Not a trainer this time

Naoki worked until dark before preparing a large table of dishes.

Fried pork chops that Gulerton liked, steamed sea bass that Dragonite liked, fried cashews that Babu Tubo liked...

During dinner, snowflakes were falling outside again, but not as big as the previous days.

Naoki was a little worried that the shack of the goat mount would be crushed by the snow, so he asked Gulerton and the others to eat first, and he went outside to clean up the snow on the shack.

It was late at night, and the snow-white ground reflected the night. Although there was no flashlight, the surrounding roads could still be seen clearly.

Looking at the snowy scene, Naoki thought it was a good sign, auspicious snow means a good harvest!

With expectations for next year in his heart, Naoki turned around and walked back. When he reached the door, he saw Gulerton and Babu Tubo squatting under the eaves and looking over here.

"Why did you come out? It's so cold outside, come in!" Naoki pushed a few Pokémon back to the room.

"Ah, gah~"

"Okay, let's eat!" Naoki returned to the dining table and looked at everyone with a smile.

There were hot meals on the table, and various Pokémon in front of the table. The cold wind was howling outside, but his little house was warm as spring.

Even though he had experienced this several times, Naoki was still full of anticipation and enjoyment for this moment.

"Gah!"

Following his order, the many Pokémon in front of him cheered and began to enjoy the dinner that Naoki had carefully prepared for them.

Naoki took out his Rotom phone and took a photo, and then posted it to the Pokémon circle.

[Wing King: Celebrate the New Year with Pokémon ^_^

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After a while, he received several comments.

[Dr. Olin: Gulden looks very happy! ]

[Shirona: Happy New Year! ]

[Dr. Oak: Is that Pokémon the legendary Pokémon Mew? ! ]

[Adek replied to Professor Oak: Ahaha, Naoki has many Pokémon as rare as Mew! ]

[Professor Oak replied to Adek: What? There are Pokémon as rare as Mew? ]

[Professor Oak: Naoki! When do you have time to visit Pallet Town? Let me treat you well! ]

Naoki: "..."

Professor Oak's research addiction came back again.

For doctors like them who study Pokémon, Pokémon like Mew and Jirachi do have very important research value.

However, they may not have time recently!

After thinking about it, Naoki replied to Professor Oak.

[Wing King: Sorry, Doctor, the ranch is a bit busy, we are afraid that we will not have the opportunity to visit Pallet Town, but you can come to the Padia area, it is the same. ]

However, Professor Oak also has no time.

In addition to studying Pokémon on weekdays, he also has to give lectures to introduce Pokémon ecology to trainers.

Naoki was very sorry about this.

The two could only agree to visit each other again when they had time in the future.

Then, Naoki replied to Dr. Olin and Sirona one by one, wishing them a happy new year.

There is no Spring Festival Gala in the Pokémon world, but there is a special Pokémon Spring Festival program.

After dinner, Naoki sat on the sofa with Pokémon and watched TV.

To be precise, Pokémon was watching TV, while he was chatting with Qishu.

Qishu said that she had just finished dinner and was now at home with the electric frogs to listen to the noisy fireworks outside.

[Qishu: It's so noisy outside! ]

Naoki smiled, and then said: [Come to the ranch to celebrate the New Year next year! It's very quiet here, there is no sound. ]

[Qishu: Okay! That's settled! Oh, by the way, I have also started to learn how to make dishes recently. If you have a chance next time, come and try it! ]

Naoki was a little surprised to see this message.

He remembered that Qishu had said before that his cooking skills were not very good, and when he lived in Brewing Light City, he often went to restaurants outside with Pokémon to eat.

[Wing King: Why did you suddenly start learning to cook? ]

[Qishu: I want to give it a try. If I can learn it, I can cook for the electric frogs in the future! ]

Naoki made a video call.

Soon, the call was connected, and Qishu's face appeared on the screen.

Gulton, who was standing next to him, heard the voice and came over.

Seeing Gulerton, Qishu smiled and greeted it: "Happy New Year, Gulerton!"

"Agas~"

Naoki was a little curious about Qishu's past: "When you traveled outside before, did you also buy food in the restaurant to take out?"

"Travel?" Qishu shook his head: "I rarely go out! At that time, I went to school in Orange Academy, and I ate breakfast and lunch in the cafeteria like everyone else. Although I would go out to challenge the gym later, I took the Pokémon taxi most of the time!"

