Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 143 Sprouting Ranch and 40 Fawns
The ranch that Link had his eyes on was located on the lakeside on the northern outskirts of Rota Street. It was a small ranch whose main product was horsefly honey. The small area was covered with flowers, and horseflies and butterfly flies could be seen flying everywhere.

In addition, the ranch has 40 four-season deer and several acres of grassland.

This fawn-like elf has fur that changes color according to the season. The hair on its body contains plant ingredients, and the perfume it produces is very popular. After it evolves into a budding deer, the vanilla and tea made from the leaves picked from its body are also very precious products.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a thriving ranch, and Link really can't understand why they would change hands.

"Because Shikiguru is too difficult to evolve."

When Link mentioned this, ranch owner Okada sighed helplessly, "Forty four-season deer. I've been raising them for a whole year, but not even one has evolved into a sprout deer. If this continues, the ranch will soon be unable to make ends meet."

Sprout, a seasonal Pokémon with Normal + Grass attributes.

The flowers and plants growing on the horns change with the seasons, and the grassy fragrance they emit will change with the seasons. The leaves can be used to make black tea, which has different flavors depending on where it comes from.

Even from a trainer's perspective, Deere is a fairly useful Pokémon, but the problem is that its growth rate is too slow.

It takes more than a month for a trainer like Red to evolve, and a year for an ordinary trainer to evolve.

However, if a large number of people are being raised at one time and there is no time to focus on cultivating the ranch, it may take two to three years.

The output of four-season deer and sprout deer is related to the water, soil and food they live in. It is impossible to provide them with ordinary feed, otherwise it is impossible to form a brand.

They must be fed with new grass sprouts and tree fruits nourished by local mountain waters, but this is too difficult for a small ranch with insufficient grass.

To be honest, this is basically paying money to keep them.

The Moe Horse Ranch has some savings, but the rancher Okada is not sure whether it will take two or three years for them to evolve.

Two years is still acceptable... but if it's three years, the financial burden will be too heavy.

After listening to the failure of Mengfeng Farm, Link commented: "You should have learned about the habits of elves before importing these four-season deer."

"Fu~"

"Well, that's right. Anyway, I'm planning to move to Crimson City."

There was a large ranch near the hunting area that was for sale, and Okada thought about it and felt that his savings were enough to buy it and expand the breeding area of ​​Moe Horses, or try Pokémon like Miltank, so he planned to sell his ranch.

In fact, the land on Rota Street is much cheaper than that in Light Red City, and the land is also more fertile.

But the biggest problem is that this place is almost entirely mountainous, with insufficient grassland, and powerful wild Pokémon often appear.

In short, it is not suitable for conventional animal husbandry.

Link didn't care about these difficulties. After all, he had no interest in farming. It didn't matter whether there was any output or not. He bought the ranch just to raise elves.

Lakes, plains, mountains, forests, such a complex environment allows him to raise a wide variety of species.

"Well, I guess you won't take these four-season deer with you?"

Okada nodded. He was still negotiating the acquisition with them and really could not afford this group of four-season deer.

But their family has lived with the Moe Flies and the Butterfly Moe Flies for too long and has developed feelings for them, so it is impossible for them to leave any of them for Link.

However, if there is any cute horsefly that is reluctant to leave the sea of flowers here, Okada is mentally prepared to give it up.

After getting a general understanding of the current situation of Mengfeng Farm, Link took a tour with the ranch owner and concluded that the place was filled with abundant natural power and that any seeds scattered would grow into thriving fruit trees.

Apart from being a bit remote, too close to the mountains, and the occasional appearance of wild Pokémon, there are few disadvantages here. As for those four-season deer...

After he captured one of them with a Poké Ball, he used the Pokémon Scan function to roughly detect its energy level, and it turned out that it was only level 15.

After raising it for a year, it’s only at level 1! ?

"Are you sure you're serious about breeding these four-season deer?"

"Of course! Fresh grass, berries and honey, their feed may be better than what office workers in many big cities eat!"

Okada is extremely proud when it comes to the elves on the ranch, and he has always raised the elves using high standards.

"That shouldn't be..."

If the facts are really as the other party said, then the nutrition of these deer is too sufficient. Shouldn't they have only reached level 1 in one year?

"Did you let them fight?"

"Battle?"

Okada was immediately amused. He was not a trainer, so why would he let the Pokémon in the ranch fight each other?

Not to mention the cost for non-trainers to go to the Pokémon Center for treatment, wouldn't it be an even bigger loss if these Feral Deer were damaged in the battle?
After hearing this, Link finally understood why the four-season deer have not yet reached the level of evolution.

In fact, this is also the normal situation for the elves raised by most ordinary people. They neither fight nor train, but just grow slowly and naturally.

This living environment, which is more comfortable than the wild, will slow down the growth of the elves' strength.

But since there are no other shortcomings besides this, Link has no right to interfere with the way others raise Pokémons.

After confirming that there were no other problems or hidden dangers at the Moe Fly Ranch and that the property rights did belong to the ranch owner Okada, he used his three-month salary to buy the ranch along with 3 Moe Flock deer.

There were five horseflies that were unwilling to leave this sea of flowers, so Okada had no choice but to transfer them to their new owners.

It can be seen that Mengmai Ranch really cares about these elves.

Until he left, Okada kept reminding the other party of the details that must be paid attention to when raising horseflies.

"MoeFly is a bug-type Pokémon that can sense auras. It likes full auras, so it often flies to bite people who are extremely happy or sad.

"They have been trained to turn excess pollen into honey and store it in the hive, and you just need to wear protective clothing and clean it regularly.

“But you must be careful, because the flies will conflict with the butterflies in the forest, and will be preyed upon by the orb-spining spiders, hazelnut balls, and false mantis plants. You must ensure that there are enough flowers in the pasture to prevent them from going out into the dangerous wild.

"Besides, Moe Flies and Butterfly Moe Flies hate having their bodies wet by rain. They can sense the moisture in the air. If you see them all hiding in their hives, it means it's going to rain."

"Alas, then there are the Four Seasons Deer..."

By the time they had finished talking about their experiences raising the two elves, it was already approaching noon.

During this time, the Okada family had called a moving company and moved most of the necessities out of the ranch at a speed that Huolala could not match.

Link contacted the construction company and gave them the design drawings he had prepared in advance. After temporarily storing the Four Seasons Deer and the Cute Horse in the Poké Ball at the Poké Center, he took the Pokémons to taste the specialties of Rota Street...

(End of this chapter)