Chapter 109:
Over there, Hayashi Kaede, who was frying eggs, saw this scene and revealed a relieved smile.
Dragonite was as gentle-tempered as he had imagined.
After frying ten more eggs and plating them, feeling the change in temperature on the griddle, Hayashi Kaede glanced at the Combusken beside him.
It was spitting fire nearby, but drool was practically dripping out.
Perhaps because it was drooling, the flame temperature had risen.
After a moment's thought, Hayashi Kaede said earnestly, "Control the intensity of the flames! If you can control the flame temperature even under temptation, your mastery of moves will definitely improve significantly in the future!"
Combusken didn't speak because it was breathing fire,
But inwardly, it faintly felt that the Trainer was probably using his usual rhetoric again.
"Let's look at it another way. If the flame control is poor, these eggs won't taste good. And any unpalatable eggs will all be given to you."
Combusken: "???"
Hearing this, it immediately carefully controlled the energy within its body, afraid Hayashi Kaede would make the eggs taste bad.
"Heh..."
Looking at Combusken like this, Hayashi Kaede couldn't help but chuckle softly at how easily fooled it was.
On the griddle, the eggs, one side already set, sizzled in the oil. Hayashi Kaede added a little honey and seasoning to the still-runny side, then flipped them over.
He also flipped the ribs frying nearby.
If it was just fried eggs, given the number of his Pokémon now, frying a hundred wouldn't be too many.
After all, besides Combusken, there were also twenty Pidgeotto and Pidgey...
Thinking of Pidgeotto, Hayashi Kaede remembered Mew. He quickly glanced up at the pine tree.
He counted and, seeing there were still twenty-one Pidgeotto and Pidgey, breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed Mew hadn't left yet.
After frying these ten eggs, Hayashi Kaede first checked their information.
[A+ Grade Honey Fried Eggs – Sunny-side-up eggs fried with Sweet Honey. They are sweet, comforting fried eggs that increase feelings of happiness.
Dish Effect 1: After consumption, allows Pokémon to feel intense happiness for a short time.
Dish Effect 2: Long-term consumption allows Pokémon to absorb energy faster.]
Boosts digestion, right?
Hayashi Kaede nodded.
This effect was pretty good.
At least for Combusken, it was.
It ate a lot. If it digested faster, it could evolve again soon.
Then he seemed to remember something.
Under Combusken's puzzled gaze, Hayashi Kaede walked to a certain spot in the garden and picked a handful of leaves.
After crushing them into a powder, he set them aside in a bowl for later use.
He continued frying eggs, but this time, he occasionally added a little of the powder.
Frying eggs was efficient. In just over ten minutes, a hundred eggs were fried, emitting an enticing sweet aroma.
He checked the information of these later fried eggs.
[A+ Grade Honey Fried Eggs – Sunny-side-up eggs fried with Sweet Honey and Mint. They are sweet, comforting fried eggs that increase feelings of happiness. They have a greater effect on feline Pokémon and emit an irresistible aroma for them.
Dish Effect 1: After consumption, allows Pokémon to feel intense happiness for a short time.
Dish Effect 2: Long-term consumption allows Pokémon to absorb energy faster.]
"Tsk tsk tsk..."
Looking at the information for these ten fried eggs, Hayashi Kaede felt inwardly delighted.
This mint was planted the day after Snivy got drunk. To make it grow before Mew left, he had specifically used high-grade Golden Fertilizer.
So it grew very quickly~
He called out to the Pokémon playing over there to come eat and stop playing.
Then he looked up at the Pidgeotto and Pidgey in the sky. "Come, you all come down too."
"Pidgey..."
In the pine tree.
The "Pidgeotto" that had wandered outside with Hayashi Kaede didn't find the trip particularly fun, but it did see a Dragonite with a "fellow" aura following him back to the plantation.
This served as a reminder.
It knew it absolutely had to go find that Pokémon with its own aura and see what was really going on.
So, "Pidgeotto" decided that after eating this meal tonight, it would leave this place. It would also bid farewell to this human, reveal its identity, and give him a good scare~
It could already picture this human's spectacular expression when he saw its transformation~
"Pidgeotto~"
Just thinking about it seemed fun.
"Pidgeotto" thought so.
But as it pondered, for some reason, a scent from below grew stronger and stronger... more and more fragrant, until it reached an almost irresistible level.
It looked down at the fried eggs, restless, hopping back and forth incessantly on the pine tree.
Finally...
Just as it was about to lose control, the human below called them down.
And it, too, received a few of those exceptionally fragrant fried eggs.
"Pidgeotto" looked at the fried eggs given to it, then at the other fried eggs. Compared to the others, these eggs were just a little greener. Why... were they so fragrant?
"Mew... Pidgeotto?" (So fragrant?)
It almost cried out in its original voice. Holding the fried egg in its beak, it couldn't bear to eat it immediately, its whole body brimming with excitement.
This excitement made its body wriggle.
Thus, a very strange scene appeared:
Among the group of Pidgeotto eating, only it was wriggling its body oddly, occasionally flapping its wings.
So, the other Pokémon quickly turned their attention to it.
Until one Pidgeotto tapped it with its wing. "Pidgeotto?" (What are you doing? Acting so... weird...)
"Pidgeotto?" (Don't like eating this? Then give it to me.)
Only then did "Pidgeotto" snap back to reality, quickly guarding its food like a possessive child, "Pidgeotto..." (No, no~!)
As it spoke, it tore the egg apart with its claws, savoring it slowly while enjoying the delicious taste, a look of intoxication appeared on its face.
But once the mental restlessness subsided, "Pidgeotto" started feeling conflicted again.
Tomorrow...
Should it leave or not?
Maybe... leave the day after tomorrow?
Meanwhile, Hayashi Kaede watched it out of the corner of his eye, ready to chuckle to himself, but the next moment, hearing the system's notification, his expression turned to one of astonishment.
[Congratulations, Host, for increasing Mew's Happiness from 10% to 70%. Reward: 10 bags of Premium Golden Fertilizer, 3 Rare Candies, and one of Mew's Eyelashes (An eyelash possessing Mew's genes. Seems it can be used in cooking?).]