As a great king, all the trivial matters around it ceased to concern it.
Not listening, not watching, not caring.
After all, it is now the most powerful Horse-type Pokemon in the world, already crowned as the Horse King.
Naoki: "..."
He had a feeling that Calyrex's two beloved horses were about to malfunction.
He coughed lightly, then walked up to Glastrier. Just as Glastrier was about to turn away, its eyes caught sight of the plate of pure white treats in Naoki's hand.
It paused slightly in its movements.
Naoki seized the opportunity, picked up a cube of sugar, and slipped it into Glastrier's mouth, then leaned close to its ear and whispered:
"Go on, eat it! This is a special treat I prepared just for you. Spectrier doesn't have any!"
Spectrier glanced over slyly, its exceptionally keen senses picking up the whispered conversation between the human and horse.
But now, as a Horse King wearing a crown, it was above caring about such things.
Its tongue rolled around the cube of sugar that had been shoved into its mouth, and Glastrier exhaled two heavy snorts, wanting to refuse but finding its mouth uncooperative.
With the sugar cube down its gullet, Glastrier's ice-blue eyes lit up instantly.
This thing... why the heck does it taste so good!
Saliva started to flow in its mouth, and its eyes and brain were completely captivated by these sugar cubes, dissipating much of its inner irritation.
This human...
Actually prepared such delicious food for it, is he trying to apologize?
Seeing his sincere gesture, Glastrier decided to forgive him!
Glastrier snorted a couple of times and turned to start gobbling down the treats.
Seeing this scene, Naoki knew he had successfully placated the ill-tempered horse.
Compared to Spectrier, Glastrier was clearly not as clever.
But being temperamental had its advantages; Pokemon with such personalities often had straightforward ways of thinking, essentially a clear distinction between love and hate.
After feeding Glastrier, Naoki found Glaceon and Alcremie in the Berry Garden, playing hide and seek.
He shared the remaining candies with these Pokemon and then called Flutter Mane to the kitchen, feeding it a few pieces of Shaderoot Carrot Pokeblock.
"How does it taste?" Naoki couldn't help but ask as he watched Flutter Mane eating.
Flutter Mane, with its little fangs showing, frowned, clearly not too fond of these carrot candies.
"Not a fan, eh..." Naoki pondered.
Flutter Mane, coming from ancient times, was evidently a carnivorous Pokemon.
Compared to carrots, vegetables, and berries, it preferred chunks of meat and bones.
If that's the case, he'll just make a modified dish of Shaderoot Carrot Stew next time.
By the way, it seems that Porto Marinada Town doesn't sell vermicelli... he wanted to make a pork and vermicelli stew last winter but couldn't.
Aside from regular meat, there's lobster and fish from the sea.
The fish brought by those working Dragonites were all swallowed up by Giratina before he could even have a bite.
When he went to Giratina about it, Giratina boldly claimed that anything that fell into its world belonged to it.
He had been busy with Kitakami and Ogerpon affairs before, and now with some free time, Naoki craved some lobster.
With that thought, Naoki stepped out, wary of making his own Dragonite jealous, so he avoided those working Dragonites and found his own Dragonite, telling it that he wanted to eat lobster and crab.
Seeing that Naoki came to it to catch fish instead of those wild Dragonites, Dragonite was overjoyed.
It immediately stood up from the grass and flew out to the sea to catch some fish for Naoki.