Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 28 The Proud Yan Clan

"Hey, has the fruit blender I ordered arrived yet?"

Chiba Kaede remembered the fruit blender she had ordered before and inquired about it. 💗😈 👤♦

"It was delivered yesterday; it's the big box under the stairs."

Terada Yuri pointed to the bottom of the stairs leading to the second floor.

Chiba Kaede looked in the direction Terada Yuri was pointing and indeed found a large box.

"Alright, let's see again tomorrow. I'm exhausted today, I'm going to rest now!"

Chiba Kaede saw that the fruit and tree mixer had arrived, but he wasn't in a hurry to check it. He was exhausted after a long day and wanted to rest early.

"Boss, you should go and rest first. I'll stay here and read for a while longer!"

Terada Yuri said with a smile.

the next day, early in the morning

Chiba Kaede felt like he was starting to have trouble sleeping in unfamiliar beds. Last night was the most comfortable night's sleep he'd had in days. At the Pokémon Center in Slateport City, he felt like he was a light sleeper and easily startled awake.

After stretching, Chiba Kaede washed up and went downstairs. He saw Heracross and the others already having breakfast, so he greeted them.

"Gastly, come out and say hello to everyone!"

Looking at the elf in front of him, Chiba Kaede felt as if something was missing. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he turned to his shadow and said something.

After Chiba Kaede finished speaking, his shadow flickered, and then Gastly slowly floated out.

"Did you capture this child during your trip to Kaina City?"

Terada Yuri was also somewhat surprised to see Gastly, after all, Ghost-type Pokémon are not common, let alone catching one.

"Yes, it was nearby when I went to pay respects to my parents. I noticed it had no companions, so I invited it to be my spirit. ♔💋 ➅9𝐒ĤǗ𝐱.ᑕ𝐨м 💘💥"

Chiba Kaede gave a brief account of how Gastly was captured.

For some reason, Gastly is a bit timid. Back in Slateport City, it never showed itself in front of Aysa and the others, but it got along quite well with Swellow and Poliwag.

After introducing Gastly to everyone, Chiba Kaede stopped paying attention, believing that Gastly would be able to integrate into Chiba Farm after spending a few days with it.

After the meal, Chiba asked Heracross for help to move the fruit mixer to the center of the hall, as he couldn't move it himself.

"Yuli, here is the instruction manual for this machine. Please read it for now, and you can operate it once our fruit matures."

Chiba Kaede looked at the large, square object in front of him, fiddled with it for a while, and then gave up. Making energy cubes in reality is not as simple as in the game; it is a profound skill.

Chiba Kaede plans to learn from Terada Yuri after she successfully creates the energy cube, thus saving herself the time of learning from scratch.

"Okay, boss, I will work hard and make sure your investment is not wasted."

Terada Yuri assured Chiba Kaede.

She knew the price of the instrument in front of her. If Chiba Maple hadn't invested a lot of money to buy it, she didn't know how long she would have had to save up before she could use the fruit mixer.

"Well, don't put too much pressure on yourself. With this equipment, I believe there will be a day when we can successfully make the energy cube."

Chiba Kaede didn't want to put pressure on Terada Yuri, so she comforted her.

After breakfast, Chiba Kaede led a group of elves to the orchard.

The situation here is completely different now. More than 20 fruit trees are already bearing fruit, and in a while, it will be ready for harvest. That will be the most crucial time.

Once the tree fruit ripens, it emits a fragrance that attracts spirits that feed on the fruit, which is why Chiba Maple needs to take precautions.

If the number of Pokémon attracted is small, it's fine, but if the number is large, even Swellow and Heracross might not be able to keep up.

"Great King Swallow, could you go to your birthplace and recruit some proud swallows to settle here?"

After pondering for a long time, Chiba Kaede suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said to the Great King Yan.

That's right, this is Chiba Kaede's plan. Chiba Farm's defenses are still too weak. If he can attract a group of Tsundere to settle here, then Chiba Kaede can train them to be the farm's guards.

Chiba Farm is quite large, and it can accommodate even more elf species, but that will have to wait until the subsequent fruit trees bear fruit.

