Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

An Jie was pulled by Munchlax all the way to the door of its room.

"Munch~ Munch~~"

It told An Jie to wait for it at the door, and then it mysteriously walked into the room.

After a while, the door creaked open again, and Munchlax peeked its head out cautiously, and when it saw that An Jie was really obediently waiting at the door, a simple and honest smile appeared on its face.

"Munch~~"

Completely opening the door, Munchlax walked out holding two identical pillows.

"Munch~~"

It shyly stuffed one of them into An Jie's arms.

The pillow was light gray overall, with an adorable Munchlax pattern on it. When An Jie touched it, it felt like touching the clouds in the sky.

They didn't have such pillows at home before.

"Munch~ Munch~~" Master, do you like it?

Munchlax asked shyly.

"Munchlax, is this for me?" An Jie asked in surprise and delight.

"Munch~~" Yeah, look, I have one too, the same.

Munchlax nodded, hugging its own pillow that was exactly the same as An Jie's, shyly covering half of its body, leaving only its head outside.

An Jie rubbed the pillow, feeling the texture, and asked to confirm, "Is it filled with the feathers of Swablu and Altaria?"

"Munch~ Munch~~" Yeah, yeah~ Master is so smart.

Munchlax nodded repeatedly.

It turned out that this gift had been secretly prepared by it after An Jie paid it its salary.

It found the Swablu family and collected their shed feathers every day, and then washed the collected feathers, dried them, boiled them in boiling water to disinfect them, and dried them again...

Finally, it used the salary An Jie paid to carefully select the pillow's inner core and cover in the system store.

In order to make the feathers of Swablu and Altaria cleaner, Munchlax also specially consulted some Pokémon, and collected a lot of special plants from outside to put in boiling water with the feathers to boil.

An Jie could smell a faint fragrance emanating from it when he hugged the pillow, which was very fresh and pleasant.

In short, Munchlax spent a lot of effort to prepare two pillows.

If Swablu and its parents hadn't learned of Munchlax's intention later and actively plucked a lot of feathers from their bodies to give to Munchlax, relying on Munchlax to slowly collect their shed parts by itself, it would not have known when it would have been able to collect enough.

At this time, An Jie only felt a warm current surging in his heart. He just casually said before that if he could sleep on the soft wings of Swablu and Altaria, he would be as happy as a god, but he didn't expect Munchlax to quietly remember it in his heart.

An Jie gave it a gentle hug, "I really like this gift, it's one of the most precious gifts I've ever received, thank you, Munchlax."

"Munch~~" Munchlax also gently hugged An Jie back.

After letting go of Munchlax, An Jie said happily, "I'm going to put it on my bed and sleep with it every day."

Seeing that An Jie liked its gift so much, Munchlax's eyes curved with laughter, and it also held up the pillow in its arms and said, "Munch~~" I have one too, the same.

An Jie nodded and said, "We have master and apprentice pillows."

"Munch~~"

Munchlax listened and happily hugged the pillow and spun around in place.

An Jie grabbed one of Munchlax's hands and walked towards his room, saying, "Let's go, let's see if it's suitable to put it on the bed."

"Munch~"

Munchlax nodded vigorously and followed behind An Jie with light steps.

Entering the room, An Jie put the pillow on his bedside, and then said with a look of fantasy, "I can't imagine how great it would be to sleep with it every day!"

"Munch~~"

Hearing this, Munchlax also imitated An Jie's appearance, making an effort to imagine it, and An Jie was amused by it.

"Munch~~"

Exiting from the fantasy mode, Munchlax grabbed An Jie's hand and ran out, all the way to its own room, and put its pillow in the same position as An Jie's.

"Munch~ Munch~"

Munchlax pointed to its pillow, looking at An Jie with a look of anticipation.

An Jie gave it a thumbs up and said, "We are worthy of being master and apprentice, we even thought of putting the pillows in the same place."

"Munch~ Munch~~"

Hearing this, Munchlax immediately pounced into An Jie's arms and acted coquettishly, and An Jie couldn't handle its enthusiasm.

Because the carefully prepared gift was liked by An Jie, Munchlax was in a good mood for the next few days, smiling at everyone it saw, even if the Pokémon who came to the store to eat caused trouble, it treated them with a smile and didn't get angry at all.

