Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 33 Departure to Orange Blossom City

"Jingzi, could you please take your older brothers and sisters outside to play?"

Chiba Kaede said to Iida Akiko. 💞💣 69รH𝔲ｘ.𝒸𝓞Μ ♠🐟

After picking up Rie Uchino and her group, Kaede Chiba welcomed them into the hall of his house. After exchanging pleasantries with Rie Uchino, Kaede Chiba asked Akiko Iida to take the little ones who were just there to play outside.

After all, the following interview process was rather boring for them, so it was better to let them have fun on the farm.

Since the arrival of the Great Swan clan, they have regarded the farm as their territory. The Great Swan also regularly sends its Great Swans to patrol the farm and drive away any wild elves that try to trespass.

Especially in the area where Chiba Maple lives, the patrols are extremely thorough. Moreover, Poliwag and Shiny Mare are now accompanying the little guys. Their strength is not to be underestimated. Ordinary wild Pokémon are no match for them.

"So, Yui and Yuta, what have you decided? Do you want to work at the Chiba farm?"

Rie Uchino directly asked the two of them for their consent before she would allow Kaede Chiba to interview them.

"I... I'll stay at the orphanage and help you take care of the younger children, Director. This opportunity will be for Yuta!"

After hesitating for a moment, Yui Takemoto gave a firm reply.

"No, my dream is to become a Pokémon Trainer. Let's give this opportunity to Yui-nee!"

Yuta Mizuno knew that Yui Takemoto wanted to give him this opportunity, but he didn't want to receive this gift and also wanted to give the opportunity to her.

"Grandma Uchino, it seems our Chiba farm isn't that attractive. They don't seem to want to work on our farm!"

Chiba Kaede found this scene amusing and couldn't help but tease him. 🐍♠ ❻➈Ⓢ𝐇υא.ⓒＯм 🍓👺

"Since neither of them agrees, let's call it a day. But I'm still very grateful to Xiaofeng for giving them this interview opportunity."

Rie Uchino glanced at the two of them and said with a helpless expression.

"No, that's not it. I actually long to join Chiba Farm, but... but how can I, as the older sister, compete with my younger brother for this opportunity?"

After realizing that they had messed things up, Takemoto Yui quickly explained.

"Yui-nee, you work so hard taking care of us every day. As a man, I can't possibly take this opportunity away from you!"

After scratching his head, Yuta Mizuno finally spoke his mind.

"How can I possibly say anything to you all!"

Rie Uchino also knew about the two's dilemma, but she couldn't be too harsh on them for it. However, her savings could only keep the orphanage running and couldn't support Yuta Mizuno on his path to becoming a trainer.

Becoming a trainer isn't as simple as just capturing a Pokémon.

You also need to provide enough resources for your elves to grow, otherwise the elves you raise will only be pets and won't have much combat power. And these resources are often very expensive.

Once you've caught a lot of Pokémon, you'll need a place to foster them. According to the Pokémon League's research, a trainer traveling can only take care of a maximum of six Pokémon. Beyond that, it becomes impossible to guarantee the growth of each Pokémon.

If a trainer were to carry a large number of Pokémon, they would need to consume a lot of food every day to feed them, making it impossible to stay in the wild for an extended period of time.

This is also why Chiba Kaede, who traveled through time, chose to invest all his money in Chiba Farm.

As it turned out, his choice was correct. With the growth of Chiba Farm, his income also increased. The farm's current output is now enough to support his progress on the path of becoming a trainer.

In her previous life, Chiba Kaede had witnessed many relatives turning against each other for personal gain, and she often found herself in situations where sponsoring impoverished students' education only resulted in negative outcomes.

At this moment, seeing the genuine friendship between Yuta Mizuno and Yui Takemoto, who are not related by blood but truly care for each other, is very admirable.

"I don't recall saying I was only hiring one person. I'll give you a three-month trial period. If your work satisfies me, I can hire you. But if none of you can handle the job, I will dismiss you all!"

Although Chiba Kaede admires them to some extent, she still needs to adhere to certain principles. As the saying goes, "Without rules, there can be no order," and only in this way can one be a qualified manager.

"Really? Thank you so much, boss!"

"I will definitely work hard and promise not to slack off."

