"Speaking of which, does the land we're temporarily renting count as part of the Breeding House's land? We wouldn't miss out on the blessings from Celebi and Lugia, would we?"
Lucas stood by the fence, watching the Pokémon like Dash and the others swinging hoes to till the land, and suddenly remembered something.
The reason the crops at the Breeding House grew so quickly, had enhanced effects, and tasted incredibly delicious was largely due to the blessings of legendary Pokémon like Celebi or other Pokémon, but these blessings only took effect within the land of the Breeding House.
So the question arose: did the rented land belong to the Breeding House's land?
[— — — —]
[Great-Aunt's message: Child, I am very happy that you were able to develop the Breeding House into what it is today, filled with the laughter of Pokémon everywhere. I opened this Breeding House because I loved Pokémon, but my breeding methods were not as excellent as yours. I couldn't get all the Pokémon to live in harmony at the Breeding House. However, fortunately, I had the most loyal and reliable partners. They accompanied me in building the Breeding House into a place where many Pokémon could live. As I grew older, and due to certain circumstances, the Breeding House began to shrink from its original vast territory until, in the end, only the places I left to you remained. For this, I am deeply sorry. If possible, take back all the land of the Breeding House. That land originally belonged to the Breeding House.]
[Lucas, continue to love Pokémon like this, keep loving them forever — Great-Aunt]
[The land that belongs to the Breeding House will eventually belong to the Breeding House — Great-Aunt]
Looking at the question that popped up before him, Lucas was silent for a good while, then spoke softly, "So, it's not just this land, but all the abandoned vacant lots I see near the Breeding House are actually all land that used to belong to the Breeding House?"
"It's just that later, due to financial pressure, Great-Aunt sold them or mortgaged them off?"
"In other words, since this rented land is itself land of the Breeding House, it can also enjoy the original blessings of the Breeding House?"
Lucas nodded with relief, "If that's the case, then things are easy."
Lucas watched as Dash skillfully fitted the plowing tools onto the Miltank.
Wait—
Something isn't right, is it?
"I remember my intention when I made those tools wasn't for you, Dash, to use them, right?"
"Ma machamp?"
"That's right, we are using them, but we are using them together with the Miltank. Miltank are cows, too. Cows can plow fields; Gengar told us that. Is there a problem?"
Dash looked at Lucas and asked, puzzled.
It thought it had done something wrong and stopped working.
Miltank—cow—plowing—
It seems like there's no problem saying it like that—
No, how can a dairy cow plow fields?!
Whose farm uses dairy cows to plow fields?!
"Miltank are dairy cows. How could a dairy cow possibly—"
Before Lucas could finish, he saw the Miltank, already fitted with ropes, eager to try, unable to restrain their bodies from moving.
"Moo—"
"Aren't you done yet? Eating until full and sleeping until full every day is boring to death. This looks quite fun. If you're done, hurry up and move aside; I want to start playing."
The Miltank leader looked at Lucas, signaling for him to move aside after he finished talking and stop blocking the way.
"But this..."
"Moo."
"You are so long-winded. We will produce milk for you, but please don't stop us from working, okay? You unqualified boss, hurry up and move aside, or we will bump you away!"
The Miltank leader dragged the plow away in disgust, came to Lucas's side, pushed Lucas aside, and then returned to its original position.
Lucas: —
Fine, fine, if you want to work, then work.
Dairy cows count as cows, so that's fine.
How can there be Pokémon who want to go to work because they are bored? I don't understand the thinking of Pokémon.
"Ma machamp?"
"Then shall we continue?"
Dash's question pulled Lucas's thoughts back. Lucas looked at the Miltank and found them staring at him unkindly, as if they would bump into him at the first opportunity if he dared to refuse.
Lucas nodded weakly, "Okay, go for it."
The Miltank turned back, satisfied.
At Dash's command, the Miltank were like wild horses off the leash.
"Wow—"
Such great strength, such fast speed.
Lucas watched as the Miltank and Dash quickly plowed the land, unable to help but be surprised.
So Miltank really can plow fields?
"Gengar gen! I told you, Miltank really can plow fields."
Gengar floated to Lucas's side and said proudly.
Lucas: —
Lucas reached out to pull Gengar's mouth, — "You honestly tell me, where did you learn these messy things again? I can accept that Tauros can plow fields, but Miltank are dairy cows! Dairy cows!"
