Elf-like Life

Chapter 38, Water Float

【Water Float】: A deep blue floating board containing powerful water energy, especially effective in healing the Marylou family.

Rarity: 4 stars

It is also known as an exclusive item of the Mariluri, Marilul, and Lulili clans.

Marylou and her brother have been searching desperately for this product. If they could actually buy it, their mother's illness would be cured instantly.

To everyone's surprise, both owners of the Hidden Dragons fell silent and shook their heads sheepishly.

"Kids, I'm really sorry, but we uncles don't have any of these rare props for sale here."

"yes."

Logically speaking, the shiny cloaked dragon on the right-hand counter should be selling rare items year-round.

But even he was powerless this time; if it didn't exist, it simply didn't exist.

"Um, speaking of which, I remember that the Water Float is a rather rare exclusive item."

"Those things are even rarer than skill discs!"

"Opening treasure chests at the Natural Bird Appraisal Shop does offer a chance of success, but you'll need to have enough treasure chests to succeed!"

This road is blocked, and now the Marylou siblings don't have any treasure chests, only the apples that the cloaked dragon bosses just gave them.

The siblings, Marylou and her brother, stated that their search for the water float had failed.

Mary Lou politely said:

"Even though they don't sell them here, we still want to thank the Kecleon Uncles. Lulily, let's all thank the Kecleon Uncles together~"

Ruri followed Marilou in a cute little hop, thanking the cloaked dragon boss while also saying goodbye to Charmander and the others.

"Thank you, Uncle Kecleon! Goodbye, Uncle Kecleon!"

"Goodbye, little fire dragon brother~"

"Goodbye, Pikachu!"

"Okay, okay, goodbye!"

My goodness, these two little Pokémon are so cute! They're so polite and have such sweet tongues. Now, not only the Kecleon owners, but even Charmander and Pikachu have been captivated by them.

The owners of the stealth dragons said: "Drive carefully, go home early so your mother won't worry."

"Okay, Uncle Kecleon—"

Marilou and Lulili left first, and Charmander also changed his opinion of the cloaking dragon shop owners in front of him.

As Pikachu said before, many of the Pokémon in Treasure Town are kind and loving towards young Pokémon.

Of course, this excludes those bullying expedition teams that are always looking for trouble.

Now that the purchasing task was completed, before the Marilyn siblings had gone far, Charmander immediately suggested:

"Hey, Pikachu, let's do some extra shopping too, see what we can buy, and maybe help Marill and the others out while we're at it?"

"Hey, hey, Charmander, you mean we should do something too?"

The little dragon nodded.

The two little ones can indeed do something to help Marylou and her brother now.

Excluding the cost of the guild purchasing perfect apples, the two little Starry Night Expedition Teams currently hold 70 gold coins.

The owner of the stealth dragon immediately adopted a businessman's attitude:

"Are you two going to buy something? Perfect timing, come and see our new arrivals!"

Mutant Dragon Shop - General Goods - Green

Apple - 25 gold coins

Perfect Apple - 150 Gold Coins

Tree branch - 14 gold coins

Blue Orange - 20 Gold Coins

Spiky Fruit - 35 Gold Coins

Small Rock Stone - 10 Gold Coins

Special Attack Scarf - 4500 Gold Coins

Physical Attack Scarf - 4500 Gold Coins

Mutant Dragon Shop - High-End Items - Purple

Skill Learning Disc 09, Seed Machine Gun, 8900 Gold Coins

Jade of Rainy Day - 15000 Gold Coins

Pikachu immediately spotted the section labeled "Spirit Fruit," an uncommon tree fruit with excellent medicinal properties.

According to Pikachu's encyclopedic knowledge, if thorn fruit is cooked in soup with medicinal herbs, it has a strong calming effect and can also eliminate much of the bitterness.

I see. If Marylou and the others used the prickly fruit to make soup, wouldn't it be twice as effective, and Mom's condition would improve?

