Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 52 Subduing! (Seeking monthly votes)
"Elif, you should go back and get some rest too!"

Raven turned his gaze away from the window and spoke to his old butler.

“Yes, Your Highness!” Elif bowed. “Please get some rest.”

The old butler has left.

Raven then looked at the Pokémon beside him and said to them with a smile:
"Don't worry, this house is very sturdy."

The foam squirrels jumped from the window to the floor. They ran to the corner where they hid their food, and looking at the pile of tree nuts and pine cones that looked like a small mountain, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lili..."

The firewood in the fireplace was burning brightly, sparks flying everywhere, making a crackling sound.

The warm flames illuminated the entire room, dispelling the chill brought by the blizzard.

Watching the actions of the foam squirrels, Raven couldn't help but laugh:
"Don't worry! Even if you have no food, I won't let you go hungry!"

With that, Raven patted his bed and said to them, "Come on up and get some sleep!"

"Chestnut!"

The five foam squirrels jumped onto the bed and crowded around Raven, vying for their little blankets.

I must say, having such a group of fluffy and adorable Pokémon around is actually quite interesting.

Being surrounded by a bunch of furry creatures while sleeping at night makes even sleeping sounder.

The Dratini, which had been training all day, was asleep.

Raven then turned to look at the spiky snake on the carpet, and then extended an invitation to it:
"Snivy, why don't you come and sleep with me?"

When the topic shifted to itself, the Snivy, which had been staring in this direction, immediately turned its head away after a brief moment of surprise.

"Aren't you really going to sleep with us?" Raven added, "It's very warm."

"Teng Teng..."

At this moment, Snivy hesitated.

Raven pressed his advantage, saying, "It's a bit cold on the ground, but it's lively and warm here. Everyone wants you to come and sleep with them."

Upon hearing this, Snivy, with an arrogant expression and elegant posture, crossed her little arms.

Since that's the case, then let's just make do with it!
Snivy also came to the bed, but it was positioned far away from Raven, at the foot of the bed.

"That little smug one," Raven couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He recalled what had happened before, and then asked, "Snivy, were you injured by other Pokémon that day?"

"Snivy?" Snivy paused slightly, then remembered the day it was ambushed by those cunning and treacherous Slugs: "Snivy."

“I see…” Raven murmured.

After spending these days together, both he and Tengi Snake have come to know each other to a certain extent.

Raven felt it was time.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked:
"Snivy, would you like to become my Pokémon?"

"Spirit Snake?" Spirit Snake paused, her tone seemingly puzzled.

Raven explained, "Just like Dratini, once you become my Pokémon, I will create a special training plan for you to make you stronger, such as evolving into Snivy or even the more powerful Serperior."

The contrarian Serperior, with its Leaf Storm ability that significantly boosts its Special Attack and allows for infinite repeat, is a combination that Raven believes will allow them to dominate this era.

"Teng Teng..."

But Snivy wasn't thinking about becoming stronger.

The image of Raven apologizing to the foam squirrels and promising to take them in flashed through its mind.

Next, there's a scene of Raven training the mini dragon, gently massaging it, and spending time with it.

And the scene of Raven smiling as he interacts with the Pokémon in this territory.

All of this made the vine snake feel somewhat agitated.

That's why it appeared in front of this human multiple times back then.

Deep down, it was probably hoping that the other party would catch up, wasn't it?
Snivy sat up in bed and looked at Raven.

Seeing that Snivy remained silent, Raven sat up and looked at Snivy.

A person and a Pokémon gaze at each other from afar.

"How is it, Snivy?" Raven asked. Snivy crossed its arms haughtily, closed its eyes, and turned its head away.

"You agreed?" Raven's eyes lit up.

"Teng Teng."

Raven grinned. Ancient Pokémon were so much better. If it were a modern Snivy, it would definitely take a battle to catch it.

He extended his hand to Snivy: "Nice to meet you, Snivy."

The vine snake paused, looked at the hand in front of it, a slight smile playing on its lips, and then stretched out its own hand as well.

"Teng Teng."

Raven breathed a sigh of relief.

Great, you've successfully captured Snivy.

Snivy, which managed to escape from the attack of five Slugs, must possess considerable combat strength.

In this way, he now possesses a certain level of combat ability.

Moreover, Snivy grows much faster than Dratini.

In the game, it only needs to be level 17 to evolve into Serperior, and at level 36, it can evolve into the final stage Serperior.

At that time, Dratini might not have even evolved into Dragonair yet.

More importantly, although it grows quickly, this does not mean that Snivy's potential is lower than that of Dratini.

It's all about human effort. Raven firmly believes that as long as trainers raise them well, even a Pokémon like Beedrill, which can be found everywhere on the roadside, can have the ability to fight against legendaries.

There are many such examples in the Pokémon world.

For example, Giovanni's Beedrill, or the little boar and messenger bird of Liu Bo in the special episode.

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The blizzard continued until the next morning without stopping.

Outside, wind and snow raged, and the cold wind howled past.

To check on the brick firing process, Raven put on a cashmere hood, told a few Pokémon to stay at home, and then went to the brick kiln with blacksmith Morrick and others in the heavy snow.

After a whole night, the red-hot bricks in the dome-shaped brick kiln had completely cooled down.

Morrick took one of the red bricks out and examined it carefully, then revealed his delight.

"Your Highness Raven, these bricks were fired very successfully!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces lit up with joy.

As he spoke, Morrick handed the reddish-brown brick to Raven.

Raven reached out and took it, squeezing it hard. He felt that the brick was very hard and solid.

It's clear they succeeded!
Seeing this, Raven breathed a sigh of relief.

In this way, they can build a sturdier brick house when winter is over!

"Thank you all for your hard work!" Raven said.

“It is what we should do, Your Highness!” everyone said.

"Alright, now that the brick firing has been a great success, everyone should go back and rest! We'll continue working once the blizzard stops!" Raven said.

"Yes!"

After everyone had left, Raven turned to Elif and said:

“Elif, take some things from my private treasury as a reward for them later.”

“Understood, Your Highness,” Elif nodded.

Raven was in high spirits. If they started firing bricks now, they would be able to accumulate a large batch of red bricks by next spring.

Then we can start building the brick houses.

In addition, there's the feeding of wild Pokémon, the sap from Shuckle, the wool from Mareep, the honey from Tribeca, the tea leaves from Deerclops...

After that, a few more juice shops, tea shops, bakeries and other similar shops will be opened, and then the area will gradually develop from a village into a town.

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)