“It's like this, in two days, the palace will be hosting a banquet. Do you have time to attend?”姬美雅 asked over the phone.
“Banquet? What kind of banquet?” An Jie asked, puzzled.
姬美雅 said, “We have a collaboration with a research team from the Pátria region. Recently, that research team came here to exchange research, so my father decided to hold a banquet to entertain them.
You haven't made a formal appearance since you woke up, so my father would like to invite you to attend, if you have the time.”
An Jie thought for a moment. It would be good to make an appearance, so he agreed, “Alright, what time is the banquet exactly?”
姬美雅 said happily, “7:00 PM. Just come before it starts.”
“Okay, I'll be there on time,” An Jie said.
“Then I'll see you then.”
“See you then.”
After ending the call with 姬美雅, An Jie took Keckleon and the others back to Nibel Plateau.
Because the river beach had been cleared, it was time for the Pokémon to plant trees for An Jie again this afternoon.
After lunch, An Jie and the Pokémon came to the river beach. The two Farfetch’d who had just joined Nibel Plateau also came, each carrying the small shovel that An Jie had given them, looking very proud.
Because they had experience planting trees before, the Pokémon hardly needed An Jie's guidance this time. They spontaneously got busy, with a clear division of labor: some digging holes, some fertilizing… The two Farfetch’d wielded their shovels with great skill.
An Jie took out the fruit trees he had bought in advance from the system backpack.
It's embarrassing to say, because he didn't have enough Happiness Points, he could only buy a portion for now. The Happiness Points he earns every day are only enough to buy the fruit trees he needs to plant that day, not enough to buy them all at once.
Actually, he could spend money to buy fruit trees from outside to plant. Speaking of which, An Jie doesn't have enough Happiness Points, but he has saved a lot of Alliance Coins.
However, he always felt that the fruit trees bought from outside were definitely not as good as those in the system store, so he didn't want to settle for second best.
Take it slow, there's no need to rush anyway.
He estimated the area of the river beach. By the time it's all planted, this winter will be almost over.
The first batch of fruit trees that An Jie planted were Pecha Berries and Cheri Berries, buying 200 saplings of each. The river beach area was limited, and because he wanted to plant more kinds of berries, he didn't plan to plant too many of each.
Pecha Berries and Cheri Berries are relatively common berries, and the saplings are not expensive, selling for 15 Happiness Points each in the system store.
Berry saplings are more expensive than ordinary fruit tree saplings.
After entrusting the fruit trees to the Pokémon, An Jie shouted to Diancie, “Diancie, I'll leave this to you. I have something else to do, so I'll go back first!”
Diancie waved and nodded to An Jie from afar, indicating that it understood. Only then did An Jie turn around and walk back.
“Snor~”
When Munchlax saw that his master was leaving, he quickly threw away the dirt in his hands, then clapped his hands and ran quickly to his master's side.
“You want to go home with me?” An Jie asked with a smile.
“Snor~ Snor~” With master, together.
Munchlax nodded.
“Then let's go together.” An Jie affectionately rubbed the top of its head.
(≧≦) Munchlax narrowed its eyes, enjoying it.
Keckleon, who was with the Water-type Pokémon, saw his master taking Munchlax away, and quickly ran while shouting:
“Keck~ Keck~” Wait for me! Wait for me!
Hearing the sound, An Jie and Munchlax stopped and stood in place, waiting for Keckleon.
The three masters and disciples went home together. After that, An Jie took them to the Secret Fortress and found the garbage disposal area inside the fortress.
It turned out that there was a small interlayer below the fifth floor of the Secret Fortress, which was where the garbage disposal area was located. If he hadn't asked Diancie, An Jie wouldn't have known.
Mainly because he didn't need to know before, so Diancie didn't mention it, because it quite disliked this place.
It turned out that all the garbage produced by An Jie and the others living on Nibel Plateau was discharged here, and then decomposed into non-polluting substances and put into the soil of Nibel Plateau, becoming nutrients for the earth, including the Pokémon's droppings.
And the most important material among the materials needed by An Jie to make fertilizer was the Pokémon's droppings.
An Jie could buy other materials, but he couldn't buy Pokémon droppings.
