Chapter 299: A Bear Can’t Resist Honey

Chapter 299: Chapter 299: A Bear Can’t Resist Honey

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Hearing Julian’s invitation, Bewear stopped where she was.

After thinking for a moment, she continued walking.

Julian spoke again.

"You battled Kommo-o and ended up with injuries. At least let me treat you first."

Stufful, who had watched the whole battle while being held in Maylene’s arms, also called out for Bewear to stay.

Julian’s treatment was very good. Her injuries would recover quickly.

And his cooking was delicious.

Stufful still could not forget the honey pancakes Julian had made.

Hearing honey, Bewear immediately stopped, turned around, and walked back.

Bewear was not greedy.

She simply wanted to know how delicious the honey pancakes that Stufful could not forget really were.

Julian smiled and took out medicine to treat Bewear and Kommo-o.

Stufful broke free from Maylene’s arms and walked up to Julian.

"Stufful~"

Seeing Stufful drooling, Julian smiled and said, "Honey pancakes, right? I’ll make them for you once we reach Bamboo Hill."

After healing her injuries, Julian thought Bewear would leave.

In the end, Bewear followed them all the way to Bamboo Hill in one go.

Everyone began setting up camp. Cynthia looked at Bewear, who was silently sitting in the corner.

"Bewear... has she agreed to join your team?"

Julian glanced at Stufful and answered with a smile, "Stufful tempted Bewear with honey pancakes. You know how it is. Bears have no resistance to honey."

She suddenly understood.

"So she came for your cooking. Looks like this Bewear won’t escape your grasp."

He rolled his eyes.

"The way you said that makes it sound like I’m going to stew and eat her."

Julian took out sourdough starter and flour, then began preparing the dough.

After kneading it, Julian handed the iron bowl containing the dough to Combusken.

"It’s still raw. Don’t sneak any!"

Facing Julian’s stern gaze, Combusken raised his head.

"Combusken!"

What kind of words are those?

What kind of accusation is that?

Am I, Combusken, the sort of Pokémon who would sneak raw dough?

Last time, he had already learned that raw dough did not taste good. How could he possibly sneak any again?

Although Julian was not entirely reassured by Combusken’s appetite...

Since he did not have a Dachsbun, Fire-type Combusken was the most suitable dough-proofing tool Julian had.

Just like how the Flame Body Ability could speed up the hatching of Pokémon Eggs.

One day, Julian had suddenly thought to let Combusken hold the bowl of dough.

As a result, the dough really had risen ahead of time.

Aside from pancakes, Julian began preparing other little snacks.

When the dough finished rising and Julian added jam and honey to it, Bewear, who had been sitting quietly, kept twitching her nose.

This honey...

Ninety-nine percent certain. Rare stuff!

Although Bewear was still relatively young, she could already freely travel between the four islands.

Every place that produced honey had seen Bewear’s figure.

Her ability to swim over water had been trained little by little this way.

The honey Julian took out was collected by Combee from the flower garden.

This was honey from Sinnoh, so naturally its flavour was different from Alolan honey.

After the pancakes were fried, Julian placed them on a plate and poured honey over them.

Snow-white pancakes and golden honey intertwined with the sunlight, looking especially tempting.

Everyone knew Julian intended to catch Bewear, so the first pancake naturally went to her.

She held the plate, controlling her strength with perfect precision.

To her, this plate was not much different from a sheet of paper.

She poured the honey pancake into her mouth.

First came the sweetness of honey, then the soft, springy texture of the pancake, and finally the added sweet and tartness of the jam.

Layer after layer danced through her mouth, making Bewear’s eyes shine especially brightly.

Human food can actually be this delicious!

Although Bewear would never get tired of eating honey, this way of eating honey gave her an unprecedented sense of novelty.

So honey combined with other foods could create such a new experience.

Because Bewear was there, Julian made several different kinds of sweet snacks.

But he did not change the recipes and add extra honey just because of Bewear.

Every time she ate something new, her eyes brightened a little more.

After eating all the food, Bewear’s eyes were almost as bright as two large lamps.

She let out a long breath and calmed the greed surging inside her body.

She stood up, walked to Julian, and stretched out her paw to him.

Julian also reached his hand towards her and smiled.

"Bewear, welcome to the team!"

"Barring any accidents, I should be able to let you eat honey every day. But for the sake of your health, your daily honey intake will be limited."

"You can’t eat as much as you want."

Bewear’s eyes widened.

I can eat honey every day? What kind of luxurious life do your Pokemon live?

First solve the question of whether she could have it at all, then think about whether she could have more!

Annihilape was also very happy.

Since Bewear could fight Kommo-o to that extent, another Fighting master had joined the team.

From now on, he had another friend he could battle fiercely with.

The only issue was that every sparring match would first require Gallade to use Foresight on him.

That part did not feel very satisfying.

After evolving, Annihilape had become stronger, but he had also lost the old pleasure of fist meeting flesh.

Gaining the Ghost type meant gains and losses. It was impossible for every good thing in the world to be taken by Annihilape.

Julian took out a standard red-and-white Poké Ball and held it before Bewear.

"Bewear, welcome to the team!"

Bewear nodded and tapped the Poké Ball with her paw.

She turned into a red light and entered the Poké Ball.

With a ding, Julian raised the Poké Ball.

"I caught Bewear!"

Maylene was even more excited than Julian.

"Brother, hurry and let Bewear out! Stufful and I need her advice!"

She could feel that Stufful was already close to evolving.

The strength was there. Even the feeling was there, but something was still missing.

No matter how she and Stufful trained, they could not quite find that final push.

It was like scratching an itch through a boot, extremely uncomfortable.

After Bewear came out and heard about Maylene and Stufful’s problem, she straightforwardly took them to the side to train.

Riolu watched from nearby, but his eyes were somewhat dim.

Julian walked over and placed a hand on Riolu’s head.

"What’s wrong, Riolu? Are you envious?"

It would be a lie to say he was not envious.

But Riolu’s evolution was indeed different from Stufful’s.

"Riolu~"

"Before, Maylene had something holding her back emotionally. Because you’re so connected to her, it affected you too."

Julian smiled and rubbed Riolu’s head.

"But after meeting her, that burden is gone. She’s ready to move forward now."

"And when she takes that step, you’ll be ready too."

Riolu’s eyes lit up.

"Riolu?"

Julian rubbed the puppy’s head fiercely.

"Why would I lie to you?"

Maylene did not have Aura, so raising Riolu would be a little more difficult.

As her older brother, he would give them a little help.

He beckoned to Cynthia’s Lucario.

"Lucario, come over for a moment. Let’s guide Riolu together in learning Aura Sphere."

Lucario directly leapt to Riolu’s side.

"Lucario?"

Riolu could learn Aura Sphere?

As a Lucario, why did he not know that?

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