Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

“Diancie, how do I turn this fur into a TM?” Ange asked, puzzled.

Diancie replied, “Check the store; they should have a device for making TMs. Just buy it with Happiness Points.”

Hearing this, Ange quickly opened the store and scrolled through it, but couldn't find it. So, he simply used the search function. Sure enough, a strange-looking machine popped up.

He looked at the price below—good heavens, 50,000 Happiness Points! He couldn't afford it even if he sold himself!

Ange looked at his Happiness Point balance: 600 points. Gulpin contributed 100, and Munchlax contributed 500.

Diancie glanced at the price. “This is actually very cheap because it's the newbie period. This is a discounted price; it will only get more expensive after the newbie period.”

Ange: . . .

“Forget it, I'll deal with the TM later. I don't need it right now anyway.” Ange said, putting Munchlax's fur into his system backpack.

“Ange, I'm going back out to attract customers. I still need eight more to complete the task,” Diancie said.

“Diancie, you're really working hard.” Ange said, touched.

Diancie hugged Ange's arm. “It's not hard at all. I'm very happy to be able to help Ange.”

Ange was even more moved, so he couldn't help but hug Diancie tightly again.

“Okay, I'm going out!”

Diancie pushed Ange away shyly and quickly ran out of the store.

After Diancie left, Ange glanced at the taskbar.

Serve 10 Pokémon, Deadline: 3 days. (2/10)

Sure enough, without Ange, the human 'nuisance,' the Pokémon on Nibel Plateau had a completely different attitude towards Diancie. They were friendly and enthusiastic.

Soon, three more Pokémon were recruited to the store by Diancie: Scatterbug, Espurr, and Swirlix. Each of them left the store completely satisfied.

After Diancie saw Swirlix off, Ange finally dared to come out of the kitchen. He glanced at his system interface.

Serve 10 Pokémon, Deadline: 3 days. (5/10)

Happiness Points: 900.

Scatterbug, Espurr, and Swirlix each contributed 100 Happiness Points. None of them enjoyed Ange's cooking with such happiness as Munchlax.

It seems his cooking skills still need to improve!

Just making steamed buns limits his potential. It's a pity that if it's not a food specified by the system, even if he makes it, the Pokémon won't contribute Happiness Points. Otherwise, he could have free rein to experiment.

He still needs to work hard to get the system to unlock more foods.

Ange's morale soared for a moment.

For the first sixteen years, he was weak and sickly, unable to do almost anything. Now that he has regained his health, he vowed to live a good life. Having something to strive for is rare and precious to Ange.

“Diancie, let's keep it up!” Ange said to Diancie, raising his fist.

“Keep it up!” Diancie was infected by Ange's emotions, raised her fist, and bumped it against Ange's, her morale equally high.

“Then I'll head out.”

So fast this time? Ange wondered, so he quietly poked his head out to observe.

But he didn't expect that it would be Gulpin who came.

Diancie hadn't walked two steps out of the door when she encountered Gulpin, who had come looking for her.

Gulpin's mood was a bit low at the moment, but when its eyes fell on the bouquet of flowers in the vase on the counter, it paused slightly.

Those were the flowers it had picked this morning.

Although it was afraid of Ange being human, Ange had helped it after all. It wanted to thank Ange no matter what, but it had limited abilities right now and could only express its gratitude in this insignificant way.

It had thought that its feelings would be disliked, but it didn't expect the bouquet to be treated so seriously.

Gulpin hadn't studied flower arrangement and had limited aesthetic sense, so to be honest, the bouquet it picked was messy and didn't have much beauty. Its advantage was only its naturalness and freshness.

But Ange thought it looked pleasing to the eye.

For a moment, Gulpin didn't know how to describe its current mood.

Diancie picked up Gulpin, put it on the table, and said to it, “Have you had breakfast? Should I get you something to eat?”

“Kuling ~ ~ Kuling ~ ~”

Gulpin shook its head desperately. It had already eaten.

Thinking of this morning's events, Gulpin felt a surge of emotion. It was for everyone's sake that it had cautiously returned to this place.

