My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 223 The First Step Towards Maturity

A few hours later, the first day of summer camp came to an end.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the hemispherical dome of the training hall as Tong Hua, Mu Mu, Lu Mei, and Huang Yao led their Pokémon out of the training hall.

Other students also finished their day's activities one after another, and walked towards the teaching building in twos and threes.

"Today was truly fruitful, and I have to thank Mr. Tong Hua for lending me Tibriam!"

Thank you, Mr. Tong Hua!

"You're welcome."

Tong Hua smiled and nodded, but unexpectedly, the next second—

"Bree!"

Tibrim angrily jumped into Tong Hua's arms. "It was me who did all the work!"

Why are you thanking him?

"Oh my!" Sweet Wuni grabbed Tiblim and scooped her up. "Why are you sticking to Tong Hua like this?"

"Bri!" Tibrim struggled unhappily in Tenny's arms, her pink curls standing on end in anger.

"Oh my!" Sweet Wu Ni didn't back down at all, and the two little ones started making a ruckus in front of Tong Hua.

Tong Hua, both amused and exasperated, separated them, saying, "Alright, alright, stop fooling around."

He gently patted Sweetie's head and ruffled Tibrim's curly hair. "You've had enough fun, shouldn't you go home?"

Upon hearing this, the two little ones immediately united against the outsider. Although they were still glaring at each other with resentment, they spoke in unison.

"Not enough!"

"Bri!" Tibrim gripped Tong Hua's clothes tightly, and Dou Dou's eyes instantly filled with tears.

"Oh dear!" Sweet Wu Ni also hugged Tong Hua's leg, her little face full of reluctance.

"Fufu!" "Meow!" Orion and the pickpocket cat next to Tong Hua immediately chimed in.

Ritsumi and Akira couldn't help but laugh at the amusing scene. Mumu even teased, "Junior brother, you and your Pokémon have such a good relationship!"

"Kuku—" The forest lizard shook its head helplessly, clearly used to these little squabbles between girls.

"Ooh." Riolu, on the other hand, looked on with amusement and nudged the forest lizard lightly with his elbow.

In this relaxed atmosphere, everyone returned to the entrance of the teaching building.

"Oh my god!"

In the end, Sweetie and the others reluctantly let go of Tong Hua. Pink Celebi, hidden in the air, telepathically apologized to Tong Hua.

"La-hua—"

"It's alright, I understand. You came along because you wanted to see the forest lizard, right?"

Tong Hua responded telepathically, with an understanding smile on her face.

"La-hua!" Pink Celebi's voice was tinged with shyness, her small figure appearing and disappearing in the air.

The forest lizard seemed to sense something, its ears twitching slightly, but it still pretended not to notice anything.

Urged on by Celebi, Sweetie, Orion, and Pickpocket Cat finally left, looking back every few steps.

"Bree~"

Of all the Pokémon, only Tibbers remained. She sat on Tong Hua's shoulders, proclaiming her own victory.

Watching Sweetie and the others walk away, Tibrim proudly shook her pink curly hair. The reason she let Tong Hua stay was because Tong Hua wanted to practice alchemy, and having a ready-made witch by her side was perfect for asking her for advice.

Moreover, new members should spend some time getting to know each other and developing a good rapport.

"Bree~"

Tibrim climbed into the hood of Tong Hua's shirt, where there was just enough space for her.

Moreover, from a distance, it looks perfectly natural, as harmonious as a part of the clothing.

Tong Hua felt the warm weight coming from inside the hood and couldn't help but smile. Tibrim adjusted herself comfortably inside, her little head resting against the back of his neck.

After dinner, Tong Hua returned to her dormitory and eagerly took out the alchemy equipment.

"Ooh." "Kuku."

Riolu and the Forest Lizard couldn't stay still and decided to go out for some training. Just then, Tong Hua suggested they take the few boys from the dormitory with them to play as well.

