Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 210 New Dish: Degenerate Honey Cake

"But having more ingredients is good too, it makes it easier for me to try different dishes."

I decided to do it right away. It's perfect timing, as I haven't cooked anything new in a while.

"This time, let's make something you like to eat."

Looking at Frost Milk Fairy, Su Yu said.

I went back inside and got some nectar from the Gracidia flowers that the three honeybees had collected. As soon as I opened the jar, I could smell a sweet fragrance.

Su Yu was preparing to make Fragrant Mountain Honey Cakes, which are made with honey. Because of the large amount of honey added, these cakes are usually quite sweet, making them perfect for Soap Milk Fairy, who loves sweets.

However, Su Yu did not follow the recipe for Xiangshan Honey Cake exactly, because in his experience, the more and higher-grade the ingredients added to a dish, the better the result generally would be.

Therefore, Su Yu added various tree fruits and characteristic herbs to the original design.

Finally, the honey cakes were successfully made, and the system sent a notification:

Special dish: Degenerate Honey Cake

"A very special kind of honey cake. After eating it, you will be able to recall the feeling of your childhood. Furthermore, Pokémon that have undergone evolution will revert to their previous form. Duration: 18 hours."

Review: It tastes like mom's cooking!

A honey cake that can cause Pokémon to regress?

What a strange dish...

After making the honey cakes, Su Yu looked at the two Pokémon beside him. The spiky hadn't evolved yet, and as for Alcremie, I remember its original form was Sylveon, right?

After explaining the principle behind this dish to the Creamy Fairy, Su Yu also asked:

"How about it, want to give it a try?"

"Mama~!" Alcremie nodded. It looked at the honey cakes on the table, picked up one, and ate it.

And not long after eating it, the honey cake took effect.

As Alcremie's size continued to shrink, she eventually reverted to her original size as a small fairy.

"Eek~?"

Looking at its current state, Little Fairy Milk seemed particularly curious. This reminded it of the time when it was still with its mother. Back then, it hadn't yet been sold to the cake shop by the rancher.

"What's wrong? Missing your mom?"

Seeing this, Su Yu asked in confusion. Recalling childhood memories was an ability mentioned in the dish's evaluation.

"Eek..."

Little Fairy Milk nodded. In this state, its emotions seemed to fluctuate easily, just like a child's. It was perfectly fine just a moment ago, but now it had floated to the corner and started acting emo again.

Little Fairy Grandma: Where is Mommy? (PД`q。)

"Okay, okay, stop crying."

"I'll go ask the cake shop owner later where your mom is, and then I'll take you to find her, okay?"

Seeing this, Su Yu quickly picked up Frost Milk Fairy and comforted her.

Just then, the little sheep and the fuzzy goat happened to pass by. Seeing a Pokémon they had never seen before, they curiously gathered around.

"This Pokémon? This is actually Alcremie. It turned out like this because it ate a special dish."

Su Yu raised his chin and pointed to the degenerated honey cake on the table.

"If you eat that, you fuzzy-horned sheep will turn back into the woofers you used to be. Want to try it?"

Su Yu remembered that Wooloo were quite cute when they evolved. It's just a pity that many Pokémon become less attractive as they evolve, and there's not much he can do about it.

The appearance of the Degeneration Honey Cake gave Su Yu some new ideas. He wondered if, after eating the honey cake and undergoing degeneration, his physical attributes and the techniques he learned would also change.

Soon, the woolly horned sheep confirmed Su Yu's idea.

After eating the honey cakes, they did indeed regress to the form of woofers. However, their physical fitness did not decline at all; in fact, it seemed to have improved due to their condensed body size after regression.

And the moves they learned... none of them changed. Originally, Pokémon in their Wooloo form couldn't learn [Bounce], but after evolving, they didn't forget this move and can still use it.

"It seems that this regression is still somewhat different from their original Woolst sheep days."

Su Yu thought to himself.

The biggest benefit of this dish is probably saving those Pokémon whose appearance is in jeopardy due to evolution. In the Pokémon world, this stuff is actually quite valuable.

"Alright, you guys go have fun."

As Su Yu spoke to the "Woolstice Sheep," he looked at the little fairy in his arms. Perhaps she had cried herself to sleep, for the little fairy had now fallen into a deep, baby-like sleep.

"..."

Left with no other choice, Su Yu found a baby carrier and carried Xiao Xiannai on his back.

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Carrying Little Fairy Milk on her back, she went to feed the fish in the fish pond.

After seeing Su Yu carrying a Pokémon they had never seen before, the Styracosaurus and the others gathered around.

Upon hearing about the effects of the cooking described by Su Yu, they all showed expressions of amazement.

"How about it, want to give it a try?" Su Yu asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the Styracosaurus quickly shook its head. It had finally evolved into its final, pseudo-legendary form after such a difficult journey, and it didn't want to revert back.

It scratched its head sheepishly, and after saying goodbye to Su Yu, it began to patrol the ranch again, looking for any Pokémon that needed help.

After encountering a Pokémon that was heartbroken because its ice cream had melted, the Styrodinosaur bought it a new ice cream out of its own pocket and used Ice-type energy to slow down the melting.

The Styracod's reliable and imposing figure quickly attracted the admiration of a group of weaker Pokémon. It waved its hand dismissively, indicating that these were insignificant.

Its dream is to become a "partner of justice" like Su Yu and Growlithe, helping more people.

"It seems the Styracosaurus has adapted quite well since arriving at the ranch?"

Su Yu nodded. Having such a helpful Pokémon on the ranch would certainly help him with a lot of things.

After that, Arcanine chased after Yonex and finally arrived in front of Su Yu. Yonex thought Arcanine was still chasing it and kept circling around Su Yu.

Meanwhile, Arcanine looked at the baby carrier on Su Yu's body. If the scent was right... the baby inside should be Alcremie, right?

However, due to the degeneration, the scent of Little Fairy Milk is somewhat different from the original, which makes it impossible for Arcanine to confirm.

"It is indeed Frost Milk Fairy," Su Yu affirmed.

"If you want to revert to its previous form like it did, you can try this."

With that, Su Yu handed the honey cake to Arcanine. After eating the honey cake, Arcanine indeed transformed back into its Growlithe form.

"Whoa?!" Wow, that's amazing!

Growlithe was utterly astonished. With this, didn't it mean it could revert to Arcanine or regress into Growlithe at any time?

Meanwhile, the dog that had been grabbed by the neck and lifted up by Su Yu stopped circling. It looked curiously at the Growlithe and asked, puzzled:

"Woof?" My dearest friend, why have you changed back to this?

You're about the same size as me now. This seems to make things much easier when we play together!

Originally, Yorio was quite troubled by Arcanine's enormous size after its evolution. It made it much less convenient for them to play together.

Although the two Pokémon's relationship remains as good as before, there are clear differences between dogs. Yamper still feels that there is still a pitiful, thick barrier between it and Arcanine, just like Xun Ge'er and Runtu.

The appearance of this new dish, however, turned Arcanine back into its old form. This made Cyclone very happy, because now they could play and fight together like before!

"Woof woof!"

They pounced on Growlithe and got into a fight, the two Pokémon playing happily together.

Seeing this, Su Yu smiled; the two dogs were still as lively as ever.

Fragrant Mountain Honey Cake is said to have been created by Bai Juyi when he was demoted, hence the name Fragrant Mountain Honey Cake.

(End of this chapter)