When Eddie, Fiona and Amber returned to the Mystic Mountain residence from Mystic Mountain, they happened to meet Conner who had also returned from special training in the mountains.
Fiona and Amber were surprised that there was another guest at Eddie's place, so they greeted Conner politely, and Conner also politely responded to the two sisters.
However, both Fiona and Conner were relatively quiet and silent, and Amber was not willing to say much to the boy, so the three of them just greeted each other and had no other communication.
Seeing that it was getting late, Conner said goodbye to Eddie and went home. Fiona and Amber were also sent back to the Pokémon Center in the West District by Eddie later.
After returning from the Pokémon Center, Eddie went to the room of the Helioptile to visit Salandit. Salandit was sleeping soundly on the Helioptile's small bed. It was breathing slowly and its expression was calm and peaceful. It seemed that he was fine.
The Helioptile that was guarding nearby also fell asleep.
Seeing this, Eddie did not disturb them and quietly left the room.
"Sana~" How is the situation with Salandit?
Just at this time Selene also came to check the situation. Seeing Eddie coming out of the room, he asked in a low voice.
Eddie closed the door and replied softly, "They are sleeping, so there shouldn't be any problem. The Pokémon are also asleep, probably because they are tired. Let's wake them up when it's time for dinner."
Selene nodded, then went to the kitchen with Eddie to cook dinner.
After dinner, Max and the other children wanted to go back to the Blue Bird Orphanage, so Eddie had to send them back personally.
When Eddie returned from the orphanage, it was already completely dark. Salandit had just woken up, so Eddie walked into the room and planned to ask it what had happened during the day.
He had asked the Helioptile during dinner, but the Helioptile didn't know either.
This morning, the Helioptile brought Berries to play with Salandit as usual, but when he arrived at Salandit's residence, he found it was empty.
At first, theHelioptile didn't take it seriously. He just thought that Salandit had gone out to find food, so he waited for him to come back in the tree hole where Salandit lived.
But Helioptile waited and waited, but Salandit didn't come home. Then he realized something was wrong, so he hurried out to look for him.
Helioptile searched all the places where he and Salandit usually played, but there was still no sign of Salandit, so he became more and more anxious.
Just then, a Vivillon flew over and said that she saw Salandit in the valley ahead, and that Salandit seemed to be injured.
This Vivillon had been helped by the Helioptile and Salandit, so when she discovered that Salandit was injured, she flew over to inform the Helioptile immediately.
Under the guidance of the Vivillon, Helioptile indeed found the injured Salandit in the valley. When he arrived there, Salandit had already lost consciousness.
The Helioptile was scared to death at the time. Without saying a word, he carried Salandit on his back and ran towards home, hoping that Eddie could save Salandit.
Fortunately, the Pokémon was treated in time and was safe. However, Helioptile did not know how Salandit was injured, and he did not find anything else in the valley where Salandit was injured.
"Salandit, are you feeling better?" Eddie asked after walking into the room.
"Mee~mee~" "It's okay now, thank you for saving me."
Salandit woke up in the middle of the journey and naturally knew that he was safe thanks to Eddie's rescue.
Eddie waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. You are a good friend of Helioptile. There is no reason for me to stand by and watch when you are in danger."
Upon hearing this, Salandit immediately hugged the Helioptile's neck with a touched look on its face, and rubbed its cheek against the Helioptile's cheek affectionately.
Helioptile enjoys the closeness of the Salandit and responds by sticking close to her.
At such a young age, do I have to endure this flirting I shouldn't have to? You two seem to have reproductive isolation, is this really okay?
After the two little guys finished being intimate, Eddie asked expressionlessly, "Salandit, what happened to your injury? I remember there seemed to be no ferocious Pokémon nearby."
There used to be one or two of them, but ever since Captain Talonflame took everyone on patrol every day, all the ferocious Pokémon near Mystic Mountain moved away, leaving only some harmless Pokémon like Elf-ear.
