Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 21 Grass Cake

After seeing Mela off, Su Yu took the tropical dragon to the lake and caught another netful of fish.

After delivering a net of fish to the newly opened food stall yesterday, I met Su Yu. The stall owner said that Su Yu's fish were selling very well at their shop.

The meat is fresh and delicious, with an excellent flavor, allowing people who come to eat at the street food stall to experience the kind of deliciousness that can only be tasted in high-end restaurants. It is definitely great value for money.

As a result, the fish caught by the net even caused queues to form at the store on opening day.

Upon meeting Su Yu, the store manager immediately stated that he would make Su Yu's fish the store's signature dish and signed a long-term supply agreement with Su Yu.

"Looks like the fish in this lake are really quite delicious?"

And all of this is thanks to the environmental modification fluid. If Su Yu were playing some kind of single-player farming game right now, this lake might already be some kind of wonder.

But this is good, because it gives Su Yu's ranch another stable source of long-term income.

Currently, the most stable sources of income on the ranch are Su Yu treating patients, the wool from the sheep which can be sheared about once a week, and finally, fishing.

The rate at which the tropical dragon bears fruit is inconsistent, and the timing and quantity of the hairy crabs' claws falling are also random. Therefore, it cannot be considered a stable income.

In this way, Su Yu can earn nearly six thousand Alliance Coins just from his stable daily income.

After delivering the fish to the restaurant, Su Yu returned to the ranch and went to find the woolly sheep again.

Having found the Woolstätten, Su Yu asked:

"Did you notice anything unusual around the sheepfold last night?"

Su Yu still remembered the warning from the familiar rancher yesterday, who said that many ranchers in the area had already suffered from their sheep.

Upon hearing this, the Woolstaff sheep shook their heads.

"Meow~" No.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu looked puzzled. So, this Pokémon that specializes in stealing sheep wasn't targeting their ranch?

Or perhaps the Pokémon had actually been lurking around their ranch all along, but hadn't made a move because it was being cautious?

Just in case, Su Yu still gave the woolly sheep some instructions:

"You'd better be careful the next few nights. There's a Pokémon that steals sheep near the ranch lately, and it's really scary. Be careful not to get caught. If you hear anything strange, remember to tell me."

"By the way, would you like to stay in the house tonight? It should be safer if you sleep with me."

Upon hearing this, the woofers still shook their heads, responding with high spirits:

"Meow~!"

They're not afraid of any Pokémon that can catch sheep. If they dare to come, they'll teach them a lesson with their Enlarge and Headbutt.

"..."

Hearing this, Su Yu had no choice but to let them be. He also told Growlithe not to sleep too soundly that night and to keep an eye on the sheep pen.

Afterwards, Su Yu went to Frost Milk Fairy's place.

Having successfully made spicy strips, Su Yu now had some confidence in his cooking skills. So, wanting to strike while the iron was hot, he approached Soap Fairy and expressed his desire to learn how to make cakes.

Meanwhile, Alcremie was playing with the hairy crabs. Upon hearing Su Yu's words, it immediately agreed, after all, it was the rancher's request.

That's why one person and one Pokémon ended up in the kitchen.

"Ma, Ma~?" So, what kind of cake do you want to make?

Upon meeting, Frost Milk Fairy asked this question.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu smiled and said:

"I want to make a grass cake, the kind with grass in it, green and round."

As he spoke, Su Yu began to gesture.

Upon hearing this, Frost Milk Fairy tilted her head and looked at Su Yu with some confusion.

Are people's tastes so strange these days that they've all started eating grass?

Having worked in the cake shop for so many years, Soap Milk Fairy has never heard of such a strange request.

Seeing this, Su Yu roughly guessed what Frost Milk Fairy meant, and he explained:

"Ah...it's not for me to eat, but for the Woolstaff and the Tropical Dragon."

"If possible, I think you know their tastes better than I do, so I hope you can help me out."

At that moment, Alcremie suddenly realized. So, it was made for Pokémon?

That human is special.

Having worked in the cake shop for so many years, Alcremie's has rarely seen anyone willing to make cakes for Pokémon.

Without further ado, Soap Fairy jumped onto the kitchen platform. Su Yu was well-prepared, with all sorts of cake-making tools ready.

So, Frost Fairy began to teach Su Yu how to make cakes.

……

The process of making a cake is actually not complicated.

What makes it complicated is that cakes often have special meanings, so they often need to be decorated and designed.

However, since Su Yu was making it for his own Pokémon, he didn't need to be so particular.

I simply recreated the shape of the grass cake that Lazy King liked in my memory, and added sweet tree fruits that tropical dragons especially like to eat on top, and this grass cake was completed.

"Unfortunately, we didn't use enough high-quality materials, so we don't know how effective it will be."

The cream used in the Grass Cake was also provided by Creamy Fairy, which should greatly improve the quality of the cake.

Sure enough, after the production was completed, Su Yu heard a system notification:

"Regular quality Grass Cake: Made with Alcremie's butter, and infused with many sweet berries and high-quality grass from the pasture. It effectively replenishes grass-type energy after consumption."

"The cake is rich in nutrients needed by herbivorous Pokémon. After eating it, herbivorous Pokémon will have a moderate increase in their understanding of Grass-type moves in a short period of time, and their physical condition will also be slightly enhanced."

"P.S.: Sheep Pokémon's favorite."

Good heavens...it's shipped!

This time, the grass cake was significantly more effective than the spicy strips from before. Thinking of this, Su Yu immediately cut off a piece of cake and gave it to Tropical Dragon.

The tropical dragon was puzzled as to why Su Yu had suddenly sent a cake. It knew that Su Yu had been thinking about learning how to make cakes for the past few days.

But what he didn't expect was that the cake Su Yu made was actually for it to eat?

This surprised and delighted the tropical dragon. It took a bite of the cake and found the sweet taste quite appealing.

"Hooray~!" It's delicious.

Seeing this, Su Yu couldn't help but smile. He knew that tropical dragons especially liked sweets.

At this moment, he also looked at the tropical dragon with curiosity, wanting to see what changes would occur on the tropical dragon's body.

Suddenly, a light flashed on the tropical dragon's body, a sign that it was using a move.

"This is... photosynthesis?"

Su Yu recognized the move. A few days ago, he had made the tropical dragon practice it so that it could master it.

And now, the tropical dragon has mastered it after eating a cake?

"This cooking skill is amazing."

Su Yu said this.

With this skill in hand, Su Yu can be considered the strongest support in the trainer world, even more skilled than a breeder.

Even if he wanted to breed Wooloo into a champion-level Wooloo, it now seems not impossible. When the Galar region arrives, he'll show Hop what the strongest Wooloo really is.

In Su Yu's mind, he was already imagining the scene of his champion-level Wooloo crushing Hop and kicking Leon.

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(End of this chapter)