That night, Naoki moved the three oak barrels of fruit wine to the Pokémon Tavern.

With the arrival of business hours, Pokémon from the town have come to the tavern one after another.

Naoki wiped his wine glass on the side, and his sister, the waiter, welcomed the guests warmly.

"Love~" (Welcome~)

When the two monsters saw Naoki coming here today, they couldn't help but have a surprised expression on their faces.

Naoki glanced at them and asked, "The tavern is new today, do you want to have a drink?" ”

"Neahem?" The monsters stared wide-eyed.

Naoki introduced them to the newly arrived three-barrel cider:

"These are wines made from tree fruits, and the one on the left is peach fruit wine, which tastes sweet and has the effect of curing poisoning."

"The one in the middle is a wine made with cherry blossom fruit, the taste is spicy, drink a glass in winter, the body will soon warm up, and it also has the effect of curing paralysis, if you get the paralysis powder of the grass attribute Pokémon and the electromagnetic wave of the electric attribute Pokémon, you can be cured immediately if you drink a cup."

"And the barrel on the right is made of pomelo fruit, its taste is sweet and sour, if you drink that glass when you are tired, your strength will soon recover!"

"Neahem!"

Hearing these effects, the monsters looked surprised.

They looked left and right, and some were unsure of what they were going to drink today.

Seeing this, Naoki asked, "Did you go out to work today?" ”

"Neahem."

The monsters shook their heads, it had been snowing heavily recently, and Kerry had taken a vacation and had been staying at home to rest and not going out to work.

"That's it!" Naoki turned around and took out two wine glasses: "Then I recommend you to try Sakura fruit wine, which is the best thing to drink in this weather." ”

"Ni cough~"

The two monsters happily agreed, the distance between the pasture and the town was not very close, they had to walk for a long time every day, and the muscles on their bodies had long been frozen by the cold wind and snow.

Naoki poured them two cups of Sakura fruit wine, and the two monsters took a coin from under their belts and placed it on the table.

Undoubtedly, this is their cost of today.

After paying the money, the monsters took the cherry blossom fruit wine to the wine table and tasted it slowly.

Naoki observes what they look like.

After taking the first sip of the fruit wine, the two strange faces immediately turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Immediately afterward, their mouths began to emit intense gasps.

"Neahem!" (Spicy!) It's spicy! ）

However, at this moment, one of the strange forces suddenly felt that his body was rapidly becoming warmer.

And the spicy feeling in the mouth is not as obvious as just now, but there is a feeling that people can't get enough.

Strange force was taken aback: "Ni cough...!" (Body... The body is warmed up)

Naoki looked at this scene with a smile, and said to his sister Caretaker next to him, "It seems that they are used to Sakura fruit wine!" ”

"Love~"

Naoki then picked up the coin given by the strange force.

At first, he thought it was a small-denomination alliance coin, but when he saw it clearly, he realized that it was not an alliance coin at all, but an ancient gold coin!

The gold coin is stamped with a strange and ornate pattern, which is very precious at first glance.

If it's gold, it's worth a lot of money!

Naoki was surprised, where did the two monsters get it?

Thinking about it, Naoki also asked.

Hearing this question, one of them, who felt warm all over his body, replied with a happy face:

"Neahem." (We picked it up in the corner of the warehouse.) ）

"Warehouse? Kerry's warehouse? Naoki immediately thought of the large room behind Kerry's workshop.

The monsters nodded: "Ni cough~" (That's right~)

Naoki was speechless: "...... Could this have been handed down to her by Kerry's ancestors? ”

Hearing this, the two monsters also heard what Naoki meant.

They hurriedly shook their heads: "Ni cough Ni cough!" (No, it wasn't before!) We only saw it in the warehouse yesterday, and Kerry gave them to us to come over to the tavern and get a drink! ）

"That's right......" Naoki nodded thoughtfully.

It's a little weird, it wasn't before, it only appeared yesterday......

Suddenly, the name of a Pokémon came to Naoki's mind.

Suo Cailing!

It's a Pokémon born from the passion that seeps into a coin!

They will always wander around with a gold coin on their backs, hiding in various places in the Padia region, but as soon as they feel someone approaching, the Pokémon will immediately run away.

