Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 595 Winter Holiday, Baby Bear’s Gift

On November 202, 11 of the Alliance Calendar, the heavy snow that had been falling for several days finally stopped.

Early in the morning, when Naoki opened the door, he saw that the world outside was completely shrouded in ice and snow.

The thick snow completely covered the roads in the ranch, making it inconvenient to even go to town.

Pokémon of all sizes poked their heads out from behind Naoki and observed the situation outside.

Naoki turned around and saw this scene, and asked with a smile: "Would you like to go shovel snow with me?"

"Gaao..." The motorcycle lizard began to tremble.

It's not that it's afraid, but it's a stress response to the cold wind blowing on its body.

Babu Tudou was not afraid of the cold at all. It patted its chest and flew out of the house.

Partner Eevee carefully stretched out its paw pads and touched the snow in front of it. The next second, a chill spread through its body through its paw pads. Partner Eevee shuddered and quickly retracted its paw pads.

"Buyi!"

"If you're cold, go play in the living room!" Naoki looked up at the sky: "The snow has stopped, and the sun is about to come out. It should be warmer at noon, so you can come out and play then!"

"Building snowmen, having snowball fights, playing hide-and-seek in a snow maze, there are many games in winter that can't be played in other seasons!"

"Buey!" The Eevees, led by their partner Ibrahimovic, nodded repeatedly. Then they will come out to play when the time comes!
Seeing this scene, Master Wudao Bear sighed silently. Without saying anything, he turned around, picked up the shovel, walked outside, and started to help Naoki shovel the snow.

Naoki watched this scene with a smile, Master Wudao Xiong is really reliable!

"Ah gah!"

Gulden, who was standing by, saw this and not to be outdone, picked up a shovel and started working.

Naoki has long been accustomed to this kind of thing.

He took another shovel as if nothing had happened, and with the help of several Pokémon, he shoveled the snow blocking the road aside and cleared several paths.

Leading to the chicken coop, leading to the Pokémon house, leading to the underground cave...

After everything was finished, Babu Tubo directed Meltan to carry out a food box full of food from the house.

The Meltans were full of fighting spirit and worked diligently. There were four Meltans on each side of the box. They carried the box on their shoulders and moved forward. The leading Meltan stood on the top of the box and commanded the other eight Meltans.

They carried the food boxes to the stable, picked up the black radishes and ice radishes inside and put them into the troughs of the Spirit Horse and the Blizzard Horse.

Then, the Meltans carried the food boxes to the shed of the Mount Goat, the huts of the Big Milk Pot and the Braided Sheep, and the underground caves of the Salt Stone Djinn and the Three Diglett, and delivered food to them.

After all the work was completed, the Meltans returned to the living room chattering, waiting for dinner.

The little sister, Ai Butler, brought them a large box of breakfast mixed with bottle caps and gold coins and placed it in front of the Meltans.

The group of Meltans immediately began to happily devour the meal.

At the same time, on the ranch, Naoki has begun using the shoveled snow to build an ice and snow maze for the Pokémon to play hide-and-seek.

The maze was located in an open space. In order to build the maze better, Naoki specially found a trowel, compacted and smoothed the white and soft snow, and piled it together to create a maze wall that was almost two meters high.

It took Naoki a whole morning to build this maze, and they moved almost all the snow in the ranch and the surrounding area here.

At twelve o'clock noon, the Pokémon who were warming themselves in front of the fireplace at home heard Naoki's shout.

When they ran out, they saw a beautiful snow maze in the pasture.

“Buee…!”

The Ibrahimovics all cried out in unison.

The playful Erguiyan and Saifuhao ran forward excitedly to observe.

"Okay, let's go inside and play hide and seek!" Naoki said with a smile.

The Pokémon cheered, and then rushed into the snow maze that Naoki had spent the whole morning building, and started playing the game.

"Why don't you guys go and play with everyone?" Naoki looked at Master Wudao Xiong and Gulton beside him.

However, the two Pokémon thought of themselves as big Pokémon and could no longer roll around in the snow like the little Pokémon.

Therefore, Wudao Master Xiong and Gultun shook their heads and rejected the proposal.

Naoki suddenly remembered that the two of them had been busy with him for the whole morning. "You must be tired after being busy for the whole morning. Let's go back and rest together! We can have lunch later."

He could already see the smoke rising from the chimney.

Upon hearing this, Gulerton and Wudao Master Xiong readily agreed.