The Great Swellow was overjoyed by Chiba Maple's request. Now that it had evolved into a Great Swellow, it would be even better if it could have a group of little brothers.

As the saying goes, "It is like wearing fine clothes at night to not return home in glory." The Great King Swallow naturally wanted to show its face among its original clan. After calling out to Thousand Leaf Maple a few times, it couldn't wait to fly towards Orange Blossom Forest.

"Hey, Queen Swallow, don't go yet! I haven't finished speaking!"

Chiba Kaede was both amused and annoyed by the Great Swallow's eagerness. He had wanted to talk to the Great Swallow about the quantity of Great Swallow that could be introduced!

According to his estimate, once the fruit matures, after removing the fruit used to make energy cubes, the remaining fruit should be enough to feed more than 20 Aoguyan. Even if there is a food shortage, he can make up for it.

Now, the Great Swallow flew away without even hearing the whole thing. Let's just hope that the number of the Proud Swallows it brought back wasn't too many!

Just as Chiba Kaede was worrying about how many proud swallows the Great Swallow would bring back, she suddenly felt something tugging at her trouser leg.

"Mosquito coil tadpole, stop pulling! You're going to pull my pants down!"

Chiba Kaede looked down and saw that it was a tadpole, staring at him with its big, bright eyes.

Seeing this, Chiba Kaede was also a little confused.

"Do you also want to have your own tribe and be the leader?"

After thinking for a while, Chiba Kaede said uncertainly.

After seeing that Chiba Kaede understood what he meant, the tadpole nodded frantically, and then its tail fin, which was like a fan, shook wildly, making Chiba Kaede a little dizzy.

"You're not ready yet. You need to evolve and become strong enough to manage a tribe and protect it from being bullied. Do you understand?"

Chiba Kaede squatted down, picked up the tadpole, and then said to it.

Then, the tadpole pointed at the different colored sheep, seemingly unconvinced.

"The Mare is different. Our Chiba Farm mainly relies on the wool produced by the Mare sheep to survive, which is why we raise them. The reason why the Mare is able to become the leader of the Mare sheep is because it bravely protects the other Mare sheep. But actually, it is still too weak right now and needs to work harder!"

Chiba Kaede's words sounded like they were being spoken to Mosquito Coil Tadpole, but they were actually being spoken to the Odd-colored Mareep as well.

As expected, after hearing Chiba Kaede's words, Odd-colored Mareep was initially somewhat unconvinced, but after thinking about it for a while, it reluctantly admitted it.

After all, it didn't actually defeat the invading Arbok; it only bought time, and even so, it suffered severe injuries.

Now, the mosquito coil tadpole and the multicolored sheep have a more urgent need to improve their strength. It is believed that they will train on their own in the future, without needing him to urge them any further.

Thinking about this, Chiba Kaede couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up for his cleverness.

After finishing the farm work with the elves, Chiba Kaede led them in training.

As expected, Poliwag and Shiny Mare were much more diligent than usual, which motivated the other Pokémon, especially Jumpluff, who was a bit of a slacker.

They trained until evening when suddenly a flock of bird spirits flew over from afar. However, because they were still quite far away, Chiba Kaede couldn't see them very clearly.

After a while, Chiba Kaede could see clearly that a flock of Great Swallows, led by a Great Swallow, were flying over behind it.

Led by the giant swallow, they landed on the open ground in front of the thousand-leaf maple.

"Wang Yan, you're back! Thank you for your hard work!"

Chiba Kaede said to the Great King Yan.

Although the Great Swallow flew away before hearing what Chiba Maple had to say, he didn't want to dwell on it anymore now that it had already happened.

After counting the number of proud swallows behind the Great Swallow, Chiba Kaede breathed a sigh of relief. There were 34 of them. Although this was slightly more than he had planned, the difference was not significant, and he could still afford to support them.

That's right. While waiting for the tree fruit to ripen, Thousand Leaf Maple needs to buy enough energy cubes to feed these Proud Swallows.

Fortunately, these proud swallows are all of average strength, so they don't consume many energy cubes each day.

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