Elf: Start your slow-paced life after becoming a farmer

On a piece of land being exposed to the sun, a large group of Pokémon with light green bodies, green leaves on their heads, and a yellow berry that is not yet fully ripe are basking in the sun with happy expressions.

“These little guys are Mini-Fo.” Ma’an crouched down, then picked up a Mini-Fo and brought it to Karl. “They love sunny weather because that’s when they can convert the nutrients produced through photosynthesis into oil and store it in the fruit on their heads.”

Karl poked the unsuspecting Mini-Fou with a finger: "If I remember correctly, because the fruit on Mini-Fou's head is not ripe, the oil it produces at this stage tastes very bitter."

“That’s right.” Marn gave Karl an approving look. “But once Minifox evolves into Orion, it can produce fresh and delicious olive oil, making it a relatively popular farm Pokémon.”

Carl nodded, but did not immediately place an order as Maen had imagined.

Marn didn't mind, put Mini Fu down, and continued to lead Kar towards an area enclosed by a special fence.

"Ahem, next, I will introduce you to the signature Pokémon of Maen Farm." Maen led Kar through a small door into the fence, took out a whistle from his pocket and blew it loudly.

Shortly after Maen blew his whistle, seven or eight lambs with dark brown fur, green fur on their necks and backs, and a pair of pointed horns on their heads slowly walked over.

The riding sheep is a Pokémon that looks very similar to a goat. They have a gentle nature and can generate energy using the leaves on their backs when there is sunlight.

The role of riding lambs on farms is similar to that of the large milk tanks in the Tokyo area; the former produces nutritious goat milk, while the latter produces the world-renowned Moo Moo Fresh Milk.

Like Miltank, the riding sheep has the Herbivore ability, which makes them immune to Grass-type moves in Pokémon battles.

In daily life, riding lambs with this characteristic have a stronger digestive ability than their peers.

This also means that riding lambs with herbivorous characteristics can produce goat milk with higher nutritional value.

Seeing the rams riding around without any fear, seeking petting, Karl couldn't help but reach out and touch the leaves on their backs.

“Ride Lamb is a Pokémon that’s perfect for farms,” Maen said with a smile. “They can generate the energy they need for daily activities by drinking water and photosynthesis alone, and they can also learn Grassland moves to provide nutrients for crops.”

Carl nodded in agreement. Even by his standards, the riding lambs were exceptionally well-behaved, which showed how much effort Maen had put into raising them.

Next, Maen led Kar to explore the remaining areas of the ranch. Maen's ranch not only had the "Salt King" in its initial form, Rock Gem, which could produce rock salt, but also tropical dragons that could produce high-quality fruit, and even Nombats that could use ultrasonic waves to collect fruit...

In conclusion, most of the Pokémon sold at Maen Ranch are very suitable for farm breeding, so Karl won't lose out no matter which Pokémon he chooses to buy.

After looking at the Pokémon price list provided by Maen and thinking for a moment, Karl approached Maen and said, "Ms. Maen, I would like to purchase two Puppy Pokémon, one Minifox, and four Riding Lambs."

"Huh? Are you sure?" Marne looked at Karl with some surprise. "The paparazzi bag and the mini-mouse are fine, but are you sure you want to buy so many riding goats? They're not cheap."

“I’m sure,” Carl replied confidently.

“Alright.” Seeing Karl’s attitude, Marn didn’t say anything more. “According to the rules, you can choose your own Pokémon before payment, or you can ask me to choose one for you…”

"Then please take me there." Karl smiled shyly. "I think my judgment is pretty good."

"no problem."

Chapter 46: The Journey Begins! (Please read, add to your favorites, and leave a comment!)

After Karl chose his Pokémon, Marn looked at Karl with an undisguised complexity in her eyes.

Did this young man actually pick the lamb away?

"Thank you for your patronage." Looking at the payment notification pop up on her phone screen, Maen composed herself and instructed Karl, "Please make sure to treat those children well."

“I will.” Kar put away the seven Poké Balls containing Pokémon and smiled at Maen. “If I have the chance, I will bring them back to see you next time I come.”

Having said that, Carl released the steel crow, climbed onto its back, and then gave a command. The steel crow flapped its wings and flew into the sky, disappearing into the clouds in the blink of an eye.

Sitting on the back of the armored crow, Karl hummed an unknown tune while mentally calculating the gains from this trip.

First and foremost, what surprised Karl the most was the riding goat with the Grass Fur property.

The effect of the Grass Fur ability is very simple: when a Pokémon with this ability is in a Grassy area, its defense is greatly increased.

From a farm management perspective, riding lambs with grass-fur characteristics are far inferior to riding lambs with herbivorous characteristics.

After all, if Karl raises them properly, riding lambs with herbivorous characteristics will provide the farm with a continuous supply of high-quality goat milk.

Whether you process their milk into dairy products, sell it directly, or keep it as food for Urshifu or Serperior, it's a good choice.

In Karl's vision, the farm can only be considered to be on the right track if its output can support the daily consumption of all the Pokémon.

Besides being a farmer, Cokkall is also a Pokémon trainer.

