"Pew?"
"What are you doing here?"
Ninetales walked up to Lucas and found him staring at the gracidea flower in front of him, lost in thought. It asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"I'm wondering how much longer it will take for these flowers to bloom. If they bloom, the Breeding House will become even more beautiful." Lucas reached out to stroke Ninetales' head and said with a smile, "After all, these are beautiful gracidea flowers, flowers that even Shaymin cannot resist."
The gracidea flowers before them were lush. Back then, Lucas and Gengar had planted gracidea flower seeds in every corner of the Breeding House, hoping that when they bloomed, the most beautiful flowers could be seen everywhere in the Breeding House.
Lucas reached out to touch the gracidea flowers in the flowerbed; the leaves felt soft.
"When they bloom, I'll take a few photos of you all. The most beautiful flowers must be paired with the most beautiful Pokémon."
Lucas turned his head, looked at Ninetales sitting beside him, and smiled.
Ninetales nodded gently.
"Pew~"
"Alright~"
"Everything is pretty much packed up, right? Let's go back to the room and sleep. There's a ton of work to do tomorrow, and we still have to move the planting area. That will probably take a lot of time."
Lucas clapped his hands, stretched, and turned to walk towards the Breeding House.
Ninetales sat under the moonlight, looking at the unbloomed gracidea flowers in the flowerbed, suddenly filled with anticipation.
When the time comes, let Lucas take photos of it and Gengar and the others—it should be beautiful, right?
Thinking of this, the corners of Ninetales' mouth curled up slightly.
"Let's go, Ninetales."
Ninetales turned around and saw Lucas and Gengar standing at the door, waving at it.
Ninetales stood up and walked elegantly towards Lucas.
Night fell.
The backyard of the Breeding House.
The bright moonlight spilled over the backyard of the Breeding House, casting a hazy veil over the entire area.
As time passed, a light breeze began to blow through the Breeding House.
The wind grew stronger, bending the flowers in the flowerbed low.
Even the veil covering the backyard was blown into a sway.
In the flowerbed, the unbloomed gracidea flowers, under the moonlight and the strong wind, began to form small buds, which then grew larger and larger, forming huge flower buds.
Clouds from afar obscured the moonlight. When the clouds passed and the moon covered the backyard again, the flowerbed was filled with blooming flowers.
Vespiquen smelled a sweet fragrance in its sleep, flew out of the hive, and soared high into the sky. In the moonlight, it saw the Breeding House filled with colorful flowers everywhere.
"Bee— that is—"
Inside the room.
Lucas was hugging Ninetales' tail in his arms, kicked Plane Sister and Female away from his feet, rolled over, put his leg on Plane Sister, smacked his lips, and continued to sleep.
Plane Sister just squirmed a bit, then hugged Female and went to sleep.
If someone walked into Lucas's room at this moment, they would see all kinds of sleeping postures.
Sprawled out, curled up, shadowboxing in dreams, hanging upside down from the ceiling—it was a visual feast.
In the whole room, only Gothitelle's sleeping posture was relatively normal. Even Lilligant, who was incredibly elegant and intellectual during the day, might have been influenced by Lucas and Plane Sister, changing from her normal sleeping posture to a very wild one.
Lilligant's lower body was on the bed, while her upper body was hanging upside down from the bed, dangling towards the floor as she slept.
Lucas's sleeping posture was even more indescribable: hugging Ninetales' tail, with Mime Jr. lying on his face, and his own legs draped over Plane Sister and Luxray, snoring away.
At dawn, Gothitelle opened its eyes, sat up from the bed, looked at the various sleeping postures in the room, couldn't help but sigh, and then floated to the bathroom to wash up.
It looked at Plane Sister sleeping at the bathroom door, feeling helpless.
"How did you end up sleeping from Lucas's side all the way to the bathroom door?"
Plane Sister opened her eyes, saw Gothitelle looking at her, chuckled, "Good morning~"
Then she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.
Gothitelle shook its head, stepped over Plane Sister, flew into the bathroom, and fell silent upon seeing Zorua sleeping on the bathtub—
"How did you sleep from Shauna's room to the bathtub in our room's bathroom?! Is this reasonable?!"
Gothitelle used psychic power to toss Zorua out, landing right in Lucas's arms.
Lucas, who was being crushed by Snorlax in his dream, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Zorua lying on his chest with a confused face, "Why are you here?"
"Forget it, since you're here, sleep a bit more."
After saying that, ignoring Zorua's struggle, he hugged it, pulled Female (who was sleeping next to his feet) over, hugged her too, felt the furry touch on his hands, and Lucas continued to snore.
After Gothitelle finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, it happened to see its younger brother, Mime Jr., crawling out from under the bed. Mime Jr. rubbed its small eyes, "Mine mine~"
"Good morning, sister~"
"Gothitelle. Good morning, go wash up first, I'm going downstairs to prepare breakfast."
"Mine mine~"
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Lucas opened his eyes, sat up, and heard the sound of yoga practice from the balcony.
Lucas turned to look outside the window; Gengar was outside practicing yoga according to the tutorial on the tablet.
"I woke up so early today? It seems like I haven't seen Gengar practice yoga in a long time."
