A lavish lunch was soon ready. Since it was a housewarming banquet, Lu Li planned to make a real feast, one that was at least more lavish than the last one.
Yu Lili stared longingly at the food on the table. If the dishes had all been served and Lu Li were not still busy in the kitchen, she would have started eating already.
Worried about wasting food, Yu Lili impatiently called out, "Lu Li, this is about enough. The two of us can't eat that much."
"It's fine, there's only one last dish left." As Lu Li spoke, he carried a pot out of the kitchen. The moment he set it on the table and lifted the lid, an alluring fragrance instantly spread through the villa.
Even Charmander was drawn in by the smell.
"This is..." Yu Lili looked at the dish on the table in astonishment.
Lu Li introduced it with a smile. "Braised Slowpoke Tail. I never expected the decoration company people to be so generous that they'd leave behind such a precious ingredient."
Slowpoke Tail was a rare ingredient that ordinary people might not be able to buy even if they had money.
In this world, humans were strictly prohibited from harming Pokémon without cause. Long ago, humans had preyed on Pokémon, but after the League was established, such behavior had been strictly prohibited.
But it was impossible to cut everything off completely, as with precious ingredients like Slowpoke Tail.
Unlike other Pokémon, Slowpoke's tail was renewable. Once Slowpoke reached a certain age, it had to shed its tail regularly, much like a snake shedding its skin.
Some clever merchants had set their sights on this trait of Slowpoke, raising them on a large scale and collecting their tails on schedule.
A single Slowpoke Tail could