"e inside first!" Naoki gestured to the other Pokémon to tinue pying as he led the two Indeedees io familiarize them with their new enviro.

  The three of them crossed the wn and arrived at the newly built house. The two Indeedees looked up at it, reizing immediately that this would be their new home.

  pared to the vil they were used to, this house was smaller. It had two floors and a veranda at the entrance, designed like a corridor with extended eaves above, perfect for keeping rain off the walkway. A string of wind chimes hung nearby, creating a gentle, pleasant sound as the wind passed through.

  Oher side of the door was a small wooden box that caught the Indeedees' attentioe their itive training, they couldn't figure out what it was.

  "Ai Ai?" (What's that?) the younger Indeede asked curiously.

  Naoki followed her gaze and smiled. "That's Butterfree's . I made it myself with wood and nails, filling it with leaves, grass, and flower petals. Every evening, Butterfree flies into it and sleeps there."

  The two Indeedees nodded in uanding.

  Naoki opehe door and weled them ihis is our home."

  Immediately, the brother and sister looked around, taking in the and bright living room. It was simple but warm, with a soft sofa, a round wooden coffee table, and a TV pced opposite. There was also a green potted pnt adding a touch of life to the room. However, what caught their attention most was the dispy stand in the living room.

  "These are things that Baby Bear sent back," Naoki expined. "It has a characteristic ability called Pickup. Pokémon with that ability like to collect all kinds of things and bring them home."

  "Ai'e?" (Teddiursa?) They hadn't seen it earlier.

  Naoki smiled. "Baby Bear is traveling right now. You won't see it for a while."

  This surprised the two Indeedees. The older brother, who had been quiet until now, asked uainly, "Ai-e?" (No trainer with it?)

  "No," Naoki replied. "It's traveling with Mew. Mew is a legendary Pokémon—very powerful."

  "Ai Ai?!" The younger Indeede's eyes lit up at the idea of meeting such legendary Pokémon.

  "Maybe you'll see them when they decide to e back," Naoki said with a chuckle.

  The older brother, still surprised, asked, "Ai...?" (But aren't you its trainer?)

  Naoki shook his head. "Not really. Baby Bear is special. It doesn't need a traio live its life."

  The two Indeedees exged looks, unig silently.

  "Ai'e..." (Brother, isn't this ranch kind of... strahe sister thought.

  The older brother, still silent, shared her fusion. Naoki seemed different from any human they had ever known, and so did the Pokémon on the ranch.

  Pretending not to notice their thoughts, Naoki tihe tour. "This is where I usually read a, and where the Pokémon like to py."

  They gnced around and saw a brand-new firepce against the wall. It otless as if it hadn't been used yet. In front of it was a rog chair, sitting atop a round rug scattered with toys—leather balls, fuzzy toys, and some Poké Balls.

  The two Indeedees knew what a firepce was and could imagine Naoki sitting in the rog chair during winter, reading by the firelight.

  Naoki added, "The carpet in front of the firepce is where Cyclizar sleeps. It doesn't like the cold."

  The two Indeedees hey could see how warm and cozy it would be there.

  "This is the kit," Naoki said, gesturing as they passed by. "I prepare food for all the Pokémon here."

  Without much to show i, he led them to the basement. "This is the celr, where we make wine for the ranch."

  The younger Indeede peeked into the celr, and Naoki turned on the light to let them see more clearly. After a moment of iion, they both nodded, indig they uood.

  Naoki smiled. "The master bedroom is over there. The small room off the kit is a workshop where I and Alcremie develop new desserts. Do you two like sweets?"

  "Ai Ai~" (Yes!) The younger Indeede nodded happily, while the older oated for a sed before nodding ever so slightly, not wanting to seem overly excited.

  Seeing this, Naoki took out two packs of honey dies from the refrigerator and hahem to the Indeedees, then began to head upstairs.

