Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 39 New Technology
On a cold, snowy night, a cold wind carrying heavy snow howled past outside.

Anna, along with Zoroya and her mother, were in the newly completed wooden cabin. In front of them was a burning campfire, and hanging above it was a pot filled with a milky white, delicious fish soup.

"Okay, we can start eating now!" Anna's mother, Ellie, called to her daughter in a gentle voice as she ladled fish soup from the pot.

"The snow outside is so heavy!"

Anna and Sororia looked out the small window at the snowy night and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Hearing her mother's call, Anna turned and ran back. Soloa also jumped from the window onto the wooden floor. They looked at the fish soup in the pot and said, "It smells so good!"

"Then drink more," Ellie said with a smile. She ladled another bowl for Zoroya and placed it in front of it. "Zoroya, have a bowl too. Let me know if you need more!"

"Woo!"

Soroya lowered her head and licked the fish soup in the bowl with her little pink tongue.

Ellie watched this scene with utter astonishment.

It turns out there are such magical beasts in this world.

A few days ago, she and Anna went out to collect herbs, but they accidentally encountered a wild magical beast that attacked them.

They were only spared from injury because of Zoroah!
At this moment, Ellie had completely accepted Zoroya's existence.

Living with Warcraft isn't so bad!
"So delicious!" Anna exclaimed as she took a big bite of the golden-brown, crispy grilled fish.

Ellie smiled and said, "Anna, you must study hard under Prince Raven and not let him down, okay?"

They owe their success to Prince Raven.

Otherwise, they would probably have frozen to death in the blizzard by now.

“Yes!” Anna nodded vigorously. Remembering the task Prince Raven had assigned her, she turned to Zoroya and said, “Zoroya, let’s practice the illusion again before we go to sleep!”

"Woo~!"

*

Dinner time arrived, and Raven returned from outside, chilly to the bone. He took off his snow-covered cloak and went into the room.

The firewood in the stone fireplace was burning brightly, sparks flying and crackling, the orange-red flames illuminating the entire room.

In no time, Raven felt warm all over.

Perhaps because they were too comfortable, the dwarf dragons and foam squirrels were already getting drowsy.

Five foam squirrels huddled together on the bed, while the miniature dragon curled up on a cushion on the carpet and fell asleep.

Raven's entrance did not attract the attention of the Pokémon.

Seeing this, Raven had a maid bring him dinner.

Their dinner tonight is grilled fish, fish soup, white bread, and smoked ham, and dessert is diced grapefruit.

As the food was served, an enticing aroma filled the entire room.

The mini dragons woke up immediately, and the foam squirrels were also attracted by the aroma.

Seeing this, Raven couldn't help but laugh and say, "Dinner's ready!"

Several Pokémon immediately gathered around and sat down with Raven at the dining table to begin their dinner.

Raven ate quickly, and before the Dratini and the others had finished their meal, he opened his Lord panel.

"Now, let's take a look at the technology."

With the completion of the wooden house, the residents of the territory provided him with a satisfaction rating of 500.

As time passed, these satisfaction levels continued to slowly increase, and in just one afternoon, they broke through the 600 mark again. With a slight thought, Raven brought the tech tree panel to life before his eyes.

[Gathering (Unlocked)] → Branch 1 [Basic Fruit Cultivation (Unlockable)]

→Branch 2 [Basic Herbalism (Unlocked)] → [Advanced Herbalism (Unlockable)]

[Animal husbandry (unlockable)] → [Basic processing skills (unlocks some basic agricultural and sideline product processing recipes)]

[Fishing (Unlocked)] → [Basic Shipbuilding (Unlockable)]

[Mining (Unlockable)] → [Basic Ore Theory (Unlockable)]

Raven's gaze swept over these technologies.

He currently has a satisfaction rating of 600, which is enough to unlock the remaining [Mining] and [Animal Husbandry] skills.

but……

Looking at the technologies listed later, Raven fell into deep thought.

The basic tree cultivation will automatically unlock next spring when skilled farmers plant pomelo seeds in the soil.

Advanced Herbalism is worth unlocking first, as it contains recipes for some advanced healing potions. However, the only problem is that this technology requires 500 satisfaction.

"...Never mind, even if Lila unlocks the herbs she currently has, she won't be able to concoct them."

After a moment of contemplation, Raven chose to temporarily abandon this technology, planning to unlock it next year when he had enough herbs or had established a herb garden.

As for basic shipbuilding techniques...

Raven glanced at it briefly; the technology included some crafting techniques and blueprints for small wooden boats.

Although unlocking the boat would allow them to travel by water, Raven has decided to stay and develop in this place for the time being, as the wooden boat wouldn't be of much use to him.

That leaves only [Animal Husbandry] and [Mining], as well as [Basic Processing] which comes after Animal Husbandry.

[Animal husbandry: Unlocks the method of raising land-based Pokémon. Requires 200 satisfaction points.]

[Mining: Unlocks the technology and methods for mining mineral resources. Requires 200 satisfaction points.]

[Basic Processing Skills: Unlocks processing recipes and production techniques for some basic agricultural products. Requires 300 satisfaction points to redeem.]

“Although we know that there may be minerals on the mountain where Cocodora lives, we currently lack mining workers and tools to mine the minerals in our territory…” Raven couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

However, could a Pokémon like Cocoyar help them find the exact location of the mine?
"Forget it." Raven shook his head. The most important thing right now is to solve the problem of food and clothing in the territory.

Residents need to be well-fed and warmly clothed to provide him with greater satisfaction.

With that in mind, Raven spent 500 satisfaction points to unlock the [Animal Husbandry] and [Basic Processing] technologies.

The next second, a large amount of information flooded his mind.

[Raising methods for Miltank, Wooloo, Mareep, Sweet Basket, Chansey, Beagle, Alcremie, Tropius, Slowpoke... Abyssal, Grimmsnarl, Groudon, and other land-based Pokémon have been unlocked!]

Processing technologies for agricultural products such as milk, honey, wool, fruit, cream, wheat, beer, and eggs have been unlocked!

In a fleeting moment, Raven's mind conjured up the processing methods and production techniques for products such as cheese, honey, cloth, yogurt, jam, and flour.

At the same time, a line of information appeared on the panel.

These technologies can be taught to the residents of the territory, providing them with more possibilities for their future careers!

Cheese makers, winemakers, beekeepers, millers, farmers, miners, fishermen...

(End of this chapter)