"Dian, what would you like to eat today?"
After watching Oddish run outside, Azisa asked with a smile, "How about I make some pizza? We have plenty of ingredients anyway."
"Pizza?"
That reminded Dian that he still had some Beedrill honey. He immediately took out a small bottle. "This is Beedrill honey. See if you can use it."
"You have honey?!"
Azisa clapped her hands. "Perfect! I was going to add some Gloom nectar."
Gloom nectar!
Dian's expression stiffened. He had heard it was incredibly sweet, but it was still Gloom nectar, no matter how you looked at it. That wasn't something a mere mortal like him could stomach.
Azisa picked up the honey on the table and headed into the kitchen, humming as she went. She seemed to be in a good mood.
That made sense. She had recently published part of her research, and it seemed to have been very well received.
After preparing a special lunch for Hoppip, Dian began reading the paper published by the Suzuki Research Institute.
Meanwhile, Beedrill and Misdreavus had taken packed lunches to the lakeside to train, saving him quite a bit of trouble.
Dian skimmed through the document in his hands, skipping unnecessary verbiage and marking the important passages so he could revisit them later.
Before long, he had picked out the key points of the Suzuki Research Institute's paper and committed them to memory, though he had yet to fully digest them.
He paid particular attention to memorizing the two names at the end.
Although Suzuki was listed as the author, Sega's name followed right after.
Dian set down the document and closed his eyes in thought.
Growth promotion—that was the central idea this paper sought to convey.
The Suzuki Research Institute's paper treated each Grass-type Pokémon as an individual,