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Spring had arrived, with bright sunshine and all things reviving. The trees were lush and green, and wildflowers bloomed everywhere along the road. Pachirisu would casually pluck fresh flowers, place them under their noses, and carefully sniff the fragrance they brought.
A few Bidoof were fighting over some berries that had fallen from a tree. They stood upright and shouted, comparing the volume of their voices to determine who would get the berries.
The Kricketot and Kricketune in the bushes felt that their voices were simply a pollution of art. To cleanse their souls, the Kricketot and Kricketune began to play the songs of nature.
However, when it was time to argue, the Bidoof continued to argue regardless.
The sound of footsteps echoing on the Breeding Road scared the Pachirisu, causing them to drop the flowers in their hands and quickly climb up the trees, while fearfully peeking at the movement on the road.
An elegant woman was walking along the road with a Mime Jr. and a Galar Ponyta that had been coming to the Breeding House to play for the past few days, heading toward the Breeding House not far away.
Mime Jr. ran wantonly along the Breeding Road. It held a long, straight stick it had picked up on the road, arrived beside the bushes, used the stick to push the bushes aside, poked its head into the bushes, and stared straight at the Kricketot and Kricketune playing music inside.
The Kricketot and Kricketune stopped playing, and the surroundings fell into a dead silence.
Mime Jr. looked at the Kricketot and Kricketune that were no longer playing, wrinkled its nose, pulled its head out, and let the bushes close back up.
"Boring."
The displeasure that the Kricketot and the others had caused Mime Jr. was quickly forgotten, because it saw a few Bidoof and Bibarel shouting at each other not far away.
It raised its stick and ran over.
"Nini?"
"What are you doing here?"
Mime Jr. asked doubtfully, chewing on a berry in its mouth.
One of the Bidoof turned its head to look at Mime Jr., then turned its head back, ignoring it.
Just as it was about to open its mouth to shout, it suddenly felt that the berry in Mime Jr.'s hand looked very familiar. It turned its head back again and discovered that the berries were gone from the place where they had originally put them.
It looked at Mime Jr., and Mime Jr. happened to throw away the berry core.
"Bidoof?"
"Where did you get the berries you were eating?"
"Nini."
"They were dropped on the ground. The taste is a bit astringent."
Mime Jr. pointed to the place where the Bidoof had just put the berries.
Bidoof: ???
Seeing the Bidoof suddenly burst into loud tears, Mime Jr. took its stick and ran away.
Watching Mime Jr.'s retreating back, the Bidoof sniffled, and the remaining Bibarel could only let Mime Jr. leave.
There was no help for it. All Pokémon living on the Breeding Road had to know one thing: the Pokémon from the Breeding House could not be touched, especially Mime Jr. Otherwise, its so-called older brothers and sisters would come over to reason with you.
Where Lucas could not see, Mime Jr. had perfectly inherited his and Gengar's personalities, effectively becoming a little bully on the Breeding Road.
Today it would tease a Pachirisu, tomorrow it would snatch berries from Bidoof and Bibarel, and the day after that, it would use its stick to poke at a Wurmple.
Since the berries had been eaten by Mime Jr., the remaining Bibarel and Bidoof had no choice but to leave, leaving behind the Bidoof that had just been crying loudly. It sat down on the ground, then pulled out the two berries it had hidden from its tail and happily began to chew on them.
"It's a good thing I'm smart and hid them secretly."
Mime Jr. was running non-stop on the Breeding Road. The Galar Ponyta was influenced by this, caught up to Mime Jr., and began a game of chase.
"Run slowly, don't trip," Diantha smiled and urged Mime Jr., her gaze sweeping gently over the vibrant scenery by the roadside. Spring in the Sinnoh region was always so pleasant. A breeze blew by, carrying the scent of grass, trees, and flowers, fresher and more natural than any perfume.
Especially with two cute Pokémon by her side, it made her involuntarily think of her own childhood, when her Gardevoir was just an incredibly shy Ralts.
Arriving at the entrance of the Breeding House, Mime Jr. rushed directly into the Breeding House, skillfully climbed onto Lucas, who had a book covering his face, and used its small hands to take the book off.
The movement on his face woke the sleeping Lucas. Looking at Mime Jr. who appeared before his eyes, wearing a blue Christmas hat with a little red nose, a smile appeared on his face. "Is today's filming finished?"
"Nini~"
"Hmm~ It's finished~"
Lucas sat up, hugged Mime Jr. in his arms, and looked at Diantha, who had walked into the Breeding House. "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's nothing. I just happened to be free, and I wanted to see Mime Jr.'s filming process. I have to say, Mime Jr. really has a talent for acting."
"It has talent for many things."
Lucas held Mime Jr.'s small hand and said with a smile.
"Nini~"
"That's right."
Mime Jr. nodded confidently.
Kangaskhan walked into the Breeding House with Kangaskhan, looking at Lucas, who was still sitting on the armchair, looking just awake. Kangaskhan kindly reminded him.
"Kangaskhan."
"The weather is so good today. Instead of staying in the Breeding House, why not go out and bask in the sun more? Look at you, you're almost growing mushrooms from lying down so much."