The real Pokémon world is not like the game world, where Pokémon can be rearranged at will. Pokémon with hidden abilities are very rare in reality.

At least among Kael's Pokémon, only Dragonair, Serperior, and Steelix have the Hidden Ability.

Even Charizard, which Professor Yamanashi traded for from Professor Oak, has the standard Fire-type starter ability "Blaze".

This also proves from another perspective that in the real world, Pokémon with Hidden Abilities are extremely rare.

As for the three puppies, they share Nemo's "do-it-yourself" characteristic. After they evolve into Twisted Dogs, their characteristics will transform into a caramelized body.

In battle, the effect of Smoked Body is that when a Pokémon with this ability is hit by a Fire-type attack, its Defense will be increased.

In daily life, dogs with this characteristic will emit a smell similar to bread. This smell not only makes people feel hungry, but also promotes the growth of wheat.

The last Pokémon, Mimifu, has the unremarkable ability of waking up early.

Whether in battle or in daily life, the only effect of this trait is to shorten sleep time; it has no other effect.

However, Carl bought Mini Fu only so that it could evolve to provide fresh olive oil for the farm, and he did not expect to increase the farm's income by selling the oil.

After taking stock of what he had bought on his shopping trip, Carlton felt much better and was now ready to start the planting session in the afternoon.

……

Three days later, at the farmhouse.

"Ugh, Zhenyifa, stop messing around." Karl opened his eyes groggily and grabbed Zhenyifa, who was scratching his face with his long hair.

"Whoosh! (Get up!)" Zhenyifa called out softly, breaking free of Karl's embrace with his ethereal body, and then sitting directly on Karl's stomach.

"Alright, alright, I'm getting up now." Knowing he couldn't fall back asleep, Carl sat up in bed, rubbed his bald head, and got out of bed to go to the bathroom to wash up.

Zhenyi has been excited ever since he learned last night that he was about to go on an adventure.

Although Zhenyifa had a great passion for wilderness exploration when he traveled before, Carl felt that Zhenyifa was a little too excited at the moment.

Could this be the legendary "elementary school students' spring outing syndrome"? Carl thought to himself as he brushed his teeth.

Since this trip would be quite long, after considering the opinions of various Pokémon and the itinerary, Kar decided to bring seven Pokémon: Urshifu, Winged Razor, Steelix, Charizard, Urshifu, Espeon, and Dragonair.

Although in the game, trainers can only take a maximum of six Pokémon on their travels, in the real world, this rule actually only applies to new trainers who have received their starter Pokémon for less than three years.

In addition to the situations mentioned above, trainers can only carry six Pokémon with them when traveling across regions.

This is why Kar didn't bring Hakkar and Swampert with him when he first came to the Padia region.

After breakfast, Karl didn't rush off, but instead strolled around the farm.

Karl first arrived near the original experimental field, where he saw the four new riding lambs that had joined the farm learning the Grassland moves from the Serpent Lord. Mini Fu was sitting shoulder to shoulder with Fairy Milk, watching with great interest.

Upon noticing Karl's arrival, Serperior bleated at the four riding lambs, then twisted its body and came alone to Karl.

“Jialuo. (You’re leaving.)”

The serpent pretended to be calm as it looked at Karl, but the tip of its tail, tightly wrapped around Karl's ankle, betrayed its reluctance.

"Yes, I've got everything ready." Karl pulled the Serpent over and hugged it to comfort it. "The farm can't do without you for now. Once the lambs have mastered the Grassland moves, I'll definitely take you out."

The serpent pretended to struggle for a moment, but when it realized Kar was holding on tightly, it snorted coldly, "Garro! (I'll let you go this time!)"

“My Serpent Lord is the best.” Karl affectionately stroked the Serpent Lord’s warm body again, and then took it with him to tour the farm.

After confirming that everything was alright at the farm, Karl returned to the open space in front of the farm building and, surrounded by a group of Pokémon, climbed onto Steelix's back.

"Metamorphoses, I'm leaving the farm in your care," Karl said to Metagross as a final instruction.

The Megalomon nodded calmly: "Gengjin. (You can rest assured and leave it to me.)"

As Carl rode Steel Crow into the clouds, Metagross's super brain immediately began to gurgle.

If Karl knew what Metagross was thinking at that moment, he would definitely turn around and take Metagross with him.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world, and not bringing Metagross on this trip will be the most regrettable thing Karl has ever done in his life.

Chapter 47 Papa: No! (Please read, vote, and add to your favorites)

As Carl was about to land on the Little Key Path in his Steel Raven, he saw Piper and Nemo carrying large bags of luggage, as well as Sebastian, Nemo's old butler, standing beside her.

(Screenshot from "After School Time in Padia")

"Karl, we're here!" Nemo shouted, waving at Karl who was riding on the back of the steel-armored crow.

Upon seeing this, Carl immediately directed the steel crow to land in front of the three of them, and then jumped off the steel crow's back.

"Good morning, Karl," Pipa greeted Karl first.

“Good morning, Pipa,” Carl replied, then noticed the dark circles under Pipa’s eyes and teased, “Did you stay up late last night?”

"Haha." Pipa scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "Is it that obvious?"

