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

Chapter 38 Standoff

Anjie and his team cleaned up the Asile water plants, removing any weeds and dirt mixed in, then washed them clean and stored them in the refrigerator or Anjie's system backpack.

The mosquito coil tadpoles were so plentiful that Anjie's family probably couldn't finish them all in a short time.

I wonder if this stuff can be dried into dried vegetables. Dried vegetables are a unique treat to eat occasionally.

They also sent a lot of water chestnuts, Marilu, and Lulili.

Luckily, Anjie's refrigerator is high-tech; otherwise, the leftover water bamboo shoots would definitely have gotten soggy if left out for too long.

Setting the tree fruits aside, Anjie decided to make fresh juice for everyone tonight.

There are also many mushrooms of all sizes.

If you eat this stuff carelessly, you might end up in serious trouble!

However, after carefully selecting them, Anjie was surprised to find that all the mushrooms Pokémon had sent were edible, with not a single poisonous one.

It seems he underestimated Pokémon.

Of course, some of these mushrooms are ones that Angel doesn't recognize; they must be special products of the Pokémon world.

Anjie specially spent 100 happiness points to redeem a mushroom encyclopedia from the system store, and easily learned about them all, such as small mushrooms, large mushrooms, aromatic mushrooms... all of which are safe to eat.

Anjie kept some of the fresh mushrooms, and planned to dry the rest for storage.

It wasn't until after 8 p.m. that Anjay and the others finally finished cleaning the kitchen, with Kirulian being a huge help.

Its efficiency in using its psychic powers is higher than that of Ange, Snorlax, and Diancie combined, which is truly astonishing.

After the kitchen was tidied up, Anja and Munchlax started cooking dinner, while Diancie and Kirlia were in charge of cleaning.

Although everything has been disposed of, the kitchen is in a terrible state and needs a thorough cleaning.

For dinner, Anjie made a cold salad of Asile seaweed, stir-fried water bamboo shoots, and a mushroom soup, which made the Pokémon's heads drool with delight.

cluck cluck cluck~~

The little Snorlax's belly rumbled loudly as it smelled the rich aroma.

"Hahaha~~~" Anjay laughed loudly, "Little Snorlax, are you hungry?"

"G- ...

Anjie patted its belly and said, "Go see if the tree-pillow koala has come back. We'll eat as soon as it does."

"Gang~ Gang~"

The little Snorlax responded and dashed off as if it had wheels of fire on its feet.

But just as it reached the door, the tree-pillow koala came rolling back, clutching the tree pillow.

"Gang~~"

Snorlax nimbly jumped down the steps, grabbed Koala in its arms, and dashed into the house, shouting to Anjay.

"Gang~ Gang~" Master, this guy is back! Time to eat!

Snorlax was still a little angry with Komaru, so it simply referred to Komaru as "this guy".

Anjie poked her head out of the kitchen. "You're back. Let's eat."

Upon hearing Anja's words, the little Snorlax threw the tree-pillow bear onto the table and quickly ran into the kitchen to serve dishes and rice to the dining room. Its diligence was so great that even the village donkeys were ashamed.

Sure enough, for Munchlax, "nothing is more important than eating."

Anjie walked over and sniffed the tree-pillow bear. A strong smell of alcohol wafted up from him. He couldn't help but look puzzled. "Strange, tree-pillow bear, didn't you finish your drink? Why do you smell like alcohol again?"

It not only has the aroma of alcohol, but also a subtle fruity fragrance.

The tree-pillow koala remained the same, turning over while still hugging the tree pillow, and did not answer Anja's question.

"You bastard!"

Anjie shook her head helplessly.

That evening, the family of four, along with Kirlia, sat around a table for dinner. Anjay told them about his day, and when he mentioned being stared at as a wanted criminal, Snorlax laughed so hard he almost fell over.

Anjie slapped it across the face, annoyed. "Is it that funny? Huh?"

"Gang~ Gang~ Gang~~" Hahaha~~~ Master, you're so funny!

The little Snorlax laughed so hard it collapsed in its chair.

"Stop laughing, you might choke," Anjie said helplessly.

"Gang~ Gang~" I won't choke.

As it spoke, the little Snorlax held a steamed bun in its left hand and another in its right, chewing them up in no time. It then filled a large bowl with mushroom soup and gulped it down.

"That was awesome!"

