After seeing off the three trainers, Naoki got back to work on building the gss greenhouse.

  After some sideration, he decided to implement both ideas.

  Not only would he build a flower stand, but he would also create a separate gss greenhouse for warmth during the colder months.

  The flower stand would be for people, while the gss greenhouse would be for bee and Butterfree.

  In winter, wheemperature drops and heavy snow bhe ground, not even the hardiest grass survive—let alone flowers.

  This season is particurly tough for Butterfree and bee, who rely oar to survive.

  Naoki wasn't sure how wild bee and Butterfree dealt with this problem, but now that he was here, he certainly wasn't going to let them struggle.

  So, he decided to build a gss greenhouse.

  This way, when winter arrives, he move the bee hives and Butterfree s into the greenhouse. He'd fill it with pots of green pnts and flowers, along with the special honey sold in town, to ehe Pokémon make it through the winter safely.

  Naoki was skilled at hands-on projects.

  By the afternoon, he had already sawed several wooden pnks and put them together to form a rge flower stand.

  His flower field was thriving with hydrangeas, roses, lilies, orchids, and several other flowers uo the Pokémon world.

  He couldn't remember the names of some of them clearly, but he had phem simply because they were beautiful.

  The step was to figure out how to move the flower stand into the flower field.

  Naoki strolled around the field with brother Indeedee, thinking through the logistid expining his pn to the curious Indeedee.

  "I want to create a garden where I drink tea and enjoy the flowers, so I rex here in my free time."

  "Ai eh?"

  At hearing this, Brother Indeedee suddenly remembered that there was a simir garden in the manor where they used to live.

  It promptly excimed, "Aiya!"

  "Hmm?" Naoki turned and looked at him. "Do you have a solution?"

  "Ai Yi." Brother Indeedee nodded fidently.

  It gazed calmly at the lush flower field in front of them and said, "Ai eh... Ai eh."

  Naoki rubbed his thoughtfully and, after a moment, pulled out a handful of transtioo uand Indeedee better.

  Brother Indeedee repeated, "Ai ya... Ai ya." (First, move the flowers in the middle, then put the flower stand in pce, and finally, y a cobblestoh on the ground.)

  "Cobblestones?" Naoki nodded, impressed by the suggestion. "That's a great idea. Thanks, Indeedee."

  Brother Indeedee nodded modestly, not seeking any credit.

  With a pn ihe step was to move the flowers out of the ter.

  It just so happehat Naoki had po build the gss greenhouse ter, and these flowers could be moved inside.

  After a brief moment of thought, Naoki called over Koraidon and Cyclizar, who were watg nearby. He asked them t some empty flower pots from the ste room and began digging up the flowers.

  Brother Indeedee watched for a while, then quietly left auro the house. There, he whispered something to Sister Indeedee, who was busy making Poke Puffs.

  Sister Indeedee blinked in uanding, then stopped what she was doing ached a few Sitrus Berries from the fruit storehouse.

  These berries are known to restore health and cure status ditions.

  She squeezed the berries into juice, poured it into a cup, and ha to her brother.

  So, when Naoki—covered in dirt—finished moving the flower pots to the grass, he found a gss of juice waiting for him on the small table where he usually had his tea.

  Naoki didn't o guess who had left it for him. He smiled, knowily who it was.

  Sihe Pokemon siblings joihese thoughtful gestures and little surprises in life had bee a regur occurrence for Naoki.

  He happily drank the gss of juid the io p order for pebbles and mortar to pave the garden path. He used the video phoo call Kelly.

  Kelly wasn't busy that day, so after receiving Naoki's call, she quickly delivered the supplies he ordered.

  Not only that, but when Kelly learned about Naoki's project, she decided to stay and offer her guidance.

  By five o'clo the evening, the stru in the flower field was finally pleted.

  A rge open space had been cleared in the ter of what used to be a square flower field, and the rge flower stand Naoki had built was carefully moved to the ter by Brother Indeedee, using telekinesis.

  A yer of pebbles, still setting, had been id around the open area, with a path eg the tral space to the rest of the garden.

  Soon, the flowers would start to grow along the flower staually c it entirely.