"That's great!"

Upon hearing that they could go out to play, the children, who had been bored and had nothing to do, immediately cheered.

A little boy picked up his Pichu, while another led a cat on a leash, and they happily followed Riolu and Sceptile out the door.

The dormitory fell silent. Tong Hua and Tibrim exchanged a smile, finally able to focus on their alchemy studies.

Tibrim jumped out of the hood and curiously circled around the alchemy equipment that Tong Hua had taken out.

"Alcohol lamp, test tubes, mortar and pestle —"

While checking the equipment, Tong Hua explained the purpose of each tool to Tibrim.

Is it inappropriate to light a fire in the dormitory?

"Alright, let's try alchemy without fire today."

After Tong Hua finished speaking, he put away the alcohol lamp.

However, without fire, heating is impossible, which essentially eliminates a large part of the alchemy process.

Tong Hua gritted his teeth and took out the materials he had prepared in advance from his backpack, intending to refine a magic potion to heal and restore injuries.

The effect is similar to the "Life Drop" move, and the materials used are also aimed at replicating "Life Drop".

This potion had no recipe; it was entirely based on Tong Hua's own ideas and flashes of inspiration.

Tong Hua's goal is to create the kind of "Full Health Potion" commonly found in Pokémon games, which can restore all of a Pokémon's HP, and the "Miracle Potion" that can cure all status ailments.

Even the "Energy Block" can revive a Pokémon that is on the verge of death.

These items seem to not exist in the real Pokémon world.

In the real world, at most there are "injury medicines" and "good injury medicines" that can treat injuries.

The effect is not even as good as letting Pokémon like Chansey use healing moves directly.

However, after trying for a long time, Tong Hua still failed.

"No, it really does require heating with a flame to complete the mixing."

Is there a way to heat without an open flame?

"Bree?"

Tibrim tilted her head and gently waved her small hand, and a gentle, dark red flame stuck to the bottom of the test tube like a sticker.

Surprisingly, the liquid in the test tube began to heat up automatically, producing tiny bubbles at just the right temperature.

"This is... magical flames?" Tong Hua looked at Tibrim in surprise.

"I can't believe it can be used like this? Such incredible control—"

Normally, a magical fire attack should involve shooting flames from the mouth.

The ability to deform flames into a two-dimensional shape while still retaining the physical properties of normal flames goes beyond the scope of techniques; it is true magic.

Tong Hua carefully observed the two-dimensional flame attached to the bottom of the test tube and found that it not only had a stable and controllable temperature, but also posed no risk of igniting other objects.

"Bree~" Tibrim proudly tossed her curly hair and demonstrated how to precisely adjust the temperature of the flames with magic.

The dark red flame sticker flickered in and out of light according to her wishes, and the liquid in the test tube maintained the optimal reaction temperature accordingly.

"It's amazing!"

Indeed, there are still so many things in this world that I have never seen or experienced!

Acknowledge your ignorance, and gradually recognize it in the process of exploration.

This is an alchemist's first step towards maturity.

Nighttime in the fairytale ranch.

Even though the Happy Dessert Shop had been closed for a day, the Pokémon were still busy in the kitchen.

"Terrifying—"

When I watched Tong Hua make it, how come I never realized it was so difficult?

Baking for too long won't work, and baking for too short a time won't work either.

Too much firepower is bad, too little is bad too —

After a whole day, the foam squirrel, the messenger bird, and three little fairy milkfish worked together, with the help of the green Celebi, but they still couldn't make a cake.

"Oh my!"

Just when all the Pokémon were at their wits' end, Slimie and the others returned!

"Oh my! Oh my!" Sweetie exclaimed excitedly as soon as she entered the kitchen, recounting her experiences at school that day.

When she saw the failed cake base on the worktable, she immediately understood what everyone was worried about.

Orion and the pickpocket cat also came over, and the three little guys exchanged glances and joined in making the cake.