Naoki has always been a man of a, and he always follows through on his pns. As soon as he returo the ranch, he used his hands-on skills to build a simple shrih the leftover wooden boards and nails he found iility room.

  He even crafted a rge mud figure resembling a rabbit with a on its head, which looked somewhat like a cauliflower. After the mud dried, Naoki pced the "mud rabbit" in the shrine a behind the shipping box, in a fenced-off area.

  To his surprise, it actually looked quite realistic.

  "Alright!" Naoki said with satisfa as he admired his work.

  Finally, he made a solemn with a few of his Pokémon by his side: "Lord of the Tundra, please bless my ranch with good weather and a bountiful harvest this ing summer!"

  Thinking, "It doesn't cost anything to have a little faith," Naoki grabbed two berries and pced them in front of the shrine as s.

  After doing all this, Naoki began to think about which endary Pokémon in the world might be as approachable as the King of Bountiful Harvest.

  There was Mewtwo from Kanto, Ho-Oh and Lugia from Johto, Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza from Hoenn, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, and Regigigas from Sinnoh, the Unova trio: Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem, Zygarde, Xerneas, and Yveltal from Kalos, and Luna, Solgaleo, Nea, and the Tapu quartet from Alo. Not to mention the Sword and Shield duo aernatus from Gar.

  But Naoki khat these legendary Pokémon didn't rely on human faith and, given their immense power and status, they had no need for believers.

  In trast, the King of Bountiful Harvest seemed more approachable and ected to him.

  As a Pokémon fan, who doesn't dream of eg with a legendary Pokémon? Naoki hoped that the King of Bountiful Harvest could see his efforts and warm up to him.

  Perhaps, when Naoki eventually traveled to the Gar region, the King of Bountiful Harvest would appear to his "devout" follower.

  It was March 25th, just six days before the start of summer. The ging of seasons is usually the busiest time for a rancher. Since he had some free time, Naoki decided to rest and recharge, serving his energy for the hard work ahead.

  That evening, he went to bed early, falling asleep peacefully with the furry little Pawmi in his arms.

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  At the same time, in the distant Gar region, snowfkes were gently falling on the vast snowy pins.

  The King of Bountiful Harvest opes eyes.

  It felt a slight increase in the power of faith within itself.

  This familiar sensation remihe King of Bountiful Harvest of the human believer who had suddenly appeared before.

  "Let me see what that believer has dohis time."

  The King of Bountiful Harvest focused.

  Peering through the vastness of time and space, it saw its one and only human believer in this world.

  In a vision that appeared like a mirage, the King of Bountiful Harvest saw that the human had built a shrine and crafted a statue in its honor. The human, apanied by several Pokémon, was prayers in front of the shrine.

  "My King, please bless my ranch with good weather and abundant harvests in the ing summer!"

  The sight of the human and the s of berries in front of the shrine deeply moved the King of Bountiful Harvest.

  It had been a long time sihe King of Bountiful Harvest had entered such devotion from a human.

  Even the most devout followers from ages past hadn't shown such dedication.

  "This human is truly devout to me!" thought the King of Bountiful Harvest with emotion. In the past, He would have waved His hand without hesitation to fulfill the wishes of this devout believer and his Pokémoing their pastures be covered with flowers and green grass, their fields be fertile, and their crops bountiful.

  But now…

  The small amount of faith He received was too weak, far from enough to support fulfilling the wish of that little believer.

  "I'm sorry," the King of Bountiful Harvest thought helplessly, his heart filled with regret. Not only had He lost most of His power due to the waning faith, but even His two beloved steeds had left Him.

  If only that believer were in the Gar region, thought the King of Bountiful Harvest. He would ask for help to groecial kind of carrot to attract the two beloved horses.

  Because besides the power of human faith, He had another way to restore His strength—reuniting with the Horses. By merging with them using the reins, His strength would return.

  Unfortunately, the King of Bountiful Harvest sehat the believer was currently somewhere outside the Gar region.

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  The evening, Zack came in his truck to collect the goods as usual. Seeing him arrive, Naoki, who was bing the wool of his Gogoat, quickly stood up and brought over the goat milk to be sold that day.

  Zack weighed the goat milk and was about to speak wheiced a strange-looking shrine behind the shipping box. ging the subject, he asked, "Huh? What is that?"

  Naoki expined, "That's a shrine I made to enshrine a very powerful Pokémon."

  Hearing this, Zack's curiosity iqued. "Oh? What kind of Pokémon is it? Is it the bunny Pokémon with a sitting there?"

  'A bunny with a ? What the heck?'

  Zack, being from the Paldea region, naturally didn't know the legends of the Gar region. Naoki anized his thoughts and introduced, "It's a Pokémon called the King of Bountiful Harvest."

  "The King of Bountiful Harvest?" Zack had never heard of this name.

  "Yes," Naoki nodded and tinued, "There's a legend about Him in the Gar region. It's said that the King of Bountiful Harvest once ruled Gar in aimes. People called Him the King of Bountiful Harvests."

  "Although He appears petite and delicate, the King of Bountiful Harvest possesses great wisdom and see through everything in the past, present, and future."

  "In addition, He has the power to heal the soul and make pnts sprout. It's said that when He raises His right hand, flowers bloom and grass grows lush. If He waves His left hand, the fields bee fertile, and the crops grow abundantly."

  "For this reason, the King of Bountiful Harvest was also called the King of Plenty by people in the past. He is a Pokémon with a heart full of love."

  Zack's eyes widened in shock. "There's such a Pokémon? Wouldn't He be perfect for a farm?"

  "Exactly," Naoki agreed. "In aimes, the King of Bountiful Harvest used His abilities to help the humans of that era, ensuring they had good harvests and didn't starve."

  As he said this, Naoki suddenly felt like he had bee a missionary for the King of Bountiful Harvest.

  After a brief thought, he put this strange idea aside and o Zack. "That's the story."