Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 4 I Have a Home Again

However, the Melting Beast did not eat the food that Ange had prepared.

After waiting for a while, Anjie saw that the molten beast still had no intention of coming forward to eat, and he sighed deeply.

Half a day later, Anjie said to the Melting Beast, "The food is right there. You can eat it anytime. After you finish eating, get some rest. Don't worry about anything else. It's very safe here."

After saying that, he called to Diancie, and the two of them, along with their Pokémon, went back upstairs to continue sleeping.

Because she was worried that the melting beast would be frightened, Anjie did not turn off the lights on the first floor.

After Anjie and the others left, the molten beast stared blankly at the food in front of it. It was so hungry that it couldn't resist the aroma of the steamed buns. It jumped in front of the food bowl, opened its mouth, and swallowed a steamed bun.

The moment it swallowed the steamed bun, the melting beast was stunned. It was so delicious! The soft, cloud-like bun entered its throat, and it felt as if it were surrounded by countless fluttering silks. The silky sensation was simply wonderful.

With its appetite whetted, the food-eating beast could no longer resist and plunged headfirst into the food bowl to devour it.

Halfway through its meal, it suddenly burst into tears, large tears falling and splashing onto the edge of the food bowl, blooming like flowers.

It remembered its trainer.

The trainer of the Floodon came from a very ordinary family, but his dream was to become a great trainer. So he found the Floodon, which feeds on garbage, in a corner of the city and captured it, making it his first Pokémon.

The time it spent with its trainer was the happiest time the Meat Eater had ever had since it was born. It ate, slept, played, and trained with its trainer every day. It no longer had to hide in the garbage dump and keep company with the dirty and smelly trash.

To help it grow better, the trainer saved every penny and fed it the best food. He loved the Melt-Eater very much, and the Melt-Eater loved him the most in return.

It was only later that the trainer learned that the Gluttonous Beast was a Pokémon that could eat a lot, and that it had to be fed large amounts of food in order to make it a fighting force.

But how could a trainer possibly provide a large amount of food for a Mechano-eating Beast?

The morning sun was shining brightly that day. The trainer prepared a hearty breakfast for the Meatfish, and after it finished eating, he took it into the forest.

The Meat Eater thought its trainer had brought it to the forest for special training, and it was very happy. It skipped and hopped along the way, picking a wildflower by the roadside every now and then, sticking its tongue out at the little finches on the treetops...

It felt incredibly happy doing anything with its trainer.

Until they reached the depths of the forest, the trainer suddenly crouched down and quietly hugged the Glutton, almost suffocating it.

"Melting Beast, I'm sorry..." the trainer said in a voice so low it was almost inaudible.

The molten beast could feel wet droplets falling on its body, but at the time it didn't realize what was wrong.

The trainer suddenly released the Flooth and ran away.

"Ku-ling~~ Ku-ling~~" The Glutton skipped and hopped behind its trainer, but the trainer disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Cool ring~ Cool ring~~"

It stood blankly in the forest, calling out its trainer's name and looking in the direction where its trainer had disappeared. Suddenly, it realized something.

It was abandoned.

It actually knew its trainer's house and the way back, but instead of going back, it turned around and walked deeper into the forest, looking lost and dejected.

It didn't want to put its trainer in a difficult position.

The molten beast had no idea how long it had been walking. Along the way, it had accidentally wandered into the territory of other Pokémon and was attacked. Finally, it staggered to the Nibel Plateau and collapsed in the night in front of Angel's house.

Because it was abandoned by its former trainer, it began to fear humans.

Pulling its wandering thoughts back, the consuming beast wiped away its tears and continued to devour the steamed buns, soon finishing off the entire bowl.

After letting out a burp, the molten beast glanced at the second floor, paused for a moment, and then hopped towards the door, resolutely disappearing into the night.

This is not the place for it. If it stays, it will be abandoned one day just like before. I doubt anyone would want to raise a gluttonous creature that can't do anything! The Melting Beast thought to itself.

As the molten beast left, the tree-pillow koala in the cabin gently twitched its ears and silently rolled over.

After leaving Anjie's house, the Melting Beast wandered aimlessly across the Nibel Plateau under the cover of night. It didn't know how long it had been walking, but it came to the foot of a cliff and found a crevice in the rocks that could shelter it from the wind and rain.

In a daze, the melting beast fell asleep, but it didn't sleep for long. When it woke up again, it was still dark, and the silver moon hung high in the night sky.

It couldn't sleep soundly at all in the unfamiliar environment.

However, when it opened its eyes, it saw a sliver of candlelight flickering in front of it.

