"Thank you." Arven silently expressed his gratitude.
Naoki smiled and continued, "Indeedee has prepared a room for you, it's on the second floor, I'm not sure if you're comfortable with it."
As he spoke, he called over his brother, Indeedee, to take Arven upstairs to have a look.
Brother Indeedee calmly nodded and agreed, "Indeedee."
Naoki added, "Go ahead, I'll prepare dinner!"
The fireplace burned warmly in the house, filling the room with a cozy ambiance. Feeling Naoki's thoughtful care, Arven had a sudden urge to cry.
He quickly bowed his head, holding back tears, and apologized to Naoki, before following brother Indeedee upstairs.
Seeing this, Naoki chuckled and shook his head, turned on the TV, listened to the news broadcast, and began preparing dinner for the Pokémon.
Outside the window, the cold wind howled, while the Pokémon gathered on the soft carpet and sofa, basking by the fire, comfortably exposing their soft bellies.
The voice of the weather news host came from the television.
"The Paldea Region is expected to receive snowfall in the early hours tonight, citizens please prepare in advance to prevent the impact of the cold weather."
Huh? It's going to snow?
Naoki was a bit surprised, but after thinking carefully, he realized it was about time.
Snowfall is great! Once the snow covers the ground, he could take the Pokémon to the ranch to build snowmen and have snowball fights!
Naoki hummed a little tune, eagerly anticipating the snowfall.
Meanwhile, on the other side of this planet, on an island nestled in the deep blue sea.
Mew and Teddiursa held a bunch of leeks, waving goodbye in front of a Farfetch'd.
Not long ago, they arrived on this island and met the Farfetch'd in the forest needing assistance.
After hearing about the Heroic Expedition Team's tales, Farfetch'd immediately sought their help.
Farfetch'd said a Pokémon that loves eating plants came to the forest recently, eating away the roots and leeks growing from the ground.
Unable to find leeks to arm itself, Farfetch'd felt insecure and thus asked the Heroic Expedition Team to help drive away the leek-loving Pokémon.
Mew and Teddiursa accepted the task, and upon reaching the destination, they found it was a Stantler hungry for a long time.
The Stantler migrated from another forest where a lack of food was caused by humans logging trees, thus it had to come here to eat leeks.
To help Farfetch'd complete its task, Mew and Teddiursa gave it their treasured Berries to fill its stomach.
Once fed, Stantler promised not to eat Farfetch'd's weapons anymore.
The matter was resolved perfectly, and Farfetch'd gifted a bundle of leeks to Mew and Teddiursa.
After Farfetch'd left, Teddiursa looked down at the leeks in its hand, "Yummy..." (Strange taste...)
Mew tilted its head, "Miu?" (Should we eat them?)
Teddiursa sighed, "Yummy..." (Not tasty...)
It thought of Farfetch'd using these leeks as weapons, feeling they might be quite useful tools for some Pokémon.
Decided!
Teddiursa, a sudden idea sparkling in its mind.
It decided to send these plant stems back to the ranch, giving them to Naoki to see if any Pokémon there might need them!
Speaking of Naoki...
Teddiursa's mind envisioned his tall figure and grew melancholic.
Unknowingly, it had left there for quite a long time.
Teddiursa missed Naoki, missed the ranch, missed Naoki's delicious snacks.
Mew observed the melancholic Teddiursa and couldn't help but tilt its head, "Miu?" (What's wrong?)
Teddiursa replied truthfully, "Yummy..." (I miss Naoki...)
Mew knew not what missing someone meant, never having missed anyone like that.
Seeing Teddiursa's state, it thought it over carefully, then cheerfully suggested, "Miu!" (Then let's return to the ranch!)