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

Chapter 60 The First Snow in Azot

The last level of the underground space is larger than the previous four levels combined.

The main body of this floor is occupied by water. There is a huge pool in the center, and pipes on the high walls are filling the pool with water. Each pipe is more than two or three meters in diameter, and the water flows out like a waterfall into the pool.

As Ange and Tianxi walked along the path at the edge of the pool, they saw a huge black oval object floating in the sky.

"What is that?" Anjie asked.

Diancie explained, "That's the power plant of the entire aerial fortress. If Magiana's Soul Heart is used as the key, this power plant can transform the entire aerial fortress into a terrifying weapon."

"I see." Anjie suddenly realized. "That really is dangerous."

"Huh~ Where does this lead?" Anjie suddenly saw a huge semi-circular pipe in front of him, much bigger than the pipes on the wall.

Water is pumped into the pool through pipes in the wall, and then drained out through the same pipes, thus maintaining the water's vitality.

"The water here all comes from Lake Nibel, and naturally it must return to Lake Nibel!" Tianxi explained.

"Let's go take a look."

Anjie stepped into the pipe.

The pipe contains waterways, and on both sides, like the edge of the pool outside, are two paths that allow people to pass through.

The water in the waterway was not flowing fast, but gently flowing forward, with a soft, clear sound echoing inside the pipes.

As they walked, Ange said to Tianxi, "Let's rename the Sky Fortress. It's not appropriate to call it the Sky Fortress anymore."

"Okay, okay!" Diancie nodded in agreement, "But what should we call her?"

One person and one Pokémon, both heads bowed in deep thought.

"How about we call it the Secret Fortress?" Diancie suggested after a moment of thought.

"Okay, let's call it that!" Anjie happily agreed.

"You just adopted it so casually?" Tianxi said, both amused and exasperated.

"I think this name is great, why?" Anjie asked.

"It's nothing, I was just saying it offhand. Since you think it's good, let's call it that," Diancie said, shrugging.

The waterway was very long. It took Anjie and Tianxi nearly half an hour to reach the end. As they approached the waterway's exit, Anjie could hear the tremendous sound of rushing water from afar.

It turns out that the end of the waterway is the huge waterfall where Lake Nibel and the Nibel River meet.

The waterway outlet is hidden beneath the waterfall, making it difficult for most people to find.

Standing at the exit, looking at the cascading water curtain in front of him and listening to the roaring sound of the water, An Jie felt as if he were in a water curtain cave.

"How magnificent!" Anjie exclaimed.

"Yes!" Tianxi exclaimed.

The closer Anjie got, the more he realized how magnificent the waterfall was. It was truly remarkable that the Magikarp were able to swim upstream; an ordinary person would probably have been smashed to pieces.

Brave Magikarp! Angel couldn't help but admire them. Even though they lived at the very bottom of the Pokémon world, they still burst forth with vitality.

After enjoying the beautiful scenery of the waterfall for a while, Ange brought Tianxi back to the ground.

Looking at the time, Anjie said, "It's getting late, I have to leave, otherwise I won't have time to open the shop today."

Diancie asked in confusion, "That's strange, why hasn't Meowth arrived yet?"

Speak of the devil, and he appears! No sooner had Diancie finished speaking than they saw Meowth waving at them from outside the wall.

It turns out that Super Meow Meow wasn't late; rather, the changes at Anjie's house were so great that it was too scared to come in and had been pacing around outside the wall. Luckily, it just saw Anjie and Diancie, otherwise it doesn't know how long it would have been pacing around.

"Mega Meowth, come in quickly!" Anjie waved happily to Mega Meowth.

The super-powered cat bypassed the wall and entered through the main gate, looking around the drastically changed Diancie Dining Hall with a curious expression.

"Meow~ Meow~"

Super Meowth asked Diancie in confusion what had happened.

Tianxi explained, "It's nothing, I just renovated the house."

Super Meowth: ...

Its reaction is exactly the same as that of the three gopher brothers, the mud loach, and the king catfish.

"Alright, we should get going, or we'll be late," Anjie said.

Upon hearing this, Super Meow stopped asking questions and quickly went to the Azot Royal City with Anja and Tree Pillow Koala.

Before leaving, Ange instructed Diancie, "Dianci, you should go outside the wall to greet everyone today, otherwise I'm afraid they'll be like Super Meowth, thinking that things have changed too much here and won't dare to come in."

