Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 682 Soul Crystal, Heart Drop

My name is Aoki, I’m 34 years old, and I can be considered an office worker.

I hold several positions in the Padia Alliance, including the position of Gym Leader of Jinhui Town, which is known to most people, and the position of One of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Padia Alliance, which sounds domineering and powerful.

But in my opinion, my real job is to be an employee of the sales department of the Padiya Pokémon League, and a brick in the hands of the league president, Yeci.

Perhaps most people think that Ye Ci has assigned me too much work and is exploiting me.

But only I know that the seemingly busy work is actually the greatest help the president can give me within the scope of his duties.

Because my performance as a sales department employee was not very good, and my family expenses were a bit high, I took on so much work, hoping to achieve quality through quantity.

The reason for this is that even if I use up all the subsidies from gym leaders and the Four Heavenly Kings, the Pokémon in my home are still a bit inadequate to feed.

I like normal Pokémon because I am very similar to those two characters.

But as one of the Four Heavenly Kings, I cannot be so casual. President Ye Ci strictly requires me to use the flying attribute that I am relatively proficient in.

But the expenses of most of the normal and flying-type Pokémon that I train are actually fully covered by practical subsidies.

——There is only one Pokémon, a Pokémon called Snorlax, that makes me feel like I’m racing against death every day.

They are such a delicious food that they make my dry wallet and miserable situation even worse.

Even more distressing is that they multiply.

After I feed them as usual every day, I often pick up one or two elf eggs from time to time.

At first I thought they were other Pokémon's eggs, but as I gained experience, I was able to accurately determine that they were Snorlax's eggs by the random patterns.

——God knows how Snorlax, who is lazy and gluttonous all day long, can do such a thing. Wouldn’t it be too tiring for them to even turn over?

Then, time came to the present.

On the last night of this month, when I dragged my tired body out of the Alliance headquarters and returned to my home in Jinhui Town on the other side of the Padiya Crater, I saw another elf egg appearing out of thin air.

My fingers, holding the salary I had just received, began to tremble subconsciously.

At this moment, I understood what it felt like the sky was falling.

——The above is Aoki’s own account of his mental journey as he sat tiredly on the sofa.

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For a moment, Luo Mu could only fall into speechless silence.

Because this is really hard to review.

He could never have imagined that the reason Aoki worked so hard and overtime to the point where his kidneys were about to die of sudden death was because he had a bunch of Snorlax at home.

No, what kind of good person would keep so many Snorlax at home? Is it because he thinks he has too much money?

Aoki covered his face, his weak voice couldn't even be heard three meters away, "I really have no choice. The batch of Snorlax that hatched a few months ago are already on the verge of evolution, and now there are new Pokémon eggs."

"I lost control of my emotions and ran all the way from Jinhui Town to you, because the farm you opened should be able to afford the food for a little Snorlax."

"But after calming down, I realized that what I did was not mature at all. I actually wanted to transfer the pressure to you."

"It's such a shame."

Seeing Aoki starting to reflect on himself, Luo Mu's mouth twitched slightly, and he tried to comfort him in other ways.

"Oh, by the way, if all else fails, go and kill the Snorlax."

Luo Mu's heart skipped a beat when he said half of his words, and the rest of his words were immediately stuck in his throat.

He almost subconsciously gave Brother Aoki some advice based on his experience before the time travel.

Speaking of which, there is no need for creatures like Pokémon to be sterilized. They are the kind of magical species that when you clean up after a picnic, you will find extra eggs.

If you think about it carefully, the suggestion of sterilizing Snorlax so that they don't lay Pokémon eggs indiscriminately seems a bit unreliable.

"Oh, alright."

Luo Mu sighed deeply, thinking about the reason Aoki just said that he raised so many Snorlax. It was because sleeping on their bellies could effectively help him sleep, so that he only needed to sleep six hours a day and could get up and be a nuclear-powered donkey with a crying and laughing expression.

Seeing that Aoki was in such a miserable state, he thought that the food stored in his farm was enough to feed a little Snorlax and the evolved Snorlax.

He accepted the elf egg as compensation for always forcing Aoki to work overtime.

