Chapter 205:The Approaching End of September! The Gluttonous Munchlax

In the morning, smoke rose from the farm cabin.

Indeedee was busy preparing breakfast.

The breakfast was primarily for Natsume.

The farm Pokémon didn’t require special care.

Most of them could find their own food around the farm.

It had been a week since Indeedee came to the farm.

Indeedee always woke up early to prepare everything before Natsume got up.

"Cinccino~"

Cinccino said good morning to Indeedee as she arranged the dishes.

"Indeedee~"

Indeedee really liked the Cinccino in the farm.

Because they always cleaned up together.

Cinccino made sure the rooms were spotless every day.

Indeedee opened the window facing the garden.

"Flabébé~"

A Flabébé floated over.

Flabébé brought a bouquet of blooming flowers, which Indeedee accepted and then placed in a vase.

Patta~ Patta~ Patta~

The sound of slippers hitting the floor could be heard coming from the stairs.

At that moment, Natsume was looking at his phone as he walked downstairs.

"Cleared 10,000 acres. Completed."

Quest Reward: Rare Candy 2; Treasure Draw 2; Mega Stone Draw *1

"Finished, huh?"

Natsume read the notification and spoke to himself.

This task could have been completed a long time ago.

It was just that Sandslash often took tourists to help plant crops on the cleared land, which slowed down the clearing process.

Of course, Natsume was not in a hurry about it.

Triggering New Task: Farm Pond

Quest Description: You now have sufficient funds and land; perhaps you should consider renovating the farm's pond. Please repair the pond and introduce ten ordinary river fish.

Quest Reward: Gem Draw *1

"Just a simple task."

Natsume muttered, then set his phone down.

Indeedee smiled at Natsume as he came downstairs. "Indeedee~"

Natsume looked at Indeedee and the fresh flowers on the table, feeling uplifted, "Good morning, Indeedee."

Although it had been a calm week on the farm, there were still some changes.

Natsume had demolished the greenhouse for Springy Mushrooms and replaced it with a batch of fruit trees.

The mutated Springy Mushrooms were moved to the side of Miltank Valley, near a small hill where Tyranitar lived.

Additionally, since news spread about Natsume planning to build a Dynamax gym, many visitors, although not personally known to Natsume, had been coming by recently, all of them quite renowned.

Natsume sat down at the dining table.

"Gardevoir, where did that Dragonite run off to?"

Gardevoir, sitting beside Natsume, replied softly, "It went to Dragon Island."

"Alright then."

Natsume had planned to have Dragonite use the Rare Candy, but since it wasn't present, he would have to wait.

Natsume then turned to Rotom and asked, "Rotom, do you have any news for today?"

"Yes, Rotom."

Rotom floated above the table, "Sir Yuyama, the country-level Normal-type gym leader from Kanagawa Prefecture, wants to procure the farm's Hearty Grains, Plump Beans, and Springy Mushrooms."

"Yuyama, huh?"

Natsume thought for a moment and replied, "I remember his main Pokémon is a Snorlax."

"No problem, let him come."

"Sure, Rotom~"

"Also, it snowed for the first time this year over Towada Lake yesterday, Rotom."

Rotom exclaimed, "It's incredible."

"Despite some places in the Southern Region still having temperatures in the thirties, it seems the North started snowing so early, Rotom."

The regions of the Japan league are quite vast, so there are notable differences across various areas.

Hokkaido's weather isn't that extreme.

The farm's temperature has been quite pleasant lately, averaging in the twenties.

Not too cold and not too hot; it's a very comfortable temperature.

As October 1st approaches, various matches have started to increase.

Especially Pokémon Contests.

Onami just left a couple of days ago; she’s going to the next city to be a judge.

Kiko is still in school, and Natsume hasn't seen her for a few days.

However, when the holiday for the first of November comes, Kiko plans to come to the farm to spend her vacation.

Misaki will be coming over tomorrow, as her family's fresh milk supermarket is opening.

The farm currently has over twenty Pidgeotto, which is more than enough to handle the delivery business for the entire Morimachi area.

Notice: Farm's Plump Beans are ripe; please harvest them as soon as possible.

Farm Story suddenly sent another notification.

Plump Beans have a growth cycle that is one month shorter than Hearty Grains, and it's now the end of September—about time for them to mature.

"Huh?"

Natsume looked at the notification, exasperated, "These things sure like to come all at once."

After thinking for a moment, Natsume decided to prioritize the Plump Beans.

"Indeedee, I'll leave this to you. I'm going to check on the Plump Beans."

"Indeedee~"

Indeedee replied affirmatively.

After Natsume stood up and left, Indeedee began to tidy up the dining table.

Natsume walked outside the farm cabin.

