Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 109 Me and My Partners

When the time came, Munchlax's house opened as usual, and the guests rushed in eagerly.

Munchlax House now has a group of loyal customers who come to the door of Munchlax House on time every day to wait for the store to open.

As soon as they entered, they noticed that the menu hanging on the wall had changed.

"Wow, we have new items on the menu today!" a customer exclaimed in surprise.

"Russ~Russ~"

Ralts came running over with the menu in her arms, raising her cute little face to invite the guests to sit down.

The guest said with a smile, "Ralts, you're as cute as ever today!"

"Russ~Russ~" Ralts generously accepted the customer's compliment and handed the menu to the customer, asking what the customer would like to eat.

"Do you have any recommendations for Ralts?" the customer asked.

Lalulas stood on tiptoe and pointed to the salted duck eggs on the menu.

"You recommend this? I definitely have to try it today!" the customer said with a smile, and then he started ordering, "Two meat buns, two cabbage buns, a bowl of white porridge and one salted duck egg."

"Russ~Russ~"

Ralts took the menu and ran off quickly.

Before long, it returned using its superpowers, controlling the food ordered by the guests.

"Ralts is amazing!" The guest gave Ralts a thumbs up.

Regular customers who come to Snorlax House love the Ralts, Meowth, and Meowth in the store. Every day when they come in, they shower them with praise, and the three little guys have gotten used to it.

"Russ~Russ~"

Lalulas urged the guests to hurry up and taste it.

The guests noticed the uniqueness of the steamed buns on the table as soon as they saw them.

"Look at today's steamed buns... the little boss is back, isn't he?" the customer asked, looking at Ralts.

While Anjie was away from home, the customers knew that although Munchlax's food was also delicious, it was still different from Anjie's. Regular customers could tell the difference with just one taste.

Today's steamed buns looked especially special. The customers swallowed hard, feeling as if the plump, white buns in front of them were tempting them.

"Russ~Russ~"

Ralts nodded to the guest.

"Looks like I've made it today." He said, picking up a steamed bun and taking a bite. After finishing, his expression froze. "This...steamed bun..."

"Ralts~" Ralts tilted its head and looked at the guest cutely, as if to say: Is there something wrong with the bun?

"The young boss's skills have improved again!" the customer exclaimed.

If he really wanted to say what was different about today's steamed buns compared to the past, he couldn't explain it due to his limited vocabulary, but the inexplicably harmonious taste of the buns was something that the steamed buns from Munchlax's House had never had before.

Then he took another sip of porridge.

Sure enough, although the porridge was delicious, it didn't have that particularly harmonious taste, and you could tell at a bite that it wasn't made by the owner.

The guest picked up the salted duck egg from the bowl and asked Ralts, "Ralts, how do you eat this?"

"Russ~"

Upon hearing this, Laltus bent over and climbed onto the chair opposite the guest. Then, she took the salted duck egg from the guest's hand, tapped it twice on the corner of the table, and deftly peeled off the shell. She then put the peeled salted duck egg back into the bowl, picked up a chopstick, and gently poked it. Immediately, golden oil flowed out, accompanied by a fragrant aroma.

"Wow~ It smells so good!" the customer exclaimed. Seeing Ralts push the bowl back, he asked, "Is it ready to eat?"

"Russ~"

Ralts nodded, pointing to the white porridge in front of the guest.

The customer understood immediately, "It tastes even better with plain congee?"

"Russ~Russ~"

Ralts nodded repeatedly, its watermelon head bobbing back and forth, melting the hearts of all the guests.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Ralts."

The guest took a sip of porridge, then picked up a salted duck egg with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. The egg white was delicate, with a slightly grainy texture, but the yolk was incredibly fragrant. The salty and savory flavors blended perfectly with the smooth texture of the white porridge.

Absolutely!

The customer gave Ralts a thumbs-up, "What a fantastic recommendation!"

