"What is going on here?" Ange asked.
"Ches ches, Ches ches~"
Chesnaught explained with gestures, but Ange could not understand a single word.
"Diancie! Hurry, something big happened!" Ange shouted towards the house.
After shouting, he looked again at the people and Pokémon piled together. He finally recognized the two people as Daoka and Isabel, Jarvis's subordinates.
Both the people and Pokémon were still unconscious.
"I am coming! I am coming! What is it?" Diancie ran out of the house in a hurry.
"Look," Ange said, pointing below the steps.
Seeing the pile of people and Pokémon, Diancie was also shocked. "What happened?"
At this point, Chesnaught explained everything that happened last night to Diancie and Diancie then relayed it to Ange.
After listening, Ange thought, This Jarvis is indeed no good.
At this moment, Munchlax walked out groggily. When it learned that someone wanted to attack its master, it became incredibly angry. It clenched its fists. It shoved its other arm into Diancie's hand and loudly yelled:
"Munch Munch~" Do not hold me back! Watch me beat him up!
Diancie pushed it away. "I am not holding you back! Go ahead and beat him up!"
Daring to harm her Ange? They must have eaten the heart of a Ursaring and the guts of a Liepard.
Ange immediately pulled out his phone and called Lila.
When she learned Ange had been attacked by Jarvis's people, Lila did not dare to delay. She immediately flew her aircraft toward the Nebel Plateau and arrived at Ange's door shortly after.
"Your Highness!" Lila got off the aircraft with a look of urgency. "Are you alright?"
Ange waved his hand. "I am fine. They were subdued as soon as they arrived last night. I slept until daybreak and did not even notice."
Lila sighed in relief when she heard this. "That is great!" She immediately said with a serious expression, "Your Highness, please leave this matter to me. I will definitely give you an explanation."
In fact, after Ange called Lila last time and told her Jarvis had privately met him and said some nonsense, Lila had been secretly investigating him.
But Jarvis was a cunning old man. Aside from going to the Royal Capital for work every day, he lived a secluded life. She could not catch him doing anything wrong.
Today's incident finally gave her a breakthrough.
Ange nodded. "Then I will trouble you. I do not want people thinking about me all the time."
Lila nodded. She then commanded her Gardevoir to move Daoka, Isabel, and their Pokémon onto the aircraft.
"Your Highness, I will head back now. I will notify you immediately if there is any progress," Lila said.
Ange nodded. He watched Lila drive the aircraft away from the Nebel Plateau.
***
After Lila left, Ange walked to Komala's small hut. He picked it up from the bed. He said to it gratefully, "Thank you for last night."
However, Komala only flipped over and continued to sleep soundly.
"I will get you a bottle of good liquor later. It will be my thank-you gift for saving my life."
Hearing this, Komala's ear twitched slightly. Then it slowly flipped its body back over.
Ange was amused by it and did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Chesnaught, thank you all too for rushing over to save me in the middle of the night." Ange then looked at Chesnaught and said.
"Ches ches, Ches ches~"
Chesnaught shook its head. They only watched a show after rushing over. They did not help at all.
Ange smiled. "What matters is your intention. Besides, you watched over those two for a whole night. Was that not tiring?"
"Ches ches, Ches ches~"
Chesnaught scratched its head, embarrassed by Ange's words.
Five or six days passed in a flash.
These days, Ange's life and work were as calm as usual. He went to the Munchlax Home in the morning. He came back in the afternoon to plant trees with the Pokémon and ate dinner with everyone in the evening.
The days were busy and fulfilling.
Of course, the money also flowed out like water.
The food expenses for feeding so many Pokémon every day were not small. Furthermore, Pokémon could eat much more than humans.
For example, Aron. The amount it ate in one meal was too much for ten people to handle.
However, it was both a big eater and a hard worker.
***
That afternoon, Ange arranged new tree-planting tasks for everyone.
The number of Sweet Apple, Tart Apple, and Grassy Apple trees planted was sufficient. So, Ange bought two new kinds of saplings.
One was the Pinap Berry, and the other was the Mellon Berry.
When planting the three types of apples, they started from the lake shore directly opposite Ange's house and extended planting along both sides of the shore. This part of the shore was connected to the Nebel Plateau's grassland, so the terrain was flat.
After this section of the shore, the terrain around the Nebel Lake began to become twisted and uneven. At the same time, many small ponds and puddles appeared nearby.
