Lucas came down from upstairs, walked into the kitchen, and found a snowy white figure learning how to make desserts from Mime Jr. and Gothitelle.
"Morning, everyone."
Lucas leaned against the kitchen doorway, greeting Gothitelle and the others.
"Morning, Alcremie."
Lucas looked at Alcremie, who had turned to look at him, and greeted her with a smile.
Alcremie replied sweetly.
Lucas walked up, "How is it? Are you getting used to life at the Breeding House?"
Alcremie nodded.
"Ni Ni~"
Alcremie happily shared her thoughts on the Breeding House.
Lucas listened carefully, then gently poked her little cheek, smiling, "Then I look forward to working with you from now on."
Alcremie nodded heavily.
"Ni Ni~"
Lucas stood up, told Gothitelle and Mime Jr. that they had worked hard, and then carried his and Gengar's breakfast out.
Walking to the door, Lucas suddenly remembered something and turned back to look at Gothitelle and Mime Jr.
"Gothitelle, please trouble yourself to take Mime Jr. and Alcremie and prepare some bread, desserts, and some portable food for me this morning."
"Gothitelle?"
Lucas handed the breakfast he was holding to Gengar, who had floated over to sneak a bite, and said to Gothitelle, "I need to take these things to the forest today. Many Pokémon in the forest are injured, so I'm going to check on them. At the same time, I need to take some to pay a formal visit to a senior from our Breeding House who lives in the forest."
Hearing Lucas's words, Gothitelle nodded.
Gothitelle said to leave it to her.
Seeing this, Lucas took Shauna, who had just come downstairs, back to the counter to eat breakfast.
After finishing breakfast, Lucas, who was sitting in the rest area, saw Gothitelle float out and nod at him.
Lucas put away his phone, stood up, and followed Gothitelle to the kitchen, only to see that Gothitelle had prepared everything.
There was plenty of bread, small cakes, and she had thoughtfully prepared some Potion-infused herbal medicine, totaling over a dozen large bags.
Seeing this, Lucas couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The Breeding House cannot be without Gothitelle, just as the West cannot be without Jerusalem.
"Thank you for your hard work, Gothitelle." Lucas looked at the prepared items and said.
"And Alcremie, Mime Jr., thank you all for your hard work."
"Ni Ni~"
"Ni Ni~"
"Gothitelle."
"Ni Ni, Ni Ni~"
Lucas picked up Mime Jr. and looked at Gothitelle, "Is it okay at the cottage?"
Gothitelle shook her head, looked at Alcremie, and then said something to Lucas.
She would ask Roserade to help look after things there for the day, and today she would stay at the Breeding House to provide help to Alcremie to master the method of making desserts, then bring her to the cottage tomorrow.
Lucas felt this was a very feasible plan, so he didn't say anything more.
"Then, Alcremie, do you want to go together? To the forest."
Lucas looked at Alcremie. When Alcremie heard the word "forest," she fell silent.
Lucas smiled upon seeing this, "It's okay, if you don't want to go, you don't have to. Didn't Vespiquen say yesterday that she would take you to play? How about I take you to find Vespiquen?"
Alcremie looked at Lucas.
"Ni Ni----"
Lucas laughed heartily, "Of course it is, let's go."
After speaking, Lucas picked up Alcremie, then shouted to the front desk.
"Gengar, Ninetales, Lilligant, it's time for us to go."
"Gengar gar", coming~
"Swoosh."
"Lilli~"
Bringing Gengar and the others, he went to the backyard to call Dash, and then let Machoke and Vex take Rhyperior to patrol the Breeding House.
Arriving at the Forest Area, Lucas called out to Vespiquen at the beehive.
Before long, Vespiquen flew out.
Lucas placed Alcremie on the ground, "Vespiquen, I'll trouble you to look after Alcremie for us today."
Vespiquen smiled and took Alcremie's little hand. Seeing the large pile of food Gothitelle was controlling with psychic power behind Lucas, she knew Lucas was going to the forest.
"Bee?"
Lucas shook his head, "No need, we'll just go over ourselves."
Subsequently, he looked at Alcremie, "Then I'll leave Alcremie to you?"
Vespiquen understood what Lucas meant. She nodded and then took Alcremie into the beehive.
Lucas watched the backs of Alcremie and Vespiquen, recalling what Rhyperior had mentioned yesterday.
Alcremie seemed to have been abandoned by a certain family, had been wandering for a long time, and was later captured by a Pokémon Hunter. She met Rhyperior at the Pokémon Hunter's base.
Because Hunter J went missing and the base was wiped out, Rhyperior brought Alcremie and escaped, fleeing all the way to the forest behind the Breeding House, after which a series of things happened.
"I hope Vespiquen can help her recover," Lucas thought to himself.
He then took Gengar and the others and continued walking towards the forest.
Inside the beehive, Alcremie followed behind Vespiquen. She noticed some Combee inside sighing that they hadn't seen the purple fatty again today.
She curiously asked if they were very afraid of Gengar.
Vespiquen was silent for a moment, then explained the rules of the beehive to Alcremie.
After listening, Alcremie was still very confused about why they had to hide from Gengar.
Vespiquen continued to explain, and Alcremie suddenly realized.
Gengar looked so kind; she didn't expect him to like stealing honey.
"Big bad guy." Alcremie scolded softly.
Vespiquen agreed with what Alcremie said.
Vespiquen brought Alcremie to the place where honey was stored. Alcremie looked at the jars of golden honey, stunned.
Vespiquen led Alcremie straight to a jar where there was only a little bit of honey left at the bottom.
However, the fragrance emitted by this little bit of sweet honey made Alcremie feel somewhat shocked.
"What fragrant sweet honey."
Vespiquen gently scooped up a spoonful and handed it to Alcremie.
Alcremie held the sweet honey and looked at Vespiquen.
"Ni Ni?"
Vespiquen nodded.
Alcremie then put the sweet honey into her mouth.
"Ni Ni----"
It melted in her mouth.
It wasn't as sweet as other honey, but it contained so many flavors.
Happiness, joy, bliss, satisfaction, delight----
All kinds of flavors filled Alcremie's body.
The cream on Alcremie's body also involuntarily took on a touch of golden yellow.
"So delicious----" Alcremie was completely conquered by this sweet honey.
Vespiquen saw Alcremie closing her eyes, feeling the happiness brought by the sweet honey, and nodded with satisfaction.
This was the most difficult type of sweet honey she and the Combee had brewed.
It looked like it tasted very good.
Super effective!
After a long time, Alcremie opened her eyes. The fear from before was gone, replaced by a face full of happiness.
"Ni Ni~"
"So delicious."
Seeing this, Vespiquen scooped another spoonful for her.
Who knew Alcremie would shake her head and refuse.
She said that such delicious sweet honey should be left for Vespiquen and the others to eat.
Vespiquen comforted Alcremie, saying that the sweet honey she brews, after satisfying her own tribe, is handed over to Lucas and the others, allowing them to make it into food and desserts to bring happiness and joy to more Pokémon and humans. This is the key to why their swarm can brew such delicious sweet honey.
Delicious things are delicious because someone knows how to appreciate them and has the opportunity to taste them.
If no one can taste it, then even the most delicious thing is just a pile of waste.
After Vespiquen finished speaking, she let Alcremie eat a little more.
Alcremie chirped sweetly and then finished the sweet honey Vespiquen handed her.
She seemed to have mastered the dessert that belonged to her.
On the other side, Lucas took Gengar and the others to the cave, checked on Lopunny and the others, distributed some food brought from the Breeding House to them, and then walked deeper with the remaining food.