But on closer thought, it was clear that Professor Oak had probably given Dragonite these things. Professor Oak was not short of money; he was probably the richest person in Pallet Town. However, he had little interest in ordinary material comforts. What interested him most was anything related to Pokémon. Heath had once watched an interview program: the Oak family's daily meals could only be described as fairly refined, and they owned cars, but those were all understated luxury cars. On Professor Oak's annual bills, his biggest expense by far was everything he used to research Pokémon.
His other expenses were relatively small. The research equipment accounted for the bulk of his spending, and the latest equipment came with extremely high prices, but Professor Oak bought it without batting an eye.
Still, Professor Oak had enough money to spend like that. The various Starter Pokémon he sold each year were enough to earn him a fortune, not to mention his assortment of unusual patented technologies, research findings, and so on. Professor Oak could be called a prime example of someone who had made his fortune through knowledge.
Heath felt that Professor Oak would be the perfect spokesman for the saying that books held houses of gold. Heath probably could not earn as much as Professor Oak had in his entire lifetime. He would be perfectly satisfied if he could earn even a tenth of it.
Heath did not charge extra, since Dragonite had provided the chicken legs, but charging too little would not do either. Heath would not reuse the oil he had fried those chicken legs in, so it all had to be disposed of. In the end, he charged a very reasonable price based on the ingredients used up and payment for his labor. Dragonite paid no attention