Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 142 Happy Ice Cream Makes All the Pokémon Happy

Take the prepared ice cream out of the cold storage.

Scooping a spoonful of ice cream and feeding it to Soapcake, the icy coolness sends a shiver through Soapcake's body. As the ice cream melts, a rich milky aroma fills the mouth.

"Mama~!" Delicious!

With her hands covering her cheeks, she savored the memory, and that's what Frost Milk Fairy said.

"So, it tastes pretty good?" Seeing this, Su Yu immediately scooped a spoonful of ice cream for herself.

The delicious taste made him nod in agreement.

"Hmm...it's actually quite good, but it seems the ingredients used were of very low quality, which is why it didn't qualify as a [dish]."

In that case, how about replacing the cow's milk with the goat's milk produced by the little sheep mount?

Without hesitation, Su Yu immediately made another batch of ice cream. However, this time, he used a bowl to hold the ice cream.

After opening the cold storage and taking out the large basin of ice cream, the system sent a notification.

"Dish detected: Happiness Ice Cream"

"A delicious ice cream made with the intention of bringing happiness to humans and Pokémon, it has the ability to make users feel joy. At the same time, it can enhance the user's Fairy-type energy perception."

Happiness Ice Cream?

Su Yu looked at Alcremie, and realized that the effect must be from the cream added by Alcremie.

It is said that the happier the Alcremie Pokémon feels, the richer and more delicious the cream it produces. And the finest Alcremie cream is the lifelong pursuit of many pastry chefs.

"Would you like to try some?"

Su Yu pointed to the large bowl of ice cream and said this.

Upon hearing this, Alcremie nodded. She scooped up a spoonful of ice cream and put it in her mouth; instantly, a strong sense of happiness melted in her mouth.

Amidst the delicious flavors, Alcremie felt as if she were swimming in an ocean of happiness, completely captivated by it.

"Mama~!" It smells like mom!

"Do you still remember your mother?" Su Yu asked curiously.

He originally thought that Pokémon like Alcremie should have left their parents while they were still eggs.

Upon hearing this, Frost Milk Fairy nodded as she reminisced. Back then, she was just a little fairy, and her mother often made desserts for her, just like Su Yu did.

Come to think of it, its mother also seemed to live on a pasture in the pastoral area. But Alcremie was too young then to remember her.

"I see." Hearing this, Su Yu nodded, and then asked the cake shop owner if he could help Soap Fairy find her mother.

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After that, Su Yu made many different flavors of ice cream and popsicles, all of which, like the previous "Happiness Ice Cream," had the effect of making people happy.

This includes the grass ice cream that the little sheep and woolly sheep love to eat, the strawberry ice cream that the Alcremie loves to eat, and the orange-flavored ice cream that the tropical dragon loves to eat.

Surrounded by a large bowl of ice cream, the woolly sheep kept sticking out their tongues and licking the ice cream, eating very happily.

"Maya~!"

Indeed, eating ice cream is only truly enjoyable when done in a bowl.

The tropical dragon also enjoyed this cool and delicious treat; its love for sweets has never changed. And it seems that the more sweets it eats, the faster the fruit on its neck grows.

Even the giant green onion duck sat leisurely by the door with its legs spread apart, taking small bites of its original flavor ice cream with an expression of enjoyment on its face.

Beside it, the armored rhinoceros lay quietly on the ground, without making a sound.

Seeing this, Su Yu took a bowl of grass-flavored ice cream and walked over, placing the ice cream in front of the armored rhinoceros.

"Huh?" The armored rhinoceros raised its head and looked at Su Yu, asking in confusion.

Is this for me?

"Of course, everyone gets ice cream. And you've done so much farm work for our ranch, there's no reason not to treat you," Su Yu said with a smile.

"Hoo-ha..." This touched the armored rhinoceros deeply. This rancher was so kind! Not only did he treat me to grass cake before, but now he's treating me to ice cream, and it's so delicious...

It's making me almost reluctant to go back to my old ranch. Compared to this ranch, the salary and benefits I received at my previous ranch were far inferior.

Yang Hao: ?

And Dedric and Scyther also got their share of the ice cream. Seeing the happy smiles on the Pokémon's faces as they ate their ice cream, Su Yu nodded.

Bringing happiness to Pokémon—perhaps this is one of the great joys of being a trainer.

"Jenny, Jelly!"

At this moment, Squirtle also approached Su Yu, saying that the capture ceremony that was supposed to take place yesterday had not yet taken place.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu looked troubled and said:

"Um... is the subjugation ceremony absolutely necessary? Can we skip it...?"

Damn it, this is so cringeworthy, I can't take it anymore.

However, Squirtle shook its head in refusal.

It even called on Yang Hao for help; this matter had to be done.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu's face first showed helplessness, and then turned to astonishment.

Wait... what? You even called Yang Hao over?

"Good afternoon, Su Yu. Your Squirtle just came to see me, saying it has something to ask me..."

Carrying a video camera and with another camera hanging around his neck, Yang Hao remarked. He was quite amused when Squirtle came knocking on his door.

"Oh, right, Squirtle also asked me to write a script for you. Take a look at it and familiarize yourself with it. I'm going to film the whole process later, so there shouldn't be any mistakes during filming."

Handing the manuscript to Su Yu, Yang Hao could barely contain his laughter. Recording his best friend's embarrassing moments was something that was hard to suppress.

Seeing the barely suppressed smile on Yang Hao's face, Su Yu revealed a dead fish-like expression. He reached out and took the manuscript, glancing at it.

"I solemnly swear that I will forge the highest partnership between Trainer and Pokémon with Squirtle, through poverty and wealth, health and sickness..."

"Promising to help each other, grow together, and never abandon one another... Arceus bears witness."

Damn it, isn't this some kind of weird wedding vow?

"That's written...so cringey."

Su Yu squinted at Yang Hao. Upon hearing this, Yang Hao scratched his head and pretended to look away as if admiring the scenery, saying:

"Haha... Is that so? But you'll have to read it yourself, it's not my business."

Su Yu: ...

Seeing this, the Alcremie and the others also became interested. A subjugation ceremony? What's that?

So, there's a ritual required for subjugation? Why didn't we have one back then?

"Mama~!" I want one too!

Immediately, Frost Milk Fairy ran over and said something. The woolly horned sheep nearby exchanged glances and then ran over to join in the fun.

Even the green caterpillar that was secretly "peeping" from the Sky Tree not far away nodded in agreement, indicating that it also needed to have a taming ceremony.

Farfetch'd listened to the Pokémon talk about the capture ceremony, and in its mind, it also imagined a scene of a stern knight facing a monarch and solemnly swearing an oath.

"Gah~" That's great!

While eating ice cream, Big Green Duck leisurely remarked.

(End of this chapter)