"Gengar—Gengar! I saw it on TV—"
"You're lying to me. Where on TV would anyone say that Miltank can also plow fields!"
"Gengar gen, there is! I'll show you!"
After saying that, Gengar took out a tablet, opened a video, and placed it in front of Lucas.
Lucas looked at the giant subtitles in the video title: "Impossible Things"!
"Look carefully, the title is called 'Impossible Things'!"
Lucas pulled Gengar's mouth hard, "Do you know what 'Impossible Things' means?"
"It means that it is impossible for Miltank to plow fields!"
Actually, Lucas was right. Miltank are relatively gentle in nature, but they are indeed not suitable for farm work because farm work would cause the Moomoo Milk they secrete to be less fresh, and the taste would also decline. Therefore, most farmers only let Miltank live well on farms or ranches, eating grass or producing milk.
At the same time, Miltank don't like farm work either because their body shapes don't look like they are meant for farm work, and they don't know how to do farm work. They haven't learned it, so they would resist doing farm work, let alone something as arduous as plowing fields.
But Lucas forgot one point: the Pokémon at the Breeding House all have their own opinions to some extent.
For example, the Miltank. Since arriving at the Breeding House, just like the Gogoat that came later, they just eat and sleep all day, while producing milk. But because the pasture at the Breeding House had excessive nutrition, their body size increased, and their energy also improved, as they started battle training with Dash and the others.
They seemed to have treated working at the Breeding House as playing. For them, it seemed like working was easier than sparring with Dash, after all, those big fists hitting their bodies were really painfully hot.
"Gengar—Gengar gen!"
"But look at them, haven't they already finished plowing the land!"
Lucas turned his head and saw that the land that had just been planned had been plowed neatly by the Miltank and Dash and the others.
Lucas: —
"Moo."
"Look, how easy it is."
The Miltank leader came to Lucas's side, said comfortably, and glanced at Lucas with its cow eyes.
"Moo!"
"As the boss, you have to think about letting employees work! Otherwise, what kind of boss are you? You might as well go home and farm!"
Lucas: —
I—you—it—I—
I was discriminated against by a Miltank?!
"Moo—"
"Won't talk to you anymore, it was quite fun. After this round, I feel like my body's Ren Du Meridian has been opened up. Hurry up and come over to milk me."
Ren Du Meridian—Gengar, I told you not to teach these strange words to the Pokémon at the Breeding House. Lucas sighed helplessly and finally followed the Miltank to the residence built for them by Lucas and Mr. and Mrs. Fujino.
"Gengar, the bucket."
"Gengar gen, received."
"Huh? Lucas, are you preparing to milk the Miltank?"
At this moment, Mr. Fujino brought a man into the backyard and, seeing Lucas hiding under the Miltank, asked in confusion.
"I remember we just milked them this morning, didn't we?"
"It seems that because they just finished plowing the land, their body and mind were relaxed, which led to an increase in their milk yield."
Lucas answered, then looked at the man beside Mr. Fujino, "Is this customer here to choose a Pokémon for himself? Or to board a Pokémon?"
"Oh, this customer wants to board his Pokémon at our Breeding House, and also needs our Breeding House to help with egg production."
Mr. Fujino remembered the man standing beside him and hurriedly said.
"I see, that's no problem. Can I trouble you to wait a moment?"
Lucas took the bucket and gloves handed over by Gengar, looked at the man, and asked.
The man nodded, signaling for Lucas to get busy first.
"Mr. Fujino, please take the guest to the garden to rest first. Alcremie, serve the guest some tea and snacks."
"imai~"
"Right away~"
Lucas skillfully milked the Miltank, then asked curiously: "Speaking of which, you wouldn't really be secreting milk again because of work, would you?"
"Moo, I don't know, I just felt a hot current flowing through my body, and then it started to swell~"
The Miltank leader closed its eyes, enjoying Lucas's gentle technique, and answered.
After Lucas finished milking all the Miltank, he looked at Gengar, signaling Gengar to first take this fresh milk to the kitchen and give it to Alcremie to help process it and store it temporarily, and he would come over to process this fresh milk after he was done.
Gengar called the sleeping Munchlax and Zorua, asking them to help carry the fresh milk into the kitchen.
