Arel was busy tinkering with the final components of her warp point. She had suffered countless setbacks and failures when building it. Add on to that the rarity of some of the parts necessary, which had to be purchased through the black market, and this warp point can be said to have caused her an unbelievable amount of effort.
Though Arel and Sile can look fondly back at those thrilling adventures dealing with all kinds of criminals and thieves that lurk in the farther reaches of the empire, where the law can't be enforced and anything you could think of could be found. However, a few times, they really thought they would meet their maker, or worse. The two of them didn't much wish to ever go back, but they knew if they needed some legally unattainable items, they would still take the risk to go back.
Now that Arel is completing the finishing touches, Sile has been managing the various crops on the planet. It won't be long before they will begin harvesting, and she'll need to sell them off quickly.
The two knew that this would bring dissatisfaction from the government, perhaps they would freeze their accounts, but it won't last long. If people are willing to buy it, and the government shuts down the only seller, how much anger they would incur would be detrimental to them.
"Sile, I'm done. I'll go and attach the last pieces. Are you ready?"
"Yeah, ready when you are", Sile said.
Arel quickly boarded the spacecraft and set off for the warp point. After connecting the final part, she activated the warp point. Although she had calculated everything, she was still full of nervousness. Watching anxiously, the desolate metal structure started to make a low whirring noise before an ethereal light flickered in the middle of the large metal ring. At first it looked to be jittery, but after a while it stabilised into a solid multicoloured array.
Arel couldn't help but let out a cheer. She felt an overwhelming sense of accomplishment. She quickly reported back to Sile.
"Wife, it's up and running. Send a few drones this way so we can see if it works properly".
Sile could hear the pride and joy in her tone and quickly agreed.
"Well done, my love. I'll send some now".
Arel waited to see the drones, when they reached the warp point she filled in the coordinates of one of the empires less used warp points. Sending the drones through she asked Sile to bring them back.
When the drone came back through, Arel had already begun to scan for any damage. Perhaps they were blessed with fortune, all of the drones managed to come back intact, so she asked Sile to fit some with the fruits and vegetables, and see if they were also able to go back and forth intact.
The tests all proved that there was no problem, so Arel quickly returned to Sile, smiling from ear to ear.
"It works, so many years spent. Thankfully it works" Arel said relaxedly.
"This is just the beginning. We'll be much busier from now on" Sile said dampening the relaxed look on Arel's face.
"Darling can't we take a little break? just a little one? ", Arel said while putting her thumb and index finger close together.
Sile let out a joyous laugh, "After we get used to the sales, we can find some time to visit a nice and scenic world, okay?" she asked her lover with a spoiling tone.
Arel knew that they couldn't get away at the moment, but when she heard Sile's promise, she quickly accepted it.
"Of course. What my wife said is right".
The two could be seen happily walking through the fields close to their house. They were checking through the offers that came in. After accepting the highest priced ones, they set the drones to harvest only what was ordered, before boxing it up and sending the drones off.
It wasn't unusual to have drones as the default delivery device. So seeing countless drones coming and going unimpeded, the few unsuspecting drones filled with what is probably the rarest commodity in the empire did not arouse any suspicion.
After accepting the order, a notification was sent to the people that purchased it. Most of these people were the children of merchants. They usually have the most time to waste, and they have no lack of money to spend. While the rest of their families are going out working, they're usually idle, partying, clubbing and the sort. In their spare time they usually like to look for strange and exotic things. So when they came across the only channel in the empire that showed the unattainable foods of their ancestors,it was natural for them to put in an offer.
Of course some of them thought it was a hoax, and just had a 'what if' mentality, but when they saw the offer was accepted, they wondered if they had been scammed. It wasn't until only two hours after confirmation of the purchase, that they received the delivery confirmation which surprised them.
After returning to the address they listed. They found a tightly wrapped insulation box. With a little excitement and anticipation, they took the boxes in and opened it. They were quickly stunned by the sight of the still fresh fruits and vegetables, before taking them out and seeing the instructions of how they should be consumed.
One of the buyers was a male alpha named Sen. He saw that the order was delivered, and after opening it, knew it was the real deal. He was a filial son who loved his Omega father very much, so he quickly took the package and ran to find him.
"What's the rush for, Sensen?", the delicate and handsome Omega asked worriedly.
"Daddy I bought you a present" Sen replied proudly.
"You don't have tk go out of your way to look for something for me", he said, but the smile on his face couldn't be hidden.
When Sen opened the package and showed his Omega father, he could see the shock on his father's face. Sen quickly took out the fruits and processed them as the instructions said. He watched in delight as his father tasted the fruit, with a joyful expression on his face.
"This is so delicious Sensen. Where did you manage to find these things?"
"I found a channel that was full of various crops. I didn't know if it was true or not, but it seems I was right to try" Sen answered.