Of course, those ferocious Pokémon had fought with the Talonflame before moving away, and all of them were defeated, otherwise they would not have moved so happily.
"Mimi~mimi~mimi~milu~"
Hearing Eddie's question, Salandit told the story of how she was injured.
In the morning, she did go out to look for food as the Helioptile had guessed. At this season, the food in the mountains was still abundant. Not long after the Salandit went out, she found some Berries.
Although the Berries were small and not as delicious as the Berries that the Helioptile usually gave her, it was a good way to fill her stomach.
The weaker the Pokémon, the harder it is for them to survive in the wild, not only because food is hard to obtain, but also because sometimes even if they find food, it will be snatched away by stronger Pokémon.
Before meeting Helioptile, Salandit lived a life like that. The reason why she met Helioptile was because one time when she was bullied by a powerful Pokémon, she was saved by a passing Helioptile.
After finding food, Salandit planned to go home, but when passing by a valley, it suddenly saw a group of cute Pokémon flying there.
The group of Flabébé were having a lot of fun in the valley, so much so that Salandit couldn't help but want to join in. But before Salandit could get close to the group of Flabébé, she saw a fierce Pokémon not far away staring at the group of Flabébé in the valley fiercely.
Salandit was startled by the gaze and cried out in surprise, which attracted the attention of the group of Flabébé in the valley, and they fled in all directions.
Perhaps out of resentment that Salandit had scared away its target, the vicious Pokémon injured Salandit and then chased after the Pokémon that had been scared away.
Salandit didn't know what happened afterwards.
After listening to Salandit's description, Eddie fell into deep thought. The Pokémon it mentioned didn't seem to be native to this area, they should all be outsiders.
Salandit had never seen those Pokémon, so he couldn't call out their names.
"Salandit, describe the appearance of those two Pokémon to me in detail." Eddie said after thinking for a while. "Miloo~Miloo~"
Salandit nodded and began to describe the appearance of the two Pokémon based on her memories.
After Salandit finished its description, Eddie's face suddenly showed an expression of surprise. If the Pokémon Salandit was talking about was really what he thought it was, that would be great. He was now running an orchard and needed such a Pokémon to help him!
But it's getting late today, so it's not a good idea to go out. Let's wait until tomorrow to check again. I hope those Pokémon haven't left the area yet.
"Salandit, you should have a good rest. Don't worry about anything else." After understanding his own situation, Eddie said to Salandit. Then he instructed the Helioptile, "Helioptile, you should take good care of Salandit. If you need anything, tell Selene."
"Hey beep~Hey beep~"
The Helioptile hugged Eddie's calf and rubbed his thigh with his head, expressing his gratitude and closeness to Eddie.
A night passed in a flash, and Eddie went to see Salandit again early in the morning. her injuries had recovered well and she could walk around. The physical fitness of Pokémon was really amazing, as it was clearly dying yesterday.
After finishing breakfast, Eddie said something to Selene, and then he took Brionne and rode Captain Talonflame down the mountain.
He wanted to see if the Pokémon that Salandit described yesterday were the ones he guessed. If so, he would capture them all.
Brionne was secretly delighted that Eddie left Helioptile and Selene behind and only took itself out with him. He was indeed Eddie's favorite Pokémon.
Captain Talonflame was very fast and soon Eddie arrived at the valley described by Salandit. The valley was not far from Mystic Mountain and it was full of blooming flowers and beautiful scenery. It was indeed a rare and beautiful place.
"Captain, let's go down and take a look!" Eddie patted Captain Talonflame's neck and said.
"Yeah~"
Captain Talonflame nodded, then flapped his wings and slowly landed in the center of the valley.
Eddie got off Captain Talonflame's back and looked around carefully, but he didn't see any unfamiliar Pokémon here. There were a few Butterfree and Vivillon, but they were all local residents nearby.
"Has he already left?" Eddie muttered.