"I see." Naoki suddenly realized: "I thought it was the same as the trainers in other regions. I have met some trainers in other regions before. They don't have to go to school. When they are ten years old, they can get their own initial Pokémon from the local doctor and go out to travel."

"Maybe it's because Padiya Academy has existed in Padiya for a long time?" Qishu guessed: "Entering school at the age of ten may be a tradition?"

"Then how did you become a gym leader later?" Naoki was a little curious.

Qishu replied: "Well, because I didn't know what I was going to do in the future, I just participated in the gym challenge like everyone else."

"Later, the chief invited me to join the Padiya Alliance, and then I was assigned to work at the Niangguang Gym! Hehe, I actually like this job!"

"So that's how it is!" Zhishu nodded: "I thought you were inheriting the family gym!"

Talking about this, Qishu couldn't help but complain: "My parents can't stay idle at all. They go out to travel every year. They say that the world is so big and they haven't seen many places yet. They often leave me alone in Niangguang City."

Zhishu had a picture in his mind, and he couldn't help laughing. No wonder the couple who could raise a daughter as clever as Qishu must be very interesting.

"Where's Naoki?" Qishu suddenly asked, "I heard from the chief that Naoki moved to the Padiya region in recent years, right? Where did you live before?"

"Me?" Naoki was slightly stunned, and then replied, "I used to live in the Hoenn region with my parents. Later, they died of illness, and I left there and traveled around the world."

"I didn't return to the Padiya region until three years ago and inherited the ranch left by my grandfather."

Their relationship was not that close before, and Qishu had never heard Naoki mention his parents. Now hearing Naoki say that, Qishu couldn't help but feel distressed.

"Everything will be fine." She comforted.

"Yes!" Naoki nodded gently: "But I'm used to it. Now I have Gulden and the others to accompany me, and you, I feel very happy now."

He didn't lie to Qishu.

Because before he crossed over to this world, his parents also passed away early.

But he was generous and didn't commit suicide. Although he became a social animal later, Naoki always maintained an optimistic attitude towards life.

After all, there are Pokémon to accompany him, Pokémon games, and anime series.

Hearing Naoki's words, Qishu nodded repeatedly: "Well, I will always be with you!"

Naoki's heart softened, and then he nodded gently: "Well, I remember."

Then, the two began to talk about other things, and talked until the midnight bell rang.

Listening to the sound, Naoki knew that it was already the 201st year of the League Calendar.

It was too late, and everything was silent in the night.

Qishu on the other side of the screen yawned a little sleepily.

Naoki glanced at the Pokémon around him who had fallen asleep, and said to Qishu:

"If you are sleepy, go to bed!"

Qishu also realized that it was too late now, and she responded softly: "Well, I know! Good night~"

"Good night."

After hanging up the phone, Naoki turned off the TV and began to move the sleeping Pokémon back to their own nests one by one.

Naoki couldn't move big Pokémon like Dragonite, so he asked Bud Crown to use his superpower to move them away.

During this time, Gulden was awakened by Bud Crown's superpower. It suddenly opened its eyes, looked around with a confused look, and finally looked at Naoki:

"Agas?"

"It's time to go back to sleep." Naoki touched its head.

Gulden yawned, and then followed Naoki back to the room obediently.

Naoki went to the bathroom to wash up. When he came out, he found that Gulden was still asleep.

Naoki sat on the bed and touched its head. His mind moved slightly, and then he asked:

"Gulden, what do you think of Qishu? Can we let her join the ranch and live with us?"

"Agas!" Hearing this, Gulden instantly lost all sleepiness and nodded his big head excitedly.

"Huh?" Naoki was very surprised: "Do you like Qishu very much?"

"Agas!" Gulden looked very happy.

"Is that so?" Naoki smiled slightly: "Then it's settled!"

"Ah, ah, ah~"

"Okay, go to sleep!" Naoki rubbed Gulerton's head and then lay down on the bed.

He took a deep breath and looked at the ceiling with longing.

Maybe... maybe he can really have a complete family of his own in this world.

Manage the ranch with Qishu and take care of the Pokémon on the ranch.

Maybe they will have a child, just like all the children in this world, who will become a trainer after turning ten and embark on their own journey.

Just like Mr. Elif in the Elif Cherry Orchard next door, he runs a cherry orchard with his wife and children, and lives an ordinary and happy life.

Naoki closed his eyes and fell asleep soon.

He had a dream that he and Qishu were having a wedding, Yeci was their witness, and Gulerton and Motor Lizard played the role of flower girls.

