An Order from Sabrina in Saffron City

The day after the Festival of Masks...

Sinistcha hadn't come back with them last night. It wanted to play outside a little longer. Mingyou had already ordered materials for making tea bowls online, though, and planned to get started when he had time in a few days.

The Manor welcomed a new group of residents today: the chubby squirrels that had chased after Berries with Munchlax and the others last night.

Munchlax had told them there was food here too, so they had all come looking. The Manor was lively from early morning.

"Don't fight, everyone. There's plenty to eat here, and lots of Fruit left."

Drawn downstairs by the commotion, Mingyou reminded the Skwovet and Greedent that they could pick fruit whenever they wanted, but they shouldn't take it away to hoard without eating it.

He knew the squirrels had a habit of storing food. But Fruit wasn't Berries, and without a special way to preserve it, it usually wouldn't keep for long.

Fortunately, Munchlax was there. It had taken all the squirrels under its wing last night, and they listened to it. They knew following it meant full bellies.

They had also brought Mingyou a pile of cards.

[Greedent (Lv. 1): Use on a pine tree to turn it into a plump pine tree. Its plump pine nuts have a chance to grant a move (Hyper Voice, Body Slam, Bullet Seed, Stuff Cheeks, Belly Drum, Last Resort).]

Skwovet ×17, Greedent ×3.

Looking at the cards in his hand, Mingyou suddenly thought of something. Now that all these squirrels had come here, would the Ogre-Exorcism Festival need to hire extras to snatch the Berries?

Whatever. The Ogre-Exorcism Festival would be better off canceled. He couldn't make Kitakami cancel it now, but one day he would!

"All right,