Chapter 295:
November 22nd.
The final airing-out of the villa was just about complete.
Hayashi Kaede settled the final payment for the house with Captain of the construction team, and then began the great furniture shopping spree.
However, Hayashi Kaede didn't let them leave right away.
"The water tank connection... captain, I'll leave this to you!"
"Sure thing~"
The water tank had been custom-ordered long ago.
After Hayashi Kaede confirmed the house was finished, a large truck delivered it immediately.
The over-ten-meter curved water tank couldn't just float in mid-air; it needed expansion bolts, a steel frame for support and then the tank could be placed on top.
Captain of the construction team and his crew started work quickly.
Meanwhile, Hayashi Kaede was accompanied by Gardevoir, Growlithe, Alolan Ninetales, and the Eevees.
With the new house completed, everyone's attention had turned to it.
Although only these few Pokémon were visibly with Hayashi Kaede, many others had actually followed along.
Like Steenee; it was currently in front of the corner turn, where there was a small room.
It pushed the door open to see a turquoise-green carpet inside. The room had a small counter filled with various flower pots. If Steenee wanted to decorate its room later, it could grow some flowers inside.
Opposite the door was a floor-to-ceiling window.
Steenee carefully opened the curtains.
A glimpse of verdant green, shadowy fruit trees immediately caught its attention...
Outside the floor-to-ceiling window was a corner of the new plantation.
This window could also be opened.
That meant in summer, it could come and go through the window, experiencing the breath of nature anytime.
Against the wall in the room was its bed, calculated based on its height after evolution, and it was even a bunk bed.
Because Hayashi Kaede planned ahead; if Steenee evolved further, the bed wouldn't need replacing.
Steenee touched its nest; it was soft and fluffy.
Its eyes grew a little moist.
It used to have a small nest like this before.
It was a hollow under a big tree in the forest.
Although smaller than this, not as bright, and inferior in every way, it was filled with soft leaves, and at night, it could be with its mother.
During the day, it just had to hang on the big tree sunbathing, waiting for its mother to bring food.
At night, its mother would come out with it to look at the stars.
This place was very comfortable, the Trainer was very good, but there was no mother...
"Steenee...."
"Steenee?"
Only when Hayashi Kaede's call came from outside did Steenee hurriedly wipe the tears from its eyes, put a smile back on its face, and come out to join him.
"Hm?"
Hayashi Kaede looked at Steenee coming out and was momentarily taken aback.
Then he smiled and asked, "So, Steenee, do you like your new room?"
\(0^◇^0)/: "Steenee~" (I like it!)
Steenee said loudly.
Then it put its two small hands together and said coyly, "Steenee..." (It's just, just...)
"What's wrong?"
"Steenee..." (It's just so big...)
It was only about 0.8m tall; inside, it felt like there was a lot of empty space.
"Isn't bigger better?" Hayashi Kaede walked over and patted its cheek. "It'll be just about right if you decide to evolve later."
o(＞＜;): "Steenee~"
Steenee nodded vigorously.
"Kid, it's installed!"
The call from over there caught Hayashi Kaede's attention.
The captain and his team had installed some expansion bolts and a steel frame—in less than twenty minutes.
He'd even fixed the water tank in place.
"Oh, great!"
Hayashi Kaede walked over, looked at the water tank encircling the living room, and nodded with satisfaction. "Thanks for your hard work."
They laughed heartily.
"Look at you, young Hayashi. Honestly, I think we got the better end of the deal. After working on this project, not only are our Pokémon all stronger and healthier, their strength has increased too.Several of them even evolved."
"I know your Energy Cubes sell for a high price outside."
"Not to mention, landing this job with you means we can have a good New Year too."
The other workers chimed in.
"Yeah, yeah!"
"This job was really satisfying."
The captain added, "Take a look, if you need any other furniture, we'll get you a set."
"This... isn't that too much?" Hayashi Kaede said modestly.
Hubta pretended to look serious and pulled out his phone.
"What's too much about it? Just look! Our supplier won't lose much money."
As he spoke, he handed the phone to Hayashi Kaede.
Hayashi Kaede couldn't refuse further.
Then he eagerly started looking at the empty spaces on the first floor.
"The first floor is so empty here; we need a sofa, a long one."
He picked out a large "C"-shaped sofa, over ten meters long, planning to place it right under the water tank.
That way, in winter, sitting on the sofa, you could look up and see Milotic and Primarina above.
The sofa was big enough to fit all the Pokémon.
To the right of the sofa, near the front, was a large glass cabinet.
This was Butterfree's glass room.
In front of that were the coffee table and a larger table.
Hayashi Kaede ordered several of these too, planning to join them together later. Meals would happen here from now on.
As for the garden area, Hayashi Kaede planned to make it a proper garden when spring arrived and flowers bloomed!
By this point, Hayashi Kaede had already offered to pay.
Because these items were all very large, and making them would cost a fair amount.
Although some of the good-natured men said, "Words spoken are like water spilled; even if young Hayashi asks for more, we'd still give it!"
They couldn't out-stubborn Hayashi Kaede and finally agreed to sell them to him at cost price.
With this understanding, Hayashi Kaede shopped even more freely.
He took one Pokémon after another to their unique rooms.
Planned custom large cabinets for the fluffy Pokémon.
The cabinet Gardevoir wanted for storing plush toys.
The carpet for Serperior.
The electric heaters for Salamence and Dragonite's rooms.
The desk, bed, chair, and stool for the Indeedee siblings...
The special sandbag and some weight-lifting equipment for Blaziken.
He also planned to buy two LCD TVs.
One large, one small. The large one for the living room, the small one for his own room.
That way, Alolan Ninetales could watch TV in the living room during the day.
Staying in the room during the day is livelier, after all~
Of course, for these items, the captain couldn't help much and Hayashi Kaede had bought them online.
After receiving these instructions, the captain and his team immediately left on their truck, saying some furniture can be made quickly, aiming to deliver everything within ten days.