In the garbage disposal area, An Jie saw several large furnace-like machines. Different types of garbage would be put into different furnaces to be decomposed.
And the Pokémon's droppings were put into the one in the middle.
“Snor~”
After a series of operations on the console, An Jie set the operation of the middle furnace to “fermentation” and “fertilizer production”, and then said to the two disciples:
“Okay, let's go.”
As soon as the two Pokémon heard this, they couldn't wait to leave the garbage disposal area with An Jie.
Arriving on the ground, An Jie dialed Flamel's number.
“Hello, Your Highness, is there anything I can do for you?” Flamel's voice came from the other end of the phone.
“Flamel, I want to order a batch of materials,” An Jie said to Flamel.
An Jie planned to buy the materials for making fertilizer from outside with Alliance Coins, as he didn't have enough Happiness Points.
“Please tell me what you need, Your Highness, and I will contact them for you,” Flamel said.
So An Jie told Flamel what he needed.
After writing down what An Jie wanted, Flamel said, “The materials that Your Highness wants seem to be related to fertilizer and crops.”
An Jie said admiringly, “You even know this?”
Flamel: “Actually, my parents are both farmers. I used to do farm work in my hometown when I was a child.”
An Jie suddenly understood, “No wonder.”
Flamel thought for a while and said, “How about this, I'll contact a farmer from my hometown for you. He should have all the things you want there.”
An Jie said gratefully, “Then I'll have to trouble you.”
Flamel: “It's no trouble at all.”
With the matter settled, An Jie was in a good mood, so he said to Munchlax and Keckleon, “Let's go, let's go to work.”
“Snor~ Snor~” What work are we doing?
Munchlax looked puzzled.
Keckleon also looked at An Jie in confusion.
An Jie called Robert No. 1 and took his two disciples all the way to the warehouse, where a corner of the warehouse was filled with neatly stacked wood.
“Snor~ Snor~” What are we doing here?
Munchlax asked.
An Jie explained, “I plan to build houses for the Gogoats and Skiddo, so I have to make all this wood into planks first.”
The Ride Goat and Ride Sheep did not live in the Secret Fortress. Ange had invited them, but they refused because they didn't like living underground. They preferred the open air and closer contact with nature compared to the Secret Fortress.
Some time ago, Ange had the idea of raising some cattle and sheep, so he had the idea of building cowsheds and sheepfolds. At this time, he suddenly realized that if that was the case, why didn't he build wooden houses on the ground for the Ride Goat and Ride Sheep?
He had obtained so much wood from cleaning the river beach, wouldn't it be perfect to use it to build wooden houses?!
So he went to consult the Ride Goat and Ride Sheep again. Sure enough, this time they didn't object. If it was a wooden house built on the grass, they would be happy to live in it.
In fact, they were also very envious of other Pokémon for having a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
Ange told Snorlax and Kecleon about his idea, and the two Pokémon eagerly wanted to help.
Ange then said to Robert 1: "Robert 1, could you please cut these woods into such planks?" As he spoke, he handed the blueprints he had prepared in advance to Robert 1.
Although Ange had studied wooden house construction in advance, he still had to rely on Robert 1 when he actually started working.
Robert 1 took the blueprint, and his two eyes released a blue light, scanning the blueprint into his brain. Then he looked at Ange and replied:
"No ~ Prob ~ Lem!"
As his voice fell, Ange saw his palm shrink into his wrist, and an electric saw and a knife stretched out instead.
Soon, pieces of wood were cut out by Robert 1, while Ange, Snorlax, and Kecleon could only help with some auxiliary work.
Fortunately, Robert 1 was there. He was a bit dull, but he was really efficient at work. Without him, Ange, Snorlax, and Kecleon would probably only be able to stare at each other.
Soon, an afternoon passed, and pieces of wood of various shapes and thicknesses were processed by Ange and the others, and piled up in the corner of the warehouse.
Seeing that it was getting late, Ange said to Snorlax and Kecleon: "Okay, that's it for today. Let's go back and cook. It's getting late."
"Snor ~"
"Kec ~ Ke!"
The two Pokémon nodded in agreement.
Ange touched Kecleon's head and said: "Thank you for your hard work today."
