Chapter 1295: Melmetal and Calyrex

“Magikarp for sale! Top-quality Magikarp here! Look at their size, each one is a king among fish. Buy one and it won’t be long before it evolves into Gyarados, helping you pass the Gym exam! Only 998 each! Hurry up and buy!”

“Takoyaki, steaming hot, freshly made takoyaki!”

“We have souvenirs of The King of Bountiful Harvests here! Come and buy! Rare wooden carvings same as Calyrex, not sold elsewhere, once you leave Porto Marinada Town, you won’t find them again!”

The shouts of vendors echoed continuously at the night market.

Visitors from out of town and their Pokemon wandered among the stalls with curiosity, the atmosphere at the market was bustling.

Naoki and Lono were mingling among the vendors, with Naoki in the back organizing goods together with Koraidon, while Lono and Ogerpon handed sugar-coated haws to customers with a smile.

Magnemite and Pawmo were sitting on a stool, occasionally sparking with electricity, powering the colorful lights above the stall.

A Trainer who had once challenged Levincia Gym recognized Naoki and Lono.

The girl was surprised: “Miss Lono! Mr. Naoki! What are you doing here?”

Lono: “Because this is our home!”

The girl suddenly noticed Lono’s midsection, and her eyes widened in disbelief: “Miss Lono, is that a baby in your belly?”

Lono gently stroked her belly, then nodded with a smile: “That’s right, six months already!”

The girl was stunned.

At this moment, a boy ran over and placed money on the stall: “Boss, I want three skewers of sugar-coated haws!”

“Poniiii~”

Ogerpon cheerfully picked up three skewers and handed them to him, the boy excitedly returned to his parents with the sugar-coated haws.

The girl also turned her attention to the stall in front of her, looked at her Pokemon, then said: “I’ll take two!”

“…”

The popularity of the sugar-coated haws exceeded Naoki’s expectations; just an hour into the festival, most of their stock was sold out.

Luckily, as the evening progressed, most of the visitors started to climb the mountain path towards the Abundant Shrine to witness the festival.

Only a sparse few remained at the night market, and the stalls gradually became quiet.

Naoki took out two bottles of water from his bag and handed them to Ogerpon and Lono, asking, “How do you feel?”

Ogerpon: “Poniii~!”

Lono chuckled: “Before today, I never had such an experience; it’s so fascinating!”

“Isn’t it?” Naoki grinned.

What’s important isn’t selling sugar-coated haws, but being part of the lively market, blending into the environment, which can’t be compared to setting up a stall in town.”

“Next time, we can bring the baby along to set up the stall.” Lono looked at her belly again.

With ten months of pregnancy, Naoki calculated the time carefully; almost after this winter, their child would be born.

Hearing this, the surrounding Pokemon also curiously looked at Lono’s belly.

Ogerpon cautiously approached: “Poniii?”

Is there really a baby inside?

Seeing Ogerpon’s curious look, Lono gently nodded, saying: “You can touch it if you want!”

“Poniii?!” Ogerpon was taken aback.

It looked at Lono’s belly, finally unable to resist curiosity and carefully extended its hand.

As soon as its hand touched the belly, it immediately felt a movement inside.

“Poniii!” Ogerpon exclaimed and withdrew its hand quickly.

“That’s the baby!” Lono said.

Ogerpon calmed down and became even more curious, circling around Lono, trying to interact more with the baby inside.

Pawmo also couldn’t help but fly forward, eager to try.

When the baby is born, it surely will make friends with the baby!

“The baby will definitely like all of you.” Lono said.

Naoki and Koraidon sat aside, smiling at this warm scene; he could already imagine the picture of the Pokemon playing with the baby when it’s born.

Just then, Naoki’s Rotom Phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He took it out and saw a message from Sonia.

[Sonia: Mr. Naoki, I’ve found the hideout of the mysterious hero!]

Naoki was slightly startled, then immediately reacted, Sonia had found Melmetal!

Noticing his reaction, Lono looked over: “What’s wrong?”

“The investigation I entrusted Sonia with has seen progress.” Naoki answered Lono while quickly replying to Sonia’s message.

[King Wing: Where is it?]

[Sonia: Map link]

Sonia sent a location directly, Naoki clicked in, and the screen automatically switched to the Galar Region map.

Sonia’s current location was conspicuously among the mountains west of Stow-on-Side Town.

[Sonia: I visited it for an investigation before; overall, the situation doesn’t look very optimistic. Are you free tomorrow, Mr. Naoki? Would you like to come and take a look yourself?]

Situation not very optimistic?

What does that mean?

No matter how much he thought, Naoki couldn’t figure out the answer and decided to go to the Galar Region the next day to check the situation.

Time slowly passed, the Bountiful Festival gradually reached its end, the tourists yawned and left one after another, and surrounding stalls began to pack up, ready to go home.