Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

The gible stared blankly at its own claws, then reluctantly withdrew its hand.

Xia Shen casually forked a piece of meat, finished it, and then picked up the plate to start a new round of his journey.

I picked up some of the things I wanted to eat but couldn't fit in my bowl, along with a few pieces of meat patties that Gible loved to eat and some sweet juice.

Finally, Xia Shen grabbed some fruit for herself and returned home laden with a heavy plate.

Unexpectedly, upon returning, I saw an acquaintance, Zhou Yuanyuan, a friend I had just met today, and his screw-like gophers.

"Sure enough, this gible is yours. I was wondering why it looked so familiar."

Zhou Yuanyuan, carrying a plate of food, invited Xia Shen, "Lin Weiyu and I found a big table over there. Shall we eat there together?"

Xia Shen nodded in agreement and followed along with Gible.

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## Chapter Ten: The Heart's Person Isn't Just Fighting the Dirty

"So, you guys just had another match?" Xia Shen asked jokingly while eating her dessert. "I bet Zhou Yuanyuan won again."

Lin Weiyu was somewhat frustrated: "He's gotten me dirty again. Pre-reading sounds simple, but it's so difficult to do. Maybe I should just become a breeder after all..."

Zhou Yuanyuan comforted him from the side: "No, it's not like that. Compared to noon today, you've improved a lot in the last match. Little Saw Crocodile's performance was truly impressive!"

The little totoot sensed its trainer's kindness, put down its food, and ran over to rub against her.

The girl's emotions came and went quickly; after spending some time cuddling with the little tortoise, she regained her energy.

"It's okay, you can keep eating! Don't let the gophers and giblets eat it all."

The little totoro nodded and immediately ran back to the giblets, and the three foodies feasted together.

"Besides, don't think that being a breeder is an easy job!" Zhou Yuanyuan jumped back to the previous topic, disagreeing with Lin Weiyu's statement.

"You know my sister, right? She's a sophomore in the Pokémon Breeding Department at Zhejiang University. She has to take seven main courses a semester, and the textbooks for those courses are taller than Snorlax if you pile them up. She complains to me every day that she's going bald from memorizing so much."

Lin Weiyu shuddered upon hearing this and said awkwardly, "I still think the profession of trainer has a better future."

"It's okay. Even if you can't become a professional trainer, you can always come back and inherit your dad's restaurant!" Zhou Yuanyuan had prepared a way out for Lin Weiyu.

"So this restaurant is owned by your family!" Xia Shen was a little surprised, but something still felt off.

"So..." He looked at Zhou Yuanyuan beside him and came up with a reasonable guess.

“You guessed right!” Zhou Yuanyuan smiled brightly again. “I deliberately bet on Uncle Lin’s buffet vouchers. No matter the outcome, the buffet restaurant won’t lose money.”

“More importantly,” his smile grew even brighter, “as people gradually get used to it, it’s very likely that Uncle Lin’s buffet vouchers will subtly become a customary form of betting.”

"At that time... all I can say is that things will be booming!" Zhou Yuanyuan said, her mouth a little dry. She took a sip of juice and smiled without saying anything more.

Indeed, those with heart conditions are not only fighting against the viscera.

In the original world, Zhou Yuanyuan would definitely be the kind of person who plays Ice Ghost Guardian in Elf Battle, Dirty Priest in Hearthstone, and Jie Xu Sheng in Three Kingdoms Kill.

Zhou Yuanyuan seemed to understand the complex expression on Xia Shen's face and smiled, "I would call it a scheme!"

"Mmm, whatever makes you happy." Xia Shen replied perfunctorily, but in her heart she made up her mind to be more careful when she was with him in the future.

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"How about it, Xia Shen? You've eaten and drunk your fill. How about a thrilling Pokémon battle?"

“Strenuous exercise after meals is bad for your health. Even if you don’t consider yourself, you should at least consider the feelings of the snail-like creature.”

After the meal, Xia Shen declined Zhou Yuanyuan's invitation to fight him again with a righteous and justifiable reason, and then parted ways with the Gible.

Xia Shen's home, school, and this Snorlax buffet restaurant are roughly in the shape of an equilateral triangle on the map, and each is about ten minutes away from the other.

I strolled leisurely to digest my food, and also stopped by the supermarket to stock up on the things I needed to bribe Zoroark for tomorrow's exploration of the secret realm.

Xia Shen and Round Shark finally arrived home before eight o'clock.

"We're back." Xia Shen greeted her parents on the sofa as she changed her shoes.

"Welcome home!" Mom ran to the door to greet me with great enthusiasm.

Xia Shen was about to say, "Mom, when did you become so polite?" when his mother pushed him aside.

"This will be your home from now on, Gible."

"I was just imagining things," Xia Shen thought to himself as he watched his mother tending to the giblets.

"Oh no, it seems there aren't any slippers that Gible can wear. What should we do?" Xia Shen knew that his mother was always very clean, and she would definitely get angry when she saw that the Gible had made the house dirty.

Mom, however, said she already had plans: "It's okay, let's leave it at that for today. I've already ordered slippers specifically for Gible online, as well as chairs, a bed, and other daily necessities. Oh, and a deluxe ball too, sent by Dragon Express, it should arrive tomorrow."

