Not a trainer this time

"Who are these two Pokémon?"

Qishu looked at the baby bears and Meng Meng who flew in, his face full of surprise.

Seeing that there was an extra person here with Zhi Shu, Baby Bear and Meng Meng also cast curious glances at Qishu.

"One?"

"miu?"

Naoki smiled and introduced them to each other: "This is Qishu, she is my girlfriend. After getting married, Qishu will move to the ranch to live with us."

"This is Dream and Baby Bear, they..."

Having said this, Naoki slapped his head and suddenly remembered that there was one more thing he had not told Qi Shu.

Now that their relationship has reached this point, there is no need to hide the matter about World Tree.

Realizing this, Naoki put down the goods in his hands, took Qishu's hand, and said to her: "Come with me, I will take you to a place."

Qishu was stunned. Seeing the expression on Naoshu's face, she couldn't help but be full of curiosity about that place.

"Baby Bear, Mew, you guys come together too! Compared with the last time you left, the guild has changed a lot!" Naoki said to Mew and Baby Bear again.

Regarding this matter, Meng Meng and Baby Bear have already heard from Chaomeng, but they have not yet seen with their own eyes how everyone in the Adventure Team Guild entered the maze to explore in an orderly manner.

Now hearing what Naoki said, the hearts of the two Pokémon were immediately seduced to the World Tree.

"One!"

"miu!"

Naoki asked the Pokémon to continue playing at home, and he and Qishu went out.

A group of Pokémon happily agreed. Upon seeing this, Naoki took Qishu, followed by Baby Bear and Mew out of the door and walked towards the entrance to the reverse world.

"Actually, I've been thinking about how to tell you about this recently." Naoki said.

Qishu blinked. She had just heard the conversation between Naoki and the two Pokémon, Yggdrasil, the Expedition Guild... it sounded amazing!

At this moment, Naoki suddenly stopped in front of a lake.

"Come on! Jump down!"

Qishu immediately opened his eyes: "Eh?!"

Naoki smiled and shook his head: "It's not what you think. This is the entrance to the reverse world. Jump in and you can reach another latitude."

The reverse world... isn't that Giratina's domain?

At this moment, Qishu suddenly felt blessed. Could it be that Naoki was...

Sure enough, when she followed Naoki and jumped into the lake, what she saw in front of her instantly confirmed her suspicions.

The broken sky island, the deep void, the latitude full of destruction, and the Pokémon lying on an empty island full of flowers.

That's...Giratina? !

Even though he had expected it in his heart, when this moment came, Qishu was still so shocked that he froze on the spot, staring blankly at everything in front of him.

Immediately, an excited expression appeared on her face: "Since Giratina is here, then Naoki, aren't you..."

Naoki put his finger in front of his lips and made a silent gesture: "Remember to keep it a secret for me!"

Qishu was so shocked that she could not be more shocked. She had never thought that the true identity of her marriage partner would be so shocking!

"Chief, do they know?" Qishu murmured.

Naoki shook his head: "No, you are the only one in the Padian Alliance who knows this. However, this is not the place I am showing you. Come with me!"

After that, Zhi Shu flew forward, Qishu followed him, and Baby Bear and Meng Meng flew at the front.

After rising for a certain distance, a bright hole suddenly appeared in front of him.

A group of people passed through the cave entrance, and the next second, the surrounding scene changed drastically.

When Qishu saw everything in front of him clearly, he was once again stunned.

The huge tree crown blocks the sky and the sun, and the golden sunlight shines through the gaps on the grass. In front of it, there are buildings with strange shapes one after another.

And in the center of the building, there was a huge "door" floating.

Near the door, there was an endless stream of Pokémon of all kinds. Some waved goodbye to their companions and entered the door, while others came out of the door carrying large and small bags.

As soon as Mewtwo and Baby Bear appeared, they attracted Mewtwo's attention.

Chaomeng took the initiative to show up, and after looking at each other with Naoki, he took them to visit the new expedition guild.

Naoki stood next to Qishu and said to her:

"This is the place I want to show you. I call it the Initial Tree of the World, or the World Tree for short."

"World Tree..." Qishu murmured. Doesn't that mean that they are now on a huge tree? !

"This is a place where only Pokémon live. It is a paradise created by me and the others for Pokémon."

