Time flies. A month later, most of the fruit trees planted by Eddie had survived. For the ones that did not survive, he went to First Tree Plantation and bought some back to replace them.
During this month, both the Talonflame and the Diggersby have adapted well to their new homes.
The Talonflame usually patrol the mountain with the Fletchinder, dominating the sky above Prosper Peak. Any wild Pokémon that break in will be immediately expelled by them.
As the fruit trees gradually became more lush and leafy, various Bug-type Pokémon were gradually attracted to them, especially the Scatterbug and the Caterpie.
The Talonflame and Fletchinder have very strong vision. Once they find Scatterbug or Caterpie on fruit trees, they will swoop down, catch the insects, and throw them far out of the mountain.
That day, Eddie was wearing a black apron and holding a pair of scissors in his hand, pruning the branches of a fruit tree sapling. Next to him was a Diggersby holding a larger pair of scissors and imitating him.
This Diggersby is the father of a family of three.
After the fruit trees were planted, the Diggersby had less work to do, and their main job was to help with topdressing. But this was a simple job, and it was easy for the two quick-working Diggersby to do it.
After finishing their work, the family of three had some free time.
Watching the busy Talonflame and Fletchinder every day, the Diggersby family of three felt a strong contrast.
They feel that if they don't work hard, their bosses will soon decide that it's not worth hiring them and fire them.
The family of three eats well and lives well at Eddie's place every day. They can also have a good health check-up from time to time. They are simply as happy as lords.
Where can you find such a good job? How can you be fired? So they feel that they must find their own value in the orchard.
So one day when Eddie was pruning the branches of the saplings, the male Diggersby took the initiative to ask to learn from him.
Eddie was stunned for a moment. Study? Study what?
After the Diggersby father explained for a long time, Eddie finally understood that it wanted to learn how to take care of fruit trees.
At first, Eddie thought that the Diggersby was so big that it might not be able to do delicate work.
However, he was wrong. the Diggersby was not only capable of doing the job, but also did it very well.
There is a reason why the Diggersby was able to take care of an Oran Berry tree and make it bear abundant fruit on its own without any planting experience or knowledge.
It has a talent for planting.
After this discovery, Eddie began to teach Diggersby Dad seriously.
Orchard management is very complicated, and there are many things to do on a daily basis, from fertilizer and water management, pest and disease control, to pruning, orchard cleaning, etc. In the future, when the fruit trees bloom and bear fruit, multiple tasks will also need to be carried out, such as thinning flowers and fruits, and preserving flowers and fruits.
Diggersby's father learned very seriously and was very capable. Soon he became Eddie's important assistant.
The orchard is so large and there are so many fruit trees that need to be managed. Diggersby Dad really helped Eddie relieve a lot of pressure.
From then on, the Diggersby couple began to divide the work.
The Diggersby mother is still responsible for applying fertilizer to the fruit trees as usual, and the rest of the time she takes the Bunnelby to loosen the soil and weed the fruit trees; the Diggersby father follows Eddie to learn how to manage the orchard and how to take care of the fruit trees.
When Eddie and Diggersby Dad were helping to prune the branches of the fruit trees, bursts of singing with strange tones could be heard from the orchard from time to time.
This is the Popplio singing.
There is no difference between Popplio and ordinary Pokémon now. In fact, because the quality and purity of the original energy in its body are very high, the skills it uses are much more powerful than those of ordinary Pokémon.
The Popplio currently has four skills, namely Double Slap, Water Gun, Sing, and Perish Song, among which Perish Song should be a genetic skill.
Through continuous practice and fighting, the Popplio has now mastered the other three skills except the Perish Song.
The characteristic of the Popplio is the rare hidden characteristic of Liquid Voice, which has the effect of converting the sound skills it uses into Water-type attacks.
Through this effect, the Popplio developed a special use of Sing. When singing, the Popplio will also activate the Liquid Voice feature, and Sing will be transformed into a Water-type attack.
One day when it was practicing this skill, an idea suddenly came to it, and it began to try to use the vibrations of sound to control the water energy in the air, and then convert the water energy into water mist.
I didn't expect it to be successful.