Because of this, it seems that no trainer in the Padia region has succeeded in capturing it.

Could it be that this coin is the coin of Suo Cailing?

Naoki hadn't seen a Pokémon like Suo Cailing yet, so he wasn't sure for a while.

After a moment of thought, he placed the coin in a prominent place on the wine shelf.

If it's really a coin from the Fortune Spirit, then the Fortune Hunter will definitely chase it after it in order to retrieve the coin.

At this time, another Pokémon guest patronized the tavern.

Naoki stopped thinking and began to help his sister love the housekeeper entertain these Pokémon guests.

When he got busy, he forgot about the coin.

Gradually, the night deepened.

The guests left the tavern one by one, and Naoki closed the tavern and returned home with his old Leton and his sister Steward, who had been waiting for him.

After some washing, they turned off the lights in their rooms and went to bed.

And when all the lights in the pasture were extinguished and everything fell silent, a little man who had been hiding in the dark and was only ten centimeters tall came out of the corner.

It cautiously observed its surroundings to see that there was no danger, and then came to the wooden house, looking up and busy with the huge wooden door in front of it.

It leaned down through the crack in the door into the dark room, and at a glance saw the glittering gold coin that had been placed high on the wine shelf.

"Ding!"

The Pokémon let out a cry of delight, then struggled to climb onto the table, jumped hard, and jumped onto the wine rack.

It picked the coin back up, looked left and right, and finally disappeared into the darkness with the coin on its back.

*

Early the next morning, Naoki, who was having breakfast, suddenly remembered the coin he had received from the monster yesterday.

So after breakfast, he hurried to the tavern without stopping.

Pushing open the door, my eyes on the empty wine rack.

It's gone!

That coin is gone!

Naoki's eyes widened, he clearly remembered that he had placed the coin there when the door closed last night!

And now......

It must have been the one who lost the coin and took it!

At this time, the dreamy baby bear who followed him over suddenly noticed a series of small footprints on the snow.

They hurriedly called out to Naoki: "One! ”

Naoki turned around and noticed a series of small footprints that stretched from outside the pasture to the area.

According to the footprints, the owner of the footprints entered the tavern, but there were no footprints to leave.

This means that the Fortune Spirit has been in the tavern ever since!

"Sure enough!"

Whether it is in the form of a treasure chest or a walking form, this Pokémon likes to lurk in the corners of warehouses and item shops, such as places where people or Pokémon are rarely encountered.

The trekking form is fine, but the treasure chest form is often mistaken for an antique, and is taken away or sold to an antique shop.

Dream and Baby Bear are still studying footprints.

And Naoki has figured out who the owner of the footprints is.

Obviously, it's a trekking Fortune Spirit.

Speaking of Fortune Spirit, this is a Pokémon that is very special in terms of ecology and evolution.

They were born during the kingdom about 1,500 years ago, from the passion of ancient explorers and treasure hunters who infiltrated treasure chests and gold coins.

And the way it evolved is unique.

That is, collect all 999 ancient gold coins of the Kingdom of Pardea to evolve into a Saifu Tycoon.

999 ancient gold coins, this evolution condition is too harsh, ordinary people can't do it at all, even some rich people want to collect these ancient gold coins It takes a lot of effort.

Naoki is curious and wants to meet this special Pokémon Sokari.

He walked into the tavern with his feet up, his eyes sweeping every inch of the tavern, but he didn't find Suo Cailing.

Seeing this, Naoki begins to seek Dream's help.

"Hero, can you use your superpowers to help me explore my room? I always felt like there was a strange breath hiding here. ”

Hearing this, the helpful dream readily agreed.

“miu！”

It flew into the tavern, closed its eyes, and released a wave of supernatural thoughts from its body.

Immediately afterward, layers of transparent ripples rippled in the air.

Fantastic superpowers cover the entire tavern,

Everything here is hidden from its detection.

After a few moments, Dream opened its eyes, and it turned and flew to the cabinet under the bar.

“miu？”

Is it there?

Naoki hurriedly stepped forward and cautiously opened the cabinet door under the gaze of Dream and Baby Bear.

Immediately after, they saw a small figure in the cabinet, the Pokémon was nervously clutching the gold coin in its arms, half of its body hiding in the dark.

"Wow!" It's really Suo Cailing!