The man and his two Pokémon returned home. Naoki turned around and saw Qishu preparing lunch in the kitchen.

He quickly stepped forward to take over the work: "Didn't you say you wouldn't do these anymore?"

The younger sister Ai Guanshi, who was helping out at the side, was very helpless: "Ai ah..."

It has already been advised!
Qi Shu smiled foolishly: "It's not a hard job. Huh? Why are your hands so red?"

Naoki looked down and saw that his hands were as red as a pig's trotter.

"I went to build a snow maze for the Pokémon. They must have been frozen by the snow, right?" Naoki didn't really care. He was in good health anyway.

Qi Shu touched it and immediately exclaimed, "It's so cool!"

Naoki was afraid that she would be frozen, so he quickly pulled his hand away, squatted down, and looked at the lava worms eating the fruit under the stove.

"It will be ready in a while. It's okay. Go and have a rest. Leave lunch to me and my sister."

My sister Ai Guanshi nodded in agreement: "Ai yeah!"

It walked forward and supported Qishu, trying to help her sit on the sofa in the living room.

Qi Shu could only agree helplessly: "Okay then."

After they left, Naoki started cooking lunch for everyone while humming a little tune.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and three petite figures flew in excitedly from outside.

Naoki turned around and saw that the expedition team of heroes who had been traveling outside for several months had finally returned to the ranch.

Naoki was not too surprised by their return, because the baby bear had told him about it on the Rotom phone a few days in advance.

"Are you back? Are you having fun traveling?" Naoki asked.

"One!"

Baby Bear nodded happily.

Mew and Victini standing by were also very happy.

This time they came back with a lot of gifts for Naoki!
Sister Ai, the butler, placed the strange tree in place, then turned around and took out some honey buns, honey sweet tea, and other snacks from the cupboard for the baby bears.

After running around outside for so long, you must be hungry, right?

As expected, after seeing the snacks, the three Pokémon excitedly started to devour them.

They traveled against the wind and snow, and now they finally returned to the ranch. Both Baby Bear and Menghuan felt relaxed at this moment.

Naoki put the ingredients into the pot, covered it with a lid and started to cook the soup. During this time, he came to the living room and watched Mew, Bear Baby, and Victini performing an eating show in front of him.

"Gift?"

"One!"

The baby bear wiped his mouth, nodded his head vigorously, and took out his travel backpack.

There was some snow on the small travel backpack, and Naoki guessed that they must have rushed back from the Unova region in the snow and wind.

The baby bear opened the zipper and began to take out the things inside. "Yi-me-me!" (This is a treasure I found in a cave!) The baby bear said while holding a huge golden bead.

"Sure enough, Pokémon with the picking-up ability can't resist golden jewels!" Naoki thought.

"Ichimoku!" (This is the fruit given to us by the Pokémon we helped!)
Giant gold beads, tree fruits, glass marbles, round stones...

The baby bear took out the treasures he had picked up one by one.

During this time, Mew and Victini also joined in.

Mew was holding a plastic flower, and Victini was holding a large, brightly colored mushroom.

"miu!"

"Nini!"

This is the treasure they brought back!

Naoki: “…” Mew and Victini were also infected by the baby bear’s “picking up”.

He took a quick glance and saw that the one in Mew's hand was an ordinary plastic flower, while the one in Victini's hand was a poisonous mushroom.

[Poisonous mushrooms: Inedible ingredients, but a favorite of some poisonous Pokémon. 】

Naoki: "..."

"Miu?" Menghuan was a little confused. Didn't Naoki like it? This flower is very magical! It will never wither, so it picked it up!

Naoki then realized that although this plastic flower looked ordinary, in Menghuan's eyes, this flower that would never wither must be very precious.

He took the flower and put it in a vase: "Thank you, Menghuan, I like it very much."

"miu!" Huanhuan was very happy.

Victini thought of the mushroom soup that Baby Bear and Dream had mentioned. He held the poisonous mushroom and said excitedly, "Nini!"

Naoki: "...Wait, that's a poisonous mushroom. You'll pass out if you eat it!"

"Nini?!" Victini was horrified. He thought the color of this mushroom was so beautiful!

"The brighter the mushroom, the more poisonous it is." Naoki explained to Victini that there were no Pokémon with poisonous attributes on the ranch, so they had no use for this mushroom.

However, this was also a token of Victini's appreciation, and Naoki finally accepted the poisonous mushroom.

The baby bear had not finished receiving the gifts yet. He touched his backpack and finally took out an iron box.