Naoki took Qishu's hand and said to her: "Follow me!"

The two began to visit the Adventure Team Guild and the surrounding areas.

“As you can see, the buildings in front of you are composed of Pokémon’s Heroes Expedition Guild, and Baby Bear and Mew are the original members. During their travels outside, they will invite the friends they make back to join them. Expedition."

"The purpose of the expedition is to help humans and Pokémon in need. Perhaps this matter is so extraordinary that it attracted the attention of Arceus, the God of Creation."

"Not long ago, He recruited everyone in the expedition guild and opened a space-time gate connecting to other worlds. On weekdays, Pokémon will enter it to explore and rescue Pokémon from other worlds."

"This... this is incredible!" Qishu murmured.

Naoki grinned: "Really? In fact, sometimes I also find it incredible, but it has been my dream from the beginning to build a paradise for Pokémon without violence, oppression, and undisturbed."

"It's a great dream!" Qishu's eyes flashed.

Naoki took Qishu to the house that Pokémon built for him and said to Qishu:

"These are the houses that Pokémon built for me to thank me. After a few decades, I can move to the world tree with Pokémon, forever."

After Naoki said this, Qishu looked at the small house in front of her, and a picture emerged in her mind that decades later, she and Naoki became old men and women with white hair, and lived a peaceful life here with Pokémon.

Qishu felt as sweet as if he had eaten something sweet: "We will be old by then."

At this moment, Qishu made a decision in her heart.

From now on, she will protect the World Tree and the Pokémon on the World Tree together with Naoki!

"Don't worry about getting old. As long as you want to be with me, even death will not separate us." Naoki said.

Hearing this, Qishu was slightly stunned: "Eh?"

Naoki asked: "Have you heard of the spirit world?"

"Spirit world..." Qishu shook his head truthfully.

"As far as I know, when all things in this world die, the soul will leave the body and go to the spirit world. As long as there is no reincarnation, the soul will exist forever." Naoki said.

Hearing this, Qishu immediately understood what Naoki meant.

"In this way, we can always accompany the electric belly frog and Guldun." Naoki said.

*

Too many things happened this year, which disrupted many of Naoki's plans.

He had wanted to take his Pokémon to the ranch in the Alola region to spend the winter this year, but for various reasons, he ended up staying in the Padiya region.

But it wasn't a big problem. As long as there were Gulden and the others and Qishu, no matter where he was, it was his home!

After returning from the World Tree, Naoki began to rush to prepare today's New Year's Eve dinner.

Because there were too many Pokémon, Naoki and Qishu were busy until the afternoon before they finally finished.

In the evening, heavy snow began to fall outside.

In the heavy snow, Naoki received New Year's greetings from everyone in the town and the nearby ranch. After learning that he was going to get married, Mrs. Dantes specially sewed a new dress for him.

Naoki sat on the sofa and checked the letters sent by the townspeople surrounded by Pokémon.

Qishu on the side was also looking at those New Year's greetings. She couldn't help but say, "Everyone in the town is doing well!"

Naoki smiled and nodded: "Yes!"

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

Naoki got up to open the door and saw a little boy wearing a furry hat and thick clothes, who looked like a tundra bear, standing outside his door with a basket.

The boy was followed by a motorcycle lizard. Seeing the door open, he happily handed over the basket in his hand:

"Mr. Naoki, Happy New Year! This is something my grandfather asked me to give you!"

Naoki recognized the child as the grandson of Mayor Thomas. He quickly took the basket and invited him, "It's warm in the house, come in!"

However, the boy shook his head and said expectantly, "No, no, my mother is making delicious snacks for me. I'm going back to eat snacks. Goodbye, Mr. Naoki!"

After that, the boy rode on the motorcycle lizard, waved goodbye to Naoki, and left the ranch.

Naoki carried the basket in his hand helplessly. There was a long way to go between the ranch and the town.

In winter, the roads are covered with ice and snow, especially now it is snowing heavily. Although most Pokémon will stay at home to rest in this season, some Pokémon will attack passers-by because they can't find food and are hungry.

He was a little worried about the child going back alone, so he asked Babu Tubo to secretly follow and send the child home.

"Bamo!"