"Is the weather very good today?"
Lucas yawned and asked.
"Not bad. I quite like spring in the Sinnoh region. The sunshine is bright, and it has a real spring atmosphere."
Diantha sat to the side, drinking the sweet tea brought over by the Female Meowstic, and said elegantly.
"The weather is nice—let me think, it seems I haven't gone fishing in a long time. How about we go fishing today?"
Diantha: "Fishing?"
"Didn't you want to eat fish today? It just so happens that the weather is also very good today. We can borrow a boat from Mr. Rhys and go fishing out at sea. Whatever we catch, we eat."
Lucas nodded, then looked at Gengar and the others beside him.
"Gen gengar"
"I have no objection."
"Shu."
"Up to you."
"Where is Little Shauna? Does Little Shauna want to go fishing out at sea with me?"
Lucas looked around but couldn't find Shauna. Today happened to be a day off, so he could take Little Shauna out with him.
"Gengar, go ask Little Shauna and see if she wants to go."
Gengar nodded and went through the wall to the backyard to ask Shauna.
"What about you, Champion Diantha? Do you want to try the Breeding House's rare fishing activity?"
Lucas asked Diantha, who was sitting to the side drinking sweet tea. Diantha hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.
"Then I shall respectfully accept."
Lucas gave a hum of acknowledgment, then took out his phone and called Rhys. It just so happened that he had just bought a new boat yesterday, so he could borrow it to use.
Da da da.
"Uncle, Uncle, are we going fishing?"
Shauna, wearing a blue princess dress, was dragging Munchlax, holding Larvitar in her arms, and with Zorua on her head, rushed into the Breeding House. She came before Lucas, her dark, shiny eyes blinking as she stared at Lucas.
"That's right. Do you want to come along? It seems you haven't been fishing out at sea before, right?"
Lucas smiled and pinched her little cheeks, saying.
"Mm, mm, can I go too?"
Lucas nodded. "Of course, as long as you behave."
"Hee hee, Little Shauna is the most obedient to Uncle."
"Alright then, give Uncle a kiss."
Diantha: ————
Watching Shauna plant a little kiss on Lucas's cheek, Diantha sighed speechlessly.
"Is there anyone else who wants to go out to sea and catch some breeze? You can come along, the boat is very big."
Lucas looked at the rest of the people and Pokémon in the Breeding House.
"How about we temporarily suspend business for today? Let's go out to sea for a breeze, just as a way to relax."
Lucas remembered that it seemed Mr. and Mrs. Fujino had rarely had a vacation since coming to the Breeding House. So, after saying this, he clapped his hands. "Alright, it's decided then. We'll temporarily suspend business for one day today. Anyway, the current customer traffic is mainly concentrated in the Canteen."
This is the Breeding House in a small place. Apart from when there is a lot of customer traffic, people rarely come by to adopt Pokémon or purchase a pokémon egg. Most people just come to board their Pokémon or have Lucas help treat their Pokémon's injuries.
"Since the Manager has said so, let's take a long-overdue vacation and go out to sea to get some fresh air."
Mrs. Fujino smiled, clasped her hands together, and said with a soft laugh.
"Then I'll go prepare the things we need for the trip."
Mr. Fujino said, then walked towards the storage room.
"Gengar, do you have time to come help me out?"
Mr. Fujino's voice rang out.
Gengar, who was in the kitchen preparing sweet honey, responded, then instructed Alcremie that this was the sweet honey to be taken on the boat, before floating off to the storage room to help.
"Right, Alcremie, no need to prepare so much food. We can go to the Cottage to grab some, and then we'll set off."
"imai."
Okay, I'll just prepare some desserts.
"Uncle, Uncle, can we ask if Little Tomoyo wants to come along?"
Shauna tugged at Lucas's pant leg. Lucas looked down, "Of course you can."
So, Shauna ran to the side and used her smartwatch to call Tomoyo.
Your Munchlax was left with me.
Lucas looked at the Munchlax fast asleep on the carpet, crouched down, and vigorously rubbed its little belly, "Still sleeping? We're going fishing out at sea; we're having fish tonight."
Lucas, who was messing around with Munchlax, suddenly heard a cold and familiar voice from not far away, "Going out to sea, huh? I recall someone hasn't even been out to sea with me yet."
Lucas's body stiffened.
Ninetales, off to the side, opened one eye, glanced at Lucas, and then closed its eyes again.
Someone is going to be in big trouble.
Ninetales shook its head slightly.
Lucas stiffly turned his neck and discovered Diantha holding up her phone, signaling to him. On the screen was clearly the Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia.
"Hello, long time no see, Cynthia."
Lucas grinned and greeted Cynthia.
Cynthia didn't speak; she just looked at Lucas quietly.
Lucas felt as if he were encased in ice; his entire body felt cold to the bone.
"Next time, we go out just the two of us?"
Lucas carefully suggested.
"And then prepare a huge pile of ice cream for you, so you can enjoy delicious ice cream and desserts while the sea breeze blows?"
Cynthia still didn't respond.