Naoki saw the words "Feiyun Ice Cream" written on it at a glance.

"One!"

The baby bear was very excited. He opened the lid and revealed the ice cream inside which was as white as clouds.

This is the gift they prepared for Naoki! Feiyun Ice Cream, a specialty of the Unova region, is said to be a treasure that cannot be bought in other regions!

They heard this from the local Pokémon in Feiyun City!

At this time, Naoki also saw the information about Feiyun Ice Cream.

[Feiyun Ice Cream: This is an ice cream produced in Feiyun City in the Unova region. It can cure all abnormal conditions of a Pokémon.]

"Huh?" Feiyun ice cream actually has such a magical effect? ​​Naoki was a little surprised.

If he remembered correctly, it was not easy to buy this kind of ice cream, because even in Feiyun City, its purchase was limited. It was said that each person could only buy it once a day.

It seems that Baby Bear has put in a lot of effort!
"I like this gift very much." Naoki reached out and touched the baby bear's head.

"One~"

At noon, in order to celebrate the return of the hero's expedition team, Naoki prepared a very sumptuous lunch for them.

After lunch, the long and uninterrupted journey made Bear Baby and Mew physically and mentally exhausted, so after filling their stomachs, the three Pokémon curled up on the sofa and fell asleep.

Naoki sat aside and watched this scene. For some reason, he suddenly remembered the first time he saw the baby bear.

"Bear is the Pokémon that has changed the most over the years," said Naoki.

The strange tree next to him looked over and said, "Huh? Weren't they like this before?"

Naoki hummed, "Before I met the baby bear, I had heard of its name from other ranchers. At that time, the baby bear was very cunning. It often used its cute appearance to cheat other ranchers of food and drink, and stole their honey collections when they were not paying attention."

Qishu was stunned. She had never heard Naoki mention this before.

"What happened next?" she couldn't help but ask.

"Later, the baby bear came to my ranch...some things happened in the middle, and then I adopted it. The baby bear was actually very kind-hearted. At a festival held by local ranchers, it apologized to those ranchers."

"Later, it met Mew, and then formed a great hero exploration team with Mew, and began to help Pokémon in need."

Speaking of this, Naoki couldn't help but feel very emotional.

"The relationship between humans and Pokémon is truly amazing."

Qi Shu understood what he meant, smiled and nodded, "That's right! Pokémon are the best creatures in the world, and many of my fans have been saved by Pokémon!"

The couple looked at the sleeping Pokémon in front of them silently. No one spoke again, but the same thought emerged in their minds -

It’s great to meet them.

After the heavy snow, Naoki began to prepare New Year's goods for this year.

On a sunny day, he drove his old pickup truck and took Gulden to the town of Ziqin to do some shopping.

Vegetables, steaks, New Year's gifts from the Pokémon, new clothes for him and Qishu, and baby items for their soon-to-be-born baby.

Milk powder, diapers, small quilts, cribs, etc.

Because Qishu's due date is between December and January, it will be too late to prepare by then, so they have to prepare all this in advance.

Naoki started to rush back after he had arranged everything. As soon as he sat in the driver's seat, he heard the Rotom phone in his pocket ringing.

Naoki took it out and saw that it was Ye Ci calling. He pressed the answer button and Ye Ci's face appeared on the other side of the screen.

"Happy New Year! Naoki!" Ye Ci greeted him with a smile.

Naoki raised an eyebrow: "It seems that it is not the New Year yet?"

"Blessings in advance. I'm afraid the Padya Alliance will be very busy and won't have time. You know, there will be more things to do at this time." Ye Ci sighed helplessly.

Naoki: “Thank you for your hard work!”

"By the way, according to the time, you and Qishu's child should be born soon, right?" Ye Ci asked.

Hearing this, Naoki was a little surprised. How could Yeti remember it so clearly?

"The reward I promised you is already prepared! But I see that you don't need anything, so I plan to keep it for your child as a talisman."

Amulet? This aroused Naoki's curiosity.

"What is it?"

However, Ye Ci smiled and said, "Keep it a secret, you will know when the time comes!"

Naoki: “…” So mysterious.

Ye Ci seemed to be very busy, because Naoki saw Xin Li hurried over and handed her a stack of documents.

Ye Ci turned around and said a few words to Xin Li, and then said to Zhi Shu:

"That's all for now. Remember to tell me as soon as the baby is born! I will definitely rush over to visit you immediately then."

(End of this chapter)