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Chapter 182 So... why did Yveltal change his mind?

The two legendary Pokémon stared at each other for a moment, then Xerneas said, "Let's go back!"

Anjie asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to say anything?"

Xerneas said, "I've said everything that needed to be said."

Anjie: Is that so? Your Pokémon's way of communicating is quite unique.

When Anjie and the others returned home, the Thousand-Faced Beast returned from the royal city with the Super Cats.

Seeing this, Anjie said, "Then let's start making lunch!"

As she spoke, Anjai led the little Snorlax into the kitchen.

Because the Thousand-Faced Beast had been busy at the shop all morning, Anjie didn't let it help with making lunch, but instead let it rest.

Also, Gengar has to work at the shop at night, and it will definitely be quite tired by then, so Anjie didn't let it get involved.

As the reputation of Munchlax's House Noodle Shop gradually spread, the business at the shop is now just as good at night, and Gengar is not much more relaxed than Pigsy.

Soon, Anja and Munchlax had prepared a whole table full of dishes.

There are pan-fried fish chunks. The fish meat is the excess meat provided by the light cod. After being pan-fried, it is golden brown on the outside and snow-white on the inside, with a fragrant aroma that makes your mouth water just by looking at it.

There are also steamed egg dumplings. The dumpling wrappers are made from the egg liquid of jackfruit, and the filling is made from pork raised by Anjie himself and scallions from scallion ducks.

The pork was marinated with a small amount of fermented soybean paste, and after steaming, it was so delicious that it would make you want to swallow your tongue.

There's also stir-fried beef with green beans, where bright green beans dot the brown beef cubes, making it a visually appealing dish.

Anjie's family raises few cattle, and they are not yet of edible quality, so this beef was bought from the capital city at a high price, and it is of the best quality.

Azot is not known for its beef production, and this top-quality beef is said to be air-freighted from the Alora region.

Moreover, before stir-frying the beef cubes, Anjie marinated them with his own homemade fermented soybean paste, making them incredibly delicious.

Next up is scrambled eggs with tomatoes. The tomatoes were grown in Anjie's garden, and the eggs were from Jili Eggs. Although the dishes are ordinary, the result is extraordinary. They are bright red and have a perfect combination of color, aroma, and taste.

In addition, there are sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried eggplant strips, smashed cucumber, garlic water spinach, stir-fried potatoes, green peppers, and eggplant, tofu casserole, and so on.

Looking at the table full of food, Meng Huan's mouth watered.

At its home, Anjie had cooked it elaborate meals, but due to limited resources, it couldn't make them as lavish as it does now.

Xerneas's food includes World Tree Tofu, which can be eaten with other dishes.

Yveltal wasn't home, so Angel specially saved a portion for it, planning to deliver it after dinner, but it hadn't returned yet.

Yveltal's normal routine is to go out for a good flight in the morning, return for lunch at noon, and then rest until evening.

As night deepened, it continued to soar through the night sky, surrounded by the leader of the crows and the dark crows, until it returned to the bar in the early hours of the morning.

After a hearty lunch, Xerneas, Diancie, and Magearna went out to play, while Snorlax and Inteleon disappeared without a trace.

Gengar was preparing ingredients in the kitchen because it had to work at night.

Needless to say, the tree-pillow bear put down its bowl and went to the distillery with the throwing monkey. Ever since the throwing monkey came to the Nibel Plateau, it has practically lived in the distillery.

Metagross went back to his room to maintain the payment system on the Nibel Plateau. Metagross would check the payment system every now and then to prevent problems from occurring.

In addition, it is also trying to develop new functions for the system and expand the scope of its business.

And then there's Pulcanion, which went out for a leisurely walk after lunch, just like an old man.

In the end, all that remained by Anjie's side was the adoring Babu Tubo.

So Anje and Babu Tubo each carried a basket and went together to deliver food to Ipeltar.

When they arrived at the bar's entrance, Dream suddenly said goodbye to him.