"Mmm~ Mmm~~" Who are you? I don't think I've ever seen you before.

Candlelight curiously observed the Melt-o'-the-Beast; it recognized most of the Pokémon on the Nebel Plateau.

The consuming beast was somewhat frightened, shrinking back without making a sound.

The Candle Spirit, with its lively personality, leaped onto the head of the Melting Beast, its candlelight flickering and illuminating the narrow crevice in the rock.

Bathed in the warm candlelight, the melting beast actually felt a little at ease for a moment.

"Hee hee hee~" You're new here, right?

The Candlelight Spirit asked again.

The consuming beast nodded subconsciously.

Seeing the pitiful appearance of the Melting Beast, Candlelight Spirit gently stroked its head.

"Mmm~ Mmm~~" You've worked hard.

Hearing this, the Melting Beast felt a pang of sorrow in its heart again, and tears welled up in its eyes uncontrollably.

The Candlelight Spirit didn't speak, but gently stroked the head of the Melting Beast, quietly keeping it company.

Once the Melting Beast had vented its emotions, the Candle Spirit asked, "Hee hee hee hee~" You don't have a place to stay yet, do you? Want to come to my house?

The Candlelight Spirit treated the Melting Beast gently, just as everyone had treated it gently when it first arrived at the Nibel Plateau.

Like the Fiss Beast, Litwick is also a Pokémon that was abandoned by human trainers.

Perhaps it was the kindness of the Candle Spirit that touched the Melting Beast, for the Melting Beast nodded slightly.

So the Melting Beast followed behind the Candle Spirit, and under the cover of night, they arrived at the entrance of a cave, which was where the Candle Spirit lived.

"Mmm~ Mmm~~" Let's go in.

"Candlelight Spirit encouraged the Melting Beast," it said.

The consuming beast nodded and followed the Candle Spirit into the cave.

The cave was very spacious and clean, with dry grass and leaves laid out on the ground for the Pokémon to sleep on.

The Pokémon living here include not only Lidlion, but also Grind, Pancham, Skitty, Bandana, Skunk, Pinkie Pie, Zigzagoon, Lizard, and Foam Squirrel.

These Pokémon have all been harmed by humans to varying degrees.

The arrival of Lidgment and Slicerone startled the Pokémon, who all looked at Slicerone with curiosity.

The molten beast was frightened and instinctively hid behind the Candle Spirit.

Candlelight Spirit gave it an encouraging look, then introduced the Melting Beast to everyone and announced that the Melting Beast would be a new member of their family.

None of the Pokémon objected; they enthusiastically gathered around the Slicerus, welcoming it as they too had been picked up one by one by Lidlight.

Infected by everyone's enthusiasm, the molten beast gradually let go of its anxiety and unease.

At this moment, the Candle Spirit reminded everyone, "Hee hee hee~" It's getting late, everyone should go to sleep quickly, aren't we going to gather food first thing tomorrow morning?

They've run out of food; if they don't go out to look for more, they'll go hungry tomorrow.

Several Pokémon agreed and surrounded the Melting Beast as they went to sleep.

Surrounded by everyone and feeling the warmth emanating from the other Pokémon, the Melting Beast fell into a deep sleep, a faint smile unconsciously tugging at the corners of its mouth.

That's great, it has a home again.

Looking at his sleeping companions, Candlelight Spirit smiled with satisfaction, then turned and walked out of the cave.

It is a nocturnal Pokémon, more energetic at night than during the day.

Upon reaching the cave entrance, Candlelight leaped onto a rock, looked up at the sky, and saw the silver moon hanging like a disc, gently casting its light upon the Nibel Plateau.

It firmly believes that as long as they are with their friends, their lives will get better and better.

As the first rays of sunlight fall upon the earth, the Pokémon in the cave get up and busy themselves, and the Melt-o'-the-Wisp is no exception.

Candlelight Spirit said to Mischievous Panda, "Hee hee hee~" Mischievous Panda, the Melting Beast just arrived and isn't familiar with this place yet. Could you take it under your wing?

"Ya cha~ ya cha~~"

The mischievous panda, with a bamboo leaf in its mouth, confidently patted its chest, indicating that there was no problem.

After everyone left one by one, the mischievous panda said to the melting beast, "Ya cha~ ya cha~~" Let's go too.

The molten beast nodded and followed quietly and obediently behind the mischievous panda.

"Yay, yay!" The mischievous panda strode ahead with its head held high, telling the food-eating beast as it went that it knew where it could find plenty of food and would definitely not let the food-eating beast leave empty-handed.

