Chapter 110:
This was a setting Hayashi Kaede had configured: the system would announce whenever a premium reward was obtained.
But Mew's eyelash?
Made into a dish?
No matter how he looked at it, these two pieces of information just didn't seem to go together.
Perceiving the reward information, Hayashi Kaede was utterly perplexed. In the end, he could only store it in his system space to study later.
But speaking of the system's special rewards...
While frying the pork chops, Hayashi Kaede began to ponder.
Actually, he had already accumulated quite a few special rewards.
For example, he had hundreds of Technical Machines (TMs). Initially, Hayashi Kaede thought about checking them daily to see which TMs suited which of his Pokémon.
Later, as the rewards piled up, he gradually gave up on checking.
They were all piled up in his system space.
There were all sorts of other rewards too,
Like "Sacred Ash," "Silver Wing," "Soothe Bell," "Twisted Spoon"....
"Need to find time to take them out and have a look."
This thought flashed through Hayashi Kaede's mind, and then he focused on frying the pork chops.
When the outside of the pork chops turned slightly golden brown, glistening with a honey-like sheen, and an iron skewer could easily pierce the meat, the chops were done.
He checked the dish effect.
Finding it was only a B+ grade dish this time, with just one effect of increasing happiness, Hayashi Kaede shifted his main focus back to the fried eggs.
But when he placed the fried pork chops on the table, his face froze for a moment.
The sixty fried eggs he had carefully arranged on the table earlier were all gone, completely devoured.
"Good grief, are you all foodies or what?..."
(╹ڡ╹ ): "Eeehee~" (So tasty~)
Vulpix sat on Dragonite's claw, wiped its mouth with a paw, and let out a soft and cute "Eeehee" sound at him.
The Dragonite behind it also patted its belly contentedly.
After working so hard to fly this far, the obsession with "that last Energy Cube" was finally laid to rest. Dragonite now felt that these fried eggs were even more delicious than Energy Cubes.
It didn't understand why Mewtwo had to leave, saying it wanted to find more Trainers and see how more Pokémon and Trainers interacted.
So strange...
Wasn't it very happy staying here?
"Sigh... I'll go fry some more."
Hayashi Kaede let out a helpless sigh, put down the pork chops, took more eggs from his Stoage Capsule, and started frying again.
In the end...
The three hundred eggs Hayashi Kaede had stored in his Storage Capsules were completely wiped out, finally ending this dinner.
Based on Hayashi Kaede's incomplete statistics,
Combusken ate over 40, and Dragonite ate over 60....
It seemed the title of "Big Eater No.1" was about to be snatched from Combusken.
After dinner, having cleaned up, Hayashi Kaede finally rested. He got his wish and placed his hand on Dragonite's belly.
Hmm, as expected, it was indeed very soft and warm.
"Dragonite, would you mind sleeping in your Poké Ball for now? Tomorrow, I'll ask the construction team to come build a larger wooden house for you in the garden, okay?"
"Dragonite~" (Okay, okay~)
Dragonite nodded, indicating no problem.
It had been very happy today. Not only did it vent the frustration accumulated over so many days in Pokémon battles, but it also ate such delicious... never-before-tasted fried eggs.
And all this intense happiness was brought by the human before it.
Now, seeing Hayashi Kaede stroking its belly, it couldn't help but hug him directly.
"Huh? Mmm...."
Suddenly sinking into a world of softness, Hayashi Kaede was stunned for a moment, then gave up resisting, extending his arms to hug back, sighing with emotion, "So soft..."
Then, while in the embrace, he returned it to its Poké Ball.
Next, he asked Gardevoir how its mastery of the curse power was coming along.
Its reply was that it could now maintain the curse for about two and a half hours.
This made Hayashi Kaede nod repeatedly.
From half an hour to two and a half hours, Gardevoir, already over level 80, had achieved this in just over a week.
It looked like soon, Gardevoir could also stay in the Breeding House at night without having to stay away from them!
Seemed he needed to prepare a room for Gardevoir too.
Finally, Hayashi Kaede looked at Serperior and took out its Poké Ball.
But before he could speak, Serperior rejected the idea. "Serperior!" (I don't want to go in!)
It had been inside all day today.
Although it could still sense Hayashi Kaede outside, the Poké Ball felt like an invisible barrier between them, and it strongly resisted this separation.
Hayashi Kaede didn't force it, putting the Poké Ball away. "...Alright, then come with me."
He led Serperior into his room, used his psychic abilities to clean the floor, took out a blanket from the closet and spread it on the ground, then brought its quilt from the wooden house and laid it over the blanket.
Thus, a soft, warm little nest was ready.
"Alright~ You sleep here, right next to me! How about that?"
"Serperior?"
Serperior was taken aback, then the corners of its mouth turned up uncontrollably. "Serperior~" (Okay.)
"Good thing the room is big enough."
Hayashi Kaede sighed with feeling.
The decorations in his room were simple: a large bed on the right side, a desk near the bed.
On the left was the entrance door and a wardrobe against the wall. In the middle of the wall was a detachable wooden house; the rest was free space.
Now, with the blanket spread out, the space was just right.
The coiled-up Serperior perfectly utilized this space. Only one tail with leaf-like adornments seemed a bit unsure where to go, eventually resting on Hayashi Kaede's bed.
This caught Alolan Vulpix's interest.
Its eyes lit up as it looked at the tail, immediately reaching out a paw to grab it. But the tail, as if equipped with an auto-dodge mechanism, quickly evaded.
"Vulpix?"
Missing the grab, Little Vulpix frowned slightly, its pink mouth pouting, and it jumped to another spot to try again.
But how could Serperior's tail be so easy to catch?
It was also happy to tease Little Vulpix like this.
With another shift, it dodged again.
After several rounds like this, Hayashi Kaede watched with great interest, his own hands starting to itch to join.
Finally, after Little Vulpix missed yet again,
His hand shot out swiftly, accurately grabbing the wriggling tail.
At the same time, he let out an excited laugh, "haha, I got it!"
But before the laughter could fully form, it cut off abruptly and turned into a sharp cry.
"Ah....?"
Because the tail he had caught seemed to have a reflex reaction. From the tail to the body, it quickly coiled around him, lifting him into the air and bringing him face to face with Serperior.
"Serperior...."