Although Mew is playful and greedy, it has not forgotten its mission: to protect the Tree of Beginning and the Pokémon living within it.

Anjie felt neither reluctance nor any attempt to keep it, because there was no need. With the spatial passage in place, Meng Huan could come and play anytime, and Anjie could also go and see it at any time.

Anjie patted Meng Huan's head and said, "Go ahead, go ahead, I'll come see you when I have time."

"Mew~"

Dream nodded, then plunged into the spatial passage and disappeared.

Just as Anja and Babu Tubo had set lunch on the table, Ipeltar returned with the crow leaders.

Looking at the raven leaders and dark ravens flanking Yveltal, Ange chuckled and said, "So you've all become Yveltal's underlings now?"

"Giggle~~"

"Yami~ Yami~"

The raven leader and the dark ravens puffed out their chests proudly, not feeling at all that there was anything wrong with being Yveltal's underlings.

Anjie patted the crow leader on the neck, "I never thought you'd have this day."

Before Yveltal came, the raven leader acted like a big shot all the time, and the dark ravens were always being bossed around by him.

Now the positions are reversed, and Raven Leader is now in the same position as Murkrow in front of Yveltal.

"Gah~"

The crow leader raised its head and snorted, "Don't concern yourself with the affairs of the gods and their underlings."

It then eagerly hopped in front of Yveltal, offering him tea, water, and food. The other ravens followed suit, surrounding Yveltal and showering him with attention.

Yveltal doesn't need to eat by itself at all. It just needs to lie there quietly and open its mouth, and the ravens and the raven leader will take good care of it.

Several Murlocs were even specifically assigned to groom Yveltal's feathers.

However, Ange quickly understood why the Raven Leader and the Dark Ravens were so attentive to Yveltal.

After Yveltal finished his lunch, the raven leader took out a small handkerchief and thoughtfully flew over to wipe Yveltal's beak.

Then Ange saw wisps of black energy pouring out from Yveltal's body.

The black mist followed Yveltal's body down to the sofa and the floor, eventually forming a circle about 2 meters in diameter on the sofa and the floor.

Dense black mist swirled within the circle, emanating intense negative energy fluctuations.

This is... a dark aura? An Jie was taken aback.

The leader of the crows and the dark crows cheered and jumped into the circle, leaping and bounding around inside, absorbing wisps of black energy into their bodies.

After inhaling the black gas, they became dizzy and disoriented, as if they had drunk fake alcohol. They lay sprawled out on the sofa or the ground, with silly grins on their faces.

So serving Yveltal has such benefits!

Anjie thought to himself: I knew it. Given the personalities of the Raven Leader and Dark Raven, how could they possibly do something that is both difficult and thankless?

He smiled and shook his head, then picked up the Dark Ravens, still basking in the afterglow of their joy, and carried them one by one to the sofa, placing them next to Yveltal.

Zi Yi Pei Ertar glanced at Ange, who was holding a Dark Raven, then closed her eyes and began to take a nap.

After settling Dark Raven and Raven Leader, Ange led Babu Tubo away from the secret fortress.

Then, the two of them, along with their Pokémon, wandered aimlessly across the Nibel Plateau.

Anjie first went to see the pastures for her riding goat and lamb.

During his absence, the lush green grass grew even more vigorously, expanding its area by nearly half.

After leaving the grassland, Anjie and Babu Tubo went to the fish farm.

The fish, shrimp, and crabs in the fish farm have now grown to an edible size and have even begun to reproduce on their own.

So Anja first called Jerami and asked him to come over.

Then he directed the mosquito coil swimmers and mosquito coil men to cast nets to catch fish, shrimp, and crabs.

Seeing this, Mariluri, Marilul, and Lulili rushed to help.

The Water-type Pokémon were very efficient; in no time, the bucket that Angel had placed on the shore was full of fish, shrimp, and crabs.

After Jellami arrived in his flying vehicle, Angelina directed the Pokémon to carry the buckets onto the vehicle, and then instructed Jellami to deliver the fish, shrimp, and crabs to the royal palace.