"Okay, I got it. Go on ahead." Tianxi waved to Ange.

Anjay, along with Meowth and Koala, passed through the spatial passage and appeared on the third floor of Snorlax's house. He looked out the window and was surprised to find that it was snowing outside.

"Is it snowing?"

He opened the balcony door and went outside. The entire city of Azot was covered in a blanket of snow. He opened the window, stretched his hand out onto the balcony, and felt the goose-feather-like snowflakes fall into his palm and melt quickly.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew through the window, and the tree-pillow koala shrank into Anjie's arms, completely curling up into a little ball. Anjie couldn't help but shiver.

He thought for a moment, then bought two scarves from the system store and wrapped one of them around the tree-pillow koala.

"Come on, warm up."

After wrapping the tree pillow koala with the rope, he squatted down and wrapped another rope around Meowth, "Meowth too."

Touching the soft scarf, Super Meowth looked up at Anjie with a sweet smile, then buried half its face in the scarf.

How warm! The super-powerful Meowth thought, "It's not just my body that's warm, but my heart too."

"Come on, it's too cold outside, let's go back inside," Anjie said to Super Meow Meow after closing the window.

Super Meow nodded and followed Anjie downstairs to get busy.

Anjie and the others had been busy for a short while when they saw Tearful Lizard rushing into the kitchen in a panic.

"Meow~ Meow~" Am I late?

Anjie smiled and said, "A little." As he spoke, he squatted down and straightened the chef's uniform and chef's hat that the teardrop-eyed lizard was wearing crookedly.

"Meow~ Meow~" Being late is not cool at all.

The tearful lizard quickly started cooking porridge.

"How about I wake you up tomorrow morning?" Anjie said while busying herself.

"Meow~ Meow~" I'll get up by myself. I definitely won't be late tomorrow. It's not cool to be called that by others.

The tearful lizard resolutely shook its head.

Anjie shook her head helplessly and said, "You little narcissist."

"Meow~"

The tearful lizard grinned and gave Anjie a thumbs up.

Good morning, Meowth!

Soon the restaurant was filled with customers, and even the heavy snow couldn't dampen their enthusiasm for dining.

"Meow~" Good morning, sir.

The super-powered cat also waved and greeted the guests enthusiastically.

The guest brushed the snow off his clothes while talking to the Super Meow Meow.

"Wow, Meowth, is that a new scarf you're wearing today? It looks so nice! It suits you perfectly!"

"Meow~" was a gift from my boss.

The Super Meowth was a little shy after being praised.

Of course, the guests can't understand what Meowth is saying.

Seeing that the guest was covered in snow, Meowth quickly stepped forward and used its mental energy to flick the guest, instantly making the snow on the guest disappear.

"Thank you so much, Meowth!"

After the guest finished eating, Super Meow quickly served him hot porridge and steamed buns.

Today, the porridge served at Snorlax's house is red date porridge and black rice porridge.

The guests ate the steamed buns with gusto and then drank a mouthful of hot black rice porridge, instantly feeling warm all over.

"Ah, that feels so good," he said with a sigh.

As time went on, the store had more and more customers, but the heavy snow still affected the store's business compared to usual.

Watching Meowth moving back and forth between the kitchen and the living room, Anjie asked, "Meowth, can you manage?"

With Rachel and Fat Sweetie gone, Angie and Super Meow's workload has increased significantly.

"Meow~ Meow~" Okay!

Mega Meow shook its head and clenched its fist to indicate that it could do it.

"Thank you for your hard work," Anjie said.

Super Meow shook its head and immediately got back to its busy work.

As soon as Super Meow left the kitchen, Anjie noticed a little mushroom-headed creature clinging to the doorframe, peeking its head in.

"Ralts? What brings you here?" Ange asked in surprise.

"Russ~Russ~" Mom asked me to help the boss.

"Ralts said."

Anjie was both amused and exasperated. "Are you sure you can do it?" It was only just born!

Ralts was very dissatisfied upon hearing this. "Ralts~ Ralts~" I've seen my parents work, I can do it!

As it spoke, it angrily pulled its head back in.

Ralts didn't rush to help Meowth. Instead, it climbed onto the checkout counter with a "heave-ho~ heave-ho" sound, lay down next to Komaru, and silently observed Meowth at work.

