In a special space, Zekrom and Reshiram were discussing what had just happened. This place was a projection of their thoughts, enabling them to perceive the outside world.
Ideals and Truth are not absolute opposites. Although Zekrom and Reshiram symbolize different directions, they are not absolute enemies. Ideals rely on truth, and Truth is born from ideals. The combination of the two is perfect.
After a few simple words, Zekrom and Reshiram fell silent, concealing their presence. They were not interested in watching people getting beaten up.
…
Some time later.
[Sea Circle Calendar 1511, December 7, Cloudy.
Both kids are full of energy. Maybe they inherited Zeraora’s talents, they are too lively…]
“Meow~ Meow!”
At this moment, a cat’s meow came from beside Setsuna.
Setsuna continued writing in the diary while waving a cat teaser toy with a feather doll at the end, catching her daughter’s attention.
“Hey, is this really okay?”
Zeraora, who had just returned, looked at Setsuna with exasperation. The parenting style of Zou Island always made him nervous.
“It’s fine, it’s fine. Zou Island has been doing this for hundreds of years. After all, we are Minks. You grew up in the open sea, so you don’t know. Your ideas are just closer to humans.
Both the little ones are too energetic. If they don’t burn off energy during the day, they won’t sleep well at night.”
Setsuna continued to wave the teaser toy, occasionally letting her daughter catch it. When her interest waned, she switched to a new teaser toy, sometimes even having Perona’s Hollow to help out.
Cat Minks always tend to be interested in such things.
Setsuna wasn’t wrong. Zeraora wasn’t a true Mink. His life concepts came from Arceus, mostly human and Pokémon common sense. Even for cat Pokémon, they didn’t use cat teaser toys to raise children.
Suddenly, Setsuna’s teaser toy brushed past Zeraora’s face, but he remained unresponsive.
“See, you’re the weird one. You’re the first Cat Mink I’ve seen who doesn’t react to a teaser toy. Even that ba*tard Nekomamushi would react.”
After all, Minks have animal traits. For Cat Minks, teaser toys are the best toys. Setsuna had wanted to play tricks on Zeraora with a teaser toy before, but he wasn’t interested.
Similarly, they are crazy about catnip, though not as strong as ordinary cats. Perfumes containing catnip are the Cat Minks favorites.
If her daughter weren’t too young, Setsuna would have really gotten some catnip.
To be precise, she already has a catnip-scented perfume, but she locked it away after her daughter was born.
Although catnip doesn’t affect Zeraora, Mink perfumes are usually light, with a subtle herbal scent. If the scent is too strong, it can seriously affect their sense of smell.
“For me… no matter how fast you wave it, I can catch it.”
Saying this, Zeraora demonstrated near-teleportation speed, quickly grabbing the teaser toy from Setsuna’s hand and picking up his playful daughter in a single motion.
“That’s why I said you’re different. Speaking of that idiot Nekomamushi… I wonder where he and Inuarashi have run off to. Why did they run away? We aren’t going to kill them.”
Minks rarely hold deep grudges because their small numbers make them more united, but Setsuna didn’t care about Nekomamushi. Rare grudges don’t mean harmonious relationships.
If there was a ranking of internal grudges, Nekomamushi would top the list, but Inuarashi was different from him.
Minks have been looking for them for years, but there has been no news.
“Don’t worry about it. They should be fine. Just… how were you raised as a child?”
“Huh?”
“Cat Minks are interested in teaser toys. You’re a wolf… did your parents use bird or fish bones? Or balls?”
Zeraora glanced at the bag of assorted toys Setsuna bought. Logically, the things prepared for their son should be what Setsuna played with as a child.
“I can’t remember. I don’t think it’s important. Don’t look for it. There are no toys for our son in there, only for our daughter. My parents took away his toys this morning.”
While she was speaking, Zeraora pulled out a ball of yarn. Just as his daughter showed interest in it, he heard Hachi and his son’s voice from outside the door.
Hachi and Rin also helped Setsuna take care of the children. When one child wanted to go out and the other didn’t, they took turns to look after them.
When they heard a noise, they looked out the window and understood what was happening.
Flames and frost erupted over Onigashima’s skies, accompanied by various energies, indicating that Yamato and Kaido were at it again.
…
Minks’ daily parenting continued, while Yamato struggled to survive in the hell she created. Isuka followed Amalee to learn the skills of mantis and train her strength. Page One and Ulti are not yet at this level, but they have been taking it easy lately.
Ulti even made some hair clips for Yamato. Though tsundere, her hobby was making accessories or ornaments. Several Alcremie wore her sugar ornaments on their heads.
In this aspect, Ulti was very popular with Alcremie.
“Sister, you actually made something for Sis Yamato?”
“I want her to hold on a bit longer. The longer she persists, the more attention that idiot Kaido will focus on her, selectively ignoring us. Do you want to experience his training?”
“Oh right, I’ve told you many times, don’t call others sis. You only need me as your sis!”
Page One selectively ignored the latter part, rather he recalled Kaido’s training.
Everything else was fine, but Kaido’s training…
“Sis, I’ll help you. Do you need any materials?”
Others should take this spot, and no one was more suited than Yamato.
But these days didn’t last long. Once Kaido’s interest faded, the siblings were dragged into battle, moreover it was a sibling battle.
Kaido offered a bizarre reward. If Ulti won, Page One had to follow her orders for three days, no matter what. But if Page One won, he could live peacefully for three days.
For this goal, the siblings fought with all their might.
Time passed quickly, soon reaching February 1512. Yamato’s Takeru No.7 was about to be born.
During this time, the blacksmiths in the forge found new ways to compete.
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