Chapter 579 Golden Nectar
"This guest!"
Hearing the sound of wind chimes and running out of the kitchen, Mao, who was preparing to greet him, opened his mouth in confusion and tried to stop Aoki.
Why did you immediately plan to leave as soon as you came in? Do you think you were late for the reception?
Mao blamed himself for being distracted just now thinking about the Graxitia flower mentioned by Luo Mu, and his reaction to the ringing was a beat slow. Maybe it was because of this that the guest was a little unhappy and planned to leave.
Either because of Mao's disappointed expression, or because of hesitation in his heart, Aoki paused before leaving, and said to Mao with a normal expression: "I'm alone, please arrange a seat for me."
"Ah, okay, please sit over here!"
Mao reacted quickly and immediately led Aoki to sit in an empty seat in the restaurant, diagonally opposite Luo Mu's seat.
While Maao went to pour water for Aoki, Luo Mu seemed not to care about Aoki's reaction just now, and leaned over again, marveling.
"I didn't expect Ye Cizhen to let you out. How many days have you been playing in Alola?"
Listening to Luo Mu's words, Qingmu also realized that his subconscious behavior just now was rude. He pinched his eyebrows and replied: "Today is three days."
In the past two days, he basically spent his vacation at the famous beach to relax and unwind.
Today's reservation is to try various special foods in the Alola region, which is one of the reasons why Aoki stopped just now.
Aina Restaurant was recommended to him by the driver soliciting customers. Finally, he had such an opportunity. Even if he was exposed to the bad luck brought by Luo Mu again, he had to taste it.
This is the reserve and will of a diner.
After all, Aoki's only hobby in his spare time is not-so-time-consuming food tasting.
"Oh, it's already the third day."
Luo Mu looked at Qingmu carefully, his expression gradually becoming surprised.
He didn't notice it before because he was in a hurry, but now that he looked at it carefully, Aoki's mental outlook had changed a lot.
If the Aoki whom Luo Mu had often seen in Padya in the past was a tired and haggard office worker with dark circles under his eyes comparable to a naughty panda, it would not be surprising for him to die suddenly at any time.
Now Aoki is like a vacationing uncle who has had enough sleep, and his body and mind are healed by the natural scenery of Alola.
Even the dull eyes became much brighter, and the whole person became more than ten years younger out of thin air.
Luo Mu, who clearly knew the other person's interests and hobbies, rolled his eyes and made sure that Mao hadn't come over yet. He whispered in Qingmu's ear: "Actually, I plan to go to a ranch that produces particularly delicious ice cream in the afternoon. The name of Akala Island is Specialties, are you interested?"
"oh?"
Aoki admitted that he was indeed a little moved.
One of his greatest hobbies is to taste the various new dishes developed by the general at the treasure cafeteria.
Aoki has a must-try attitude towards most dishes, even ice cream, which is not uncommon.
Not to mention that the Alola region where we were staying at this time maintained a tropical summer climate all year round, so ice cream was perfect for relieving the heat.
Aoki's eyes fell on the kitchen door, where Mao was walking out with several plates of steaming special dishes.
He thought for a while and replied: "Your dish is here, let's talk about it after we have all tasted it."
"OK."
Luo Mu nodded and returned to his seat.
The Ibrahimovic sisters, who didn't know Aoki, jumped onto Luo Mu's lap and tugged at his clothes out of curiosity. It was the Roentgen Cat who explained to them that quelled their curiosity.
"The dishes you ordered are ready now, please take your time to taste them."
Mao left these words and turned back to the kitchen to work.
Luo Mu, on the other hand, looked at the table of special dishes from the Alola region and twitched his index finger.
There is no problem in terms of appearance and aroma, and the taste is definitely not bad.
It's just that I arrived a little early, and Mao's brother had not yet copied the recipe for "Phantom Alola Cream Stew" to Mao, otherwise he would be able to taste the real luminous cuisine.
What I ordered was just an ordinary cream stew, which was completely different from the Phantom Alola cream stew.
If we look at it more carefully, the main reason is that the Phantom Alola Cream Stew has a "stimulating" or "blissful" texture.
Luo Mu remembered that most of the ingredients in the recipe were available at Aina Restaurant, but his impression was that they were just ordinary ingredients, such as carrots, potatoes, and broccoli.
After all, it is a large pot dish made in the Alola region during sacrifices and celebrations in the past, and most of the ingredients are very friendly to the people.