Only after it had a clear understanding of how Meowth worked did it go down to help.

The guests were all surprised to see the tiny Ralts.

"Hey, the boss is hiring again!"

"It's Ralts! So cute!"

"Ralts, can I give you a kiss, a hug, and lift you up high?"

……

Unlike Meowth, which was very uncomfortable when it first came into contact with humans, Ralts was calm and composed in front of a store full of customers because no one had ever told it that "humans are scary".

Its eyes gleamed blue as it tried to help the guests, mimicking Meowth's actions. And surprisingly, it did it quite convincingly.

Aside from a few minor mishaps at the beginning, Ralts gradually became more and more adept at it.

The customers in the shop were very tolerant of the little Ralts, not caring about the small mistakes it made at the beginning, and instead constantly encouraging it.

"Not bad, Ralts, that's great."

"Thank you so much, Ralts."

"You're so capable, Ralts."

"Ralts, can I have a hug from your big sister?"

……

Before long, Ralts became familiar with the customers in the shop, and their laughter could be heard from time to time in the hall.

Hearing the noise, Anjie came out of the kitchen and peeked into the hall, where he saw Ralts chatting and laughing with the guests.

Anjie: ...

Is this the legendary social arrogance syndrome?

Shaking her head helplessly, Anjie returned to the kitchen to continue her work.

With Ralts joining the fray, Meowth's situation has indeed become much easier.

At 10:00 a.m., Anjie closed the door as usual. After the customers left one after another, Anjie put on thick clothes, hugged the tree-pillow bear, and brought Ralts and Meowth to the store entrance.

He wanted to see the snow scene.

This was the first time he had ever experienced snow since he traveled to the Pokémon world. Five hundred years ago, he was in poor health and never had the chance to experience snow, even when it snowed in the royal city.

Anjie also dressed Ralts and Meowth in little jackets, and also wrapped a little scarf around Ralts's neck, which looked very warm.

Looking at the continuous heavy snowfall and the pedestrians coming and going outside, Anjie felt a sense of peace and tranquility.

There aren't many motorcycles in Azot Royal City, and you can hardly hear any horns, making the snow-covered city exceptionally quiet.

Holding an umbrella, he strolled along the streets of Azoth City with his three Pokémon, walking all the way to the city gate, where he could see the original location of the ancient city wall.

Anjie took away the ancient city wall, and no one in the royal city of Azot noticed anything amiss, especially since everything was covered in silver.

Just then, Himeya called, her voice filled with surprise, "Your Highness, you really took the aerial fortress away?"

"Yes!" Anjie replied, "We've already discussed it, haven't we?"

"That's how it is," Ji Meiya said, "but I'm still surprised that you took such a behemoth away so quietly overnight."

Anjie chuckled and then said, "Don't worry, I'm guarding the aerial fortress; no one can mess with it."

If something really happens, he can put the aerial fortress into his system inventory at any time.

"Then I'll leave it to Your Highness," said Himeya.

"By the way, how's Rachel?" Angie suddenly asked again.

Ji Meiya smiled and said, "Don't worry, although Jarvis's matter has made him very sad, I believe he will be able to adjust soon."

"That's good," Anjie said. "You and Edward should also try to spend some time with him, even if it's just having a meal together every day."

After a moment of silence, Ji Meiya said, "Understood, Your Highness. Thank you for reminding me."

The two chatted for a while, then Anjie hung up and went home.

Upon returning to the Nibel Plateau, Anjia saw a large number of Pokémon gathered on the wall in front of his house.

Rocketbirds, blue-winged finches, and pink-scented birds were hopping and jumping around on it.

The mischievous panda and the cheeky cat hugged each other and rolled around on top of each other.

Skunk Poo and Melting Beast were chasing each other up there.

The mother eagle and the mother blue cottonbird sat on the wall, watching her children play with a kind expression.

……

Everyone had a great time.

Unlike the frigid capital city of Azot, the Nibel Plateau remains warm as springtime, though it feels slightly cooler here now that winter has arrived outside.

When Ralts and Sobble, who had just returned, saw this scene, they rushed over and nimbly climbed up the wall using the vines of Bellsprout, immediately joining everyone in playing.

"Gang~~" Master, you're back!

When the little Snorlax saw Anja, it leaped down from the wall and jumped into Anja's arms.

Wow, our house has changed so much!

(End of this chapter)