"Squirtle?" Home?
Hearing this word, Squirtle couldn't help but widen its eyes.
The Gastly nearby was also somewhat puzzled: "Kie?"
Squirtle had never had a home; from the day it hatched from its Pokémon Egg, it had been told by the Pokémon League breeders that they would eventually meet their own human Trainers.
Before meeting Fuyuki, Squirtle had always lived in a Day Care with a group of similarly young Pokémon, waiting there for its Trainer to come and choose it.
Until not long ago, their batch of grown Pokémon was sent to Professor Oak's Laboratory.
At that time, Professor Oak told them that in a few days, rookie Trainers just starting their journeys would come to pick their starter Pokémon, and they would finally have a Trainer of their own.
From then on, they would live and fight together, becoming the closest partners in the world.
Home——is this Fuyuki's home?
Squirtle felt a stir in its heart; would it be able to live here with Fuyuki from now on?
"Kie——"
In Gastly's mind, the concept of home had never existed.
Since the day it gained consciousness, it had lived alone in that house.
Before meeting Fuyuki, it didn't know the meaning of loneliness or isolation; it only knew that it was boring when no one played with it.
Seeing the expressions of the two Pokémon, Fuyuki smiled and explained to Gastly, "A home is a place where we live and play together!"
"When our journey ends in the future, or if we feel tired outside, we can return home to rest well and live together with everyone."
"Kie——"
Gastly listened, only half-understanding.
But Squirtle, who had been in contact with humans since it was young, understood.
Its eyes flickered.
"Squirtle——Squirtle!" That's great! It could finally have a home of its own, just like the Pokémon League breeders said!
Fuyuki was in no hurry to take them on a tour of the house.
The most important thing right now was to settle these twenty-odd Clefable and Clefairy.
"Everyone, follow me!" Fuyuki walked to the back and pushed open the wooden door leading to the backyard.
Instantly, a new world filled with warm sunlight and lush grass appeared before the eyes of the Pokémon.
The Clefable stepped forward with curious faces, and when they saw the scene inside clearly, a bright light immediately flowed from their eyes.
"Clefairy——!" What a beautiful place!
"We're here; this is the new home I told you about." Fuyuki grinned. "So far, you are the only ones living here, but don't worry, it won't be long before this place gets lively."
Because his journey was still continuing, the Clefairy were only the first batch of new residents in this place.
"Clefable!" The Clefable were full of anticipation.
"Later, I will leave with Squirtle and Gastly to continue our journey. You stay here and live well!" Fuyuki said.
As early as when he was young, he had used the ecological park's console to plant a large number of Berry trees throughout this space.
The Pokémon living here would never have to worry about food again.
One could say that for Pokémon, this secret realm was the perfect utopia.
"Clefairy!" The Clefable cheered happily.
"And one more thing." Fuyuki looked at the neat ridges of the field not far away and added, "The vegetables in those fields were planted by me. If you like them, you can pick them freely."
"Of course, if you eat them all, you can replant the seeds. The machine next to the field is an automatic sprinkler. As for how to sow——you just need to bury the seeds in the soil. I'll leave some seeds for you before I go," Fuyuki said.
Perhaps when he traveled to the Johto Region in the future, he could catch some Miltank to bring back, so the Clefairy could have unlimited moomoo milk to drink.
"Clefairy!" The Clefable cheered.
Unlike other Pokémon, Clefairy and Clefable were Pokémon groups with a certain level of sociality.
This meant that besides basic rituals, it was entirely possible for them to develop a simple, small-scale primitive society on their own.
But that would have to be guided by him first.
However——speaking of which, this matter was quite important.
He would continue his journey in the future; in that case, it wouldn't do to have no one looking after the house, especially with the Clefairy moving in. It would be terrible if a Clefairy got injured and couldn't get timely treatment.
Thinking of this, a word surfaced in Fuyuki's mind.
Housekeeper!
That's right, there must be a housekeeper at home, whether it's a human housekeeper or a Pokémon housekeeper.
But given their current situation, it would be best to choose a Pokémon housekeeper.
"Hmm——"
Fuyuki couldn't help but sink into deep thought.
Which Pokémon in the Pokémon world were suitable to be housekeepers?
Slowking? It was said that this kind of Pokémon possessed extraordinary intelligence, and some Slowking could even learn human language.
But a Pokémon like Slowking wasn't that easy to catch.
Besides that, there were Pokémon like Audino, Chansey, and Mr. Mime.
Thinking of this, Fuyuki couldn't help but open his System Shop.
In fact, one could indeed buy Pokémon and Pokémon Eggs here.
But Fuyuki had never used it before because he felt that buying from the system wasn't quite real—it had a sense of artificiality. It was better to meet and catch the partners by his side slowly.
However——in the current situation, Fuyuki thought of a rather suitable Pokémon.
Magearna!
This Pokémon was not a naturally born existence; rather, it was a Pokémon created over 500 years ago by the outstanding genius scientist of the Alola region, Nikola.
Its body structure was primarily mechanical; although it was a body, it was actually just a container. The artificial soul known as the Soul-Heart was its true self.
Just like ordinary Pokémon, Magearna could understand human language and possessed the ability to synchronize consciousness, feeling the emotions, thoughts, and physical conditions of other Pokémon.
If there was an injured Pokémon, it would feel its pain and hardship and desperately provide a help. It was a very convenient ability for taking care of others.
Because of this, compared to Pokémon like Slowking and Audino, Magearna could be said to be the most suitable Pokémon to become a housekeeper.
[Magearna: Artificial Pokémon, Steel and Fairy type Pokémon, comes from another timeline. It is said that it was given as a tribute to a king's daughter but was left to sleep for a hundred years in the storage room of the kingdom's castle for some reason. Exchange cost: 200,000 shock points.]
This is——a Magearna from another timeline?
Fuyuki felt some doubt in his heart. Could it be that the Pokémon bought from the System Shop were all abducted from other timelines?
If that were the case, he could accept it more easily.
However, there was still one problem.
An artificial mechanical Pokémon with pre-set programming like Magearna was fine.
But if he exchanged for a Pokémon that was fished out from another timeline by the system and possessed self-awareness, would it obediently listen to him?
Fuyuki didn't know, but if that Pokémon had its own self-awareness and experiences, it was unlikely to be directly obedient.
He continued to scroll down and soon found the Legendary Pokémon that existed in this world.
[Mewtwo: A Legendary Pokémon born from the combination of human genes and Mew's genes. A Mewtwo from another timeline, said to be searching for its true self. Exchange cost: 50 million shock points.]
[Groudon: God of the Land, the incarnation of the earth. Exchange cost: 50 million shock points.]
"50 million——so expensive!" Fuyuki couldn't help but think to himself.
Besides these, Fuyuki even saw special Legendary Pokémon like Armored Mewtwo, Shadow Mewtwo, and Shadow Lugia.
Similarly, they all came from different timelines, and their personalities and tempers were unknown existences.
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