Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 120 The Arrival of Lillie and Gladio

That evening.

Su Yu turned on the main light outside and called over almost all the Pokémon in the ranch to the open space outside the cabin.

Su Yu inserted old movie recordings he'd bought from the electronics store owner into the projector, and then watched the movies with his Pokémon.

As he was watching, Su Yu's phone rang. Seeing this, Su Yu got up from his seat and went to the side to take a look.

It was a message from Rosamund.

When Su Yu left EtherPharmacy, he left Lusamine's contact information. Now, Lusamine tells Su Yu that Lillie will be coming to the ranch with her brother tomorrow.

"So, my brother-in-law really did come after me...?"

Su Yu was extremely disappointed; now, he wouldn't be able to be alone with Lillie.

However, he also recalled Lillie's fear of Caterpie that day. In this world, Lillie still fears Pokémon.

"We need to find a way to help Lillie correct her behavior..."

Su Yu thought to himself.

It wasn't that he had any ulterior motives; he was simply happy to help others.

In the anime, Lillie clearly likes Pokémon, but due to childhood trauma, she is completely afraid to get close to Pokémon, let alone touch them.

Even under these circumstances, Lillie is extremely knowledgeable about Pokémon and knows a great deal about them, which is enough to prove her love for Pokémon.

……

Time flew by, and the next day arrived quickly.

Early in the morning, Su Yu went out to deliver the goat milk and prepared the fish food for the day.

Around noon, Lillie and Gladio arrived at the ranch.

Standing outside the ranch, Gladio looked at it curiously. The ranch did indeed look quite nice; no wonder his mother had agreed to let them come here.

However, this was a rare opportunity for Lillie's mother to take her on a long trip, and besides, the rancher here might have ulterior motives towards Lillie.

Therefore, Gladion was particularly cautious. He looked up at the sky, and just then, a super bat flew over from a distance and landed on Gladion's raised arm.

Gladio then asked:

"How's it going, Zubat? Is there any danger on this ranch?"

"Sizzle—"

Upon hearing this, Zubat shook its head. It had already flown all over the ranch and hadn't detected any particularly dangerous Pokémon.

"Alright, let's go in then," Gladio nodded.

Seeing this, Lillie said helplessly:

"Brother... is it really necessary to be so cautious? We're just visiting a ranch."

In response, Glagio reiterated:

"After all, this is your first time traveling far from home, so you can't be too cautious."

"When you're out and about, just listen to me. I've been out there much longer than you, and I have a lot more experience."

With that, he led Lillie into the ranch.

Upon hearing this, Lillie pouted angrily, but then followed Gladion.

As she got closer, Lillie looked around the ranch with curiosity. The Pokémon here seemed to be living happily, and it looked very beautiful.

The hairy crabs living leisurely on the cliff face, the Alcremie leading her ducks to the lake to learn to swim not far away, and the Growlithe secretly sleeping next to the flock of sheep.

Upon seeing the strangers arrive at the ranch, Alcremie and Drummer curiously approached, looking at Lillie and her companion with suspicion.

Seeing this, Gladion took out a Poké Ball containing Zubat, seemingly on guard.

Lillie stopped Gladion and said:

"Wait a minute, bro."

"They didn't seem hostile, and... it was as if they already knew we were coming."

After the Alcremie and the others gathered, they still kept a distance from Lillie, politely standing not far away and watching quietly.

Seeing this, Gladion had no choice but to put away the Poké Ball, but he still maintained his defensive posture, looking warily at Alcremie and Deddle.

Just then, Su Yu returned from the fishpond. Seeing this strange scene, Su Yu couldn't help but laugh and say:

"What are you two doing standing there? Why don't you come inside?"

"And Alcremie and Dumbledore, don't just stand there staring at them, it's so awkward."

Upon hearing this, Alcremie and Drummer ran away. However, they didn't seem to go far; they simply found a place to hide and secretly looked in their direction.

Su Yu then looked at Lillie and Gladion and said:

"I'm sorry, I told them in advance that you were coming today. They probably did this out of curiosity."

"Let's go inside and talk."

With that, Su Yu led the two into the house.

Upon entering the house, Gladion remained wary, observing the room closely, while Su Yu asked curiously:

"Did you come to this ranch with your own plans, or are you just here to have some fun and get to know Pokémon?"

"If that's your plan, you're free to move around as you please, just don't touch anything on the ranch."

Speaking of which, Gladio and Lillie look to be only a little over ten years old. In that case, Su Yu is quite a bit older than them.

Hearing Su Yu's words, Lillie and Gladio exchanged a glance. Finally, Gladio nodded and said:

"If you want to go, then you go first. I'll sit with Rancher Su for a while longer."

Upon hearing this, Lillie hesitated for a moment, but finally got up and went out at Gladio's urging.

Only Su Yu and Gladio remained on the spot. Su Yu curiously observed the boy, who, despite being only ten years old, acted like a little adult.

Gladion was also secretly observing Su Yu. He was used to looking at others from a trainer's perspective and observing their strength.

In his opinion, Su Yu is so young yet able to manage such a large ranch, so he must be quite capable.

Perhaps, he could reach the level of the top tier below professional trainers?

Just then, Squirtle noticed that guests had arrived at the ranch, so he brewed some tea and brought it over.

He handed the tea to Gladion, who accepted it with practiced ease. As the son of the chairman of Ether Pharmaceuticals, he was used to such occasions.

However, after receiving the tea, Grazio realized what was going on and almost choked on the tea he had just drunk.

"Cough cough... Huh?"

Wait, what did I just see? Someone is actually using the starter Pokémon to serve tea and water?

Logically speaking, this kind of work should be left to Pokémon like Mr. Mime or Absolute, right?

(End of this chapter)