"Seriously? I once stepped on the floor and got dirty, and you yelled at me for half an hour. Why are you treating me this differently?" Xia Shen realized that her status in the family was getting lower and lower.

Fortunately, her father was there to support her, which was Xia Shen's last consolation.

"Alright, enough talk. Come on in, I just made this especially for Gible." Mom pulled Gible to the dining table.

On the table were steaming hot beef patties. Mom forked one up and fed it to the gible: "Here, try it and see if you like it."

Unable to refuse Ms. Gu Jing's kind offer, even though they were already quite full from the buffet, the Gible still devoured Ms. Gu Jing's lovingly prepared food.

"Aww~" The little shark showed a happy expression, which made its mother very happy. She forked another piece to give to the gible shark.

Gible burped, its expression subtly troubled.

Xia Shen quickly advised, "Alright, we just had a buffet. If you feed us any more, we'll get stuffed, and that's not good for our health."

Mom had no choice but to give up, and then greeted Dad, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, with Gible.

From then on, Gible officially became a new member of Xia Shen's family.

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"Gible, are you ready? We're heading back to Washgreen!"

It was the same time before school started, and Xia Shen was preparing to begin his third exploration of the secret realm. This time, however, a new Gible had joined the group.

Xia Shen decided that starting today, he would send out Gible to fight whenever he faced a suitable opponent.

"Awooo (?`???'?)" Gible looks full of energy.

I put the Gible into the ball and checked again to make sure I hadn't missed anything.

Xia Shen silently recited in his heart: "Enter the Emerald Washing Realm."

The next moment, Xia Shen found himself once again in that cold and desolate frozen land.

With a full forty-five minutes to explore, Xia Shen was no longer as anxious as he had been yesterday.

They easily found the leader of Zoroark and, as usual, handed him a bag of food first.

Zoroark naturally accepted the offer and spoke to Xia Shen telepathically: "I heard you released all the Pokémon you caught yesterday, except for one Gible?"

"Yes, I really like that elf, and he has become my partner." Xia Shen admitted frankly, thinking to himself, "He's not one of your kind, so what's it to you?"

Xia Shen released the Gible and introduced Zoroark to him: "Gible, this is a member of the Zoroark clan who saved you yesterday."

"Aww~" Gible bowed in gratitude, using the etiquette of human society.

"Yo yo..." Zoroark responded in Elvish, a language Xia Shen couldn't understand.

How can a fox and a shark understand each other's languages? Xia Shen really couldn't understand it.

## Chapter Eleven: A Box of Chocolates Worth Hundreds of Thousands

Have you been to the world of the Divine Messenger? What kind of place is it...?

[A divine messenger? You mean Xia Shen? Yes, I followed Xia Shen back to his world.]

It's a beautiful place, sunny and filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.

There were many elves I had never seen before, and many humans as well. Most importantly, there was so much food that I could never finish eating it all.

The spirits there would never kill each other for survival. It was a paradise compared to the pristine white tundra.

[......]

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"Hey, what's wrong, Zoroark leader?" Xia Shen asked curiously, seeing Zoroark deep in thought after talking with Gible.

"Ah, it's nothing, Divine Envoy." Zoroark's tone was somewhat strange. "Are you still going to continue collecting items in the Pokédex today?"

"We'll talk about that later. I'm here today because there's something else I'd like to discuss with you."

"Please speak, Your Excellency, I will consider your reasonable requests."

"Does your tribe have any...?" Xia Shen carefully chose his words, "any useless items that you've found or collected? I can trade them for the supplies you need."

What Xia Shen wanted to do, of course, was to exchange glass marbles for gold.

However, that's not entirely true. As long as the value is equal, he doesn't feel embarrassed at all.

Things like Mega Stones, Evolution Stones, and Awakening Stones are completely useless to Zoroark...

Or you can trade Ho-Oh's feathers or something for the food I urgently need!

Xia Shen didn't know if such a thing existed in the Xicui area, but one should always have dreams.

After a moment's thought, Zoroark transmitted his voice, "Come with me."

After saying that, he walked into the snow rock cave not far away, and Xia Shen quickly followed with the Gible.

The cave appears to be a resting and dwelling place for the Soroyak people, and it is much warmer than the cold outside.

A group of Zoroark saw Zoroark enter and were about to rush over to get close, but then they noticed Xia Shen and Gible following behind and stopped in their tracks.

Zoroark whispered a few words, and the timid Zoroarks cautiously approached.

Xia Shen squatted down and took out another bag of food from her spatial storage, intending to use it to treat the group of soft and cute little foxes.

The timid Zoroar dared not try, while Gible watched anxiously from the sidelines.

It made a "woof woof~" sound, like a salesperson promoting products in a supermarket, and even tore open the packaging paper to try the food.

Smelled by the enticing aroma of food, a lively Zoroas also walked up to the Gible and imitated it, eating an Energy Cube.

"Yo yo~˙(?..?)" Zoroia, who had never tasted such good food before, was immediately won over and called his companions behind him to come and eat together.