  " is the sed floor. Your room is also on the sed floor," he said as they reached the small living room at the top of the stairs.

  Naoki opened a door to reveal a room decorated in bright, pyful colors.

  "Since I didn't know your preferences, I decorated your room acc to a more human style," he expined.

  The two Indeedees, having no specific expectations for their living arras, were pleasantly surprised. They had thought they might live in a Poké Ball but never expected to have their own room, which delighted them.

  Naoki tinued, "The other rooms upstairs are the study and ste room. Oh, and there's a videophone in the living room downstairs. If you ever miss your parents, you use that to call them."

  The brother and sister were naturally very pleased to hear this.

  After the introdus, Naoki g the clod realized it was already half past ten in the m.

  Thinking it over, he decided to prepare a special lunch to wele the two new residents. But as he checked the refrigerator, he saw that the food supplies were running low. So, he decided to ride Koraidon to town aock.

  Leaving the two Indeedees uhe care of the Cyclizar, Naoki made a quick trip to the market to purchase the necessary ingredients. On his way back, he couldn't stop thinking about the two young Indeedees, who were just over three months old—making them the you Pokémon on the ranch.

  He imagihat he would o help them adjust and care for them for a while. But to his astonishment, wheuro the ranch, he found the house in immacute order.

  The wooden floors were spotless, the dust had bee away, and the entire pce looked freshly ed. Outside, the older brother Indeedee was quietly hanging freshly washed clothes on the line. Everash had been taken out.

  His sister, the younger Indeedee, approached him with a cup of freshly brewed tea.

  "Thank you," Naoki said, a bit stunned, as he accepted the tea. Feeling parched, he drank it in one gulp.

  'It was delicious!' The younger Indeedee's tea-making skills were impressive.

  Naoki, wide-eyed, looked at the two Indeedees—the brother still finishing up with the undry and the sister who had made the tea.

  "You do housework?" he asked in surprise.

  "Ai Ai~" the younger Indeedee nodded with a gentle smile.

  Naoki instinctively reached into his pocket for some seed crisps but realized he'd already eaten them all earlier.

  Seeing his as, Koraidon seemed to uand Naoki's thoughts.

  It swooped into the room, grabbed a piece of seed crisp from Naoki's snack et, and ha to him.

  Naoki was momentarily stunned, but when he saw the proud look on Koraidon's face, he couldn't help but ugh.

  He patted its head before happily eating the seed crisp.

  The younger sister Indeedee chimed in with a cheerful voice, "Ai Ya~" (Before we came here, Mom and Dad specially taught us how to do housework!)

  She proudly expihat they were well-versed in sweeping, mopping, doing undry, taking out the trash, hanging clothes, washing dishes, and even making tea.

  They were truly well-trained butlers from a grae!

  Naoki nodded in appreciation. From this, it seemed the two Indeedees didn't need much care themselves.

  As he put the groceries i, Naoki caught sight of the trash in the er of the room.

  "Where did you dump the garbage?" he asked suddenly, ed.

  Brother Indeedee pointed outside the ranch, toward the trash bin on the roadside. "Ai yi."

  Relieved, Naoki sighed. At least they didn't actally throw it in the grass!

  Curiosity fshed in his eyes again. "By the way, how did you know I like this kind of tea?"

  Sister Indeedee turo look at the Cyclizar, and her brother did the same.

  Apparently, Cyclizar had informed them about Naoki's favorite tea and where to take out the trash.

  "Ah, that expins it!" Naoki chuckled. "Alright, you two take a rest now. I'll cook for you."

  Sister Indeedee stepped forward, asking, "Ai Ai?" ( we help with cooking?)

  Naoki raised his eyebrows. "You cook too?"

  She nodded eagerly. "Ai yi!" (Yes! My brother and I both learned how, but... my brother was a bit clumsy and almost blew up the kit several times.)

  Brother Indeedee's eyes widened in shock, casting a disapproving look at his sister.

