Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 107 Mary Lou

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Chiba Kaede wiped the fine sweat from her brow and let out a long sigh. 🎄💀 ❻➈𝓼Ĥυ𝔵.ᑕ𝕠𝓂 🐤🐯

He had just planted the three newly acquired tree seedlings next to the artificial lake, leaving a considerable gap between each seedling to prevent them from competing for sunlight and nutrients.

After planting, Chiba Maple emphasized to Mosquito Coil that he should take good care of these tree seedlings, water them regularly, weed them, and protect them from damage by other Pokémon.

After learning how much the trainer valued these seedlings, Mosquito Coil patted his chest and promised that he would make sure his clan protected these berry seedlings.

In addition, Chiba Maple also had Shuttlecock Flower come over every day to release the Grass Field skill to these tree fruit seedlings, improving their growth rate and vitality.

Of course, Chiba Kaede would also come over from time to time to check on the development of this rare tree fruit.

During this time, the Mareep eggs hatched one after another. After being baptized by Chiba Maple's life energy, these newly born Mareep were all very healthy and lively.

Chiba Kaede feeds these young Mare sheep fresh milk from the farm's large milk tanks. Although it is not as good as the Moo Moo milk sold in stores, it does not affect their normal development.

Especially since Terada Yuri also feeds them some energy cubes as a supplement, their energy supply during their juvenile stage can be fully guaranteed.

Having finished all that, Chiba Kaede felt she needed to relax, so she decided to go fishing at the big lake that afternoon. 69ᔕᕼᑌ᙭.ᑕOᗰ

Although the lake is also within his farm area, the farm is quite large, so his activity area is generally limited to the vicinity of the house. Only after this side is fully developed can Chiba Kaede possibly move in that direction.

After all, that area is very close to Petalburg Woods, and many wild Pokémon roam there on weekdays. Since there is no conflict of interest for the time being, Chiba Maple doesn't want to disturb their lives.

Moreover, Chiba Kaede knows that developing that area would take a very long time, since he hasn't even fully developed one-tenth of the farm's land yet.

At noon, Chiba Kaede invited Terada Yuri and the other girl to go fishing with him on the big lake, but they refused outright. The two girls had no interest in fishing at all, and even stared at him with eyes that seemed to say, "You're not doing your job properly."

Under such scrutiny, Chiba Kaede couldn't hold out for long. He quickly slung his backpack over his shoulder and fled the house in a somewhat disheveled state. However, he could still faintly hear the laughter of the two women inside, realizing that he had probably been tricked by them.

After arriving at the Great Lake aboard the Great Swallow, Chiba Kaede found a suitable spot for fishing and began his fishing career.

Watching the Magikarp leaping to the surface of the water every now and then, Chiba Kaede suddenly felt that this might not be a good place to fish.

Okay, Chiba Kaede has specifically looked into the situation of fishermen in this world. Basically, more than 80% of the Pokémon that everyone catches are Magikarp.

After all, there are just so many of these creatures in the water, and they're hardly picky eaters or very bright. 👊😂 ❻❾ᔕ𝓱𝓤x.ⓒ๏𝕄 ☹🍭

A veteran angler once conducted an experiment: after catching a giant carp, he marked it and released it back into the river. As a result, he caught the giant carp five times in one day.

Therefore, unless Chiba Maple catches all the Magikarp in the lake first, the chances of other Pokémon taking the bait are not high.

Now, Chiba Kaede only treats fishing as a form of entertainment and doesn't expect to have any reward. In fact, this mindset is the most appropriate, otherwise it's easy to get frustrated by repeatedly catching the King Carp.

Time flew by and it was already past 4 p.m. Chiba Kaede was about to pack up and go home. As expected, during the few hours he had been fishing, every single carp that took the bait was a king carp. Some of the king carp that he had just released immediately came back to bite the hook.

However, at that moment, Chiba Kaede felt a vibration on his fishing rod again, indicating that another Pokémon had taken the bait. Seeing this, Chiba Kaede naturally chose to reel it in first, thus bringing the fishing trip to a perfect end.

"Huh, it's Marilyn!"

To Chiba Kaede's surprise, the last fish caught on the hook wasn't a Magikarp, but an adorable water rat named Marill, who is the legendary dragon slayer!

Maril's body is blue with a white belly. It has large, round, pink ears. It has a large body, short limbs, and a black tail that curves back and forth, ending in a blue sphere.

"Swallow, wing attack!"

When Chiba Kaede saw that the fish she had caught was Marilyn, she didn't actually intend to catch it. However, she later thought that she could take it back to Terada Yuri and the other girl to see, and maybe they would want it.

After all, they really liked Ralts a few days ago, and Marill is also very cute, not much less so than Ralts.

Mary Luton, who had been fished ashore by Chiba Kaede, looked around, clearly not understanding why she had come ashore; she had simply eaten something delicious.

However, it didn't have much time to think before the Swellow's attack was already in front of it. Of course, the Swellow's wing attack was restrained, only lightly slapping Marilyl's head to knock it unconscious.

Chiba Kaede simply threw a Poké Ball at Marill, who had already lost his ability to battle, and Marill was captured.

After subduing Marilyn, Chiba Kaede packed up her fishing gear and rode home on a Great Swallow.

However, he was in a good mood, at least there was no air force today, proving that he hadn't wasted his time.

"Hey, boss, you're back. How was today's catch? Did you only get Magikarp again?"

After Terada Yuri saw Chiba Kaede return, she unusually joked with him.

Previously, when Chiba Kaede was chatting with them about the fun things that happened during her trip, she told them about her embarrassing fishing experience, and she didn't expect them to remember it.

"How could that be? I got a lovely little one today!"

Chiba Kaede said with a hint of smugness.

"Really? Really? Boss, let us see it!"

Yui Takemoto became interested at this point and urged him on.

"Come out, Marylou!"

Chiba Kaede stopped keeping him in suspense and released Marilou directly.

After Mary appeared, she covered the large bump on her head from being hit by the giant swallow, and looked at them with teary eyes, as if they were some kind of big bad guys.

However, it recognized Chiba Kaede as the culprit in an instant. It pointed at Chiba Kaede with its little finger, and tears streamed down its face. It then cried out in grievance.

"Shuttlecock flowers, on a green grassy field!"

Upon seeing this, Terada Yuri immediately had Jumpluff release Grassy Terrain to heal Marill, then walked up to Marill, picked him up, and fed him an Energy Cube.

Yui Takemoto also took out some chopped tree fruit to feed Marilou. With the two girls' comforting words, Marilou finally regained her liveliness. However, whenever Marilou saw Kaede Chiba, she would turn her head away, as if to say, "I will never forgive you."

This infuriated Chiba Kaede, who went over and picked it up by its tail. However, when the two girls saw this, they immediately criticized him and snatched Mary Lou away to hug him.

With someone backing her up, Marylo was no longer afraid of Chiba Kaede and proudly made all sorts of funny faces at Chiba Kaede while nestled in Takemoto Yui's arms.

Chiba Kaede originally intended to teach this little guy a lesson and let him know who was the head of the family, but before she could even start, she was suppressed and had no choice but to hand over Maril's Poké Ball to them.

Thinking that out of sight, out of mind, Chiba Kaede went directly to the backyard to check on the growth of the resurrection plants.

(End of this chapter)