At that moment, the Meltan were gathering together, preparing to go help Lopunny milk the cows with Miltank.

They were being quite loud and raucous.

Natsume thought, "If one of them were missing, they probably wouldn’t even notice."

He turned to Lopunny and said, "Lopunny, when you go to milk the cows, can you call Scyther and the others for me?"

"Lopunny~"

Lopunny nodded.

Natsume walked over to the stream, where Lapras and the others were catching fish from the water.

"How do they taste, Lapras?"

"Lapras~"

The number of Water-type Pokémon on the farm had been increasing.

As a result, the number of fish in the stream had started to decrease.

Natsume had actually planned to start stocking the pond with fish, but he hadn't expected the system to issue a relevant task.

"Lapras, give me a ride."

Natsume climbed onto the back of Lapras.

"Take me to the Plump Beans."

"Lapras~"

Lapras acknowledged and began swimming toward the planting area of the Plump Beans along the drainage ditch.

"Awooo~"

On the shore, Arcanine came running over.

Arcanine hopped back and forth along the sides of the drainage ditch, looking lively and energetic.

Before long, Lapras brought Natsume to the Plump Beans field.

In the Plump Beans field, a few Diglett were busily moving around.

Natsume jumped off Lapras and landed on the shore.

"Pidgeot~"

In the sky, Pidgeot and its companions had flown over.

Plump Beans were the favorite food of Flying-type Pokémon.

They had been eagerly waiting for the day those beans would mature.

Natsume smiled at the Pidgeot and said, "Don’t worry, you can eat them as soon as we finish harvesting."

"Scizor!"

Once Scizor and Scyther received the message, they quickly flew over to join Natsume.

Natsume addressed the assembled Scyther, saying, "Everyone, I'll need your help to harvest all these Plump Beans."

"Serperior~"

Scyther swung their sickles and then entered the Plump Beans field alongside Natsume.

Scyther were adept at harvesting crops.

With their sickles swinging gracefully, they effortlessly cut down the Plump Beans.

As Natsume harvested the Plump Beans, he contemplated whether to plant some sweet potatoes that he wanted to eat.

Although the system hadn’t issued a new quest, Natsume wasn't concerned about that.

After autumn comes winter.

Natsume suddenly decided, "Let’s plant sweet potatoes."

He had made up his mind.

“Natsume, sir Yuyama is here.”

Rotom flew over and called to Natsume.

"Got it."

Natsume replied and turned to Scizor, saying, "I’ll leave this to you all."

"I'm going to visit the gym below the mountain."

"Scizor!"

At the farm's gym below the mountain.

"Dad, are we really giving Munchlax to Natsume, the gym leader?"

A chubby little boy looked sadly at a middle-aged man beside him, who also had a big belly.

His name was Aomatsu, a name that gave off a sense of youthful handsomeness.

At that moment, the chubby boy looked pleadingly at his father Yuyama and said, "Munchlax definitely won't be able to adjust to life here."

"When Munchlax learned that it was going to be sent away yesterday, it cried so much. Can we please take it back?"

Yuyama glanced at his son with a look of exasperation and then pointed to a drooling Munchlax next to the Hearty Grains. "Crying?"

"Is it crying from the corner of its mouth?"

"Munchlax~"

The Munchlax looked at the Hearty Grains before it and wiped its mouth.

"Drilbur!"

A Drilbur watched the Munchlax cautiously.

The two Pokémon began conversing in Pokémon language.

The Munchlax said to Drilbur, "What are these? They smell so good!"

Drilbur raised its hands to block the view of the Munchlax. "These are Hearty Grains."

"Our farm's crops."

"Can I try some?" the Munchlax asked.

"No way."

Drilbur firmly replied, "They aren’t ripe yet!"

"It’s fine, I have a good stomach; I can eat unripe stuff!"

As the Munchlax said this, it took another deep breath in and started moving toward the field.

"Drilbur!"

Drilbur quickly moved in front of the Munchlax.

The Munchlax shifted left, and Drilbur followed suit.

Then the Munchlax moved right, and Drilbur mirrored the movement.

After several back-and-forths, the Munchlax suddenly pointed behind Drilbur and shouted, "Munchlax!"

Drilbur instinctively turned around but saw nothing.

At that moment, the Munchlax lunged at a Hearty Grain plant and opened its mouth to bite down.

"Drilbur!"

Drilbur panicked.

"Spit that out, you round little nuisance."

Drilbur jumped onto the Munchlax.

"Munchlax~"

The Munchlax buried its face and continued munching.

"Stop it, Munchlax."

At that moment, Yuyama couldn't hold back any longer.

He walked over, his expression full of helplessness, and picked the Munchlax up. "If you keep this up, you'll end up being disliked."

"If that happens, you won’t be able to stay here."