  'You're not supposed to say that out loud!'

  Seeing her brother's embarrassed expression, Naoki burst into ughter.

  Brother Indeedee turned his head away, clearly flustered.

  Realizing she had embarrassed him, Sister Indeedee quickly covered her mouth, but it was too te. She then tried to make up for it, saying:

  "Aiya, aiya!" (My brother and I are skilled in different areas. I'm good at cooking, making tea, and taking care of the owner and the Pokémon. My brother excels at housework, being a proper housekeeper, mowing the wn, and anizing everything. He mahe house perfectly!)

  "Oh, I see." Naoki nodded with a smile and praised, "You two are amazing!"

  He had to admit, that with the two Indeedees w together, they'd help him reduce a lot of work around the ranch.

  They could hahe housework and care for the Pokémon, leaving Naoki free to focus oing magical dishes for everyohis setup would be especially helpful during the winter when the fields would be idle and no crops could be grown.

  With the ran good hands, Naoki could head off to the Gar region with peaind to search for the King of Bountiful Harvests and his two steeds.

  There was also a mine near Stow-on-Side that was worth visiting, full of rare stones.

  Even though he wasn't like Steven Stone, as a former Pokémon pyer, Naoki had a soft spot for colleg evolution stones and rare minerals.

  After all, with an evolution stone, he'd be oep closer to achieving his dream of having all the Eevee evolutions.

  And then, there was the vilge of Kitakami.

  However, Naoki had only heard of it and didn't know much more because the DLC hadn't been released by the time he ended up in this world.

  "I'll visit it when I have the ce," Naoki thought.

  He had heard the rural sery there was stunning, with apple orchards and lively celebrations held year-round.

  As he prepared lunaoki happily fantasized about the future.

  Today's lunch was made by both him and Sister Indeedee.

  Sister Indeedee was an excellent cook. Half the dishes were made by her, and her cooking skills were top-notch.

  A group of Pokémon gathered around the dining table, seated near a rge floor-to-ceiling window that offered a beautiful view of the tryside.

  Oable were all sorts of delicious foods.

  Fried steaks, sandwiches, stew with ribs, omelets, vegetable stew, crispy sea bass, pumpkin cream soup, and a tree fruit ptter.

  For drinks and desserts, they had lucky pudding, strawberry juice, Moo Moo Milk, honey fudge, and freshly baked cookies.

  Naoki's eyes sed the spread, notig that many of the new dishes were prepared by Sister Indeedee.

  Dishes like vegetable stew, crispy sea bass, omelets, and pumpkin cream soup.

  These dishes gave Naoki a burst of inspiration. He had felt stuck retly and hadn't made anything new in a while.

  He decided that he'd ask Sister Indeedee to teach him her recipes ter.

  It was worth noting that the fruit ptter oable had been prepared by Sister Indeedee as well, but it didn't possess any skill-refining properties.

  Even so, the Pokémon who had previously experiehe effects of the special fruit ptter were hesitant to eat it.

  They didn't want tet the moves they'd worked so hard to master. While they could relearhe repetition was exhausting.

  Seeing this, Naoki stifled a ugh.

  Sister Indeedee looked puzzled.

  She turo the group of Pokémon in fusion, "Ai-e?" (Why aren't you eating?)

  "Gah…" Cyclizar muttered.

  "Ouch…" Dragonite added.

  They quickly expihe situation to Sister Indeedee.

  Sister Indeedee was surprised, "Ai eh?!" (Really?!)

  'How could such a thi in this world?'

  Both Indeedees turo Naoki for crification.

  "You think of it as a type of superpower," Naoki expined casually. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it in time."

  Thinking about the fruit ptter's unique effeaoki felt a little regretful.

  Why didn't he have a Pokémon with a gambling streak on the ranch? Ohat wouldn't stop until it learned a magical move?

  "What a pity," he sighed with a chuckle.