The only thing missing is the golden nectar in season. Not only is this nectar rare, but only Pokémon like Flora have an almost instinctive search intuition, making it very difficult to find.
Mao also tried to have Pikachu use "One Hundred Thousand Volts" on a pot of cooked stew, and actually mixed "One Hundred Thousand Volts" into the stew as a seasoning.
It does taste great, but it's just a bit fiddly. The sudden release of electricity can easily burn one's brain.
While tasting the delicious cream stew, Luo Mu thought——
If you can bring some golden nectar back to the Padia region, if not, take away some seeds of flowers that produce this nectar.
At that time, there will be soldiers and similar dolls on the farm to assist. After working together to study and try, maybe we can actually make similar dishes.
Luo Mu ate deliciously, and the Ibrahimovic sisters and the Roentgen cat licked the food several times faster.
Aoki, who was watching on the side, swallowed his saliva and touched his empty belly with envy.
I only ordered two other more distinctive dishes, thinking that there were cream stews everywhere, and I couldn't eat more.
But the stew seemed delicious.
Qingmu almost had the urge to ask Luo Mu for a small bowl based on his relationship with him.
But soon, as an office worker who had been working in the workplace for decades, he shook his head again and again.
You can't think like that, Qingmu!
You just put on that impolite look, but now you want to get free food, too shameless!
Wait a minute, maybe I can pay for a small portion, so it won't be considered rude-
Qingmu's mind was in a state of conflict, the black resentment of overtime and the white vacation status were arguing fiercely.
Perhaps it was because Qingmu's vague sight was too noticeable, Luo Mu, who was eating quietly, felt a chill on his back, and glanced left and right a few times before he saw Qingmu's straight sight.
Following Qingmu's sight to his hand, Luo Mu understood instantly.
Oh my god, it turns out that you are greedy for this.
Luo Mu thought about it and asked the Eevee sister, who had a better balance, to carry a bowl of cream stew to Qingmu's table.
"This is."
Qingmu was stunned for a few seconds looking at the back of Eevee who called him sweetly and ran away.
He looked in the direction of Luo Mu and found that he was making gestures to him.
A trivial memory suddenly emerged in Qingmu's mind.
He remembered that it was about a year and a half ago. He was walking on the streets of Jinhui Town after getting off work late as usual.
As a result, when passing a corner, Qingmu met Luo Mu, who had stayed in the wild for too long, ran out of food reserves, and because it was too late to sell the materials he collected, he had not had time to replenish his funds.
The accommodation at the Pokémon Center seemed to be full a long time ago.
At that time, Luo Mu was holding a mini dragon and squatting on the side of the road pitifully, considering whether to run to the wild to survive in the wilderness and rob wild Pokémon of tree fruits.
Maybe it was the elders' protective psychology towards the young that was at work.
Qingmu hesitated for a moment, but still took Luo Mu to a noodle shop he often went to. He used his wallet, which was shriveled by the Snorlax at home, to order a bowl of steaming ramen for him and the mini dragon, and took him in for a night.
At that time, Luo Mu, who was feasting on the food, seemed to want to repay this favor, so Qingmu could only take the opportunity to propose that he had to pay for the free noodles.
Hearing that there were electric Pokémon in his team, Qingmu simply asked him to help him deal with the power leakage problem of a residential house.
After all, Qingmu himself was a member of the alliance, a gym leader, and one of the Four Heavenly Kings. He was busy with many duties, and even such a thing fell on his head.
Luo Mu's method of handling it was also very simple. He sent out the Roentgen cat to absorb the electricity and accurately find the problem at the same time. After the repair, there was nothing wrong.
No mistakes in one song, one post, one content, one content, one book, one forum, one 6, one 9!
Aoki was very satisfied with his efficiency and even considered whether to recruit Luo Mu as his subordinate.
Then the next day he received a notice from the alliance and sent out the main force to fight this familiar boy in the gym battle. As a result, he was overturned by his Roentgen cat that was full of electricity, and he didn't even have time to use "hard support".
Since then, the overtime he came to from time to time was more or less related to this boy, so Aoki now saw Luo Mu as if he saw the god of plague.
After all, he had just handled the household registration affairs of a special talent family who moved from other areas to Ziqin Town not long ago.
