Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 30 Encounter
"Lili..."

Upon hearing these words, the foam squirrels froze in place.

They raised their little heads to look at the humans in front of them, their eyes still glistening with tears.

"Raven, my name is Raven." Raven extended his goodwill to the group of foam squirrels as much as possible.

"Lili..."

The foam squirrels did not answer immediately.

They turned their heads to look at their companions around them, communicating with them through eye contact.

"Lili?"

"Lili..."

"Chestnut!"

The bubble squirrels whispered and plotted loudly.

Raven squatted to the side, patiently waiting for their reply.

Foaming Squirrel is an adorable Pokémon in the Unova region used to rival Clefairy.

They are cute in appearance, love cleanliness, and even have a severe case of mysophobia.

In anime, you can often see foam squirrels using their tails as brooms to clean up until all the dirt in their homes is spotless.

"Interesting," Raven thought to himself.

It took quite a while for the foam squirrels to finish their conversation.

They all looked up at Raven and answered firmly, "Lili!"

"You agreed?" Raven raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Chicken Chestnut!" Foam Squirrel nodded its little head.

Now that things have come to this, they have no other choice but to trust this human.

Moreover, he doesn't seem like someone who would lie.

Moreover, if what this human named Raven said is true...

Then by next spring, they will have a grove full of fruit trees!
Then they can make their home there, fall asleep every day amidst the rich aroma of fruit, and when they wake up in the morning, they can simply reach out their paws and touch the delicious fruit.

Just thinking about that kind of life makes the hamster feel happy!

The foam squirrel couldn't help but start daydreaming.

Seeing this, Raven breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood up and had someone call over the territory's doctor, Lila, to treat the injured Pokémon, while indicating that everyone else could continue working.

The residents of the territory then slowly walked forward, hesitatingly looking at the group of cute-looking magical beasts.

“They won’t attack us anymore,” Raven reassured everyone. “These magical beasts will live with us temporarily until next spring.”

Everyone had heard Raven's conversation with the monsters.

They had no objections, after all, they were the ones who destroyed the monsters' home first.

Now that they have seen that the trees are no longer aggressive, people feel safe to cut them down.

Trees kept falling, and the forest turned into a clearing...

As the foam squirrels watched this scene, although they had already promised Raven, they still couldn't help but feel sad when they saw their former home disappear.

Lei Wen thought the bubble squirrel would be sad for a long time.

However, this sadness lasted for less than half an hour before it dissipated.

Charcoal burned brightly in the brazier. Inside the warm tent, five foam squirrels sat on a table eating dried almonds, with a cup of steaming sweet black tea beside them.

"Chestnut~" It's so warm~
"Chestnut!" So delicious!

"Chestnut..." Ah, that feels so good...

Being able to eat such delicious food and stay in such a warm and clean place during the cold season when food is scarce was something I could never have imagined before.

The foam squirrels all wore happy expressions, as if they had received 50 million yuan in compensation for their demolished property.

The sadness he had just displayed was completely gone. Raven: "..."

Mini Dragon: "..."

At this moment, Raven just wants to shout: Hey! Where's your bottom line?!
But looking at the few foam squirrels in front of him, Raven suddenly remembered something else.

This forest is very, very large, and it possesses extremely rich natural resources.

In a place like this, it's obviously impossible for only one Pokémon, the Bubble Squirrel, to inhabit.

It's impossible for them to stop logging in the short term.

Because building a log cabin requires wood, and in winter, enough wood is needed to start a fire for warmth.

Areas rich in natural resources will also have abundant Pokémon resources.

Perhaps they will encounter similar situations in the future.

After a moment of contemplation, Raven stood up and instructed Dratini to stay and help look after the Bubble Squirrels, while he went to the lumberyard.

The residents and the snow-hat monsters were chopping down trees with great enthusiasm. As people swung their axes, the trees slowly and crashed down.

The huge, muffled sound traveled very far.

"Your Highness Raven!" A knight stepped forward and gave a standard knightly salute upon seeing Raven approach.

Raven nodded, but his gaze drifted to the quiet forest around him, and he asked, "Have you encountered any wild magical beasts while you were cutting down trees these past few days?"

"Wild magical beasts?" The knight paused, thought carefully for a moment, and then replied, "Your Highness, we have encountered them!"

"Oh?" Raven asked, somewhat surprised. "What kind of magical beast?"

The knight thought carefully for a moment: "There was a magical beast that could fly like a pigeon, a magical beast that was very wary like a mouse, and they immediately turned and ran away as soon as they saw us. There was also a magical beast that looked like a deer and had brown fur."

Hmm? It seems like the Pokémon ecosystem around here is quite diverse.

The monster that looks like a pigeon is probably the Bean Pigeon, the native bird of the Unova region.

The most wary monster, like a mouse, should be the Detective Mouse.

The monster that looks like a deer is probably a winter form of the Four Seasons Deer.

"How do they react when they see you?" Raven asked again.

The knight scratched his head and replied, "It's probably because there are too many of us here that we scared them. The magical beasts turned and ran away as soon as they saw us."

That's it...

It seems these foam squirrels are among the bolder ones.

Of course, it's also possible that the trees they inhabit are being continuously cut down, leaving the foam squirrels with no other option but to venture out and confront them.

“I understand, you can go back to your work!” Raven said.

"Yes, Your Highness!" The knight bowed again, then turned and went back to his work.

Raven stood on the snow, turned his head and looked around, gazing thoughtfully at the vast forest.

But at that moment, he suddenly felt like he was being spied on, as if something was watching him from the shadows.

Ok?
Raven instinctively turned around.

The next second, he saw a petite green figure on a large tree not far away.

Their gazes met in mid-air.

It was a small, two-legged snake-shaped Pokémon.

It has a green body, a cream-colored belly and feet, and a yellow stripe running from its back to its tail.

Despite being a snake-shaped Pokémon, it has adorable limbs and can stand on two legs like a human.

That Pokémon is... Snivy, the Grass-type starter from the Unova region?!

Raven's pupils contracted, and he froze on the spot.

This place is home to the Pokémon Snivy?!
He was looking at the Snivy, and the Snivy was looking at him.

A person and a Pokémon gaze at each other from afar across a snowy field.

(End of this chapter)