On the first day of Celebi's departure, the Breeding House began to return to its busy life.
Lucas, with the help of Gengar, Mime Jr., and Gothorita, cleaned the entire house.
Looking at the spotless Breeding House, Lucas breathed a sigh of relief and then sat in the rocking chair he had bought a few days ago, gently swaying.
"Gothorita~"
Gothorita brewed him a cup of tea and brought it over.
"Thank you, Gothorita."
Slowly sipping the tea in his hand, Lucas comfortably narrowed his eyes.
This life was wonderful beyond words.
The weather today was not hot, rather cloudy. Gengar and the others were playing with Shauna in the backyard, and the Pokémon from the forest would come over every day during the day and return at night.
Petilil, meanwhile, sat on the counter, continuing to serve as the Breeding House's receptionist.
After a short nap, Lucas picked up his Breeding House development plan and looked at it. Business wasn't very good today, so he decided to take this opportunity to expand the planting area in the backyard.
He then got up and went to the backyard, explained the situation to Shauna and the others, told them to stay in the Breeding House, and then asked Staravia to help keep an eye on them.
Shauna nodded understandingly, and then Lucas, with Gengar, and Petilil in his arms, walked towards Twinleaf Town.
Arriving at Grandma's seed shop, after buying the seeds, Grandma held Lucas's hand and asked how long it would be before the herbal tea was sold again.
Lucas slapped his forehead right then and there. He had been so busy lately that he had forgotten to resume selling the herbal tea, which he had stopped to avoid unnecessary incidents.
Lucas then stated that the herbal tea would resume sales tomorrow morning.
Only then did Grandma nod in satisfaction, and then gave Lucas a 10% discount on all the seeds he bought.
Returning to the backyard, Lucas took out several hoes, gave them to Dash and the others, and took one himself.
He went to the planting area, walked around a few times, then gestured, instructing Dash and the others to dismantle all the fences in the planting area. Then, using the hoes, they cultivated a much larger area, more than three times the original size.
Tree berries and vegetables occupied most of the area, as the Breeding House had many inhabitants, plus Gengar and Dash, Bolt, Vex, those big eaters, food ran out quickly.
He then had Dash take Bolt and Vex to move the fences over, punching them into the ground one by one.
During this process, many Pokémon from the forest gathered around, watching curiously, and occasionally whispering to other Pokémon observing with them.
After the fences were in place, Lucas took out the purchased seeds, then walked to the cultivated land, allocated the space, and planted the purchased seeds one by one.
Just as he and Gengar took out their watering cans to water, a few Aipom called out to him.
"What's wrong?"
Lucas asked curiously.
Then one Aipom pointed at the watering can in Lucas's hand, and its large, palm-tipped tail made a watering motion.
"You mean, you want to do the watering?"
The Aipom nodded, looking at Lucas with hopeful eyes.
Lucas thought for a moment, then handed it the watering can.
It took the watering can, happily clapped its front paws, then carefully went to the planting area and watered each plant with the can.
Seeing this, Gengar also handed its watering can to an Aipom.
The two Aipom began watering the planting area.
"This feels pretty good."
Lucas looked at the Aipom watering for him, and then at the envious glances of the surrounding Aipom, and smiled.
He would buy more watering cans then and give them all to the Aipom, letting them water for him.
Although he could ask Golduck and Azumarill, who lived in the Lake area, to use Rain Dance, seeing how much the Aipom liked watering, he would just let them do it.
After guiding the Aipom to finish watering, Lucas returned to the front resting area, lay down, and quietly waited for customers to arrive.
"Uncle, Uncle."
Lucas opened his eyes and saw Shauna's small head looking at him from the chair.
"What's wrong?"
Lucas rubbed his eyes, then stretched.
This rocking chair, coupled with this lifestyle, made him so prone to drowsiness once he sat down.
He could easily fall asleep without realizing it.
"Uncle, shouldn't we hold a competition?"
Shauna's eyes were fixed on Lucas.
Lucas thought for a moment, then nodded.
"Alright, then let's hold a Ring Match (arena battle) in two days."
Lucas said with a smile, stroking Shauna's bun hairstyle.
Ever since Shauna came to live at the Breeding House, her hairstyle was always a bun or pigtails.
Seeing Shauna still staring at him intently, Lucas said playfully,
"I'll go arrange it now, alright?"
Only then did Shauna nod in satisfaction.
Pinching Shauna's small nose, Lucas stood up and took out his phone to inquire with Jenny about the relevant matters.
The League Conference had ended a day ago, and now it was time for his Breeding House's arena battles.
Shauna watched Lucas discussing with Jenny, her eyes darting around, then she looked at the Pokémon beside her, whispering something.
At the same time, on the road from Sandgem Town to Twinleaf Town, a young man with spiky reddish-brown hair, a pendant around his neck, and dressed in casual clothes, was walking along this road.
An Umbreon followed at his feet.
He was playing with a Poké Ball in his hand. Originally, he only intended to visit Professor Rowan before returning to the Kanto region, but then he heard Professor Rowan say that there was a Breeding House between Sandgem Town and Twinleaf Town.
Perhaps he would gain something if he went to that Breeding House.
"A Breeding House, huh?"
The young man mumbled to himself.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the outline of a house appeared in the distance. He quickened his pace until he arrived at the entrance of the Breeding House.
[Gengar's Paradise (Breeding House)]
After reading the description on the sign, he entered, with Umbreon leading the way.
As soon as he entered, a Pokémon was sitting on the counter, greeting him.
"This is—"
Looking at the Pokémon he had never seen before, the young man took out his Pokédex and scanned Petilil.
Seeing the text not recorded in the Pokédex, the young man fell into thought.
"Is it not a Sinnoh region Pokémon?"
As he spoke softly, he heard Petilil's voice.
"Lajii~"
"Hello, is the owner of the Breeding House not here?"
He politely inquired.
Then Petilil indicated that the owner of the Breeding House was in the backyard, and she shouted loudly.
"Lajii~"
Footsteps came from the backyard.
He took this time to carefully examine the photos displayed in the Breeding House.
Group photos, photos with a little girl, photos with Jenny and her colleagues, and many individual photos of Pokémon.
Until he saw one photo, he was completely shocked.
Looking at the blonde woman holding an ice cream in the photo, he couldn't help but exclaim:
"That's—the Sinnoh Champion?"
"Hello, how can I help you?"
Lucas pushed open the door behind the counter and walked out. Before he even appeared, his words were already finished.
Until he looked up at the customer who had come to the Breeding House.
Well, well, it was an acquaintance.
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