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Lucas and the others sorted the Salveyo weed, picking out the mixed weeds and dirt, then washing it clean and storing it in the refrigerator or Lucas's system backpack.
The Poliwag sent so much that Lucas's family probably wouldn't be able to finish it for a while.
I wonder if this stuff can be dried into dried vegetables, Lucas thought. Dried vegetables have a special flavor when eaten occasionally.
Also, water bamboo shoots—Marill and Azumarill had sent a lot of those too.
Fortunately, Lucas's refrigerator was high-tech, otherwise the water bamboo shoots that couldn't be eaten would definitely spoil if left for too long.
Those tree fruits were put aside, and Lucas decided to make fresh juice for everyone tonight.
There were also many mushrooms of all sizes.
If you eat these randomly, you'll end up in a coffin!
However, after Lucas carefully examined them, he was surprised to find that the Pokémon had sent only edible mushrooms, not a single poisonous one.
It seems that he had underestimated the Pokémon.
Of course, there were also some mushrooms that Lucas didn't recognize, which should be specialties of the Pokémon world.
Lucas specially spent 100 Happiness Points to exchange for a Complete Book of Fungi from the system store, and easily got to know them all, such as Tiny Mushrooms, Big Mushrooms, Balm Mushrooms... all of which were safe to eat.
Lucas kept some fresh mushrooms and planned to dry the rest and store them as dried mushrooms.
It wasn't until after 8 o'clock in the evening that Lucas and the others finally cleaned up the kitchen, and Kirlia really helped a lot.
The efficiency of it using its psychic powers to work was higher than Lucas, Munchlax, and Diancie combined, which was really quite impressive.
After the kitchen was cleaned up, Lucas and Munchlax started to cook dinner, while Diancie and Kirlia were responsible for cleaning.
Although the ingredients were all processed, the kitchen was so dirty that it had to be cleaned thoroughly.
For dinner, Lucas made a cold salad with Salveyo weed, stir-fried water bamboo shoots, and a mushroom soup, which made the Pokémon drool.
Grooowl~
Smelling the rich aroma, Munchlax's stomach rumbled very loudly.
"Hahaha~~~" Lucas laughed heartily, "Munchlax, are you hungry?"
"Munch~ Lax~~" Munchlax hugged its chubby little belly and nodded shyly.
Lucas patted its belly and said, "Go see if Komala is back, we'll eat as soon as it's back."
"Munch~ Munch~"
Munchlax responded, and its two feet flew out like they were on wheels.
However, as soon as it ran to the door, it saw Komala holding its log, rolling back.
"Munch~~"
Munchlax nimbly jumped down the steps, hugged Komala in its arms, and ran into the house shouting to Lucas.
"Munch~ Munch~" Master, this guy is back, let's eat!
Munchlax was still a little angry with Komala, so it directly used "this guy" to refer to Komala.
Lucas stuck his head out of the kitchen, "It's back, then let's eat."
Hearing Lucas's words, Munchlax threw Komala on the table, and quickly ran into the kitchen to bring dishes and rice to the dining room. Its diligence was so great that even the Mudbray in the pasture would be ashamed.
Sure enough, for Munchlax, "eating is the most important thing."
Lucas walked over and smelled Komala's body, and a scent of wine wafted over to him. He couldn't help but look puzzled, "Strange, Komala, didn't you finish your wine? Why are you back with the smell of wine again?"
Not only was there the smell of wine, but also a faint fruity fragrance.
Komala was still the same, hugging its log and turning over, without answering Lucas's question.
"You rascal!"
Lucas shook his head helplessly.
In the evening, the family of four, plus Kirlia, ate around a table. Lucas told everyone about his encounters today. When he talked about being watched as a wanted criminal, Munchlax laughed so hard that it leaned back and forth.
Lucas slapped it on the head playfully, "Is it that funny? Huh?"
"Munch~ Munch~ Lax~~" Hahaha~~~ Master, you're so funny!
Munchlax collapsed on the chair laughing.
"Stop laughing, be careful of choking," Lucas said helplessly.
"Munch~ Lax~" I won't choke.
As it said that, Munchlax held a steamed bun in its left hand and another steamed bun in its right hand, and chewed them both in a few bites. It also scooped a large bowl of mushroom soup and gulped it down.
"Munch~" Awesome!
