Bright moonlight spilled in through the opening above.
Clefables gathered in small groups by the edge of the hole, joyfully enjoying the food Fuyuki had given them.
Fuyuki sat by the campfire, cooking Sacred Ash mixed rice for Squirtle and Gastly. Raikou lay by his side, watching the scene with unknown thoughts.
Squirtle sat obediently by Fuyuki's side, looking at the Trainer cooking food for him with an expectant face.
Meanwhile, the playful Pokémon Gastly leaned in curiously in front of the Clefables to observe them.
"Clefairy?" One Clefable noticed Gastly's presence and immediately looked over curiously.
"Kekeke—" Gastly locked eyes with the Clefable, and then, as if discovering a whole new world, began laughing sillily: "Kekeke~!"
Researcher Seymour sat across from the campfire, watching the scene with a face full of emotion.
"Clefable really is a mysterious kind of Pokémon!"
"Why do you say that?" Fuyuki added ingredients into the pot and then looked up to ask.
"Because this kind of Pokémon came to this planet from far-off outer space in a spaceship!" Seymour said longingly. "The Moon Stone is perfect proof of that. This sort of thing is just too romantic!"
Fuyuki was slightly stunned for a moment, then thought of the legends surrounding Clefairy. Perhaps... they really did come from outer space in a spaceship.
Turning his head, he saw that Gastly was already playing happily with the Clefables.
It had pulled the doll Fuyuki gave it out of its backpack with its mouth and placed it on the ground to play with the Clefables.
Watching this, Fuyuki felt more and more that bringing Gastly out of that house was the best decision he had made all year.
With them here, and with the Pokémon they met along the way...
This way, Gastly would never feel lonely or isolated again.
After dinner ended, Fuyuki crawled into his sleeping bag, leaning against Raikou while holding Squirtle and Gastly to sleep in his clothes.
The Clefables slept in small groups around them.
Seymour watched this scene, his face full of excitement and thrill.
"This is pure bliss! To be able to sleep on a night like this with Clefables is simply pure bliss!"
However, the Clefables didn't care much for this inexplicable Researcher.
They were more focused on Fuyuki, who made delicious food for them, and Gastly, who shared toys to play with them.
And because of this, the next morning...
When Fuyuki and his group were saying goodbye to the Clefables, the faces of these Pokémon from space were filled with expressions of reluctance to part.
"Clefable—"
"Kekeke!"
Gastly also had a reluctant expression. If it had hands, Fuyuki felt it would definitely be gripping the Clefable's hands tightly right now, unwilling to let go.
"Squirtle—" Squirtle sighed in a rather human-like manner. What a headache!
Raikou watched this scene, a puff of breath slowly exhaling from its nostrils.
"Hmm."
"The friendship between Pokémon is truly touching!" Seymour couldn't help but have his face covered in tears as he spoke with exaggeration.
Fuyuki:...
However, looking at this group of Clefables and some unevolved Clefairies, the Ecological Park back at his old home on Celestial Mountain came to mind.
"Dad, how about we invite the Clefables to come home and live with us?" Fuyuki looked at Raikou beside him and asked in a low voice.
"Naturally, there is no problem." Raikou nodded.
It looked at the many Clefables before it.
The Secret Realm Space created by Little One himself possessed a very abundant natural power.
Living in it for a long time would be of great benefit to Pokémon.
One could say that the living environment there far surpassed this barren place.
Seeing this, Fuyuki immediately perked up.
Was his Ecological Park finally going to welcome its first batch of residents?
Thinking of this, Fuyuki immediately spoke up to invite them: "Clefable, do you want to leave with us?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the Pokémon present and Seymour turned their heads at the same time.
W-what? From Fuyuki's meaning, could it be that he plans to capture all these Clefables and Clefairies in one go?! Seymour was greatly shocked.
Meanwhile, the Clefables were somewhat puzzled.
"Clefable?"
"It means going to my place and living together with us." Fuyuki thought about it carefully and said, "My house has a backyard, it's very, very big. There's the moon, caves, grasslands, forests, streams, and endless berries. If you go there, we can play together."
"And there, you won't encounter bad people. If you want Moon Stones, I can even prepare a cave full of Moon Stones for you."
"Clefable—"
"Clefable?!"
Hearing this, some Clefables showed faces of longing.
"Of course it's true." Fuyuki nodded.
The Clefables carefully observed his expression, and seeing that Fuyuki didn't look like he was lying, they quickly made a decision.
"Clefable!" They were willing to go!
Seeing the Clefables agree, Seymour, who originally wanted to say something to stop Fuyuki—to tell him not to capture the Clefables and let them stay here in Mt. Moon to live—opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.
Because the Clefables had already made their decision.
Perhaps this was all the guidance of the Great Cosmic Will?! Seymour was filled with grief; he had originally wanted to stay here at Mt. Moon and live with the Clefables forever.
"Everyone, come over here!" Fuyuki called out.
"Clefairy~"
The Clefables ran over one after another, coming to his side and surrounding Fuyuki and Raikou.
Seeing that the Clefairies were ready, Fuyuki looked up at Seymour in front of him again.
"Well then, Mr. Seymour, we'll be leaving first."
"L-leave?" Seymour was somewhat confused.
But in the next second, he saw the young man flash a smile at him.
"See you around!"
Immediately following that, the bracelet worn on his wrist lit up with a thick white light. The light expanded rapidly, surrounding all the Pokémon according to Fuyuki's will, and teleported them back to Celestial Mountain.
Suddenly, only Seymour, with his mouth hanging open in an 'O' shape, was left in the cave.
D-disappeared?!
[Seymour was incredibly shocked by your sudden disappearance, shock points from Seymour +200!]
Fuyuki only felt a flash of white light before his eyes, and then they were back at their home on Celestial Mountain. He had set up a Teleportation Device here in advance.
Fuyuki looked down at the Teleportation Bracelet worn on his wrist.
This device had cost him a hundred thousand shock points to purchase. Its functions were not just simple teleportation; it also included area teleportation and returning to the original position.
This meant he could return to Mt. Moon at any time or place, which was extremely convenient.
The spatial power in the air slowly dissipated.
The Clefairies and Clefables that stepped out of the white light, after their initial shock, began to curiously observe their surroundings.
Not just them, this was also the first time Squirtle and Gastly had come to Celestial Mountain.
Looking at the expressions of these Pokémon, Fuyuki stood beside Raikou and grinned at them: "Everyone, this is our home!"
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