Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 36 Before the Blizzard

The next day, the temperature plummeted, occasionally accompanied by a biting wind, and the sky was overcast with no sunshine.

The residents of the territory hurried along; even those with little life experience knew from this scene that a blizzard was coming.

These past few days, everyone has been working day and night at the logging site.

With everyone's joint efforts, the construction of the wooden houses is nearing completion, with only a few more remaining before it is fully finished.

Raven sat inside the tent and began issuing commands to Elif.

"Elif, give the order to speed things up. How's the food gathering going these past few days?"

Elif replied, "In addition to the black bread, white bread, ham, bacon and other food that we had stored up, everyone in the territory has gathered a lot of tree fruits and wild berries these days."

"Furthermore, with the help of Your Highness's Dratini and Snowcap, the warehouse is now stocked with a large quantity of frozen fish, and some people are even using smoking to process the fish in order to extend their shelf life as much as possible."

"The food we have stored so far is more than enough to get us through the winter."

"That's good," Raven breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

"The temperature has dropped again. Now that we have enough food, let the gathering team help us collect wood. We must collect enough firewood to keep warm before the blizzard arrives."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

As for Fire-type Pokémon, there is currently only one powerful Ninetales in the vicinity, and given their strength, they can only give up for the time being.

As for the other Pokémon, we can only wait until winter ends and spring arrives to look for them.

As Raven formulated his plan in his mind, he said:
"Also, have Lila prepare some herbs to treat frostbite and colds, in case some people get sick from the cold weather."

“Yes, Your Highness!” Elif replied.

After Raven finished giving his instructions, he hurriedly left the tent to carry out the order.

"Lili..."

Five foam squirrels huddled in front of the tent, anxiously watching the sky outside.

Pokémons have always had a more acute sense of perception than humans, and they can sense changes in their surroundings the moment they occur.

At this moment, the five little ones all showed expressions of worry and anxiety.

"Lili..."

The foam squirrels were panicked.

According to their usual habits, they prepare a lot of food before winter to ensure they can get through the winter safely.

But this winter is unusual. Their homes have all been cut down, and after observing them for the past few days, they have never seen Raven bring food home from outside.

A foam squirrel couldn't resist asking Raven, but had to give up because Raven couldn't understand what they meant.

Could it be that this human doesn't have the habit of storing food?

The foam squirrels were panicked.

"Chestnuts!" In that case, won't they go hungry?

The five foam squirrels grew increasingly worried, when suddenly, one of them remembered something.

"Chestnut!"

Didn't they gather a lot of chestnuts, pine nuts, and tree fruits in the forest in the fall?

Another foam squirrel remembered: "Chicken!"

It remembered that they had hidden the food together in a cave!
After they said that, the other foam squirrels also started to recall.

They immediately ran out of the tent and headed towards the cave.

They had to bring back the chestnuts, pine nuts, and tree fruits before the blizzard arrived!
So, to Raven's stunned gaze, the five foam squirrels ran off and quickly disappeared from sight.

Raven: "?"

"Where did they go?" Raven couldn't help but ask the Dratini.

“Woo…” the Minidragon replied. Just then, someone outside the tent suddenly requested an audience.

Immediately afterwards, a short-haired girl with freckles walked in, looking worried.

Raven recognized the other person at a glance.

Megan, the girl he had previously sent to raise the six carp kings.

"What's wrong, Megan?" Raven asked.

“Your Highness Raven…” Megan hesitated before saying, “It’s been so cold these days, the pond is freezing over every day, and I’m worried the Magikarp will freeze. So I was wondering if I could take them home and raise them until winter is over, and then return them to the pond!”

"You came for Magikarp?" Raven raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

It seems that after spending this time together, this girl has taken a liking to those six Magikarp!
However, Megan seems to lack common sense. Although the lake surface freezes in winter, the water temperature at the bottom of the lake remains relatively stable beneath the ice.

Magikarp will not be affected at all.

But Raven was very pleased to see the people in his territory develop a special affection for Pokémon, so he nodded in agreement:
"Of course, no problem, but they can't stay out of the water for too long."

Megan was delighted when Raven agreed: "Yes, I know! My brother made six wooden tanks for me so the Magikarp can stay there!"

Megan's family was allocated a cabin a few days ago, where she now lives with her brother Chris.

“Alright, in that case, the Magikarp are in your care.” Raven nodded.

“Thank you so much, Your Highness Raven!” Megan bowed gratefully.

Raven smiled and watched Megan turn and leave.

This is undoubtedly a good start.

Perhaps one day, those six Magikarp will evolve into Gyarados under Megan's care.

After all, it's quite normal for similar miracles to happen in the Pokémon world.

After a while, the foam squirrels still hadn't returned.

Raven couldn't help but stand up, preparing to go outside to look for them.

But when he and Dratini arrived at the place where they had found the Foam Squirrel, Dratini seemed to suddenly sense something and turned to look in one direction.

"Woo?"

"What's wrong, Dratini?" Raven, who was searching for the Foam Squirrel, followed Dratini's gaze.

The next second, he spotted a familiar figure behind a tree.

That's... a Snivy?

Raven was slightly taken aback.

Upon realizing it had been discovered, the vine snake immediately tried to turn and flee.

Seeing this, Raven quickly shouted, "Wait, Snivy!"

The vine snake paused, turning its head to look back.

Raven ran quickly toward the Snivy, saying as he ran:
“Snivy, Froakie has already told me that you are also a Pokémon living in this place. I’m sorry, we destroyed your home.”

"But a blizzard is coming soon, and it will be dangerous for you to stay outside."

In particular, Snivy is a Grass-type Pokémon. Although it does not need to hibernate, it will still be affected by the environment and temperature in winter and thus fall into a weakened state.

"So, would you like to join our territory and spend this winter with us?" Raven asked. "Next spring, I can help you plant a grove of fruit trees as your new home, how about it, Snivy?"

Snivy paused for a moment, then calmly glanced back at Raven before nimbly disappearing into the woods.

Raven: "..." He ran away again.

So what does this vine snake mean?
Even though she runs away whenever she sees him, she still appears around them many times.

Is it perhaps arrogant or haughty?

(End of this chapter)