“…… I didn't come to Mt. Tsukimi to work, but to take care of them. Nika hesitated for a moment, and finally said.

The lover was a little surprised by this answer, and opened his mouth, but in the end he waited for him to follow.

Nika didn't sell it, but after a while, she explained, "Seven years ago, when I first became a researcher at the Science Museum in Nibi City, it was when Moonstone and Rare Elf Skins burst out of Moonsee Mountain. ”

"Every day, countless trainers come to Moonsee Mountain to find the Moon Stone, and at the same time, they intend to subdue the rare elf Pipsqueak."

"I was sent over by the museum for regular patrols, and I ran into a trio called Team Rocket attacking a Pipsqueak."

"After I tried to save Pipsqueak, that Pipsqueak took me to the secret realm of their people's life, where the entire Moonmiyama of Pipsqueak and Pixie lived."

Caught in the reminiscences, Nika's face was filled with excitement, as if being brought to the secret realm of their life had a special meaning to him.

"Pipsqueak and Pixie are the cutest Pokémon, and the short time with them made me, as a researcher at the museum, feel the warm friendship between humans and Pokémon."

"It was my ideal and warm scene, and it was what I have always dreamed of since I was a child."

Nika pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose with a happy look on her face.

"And then?" The lover asked curiously.

"After that, I decided to live with Pippi, and Pippi's happiness is my happiness." Nika said.

"Living with Pippi?" Nika's words made the lover feel a little strange.

"Yes, it's just living together, even if there are no Poké Balls, humans and Pokémon can still understand each other~"

"When I met Pippi, I couldn't help but be pushed to a climax of emotion and excitement......"

When it comes to Pipsqueak and Pixie, Nika seems to be a different person, not at all as cautious and cautious as she was just now.

The whole person emerged from the inside out, and the love revealed in his expression and words made his whole person shine.

Looking at Nika's exaggerated description, he couldn't help but turn his head and smile at the dumb beasts on the picnic mat next to him.

"This is a guy who loves Pokémon but is a little offbeat." The lover thought to himself.

The same is full of love for Pokémon:

Some people go on the path of trainers and go on travel adventures with Pokémon.

Some people have embarked on the path of researchers, getting along with Pokémon day and night, and delving into the knowledge of Pokémon.

……

Like Nika, because he likes them, he decides to live with them, even though his expression is a bit strange.

But the nature of love for Pokémon has not changed.

As for Nika's statement that between humans and Pokémon, there is no need for Poké Balls to establish a deep bond, and the lover agrees.

Nowadays, even if someone steals the Pokémon of his Pokémon, the eagle will not follow the other party's instructions.

Even if it is compared to an eagle or a stupid beast...... Their Poké Balls are destroyed, and they are believed to be at his disposal, treating them as their own trainers.

His emotional bond with the eagles has long surpassed the shackles of Poké Balls.

"Mr. Nika has been living with Pipsqueak for a long time."

"yes, I've been living with them for seven or eight years, and I work at the museum with two days off a week, and I come to Moonsee Mountain on weekends to stay with them."

“……”

“……”

Different people have different dreams to pursue, and he is very interested in an alternative researcher like Nika.

The two of them have lunch together and talk about his life with Pippi.

A man in his twenties who is in the prime of his life can accompany Pipsqueak for ten years, and this pure and sincere emotion is moving.

"Do you want to go to the place where I live with Pipsqueak?" After lunch, seeing that her lover was tidying up, Nika suddenly invited.

"Is that okay?" The lover asked, and it was clear from Nika's cautious attitude that he liked them very much, so he was also protecting them from outside trainers.

"Of course you can, because the beloved-kun is not a bad guy who covets Pippi and the Moon Stone." Nika's smile was genuine.

"Thank you for your trust, I won't reveal anything about Pipsqueak to anyone else."

"I believe you ......"

After packing up his things, the lover beckoned a few Pokémon to go, reassuring Nika.

"Dumb, Xiaolu, you two use your superpowers and waveguides to sense the surroundings and see if anyone is watching us."

Nika led the lover towards the mossy grotto passage in the rock face of the mountain, where he cautiously stopped him, then looked at the Dumb Beast and Lucario.

"Whoa—"

"Whew-"

The two pets are accustomed to the caution of their beloved, and the Silly Beast radiates out its superpowers, and Lucario also blows a warm wave guide wind.

Superpower radar scanning, waveguide thermal imaging——

With the beloved people as the center, all traces of life within a few kilometers of the surrounding diameter were sensed by the two Pokémon.

"You are, you are." Nika looked a little puzzled by his lover's pull-on.

"The superpower of the Dumbbeast and Lucario's waveguide have the effect of sensing danger and malice."

"Search to see if anyone is snooping or following us, it's a matter of keeping Pipsqueak safe, it's always right to be careful."

The lover explained, then looked at the Dumbbeast and Lucario, who shook their heads to indicate that no one was following them.

It's a wilderness here, at least half a day's walk from Nibi City, and it's rare to be able to meet Nika in the wild.

"I feel like my lover, you are so mature and stable." Seeing that her lover was so thoughtful, Nika admired it very much.

"No way, I've experienced too many dangers, so in order not to let my family worry about me, it's always right to be careful when you go out."

Seeing Nika looking at him with admiration, the lover also explained with a smile.

"Mmmmmm......" Nika nodded like a chicken pecking rice, admiring the talented trainer in front of him, who was very famous in the trainer circle.

After scouting and seeing that no one was following him, Nika led the way.

The lover took the eagle and the ironclad shell back to the treasure ball, took the dumb beast, the green vine snake, and Lucario, and then followed the man in the white coat into the cave passage.

……

In the previous life, there was an idiom called the three holes of the cunning rabbit, which literally means to describe the cunning rabbit will make several nests to hide itself.

However, after following Nika into the cave passage, the good man found that there were not only the three caves of the cunning rabbit, but the thousand caves of the cunning rabbit.

But there is a saying, 'A thousand caves are blessed, peace and worry-free'.

……

There will be a fork in the road every time you walk a distance, and each fork in the road has a fork in the road with 3~5 branches.

If someone comes in, the lover believes that the other person will get lost.

Of course, it is not easy to lose his lover in these passages, after all, the superpower of the Dumb Beast and Lucario's waveguide can be used to explore the way.

If you really can't, you can also ask wild Pokémon for directions.

With the Silly Beast acting as an interpreter, there will be no communication barriers between the lover and the wild Pokémon.