“Kuling ~ Kuling ~ ~”

Gulpin desperately explained to Diancie why it had come here.

After having breakfast this morning, Gulpin accidentally saw Scraggy and Skitty digging in the grass. At first, it didn't understand what they were doing, but after observing for a while, it realized that they were looking for grass roots to eat.

Not only Scraggy and Skitty, but also Pancham ran to the river to drink water, but its stomach was still rumbling after drinking. Litwick ran to the cave to sleep, but couldn't fall asleep because it was hungry…

It turned out that everyone was letting Gulpin have the food, and they were starving themselves.

At that moment, Gulpin felt extremely guilty. When it ate the food that everyone had given up, it hadn't thought that everyone was going hungry to fulfill it.

Although Nibel Plateau has lush vegetation and is full of greenery, in fact, food resources are not that abundant. Most of the area here is flat grassland, and there are very few plants that bear fruit.

In addition, the number of Pokémon living here is relatively large, making it even more difficult to obtain food.

In the past, there were not so many Pokémon living on Nibel Plateau, but because it is not far from the Azoth Kingdom, those Pokémon who originally lived in the city and had to leave for various reasons gradually gathered here, settled down, and multiplied, so the number of Pokémon on Nibel Plateau increased.

In fact, there are continuous mountains and dense forests around Nibel Plateau, where there is no shortage of food.

But these Pokémon originally lived in the human world and have a inexplicable fear of those areas far away from the human world. They don't dare to go to other places except for Nibel Plateau.

Watching its companions go hungry, Gulpin felt very sad. After thinking about it, it could only think of coming to Ange for help.

It remembered Ange telling it that if it was hungry, it could go to him.

“So you want to take some food back from here for your companions to eat?” Diancie asked after listening to Gulpin's story.

But she was a little embarrassed. According to the store's rules, food cannot be taken out.

“Kuling ~ Kuling ~ ~ Kulingling ~ ~ ~”

The Gulpin wore a pleading expression, indicating that it didn't have the ability to repay the kindness now, but promised to do so when it grew up.

Just then, Anji poked his head out from the doorframe.

The Gulpin had seen him before, so he didn't hide anymore, but he didn't dare to approach rashly, so as not to startle the Gulpin.

"Diancie, come here, come here," Anji beckoned to Diancie.

Originally, the Gulpin was very afraid of Anji, but when it thought of its hungry little friends, it bravely puffed out its chest and stared firmly at Anji.

Looking at the Gulpin's shimmering eyes, Anji was a little dazed.

Since arriving at the Nibel Plateau, this was the first time Anji had been stared at so directly by a Pokémon other than Diancie (Bewear is always closing its eyes twenty-four hours a day, so it doesn't count).

At Anji's call, Diancie entered the kitchen and conveyed the Gulpin's request to him.

Anji didn't say much, he directly took a rice bowl, filled it with steamed buns, "Give it to it." Saying that, he handed the rice bowl to Diancie.

Diancie hesitated and said, "But the rules of the store..."

Anji didn't care and said, "I'm the shop owner, doesn't that mean I make the rules!"

"Okay!" Diancie took the rice bowl and sighed helplessly, "You are such a willful fellow!"

"Hehe~~" Anji touched the diamond on Diancie's forehead.

Returning to the hall, Diancie placed the steamed buns in front of the Gulpin and said to it, "Our shop owner agreed." It didn't forget to create a good impression of Anji, "Actually, according to our store's original rules, food cannot be taken out, but our shop owner knows that you care about your companions, so he made an exception and agreed. Although he is human, he is different from those who abandoned you."

After contacting the Pokémon on the plateau, Diancie had already asked about the reason why everyone feared Anji, but it hadn't had time to tell Anji yet.

Thinking of everyone's attitude towards Anji, Diancie felt very unfair for Anji. Its Anji was the best human in the world. Comparing him with those nasty guys was simply an insult!!!

Hearing Diancie's words, the Gulpin's heart was indeed touched.