Ange planned to plant Pinap Berry and Mellon Berry around these small ponds and puddles, respectively.
The Pinap Berry was different from ordinary Berries. It was a perennial herbaceous plant, not a fruit tree. The planting method was similar to that of a pineapple. Ange planned to plant them around the western ponds, where sunlight and water were plentiful.
The Mellon Berry was also different from a general fruit tree. It was a shrub plant. The form of the plant was similar to a raspberry, with vines and thorns. Ange planned to plant it near the eastern puddles.
After assigning the planting tasks to the Pokémon, he left Diancie to continue supervising them. Ange then took Munchlax back home.
***
When he got home, he first went to the vegetable garden. The green onions he had asked the Dugtrio brothers to plant a while ago had grown. So he wanted to take a look.
Looking at the newly cultivated plot of land, rows of neatly growing onion seedlings, Ange nodded in satisfaction.
It was definitely the right decision to let the Dugtrio brothers manage the vegetable garden.
Just as Ange was about to pull a few tender green onions to use as an aroma in tonight's dish, his phone in his pocket suddenly rang. It was Lila calling.
After hanging up, Ange quickly returned home. He said to Munchlax, who was busy in the kitchen, "Munchlax, I have to go to the Royal Capital. Can you manage on your own for now?"
"Munch~~"
Munchlax poked half its body out of the kitchen. Grinning, it gave Ange a playful "ok" gesture.
Ange smiled and waved at it. Then he went up to the third floor with Komala in his arms. He took the spatial passage to the Azoth Royal Capital.
When Ange arrived at the palace entrance, he saw that Fiona was already waiting for him there.
"Your Highness," Fiona greeted Ange first. Then she said, "The Princess is waiting for you. I will escort you."
"Okay. Thank you," Ange nodded.
On the way, Ange asked Fiona, "What did Lila call me for?"
Lila sounded hurried on the phone. She did not say exactly why she called him to the Royal Capital.
"It is related to Minister Jarvis. The Princess will explain the details to Your Highness," Fiona replied quietly. As a private secretary, it was not appropriate for her to say too much about such a matter concerning a political figure.
Ange nodded and did not ask further.
Before long, Ange was led to Lila's office.
He entered and sat down opposite to Lila. The first thing Ange heard was, "Your Highness, Jarvis has been arrested."
"Really?" Ange looked surprised. That fast?
Lila nodded. "Daoka and Isabel have confessed that they were instructed by Jarvis to capture you. They also provided evidence. The crime of kidnapping a member of the royal family is enough to arrest Jarvis.
Moreover..."
"Moreover?" Ange was confused.
"Moreover, he attempted to overthrow the Kingdom," Lila said in a heavy tone.
"Overthrow the Kingdom?" Ange's eyes widened.
It turned out that after Jarvis was arrested, Lila searched his home. She unexpectedly discovered a series of shocking facts.
Five hundred years ago, when the Kingdom experienced internal strife, someone tried to use Magearna to seize a secret weapon created by Eliphas. Jarvis was actually a descendant of those conspirators.
He had been searching for Magearna's whereabouts all these years. He tried to recreate the events of that year.
More importantly, he possessed important information left by his ancestor. This included a part of Eliphas's inventions and his notebook.
The notebook clearly recorded the location of that secret weapon. This was why Jarvis had been working tirelessly for so many years.
Throughout the years, he even tried to influence Romeo to achieve the goal of controlling the Kingdom.
Romeo was one of the heirs to the throne. As long as he could control Romeo and help him ascend the throne, then he would be in charge of the Kingdom. This would greatly help him in finding Magearna and overthrowing the Kingdom.
For this reason, he had always disliked Princess Lila over the years, because the Princess was the only obstacle to Romeo ascending the throne.
Even after Ange appeared, he had considered supporting Ange in a rebellion after he controlled Eliphas's secret weapon. He would make Ange a puppet emperor.
After hearing Lila's account, Ange cursed in his heart, Who would want to be your puppet!
"I did not expect Jarvis to have such great... ambition."
Lila also sighed deeply. "I did not expect it either." She originally only suspected Jarvis wanted to incite Romeo. She did not expect his secret scheme was to overthrow the Kingdom.
"This time it was thanks to Your Highness. If you had not caught Daoka and Isabel, we would not have been able to discover Jarvis's conspiracy."
