Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 17 Initial Spirits

Chiba Kaede released all the Pokémon she had captured that day, and in an instant, the hall became crowded. ♞👣 ➅➈ş𝔥𝕌x.ⒸỖ爪♔🐺

After Chiba Kaede and the other elves had finished their dinner, he said to Terada Yuri:

"By Pear, you can choose one Pokémon from Jumpluff, Sandshrew, and Mosquito as your starter Pokémon."

Of course, this also requires them to accept you. Let's get to know each other first!

If none of them are suitable for you, I'll take you to catch one later. Don't force it!

Chiba Kaede recommended initial-form Pokémon to Terada Yuri, which are more suitable for beginners to train.

"I know, boss, I'll try my best."

Terada Yuri knew this too. Since she hadn't subdued these spirits through her own strength, she had to gain their approval through her actions if she wanted them to obey.

After that, Chiba Kaede recalled Heracross and the other Pokémon into their Poké Balls, leaving Terada Yuri and the four starter Pokémon behind, before heading to her room on the second floor to take a bath.

"So, any results yet?"

About an hour later, Chiba Kaede came down from her room to the lobby on the first floor.

"Boss, I've made my choice. I've chosen Jumpluff, and Jumpluff has agreed to be my starter Pokémon!"

Terada Yuri excitedly said to Chiba Kaede while holding the shuttlecock grass.

"Oh, congratulations then! I hope you and Shuttlecock can both improve together in the future!"

Knowing that Terada Yuri had already chosen her starter Pokémon, Chiba Kaede breathed a sigh of relief; otherwise, he would have had to take her to Petalburg Woods later.

Then, Chiba Kaede said to the remaining three Pokémon:

"Then I look forward to working with you from now on!"

The remaining two, the shuttlecock and the pangolin, behaved quite normally, nodding to Chiba Maple.

Only the mosquito coil tadpole gave Chiba Kaede a haughty pout, as if to say:

"You old codger, you ambushed me when I wasn't looking, what are you trying to do, fly to the sky?!"

Seeing the mosquito coil tadpole's appearance, Chiba Kaede found it amusing and went over to pick it up.

Although Mosquito Coil Tadpole still looked arrogant, it did not resist Chiba Kaede and let him hold it.

After Chiba Kaede picked up the mosquito coil tadpole, she found that its skin was smooth and wet, with a cool and refreshing feel, like holding a cold water bag.

Then, Chiba Kaede patted the heads of the shuttlecock and the pangolin, letting them know that he hadn't ignored them.

the next day, early in the morning

While Chiba Kaede was asleep, she suddenly felt something cool on her face.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was a mosquito coil tadpole rubbing its tail against his face and then secretly amusing itself.

"You're such a little rascal!"

Chiba Kaede held the mosquito coil tadpole in her hand and rubbed its soft body.

"Tadpoles, tadpoles!"

The mosquito coil tadpole angrily denounced Chiba Kaede's evil deeds.

"Boss, with so many more elves appearing, we're running low on food. We need to buy another batch as soon as possible!"

While having breakfast, Terada Yuri said to Chiba Kaede.

"Hmm, I'll find some time to go to town to buy some more, but we can also grow our own fruits and vegetables; there's plenty of vacant land now. 👻🐸 6➈𝔰Ĥ𝐮Ж.ĆᗝⓂ ♨🐯"

Chiba Kaede, who was eating a sandwich, mumbled something.

This was also Chiba Kaede's idea; the pasture grass and fruit trees he had previously evolved using his abilities were all growing very well.

Based on this growth rate, the pasture will be ready for the sheep to eat in about a month.

However, since fruit trees are grown from seeds, they need at least one year to flower and bear fruit.

Therefore, Chiba Maple plans to buy some mature plants directly from the store so that they can flower and bear fruit quickly.

However, these things are not urgent. Today, Chiba Kaede plans to arrange the training plan for the Pokémon, and then they can train according to the plan.

First is the Great Swan. It is very self-disciplined and trains whenever it has time. In the morning, it follows the previous plan to train for weighted flight. In the afternoon, the schedule is slightly changed so that it can train its skill proficiency while sparring with Heracross.

