December 23, Tuesday.
Early that morning, the hardworking chef Qingyu was already busy in the kitchen, ready to show Cynthia what he could do on their last day here.
He would be heading to Sinnoh with Cynthia that afternoon, so this was his last day in Paldea for the year.
That called for a little surprise.
Although Qingyu claimed he wasn't much for ceremony, he still had a little sense of occasion.
But after an hour and a half of work, he suddenly realized-
He hadn't overestimated his sense of occasion, but he seemed to have underestimated his culinary prowess.
"Vee~"
Eevee drifted sleepily out of the bedroom, ready to hop onto the table as usual and urge its Trainer to serve breakfast through its actions.
But upon entering the kitchen and seeing Qingyu deep in thought, his head lowered over the indescribable lump of mush in his hands, Eevee quickly realized it might have been a little hasty today.
"Vee!"
With a shriek, Eevee immediately trotted back to the bedroom and pretended it hadn't woken up yet.
"..."
Seeing his Berry porridge scare Eevee off so effortlessly left Qingyu with mixed feelings.
If I took this stuff into the wild, would it work even better than Repel?
Could it be that all my talent points actually went into crafting items?
But it should taste fine. Every Berry is packed with nutrients. It just looks a little bad!
He scooped up a spoonful and put it in his mouth. At the strange texture, which had little flavor but felt oddly slick, Qingyu immediately fell silent.
Seems like it doesn't taste very good either?
Just as he seriously considered pouring his painstaking creation down the drain, the front door was suddenly pushed open from outside.
Then Miraidon walked into the kitchen,