  Naoki could already picture the cobblestohs and flower stands draped in lush vines, f a hidden, natural garden. The thought of that future se made him feel thrilled. He thanked Kelly, "I really appreciate your help with this!"

  Kelly smiled and replied, "No problem at all. You've already paid me!"

  Naoki: "…"

  Thinking ahead to his projeaoki added, "Oh, by the way, I also pn to build a gss greenhouse on the ranch, ohat keep warm during the winter."

  "A gss greenhouse?" Kelly pondered for a moment before replying, "Of course, we do that! The only thing is, we've run out of gss building materials at the store. The shipment should arrive mid-month. If you wait until then, I'll deliver it to you as soon as it es in."

  "That works," Naoki nodded. "As long as it's built before winter."

  His gaze drifted toward the Butterfree and bee buzzing nearby.

  Kelly followed his line of sight and quickly caught on to his thoughts.

  "Don't worry," she said with a reassuring smile, waving goodbye. "It'll be ready in time. See you ter!"

  "See you!" Naoki waved as Kelly left.

  Just as she departed, Zack pulled up in his truck at the ranch.

  Naoki helped load several rge barrels of milk and bags of rock salt into the truck. As he noticed the rge, golden pumpkins already filling the bed of the truck, he ented with a smile:

  "Looks like you had a good harvest today!"

  Zack ughed heartily. "Yep! The crops in all of Kosaji Town are growiifully this autumn! The weather's been perfect, and no natural disasters! We have the King of Bountiful Harvests to thank for that!"

  As he said this, Zack's face took on a more mysterious look.

  "Hey, did you hear? The harvest in the neighb town didn't go so well this year! They had heavy rain for days during the summer, and the fields were all flooded over there!"

  "It's amazing how just a few kilometers away, their fields got drenched, but here, we hardly had any rain."

  Naoki: "…"

  He silently gnced over at the Dragonairs and Dragonites resting nearby, recalling the legends that cimed they were once worshiped as weather trollers by humans. 'Could those old stories be true?'

  Was it because of the presence of these Pokémon that Kosaji Town had been spared from the flooding?

  Zack, seemingly struck by a thought, suddenly asked with wide eyes, "Could it be that the King of Bountiful Harvests is proteg us?"

  In Zack's mind, the King of Bountiful Harvests was brought to town by Naoki, and everyone followed Naoki's lead in believing in the King. When it es to knowledge about this Pokémon, Zack thought no one uood it better than Naoki.

  Naoki smiled politely and replied, "Well... I'm irely sure, because I've never actually seen the King of Bountiful Harvests myself. I've only heard of its legend and know it's a very powerful Pokémon."

  Zack thought for a moment before deg, "Alright. I o talk to the other farmers about this ter! Maybe they've noticed something too."

  Naoki chuckled to himself, thinking, 'Go ahead! The King of Bountiful Harvests might appreciate you spreading the word on his behalf. After all, he could be watg.'

  The idea of the King blessing the crops food harvest, while Dragonite and Dragonairs ehe ranch had good weather, really seemed like a perfebination for farming!

  Zack had e and gone in a hurry, eager to share his thoughts with the farmers in the neighb town. He po ask them to start h the King of Bountiful Harvests to see if they could also gain his blessing.

  As Zack disappeared into the distanaoki wandered over to the ke, where a few Dragonairs were soaking ier. He smiled and asked, "Are you guys blessing the ranch with good weather?"

  "Woo?" The Dragonairs looked puzzled, clearly not uanding what he was saying.

  Naoki chuckled and patted their heads. "If people knew what you were doing, they'd be very grateful. They might even bring you some of the crops and food they've grown as thanks."

  It reminded Naoki of the stories where people worshipped Dragonite by gifts at the kes where they lived.

  Of course, the Dragonairs didn't seem to uand—they hadn't done anything special as far as they were ed.

  "Hmm," Naoki mused, "maybe it's because there are five Dragonairs and three Dragoh strong auras gathered here. Those auras could be affeg the weather around us."

  He thought of the Dragon Holy Land in the anime, where flowers bloomed year-round, supposedly influenced by the power of the Dragohat guarded the pce.

