As night fell, the entire ranch was enveloped in darkness.

  The hens, having fiheir day of fing, returo the chi coop with their chicks, settling down on the hay to rest.

  The Nacli returo their salt shelter, huddled together, and began to snore softly.

  The Skiddo, having expeheir energy, y down on the grass, resting their heads on each other, listening to the rhythmic sound of the wind rustling through the grass, and closed their eyes.

  The bee had also had a productive day, returning to the hive with plenty of ar. By tomorrow, their honey would be ready, and they would present it to their "queen" first.

  Ihe wooden house, Naoki, freshly showered, sat cross-legged on the bed in a thin t-shirt, adjusting the TV. Cyclizar and Koraidon stood by the bed, ing their necks to watch, while Alcremie and Smoliv were also drawn to the s.

  Soon, Naoki found a news program. He leaned back against the headboard and started watg.

  Suddenly, he felt like something was missing.

  He looked around and spotted Pawmi not far away. He patted the bed and called out, "e here, Pawmi!"

  "Pawmi?" Hearing Naoki's call, Paroached.

  Naoki reached out, picked it up, and held it in his arms. "That's right! You sleep here with me from now on!"

  The little Pawmi was soft, and Naoki petted it like a cat, gently scratg its ears, smoothing its fur, and tig its paw pads.

  After a while, Pawmi let out a tented sigh, "Pawmi~"

  Naoki held it in his arms and tinued watg TV. Paell-behaved, simply lying there without moving.

  At that moment, Koraidon, standing beside the bed, looked at the se with envy. "Gaah!"

  Naoki turned his head and, for a moment, imagined a rge dog standing beside the bed, wagging its tail and wanting to join him.

  "What do you want?"

  "Gaah!"

  Koraidon looked at Pawmi enviously.

  Naoki immediately uood and then ruthlessly rejected Koraidon. "No, you're too big. This bed is too small for you!"

  It was just a pitiful single bed.

  Koraido sed and sad that even the feathers on its head drooped and fell limply to the sides.

  "Ah gaah.."

  Koraidon looked particurly silly in its riding form, and this dejected look made it seem even sillier and a bit pitiful.

  "..."

  Naoki's heart softened, and he couldn't stay mad. "Okay, fine. You e here."

  "Gah!"

  Koraidon perked up instantly, the magnifit feathers on its head springing back up.

  It leaped onto the bed like aed puppy, but the sed, there was a loud "crack." Naoki felt the support beh him give way, aumbled onto the floor, nding on his backside.

  The bed had colpsed.

  This left the already struggling household in an even worse state.

  Realizing its mistake, Koraidon looked at Naoki, who was rubbing his sore bottom, and said apologetically, "Gah."

  It hadn't meant to.

  Naoki: "..."

  He stood up, pulling the broken bed legs out from under him. Seeing Koraidon's expression, he felt both amused and exasperated.

  Koraidon, standing at two and a half meters tall and weighing Three Hundred kilograms, was simply too heavy for eveurdiest bed to handle.

  A full 303 kilograms.

  Koraido dejected, its head hanging low.

  Seeing its rea, Naoki couldn't help but ugh. "Alright, alright. I'll just buy a new bed in a few days."

  For now, it was time to sleep!

  Even without the legs, the bed frame could still support them. After making the bed, Naoki looked at Koraidon, patted the space beside him, and said, "Okay, you e up now!"

  Koraidon cautiously walked over, worried about breaking something again.

  Naoki sat up a Koraidon lie down behind him, serving as a pillow.

  "This is your punishment!" Naoki said in a mock-serious tone.

  "Gaah."

  With Koraidon as his pilloawmi in his arms, Naoki tinued watg TV. He called Cyclizar over, and it y dowo the bed, watg Professor Oak's Pokémoure with him.

  ...

  The m, Kora arrived on time to help build the Pokémon House. The inal building had bee dipidated and fallen into ruin after years of .

  Naoki chose to rebuild on the inal site, and Kora had no objes. She directed the Machoke and the other stru workers to demolish the remains of the old building.

  During the demolition, Kora looked around and remarked, "The yout of this ranch is well-pnned!"

  Naoki also surveyed the area. After some initial pnning, he had roughly divided the ranto two zones: one for raising Pokémon and the other for farming.

  Therefore, when building the chi coop, salt shelter, and Pokémon House, he had chosen specific locations to maintain a sense of order on the ranch.

  Each rge area was further subdivided for specific purposes.

  For example, within the farmnd area, there was nd designated frowing crops, another for fruit trees, and even a flower field for decoration.

  "Very impressive!" After listening to Naoki's expnation, Kora seemed surprised. "It makes me feel like this isn't your first time running a ranch, but that you're an experienced rancher."

  "It's just from what I've learned and observed!"

  'Maybe running a ran games could also t as experience', Naoki thought. He had pyed many farming games, from the cssic Harvest Moon series to the more ret Stardew Valley, and even Doraemon: Story of Seasons.

  To run a successful ranch, you had to pn in advaherwise, it would beessy and unsightly ter, and rebuilding would be a hassle.

  Kora smiled slightly. While the Machoke tinued demolishing the ruins, she strolled around the ranch with Naoki, suggestions from time to time.

  "That pond could be turned into a fish pond, used to raise fish or Water-type Pokémon."

  "Aren't these fruit trees a bit too close together? If so, they'll pete for nutrients in the soil, and the fruit might bee dry and sour due to ck of nourishment."

  "I also suggest you put a scarecrow in the farmnd. Otherwise, some birds might e and cause trouble, eating your crops."

  As they were talking, three bee nded in front of them.

  They led Naoki to their hive, where he was surprised to find freshly brewed honey inside. Even from a distanaoki could smell the sweet fragrance emanating from it.

  The honey was ready to be harvested.

  Seeing this, Kora suddenly remembered something. She turned her head and looked towards the back mountain, a word of caution:

  "The st of honey brewed by bee be smelled from far away. This pce is quite close to the back mountain. You o be careful that wild Pokémon might be attracted to steal the honey. If you enter aggressive ohey might even harm the Pokémon on your ranch."