Perhaps it was because of his hard work during this period that he was rewarded by President Ye Ci and received a paid vacation for a seven-day trip to Alola or/Hoenn.
As a result, he was having a good time in Alola, but suddenly ran into Luo Mu. His first reaction must be to run.
At this time, Luo Mu made the same gesture as himself at that time.
Aoki laughed when he realized what he meant. Perhaps the days of vacation in Alola cured his tired office worker mentality. He didn't mind exchanging a bowl of cream stew in this way.
Aoki nodded to Luo Mu, which was considered as accepting this condition.
After a hearty meal, Luo Mu paid Mao for the meal, and asked him which vegetable market nearby Eina Restaurant usually purchased from, and then walked out of Eina Restaurant with a bunch of food.
And Aoki had been waiting outside for a long time. After all, he ordered very few dishes. Although he was served late, he ate faster than Luo Mu, not to mention that Luo Mu ordered a few more to take home.
With a fresh lollipop in his mouth, Aoki took out another lollipop wrapped in candy paper from the pocket of his beach shirt like a magic trick and handed it to Luo Mu.
"Want to eat?"
"Yes."
Luo Mu accepted Qingmu's gift with a smile, put down the packed food temporarily, unwrapped the candy wrapper and ate the lollipop.
"You still need to pack, how many Pokémon did you bring?" Qingmu asked curiously.
"Budo, Budo."
Luo Mu responded vaguely and picked up the packed food again.
"Let's eat while we eat."
After signaling Qingmu to follow, Luo Mu led the Roentgen cat and the Eevee sisters to the villa.
After taking the lunch back to them first, he told Qingmu what he wanted to do.
After a while, the outline of the villa came into view.
Looking at the single-family beach villa, Qingmu's mouth twitched a few times.
Evil rich people!
After a morning of exercise, Gladion, who was already starving, finally saw Luo Mu coming back. He ran faster than Zhihuixing and immediately took some food from Luo Mu.
Then, he looked at Qingmu and asked Luo Mu curiously, "Who is this uncle?"
"An acquaintance."
On the way, Luo Mu couldn't help but bite the lollipop into pieces in a few bites. Now he was playing with the candy stick and his speech was much clearer.
Gladion was thoughtful and called the Moon Eevee to come into the house to prepare for lunch.
Luo Mu asked the Eevee sisters to play with the Uruk-O and looked at Qingmu.
"Did you bring the Flower Bird with you on this vacation?"
That's right, the Flower Bird.
In the Padiya Giant Pit accident where Orin and Dr. Fortu almost got into trouble, Luo Mu, who went to rescue, clearly remembered that Qingmu, the flying king, had a Flower Bird in his hand.
In other words, as long as there is a Flower Bird, he can find the blooming flower field and collect golden nectar.
This is also the purpose of Luo Mu asking Qingmu to eat a bowl of cream stew and making a "request".
"Of course I brought it, it adapts well to the environment here."
Qingmu took out a Poké Ball and released the Flower Bird that Luo Mu had not seen for a long time.
But this time the Flower Bird was not in the style of Pa Zi Pa Zi, but changed to the style of Hot Hot Hot.
Its feathers are mostly red, with some black feathers on the wings and tail, the beak and feet still keep the original pink, and there is a cluster of white curly feathers on the head like a hairstyle.
The attributes of the Flower Bird have also changed from Electricity + Flying to Fire + Flying, and its personality seems to have changed.
"You let it suck the scarlet nectar?"
Luo Mu asked in surprise.
Qingmu nodded slightly, "Well, during the visit of Ula Ula, it suddenly flew excitedly to a flower field somewhere, and changed its form after sucking the nectar."
The Pokémon of Flower Bird is very magical. It can change its form according to the type of nectar it sucks, and even its attributes can change.
The electric and flying type of the Pazi Pazi style, the fire and flying type of the hot hot style, the superpower and flying type of the hula hula style, and the ghost and flying type of the light and light style.
The corresponding ones are four kinds of nectar.
Luo Mu's goal is the golden nectar.
Although there are flower dancing birds living in the Padiya region, there are also corresponding flowers.
Because of the regional differences, the varieties and tastes will always change. Luo Mu thinks it is better to collect nectar in the Alola region.
Luo Mu told Qingmu about his plan. He didn't expect it to be such a simple thing. Qingmu readily agreed to Luo Mu's request.
After the matter is done, he can continue to enter the rhythm of vacation!