Not long after coming downstairs with Munchlax, An Jie discovered that Komala had already returned. It was nestled in its own little house, hugging the tree stump and sleeping soundly, with a faint smell of alcohol emanating from its body, and the bottle of wine was nowhere to be found.

"Little drunkard." An Jie shook his head helplessly.

After eating dinner in the evening, An Jie's family of four gathered in the cooking training room as usual. An Jie and Munchlax trained in cooking, Diancie served as the coach and supervisor, and Komala... maybe... perhaps... played a role in the styling.

Diancie stood on the podium and said, "Today we will officially practice how to make various buns. Do the two chefs have any opinions?"

"Munch~" No.

"No!"

An Jie and Munchlax said seriously.

"Well, very good." Diancie甩了甩手中的教鞭, took out a pair of black-rimmed glasses from nowhere and put them on her eyes, and pushed them up like a real thing, "Today I will still teach you as strictly as before."

It appeared, the spicy teacher!

An Jie shouted in his heart.

"Then now, training begins!" Diancie shouted loudly, scaring An Jie and Munchlax's little hearts to tremble, and even Komala, who was shaking on the table, paused.

"Today we will mainly practice the preparation of the filling."

"Munch~~"

"Mm-hmm~~"

An Jie and Munchlax nodded obediently.

"The first filling we want to prepare is cabbage filling."

As Diancie's voice fell, various ingredients and seasonings needed to prepare the filling appeared in front of An Jie and Munchlax.

"Let's start, the first step, cut the cabbage into small pieces."

Hearing this, An Jie and Munchlax quickly picked up the kitchen knife and began to show their knife skills, but before the master and apprentice had cut two knives, they heard the sound of the whip from the podium.

"Munchlax, cut it too finely! It will affect the taste if it is too fine, cut it again!"

Munchlax paused, quickly disposed of the freshly cut cabbage, and started again.

Bang bang bang~~~

From the stove came the constant sounds of a kitchen knife hitting a cutting board, punctuated by Diancie's stern scolding.

“Snorlax, you’re still chopping too finely.”

“Anjay, focus! Don't look around!”

“Snorlax, you're supposed to be chopping vegetables, not venting your anger. Use a little less force.”

“Anjay, didn't you eat? Use some strength.”

… …

As time passed, Anjay and Snorlax chopped basket after basket of cabbage.

Anjay was skilled, so he was fine, but Snorlax, being a novice, was getting a tongue-lashing from Diancie.

The recipes provided by the system had extremely strict requirements for each step, allowing for no mistakes.

Next was pickling the cabbage and adding seasonings, and now even Anjay was constantly being scolded.

This part was even more demanding; every detail had to be noticed. The amount of seasoning for each vegetable had to be precise—not a bit more, not a bit less. Even if a tiny bit of moisture wasn't removed during the pickling process, Diancie would give Anjay and Snorlax a thorough dressing-down.

“I told you to mix the filling, not flood it!”

“GANG~” Housekeeper~

“Mama Incineroar~”

Anjay and Snorlax couldn't help but mutter under their breaths.

( `^´ ) "What are you two muttering about?" Diancie's voice echoed eerily.

“GANG~~” I didn’t say anything.

“Nothing, nothing!”

Anjay and Snorlax quickly shook their heads.

“Then hurry up and get to work! Your hands are slowing down!” Diancie roared.

“GANG~” Yes, Drill Sergeant!

“Yes, Drill Sergeant!”

Anjay and Snorlax had never felt that ten hours could be so long.

By the time the master and apprentice emerged from the training room, they felt like their bodies and minds had been cleansed.

Diancie, looking at their listless appearances, said, “Honestly, you two are about to drive this refined lady to insanity.”

Diancie came from the Azoth royal family and considered herself a genuine lady of high society.

(The Azoth royal family specializes in using Fairy-type Pokémon. For example, Anjay's initial Pokémon was the Rock/Fairy-type Carbink, his twin sister Anna received the Steel/Fairy-type Magearna from Ailephas, and now Princess Kimia's initial Pokémon is the Psychic/Fairy-type Ralts, while Prince Racel's initial Pokémon is the pure Fairy-type Swirlix.)