Lucas was frantically searching his mind for a way to remedy the situation. In his panic, he actually considered asking Gengar what he should do.
"Fine, considering how sincere your invitation is, I'll reluctantly go out to sea with you next time."
Cynthia's voice suddenly rang out. Hearing her words, Lucas finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Phew, survived.
"Don't worry, this time the whole Breeding House is going; consider it a holiday activity for the Breeding House."
Lucas patted his chest to guarantee, "It's definitely not going out alone with Diantha."
"You still want to go out alone with her?"
"You still want to go out alone with me?"
Lucas: ————
"I suddenly remembered that Little Shauna said she wanted me to go with her to pick up Little Tomoyo. I'm leaving first. Little Shauna, let's go."
Lucas hurriedly ran to the door, grabbed Shauna who was just about to walk over, tucked her under his arm, and then looked back at Ninetales, "Ninetales, let's go."
Watching Shauna being forcibly taken away, Diantha and Cynthia on the screen exchanged a glance and then laughed together.
"I thought that since I came over, you would have time to come keep me company too."
Diantha sat on a chair and said to Cynthia on the screen.
"Didn't I keep you company in the Kalos region already?"
"The Kalos region is the Kalos region, and the Sinnoh region is the Sinnoh region. As the Sinnoh Champion, shouldn't you come to keep me company?"
"Regardless, I am the Kalos Champion after all. Is this how you treat guests in the Sinnoh region?"
Listening to Diantha's somewhat unreasonable words, Cynthia just smiled, "Hasn't my boyfriend already helped me entertain you? He is also a Champion, and he doesn't charge you money either. Isn't that great?"
Diantha: ————
Having a boyfriend is such a big deal, huh?
Diantha rolled her eyes.
Cynthia and Diantha chatted for a while, then Cynthia looked at Diantha sitting on the chair and asked: "Have you decided?"
Diantha nodded upon hearing this and used her hand to fiddle with the pendant in front of her chest—a wing-shaped pendant with a colorful key stone embedded inside.
"As your best friend, only by defeating me can I be sure that he can protect you well."
Diantha said.
Cynthia smiled gracefully at this, "Then I'll have to trouble you, our Kalos Champion, world-class actress, Miss Diantha."
"You're welcome, Miss Cynthia."
Diantha nodded slightly.
"Everything is ready, Miss Diantha. Shall we set off now?"
Mr. Fujino packed the things, carried them on his back, and politely asked Diantha.
"Okay."
Diantha stood up and looked at Cynthia on the screen, "Then I'll hang up now and go enjoy my long-overdue vacation."
"Mhm, have fun. If there's anything he doesn't entertain you well with, tell me, and I'll help you teach him a lesson."
"Don't worry."
Shauna, standing beside Lucas, looked at the big ship in front of her and couldn't help but exclaim "Wow."
"Wow ———— What a big ship ———— "
Her little mouth couldn't even close.
Lucas looked at the huge, luxurious, invincible-plus-version yacht in front of him, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily. He looked at Rhys, who had bronze-colored skin beside him, and pointed at the yacht, "This is what you called the small boat you just bought?"
"Yeah, originally I thought about buying a bigger one, but I didn't have enough money, so I had to settle for this smaller one."
Rhys shrugged and said.
How does this kind of top-tier yacht for rich people become a 'small boat' in your mouth? Are anglers making that much money now?
Maybe I should stop running the Breeding House and become an angler instead?
Maybe in less than a year, I could live in a small villa and sail a small yacht ————
"It's fine, Lucas, use it as much as you want. The facilities on board are all installed, and I've also put the fishing rods on board. You just need to go out to sea and enjoy yourself. There's also a kitchen on board; you can enjoy the fish you catch right there."
Rhys talked endlessly about his "small boat."
Lucas suddenly raised his hand to interrupt him. Meeting his curious gaze, Lucas couldn't suppress the doubt in his heart and asked, "Is fishing really that profitable?"
"Actually, it's just okay. Originally, it was enough to not starve. This small boat was because one time when I was out fishing at sea, I saved a girl drifting on the ocean. To repay the life-saving grace, she chose this small boat for me."
Rhys explained.
So that's how it is ———— So it was life-saving grace ———— Good thing it wasn't money earned from fishing.
"Wait, didn't you say you bought it?"
"Yeah, I bought it at a 0.1 discount."
"0.1 discount?"
"She said that if we get married in the future, her money is my money, and my money is her money, so she sold it to me at a 0.1 discount."
"So that's how it is, I was wondering ———— Wait, what do you mean 'if you get married in the future'?!"
"Hehe, we should be getting married soon. She pursued me."
Lucas: ?!!!
What kind of 'saving a wayward girl only to find out she's a noble lady' plot is this, you jerk!
You might as well have told me you bought it with money earned from fishing!
That way, I wouldn't feel so bad compared to you! Damn it!
Why is it that a guy like you can get the favor of a noble lady, damn it!
But fortunately, our Sister Cabbage is also a rich woman.
Lucas's mood was finally buffered.
Hehe, Sister Cabbage, the fragrant and soft Sister Cabbage~