Led by the mischievous panda, the molten beast arrived at the edge of a pond, where many long, thin aquatic plants grew along its edge.

Upon seeing the aquatic plants, the mischievous panda immediately cheered, pulled a plant out of the water, and then plucked off the tender white part of the plant's root and set it aside.

"Ya cha~ ya cha~" What are you standing there for? Come here!

The playful panda beckons to the melting-eating animal trail.

The molten beast quickly jumped over and, imitating the mischievous panda, pulled the water plants out of the water one by one, and then plucked off the roots.

"Cooling~ Cooling~" Is this really edible?

The consuming beast asked as it gathered the materials.

"Ya cha~ ya cha~~" Of course you can eat it, it's delicious, you should try it if you don't believe me.

As he spoke, the mischievous panda handed a waterweed root to the mouth of the consuming beast.

The molten beast obediently opened its mouth and swallowed the waterweed root.

It was indeed quite delicious, but it was nowhere near as good as the food it had last night.

Thinking back to last night's food, the Melting Beast subconsciously swallowed. It was the second best food it had ever eaten in its life. The best food was the first thing it ate with its former trainer, and it would never forget that taste.

"Ya cha~ ya cha~" How is it? Delicious, right?

The mischievous panda's voice interrupted the molten beast's thoughts.

"Cool ring~ Cool ring~~"

The consuming beast nodded vigorously.

It's already very satisfied to be able to eat seaweed roots now. As for last night's feast and its former trainer... that's like a dream, it's unreal.

The mischievous panda was very satisfied with the molten beast's reaction, and its little expression was extremely smug.

After collecting for a while, the mischievous panda suddenly called out to the melting beast.

"Ya cha~ ya cha~" Let's go back.

The Melting Beast asked in confusion, "Ku-ling~ Aren't you going to collect them? There are still many left."

The mischievous panda warned it in a senior's tone, "Ya cha~ ya cha~ Of course you can't pick too much at once, otherwise there won't be any left to pick next time?"

"Cool Ring~"

The molten beast suddenly realized what was happening and looked at the mischievous panda with a face full of admiration, which fully satisfied the mischievous panda's vanity.

The two found two very large leaves, put the collected aquatic plant roots into them, wrapped them up, and then walked back with their full harvest.

On its way back, the molten beast suddenly saw a beautiful flower field in the distance and instinctively stopped in its tracks.

"Ya cha~~" What's wrong?

"I can't believe it," the mischievous panda asked, puzzled.

"Cool bell~~ Cool bell~~" Can I go pick some flowers?

The consuming beast asked with a look of anticipation.

The mischievous panda nodded, "Ya cha~ ya cha~" Of course, you go ahead, I'll wait for you!

"Cool Ring~~"

The molten beast nodded happily, placed its waterweed roots on the ground, and then ran towards the flower field, returning shortly with a bunch of colorful flowers.

Looking at the large bouquet of flowers, the mischievous panda asked in confusion, "Ya cha~ ya cha~~" Why are you picking these? You can't eat or drink them.

The consuming beast said shyly, "Ku-ling~" I'm useful.

Seeing this, the mischievous panda didn't ask any more questions. Hugging its waterweed roots, it happily went home with the molten beast.

Not long after the two Pokémon arrived home, the other Pokémon gradually returned as well. Some brought back a few berries, some brought back a few plant roots, and some only brought back a few leaves...

In comparison, the Melting Beast and the Mischievous Panda had already reaped a very rich harvest. Therefore, the Melting Beast received everyone's praise, which made it feel very embarrassed, as it was all thanks to the Mischievous Panda.

The mischievous panda, seeing that the melting beast was shy, winked and made faces at it.

At this moment, the Candlelight Spirit announced, "Hee hee~" Let's eat breakfast quickly.

Upon hearing this, the Pokémon cheered and began distributing the food.

However, the food-eating beasts soon realized something was wrong, because everyone had piled most of the food in front of them, while they themselves only had a small portion in front of them.

"Ku-ling~~" Everyone...

The Candlelight Spirit chuckled and said, "Hee hee hee~" You've just joined us, so consider today's breakfast a welcome ceremony for you. Eat up!

Everyone nodded in agreement, saying that each of them received this treatment when they first joined.

"Ya cha~ ya cha~~~" We're not hungry right now, so we don't need to eat that much.

The mischievous panda patted its round little belly and said.

"Ku-ling~" Upon hearing this, the Melting Beast couldn't help but shed tears. It ate its hard-won breakfast bit by bit, feeling a mix of emotions, both bitter and swollen.

(End of this chapter)