The Munchlax paused slightly at this and showed a conflicted expression on its face.

After hesitating for a moment, the Munchlax pulled the straw it had stuffed in its mouth out and handed it back to Drilbur.

"Drilbur!"

Drilbur immediately responded angrily and tossed it back.

"Munchlax~"

Munchlax happily gulped it all down.

"Whoa, we've got ourselves a big eater here."

Natsume happened to see this scene as he approached.

Name: Munchlax
Type: Normal  
Level: 1v10  
Ability: Thick Fat  
Individual Values: HP 31, Attack 31, Defense 30, Special Attack 31, Special Defense 31, Speed 31  
Moves: Lick, Tackle, Defense Curl, Recycle  
Inherited Moves: Fissure  
Potential: Elite  Potential: Elite  

This Munchlax had impressive data.

Natsume looked at Yuyama and said, "Nice to meet you, Yuyama gym leader."

Yuyama replied politely, "Even though this is our first meeting, I've heard many legendary stories about you, Natsume."

Natsume smiled, "Let’s not dwell on that kind of thing."

"So, gym leader Yuyama, you wish to purchase Hearty Grains and Plump Beans, correct?"

Knowing that Natsume was a straightforward person, Yuyama nodded and confirmed, "Yes."

"Natsume, the crops here are top-notch food and are favored by Pokémon."

"So, I hope to procure some food for the Pokémon in my park."

Many gym leaders, besides their gym responsibilities, often have side ventures.

Yuyama was no exception.

He ran a well-known park called Matsuyun Garden.

"Also, this child seems to really like your farm, Natsume gym leader."

Yuyama continued, "So if you don't mind, I hope you can take this child in."

"Munchlax~"

Munchlax stood in front of Natsume, looking at him with hopeful eyes.

Since it was born, Munchlax had lived in the garden.

Its life there consisted of eating, drinking, and sleeping, and it was very comfortable.

However, when Yuyama suddenly mentioned sending it away yesterday, Munchlax was terrified, thinking it would be abandoned.

Now, after arriving here and seeing the seemingly endless fields of Hearty Grains and the various fruity scents in the air, it felt like paradise!

Munchlax couldn't help but imagine how happy it would be to lie in a pile of Hearty Grains and eat every day.

Natsume did quite like Pokémon like Munchlax.

Especially after Munchlax evolved into Snorlax.

In winter, cuddling against the fluffy belly of a Snorlax would surely be very warm.

"I don't mind at all."

Natsume spoke up, "But this Munchlax has quite a bit of talent."

"Does Yuyama gym leader not plan to keep it for his child?"

As he said this, Natsume looked at the little boy.

The chubby boy appeared to be around seven or eight years old, not very tall, and his build matched Yuyama's name.

Yuyama responded, "Actually, this child already has a Snorlax."

Natsume understood, "I see, that makes sense."

The little boy immediately tightened his grip on his pocket, nervously looking at Natsume.

Natsume smiled at him and then turned to Yuyama, saying, "I’ve heard that your Snorlax is quite strong. I wonder if we could have a battle?"

Yuyama was taken aback for a moment and shook his head. "My Snorlax doesn’t like running around, so I didn’t bring it with me today."

Yuyama thought to himself, A Champion-level trainer has already defeated me one on six; battling you would be pointless!

Seeing Yuyama decline, Natsume felt a bit regretful but didn't press the issue.

Yuyama looked at Natsume and said, "By the way."

"Have you considered taking on gym apprentices, Natsume gym leader?"

"Gym apprentices?"

Natsume looked at the little boy beside him.

He immediately guessed what Yuyama meant.

The little boy seemed to be captivated by the Sandshrew and Drilbur in the fields.

Yuyama had a troubled look on his face, saying, "This little brat only knows how to eat and drink all day at home."

"If this continues, he might actually turn into a Snorlax."

"So, if Natsume gym leader is considering taking on apprentices, I hope you can think about him."

Even a country-level gym leader would find educating a child to be a headache.

Natsume shook his head and said, "I'm sorry."

"I have no plans to take on any gym apprentices."

"But if you just want him to exercise a bit, I can let Sandslash take him out during the day."

Yuyama looked at Natsume with some confusion. "Sandslash?"

"That's right, look."

Natsume gestured for Yuyama to look toward the fields.

In the land, Sandslash was diligently leading a group of tourists in planting ordinary crops on the newly cleared land.

"Sandslash~"

Sandslash was teaching seriously, and now and then, you could hear exclamations of "Wow!" from the crowd.

Natsume looked at Sandslash and said, "In terms of strength, every crop here owes its success to Sandslash."

"Although Sandslash hasn’t taken care of a child before, teaching him how to work shouldn’t be a problem."

"Sandslash."