Amber City

"Roselia~"

The small green Grass-type Pokémon, with spikes growing from its head, tended the red and blue roses on its hands.

It sniffed the red rose on its right hand, then rested its head on its left hand and savored the fragrance.

All kinds of flowers bloomed around it. Several Bibarel were gathering grass to repair their round huts.

Yesterday, a human Trainer had appeared out of nowhere with a fierce Pokémon that used Sandstorm and picked a fight with a nearby flock of Taillow.

The Bibarel would not have minded a fight. The problem was that, midway through it, the Gray-Green Pokémon had suddenly roared as if enraged and unleashed a terrifying Sandstorm. It swept across the area, toppling several nearby trees and blowing away their round huts for good measure.

The Bibarel were furious. Someone else had started a fight, and they were the ones who suffered. If the human had not had the sense to come over and compensate them with food, they would have... Well, they would have had to put up with it anyway. What a tragic life for a Bibarel.

Suddenly—

"Bonsly!!"

A deafening wail rang out from far away. It sounded a little like a Bonsly crying.

"Larvitar, that's a Pokémon, not food."

Dian spoke to Larvitar beside him while collecting research samples.

After nearly a month in the wild, Larvitar no longer looked newly hatched. It had also stopped using Screech unless it had to. Its love of food and habit of guarding it, however, had not changed at all.

"Lar!"

Only then did Larvitar realize that what it had bitten was not an oddly shaped rock, but the Rock-type Pokémon Bonsly.

"Bonsly, Bonsly, Bonsly..."

Bonsly kept crying. It already disliked the damp forest. After finally finding a dry place and settling