Its way of eating was so hearty that Lucas's appetite increased, and he ate two more steamed buns, becoming so full that he could barely walk.
After dinner, Lucas found a thermos container, filled a box full of steamed buns, packed a box of each dish, and stuffed them all into the thermos container. He then asked Kirlia to take it back.
"Let Gardevoir eat it while it's hot, don't wait until it's cold, it won't taste good then," Lucas instructed Kirlia. "If Gardevoir can't finish it, don't force it, just share it with other Pokémon. If it wants to eat it again, come to my house directly, and I'll make it for it."
Kirlia nodded gratefully, and disappeared into the night with the thermos container.
After Kirlia left, Lucas and his family of four sat and chatted for a while, then went to the cooking training room to train, and finally washed up and went to bed.
Before going to bed, Lucas took the collection box to the bedside and began to count today's earnings. He was too busy during the day, and he didn't have time to care about how much money he made today.
Today, a total of 3,085 steamed buns were sold, earning 61,700 Alliance Coins; 6,089 baozi were sold, earning 60,890 Alliance Coins.
A total of 122,590 coins.
Damn, I made 120,000 in one day!
After calculating, Lucas couldn't help but swear.
It's so great to have someone to help! I'm rich!
If he set up a stall a few more times, maybe he could really buy a shop in the Royal City!
However, Lucas also knew that today's business was booming because of the right time, right place, and right people. There won't be such a good opportunity next time!
Looking at the Happiness Points again, the total was 105,800.
It's over 100,000!
After studying for a period of time, Lucas had roughly figured out the rules for the system to accumulate Happiness Points.
If a Pokémon comes to Lucas to eat, if it only eats steamed buns, no matter how much it eats, Lucas can get 100 Happiness Points. If it is happy at the time because of some additional factors, then it may contribute an extra 50 or 100 Happiness Points. The more happiness expands, the more Happiness Points Lucas gets.
So the limit of Happiness Points provided by a Pokémon in one day is 200.
But if this Pokémon eats both steamed buns and dumplings at the same time, the basic Happiness Points Lucas gets will become 200. If happiness expands, then the corresponding increase in points will also increase to 100 and 200.
At this time, the limit of Happiness Points provided by a Pokémon in one day is 400.
Of course, most Pokémon provide Happiness Points very stably, which is 200.
According to this rule, as long as Lucas continues to unlock more recipes, then his speed of earning Happiness Points will increase.
However, Lucas estimated that this increase in speed was limited, because a Pokémon can only eat so much in a day. It couldn't possibly eat all the types of food Lucas would make in the future all at once, or it would burst.
If you wanted to exploit the system by making each portion of food only a tiny bit, so the Pokémon would eat more portions, that was impossible!
Because when the system trained you in cooking, the size of a portion of food was strictly regulated. The simplest example is that the steamed buns and dumplings Lucas made were all about the same size.
If Lucas and Munchlax arbitrarily changed the size of the dumpling and steamed buns (within a floating range), then it could still be eaten, but Lucas wouldn't get any happiness points.
Lucas had personally tested this.
Looking at the 100,000 happiness points he already had, Lucas casually gave Diancie, Munchlax, and Komala 10,000 as salary each. Since Munchlax worked a little harder every day, Lucas gave it an extra 2,000.
After paying the salaries, Lucas also claimed today's daily task rewards, which were still some ordinary ingredient rewards, nothing special.
After a good night's sleep, Lucas washed up and walked out of the room, only to see Diancie walking out as well.
"Good morning, Diancie," Lucas said.
"Good morning, Lucas," Diancie said with a smile. "You gave us salaries last night!"
"Yes, that way you can buy whatever you want in the system store," Lucas nodded.
"A promising boss!" Diancie gave Lucas a thumbs up, and then went to Munchlax's room to wake it up.
After Munchlax woke up, Lucas and it began preparing for today's stall.
Halfway through their work, Kirlia came to Lucas's house again.
"Kirlia, you're here again! Is Gardevoir doing well?" Lucas asked.
"Kirlia ~ Kirlia ~"
Kirlia nodded repeatedly, saying that Gardevoir really liked last night's meal, and returned the insulated container she had taken away last night.
Kirlia couldn't help with the cooking, so she helped Diancie clean the store and tidy up the tables and chairs, making all the preparations to wait for the Pokémon to come and eat breakfast.