"Pikachu, how about we buy some Spiky Berries and give them to Marilyn and the others? But it'll take up half of our savings."

Although Charmander is the captain of the Starry Night Expedition Team, he still has to consult Pikachu's opinion when shopping, since the 70 coins in the entire expedition team are earned through hard work and he can't make decisions alone.

To everyone's surprise, Pikachu agreed without even thinking, nodding its little head happily:

"Of course, buy it!"

"We agreed to do our part for Marylou and her siblings, and I completely agree!"

The owners of the stealth dragons frowned at first. They had heard the legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox last night, which described humans as extremely evil and destined to be redeemed in their next life.

But their actions were completely different.

At least the feeling this little fire dragon gives is completely different.

It can be said that there is not a trace of evil, only abundant goodwill.

The Boss of the Hidden Dragon - Purple:

"Hey, I'm saying, why do I feel like humans aren't as bad as the legends say..."

"That's true. In that case, how about we give you a discount too?" said Green Nature, the owner of the Invisible Dragon.

Seeing how kind the two little ones were, the price of the thorn fruit was exceptionally reduced to 25 gold coins, and it was sold to the two little ones without hesitation.

[Ding, transaction completed. The Starry Night Expeditionary Team has purchased a Spiky Fruit for 25 gold coins, leaving them with 45 gold coins in their basic funds.]

With everything taken care of, Charmander carried a huge pile of perfect apples from the shopping list, while Pikachu carried the Spiky Fruit. The two little ones were ready to catch up with the Marilyn siblings who had just left.

"We'd better hurry, or we'll be in trouble if they get too far away!"

"Alright, Charmander, let's go!!"

———Treasure Town Divider———

Meanwhile, Marylou and her brother were anxious to get home.

"Thump!"

As a result of their haste, the two accidentally bumped into another large Pokémon passing by on the street.

An apple accidentally fell to the ground.

It rolled around once.

Two laps,

Finally stopped after the third lap!

Mary Lou's brother bumped into the other's slightly bulging, brownish-yellow belly first, and it was greasy, like a beer belly.

"sorry!"

Then, her younger sister, Lulili, accidentally bumped into it as well.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!!"

The Pokémon that was bumped was actually not very tall; it was rather short and stocky.

However, to the two smaller siblings, Marilou, it was already considered to be a very large size.

A greasy, brownish-yellow body, a stocky and clumsy appearance, and a thick, short, elephant-like trunk—all these elements combine to create the image of a greasy middle-aged man you might unexpectedly encounter.

—Mr. Solip.

Sulip wasn't angry. Instead, he carefully bent down and kindly helped Marylou and her brother pick up the apples and return them.

"Are you alright? These are the apples you dropped."

Marilou + Lulili: "Thank you!"

Sulip maintained his smile and patiently asked:

"No, she's so young and already out buying things for her mother. She's a role model for the younger generation."

Marilou exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? How did you know?"

The next moment, as if he knew everything, Sulip slowly approached the two little ones. Lulili instinctively took a step back, seemingly a little scared.

"Brother, brother, how does this uncle know everything? And what is this 'rising generation' he just mentioned...?"

Sulip realized that his appearance might have frightened the two little ones, especially his short, thick, and ugly nose:

"Don't be afraid, Uncle is a very, very good uncle."

"Oh, by the way, little ones, you're looking for the water float, right?"

"Uncle knows where to find it."

"How about we go searching with Uncle? We might see some good stuff. What do you guys think?"

Looking for floating platforms with Uncle Sulip? There's something else going on!

In the very end, little Lulily clearly had many questions:

"Brother, this uncle said he can see some good stuff, but what kind of good stuff is it?"

Surp appears! The greasy Surp uncle is trying to chat me up. Actually, in the Pokémon versions I used to play, he was always called Surp; I won't use "Hypnotic Tapir" here.

(End of this chapter)