Luo Mu picked up Qingmu and hurried out, but he did not forget to put the elf egg into the incubator, carefully looking at the pattern on the elf egg.

Compared to the Pokémon egg he got from the old woman in Kamae Town, whose type could not be accurately identified by the pattern, the Pokémon egg that Aoki brought had features related to the Snorlax family that could be seen at a glance.

"Really?"

Aoki looked up with some surprise. He didn't expect that Luo Mu actually accepted this elf egg.

"it is true."

Luo Mu nodded helplessly and gave an affirmative answer.

Qingmu stared at Luo Mu for a long time, and finally said something very solemnly.

"Thank you, and I must sincerely apologize to you for previously regarding you as a "disaster star" and a "bad luck aggregate."

"--sorry."

Luo Mu: Σ(°Д°;
No, what did you say!?
After sending away Aoki, who was ungrateful for his kindness, Luo Mu crossed his arms and stared at the two elf eggs in front of him with a complicated expression.

".Why is it that my place is increasingly showing signs of becoming a kindergarten?"

Luo Mu asked with deep doubt.

The Burning Worm had just grown a little, and the Sea Lion and Tapu Finfin had also fully adapted to the farm environment.

Before he could even take a breath, two more unhatched elf eggs were piled up in his hands.

Am I some kind of simple, easy-to-use and cheap nanny?

And what Aoki just revealed also made Luo Mu somewhat concerned.

He said that all those jobs were arranged by Ye Ci at his request, which seemed to have cleared Ye Ci's name, but Luo Mu didn't believe it at all.

You have to know that Ye Ciwei is a ruthless person who dares to recruit even a nine-year-old child to work.

Luo Mu just felt that this woman Ye Ci was too scary. What had she done to our brother Qingmu?

Not only are we being exploited silently, but we also have to sincerely explain to the exploiters. It is really terrible.

"It turned out to be the right decision not to take any responsible job within the alliance."

Luo Mu once again felt proud of his past foresight.

After thinking about the classes that would start tomorrow, Luo Mu regained his composure, stood up, and asked Zhi Huixing to properly place the two elf eggs.

Then he walked back to the bedroom wearing his slippers that had not yet been damaged by the Windy Dog.

The Bud Crown King is already waiting here.

Of course, this wasn't some scene about sleeping side by side with the former Galar King. It was simply a conversation between Romu and Crown of the Crowned that had just been interrupted by Aoki.

Cosmogu was given to the friendly doll by the Lei Guan Wang to take care of temporarily, so there were only Luo Mu and Lei Guan Wang in the room. Seeing Luo Mu coming back, Lei Guan Wang didn't waste time and spoke directly through telepathy: "Then let's continue to talk about what I just said, the crystal bead you brought back."

"Okay." Pulling out the stool from under the desk and sitting down, Luo Mu pretended to listen attentively.

In fact, he had thought about cheating through the prompt system and knowing Crystal's details.

But in the end he suppressed the idea and planned to return to the farm to explore the reason with the Crown of Flowers and the others.

——After all, the life of a cheater who knows everything is somewhat boring.

Not knowing what Luo Mu was thinking, the eyes of the Lotus Crown King flashed with blue light. The "mysterious crystal" wrapped in rock and soil that Luo Mu got from Daigo floated up out of thin air and moved among them.

At the same time, the telepathic voice of the Crown of Lotus, which remained peaceful most of the time, rang out.

"First of all, let me tell you the conclusion. This crystal bead wrapped in rock and soil appears naturally round when scanned by telekinesis."

"The rock and soil outside did not show any unusual energy reactions, but the crystal bead. In my perception, I found that this round crystal bead has "life"!"

"life?"

Luo Mu couldn't help but interrupt the narration of the Lotus Crown King with a hint of surprise on his face.

"Are you saying that this crystal bead might be a living being, or that it might contain some kind of life, or that it might actually be a fairy egg with a changed appearance?"

Or is it a situation similar to that of Deoxys' core?

“It wasn’t any of these situations.”

The Lei Crown King shook his head and rejected several of Luo Mu's guesses.