"Snor ~ Snor ~" Not hard, I like working with Master.
Snorlax grinned.
"Kec ~ Kec ~" Me, great, not afraid of hardship!
Kecleon raised his thumb to praise himself.
Ange turned his head and said to Robert 1: "You've worked hard too."
However, Robert 1 just looked at Ange with his blank big eyes and gave no response.
As expected, it's a hunk of iron… Ange shook his head helplessly.
After leaving the warehouse, Ange and the others went home to cook dinner. Before long, the tree-planting Pokémon came back, and it was time for a happy dinner.
During dinner, the family of five sat around the table, and Ange suddenly said: "By the way, the palace invited me to attend a banquet in two days. Do you want to go?"
"Snor ~" Banquet? What is that?
Snorlax hurriedly swallowed the food stuffed in his mouth, and then asked suspiciously.
"Kec ~ Kec ~" I know! I know!
Kecleon couldn't wait to raise his hand and say.
Ange smiled and said: "Okay, then please Kecleon introduce what a banquet is to everyone."
Kecleon was immediately satisfied. He stood on the chair, cleared his throat, and explained with a serious expression: "Kec ~ Kec ~ Kec ~" A banquet is a banquet held in the evening. There will be many people gathered there, and there will be many delicious things…"
Snorlax was very good at grasping the key points. When Kecleon said "There are many delicious things there", his ears moved quickly, and then he tugged at Ange.
"Snor ~ Snor ~" Is there really a lot of delicious food?
Ange hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes, there is…"
Snorlax's eyes lit up immediately.
"Snor ~ Snor ~" Master, I'll go, take me!
Ange pinched his cheek and said dotingly: "Okay, I'll take you."
Snorlax was immediately delighted when he heard this, and his eyes narrowed into two slits.
"Kec ~ Kec ~" Me too, me too.
Kecleon said quickly.
Ange looked at Diancie and said: "Diancie, what about you?"
Diancie: "Since everyone is going, of course I will go too!"
Ange: "Okay, let's go together."
"Kec ~" Hooray!
Kecleon cheered.
As for Comatose, no one asked for its opinion, and silence meant consent.
The next day, after coming back at noon to have lunch with everyone, Ange said to Diancie and the others: "Since we are going to attend a banquet, shouldn't we get an outfit?"
In the past, the clothes Ange wore were bought directly from the system store, but recently he was short of money, so he decided to go shopping in Azoth Kingdom.
"Snor ~" Outfit?
Snorlax tilted his head with a puzzled expression.
"It's nice-looking clothes." Ange explained.
Snorlax suddenly understood, "Snor ~" Do I have to wear it too?
Ange said: "Of course you can wear it if you want!"
"Snor ~ Snor ~" Then I want to wear the same clothes as Master.
Snorlax said excitedly.
Ange touched his head and said: "Okay, then let's buy the same one."
Kecleon was immediately unhappy when he heard this, "Kec ~ Kec ~" Me too! Me too!
Ange quickly said: "You have it too, Diancie and Comatose also have it."
Kecleon was immediately satisfied when he heard this, and a smile appeared on Diancie's face.
"Then pack up your things, let's set off immediately, and we have to work when we come back." Ange said.
"Snor ~"
"Kec ~"
Snorlax and Kecleon cheered and ran upstairs quickly, while Diancie stayed to clean up the dishes with Ange.
After packing up their things, Ange's family of five went to Azoth Kingdom through the space channel. This was the first time their family of five went out together.
Walking out of Snorlax's house, Diancie asked: "Where are we going to buy clothes?"
Ange took out his phone and said: "Let me see!" As he spoke, he began to search for information online.
"Got it, let's go to this one!" After a while, Ange showed Diancie the place he found, "This is a brand store with a good reputation, specializing in formal wear, let's go to this one."
Diancie glanced at it, because she didn't understand it very well, so she could only listen to Ange, "Then let's go to this one."
"Snor ~ Snor ~" Let me see too, let me see too!
"Kec ~ Kec ~" Me too!
Snorlax and Kecleon also leaned over.
Ange lowered the phone a little to show them, but in fact they couldn't understand it at all.