Usually, Lucas would sleep until past ten, but today he seemed to have woken up a bit early.
Lucas checked his phone: seven o'clock sharp.
"Strange, why did I wake up so early today? And I don't feel sleepy at all, instead, I feel very energetic?"
"I— I can't breathe— Lucas—"
Zorua's voice rang in Lucas's mind. Lucas was startled, "Oh, oh, sorry, I forgot."
Lucas lifted his leg and released Zorua, who had been pinned under his leg.
"I almost suffocated."
Zorua crawled to the side, breathing in oxygen continuously.
"Are you trying to crush me to death?"
Zorua looked at Lucas and said with dissatisfaction.
Lucas grinned, "Sorry, by the way, why are you in this room? Shouldn't you be sleeping with Shauna?"
"I don't know— I was already in your arms when I woke up."
Zorua thought for a moment, then shook its head.
Lucas didn't care, stood up, stepped over Female and Luxray, and walked to the balcony.
"Gen gengar, good morning. Why did you wake up so early today?"
"I don't know, I feel like I've slept for a long time."
Lucas stood on the balcony, feeling the morning breeze, and took a deep breath.
"Huh? Today's air even carries a sweet scent? And it's extra refreshing."
"Gengar, do you feel like today's air is extra sweet?"
Looking at Gengar beside him, who was trying to touch its foot with one leg kicked back but failing, sweating profusely, Lucas asked.
Pfft. Gengar deflated in a second.
Lucas: "—"
"Get lost!"
"Detoxing again early in the morning."
Gengar grinned embarrassedly.
"Gen gengar: Yes, I feel extra relaxed practicing yoga today."
"Relaxed?"
Lucas looked at the big fatty in front of him, "Who was the one who couldn't touch their own foot just now?"
After saying that, Lucas imitated Gengar's previous movement, kicked his leg back, and easily touched his heel.
Gengar: "?!!!"
"Die!"
Gengar pounced over and grabbed Lucas's neck.
Lucas didn't show weakness, reached out to grab Gengar's tail, then pinned Gengar underneath him, controlling its movements.
"Can't move, right?! That'll teach you to be arrogant!"
The big fatty couldn't reach Lucas's neck because its hands were too short, and it was pinned under Lucas.
"Little short-arms, come and choke me if you can! Is it because your hands aren't long enough?!"
Gengar: "Unreasonable! Gengar can tolerate it, but Lilligant cannot!"
Gengar found a new angle and grabbed Lucas by the crotch.
Lucas: (╯° mouth°)╯ "Where are you grabbing, you jerk! Let go!!!"
"Gen gengar~ Hehehehe, I've caught you now! See how you like it!"
"Gengar, Gengar, Brother Gengar, let go first. I was wrong, I was wrong, don't squeeze, that's my lifelong happiness we're talking about—"
Lucas pinned Gengar down, begging for mercy.
Where on earth did this guy learn these dirty, low-blow moves!
"Lilli."
Why are you two fighting again—
Lilligant stood at the balcony entrance, watching Lucas and Gengar fighting. She rubbed her eyes and couldn't help but speak up.
"Lilligant, help! It has no sense of sportsmanship, it's fighting dirty!"
"Gen gengar!"
You were the one who mocked me first!
Watching the two of them bickering again, Lilligant rolled her eyes, walked around them, and went to a spot far away. She sat on the balcony, swinging her graceful, slender legs as she looked out at the backyard.
Are there a lot more flowers today?
Lilligant watched the Combee working diligently and noticed that there seemed to be many more flowers today.
The flowers in the garden—wait, have all the flowers in the garden bloomed?
Lilligant took a deep breath.
This floral scent—
As a Grass-type Pokémon blessed by Celebi, Lilligant was exceptionally sensitive to flowers and plants.
"Lilli!"
They've bloomed!
"Let go, you jerk!"
"Gen gengar!"
No way! Apologize to me!
"I was wrong, I was wrong, I really was wrong!"
"Gen gengar—"
When you apologize, you should say 'I'm sorry'!
Lilligant: ——
While Lucas was still struggling with Gengar, he suddenly felt a chill down his back.
He and Gengar turned around at the same time and found Lilligant smiling at them, the flower on her head pointed directly at them.
Aiming like a sniper.
"Lilli?"
Still fighting?
Lucas and Gengar exchanged a glance, released their grip on each other, and then hugged tightly.
"How could we be fighting? Right, Gengar? We're just bonding."
"Gen gengar—"
That's right, that's right! Lucas and I are the best of friends!
Gengar nodded frantically.
Seeing this, Lilligant was satisfied and lowered her aim, then looked toward the backyard.
"Lilli."
They've bloomed.
"That's right, they've bloomed. We're getting along so well."
Lucas had just finished speaking when he suddenly remembered something. "What did you say? They've bloomed?"
Lilligant nodded.
Lucas stood up and looked at the garden and flower beds not far away in the backyard.
Many colorful flowers had bloomed inside.
"Are those—gracidea flowers?"
Lucas was overjoyed. "Gengar, they've bloomed! Quick, let's go take a look!"