Its hearty eating style made Anjie's appetite increase, and he ate two more steamed buns, eventually becoming so full that he could barely walk.

After dinner, Anjie found a thermos, filled it with a box of steamed buns, and then packed a box of each kind of dish into it, stuffing everything into the thermos for Kirulian to take back.

"Make sure Gardevoir eats it while it's hot, don't let it get cold, otherwise it won't taste good," Angel instructed Kirlia. "If Gardevoir can't eat it, don't force it to eat it. Just share it with other Pokémon. If it wants some more later, just come to my house and I'll make it for it."

Kirullian nodded gratefully, picked up the thermos, and disappeared into the night.

After Kirullian left, Anjay and her family of four sat and chatted for a while, then went to the cooking training room for training, and finally washed up and went to bed.

Before going to sleep, Anjie took the collection box to the bedside and began to count his earnings for the day. He had been too busy during the day to think about how much money he had made.

Today we sold 3085 steamed buns, earning 61700 Alliance Coins; and 6089 steamed breads, earning 60890 Alliance Coins.

The total amount is 122590 yuan.

Holy crap, I made 120,000 in one day!

After finishing the calculation, Anjie couldn't help but swear.

Having someone to help you is amazing! You're rich!

If he sets up a stall a few more times, he might actually be able to buy a shop in the royal city!

However, Anjie also knew that today's booming business was due to perfect timing, location, and people, and that such good fortune wouldn't come again next time!

Let's check the happiness points again; the total is 105800.

It's over 10!

After this period of research, Anjie has roughly figured out the pattern of how the system accumulates happiness points.

If a Pokémon comes to Ange's place for a meal and only eats steamed buns, no matter how many it eats, Ange will receive 100 happiness points. If, due to some additional factors, its happiness level increases, it may contribute an extra 50 or 100 happiness points to Ange. The more its happiness level increases, the more happiness points Ange will receive.

Therefore, the maximum number of Happiness Points a Pokémon can provide in a day is 200.

However, if this Pokémon eats both steamed buns and dumplings at the same time, Ange's base happiness points will become 200. If its happiness increases, the corresponding increase in points will also increase to 100 and 200.

At this point, the maximum number of happiness points a Pokémon can provide in a day is 400.

Of course, most Pokémon provide a stable amount of Happiness Points, which is 200.

According to this rule, as long as Anjie continues to unlock more recipes, the speed at which he earns happiness points will increase.

However, Anjie estimated that this increase in speed was limited, because a Pokémon can only eat so much food in a day. It is impossible for it to eat all kinds of food that Anjie will make in the future, otherwise it would be too full to eat.

If you were to find a loophole in the system and make each food portion only a tiny bit so that the Pokémon could eat more, that would be impossible!

Because when you are trained in cooking, the quantity of each dish is strictly regulated. The simplest example is that the steamed buns and dumplings that Anjie makes are all about the same size.

If Anja and Munchlax can freely change the size of the buns and steamed buns (with a range of fluctuation), they can still eat them, but Anja won't get any happiness points.

Anjie has tried it himself.

Seeing that he already had 10 Happiness Points, Anjie casually gave Diancie, Munchlax, and Koala each 1 in wages. Munchlax worked a little harder every day, so Anjie gave it an extra 2000.

After receiving her salary, Anjie also collected her daily task rewards for the day, which were still just some ordinary ingredients, nothing special.

After a good night's sleep, Anjie had just finished washing up and stepped out of her room the next day when she saw Tianxi also coming out.

"Good morning, Tianxi," Ange said.

"Good morning, Angie," Tianxi said with a smile. "You paid us our wages last night!"

"Yes, that way you can buy whatever you want from the system store." Anjie nodded.

"A promising boss!" Diancie gave Ange a thumbs up, then went to Snorlax's room to wake it up.

After Munchlax woke up, Anjay and Munchlax prepared for today's stall together.

Halfway through their work, Kirullian came to Anja's house again.

"Kirlia, you're here again! How's Gardevoir?" Ange asked.

"Chiru~ Chiru~"

Kirlia nodded repeatedly, saying that Gardevoir really enjoyed last night's meal, and then returned the thermos she had taken the night before.

Kirlia couldn't help with cooking, so it helped Diancie clean the shop, tidy up the tables and chairs, and prepare everything for the Pokémon to come and have breakfast.