Yuta Mizuno and Yui Takemoto hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

"In that case, I'll leave the two of them to you, Xiao Feng!"

Rie Uchino was very happy with the result; it was finally a good outcome.

"By the way, one of the employee benefits at Chiba Farm is that we provide a starter Pokémon!"

Chiba Kaede addressed the two of them.

"Really? When can I get my starter Pokémon?"

Yuta Mizuno stood up excitedly and asked the question.

When Terada Yuri went back before, she did mention that Chiba Farm would provide starter Pokémon to its employees, but Chiba Kaede didn't confirm it himself, so he was a little uneasy.

"There is a group of Tailwings in our Chiba Farm. You can interact with them more often. If you can gain the approval of one of the Tailwings, you can capture it. Alternatively, you can wait until the Tailwings lay their fairy eggs and then obtain one Tailwing fairy egg. You can decide for yourself."

Knowing that Chiba Farm would have more and more employees in the future, and that he couldn't possibly have to go all the way to Petalburg Woods to help each employee catch their starter Pokémon, Chiba Kaede decided to make Taillow the farm's starter Pokémon!

The current population of Great Swallows has expanded to more than 50. This was achieved after the number of ripe fruit trees in the orchard increased, and Chiba Maple had the Great Swallows recruited from its birthplace. However, it is unlikely that wild Great Swallows will be recruited again in the future.

Because some of the Bone Swallows on the farm are already showing signs of laying eggs, the Bone Swallow eggs alone will be enough to support the reproduction and expansion of their population.

Chiba Kaede also hopes that the two of them can gain the approval of the Taillow, but it will be quite difficult because these Taillow have grown much stronger after Chiba Kaede's training, and some of them are no longer suitable as starter Pokémon.

"Understood, boss. I will work hard to gain Aogu Yan's approval."

Yuta Mizuno said seriously.

This will be his first step into becoming a Pokémon Trainer, how could he not be excited?

For Yui Takemoto, however, there was no such urgency. She was rather casual about raising spirits; having one was fine, not having one was also okay.

"Grandma Uchino, it's almost noon. Let's go find Akiko and the others, and then we'll have lunch together!"

Chiba Kaede glanced at the time on her phone and realized it was almost noon, so she said to Uchino Rie.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Xiaofeng!"

Rie Uchino thanked Kaede Chiba.

Before long, Chiba Kaede found the children playing with the Mare sheep and, amidst their reluctant gazes, led them back to the hall.

After lunch, Chiba Kaede led everyone on a tour of Chiba Farm. In the evening, Chiba Kaede saw off Uchino Rie and the others. This time, Chiba Kaede had booked a private car for them in advance via his mobile phone to take them home.

Yui Takemoto and Yuta Mizuno also went back because they still needed to pack their luggage. Tomorrow, Kaede Chiba will have Tsubame Daioh come and pick them up. After that, they will be probationary employees of Chiba Farm.

"Boss, thank you!"

After watching Rie Uchino and her group leave, Yuri Terada said to Kaede Chiba.

To avoid suspicion, she spoke very little today. When she saw her younger siblings giving up their own interests for each other's future, Terada Yuri was very gratified, but she also felt sorry for them losing this opportunity. It would be hard to find a boss as good as Chiba Kaede in other places.

However, after Chiba Kaede recruited both of them, Terada Yuri suddenly felt that things had taken a turn for the better and was very grateful to Chiba Kaede, thinking that the other party might have done so because of her.

"You're welcome. Our Chiba Farm is constantly growing, and we'll have more and more employees in the future."

Chiba Kaede has now increased Terada Yuri's salary to 1 Alliance Coins per month. Of course, this is indeed a bit low compared to the value she generates, but it is already a very generous condition, after all, he provided the raw materials and machines for making Energy Cubes.

As for Takemoto Yui and Mizuno Yuta, the salary he offered was 3000 Alliance Coins per month during the probationary period, and 5000 Alliance Coins per month after becoming full-time employees.

Over the next few days, Chiba Kaede handed over all the farm affairs to Terada Yuri and the other two. After they became familiar with the specifics, Chiba Kaede planned to head to Orange City.

This time, Chiba plans to travel to Petalburg City on foot as a Pokémon Trainer, so it will take a relatively long time.

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(End of this chapter)