For lunch, Tong Hua had specially made some entirely vegetarian dishes for the big family of Buneary and Lopunny who had saved Grovyle.
They were Grovyle's benefactors, and Fairy Tale Ranch's benefactors too.
From now on, they would also be friends of Fairy Tale Ranch.
"Bun-bun~"
As the Buneary and Lopunny ate Tong Hua's cooking, expressions of utter happiness and satisfaction appeared on every face.
After living in the wild for so long, they had never tasted such exquisite, delicious food! Every bite seemed to dance on their tongues, full of fresh, natural flavors and just the right amount of seasoning.
"Min-min!" Minccino puffed out his chest proudly, as though he had made all these dishes himself.
But when he saw Purrloin beside him splashing sauce everywhere as she ate, his little face fell at once.
"Meow?"
Noticing Minccino's gaze, Purrloin elegantly licked her sauce-stained paw and tilted her head with an innocent expression, as though she were not the one who had made this mess.
"Min-min!"
"Honestly, your table manners are awful!" Minccino hopped over indignantly, picked up a little napkin, and began wiping the sauce from Purrloin's face and paws.
"Tch, your sleeping habits are worse, meow-"
Purrloin remembered how her blanket had often been pulled away at night lately. Whenever she woke up in the morning, she found Minccino wrapped up like a rice dumpling, having rolled to the foot of the bed at some point-
"Sometimes I really want to tie you to the bed and see if you can still roll around, meow-"
As she spoke, Purrloin enjoyed Minccino's service, lazily narrowing her eyes and purring comfortably.
At the outdoor dining table, Tong Hua watched the two little ones interact and suddenly laughed aloud.
Lucario was grinning and snickering openly too, as though trying to