Early the next morning.
After being embraced by the tender bunny girl all night, as soon as Hakuya opened his eyes, he was greeted by the daily essential "morning milk" feeding.
"Mmm... Ma... Master, here is some for you to drink..."
The cow-girl loli's face was flushed red as she spoke with a trembling voice.
Although she was a bit curious why Sister Lopunny was sleeping in the Trainer's bed and why her body was covered in sticky, wet fluids...
The airheaded girl obviously didn't intend to ask; she just obediently held those overflowing snowy peaks to the Trainer's mouth.
After breakfast, Hakuya led the Pokémon toward the lake.
Today was a day for happy fishing.
"Mi-no~"
Mienshao raised her beautiful eyes, looking at her surroundings with curiosity.
This was her first time stepping out of the forest and seeing such a scene on this farm.
The morning light first blossomed, sparkling like shattered silver on the mist-shrouded lake, where several large fish could be seen swimming leisurely in the cool water.
By the lakeside, a line of Lotad basked in the sun.
A Slowpoke sat blankly on the shore, sticking its short tail into the water to fish.
However, in the next second, the clumsy little guy began wailing while hugging its tail, which had been bitten red by a fish.
Looking at the lake, Hakuya couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"The fish here are all so big!"
"Once the farm fields are mostly cultivated, I can even set up an aquaculture base here..."
Thinking about the future where he could fish leisurely with his Pokémon girls all day, Hakuya felt a surge of joy.
"Gar~"
Gardevoir leaned her beautiful back forward, touching the water's surface with her slender, smooth hand.
The lake water was very cool.
Hakuya put down the fish bucket, took the large fishing net out of his backpack, and announced:
"Let's start catching fish!"
"Chururu!"
Lopunny had already impatiently jumped into the lake.
The cute Petilil stood on the shore, scanning the fish swimming in the water.
"Ya-mi~"
After staring for a while, she shook the green leaves on her head and yawned.
Hakuya, who had just laid out the fishing net, walked over and doted on the little one by rubbing her head, asking: "Petilil, aren't you going to catch fish with us?"
"Ya-mi..."
"Do you think catching fish is boring?"
Seeing Petilil's nodding agreement, Hakuya pondered for a moment, looking like a sage: "That's where you're wrong. Fishing is a profound philosophy of becoming stronger."
"Ya-mi?"
Petilil tilted her head cutely, and the drooping green leaf suddenly popped up like a beautiful girl's ahoge.
Catching fish to get stronger—this was the first time she had heard of such a thing!
Seeing that the little one had taken the bait, Hakuya struck while the iron was hot.
"Of course, I wouldn't lie to you."
Unlike the other Pokémon girls, she wasn't airheaded like the cow-girl loli or shy like Lopunny; Petilil was more like a precious, delicate little princess, making one feel an urge to deceive and thoroughly "discipline" her.
Having said that, he leaned in like a little devil and whispered into Petilil's ear temptingly.
"Besides, you want to get stronger and evolve into Lilligant soon, right? At that time, those places of yours will also probably..."
"Ya-mi!"
The little one's crimson eyes suddenly lit up.
Whether she got stronger or not wasn't the main point; the key was the last part.
She looked at herself and remembered the scene in the living room last night, where the cow-girl loli had flaunted those rule-breaking breasts in front of her.
Suddenly, Petilil felt a surge of battle intent in her heart.
Once she became a strong Lilligant, she would use the same method to feed her snowy mounds to the Trainer!
Seeing the little one full of drive, Hakuya pointed to the two Pokémon catching fish nearby and smiled: "Look, you can observe them first."
"Ya-mi!"
Petilil looked toward Lopunny and the others.
Lopunny jumped into the water excitedly; she had been craving these plump fish for a long time.
"Chururu~"
Sharply spotting a dark figure trying to swim past her, Lopunny's hands were quick, catching the sneaky fish right on target.
Slap slap slap—
The caught fish struggled frantically.
"Chururu!"
Lopunny's eyes widened, and she squeezed out a very serious facial expression.
Instantly, the big fish that was struggling desperately went quiet, lying motionlessly in her small hands as if dead.
[Lopunny learned a new move: Baby-Doll Eyes] [Baby-Doll Eyes: The user stares at the target with those baby-doll eyes, which lowers its Attack stat. This move always goes first.]
"Ya-mi~"
Petilil showed a thoughtful expression, then turned to Gardevoir on the other side.
Gardevoir didn't choose to jump into the lake like Lopunny; she used a more elegant method.
"Gar~"
The morning mist had not dispersed when a circle of deep blue ripples suddenly spread across the center of the lake.
Gardevoir closed her eyes and raised her hand. The pale pink glow formed by her psychic power bloomed layer by layer like gauze curtains, lifting her slender, graceful body into the air.
Just as Petilil was confused, a clear, melodious song began to flow from Gardevoir's throat.
Gardevoir lightly closed her eyes, her moon-white, dress-like body hanging over the lake without touching a drop of water.
The song was invisible yet seemed tangible, surrounding the lake with the golden light of the dawn.
At the end of the long note, crystal-blue splashes of water suddenly bloomed on the lake surface.
"Ya-mi!"
Petilil's eyes widened.
In front of her, schools of silver fish suddenly competed to leap out of the water—not in panic, but as if drawn by the song.
As the last vibration faded, dozens of fish were flopping back and forth on the shore.
[Gardevoir learned a new move: Disarming Voice] [Disarming Voice: Letting out a charming cry, the user does emotional damage to opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses.]
Just as Hakuya was joyfully pulling up the net containing dozens of fish, he saw Petilil hopping over.
"Ya-mi, ya-mi!"
Obviously, after observing, the little one now had plenty of confidence.
Hakuya rubbed the green leaves on her head, expressing great satisfaction: "Then come with us and train yourself through the process of fishing!"
"Ya-mi!"
However, a few minutes later, even though she knew this was a form of special training, the Petilil—whose enthusiasm had cooled—looked at the vast lake and found herself in a dilemma.
"Ya-mi..."
Petilil tried hard to widen her clear, large eyes.
Should she learn to scare the small fish like Sister Lopunny?
Or... she closed her eyes again, her small mouth slightly open.
After a while, seeing no change, Petilil wilted like a deflated balloon.
She didn't have psychic powers to fly, nor did she have a beautiful singing voice like Sister Gardevoir.
Nearby, Hakuya rubbed his chin, also thinking about how to conduct special training for this cute Petilil.
"Got it!"
The green leaf on Petilil's head suddenly popped up.