"Russ~Russ~"

Upon hearing this, Ralts jumped off the chair with delight and, clutching the menu, shuffled off to serve the other customers. Whenever a customer was unsure how to eat salted duck eggs, Ralts would enthusiastically offer her recommendations, earning praise from the customers and becoming a little star in the shop.

Mephisto came to the Snorlax House for breakfast as usual today, and Angel was with her.

Standing at the entrance, Angel looked at the sign above his head and said, "Is this the shop His Highness owns?"

"Let's go in. I heard His Highness is back. He'll definitely be in the shop today," Mephistopheles said.

Hearing Mephisto say this, Angel felt jealous again, but he didn't show it. Besides, he already knew that His Highness didn't like Mephisto.

Mephistopheles stepped into the store, followed closely by Angel.

Upon seeing the two, the super-powered cat immediately went over to greet them.

"Meow~~"

"Good morning, Meowth." Mephisto greeted Meowth familiarly.

"Hello." Angel quickly greeted the Super Meowth as well.

"Meow~ Meow~"

The super-powered cat waved to the two of them, led them to an empty table, and handed them the menu from its arms.

Mephisto opened the menu, saw the new items, and looked at Mewtwo, asking, "Is Your Highness in the shop?"

"Meow~" Super Cat nodded.

Mephistopheles quickly scanned the menu and ordered without hesitation: "Two salted duck eggs, a bowl of congee with preserved egg and lean pork, two meat buns, two cabbage buns, two chive buns, and twenty milk-flavored steamed buns."

She packed the milk-flavored steamed buns to take home for her Pokémon. She discovered that her Pokémon especially loved the milk-flavored steamed buns from His Highness's shop, so she always ordered them and packed them up whenever she came.

Angel was stunned by Mephistopheles.

"Mephisto, aren't twenty a bit too many? We can't finish them all."

Mephisto glanced at him. "I ordered all of this for myself. If you want to eat, order for yourself."

Angel: ...

"Then...then I'll have the same as Mephistopheles," Angel said awkwardly.

"Meow~" The super-powerful cat nodded, indicating that it understood, and then gracefully left with two menus.

After Meowth left, Angel asked, "Mephisto, can you really finish all that food?"

Mephisto replied, "I have plenty to take away; my Pokémon also love Your Highness's cooking."

Angel was puzzled: Is His Highness's cooking really that delicious?

Soon, Meowth returned with their food using its superpowers. Despite having so much food, Meowth handled it all very well, which filled Angel with admiration.

Your Highness has amazing control over your Pokémon!

"Meow~~" Enjoy!

After placing everything on the table, Super Meowth raised its adorable smiling face.

"Thanks."

"Thanks."

Mephisto and Angel both thanked Meowth.

Upon taking her first bite of the bun, Mephistopheles immediately noticed its uniqueness and murmured to herself, "Your Highness's culinary skills have improved again..."

This exquisite taste has taken Your Highness's culinary creations to a whole new level!

Angel didn't hear him clearly and asked in confusion, "Mephisto, what did you say?"

Mephistopheles shook her head. "Eat up, I'm sure you'll love His Highness's cooking." She had absolute faith in His Highness.

Angel picked up a bun with some skepticism and took a bite. In just one bite, he was captivated by its deliciousness.

"This...this...this is so delicious!"

No wonder Mephistopheles loves this place so much! He simply can't believe that such delicious food exists in the world!

Since it was his first time eating it, Angel was inevitably a little shocked.

"Isn't it delicious?" Mephistopheles laughed. "I told you you'd like His Highness's cooking."

"Delicious! Delicious!" Angel nodded repeatedly, eagerly continuing to eat. "Why didn't I come sooner!"

Soon, apart from the milk-flavored steamed buns they wanted to take away, the two of them ate all the food on the table.

Angel rubbed his stomach and said, "Your Highness's food is all delicious, but this century egg and lean pork congee tastes a bit strange."