  Then his thoughts drifted to the Jewel of Life created by Arceus, which could make ile and tained a dragon energy.

  'If you think about it, the good weather and harvests in Kosaji Town might really be thanks to the presence of these Dragonites and Dragonairs,' Naoki cluded.

  Dihat evening was, once again, prepared by Sister Indeedee.

  She had spent the eernoon i making steamed buns.

  In that time, Sister Indeedee had also made twe boxes of Poke Puffs.

  She generously shared the treats with the Pokémon on the ranch, especially with the two wild Dragonite and the five Dragonairs.

  The wild Dragonites and Dragonairs were so grateful and happy that Sister Indeedee, delighted by their joy, promised to make more Poke Puffs for them whehey wanted.

  Watg this, Naoki couldn't help but feel flicted.

  'Oh, goodness! This was never my pn,' Naoki thought, a bit overwhelmed. 'I didn't mean to make Sister Indeedee work so hard to feed two wild Dragonites!'

  After receiving their much-loved Poke Puffs, the two wild Dragonites happily gathered up the treats and sigo the five Dragonairs that it was time to head back tonite Isnd.

  Naoki, fused by this suddeure, quickly called out and stopped them. "Wait, why are you leaving?" he asked.

  One of the wild Dragonite bli him and responded, "Awoo!"

  Curious, Naoki popped aranstion seed into his mouth, preparing to hear what the wild Dragonite had to say .

  "We promised the Dragonairs and Dratini on the isnd that we would return every night and bring them food so they wouldn't worry!"

  One of the wild Dragonites added, "Those little Dratini said that when they grow up, they want to e here to work, just like us!"

  Naoki couldn't help but think that when the wild Dragonites went back to tell the others about today, they'd all want to join the ranch too.

  Naoki: "..."

  "Alright then, just be careful!"

  Seeing how eager they were to share with the other dragons, Naoki hahem two more boxes filled with treats.

  "From now on, these will be your reward. Every day after work, you'll get a full box of Poke Puffs."

  Hearing this, the two wild Dragonites' eyes lit up.

  With their Poke Puff boxes in hand and dreams of a future filled with snacks, they happily set off for home.

  Later that evening, it was time for the tavern to open.

  However, Naoki decided to stay home and watch TV instead.

  Lately, Naoki had been feeling a bit restless, probably from eating too many seeds. Even when he did visit the tavern, he couldn't quite follow the Pokémon's versations.

  But just as Naoki was settling in, he suddenly heard the wail of sirens outside.

  Startled, Naoki quickly got up a out to iigate.

  To his surprise, he saw the familiar figure of Officer Jenny arriving on her motorcycle, with her trusty Growlithe by her side.

  However, Growlithe wasn't ag as a guest today. Instead, it stuck close to Officer Jenny, as if they were on official business.

  "Excuse me!" Officer Jenny greeted Naoki cheerfully, then added, "I'm going to park here first. After I finish up, I'll e by with Growlithe for a drink."

  Naoki's mind raced, thinking of the bad guys from the anime who steal other people's Pokémon, and he blurted out, "Is there a Pokémon hunter in town?"

  Officer Jenny blinked in surprise, then burst into ughter. "No, no, Kosaji Town has a great reputation for public safety. There aren't many Pokémon hunters around here. We're just out to patrol the mountains tonight."

  Naoki let out a sigh of relief. "Patrol?"

  "That's right!" Officer Jenny nodded. "It's autumn, and there are a lot of dead leaves in the mountains. Some trainers like to camp out there, and there are wild Fire-type Pokémon too. If they're not careful, it could cause a forest fire."

  "During this season, I go on patrol every night to make sure nothing like that happens. It would be terrible if a fire broke out."

  Naoki imagihe devastating se of a forest fire and nodded in agreement. "You're right. Thank you for all your hard work!"

  "As long as it helps prevent something like that," Officer Jenny replied with a soft smile, her expressiourning serious.

  "Winter is ing soon. If a fire starts, it won't just harm Pokémon— the forest food supply would be destroyed too. Even if the Pokémon survive, without food, making it through winter would be nearly impossible. It's a critical issue."

  Growlithe, standing dutifully beside her, nodded with determination: "Arf, arf!"