Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 346 Dragonite's Orchard, Mew Gives a Gift of Holy Ash

Before we knew it, it was January.

On New Year's Day, Karuno's movie had just finished filming. She and her crew packed up the camera equipment and told Su Yu that the movie would probably be released at the end of the month, in the spring.

"It just so happens to coincide with the Spring Festival film season!"

Perhaps, that was Karuno's original plan.

"Then I'll look forward to the final result," Su Yu said to Karuno.

Although she has her own projector at home, Su Yu still wants to go to the cinema to support the film.

With filming complete, the Knight Snail was also ready to leave the ranch. He was always a wandering adventurer, and now he was simply continuing his journey.

"Gah~"

Upon hearing the news, Shallot waved goodbye. After many days of sparring and learning from the Knight Snail, Shallot's strength was now very close to that of a champion.

After all, they ate all kinds of food every day on the ranch. Under such circumstances, their strength would naturally increase.

In addition, Onion Soldier had already accumulated its strength over a long period of time. In terms of time, it belonged to the earliest batch to arrive at the ranch. Now, it can be said that it has finally unleashed its accumulated strength.

The strength of the mounts, Little Sheep and Caterpillar, under normal circumstances has increased from newly crowned champion to regular champion, which can be considered a steady increase.

Once they reach the pinnacle of champions, Su Yu, the rancher, will be considered one of the strongest trainers in the world.

To be honest, he didn't really want to be the strongest. But since he ate that kind of food every day, his Pokémon's strength was naturally increasing.

With the Caterpie and its companions' hard work and training, their growth in strength is unstoppable.

……

After seeing Knight Snail off, Su Yu was preparing to go back inside.

Just then, the Dragonite suddenly flew over and surrounded him. Several of them were wearing straw hats; they were the same ones that had taken lessons with Su Yu.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Seeing this, Su Yu asked in confusion.

"Poof~" The silly Dragonite grabbed his shoulder and carried him all the way up to the Sky Tree.

It's worth noting that the Sky Tree, thanks to the combined efforts of the little sheep mount and the Calyx King, has now grown to a height of 400 meters. At that height, it would be the tallest building in many cities, overlooking a host of skyscrapers.

Therefore, when Su Yu landed, the houses below all looked like grains of rice.

"Wow, looking at it this way... 400 meters is a bit high, isn't it? Standing here, I can see directly into the next city," Su Yu exclaimed.

Seeing this, the silly Dragonite pointed smugly behind him, gesturing for him to look.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Su Yu turned his head in confusion, and what came into view was a beautiful orchard.

The mountain spring gurgles, and the fruit trees flourish. Like bees, the fast dragons weave through the fruit trees.

More importantly, many of these fruit trees are laden with ripe fruit.

The silly Dragonite quickly flew up to the tree, picked a handful of fruit, and handed it to Su Yu.

"Pop~" Try it!

"It's so cute," Dragonite said.

At that moment, the other Dragonite also flew up. They all looked at Su Yu with expectant eyes.

"..."

Seeing this, Su Yu had no choice but to pick up one of the oranges and take a bite.

"Mmm—it's very sweet and delicious!" he nodded in agreement.

"You've taken excellent care of the fruit trees; at this level, you're ready to graduate. I knew I wasn't wrong about you!"

The Dragonite trainers who had attended the classes scratched their heads sheepishly after hearing this.

Although they are powerful Pokémon capable of summoning wind and rain on the high seas, their mental maturity when interacting with humans remains that of children.

But that's precisely what makes Pokémon so adorable. Honestly, who wouldn't want to cuddle with these cute Pokémon?

……

Besides the orchard, the Dragonite have also built many facilities around the Sky Tree.

One of the places was even built by the Dragonite like a children's playground, with facilities such as slides and seesaws, attracting many Pokémon from the ranch to line up and play.

Dream and Alcremie were also in the queue. Because there was a long line for the slide, they were only able to slide down it once after waiting for quite a while.

But this still made Mew very happy. Just like in the Pokémon movies, it rarely reveals its true form in public. Otherwise, the secret of Yggdrasil wouldn't have been kept hidden from the outside world for so long.

Therefore, although it sometimes goes outside to play, Mew itself is actually quite lonely. It carefully transforms into various Pokémon to avoid revealing its presence.

After arriving at Su Yu Ranch, Frost Milk Fairy became arguably the friend with whom Su Yu had the best relationship in the past few thousand years.

For Him, it was truly rare to meet such a good friend in the long course of His life.

"Mwah~!"

Sliding down the slide once again, Dream had a wonderful time. Looking at his best friend beside him, he decided to take a gift from his treasure trove hidden in the World Tree and give it to her.

"Mwah~" This is for you.

After opening the treasure vault, He picked through the items, took out a handful of peculiar ash, and handed it over.

Frost Fairy accepted the gift, still somewhat puzzled as to what it was.

"Museum." This is holy ash.

Dream also answered.

"Mama?" Holy Ash? What's that?

Alcremie had no idea what value this thing held. But since it was a gift from Mewtwo, she decided to accept it.

That evening, after returning to the World Tree in a dreamlike state...

Frost Fairy took out Holy Ash and asked Su Yu what it was.

"Good heavens, is this holy ash? Where did you get it?"

Su Yu asked in confusion. He was taken aback when he learned that it was a gift from Dream.

Is it okay to just give away holy ash as gifts?

Seeing Su Yu's expression, Frost Milk Fairy explained:

"Mama~" When I saw the dream, I saw that there were many similar treasures in His treasury.

It was precisely because He had so many that I chose to accept them.

Creamy Fairy knows how to behave appropriately in this kind of situation.

This, however, puzzled Su Yu. While Ho-Oh wasn't having trouble acquiring resources like Holy Ash, giving away a huge amount of it to Mew seemed unlikely.

"Could it be that when Mewtwo transformed into Ho-Oh, it just burned something out of boredom?"

Su Yu's imagination ran wild.

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

According to Alcremie, there are many other resources of the same level in the Dream's Treasury.

So this dream can actually create some of the corresponding resources when transforming into other mythical beasts?

She's a little rich girl in the Pokémon world; anyone who latches onto her can easily get legendary resources.

After returning to reality, Su Yu explained the purpose of Holy Ash to Frost Fairy.

The Dreamcrafted version will inevitably not be as effective as the original Ho-Oh. However, this Sacred Ash is still a very rare revival material.

Upon hearing the purpose of the holy ash, Alcremie immediately thought of its mother.

The Pokémon in the ranch all benefit from Su Yu's cooking and the sheep's milk from his mount, so they don't need this item for the time being.

But its mother is much older. Years of hard work have taken a toll on her health, leaving her with some hidden injuries.

"Alright, then you can take it and give it to it."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu smiled.

Most of the Pokémon around her had left their parents at a young age. Only Alcremie still maintained contact with its mother.

Naturally, he fully supports Frost Milk Fairy's filial piety.

This is quite a rare experience for Alcremie. What's more, with Ash Blossom, its mother can stay with it for longer.

"Speaking of which, today should be the day Darkrai returns to get the Soul-Inducing Dream Soup."

"I need to get everything ready first."

With that in mind, Su Yu returned to the kitchen and began cooking.

(End of this chapter)