Not everyone likes the taste of preserved eggs, so today's preserved egg and lean pork congee is the worst-selling congee in the store.

However, those who like it truly like it, like Mephistopheles.

"Is it strange?" Mephisto said, wiping his mouth with a tissue. "I think it's delicious! It's number one today."

"First?! Are you serious?" Angel was completely baffled. He looked at Mephisto with a strange expression and said, "Your taste is really weird!"

Mephistopheles rolled his eyes at what he said.

(Angel: Angel, there's a reason why you can't win Mephisto's heart.)

However, starting today, Angel has become a complete fan of Munchlax's House. From then on, he not only comes every day on his own, but also often brings his classmates from school with him.

At 10:00 sharp, Anjie closes the shop on time.

After the guests left, Anjie stared at the sales bill Robert No. 2 had shown him and fell into deep thought. After a long while, he said, "It seems that people aren't very accepting of preserved eggs."

He had anticipated this, as there were many people who disliked preserved eggs in his previous life.

"Since you've turned into a lizard, let's cook less congee with preserved egg and lean pork from now on!"

"Chirp~ Chirp~" The lizard nodded.

After sorting through today's Happiness Points and League Coins, Ange and the Pokémon cleaned up together.

Anjac and Lizard clean the kitchen, while Meowth, Meowth, and Ralts clean the outside hall.

While Meowth and the others were cleaning, Gastly suddenly appeared and wanted to help. This startled the three Pokémon who were unaware of its existence, and they ran all the way to the kitchen and hid behind Angel.

"Meow~ Meow~" Anjie, something's up!

"Miao Miao said, trembling,"

When Anjie saw Gastly, he smiled and introduced it to them, "This is Gastly. It's been in the shop all along, but you just didn't notice. It meant no harm; it was just trying to help you."

At that moment, a brilliant idea flashed in Meowth's mind, and it shouted "Meow-pop~ Meow-pop~ Meow-pop~" at Gastly's portal.

"Gauss~ Gauss~"

Gastly nodded shyly.

In an instant, the super-powered Meowth realized the truth, and everything finally came to light.

No wonder it always felt that the store would become clean and tidy for no reason. At first, it didn't pay attention and thought it was just its own hallucination. But recently, this feeling has become more and more obvious. It almost thought that the store was haunted!

Oh, it's Gastly!

"Meow~ Meow~"

Meowth thanked Gastly, whose help had indeed saved it a lot of trouble.

"Gauss~ Gauss~"

Gastly waved its hand shyly, indicating that it was no need to thank it.

After cleaning up, Anjie said, "Alright, let's go home!"

"Meow~"

Meow~

"Russ~"

The Pokémon responded happily.

Gastly looked at Ange, then at Meowth and the others, and weakly raised its hand and shouted along.

"Gauss~"

Then Anjax and the Pokémon went home together.

Back home, Anja introduced Gastly to everyone, and they warmly welcomed it.

Ange asked Gastly again to confirm, "Gastly, are you sure you want to learn to cook with me?"

"Gauss~"

Gastly nodded.

So Ange extended his hand to Gastly and said, "Alright, Gastly, from today onwards, you are also a member of this family, as my third apprentice."

The eldest apprentice is Snorlax, the second apprentice is Lizard, and the third apprentice is Gastly!

"Gauss~~"

Gastly reached out and shook hands with Angel.

"Bu~Bu~"

Seeing this, Bubo led the applause, followed by Snorlax, Lizard, and Diancie.

Metagross, however, is not in a position to clap, so it can only express its welcome to Haunter with a smile.

For some inexplicable reason, An Jie felt as if she had become Tang Sanzang, and had three non-human disciples.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"G-G-G-Master, what are you laughing at?"

The little Snorlax asked in confusion.

Anjie said, "I've thought of an interesting story."

"Just now" story?

The little Snorlax tilted its head, looking completely bewildered.

Anjie patted its head, "I'll tell you when I have time."