Since the family's fish farm has had a bumper harvest, we should let Jimia and Edward have a taste too!

Of course, he didn't let Jeremy go for nothing; he gave him a bucket each of fish, shrimp, and crab, and also gave him two chickens and a piece of pork.

Jerami left happily.

After leaving the fish farm, Anjie went to inspect the orchard again, and before he knew it, it was getting dark.

So he decided to go home to cook dinner for his Pokémon. Just then, Munchlax and Inteleon returned from outside, and the three of them went into the kitchen together.

Anjie had promised the Crimson Lotus Knight and Azure Flame Blade Demon that they would have a barbecue tonight to celebrate their evolution, so the three of them started preparing the ingredients for the barbecue.

When the Pokémon returned from outside and learned that dinner was barbecue, they cheered with joy.

While Ange and his friends were preparing the ingredients and seasonings, Tianxi, Maya, and Throwing Monkey had already moved the barbecue grill, charcoal, and everything else outside.

Xerneas watched Diancie and the others busily working, then asked the fragrant porcupine beside him with a puzzled look, "What's barbecue? Is it delicious?"

What is barbecue...? This question stumped the two fragrant pigs. They didn't know how to explain it, so they could only keep asking Xerneas:

"Cough cough~~" Delicious, especially delicious!

Seeing this, Xerneas stopped pressuring the two fragrant pigs and squinted his eyes, saying, "Really? Then tonight's dinner is truly something to look forward to!"

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

The two fragrant pigs nodded repeatedly.

At this moment, Fragrance and Flower Leaf descended from the sky, one on the left and one on the right, and sat on Xernias's antlers respectively.

The aura emanating from Xerneas made them very eager to get close.

Seeing that Fragrance and Flower Leaf had offended Xernias, the two fragrant pigs immediately stood up and barked angrily.

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

However, Xerneas lowered his head, gently tapped the foreheads of the two fragrant porpoises with his chin, and said softly to them:

"It's okay, Fenxiangxiang and Huayedi are only like this because they like me."

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~"

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~"

Fragrance and Flower Leaf immediately nodded vigorously, and then flew down from Xerneas's antlers and kissed Xerneas on both cheeks.

The two fragrant pigs, no longer angry, lay down on either side of Xerneas.

Seeing this, Fragrance and Flower Leaf flew back to sit on Xerneas's horn.

Zergius suddenly asked, "Isn't Yveltal coming for dinner?"

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" It doesn't usually come; it's always Munchlax that delivers it.

"Fenxiangxiang replied."

"I see," Xerneas said thoughtfully. "It would be nice if it could have dinner with everyone."

"Sizzle~ Sizzle~" Should I go call it?

At this moment, the hooded thug suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said something.

Upon hearing this, Xerneas looked at it gently and said, "Then I'll leave it to you!"

"Sizzle~ Sizzle~"

The hooded thug immediately grabbed his loose-fitting trousers and ran toward the secret fortress.

Not long after, to everyone's surprise, the turbaned thug actually brought Yveltal back, and it even rode back on Yveltal's back.

Yveltal descended from the sky with great fanfare, surrounded by the chief crow and the dark crows.

After landing, the raven leader and the dark ravens still stood like a group of guards, proudly and arrogantly surrounding Yveltal.

The turbaned thug jumped off Yveltal in a flash, then ran to his friends, excitedly and incoherently saying:

"Sizzle~ Sizzle~" I...I just...just sat on...Yveltal's back!

Mischievous Panda, Skunk Pu, Curly Ears, Patch Liz, and Little Lion, all wearing headscarves, looked at it with adoration.

"Ya cha~ ya cha~" Headband thug, you're really something!

The mischievous panda's eyes sparkled, and its gaze revealed a hint of envy.

"Miru~ Miru~" Headband thug, you're so brave!

Curly Ear praised without reservation.

"Lion~ Lion~" I really admire you for being able to summon Yveltal!

The little lion looked on with admiration.