Babu Tubo patted his chest, promised that he would definitely send the child home safely, and then quickly followed.

"Whose child?" Qishu asked.

Zhishu closed the door and replied, "Mayor Thomas' grandson, come and send something."

When he opened the basket, Zhishu saw some hot snacks and some snacks that Motor Lizard liked to eat.

"That child is so cute!" Qishu couldn't help saying.

"We will have one in the future." Zhishu said with a smile.

Qishu didn't know what he thought of, and his face suddenly blushed, but he didn't deny it.

Child... Is she going to be a mother too?

"When the time comes, I will let him inherit my ranch, and we will take our Pokémon to the World Tree to live in old age." Naoki said as he sat on the sofa.

Qishu said tactfully: "Young people nowadays rarely stay in the countryside to be ranchers."

How can that be possible? This is the ranch he has worked hard to run for his entire life!

If he is not here, and the child is no longer willing to inherit, then won't this place be abandoned again?

Naoki felt very sad when he thought that the ranch he and Pokémon had worked so hard to develop would be overgrown with weeds.

"Don't worry!" Qishu said with a smile: "Who knows in the future! It's too early to think about that now!"

Naoki: "..." Forget it, let's talk about it later!

After opening the letter, time unknowingly came to night.

The sky outside the window gradually darkened, the cold wind was howling, but the house was very warm.

The heat of the lava worm blew along the heating pipes to every corner of the house.

The Eevees chased and played around in the house, Frosty stayed in the kitchen to provide Naoki with delicious fresh cream, the electric belly frog and the Bubble Groundhog were exchanging electricity with each other, and the Motor Lizard was lying in front of the fireplace comfortably, enjoying the time before dinner.

The martial arts bear master sat on the sofa, and Gulerton sat opposite it, squinting his eyes and looking at this Pokémon, wondering what Naoki liked about this Pokémon.

The martial arts bear master felt uncomfortable being looked at by Gulerton, but fortunately Naoki came over with dinner.

"Let's eat!"

The martial arts bear master was relieved and quickly stood up to help Naoki serve the dishes.

Gulerton: "!!!"

The unyielding Gulerton didn't want to fall behind the bear, so he immediately rushed forward to do the work.

Naoki just put the New Year's Eve dinner on the table and turned around to see this scene.

"..."

After so many years, Gulerton is still the same. At the beginning, he was jealous of Motor Lizard, and now he is jealous of the martial arts bear master.

"Okay, stop playing, it's time to eat! After dinner, go out and set off fireworks!"

Hearing the fireworks, a group of Pokémon were immediately attracted.

Can they also set them off by hand?

Naoki nodded: "Of course, if you know fire-type moves, you can light the fireworks by using sparks on the fuse, and then - you can see the fireworks explode in the sky."

"Bamo..." Hearing this, Babu Tubo was very embarrassed because it could not use sparks or other fire-type moves.

"Since you can't do it yourself, you can find a Pokémon that can use fire-type moves to help you!" Naoki said.

"Bamo!" Babu Tubo suddenly had an idea and thought of his good friend Lavaworm!

And Flareon nodded proudly, indicating that it was right, it was the Pokémon that Naoki said could use fire-type moves, and Pokémon who wanted to set off fireworks could come to it for help!

Jirachi, who came to play in the ranch, immediately thought of Ho-Oh, which is also a fire-type Pokémon, and it can definitely help light the fireworks!

But would it be too late to find Ho-Oh now? What if they haven't come back yet and Naoki has finished setting off the fireworks?

Thinking of this, Jirachi worriedly told Naoki: "Naoki, you have to wait for me to come back before setting off the fireworks!"

Naoki was a little surprised: "Huh? Where are you going?"

Jirachi replied: "Ho-Oh is a fire attribute Pokémon! Jirachi is going to the World Tree to invite Ho-Oh over!"

Naoki was shocked when he heard this.

What? ! Isn't it a bit of a waste of talent to let Ho-Oh use the sacred fire to light the fireworks? !

Qi Shu on the side was also very surprised.

Ho-Oh? Isn't that the legendary Pokémon believed in by the people in the Johto region? !

However, Jirachi happily shook his head and said:

"It's okay! Ho-Oh told Jirachi before that it also likes to watch fireworks! So Ho-Oh will definitely be happy!"