After all the preparations were completed, Anjie set off for the royal city. Chenglong was responsible for escorting him today.

While Ange was heading to the capital of Azot, Jimiya was having breakfast with Rakel.

Edward is too busy. So usually the siblings eat together.

Seeing her sister not touching the food in front of her, Rachel asked in confusion, "Sister, why aren't you eating? Don't you have an appetite?"

Jimmy said, "I've already made an appointment with Flamel to bring me breakfast from outside, so I won't eat today."

As she spoke, she waved her hand, and a maid stepped forward and took the breakfast away.

Hearing her sister's words, Rachel's eyes lit up. "Is the steamed buns and mantou that Flamel brought the ones you ate that morning?"

"Yes." Ji Meiya nodded.

Hearing this, Lakel immediately felt wronged. "Sister, you lied to me. You clearly promised to take me out to eat the day before yesterday, but you broke your promise."

Anjie didn't set up a stall the day before yesterday, so Ji Meiya didn't get to eat any herself.

Ji Meiya had originally planned to bring Rakel to eat with her today, but a sudden thought struck her, and she asked with a smile, "Rakel, do you know who made the steamed buns and mantou?"

"Who is it?" Raquel asked, puzzled.

"It is His Highness Anjie," Ji Meiya said.

"Your Highness Ange?" Rakel asked incredulously. "I heard rumors that Your Highness Ange is running a stall outside, selling... steamed buns and mantou?"

"That's right." Ji Meiya nodded. "If I hadn't eaten the buns and steamed bread that Flame brought, I wouldn't have been able to find His Highness's whereabouts."

Rachel muttered to himself, "So Prince Ange has such excellent culinary skills?"

Ji Meiya said with a half-smile, "Rakel, would you like to eat the steamed buns and mantou made by His Highness?"

"Yes!" Rachel nodded vigorously.

"Very good!" Ji Meiya's face revealed a triumphant smile. "Then you have to do as I say."

"Mmm~ I'll listen to whatever you say, sister." Rachel nodded repeatedly.

"Alright, go change into some casual clothes."

Before long, Prince Rakel and his Pokémon Squirtle were escorted out of the palace by guards arranged by the princess.

After seeing Rakella off, Gimya led Gardevoir toward the office area. In a good mood, she unconsciously started singing.

Halfway there, she saw Minister Jarvis walking towards her.

"Good morning, Princess Himeya." Jarvis greeted the princess.

Ji Meiya also greeted him politely, saying, "Good morning, Jarvis."

"Your Highness, have you seen Prince Rachel?" Jarvis asked.

"Rakel, he's out of the palace on business," Jimia replied.

"Leaving the palace?" Jarvis asked incredulously. "What would Prince Rakel be doing outside the palace? He has classes this morning..."

"Jarvis!" Princess Jimia suddenly interrupted him, "I think Raquel only needs to attend classes with you in the afternoons from now on. As for the mornings, he has other plans."

"Your Highness, this is against the rules!" Jarvis said angrily. "I am Prince Rakel's teacher; you have no right to do this!"

"I do!" said Ji Meiya. "I have the right to decide everything about Rakel! If you have any complaints, you can go and talk to my father."

Rachel was raised by her own hands; if she doesn't have the power, who does?!

"You..." Jarvis was furious.

Ji Meiya, not intending to continue arguing with Jarvis, turned to leave, but suddenly heard Jarvis say, "Your Highness, are you doing this because you fear Prince Rakel will learn more and compete with you for the throne?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Meiya flew into a rage, "Jarvis, how dare you! This is none of your business!"

Jarvis sneered, "What? Your Highness, are you angry because I hit a nerve?"

Ji Meiya narrowed her eyes. "Jarvis, you've gone too far, and your reach has become too long. Remember! Your only job is to properly teach Rachel; you don't need to worry about anything else! Otherwise, your time as Minister of Defense is over!"

Jarvis put away his sneer and bowed respectfully to Princess Jimia. "Yes, Jarvis will certainly follow Your Highness's teachings."

"Good to know." With that, Ji Meiya left without looking back.

As Jarvis watched Princess Jimia's retreating figure, a flickering light flashed in his eyes.

Book recommendation: "Beast Taming: Starting a Livestream from a Deserted Island in Another World"

The bad news is that this is a deserted island that no one has ever landed on.

Good news, this is a deserted island that has been visited by people.

(End of this chapter)