“Papa, is this your first time traveling?” Nemo stepped forward and looked Papa up and down. “I was so excited the night before my first trip that I couldn’t sleep.”

“Now that everyone’s here, if there’s nothing else, let’s set off now,” Karl said, casting a questioning glance at Sebastian, who was standing silently to the side.

“Mr. Carl.” Sebastian took a step forward immediately after noticing Carl’s gaze. “Miss Nemo is not feeling well. Please take good care of her.”

“I will.” Karl smiled and nodded in agreement, then took out the Poké Ball containing the Charizard and released it.

Once Pipa and Nemo were settled on the fire-breathing dragon, Kar returned to the Steel Crow's back, directing the Steel Crow and the fire-breathing dragon to fly into the sky together, disappearing from Sebastian's sight in the blink of an eye.

After a flight of about three hours, the three people and two Pokémon finally arrived near Glasspin City before 11 o'clock.

Looking down from the sky, the vast desert stretches between heaven and earth, with sand dunes rising and falling like frozen waves, their outlines softened by the spring sunshine.

In a corner of the desert stands a city shaped like a staircase – Bottle City.

Glass Bottle City is located in the second district of western Padiya. It is the third largest city in the Padiya region, after Table City and Brewing City.

Although Bobo is located on the edge of the only desert in the Padiya region—the Khon Khon Desert—it is known as the "Land of Water" because of its abundant water resources.

(Aerial view of Boping City)

Because of the significant elevation differences in the location of Bottle City, its builders designed it as a three-tiered, stepped structure from the outset.

They also used the river water originating from the Padiya pit as a power source and built huge elevators at the junctions of each level to facilitate residents' travel.

When Carl arrived at the League building with his two little ones, intending to schedule a gym challenge for the afternoon, the staff member at the front desk who was in charge of registering gym challenges told Carl some unfortunate news.

"What?! The Gym Leader of the Hyde Gym has something to attend to, so the gym is temporarily closed for the next few days?" Karl's expression froze. This familiar sense of déjà vu... does he have to go through the whole storyline to challenge the Bottle Gym in real life?

"Did the owner of Haidai Pavilion bring his wallet?"

Carl's seemingly nonsensical remark left the receptionist completely bewildered, but he patiently explained, "According to my information, the owner of Haidai Museum temporarily closed the museum to order ingredients from the agricultural association, which recently purchased a batch of high-quality produce."

“?” Karl fell silent. Although that batch of ingredients might not necessarily be the one he sold to the agricultural association, was it really okay for the gym leader to take leave so casually?

After leaving the Alliance building, Carl looked at the dejected Nemo and Piper and raised an eyebrow: "What are you two doing?"

Karl could understand why Nemo looked so dejected, since she had been really looking forward to the battle between Karl and Haide. But what was Pipa so dejected about?

“Master Haidai is not here, so the head chef of Haidai Club these days…” Before Piper could finish speaking, Karl understood what he meant.

Carl brought Martial Arts Master Xiong out this time specifically to fulfill the promise he made to him. However, he had no idea when Haidai would return, let alone bring Martial Arts Master Xiong to visit him.

Carl wasn't worried about Master Xiong being angry, after all, as a trainer, he knew very well that Master Xiong wouldn't hold a grudge over such a small matter.

Koka was well aware that Chef Xiong had been looking forward to coming to him for culinary advice for a long time.

Just then, Carl felt the pixie ball containing Master Bear wobble, as if to say, "It's alright, we'll come back another time."

Carl paused for a moment, then grinned and said, "Okay, we'll come again next time."

……

In the scorching desert under the blazing sun, Karl drove a brown camouflage off-road vehicle, speeding across the sun-baked sand dunes.

Since they couldn't challenge the Bottle City Gym for the time being, the three of them rested for an hour in Bottle City after lunch before heading straight into the Broom Desert to begin their treasure hunt (Secret Seasoning Version).

"Kargo, your driving skills are really good." Nemo, sitting in the back seat, praised him as she looked at the somewhat monotonous scenery outside the car window.

“I didn’t expect you, Kargo, to choose to drive into the Booming Desert.” Pipa, sitting in the passenger seat, said in a complicated tone, “I thought you were the kind of old-fashioned trainer, Kargo.”

"When you say 'old-school,' do you mean the kind of old-school that involves trekking across the desert and dying of thirst? That's not old-school, that's just crazy." Karl glanced at Pipa speechlessly. "If you want to trek across the scorching desert, just tell me, and I'll put you down right now."

Upon hearing this, Pipa immediately put her hand to her mouth as if zipping up a zipper, then winked at Karl.

"Look over there!" Nemo's excited shout interrupted their bickering.

Pipah followed Nemo's gaze and saw a group of gray, fan-shaped Pokémon with long black noses and horns on either side of their mouths appear on the top of a sand dune not far from them.

Donphantom, the armored Pokémon, has a hard skin covering its entire body and a pair of thick tusks. Although they look somewhat intimidating, they are actually very calm and collected unless someone deliberately provokes them.

The moment Karl saw the group of Donakers, his brow furrowed instantly. His sixth sense told him that something was wrong with these Donakers.