Chapter 58 - 58 - At Ylona's Flower Shop

At their hotel room, the next morning as the sun rises beautifully and its rays went through their windows, despite being covered by the curtains, Rico and his team woke up, yawning a bit, and went to the balcony to watch the sunrise.

"Wow, another day, another beautiful sunrise," Rico thought in his mind. They then went out to the outskirts of the city to do some training, at the woods they did their daily training as a routine. It was an hour, but the strength of Rico's Pokémon had slightly improved: Riolu used Focus Blast more accurately, Litleo's Flamethrower was a bit stronger than before, Starly's Gust was getting stronger, and Piplup's Bubble Beam was getting more powerful than last time.

7:10 a.m. Rico and his team went back to the hotel to eat breakfast with Maneki, Grey, and Mr. Fukui, along with their Pokémon. Their breakfast are Sweet Waffles, Pancakes, and Toasted bread with cheese and buŧŧer, along with coffee and hot chocolate. They were at a table for four, and their Pokémon are around them eating their special food. The atmosphere around them was calm and good.

"This morning, we'll be going to Ylona's flower shop to have a look at her flowers and help out," Mr. Fukui announced to them, "and by 10 o'clock, we'll be resuming our tour at the Galenus kingdom ruins. But don't worry, that'll end by 12."

"Oh, okay," Maneki commented.

"That'll be shorter than yesterday," Rico added.

"Yes, besides, the part will be explore is the symbols on the bridge carvings and their meanings of history," Mr. Fukui responded back. "And after that, nothing." Rico, Maneki, and Grey then get it now.

"Alright, that makes sense at all," Grey commented. He and the others then resumed eating normally.

Before 8:00 a.m., they and their Pokémon checked out and walk to the streets to Ylona's flower shop, which was located at the city's largest marketplace, 4 Pillars Galen Market. It took them a quarter of an hour to get there, including crossing the streets and traversing through bridges and footbridges, but they manage to get there after Ylona opened it for business. There they greeted Ylona with a good morning. Upon seeing them, Ylona, while arranging bouquet of flowers and sticking them with price tags, greeted them back. They then entered in and sat on a wooden bench. Ylona's flower shop, however, was quite decent than fancy. It is located at the middle of the building far away from the entrance where Rico and his group had entered. Outside of the shop, it's made of concrete and wood, concrete for the walls, while wood was retrofitted into the middle and center areas for a cultural and decent look. The sign is made of wooden planks painted with light green and the words of black and lavender paint. There's another standing sign in the front of the shop displaying bouquet discounts and offers to make flower-themed artworks and book covers. Inside the shop, there are wooden shelves for bouquets of flowers, flower pots made of plastic, terracotta, and ceramic, shears for cutting leaves and stems, and other accessories related to gardening. This covers both sides of the little shop. At the far end from the entrance, there's a cashier's desk where Ylona, or most of the time, her employee, takes over as a cashier, ȧssisting customers with their needs. The front section of the shop is nicely painted with white paint and a few flower decorations in the walls. Behind the front section, there's a crafts room where Ylona usually, or including her daughter Theodora at other times, makes her beautiful artworks and book covers with art supplies. In addition to being a place for art, the room also acts as a private room for break times or meetings. All of this is painted with white paint and retrofitted with small wooden beams, except that the concrete also covers the shop's corners. Those beams acted more like a wide and closed windows where the back of the shop building is blocked, except only accessible by an alleyway located a few meters away. The crafts room is also accessible by a door and the windows can be covered by curtains. All of this makes the shop both a functional and a pleasant place to go.

And as the commotion was just calm and low, Ylona showed them a brochure of the city's Book Festival, and explained to them about its activities and contests.

"Wow, that sounds fun," Rico delightfully commented, "I'm signing in!" Starly then responded with delight.

"I'll find new ideas and themes," Maneki added in enthusiasm. His Chespin then responded with happiness.

"Me too!" responded Theodora in excited enthusiasm. "I'll preferred sweet and patterned macarons to my designs." Her Palpitoad then responded with happiness.

Half an hour later, the group and their Pokémon helped out Ylona in her flower business after her only employee got sick and couldn't work for a day. Rico and his team are arranging the flowers and filing their vases and pots with clean water and fresh, fertilized dirt; Maneki, Theodora, and their Pokémon are ȧssisting dozens of customers in their purchases and searches for the latest flowers like red roses and white tulips; and the most cooperative and friendship-filling of all, Mr. Fukui and Ylona, along with their Pokémon, are at the crafts room taking Ylona's clients' orders of decorating their canvases and most household items. Their clients often request flower and plant themes in their canvases and individual drinking glasses. Grey and his team, however, are out exploring the city for a while. Along the way, though, he had heard tales of a mysterious person named Blue Ninja, the one who saved them from the Vandals yesterday. Grey was really intrigued by it, wanting to see him in real life.

By 9:39 a.m., Rico and his group left the shop to their resumed tour to the Galenus kingdom ruins at the seaport. There they ride on the same ferry, which had undergone serious maintenance before use, and they and the other tourists set sail for the tour. The tour was straight to the Galenus Bridge ruins, where the tour guide will resumed her explanation about the bridge's carved symbols and art. There by 10:20 a.m., once the ferry parked at a right distance, the tour guide stand on the platform and start explaining about the bridge's carved symbols and art one by one with enthusiasm and positive attitude. Most of the group and their Pokémon are listening to her attentively. Rico was listening to her while scribbling and sketching themes on his sketching book and journal with crayons, thin markers, and highlighters as his Pokémon pay attention to his creativity. Maneki is playing his smartphone games while Grey and his team are listening to the tour guide's sayings in curiosity. Everything is peaceful and good, with the Vandals in jail for their crimes.