Lucas came to the garden, sat beside the guest, and listened to Mr. Fujino introducing the services of the Breeding House to the guest.
"You see, the environment of our Breeding House is like this, very suitable for Pokémon to live. Not to mention Pokémon, even we humans can't help but like the environment here. You see those Pokémon, they are all from the nearby forest. They have already treated the Breeding House as their second home."
Mr. Fujino introduced the environment of the Breeding House, and at the same time clapped his hands. Soon, several Shinx, Skitty, and Kricketot ran over and surrounded Mr. Fujino.
Mr. Fujino skillfully grabbed a Shinx and put it on his lap, stroking its head, "Even wild Pokémon will become very gentle at our Breeding House. You don't have to worry about your Pokémon being bullied at the Breeding House. I can guarantee you that when your Pokémon are boarded here, they will feel the warmth of home just as if you were with them."
The guest listened to Mr. Fujino's words and nodded. He could see that although this Breeding House could not compare with those large-scale Pokémon Day Cares in other places, in terms of the overall environment, this Breeding House was definitely among the best.
"Then I will entrust my Pokémon to you."
After the guest finished speaking, he took out his Poké Ball and released his Pokémon.
Pidgeot, Dodrio, Bellossom, Vaporeon, Yanmega, and Ampharos.
"Are they all to be boarded at our Breeding House?"
Mr. Fujino asked politely.
The guest nodded, "Because I have something to deal with recently, I want to find a lively place for them to have a good time, and I will come to pick them up when I return."
Mr. Fujino nodded, indicating no problem.
"By the way, I want Pidgeot and Dodrio to lay an egg. Is that possible?"
Mr. Fujino checked the knowledge he had learned about egg production in his mind.
Pidgeot and Dodrio, I remember they belong to the same egg group, right? Since that's the case, there should be no problem with egg production, right?
Thinking of this, he asked Lucas with his eyes, and Lucas smiled and nodded.
Mr. Fujino saw this and nodded with relief, "No problem, but we cannot guarantee the time for egg production."
"That doesn't matter. Please contact me after the egg is laid, is that okay?"
"No problem."
After discussing, Mr. Fujino took the guest to the front desk to pay the fees and handle the procedures.
Lucas looked at Pidgeot and the others who were a bit shy in front of him.
He smiled, just about to speak, when he saw Ninetales, who was lying at his feet, suddenly stand up with a serious expression.
Looking at Ninetales' fierce expression, Pidgeot and the others hurriedly made fearful sounds and then leaned tightly together.
Lucas looked at Ninetales, "What's wrong? Are there enemies?"
Every time Ninetales senses danger, its expression becomes serious.
Ninetales shook its head.
"Shu—"
"Slept too long, leg went numb, standing up to ease it—"
Lucas: —
Lucas rolled his eyes, reached out to massage Ninetales, and then drove Azumarill and the others over.
"Marill?"
"What's wrong?"
"These are Pokémon boarded at our Breeding House. If you have time, help me take them to get familiar with the Breeding House, accompany them to play, and then buffer their anxiety."
"Marill."
"No problem, leave it to us."
After saying that, it ran away with Psyduck, Marill, and the Kricketot from the backyard.
"Marill?"
"Can I take them to eat something delicious?"
Lucas was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "No problem, aren't you always allowed to go to the berry area?"
"Marill."
Azumarill smiled, opened its mouth, and then left with Pidgeot and the others.
Not long after, Lucas heard movement from the Forest Area.
"Bee!!!"
Vespiquen's angry voice resounded throughout the backyard.
Lucas was leisurely massaging Ninetales, and upon hearing Vespiquen's angry voice, he looked at Gengar immediately.
Gengar is here? Could there be an enemy?!
"Ninetales, let's go!"
Lucas just stood up when he saw Vespiquen bringing Combee and the others, dragging Azumarill and the others over.
Throwing Azumarill and the others in front of Lucas, Vespiquen looked at Lucas with unkind eyes.
"Bee?"
"Explain?"
"They said it was you who let them go over—no, the delicious thing you just mentioned wasn't berries?! It was sweet honey?! "
"Marill."
"Hehe."
The bruised and swollen Azumarill wore a smile like Gengar's.
"Vespiquen, listen to my explanation—ah! Help me!!!"
Boom!
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