.

"Yay~!" Danji hopped out of bed and stretched the first underwear before Aiko.

It was black, see-through laced underwear.

Moon Aiko's face immediately twisted. She now wished that she hadn't said those words.

"Try them, try them~" Danji was so excited that it was hard for Aiko to say no.

"You..." Moon Aiko sighed. She took off her clothes, making Danji gulp nervously.

Moon Aiko tried that underwear, since she didn't believe that Danji would have that many of them.

"I don't like it..." Moon Aiko groaned. She hated how see-through it was and-

"Why is it so small?!" Moon Aiko glared at Danji.

"I only took measurements from black Aiko." Danji avoided her eyes and hummed innocently.

Moon Aiko wanted to scold her, but it was obvious she was much more lively right now, so she just gave up.

Moon Aiko slowly turned into Nightmare Aiko.

"I don't like it." Was the first thing Nightmare Aiko said.

"Huh?" Danji was clearly surprised, not expecting that. She knew that Nightmare Aiko is quite the closet slut, like she was, but to not like something so nice... how puzzling.

"It reveals too much." Nightmare Aiko explained. "If you want something downright erotic, then you can't show everything if we are talking about clothing. It needs to cover your body, but in a way that it doesn't completely conceal it."

"For that reason, the see-through part is nice, but it shouldn't reveal everything. So hiding the nipps nipps is important. Make a flower in their place, that way you can conceal it and trigger the sense of imagination. The air of secrecy and imagination can oftentimes make you even more aroused than you would normally be." Nightmare Aiko nodded her head, like she was some kind of sage.

Danji was trying to process all of that information, but fortunately, she could immediately put it to work, since she bought multiple of them.

"Try these?" Danji sheepishly asked. Being lectured by Slut Aiko was quite the blow to her ego.

Nightmare Aiko tried the new underwear.

This one was also black and laced, but this time it had some kind of flowers and leaves concealing the important bits.

Danji gulped, wiping out her saliva.

As dark Aiko said, this was much more erotic since her imagination worked overtime trying to compensate for the concealed bits!

"I like this one somewhat. The lace is uneven, and the material is rough." Nightmare Aiko groaned. She was so used to spider silk that anything less was no longer pleasant for her.

"You won't have to wear this. It's just a prototype from which we would make the real deal." Danji explained. These clothes didn't meet her quality standard, but as inspiration, it was a good idea.

Nightmare Aiko nodded her head. "What is next?"

"Cheongsam." Danji smiled lewdly. She handed over a very bright red dress.

Nightmare Aiko took the very thin piece of dress and put it on.

"Too tight." Nightmare Aiko didn't like it.

She didn't mind that the lower part was shorter, but her body was too squished into it.

"That's a problem." Danji nodded her head. She was not talking about the 'too tight' comment, but about how ravishing Aiko looked in it.

"What's next?" Nightmare Aiko took it off, since she felt too stuffy in it. It also didn't help that her tails kept lifting that short skirt! She was all for erotica, but only if it was erotica!

"Hanfu, I have many different times, from high-waisted Ruquns and so on." Danji handed over the high-waisted Ruqun first.

"You really like my boobs, huh?" Nightmare Aiko noticed that Danji had her eyes glued to her boobs.

"High-waisted Ruqun makes them more prominent, since the 'belt' is tied so high, making it impossible for me not to stare." Danji nodded her head as she enjoyed that 'curve' that Aiko's peaks produced.

"But this one is nice." Nightmare Aiko smirked sinisterly. "I can conceal flags in my sleeves or throw stealthy Spirit Stones..." He chuckled more and more, scaring Danji.

Danji steeled herself and went around Aiko, slipping her hands into the dress.

"Ah?" Nightmare Aiko was startled by her cold hands. "So it works like 'that' dress, huh?"

"That dress?" Danji was puzzled, but she still felt Aiko's body. Her stomach was slim, while her hips produced that sensual and breedable curve.

"It's a dress for sluts, you pretty much can get your hands all over your body. There are apparently two versions, one that is 'ripped up' and the other that you just take off layer after layer, making it more and more erotic." Nightmare Aiko nodded her head.

"That sounds like a lot of fun~" Danji hummed as she swayed her hips in rhythm with Aiko's.

Nightmare Aiko suddenly paused. "Do you like dancing?"

"I'm not sure. We mostly fought and worked, so I didn't have all that much time to explore this." Danji was very aroused from that sensual swaying, but she was unwilling to admit she was getting off from it.

"Right, you also didn't have nice animalhood, right?" Nightmare Aiko nodded her head as she leaned back and gave a peck on Danji's cheeks.

Danji's body shuddered, since she didn't expect that sneak attack, which caused her to orgasm.

"Are you alright?" Nightmare Aiko narrowed her eyes.

"Yesh." Danji nodded her head, gulping down the saliva that threatened to leave her mouth.

"So, how was your animalhood? You don't seem like your average 'lost' Fox?" Nightmare Aiko tilted her head. She wondered how others would come into the Fox Village, or what kind of animalhood they had.

"It's a long story..." Danji recovered her wits for a moment, her voice obviously uncertain if she should talk about it...