After all the preparations were done, Lucas set off for Azoth Kingdom. Today, Lapras was responsible for transporting him.
While Lucas was heading to Azoth Kingdom, Kimia was having breakfast with Raleigh.
Edward was too busy, so the siblings usually ate together.
Seeing that her sister didn't touch the food in front of her, Raleigh asked with confusion, "Sister, why aren't you eating? Is your appetite not good?"
Kimia said, "I've already made an appointment with Flamel. She will bring me breakfast from outside, so I won't eat today."
As she spoke, she waved her hand, and the maid stepped forward to remove the breakfast.
Hearing his sister's words, Raleigh's eyes lit up. "Is what Flamel bringing the dumplings and steamed buns you ate that morning?"
"Yes," Kimia nodded.
Hearing this, Raleigh immediately felt wronged, "Sister, you're lying. You clearly said you'd take me to eat together the day before yesterday. You went back on your word."
Lucas didn't set up a stall the day before yesterday, and Kimia didn't even get to eat it herself.
Originally, Kimia wanted to say she would take Raleigh to eat together today, but a flash of inspiration suddenly struck her, and she asked with a smile, "Raleigh, do you know who made the dumpling and steamed buns?"
"Who?" Raleigh looked puzzled.
"It's His Highness Lucas," Kimia said.
"His Highness Lucas?" Raleigh said in disbelief, "I heard rumors that His Highness Lucas is setting up a stall outside to do business. Could it be...selling dumplings and steamed buns?"
"That's right," Kimia nodded. "If I hadn't eaten the dumplings and steamed buns Flamel brought, I wouldn't have been able to discover His Highness's whereabouts."
Raleigh muttered to himself, "So His Highness Lucas has such good cooking skills?"
Kimia said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Raleigh, do you want to eat the dumplings and steamed buns made by His Highness?"
"Yes!" Raleigh nodded vigorously.
"Very good!" A triumphant smile appeared on Kimia's face. "Then you have to do as I say."
"Yes, yes ~ I'll listen to my sister in everything," Raleigh nodded repeatedly.
"Alright, go change into some casual clothes."
Before long, Prince Raleigh and his Pokémon Slurpuff were sent out of the palace by the guards arranged by the princess.
After sending Raleigh away, Kimia took Gardevoir to the office area, and because she was in a good mood, she unconsciously began to sing.
Halfway there, she saw Minister Alva walking towards her.
"Good morning, Your Highness Princess Kimia," Alva greeted the princess.
Kimia also greeted the other party politely, "Good morning, Alva."
"Your Highness Princess, have you seen Prince Raleigh?" Alva asked.
"Raleigh? He went out of the palace for something," Kimia replied.
"Out of the palace?" Alva was incredulous. "What is Prince Raleigh doing out of the palace? He still has a class to attend this morning..."
"Alva!" Princess Kimia suddenly interrupted him. "I think Raleigh only needs to attend class with you in the afternoon from now on. As for the morning, he has other arrangements."
"Your Highness Princess, this is against the rules!" Alva said with anger on his face. "I am Prince Raleigh's teacher, and you have no right to do this!"
"I do!" Kimia said, "I have the power to decide all arrangements for Raleigh! If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go and tell my father."
Raleigh was raised by me—who else has the power if I don't?! she thought.
"You..." Alva was furious.
Kimia didn't intend to continue arguing with Alva and turned to leave, but suddenly heard Alva say, "Is Your Highness Princess doing this because you're afraid that Prince Raleigh will learn more knowledge and compete with you for the right to inherit the throne?"
Hearing this, Kimia was furious, "Alva, you're being presumptuous! This is not something you should ask about!"
Alva sneered, "What? Your Highness Princess, are you ashamed and angry because I hit the nail on the head?"
Kimia narrowed her eyes, "Alva, you are too unrestrained and your hands are reaching too far. Remember! You only need to teach Raleigh knowledge well, and you don't need to care about anything else! Otherwise, you, the Minister of Defense, will be finished!"
Alva put away the sneer on his face and respectfully saluted Princess Kimia, "Yes, Alva will definitely follow Your Highness's teachings."
"That's good." After saying that, Kimia left without looking back.
Looking at the back of Princess Kimia, Alva's eyes flickered with uncertain light.