Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Led by the old lady, Ash and his friends each chose a room.

In the past, when they were at the Pokémon Center, they always stayed in one room. To avoid trouble, Ash and his friends planned to continue their usual practice. However, the old lady said that it was too crowded for three people to share a room, and since there was no one else around, she arranged a room for each of them.

Of course, Ash and his friends couldn't find a reason to refuse; after all, who wouldn't want to sleep in a bigger place? So they all readily accepted.

"Well then, I'll go prepare dinner for you all now. Please make yourselves at home here."

Standing at the top of the stairs, the old lady spoke so happily, as if the arrival of Xiaozhi and his friends was the greatest help to her, even though it was Xiaozhi and his friends who had come to bother her today.

"Well, let me help you prepare too. I'm quite confident in my cooking skills."

Xiao Gang naturally wanted to help, since the old lady's eyesight and memory weren't very good, and it must be quite difficult for her to prepare dinner for so many people.

However, the old lady simply shook her head slowly and declined.

"Where else can you find a hotel that lets guests do their own cooking? Although I'm quite old, preparing dinner is still a piece of cake for me. Back in the day, my cooking always received rave reviews from all the guests who stayed there."

The old man smiled, his wrinkles seeming to smile too, looking so kind and gentle. He looked at Xiaozhi and the others as if he were his own grandson.

"All right......"

Watching the old man's retreating figure as he went downstairs, Xiao Gang felt somewhat helpless.

After all, she had already said that, so Xiaogang couldn't very well insist on helping her, could he? The old woman's reason for wanting to prepare dinner for them by herself was probably just out of nostalgia.

"She seems... a little pitiful..."

At that moment, Xiao Guang's words revealed the feelings of everyone.

This is Eternal Forest, one of the most representative primeval forests in the entire Sinnoh region. The forest is so vast, and this villa is so tiny. Every year, many trainers pass through Eternal Forest, but how many of them actually pass through here, enter here, and chat with the old man?

The thing that elderly people of this age fear most is loneliness... Although the environment of Baidai Forest is very good, it ultimately lacks a bit of human warmth and liveliness.

"They should...have family members too, right?"

Yami and Chansey also looked somewhat disappointed. Anyone would have the same thought if they were in such a primeval forest with an old man like this.

The old woman mentioned that she had a spouse, but she hadn't seen him for a long time, so he must have passed away... The old woman has a bad memory, and from her own description, it seems that she has no other family members, but maybe she just forgot?

If that's the case, then that's truly tragic.

And so, each of them returned to their rooms with mixed feelings. Finding a place to take shelter from the rain on such a rainy day should have been a good thing, but none of them were happy.

......

Xiao Zhi put down his backpack and sat on the soft bed.

The bed was large, clean, and tidy, with not a speck of dust on the windowsill.

It's definitely too clean.

Xiao Zhi thought to himself.

The mansions that stand tall in the quiet forest are definitely the favorite gathering place for Ghost-type Pokémon, and Ghost-type Pokémon usually have a mischievous personality and like to scare passing travelers.

What about here?

Ash had been on guard from the beginning, but no matter how careful he was, he couldn't find any key clues. The temperature inside the room wasn't very low, so it was obviously not a Gastly-type Pokémon. The old man's appearance didn't seem to be a creation or illusion made up by a Ghost-type Pokémon.

"Pikachu, do you sense anything unusual?"

"Skin?"

Pikachu tilted its head, looking puzzled as to why Ash was asking such a question.

Well, it seems Pikachu didn't sense anything either. Could it be that I was just overthinking it?

Ash lay on the bed and closed his eyes, deciding not to think about so many questions anymore. After all, even if they were Ghost-type Pokémon, they would only play pranks at most. The kind of Ghost-type Pokémon with a bad personality who likes to hurt people are still a very small minority.

Even if I were to actually meet him, I'm confident I could defeat him.

.......

Time passed slowly, and no one knew how much time had gone by. Just when they were about to think that something had happened to the old lady, her voice finally came from downstairs—

"Everything's ready, you can come down for dinner now!"

The voice floated in the air, as if it had entered directly into everyone's minds, but no one, including Ash, found it strange.

They simply opened the door, then slowly walked down the stairs to the restaurant.

......

Sitting at the dining table, Xiaozhi and the others initially thought dinner would be quite ordinary, since only the old man lived in the mansion, and the food reserves shouldn't be very large. However—

"this......"

"What a feast!?"

"Are all of this for us to eat?!"

"I never expected this..."

Looking at the table full of all kinds of delicacies, Ash and his friends were shocked.

From meat to vegetables to fruit, from stir-frying to boiling to deep-frying.

The dishes on this table are of a standard comparable to those in a high-end hotel, both in terms of variety and abundance. Who would have thought that these dishes came from such a remote and desolate place?

"This...it's really too much trouble for you."

"I'm so sorry..."

Xiao Guang and Ya Mi both expressed their gratitude and apologies to the old man, but the old man simply shook his head and said casually:

"It's okay...after all, I can't eat that much by myself."

The old man's words completely put Xiao Guang and Ya Mi at ease. After the old man said, "I'm going to start eating!" they immersed themselves in the delicious food on the table.

However, Ash and Brock had their own doubts.

Xiao Gang wondered where this table of food, with its varying storage conditions and types, came from, since there was no place to store food in the kitchen, not even a refrigerator.

What Ash was wondering was—

Why is there no sound when I cook?

After closing his eyes in the room, Xiao Zhi did not sleep, but listened closely to the sounds below. However, even in this Western-style house with little soundproofing, the old man made no sound while cooking.

.......

P.S.: Daily request for a gift~