Anjay and Snorlax: What refined lady? She's clearly a demon drill sergeant!

Because they were so exhausted, Anjay and Snorlax simply washed up and went straight to sleep.

Before going to bed, Anjay claimed the rewards for his two daily tasks, but unfortunately, he didn't have the same luck as before. He only got two ordinary ingredients: two fresh cucumbers and two scallions.

Ah~ I’ll save them for dinner tomorrow night.

Lights out, sleep!

Because yesterday's training in the culinary training room was too arduous, and with the help of Snorlax's body pillow to aid sleep, Anjay slept soundly through the night.

Snorlax's situation was completely different. He dreamed all night long, constantly chopping vegetables, mixing fillings, making buns… Mountains of ingredients piled up in front of him, and he couldn't finish them all. He even kept talking in his sleep.

“No~ No~~”

In his dream, Diancie was approaching him step by step with a whip in hand, because he hadn't finished the task.

Too scary! What refined lady? She doesn't exist at all!

When Anjay woke up the next morning, he felt refreshed, while Snorlax looked exhausted.

“Snorlax, what's wrong with you?” Anjay asked, puzzled.

Hearing this, Snorlax glanced at Diancie and silently shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

Last night in his dream, he hadn't managed to process all the ingredients, so in the second half of the night, he dreamed of Diancie yelling at him with a whip.

Too terrible! What a lady of a good family, it doesn't exist at all!

Diancie was confused and asked Snorlax, “What's wrong? Is there something wrong with me?”

“GANG~~~~” No~ No, you look especially beautiful today, the diamonds on your body are shining.

Snorlax quickly flattered.

“Really?” Diancie looked at her reflection in the basin again and again, and then said with some vanity, “Maybe it's because I slept well last night; I'm indeed in good condition today.”

Snorlax: . . .

Today, Anjay still had to set up a stall in Azoth Royal City like yesterday, so after getting up and washing up, he and Snorlax immediately started busying themselves.

Kneading the dough, chopping vegetables, mixing fillings… He had to get all of these done in advance, so that Anjay wouldn't be caught in a hectic mess when he got to Azoth Royal City.

Yesterday was his first time setting up a stall. Because he had no experience, he did everything there, which exhausted him half to death.

After all the materials were prepared, Anjay planned to set off.

Diancie sent Anjay to the door, hesitatingly asking, “Why don't I go with you today?” She felt sorry for Anjay, who came back with an aching back yesterday.

Anjay shook his head, “You stay at home and help Snorlax. He has no problem cooking, but if no one is watching, he can't take care of the store's affairs.”

“Alright, then go early and come back early,” Diancie said helplessly.

“Muke~~”

At this moment, a cry came from not far away. Anjay glanced over there and said, “It's getting late; I have to leave quickly, otherwise Staraptor will get impatient.”

Today, Staraptor, the mother of Fletchling, would be taking Anjay to Azoth Royal City.

Unlike the stubborn Fletchling's father, Fletchling's mother now had a very good impression of Anjay and was very willing to help him.

Swablu's father had already helped, so there was no reason for the parents of Fletchling, who also ate at Anjay's house like Swablu, not to show their appreciation.

Anjay carried the Komala to Staraptor and said to it, “Staraptor, please take care of me today.”

“Muke~~”

Staraptor nodded, lowering its body even further to make it easier for Anjay to climb onto its back.

“Thank you.” After thanking it, Anjay nimbly flipped onto its back.

“Muke~~~”

With a cry, Staraptor flapped its wings and flew into the sky, heading towards the rising sun.

“Ah~~~” Anjay yawned, letting the cool morning breeze caress his face, and then wiped the physiological tears from the corners of his eyes and sighed, “Survival is not easy; a prince sells his art!”

Staraptor's speed was even faster than Swablu's father's speed. Before long, Anjay landed outside Azoth Royal City.

Before leaving, Anjay took out a pile of buns and steamed buns and stuffed them to Staraptor, saying, “Staraptor, you can eat these first, and we'll meet here at noon.”

“Muke~~”

Staraptor nodded, holding the buns in its mouth and disappearing into the nearby forest.

Then, Anjay hurriedly entered the city, found a secluded corner, took out the food cart, and drove it towards Ailephas Park.