The little Snorlax nodded obediently.

Then Ange suddenly realized that he hadn't looked at Gastly's data yet, so he used his Eye of Observation to look at Gastly.

Ghost Stone

[Attributes] Ghost, Poison

【Characteristics】Floating

[Gender] Female

[Level] 36

【Skills】Shadow Fist, Hypnosis, Lick, Black Gaze, Spell, Misfortune Comes Alone, Surprise Attack, Night Shadow, Evil Pulse, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Psychic, Spirit Raid, Sludge Wave, Phosphor Fire, Mirror Attribute.

Individual Value

Blood volume: 31

Attack: 25

Physical defense: 26

Special Attack: 31

Special Defense: 29

Speed: 31

After reviewing Gastly's stats, Ange finally understood why Jarvis had repeatedly asked Doka and Eissa to capture it; it truly possessed great potential.

Diancie then arranged a room for Gastly on the third floor, right next to Diancie's own.

Looking at the clean and tidy room, Gastly felt like it was dreaming.

"Gauss~ Gauss~" Is this really the place for me to live?

Gastly repeatedly confirmed with Diancie.

"Of course!" Diancie nodded. "Our rooms are all pretty much the same."

"Gauss~ Gauss~"

Gastly happily wandered around the room, touching the soft bed and the tall cabinet; words could not express its joy.

Tianxi said, "Take a look around the room and see if anything is missing. If so, let me know and I'll have Ange get it for you."

"Gauss~ Gauss~"

Gastly shook his head vigorously. This room was so nice, it was like paradise.

Tianxi laughed and said, "Alright, it's okay if you can't think of anything now. You can always add it later when you remember."

"Gauss~" Gastly nodded.

After Gastly got used to the room, Diancie took it downstairs to have lunch with everyone.

When it saw the table full of delicious food, Gastly was once again shocked. It had never seen so much good food in all its life!

Ange waved and called to it, "Ghost, come and eat with us!"

Gastly floated to the table as if in a dream. It looked at the smiling Ange, the gentle and beautiful Diancie, the adorable Snorlax, the dashing Ember Spirit, the drooling Bulbasaur, the Metagross smiling at it, and the wobbly Komaru with its eyes closed. For a moment, it was in a daze.

Will these people become my family and partners in the future?

For some reason, Gastly felt an urge to cry; its heart was swollen and bulging, as if something was about to overflow.

"Alright, everyone, let's eat!"

At Anja's command, Snorlax and Bulbasaur cheered and immediately started eating.

Gastly was a little overwhelmed by the abundance of food on the table and didn't know where to start eating.

At that moment, three pairs of chopsticks, each holding a piece of food, reached into the bowl in front of it.

Gastly was stunned.

Anja, Diancie, and Snorlax, who were picking up food, were also stunned.

Ange served Gastly a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, Snorlax served Gastly its favorite braised fish, and Diancie served Gastly an incredibly delicious steamed cod.

Anjax, Snorlax, and Diancie were all surprised to find that they were on the same wavelength, and they all smiled at the same time.

Ange patted Gastly's tunnel: "Eat quickly, or it'll get cold."

Gastly suppressed the tears welling up in its eyes and nodded vigorously. It followed the example of everyone else, using chopsticks to pick up a little fish and put it in its mouth. Finally, its tears still fell.

Noticing this, Angie quickly asked, "Ghost, what's wrong? Don't you like it?"

Gastly shook its head, reached out and slapped its eyes hard, wiping away the tears before revealing a big smile and its bright red tongue.

"Gauss~~Gauss~~" It's so delicious, so incredibly delicious.

Anjie smiled and said, "That's good."

Upon hearing this, the Snorlax and the others all gave Gastly friendly smiles.

This lunch was the most delicious meal Gastly had ever eaten.

Even many years later, when Anjay's culinary skills had reached their peak and Gastly had evolved into Gengar, he still couldn't forget that special lunch.

(End of this chapter)