With that, Lucas climbed onto the balcony and jumped straight down.
Lilligant: !
Gengar: !!
Ninetales, who had just woken up: !!!
"Mama!"
Lucas shouted loudly.
Gothitelle, who was in the kitchen, sensed it. Her psychic power erupted, catching Lucas steadily.
Lucas landed in a cool pose.
"Lilli!!!"
Gothitelle!!!
Lilligant, standing on the balcony, let out a piercing shriek.
Gothitelle floated out of the kitchen. Seeing Lilligant standing on the balcony glaring at her, Gothitelle smiled sheepishly.
"Gothitelle."
I'll teach him a lesson later.
By this time, Lucas had already run to the flower bed with Gengar and happened to run into Vespiquen.
"Pi?"
Did you see a ghost? Why are you up so early today?
Vespiquen looked at Lucas in surprise.
"Indeed, Gengar is a ghost too."
Gengar: ——
That's not funny—
Vespiquen froze for a moment, then turned her head away, her body trembling continuously.
Watching Vespiquen trying her best to hold back her laughter.
Lucas grinned. A tsundere Vespiquen who likes dad jokes.
How cute. Then, Lucas looked at the gracidea flowers in the garden bed. gracidea flowers of different colors were lying charmingly in the flower bed.
[gracidea flower (Breeding House): A special gracidea flower cultivated with the unique soil and environment of the Breeding House. It is no longer a single-colored gracidea flower. Growing in an environment full of happiness, it will bloom in different colors according to the mood of the Pokémon in the Breeding House, but each color is equally beautiful and possesses magical effects.]
[Effect 1: "Gratitude", the flower of gratitude, gracidea flower. Even in the Breeding House, it remains the flower of gratitude. After a Trainer gives it to their Pokémon, their intimacy with the Pokémon will increase significantly. Similarly, after a Pokémon gives it to their Trainer, it will also greatly increase intimacy.]
[Thank you! For accompanying me, Trainer (Pokémon)]
[Effect 2: "Recovery", according to legend, the Shaymin Family uses gracidea flowers to restore vitality. At the same time, when Shaymin smells the scent of gracidea flowers, it will be able to open the gateway to the Distortion World. Therefore, the gracidea flowers in the Breeding House will attract Shaymin. Shaymin seems to regard the Breeding House as a second resting place during its migration. Every year, Shaymin comes to the Breeding House for a short rest. At the same time, Grass-type Pokémon and Bug-type Pokémon will accelerate their physical recovery speed after smelling the floral scent of the gracidea flowers in the Breeding House, and other Pokémon will slightly increase their own recovery speed.]
[Effect 3: "Purification", gracidea flower, born in satisfaction, grown in happiness. The gracidea flowers in the Breeding House will bloom all year round. They will absorb the negative emotions and atmosphere of the Breeding House and release a floral scent to regulate it. At the same time, it will improve the air around the Breeding House. People and Pokémon in the Breeding House, wrapped in the floral scent, will no longer have nightmares, and their sleep quality will be qualitatively improved.]
[Great, finally no more insomnia — An Elite who works overtime]
[Have a good dream, everyone — gracidea flower]
[Effect 4: "Life", eh? The gracidea flowers in the Breeding House seem to have formed a mysterious connection with Gothitelle. The gracidea flowers in the Breeding House seem to be usable as a specific medicinal material, and its medicinal value has the effect of restoring physical strength, aiding sleep, and relieving stress.]
[The gospel for insomniacs, I endorse the gracidea flower — Aoki (a certain Diya region)]
[Effect 5: "Sweetness", as the name suggests, sweet, sweet and honeyed, sweet honey!]
[gracidea flower, you are a flower, right — Vespiquen]
[Flower? That makes things easy — Vespiquen]
[This wave, Vespiquen is ecstatic — Gengar]
Lucas, having finished reading the text description, couldn't help but open his mouth wide.
"No wonder I slept so soundly last night, and why I'm so energetic after waking up so early today. So that's why."
Lucas brought his nose close to a purple gracidea flower and sniffed it gently.
So fragrant—
As expected of a gracidea flower.
Lucas happily brought Gengar back to the counter.
He was met with the smiling gazes of Gothitelle, Lilligant, and Ninetales.
"Good morning, Mom and Dad, good morning, Gothitelle, Lilligant—"
Shauna ran down the stairs with Chimecho, politely greeted everyone present, and then looked at the ceiling.
"Eh? Uncle, why are you and Gengar hanging up there?"
Lucas, who had been wrapped up in String Shot by Beautifly at Gothitelle's request and then hung from the ceiling by Gothitelle, pouted.
Just about to speak.
He was gagged by Gothitelle with a sausage.
"Gen gengar!"
Why do I have to be hung up too!
"Gen—gar—"
I'm not convinced— it's delicious—
Gengar happily chewed on the sausage.
[You have created an incredible Breeding House, allowing it to cultivate incredible gracidea flowers, but, the gracidea flowers are ultimately the Breeding House's gracidea flowers, as for your gracidea flower—]
Lucas looked at the text that hadn't fully appeared yet, then closed the text box and focused on chewing the sausage.
"My gracidea flower is right by my side."
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