"Strictly speaking, the 'life' of this crystal bead cannot achieve what you imagine."

"Because this crystal bead should be the soul of a certain Pokémon after its death."

"That is what is called—"

"The crystallization of the soul."

When the Rape Crown King's voice fell, its expression when it looked at Crystal Pearl was mixed with imperceptible reluctance and sigh.

"The crystallization of the soul?"

Luo Mu repeated these words in a low voice, and his expression gradually became thoughtful.

He seemed to have the following impression of this setting.

He remembered that it seemed to be a setting unique to some legendary Pokémon.

Fortunately, his memory has always been good, and he has the "key words" for the test.

Not long after, Luo Mu remembered why he felt familiar with this crystal bead.

"Could it be, the drops of heart——?"

He murmured these words in a low voice.

After hearing this, the Bud Crown King tilted his head in confusion and asked, "Do you know the name of this crystal bead?"

"Yeah, probably."

Luo Mu nodded slightly and told King Lei Guan some of the things he knew.

Come to think of it, without his knowledge, Satoshi and his crew should have already visited that city during their trip to the Johto region.

The city of water, Odomare.

More importantly, this water city is also home to legendary Pokémon.

——Latias and Latios.

They have genders and mostly move in pairs.

But the relationship between them is not that of husband and wife, but that of brother and sister.

Latias is the younger sister and Latios is the older brother.

They guard the secret courtyard of the water city and the item there that guards the entire Aldomare Island - the "Drop of Heart".

And at the end of the story that Luo Mu knew in his memory, the "Drop of Heart" was contaminated by evil people, and Odomare fell into the crisis of destruction.

His brother Latios finally chose to sacrifice himself and tried his best to stop the tsunami. Then his death turned into a new drop of heart and continued to protect the water city Odomare.

This story in this theater version is something that Luo Mu finds hard to accept.

But according to the current point in time, Satoshi and his friends who have traveled to the Hoenn region have already experienced the story of Aldomare, so there is no need for Luo Mu to continue to worry about it.

He looked at the "Mysterious Crystal" floating in front of him, which was covered by rocks and soil like a treasure covered in dust, and said softly: "The Heart Drop is the embodiment of the soul crystal of Latias or Latios after his death."

"That is to say, the Heart Drop in front of us should have been a Pokémon. Perhaps it was Latias, the younger sister, or perhaps it was Latios, the older brother."

With an inexplicably heavy heart, Luo Mu looked at the Lotus Crown King.

The Crown of Flowers also looked at him, and both of them fell into silence for a moment.

After a moment, the Bud Crown King sighed and said in a deep voice, "Well, anyway, keep it safe for now."

"Yeah." Luo Mu nodded slightly.

Although the Heart Drop in the game only increases the special attack and special defense of Latias/Latios by 1.5 times, it was later changed to an item that increases the power of dragon and psychic attribute moves by 20%.

But after learning the story behind it, it is really hard to treat it as an ordinary prop.

The crystallization of souls has a slightly unusual meaning in this world where "ghosts" truly exist.

After finishing the somewhat heavy conversation, the time was approaching early morning.

Early tomorrow morning, Orange College, which had just returned from Grape College after renovation, would hold its opening ceremony. As a teacher and director of the Combat Department, Luo Mu must attend.

By then, his course will welcome two new students.

——Wuli and Danyu who moved from Beishang Township.

He and Ye Ci worked together to recruit potential talents from Blueberry Academy.

I have to attend the opening ceremony of the new semester and meet the "new students".

No matter what, he can't go out with a pair of dark circles under his eyes that look like a naughty panda.

So Luo Mu could only tidy up and lie down on his own big bed which he had not seen for a long time, ready to go to sleep.

Before going to bed, he silently thought about how to use the "first lesson of the new school term" to hold a "welcome ceremony" for the two new students tomorrow.

"If that doesn't work, let Papa and the other veterans fight the two newcomers for a few more rounds."

"It seems that Olin and Dr. Fortu's vacation is not over yet. They will have to wait a few days before returning to the Padiya Pit."

".I don't know if that kid Papa will bring Gulliver and Miller to school."

(End of this chapter)