Naoki's eyes lit up instantly.

Dream and Baby Bear also looked at this Pokémon they had never seen before.

However, this Suo Cai Ling showed a panicked expression.

It was startled, quickly threw away the gold coin in its hand, turned around and began to run away.

Naoki: "......"

Now he finally knows how the players in the game get their coins.

Seeing Suo Cailing escape, Baby Bear and Dream were also taken aback.

They looked at Suo Cailing in confusion, and the baby bear tried to call it: "One! ”

But it didn't work.

Naoki: "...... It's useless, the characteristic of Suo Cailing is to escape, as long as it doesn't want to be caught, it can definitely escape. ”

“miu……”

Dream didn't understand why this Pokémon ran away.

And Naoki had already chased out the door, shouting outside:

"Suo Cailing, you don't have to be afraid, we have no malicious intentions! I won't take your gold coins, just leave them here! You can come and pick it up at any time, you are also welcome to stay in the tavern, and we won't bother you anymore if you don't want to! ”

Naoki didn't know if Suo Cailing had heard, but after he put the coin back in its place, he took the old Leton and started to work on today's snow shoveling.

Dream and Baby Bear start playing in the ranch.

They are ready to rest in the pasture for a while before going on a trip.

Naoki said that the New Year is coming soon.

For human beings, the Chinese New Year is a day of family reunion, no matter where the other person is, they will rush home to meet their families.

The baby bear loves the festival like this, so he and Dream decide to wait until after the Chinese New Year to continue the expedition.

While Naoki and Gu Leton are working, Dream and Baby Bear come to the glass flower house to explore.

Here, they saw a Pokémon with a big head and a loving look in its eyes.

Yesterday the Thundercrown King was not at the ranch, and he rode to the back mountain on a ghost horse to pray for the souls of the departed Pokémon.

Therefore, Baby Bear and Dream have not yet met the Thunder Crown.

And after seeing these two little guys, Lei Guanwang was a little surprised at first, and then smiled at them.

"I'm the King of the Thunder Crown, and I'm a friend of Naoki, so I'm glad to meet you."

"One?" The baby bear blinked, tilted his head and looked curiously at the Pokémon in front of him.

And Dream felt a hint of the breath of the World Tree from the Pokémon in front of him.

It instantly understood: "miu" (You were the one who cultivated the World Tree!) ）

Hearing this, the Thundercrown King was a little surprised, he didn't expect this little Pokémon to be able to feel it.

Lei Guanwang bowed slightly: "That's right, I did it, the World Tree is the source of life, and I am honored to be able to participate in it and help it grow." ”

The baby bear was very surprised: "One! (That's amazing!) ）

Dream's eyes widened slightly, and then a happy smile appeared on her face: "Miu! (We'll help out too!) ）

The Thunder Crown King smiled slightly, just as Dream could feel his power, he could also feel the ancient and exuberant aura and energy of the Pokémon in front of him.

This Pokémon named Dream is clearly not as weak as its petite and cute appearance.

On the contrary, it is an ancient Pokémon that has been in this world for a long time.

Thinking of this, Lei Guanwang raised his hand to summon the Horror Pot and the Lai Sorrow Tea, and sent a tea party invitation to the baby bear and Dream in front of him.

"Would you like a cup of tea?"

Dream and Baby Bear winked, then happily agreed.

"Yime~"

“miu～”

*

In the afternoon, Naoki took time out to go to the tavern.

He opened the door under the bar and saw that the ancient gold coin he had placed inside was gone.

Apparently, the Fortune Seeker had returned and carried the coin away.

I don't know if it heard what I said before......

After a little thought, Naoki still invited the hero, and asked him to help him investigate.

Once again, Dream unleashed his superpowers.

After a moment, it reopened its eyes, its gaze locked on a more secluded corner.

Naoki asked in a whisper, "Is it still there?" ”

Dream nodded: "Miu! ”

Naoki suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it's good that it's still there.

At the very least, this means that Suo Cailing heard what he said before.

This volume is almost over.,The first half of this book is also going to end.,Zhu Zi's DLC has been released.,Yesterday I got through the plot.,Barely found some key information from it.,The follow-up plot is determined.,The outline of this book can finally be perfected.,Happy!

(End of chapter)