Little Lion's words startled the turbaned thug. It recalled the time it went to call Yveltal, and Yveltal seemed... not to have come out because of it.

When it arrived at the bar, it cautiously peeked inside, clinging to the door frame, and saw Yveltal curled up asleep.

The raven leader and the dark raven circled around Yveltal, resting with their eyes closed.

It chirped softly, "Sizzle~ Sizzle~" Yveltal, dinner is almost ready. Would you like to go out and eat with everyone?

As soon as it finished speaking, the leader of the crows and the dark crows all opened their eyes.

The lights in the bar were off at the time, and it was getting dark, so the room was very dimly lit.

When the leader of the crows and the dark crows opened their eyes at the same time, their eyes, which could gleam in the darkness, really startled the hooded thug.

"Sizzle~ Sizzle~" Why are you scaring people!

The hooded thug looked displeased.

"Yami~ Yami~" Don't disturb Lord Yveltal's rest, or Lord Yveltal won't go out to eat with you!

One of the dark crows warned the hooded thug, its expression haughty, as if it were Yveltal himself.

The proverb "the fox borrows the tiger's power" probably describes this kind of situation.

The turban-wearing thug pouted and said, "Sizzle~ Sizzle~" What's so great about that? I was sent here by Lord Xerneas!

Upon hearing Xerneas's name, Yveltal, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and took flight with a flap of his wings.

"Screech~" Let's go out for dinner.

Yveltal's slightly aloof voice rang in the ears of Dark Raven, Raven Leader, and Headscarf Scoundrel.

As he flew over the gate, Yveltal grabbed the hooded thug by the back of the neck with his mouth and threw him onto his back.

The raven leader and the dark raven were stunned by what they saw.

Yveltal actually went out!

"Giggle~" Keep up, hurry up!

"Yami~ Yami~" Lord Yveltal, wait for us.

The leader of the crows quickly led the dark crows in pursuit.

So why did Lady Yveltal suddenly change her mind?

Unable to grasp the key point, the turbaned thug shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

But... Lord Yveltal isn't as scary as he looks! And he even allowed me to ride on his back!

The turbaned thug glanced at Yveltal, a hint of admiration in his eyes.

After landing, Yveltal glanced at where Xerneas was.

Xerneas happened to look over at that moment and nodded at Yveltal with a smile in his eyes.

Yveltal nodded in response.

The two Pokémon only exchanged a brief conversation before going about their own business.

Xerneas was surrounded by many Pokémon, all talking to him in a chattering manner.

Zernias listened to them recount the interesting stories of the highlands with a smile on his face, occasionally chiming in with his own words.

In contrast, Yveltal was deserted, with no Pokémon other than Crowhead and Murkrow.

The turbaned thug looked at Xerneas, then at Yveltal, comparing the two situations.

After hesitating for a while, the turbaned thug finally gritted his teeth and ran towards Yveltal.

It also didn't forget to drag along the mischievous panda and the skunk for courage.

"Ya cha~ ya cha~" What are you doing?

The mischievous panda shouted.

"Sizzle~ Sizzle~" Never mind, just follow me.

"That's what the hooded thug said."

When they reached Yveltal, the mischievous panda and the skunk trembled and hid behind the bandana thug, cautiously peeking out to peek at Yveltal. When Yveltal looked over, they immediately pulled their heads back in.

"Gaga~~" What are you doing here?

The leader of the crows puffed out his chest, looking down at the turbaned thug with an arrogant and domineering air.

The turbaned thug mustered his courage and said, "Sizzle~ Sizzle~" What? You're allowed to stay by Lord Yveltal's side, but we're not?

The leader of the crows stared sharply at the turbaned thug.

Seeing this, the hooded thug also tried his best to puff out his chest, trying not to lose in terms of imposing manner to the crow leader.

After a long while, the raven leader's fierce aura dissipated, and it nodded, saying:

"Gah~" Fine, the more servants Lord Yveltal has, the better. You can stay here!

The turbaned thug thought to himself: Humph, we're not servants at all!

(End of this chapter)