Eddie then walked around the valley again, but still found no trace of the strange Pokémon. However, he was unwilling to give up, so he said to Captain Talonflame:
"Captain, look from the air. If you spot any strange Pokémon, report to me immediately."
"Yeah~"
Captain Talonflame responded, spread his wings and flew high, using his extraordinary eyesight to check the surrounding situation from the air.
Eddie took the Brionne and chose a direction to continue searching. He also asked the wild Pokémon in the valley for information, but unfortunately they had never seen the Pokémon that Salandit mentioned.
"Ah, ah ..."
After a while, Captain Talonflame suddenly landed from the air next to Eddie and said something to him excitedly.
Eddie frowned after hearing this: "Are you saying there are traces of humans nearby?"
"Ah~ah~"
Captain Talonflame nodded quickly.
It seems that things are not simple! That human might have come here for the Pokémon that appeared in the valley. After all, that kind of Pokémon is quite rare. I don't know if that human succeeded. If he succeeded, then he can only give up.
"Take me to see it." Eddie said as he rode back on Captain Talonflame's back.
"Yeah~"
Captain Talonflame nodded, carried Eddie on his back and flew towards the place he had discovered. They arrived at their destination in a short while.
This is at the foot of a mountain wall. There are obvious signs of a campfire on the ground, as well as marks left by a tent. Even the plastic packaging of the food has not been cleaned up.
What a lack of public morality! Don't you know to take away the garbage you created? Eddie complained silently in his heart, and then picked up the garbage bags and put them into the Space Backpack.
There is no one here anymore, but the traces were obviously left last night.
"Brio~Brio~"
At this time, Brionne suddenly pointed at the ground not far away and cried out. Eddie walked over and saw that it turned out to be the traces left by the wheels.
The soil in the mountains is relatively moist and soft, and cars will inevitably leave traces after passing through.
Seeing this trace, Eddie frowned again. How come this doesn't seem like an adventurer's? It seems that there are very few adventurers who drive into the mountains to capture Pokémon, right?
The marks left by the wheels were still fresh, obviously the car had just driven away a short while ago, and judging from the marks left by the wheels, the human was probably driving a truck.
What kind of adventurer or trainer would go out in a truck?
"Let's follow the wheel tracks and see what happens."
"Brio~"
"Yeah~"
The two Pokémon nodded in agreement.
Eddie and his two Pokémon followed the track of the car. About twenty minutes later, they saw the truck on an open grassland.
Because he didn't understand the situation, Eddie quickly put the larger Captain Talonflame into the Poké Ball, and then hid in the bushes with the Brionne.
"La Bei ~ La Bei ~"
"La Bei ~ La Bei ~"
…
Eddie looked at the truck through the gaps in the grass and saw iron cages placed in the carriage, with a Flabébé locked in each cage.
Now Eddie suspects that the vicious Pokémon that injured Salandit was not wild, but belonged to the owner of the truck.
Flabébé is a very special Pokémon. They look like a cute flower elf. Their racial talent is the ability to channel the mysterious power contained in flowers and gain power from flowers.
While Flabébé gains strength, she will also share part of her strength with the flowers, allowing the flowering plants to grow more vigorously.
This ability will continue to increase as they evolve. When they evolve into the final evolution, Florges, this innate ability will be fully stimulated. Every Florges will have the title of "Garden Queen".
It is said that in ancient times in the Kalos region, Florges was a very respected Pokémon, and castle owners would often solemnly invite them to build gardens for them. If a lord could have a garden built by a Florges, it would be a very face-saving thing.
It's a pity that Pokémon like Flabébé are not easy to encounter. The reason is that they will not live in one place for a long time, but will travel to various places anytime and anywhere with the seasonal winds, and will not stop until they evolve into Florges.
But there are very few Flabébé who can evolve into Florges.
If Eddie could tame a group of Flabébé and train them into Florges, his orchard would surely flourish under the care of the Florges.
The Flabébé trapped in the cages banged the iron cage angrily, but the cage was very strong and they couldn't break it open.