It can achieve the purpose of watering by spraying water mist on the fruit trees. This is much faster than watering one tree at a time with a Water Gun, and there is no need to worry about losing control of the amount of water and watering too much.
From then on, the Popplio no longer used the Water Gun skill to water the fruit trees, but instead used Sing.
But how can I put it? The little guy's vocal condition may not be very good. It should obviously sing a beautiful song at this time, but what it actually sings is intermittent and chaotic barking.
Eddie corrected it several times, but it didn't work. Later, he played some famous songs to it, but it turned out to be the opposite of what it originally sang.
"Woo woo woo~ woo woo~"
Although the singing was not pleasant, the Popplio sang very enthusiastically. This is probably because he is both a novice and a playful person.
Seeing that it was getting late, Eddie handed the scissors in his hand to the Diggersby father and said to it, "I have to go to the Coumarine Gym. I will leave the orchard to you."
"Hoder!"
The Diggersby father patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, boss!"
Eddie nodded, then shouted towards the depths of the orchard: "Popplio, I'm leaving, will you come with me?"
"Woo~"
The singing in the forest stopped abruptly, and soon a Popplio was seen running from a distance, then jumped into Eddie's arms with a "woop".
On the other side, Selene was fighting with the Talonflame on the top of the mountain.
Without the help of Fletchinder, it would be impossible for Talonflame to defeat Selene alone, but Selene did not use her full strength; she was just honing her skills, so Talonflame did not lose for the time being.
"You two stop for a moment. I need to go to the Coumarine Gym. Can the Talonflame take me there?"
Hearing Eddie's call, the two Pokémon indeed stopped their actions.
The Talonflame called out into the distance, and the Fletchinder flew up from the woods one after another, flew to the opposite side of Selene, and continued to fight with Selene on behalf of the Talonflame, while the Talonflame itself landed in front of Eddie.
"Thank you for your hard work." Eddie patted the Talonflame's head, then nimbly climbed onto its back and soared up on the Talonflame.
Soon Eddie arrived above the Coumarine Gym. He looked down and seemed to see a person standing at the door of the Gym.
"Talonflame, go down." Eddie patted the Talonflame's neck.
"Yeah~"
The Talonflame nodded, then slowly landed with Eddie on its back.
After landing, Eddie discovered that there was a strange girl standing at the door of the Gym.
The girl looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old. She was wearing a short white skirt and had short dark grey hair. She looked very young and pretty.
As Eddie looked at her, he suddenly felt that the girl looked familiar, but when he tried to recall her carefully, he really couldn't remember where she was.
The girl also noticed Eddie. When Eddie got off the Talonflame's back, she asked curiously, "Are you here to challenge the Gym too?"
Eddie was stunned, then shook his head: "No, I came here for something else."
"I see." The girl lowered her head and whispered, then raised her head and smiled, "I think your Talonflame seems to be very powerful. I thought you were here to challenge the Gym as well."
Hearing this, before Eddie could say anything, the Popplio became unhappy. It screamed at the girl and looked extremely dissatisfied.
What do you mean? If Talonflame is powerful, then I am not powerful? Talonflame is just Eddie's employee, and I am Eddie's original Pokémon!
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and being jealous!" After understanding what the Popplio meant, Eddie couldn't help laughing and quickly comforted it.
Mogu clearly said that this was a gentle and sensible Pokémon, so why did it change in my hands?
After spending some time together, Eddie has completely figured out the character of the Popplio.
This is a hot-tempered little pepper, who wants to fight with others if she disagrees with something. No wonder she beat up Captain Sanders' daughter.
You are a Water-type Pokémon, not a Fire-type Pokémon!
The girl looked at the jumping Popplio in astonishment and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Eddie said helplessly: "Actually, Talonflame isn't my Pokémon, but Popplio is. It just heard you praise Talonflame, so it got a little jealous."
The girl suddenly understood what he said, and then she laughed, "Your Pokémon is really interesting. By the way, you can understand Pokémon so easily. I was right. You are a great trainer."
Eddie thought to himself: I might not even be considered a serious trainer.
At this time, he heard the girl say: "By the way, my name is Diantha, what's yours?"