Tong Hua was in high spirits, and his hands moved all the more deftly.
He carefully spooned a little of Dolliv's olive oil into the frying pan, and a delicate fragrance instantly spread through the air.
Then he pinched a little of Naclstack's rock salt between his fingers and sprinkled it evenly over the prepared Berries and bread.
Within minutes, Tong Hua had breakfast ready. The two B-Rank seasonings made the simple meal particularly enticing.
As he had expected, the experience from making breakfast brought his Cook level right up to the milestone of level 50.
However, Tong Hua had no time to check the [Recipe Pokédex] or [Levequest List] just then. He carried breakfast out of the Wooden Cabin, where the Pokémon were already sitting quietly around the dining table, waiting.
"All right, dig in!"
"Yay!" the Pokémon cheered in unison. Minccino, Steenee, and the newly evolved Dolliv helped Tong Hua hand out the tableware.
Just as everyone was about to start eating, a knock suddenly came from the Wooden Cabin's front door.
"Coming, coming."
Tong Hua told the Pokémon to eat first and went out the front door to look. His visitor was none other than Hitomi, the Ranger from Windring Town Base, accompanied by her partner Pachirisu.
"Oh, Hitomi! Long time no see," Tong Hua greeted her with a smile.
As energetic as ever, Hitomi replied, "Yeah, hehe, long time no see, Tong Hua."
Ever since he had installed a telephone at home, Hitomi and Chuang Yi no longer needed to come to Fairy Tale Ranch every day to collect goods.
He hardly had anything that needed shipping out in the first place, and even when he occasionally had fish that would not fit in the Pond or something similar, Tong Hua simply called the major distributors