It quietly glanced in the direction of the kitchen, and when it saw Anji grinning at it, it panicked and withdrew its gaze.

"You can't carry so much food away, I'll take you back," Diancie said, as it also wanted to get in touch with the Gulpin's companions. These were all potential customers!

"Kuling~ Kuling~~"

The Gulpin hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed, and thanked Diancie.

"Anji, I'm going out," Diancie turned around and shouted towards the kitchen.

"Got it, come back early," Anji's voice came from the kitchen.

Diancie picked up the steamed buns again and said to the Gulpin, "Lead the way."

"Kuling~~~"

The Gulpin jumped off the table nimbly and hopped in front of Diancie to lead the way.

Under the Gulpin's lead, Diancie arrived at their residence. At this time, the Pancham just came back from outside, and the Gulpin quickly shouted to it.

"Kuling~ Kuling~~" I brought back a lot of food, quickly call everyone to come and eat!

Pancham looked puzzled. It looked at the unfamiliar Diancie, and then at the fragrant steamed buns in Diancie's arms. Saliva couldn't help but flow out.

It drank too much water, and at this time, its stomach was gurgling with water.

"Ya qia~ Ya qia~" Who is she? I've never seen her before? Pancham asked.

Diancie explained first, "Like the Gulpin, I am a new resident who just arrived at the Nibel Plateau. I heard the Gulpin say that you are short of food, so I brought some over."

Although Pancham was constantly swallowing, it still asked, "If you give the food to us, what will you do?"

Diancie gently touched its head and said, "Don't worry, I don't lack food."

Perhaps because it had been taking care of Anji since it was young, Diancie sometimes unconsciously exuded a maternal glow.

Pancham was very simple and did not doubt Diancie's words, and immediately jumped up happily.

"Really? That's great!"

The Pokémon on the Nibel Plateau often help each other, so Pancham did not refuse Diancie's gift, but was thinking that in the future, when it had extra food, it would also send it to Diancie.

"Ya qia~ Ya qia~~" I'll go call everyone back now.

Saying that, Pancham ran away.

Before long, Litleo, Skitty, Scraggy, Stunky, Spritzee, Zigzagoon, Helioptile, Dedenne, and Lampent, who was sleeping at home, gathered in the cave, surrounding the bowl of steamed buns and constantly swallowing.

Diancie repeated what she had just said to Pancham to everyone, and everyone gladly accepted Diancie's gift.

Pokémon are like this, frank, sincere, without so many tricks. They will sincerely accept your help, and they will unreservedly repay you in the future.

Soon, a bowl of steamed buns was eaten clean by several Pokémon.

At the same time, Anji here saw that the Happiness Points balance was increasing rapidly, and his mouth was almost grinning to his ears.

+100

+100

+100

...

Finally, the balance stopped at 1800 points, an increase of 900 points.

At the same time, there were also changes in the task bar of the system interface.

Invite 10 Pokémon, Deadline 3 days. (10/10) — Completed, reward pending collection.

Pancham lay on the ground with its round belly, with a look of satisfaction.

"Ya qia~ Ya qia~~" It's been a long time since I've eaten so full!

The other Pokémon also lay on the ground in various poses, constantly burping.

"Litleo~~ Litleo~~~" It's so delicious, this is the best thing I've ever eaten.

Litleo said.

"Mi mi~ Mi mi~~" You say that as if you've eaten a lot of delicious things.

Dedenne brushed Litleo with its tail.

Litleo took the opportunity to hug Dedenne's fluffy tail and smiled憨憨ly. Everyone was amused by Dedenne's words.

Indeed, they hadn't eaten anything good.

Lampent walked up to Diancie and said sincerely to it, "Thank you."

Diancie shook her head and said, "You're welcome, come to my house anytime you're hungry in the future."

Lampent hesitated and said, "That's not good, is it?"

"Come with confidence, it's okay," Diancie said boldly, "But you can only come once a day." Saying that, she winked playfully at everyone.

Diancie chatted with a few Pokémon for a while, inquired about some things about the Nibel Plateau, and then returned to the store.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Anji running towards her.