Next is Heracross, which already possesses considerable strength, but lacks agility. Chiba Kaede plans to create a complex terrain for it to run with weights in the morning, and in the afternoon, it will train its skill proficiency while sparring with Aoguyan.

As for Jumpluff, I hope it can learn Grassy Terrain. This move can continuously heal the injured Pokémon on the field and promote the growth of vegetation, which can be said to be a god-tier move.

After all, Chiba Maple's ability can only be used three times a day, and now that there are more Pokémon, it is impossible to take care of every Pokémon. Therefore, it is necessary to teach Jumpluff the Grassy Terrain move. Moreover, after it learns it, it can be taught to Jumpluff, so that he will have three support Pokémon that can use Grassy Terrain.

Of course, Chiba Kaede wasn't going to let Shuten-dōji learn it on her own. Whether she could learn it, and how long it would take, was really uncertain.

Chiba Kaede plans to use her daily ability usage on the shuttlecock as much as possible, except in special circumstances.

Because the Grassy Field skill is generated by combining life energy with grass-attribute energy, and Chiba Kaede's ability happens to be life energy, combined with Shuppanchoe's own grass-attribute energy, it should be of great help in mastering the Grassy Field skill.

Of course, whether his idea can be realized depends on subsequent developments, but it is necessary to try.

As for the other Pokémon, such as Shiny Mareep, Jumpluff, Sandshrew, and Poliwag, Chiba plans to train them herself. After all, these starter Pokémon are young and without supervision, they probably won't train properly.

At this moment, having already finished breakfast, they were playing games with the sheep, running around in the yard, unaware that they were about to suffer the torment of a great demon king.

"tadpole!"

One of the mosquito coil tadpoles suddenly felt a chill all over its body, but after looking around, it didn't see anything and started hopping around without paying any attention.

One week later, in the early morning

"One, two, one, two, one, keep up and don't fall behind! Keep trying, keep trying!"

Bathed in the morning sunlight, a boy led a group of elves, jogging slowly towards the rising sun.

However, this was not an ordinary run; everyone was dragging a stone behind them, even the boys.

This is Chiba Kaede training the Pokémon. Through this week of training, he can already feel the progress of Shiny Mareep and the others.

Compared to the beginning, the size of the stones that Mare the sheep are dragging behind them has changed significantly, which means that their strength has improved.

Chiba Kaede firmly believes that health is the foundation of everything; as long as physical fitness is improved, the potential for the future will also increase.

When the sheep first started training, they would throw tantrums and roll around on the ground, refusing to leave when they got tired. At this time, Chiba Kaede did not scold them, but continued his training.

While training the Pokémon, he also trained himself.

Originally, the mosquito coil tadpoles, seeing that Chiba Maple didn't come over to urge them to train, lay on the ground, unwilling to move.

But seeing Chiba Kaede dragging a rock around and running, and seeing her clothes soaked with sweat, they felt a strange sense of guilt.

Then, the first Pokémon started running after Chiba Kaede, followed by the second, and so on, until all the companions were running behind Chiba Kaede. After that, they never stopped training because they were afraid of getting tired, and they all gritted their teeth and persevered.

Upon seeing this, Chiba Kaede breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to keep going until the sheep were ready to be trained, he ran for a full hour. During this time, he had to use his ability to heal himself once, otherwise he would not have been able to keep going.

Fortunately, it was all worth it. As the saying goes, "Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you." If Chiba Kaede hadn't set a good example, these kids would definitely have lacked the perseverance.

That's right, Chiba Kaede's training approach was actually based on recruit training from his previous life.

Although he didn't have the opportunity to serve in the army in his previous life, he knew that during recruit training, veteran squad leaders personally led the recruits in training. Only through sharing joys and sorrows time and time again could they become brave soldiers who defended their country.

The principles are the same. Perhaps when the spirits become stronger, Chiba Kaede's method will no longer be effective.

However, this method is still very effective when the elf is weak, because elves are very simple creatures; if you treat them well, they will repay you many times over.

Your support is my motivation to create!

(End of this chapter)