*

Winter is gone and spring is here, the snow melts, and everything begins to revive.

After the New Year, the Hero Expedition Team continued their journey.

But what surprised Naoki was that Zapdos left the team temporarily.

According to Zapdos, it had some things to do and would come back after it was done.

Naoki was confused and asked Zapdos what it was about. Zapdos was mysterious and didn't even tell the Dream Bear Baby, saying that it wanted to give them a surprise.

Before leaving, Naoki gave Zapdos a Rotom phone so that it could easily contact the Dream Bear Baby.

Lightning Bird thanked him, then flapped its wings and flew away.

Meng Meng and Baby Bear looked at its retreating figure, and then also set foot on their path.

This year, they plan to travel to a region called Sinnoh.

They had heard from Pokémon on the sea that there were many treasures there, so the baby bears who were keen on picking up treasures immediately determined their destination.

As soon as the heroes expedition team left, the peace of the past returned to the World Tree.

The Pokémon there live an orderly life.

Jirachi did not leave with the Heroes expedition this time. He stayed behind and would often fly to the pasture to eat snacks made by Zhishu.

Mewtwo is still there guarding the World Tree, King Ho often travels far away, Rayquaza spends most of his time on the tree crown except for eating meteorites in the universe, and Giratina is still in the shadow of the World Tree. A big internet celebrity.

And Groudon and Kyogre had nothing to do, quarreling in the group all day long.

Naoki thought that if they quarreled, they could just quarrel. As long as they didn't fight, everything would be easy to talk about. It was just a way to vent their excess energy.

With the arrival of spring, the fields in the pasture have also begun to be plowed again.

This year the seed shops in town have a brand new batch of seeds.

Like cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, bok choy, gourd, etc.

Naoki looked at the novelty, so he simply bought some of them and tried planting them at home. Maybe the gourds could mutate, grow colorful gourds, and give birth to seven gourd babies.

Seeing that he bought a lot, the seed shop owner Eero gave him a few extra bags of seeds.

After returning to the ranch, Naoki immediately started planting.

The three gophers were still responsible for plowing the land. He took Guluton and the Motorized Lizard to plant the seeds into the fields, and then Kuailong used rain prayers to water them. Finally, he asked the mount goat to cultivate them with grass energy.

Naoki planned to finish planting the land, and then began to fulfill Reihe's commission, to capture the four disaster Pokémon and use inversion cooking to turn them into Pokémon that could bring good luck to the ranch.

As for the ranch in the Alola region...

Don't be in a hurry to go there. It was originally used for winter vacation, but now that winter has passed, there is no need to live there for a long time.

After everything was done in the Padia area, Naoki planned to go there to investigate and try to py with the Kapu family to see if he could get Z bracelets and Z moves from them.

Not only King Lei Guan's grass Z, but also Ibrahimovic's exclusive Z. Naoki had previously promised his partner Ibrahimovic to help him master Ibrahimovic's ultimate trick: Nine Colors Sublimation Gathering.

Just as Naoki was formulating his next plan in his mind, a strange visitor suddenly came to the ranch.

Bada Huo was the first to notice the man while he was staying on the roof to bask in the sun.

It immediately came to notify Naoki.

Naoki, who was working in the fields, looked up and saw a woman wearing a floral dress and holding a bag in her hand. She looked elegant and gentle in her words and deeds, standing at the entrance of the ranch and facing this way. Looking around.

Naoki was slightly startled.

The next second, his eyes made contact with that person in mid-air.

Then, Naoki heard the other party ask softly:

"Excuse me, where is this place?"

Naoki: "?"

It seemed that the doubt on his face was too obvious, and the woman looked troubled:

"I'm very sorry. I heard the legend about Zhiqin Town and was a tourist who came here specifically to travel. But I accidentally lost my way in the back mountain. Now I'm tired and hungry. Can I borrow some water from you? ? I can pay."

Naoki was stunned.

In the past two years, Zhiqin Town has often attracted some tourists to visit the shrine of King Lei Guan in the back mountain.

"Of course." Zhi Shu stopped his farm work, went to the faucet to wash the handle, and then said to the woman: "This is Zhi Shu Ranch in the east of Zhiqin Town. I am Zhi Shu, the owner here. You don't have to pay. Come on, let’s take a rest first!”

Hearing this, the woman smiled and said, "Excuse me~"

Not far away, Guluton and the Motorized Lizard stood in a row. Guluton looked at the woman with a puzzled face.

"Ah?" Isn't that Qishu's mother?