Ralts wanted to learn to fly

As more tourists arrived, the ski resort near Kitakami Center had finished setting up over the past two days. The Haunted House, which had recently become quite popular, was there too, so plenty of tourists headed over to try it out.

Since the Haunted House limited the number of challengers allowed inside, Administrator Yao Qian had cleverly arranged for a Kitakami Barbecue Shop to open across from it, keeping waiting tourists from catching a chill out in the wind.

Mingyou really wanted to make a snarky comment about that, but it had indeed solved a problem for him...

Today, drawing on her earlier experience, Iono had finally cleared one of the challenges. After ending her livestream and stepping outside, she ran into some viewers who had come all the way from Paldea and was happily chatting with them.

Mingyou did not go over to interrupt. Instead, he mounted Wyrdeer, planning to buy everything he needed for Christmas at Momozawa Shop first, then head home and decorate the Manor with Ogerpon and the others.

But just as he reached the vicinity of Momozawa Shop, he suddenly received a message...

"She's already back?"

Mingyou was a little surprised. The message was from Akari, who was currently at Carmine's house and wanted to invite him over.

"Yoo, yoo~"

Wyrdeer was delighted to hear that Akari had returned, too. There was no time to waste. The Christmas decorations could wait a little longer; they would go see Akari first. It had been ages since they last met...

Carmine's house stood at the northernmost edge of Verdant Town. It was a little out of the way, but it came into view as soon as they stepped onto the street leading there.

Although her family's property was quite large, it looked much older than the other