Ange smiled. "I am also a member of the royal family. Since I enjoy the royal family's resources, I have the duty to protect the royal family and the Kingdom's safety."
"By the way, Your Highness, would you like to come with me to see the secret weapon left by Eliphas?" Lila suddenly asked. "I am just about to go there to investigate."
"Sure! I am also very curious about what Eliphas left behind that Jarvis and those reactionary elements from back then kept thinking about," Ange said.
"Then let us go."
Lila then drove the aircraft and set off with Ange.
***
When they arrived, Ange learned that a part of the Royal Capital's ancient city wall was the secret weapon left by Eliphas!
The Azoth Royal Capital had developed over five hundred years. Most of the original Royal Capital city wall had long disappeared. Only a limited part remained standing outside the Royal Capital.
This section of the city wall was treated as a ruin. The Kingdom neither meticulously managed and maintained it nor considered demolishing it. Who would have thought that a section of it was the most precious legacy left by Eliphas?
Currently, the only people who knew about this secret weapon, apart from Jarvis, who was already in prison, were King Edward, Princess Lila, and Ange.
To prevent this item from being coveted again, the King did not plan to let anyone else know. Even the other ministers were unaware.
After Lila's introduction, Ange learned that the secret weapon left by Eliphas was called the "Sky Fortress." The key to activating it was Magearna's Soul-Heart.
No wonder Jarvis was so eager to find Magearna.
Without Magearna, this Sky Fortress was just a decoration.
Looking at the majestic city wall in front of him, Ange asked, "Have you decided what to do with this thing?"
Moss had grown all over the city wall because no one had been there for many years.
Lila shook her head. "Father has not decided yet."
Ange nodded. This item was indeed difficult to deal with.
However, just then, Ange's phone rang. He took it out and saw it was Diancie calling.
"I need to take a call," Ange said to Lila.
Lila nodded.
Ange walked aside to answer the phone. He heard Diancie's voice from the other end. "Ange, a mission came up."
"A mission? Now?" Ange asked.
"It is a temporary mission," Diancie replied.
"What is the mission content?" Ange asked.
So, Diancie relayed the mission content to Ange.
[Temporary Mission] Acquire the Sky Fortress. Do you want to accept?
[Yes/No]
Ange was stunned when he learned the mission content. What did he want this thing for? Without Magearna, it was just a decoration!
"Help me accept the mission," Ange said.
No matter if it was useful or not, he should accept it first and try. The reward was free of guilt.
"Okay."
Diancie's response came from the other end of the phone. Ange immediately received a System notification. He opened the Mission List. It showed four missions, one of which was the newly added one.
[Daily Mission 1] Train in the Cooking Training Room for 1 hour - Pending completion.
[Daily Mission 2] Host 10 Pokémon - Completed, reward pending collection.
[Recruitment Mission] Recruit a new kitchen helper - Pending completion.
[Temporary Mission] Acquire the Sky Fortress - Pending completion.
After hanging up the phone, Ange returned to Lila's side. He saw her worrying about the Sky Fortress. He then said, "If you and Edward are really worried about how to deal with this thing, how about you entrust it to me?"
"Entrust it to Your Highness?" Lila asked, confused. "But how would Your Highness handle it?"
Ange replied, "I can take it to the Nebel Plateau and hide it. No one would expect this item to be hidden on the sparsely populated Nebel Plateau."
Lila's eyes lit up when she heard this. But then she felt it was tricky. "How would Your Highness take such a massive Sky Fortress to the Nebel Plateau?"
Ange smiled slightly. "Of course, I have my methods. Quietly, no one will notice."
Lila then remembered the way His Highness transferred Pokémon and the diner car. She suddenly thought His Highness might really have a way.
"Then I will go back and discuss it with Father."
"Good!" Ange nodded.
Then the two returned to the Royal Capital on the aircraft.
As soon as they arrived at the Royal Capital, Lila hurried off. Ange was also planning to return to the Nebel Plateau first. However, at that moment, he saw Romeo crying in a corner of the Flower Garden.
"Romeo."
Ange walked over and gently sat down next to him.
Romeo was startled. He quickly and messily wiped the tears and snot from his face.
"Your... hiccup... Your Highness."
Caught crying secretly, Romeo looked both embarrassed and flustered.
"Is it because of Jarvis?" Ange asked softly.
Romeo did not speak. He could not help but sob again.