Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 159 Ralts Wants to Learn to Fly

With the continuous arrival of tourists, the ski resort near the Kitakami Center has been set up in the past two days. The haunted house that has been very popular recently is also there, and many tourists are going there to experience it.

Because the haunted house has a limit on the number of people who can participate, and to prevent waiting tourists from catching a cold outside, the manager, Yao Qian, very cleverly arranged for a barbecue restaurant called "Beishang Barbecue" to be opened across the street from the haunted house.

Although Mingyou really wanted to complain about this, it did help him solve a problem...

Today, after gaining some experience from his previous work, Qishu finally succeeded in completing one of the challenges. After leaving the house after the live stream, he ran into a fan who had come all the way from Padiya, and they were chatting happily.

Mingyou didn't go over to disturb them. She then rode on the horned deer, planning to go to the Taoze store first to buy everything she needed for Christmas, and then go home to decorate the manor with Ponpon and the others.

But just as he arrived near the Momozawa store, he suddenly received a message...

"They're already back?"

Mingyou was slightly surprised. The message was sent by Xiaozhao, who was currently at Danyu's house and wanted to invite him to meet her.

"Yo yo~"

Hearing that Xiao Zhao was back, the stag was also very happy. "Then let's not delay. Let's postpone buying Christmas decorations for a while and go find Xiao Zhao. It's been so long since we've seen each other..."

Danyu's home is located at the northernmost part of Emerald Green Town, which is a bit remote, but it can be seen at a glance when you walk on the street leading there.

Although their house occupies a large area, it looks much older than other villas in the vicinity, and it hasn't been renovated for a long time.

But on the way there...

"Ralu..."

"Um?"

Hearing a soft murmur coming from not far away, Mingyou and Guijiaolu stopped at the same time and looked towards a two-story villa on their right.

In front of the protective netting on the side window, a petite figure was using stones she had picked up to make a footrest, and gently stepping on it.

It gripped the protective net tightly with its little hands, raised its head slightly, revealing red eyes hidden by green hair, and looked inside with a very serious expression. Because it was so excited, the red antennae that parted its hair in the middle of its forehead were trembling slightly.

[Ralts: Mood Pokémon, a wild Pokémon living near Greentown. It enjoys human online and video culture, but is very introverted and socially awkward, so gaining its affection may be a bit difficult.]

"What are you doing?"

Mingyou tilted her head, looking at the other person with some curiosity, but didn't go forward to disturb them...

Just then, Ralts finally made a move, turning around and jumping off the pile of stones on its mat. The stones scattered on the snow as it moved, but it didn't care about them.

Ralts looked at a bare loquat tree behind her, mustered her courage, opened her arms and hugged it, and slowly climbed up, carefully reaching the top of the branch and standing up.

After taking a deep breath, it seemed to have made up its mind. So it opened its arms and leaped forward, trying to flap its arms and fly up, but in the end it lost to gravity and crashed heavily into the snow below.

Damn gravity...

Seeing this, Mingyou suddenly realized: "I understand, they want to sit at the same table as Groudon."

"Ralu!?"

Hearing the sound, Ralts got up from the snow and realized that someone was watching it. It panicked instantly and turned around to run away.

Unaware of the stones at her feet, she tripped and fell headfirst into the snow. After bravely standing up while holding back her tears, she suddenly remembered something, quickly waved her little white hand, and used teleportation to disappear from the spot.

"..."

Mingyou hesitated, as if to say something but then stopped. Am I that scary? So this is what it means to not be easy to gain someone's favor. They teleport away as soon as you see them. They are indeed hard to get along with.

Seeing Ralts escape, he walked curiously to the window where she had been standing and peered inside.

This spot faces directly into someone else's living room, where two little kids are holding Oolong and Pichu, intently watching online TV.

The movie playing on TV is "Harry Peter and the Awakening Stone," a new film released earlier this year starring both humans and Pokémon, produced by Pokémon Hollywood in the Unova region.

The story revolves around an outrageous tale that unfolds within a magical academy in the Galar region, a school of magic comparable in size to the Orange Academy.

I heard that the second movie is already in pre-production and that Sabrina, the Gym Leader of Saffron City, has been cast in it. I'm not sure if that's true...

"Were you drawn in by the character's behavior?"

Mingyou subconsciously guessed that Ralts's previous actions might have been imitating the behavior of a movie character, something many children have done.

Just then...

"What are you looking at through someone else's window? You don't... have some kind of weird fetish, do you?"

Hearing the familiar female voice, Mingyou smiled, turned around, and replied, "There was a Ralts here just now, but it ran away in fright when it saw me."

"Haha, so even you have Pokémon you can't handle."

Xiao Zhao smiled gently. Because the climate in Beishang Township was too cold, she no longer wore a headscarf today, but instead let her long hair down and changed into a white woolen hat.

She was wearing an adorable light yellow Pikachu trench coat that covered her body completely. Her attire was still quite conservative, yet it made Mingyou unable to look away for a moment.

"Why are you staring at me like that... Is there something on my face?"

Noticing Mingyou's gaze, Xiaozhao's voice softened noticeably, and the cold wind made her already slightly flushed face blush even more.

Mingyou quickly came to her senses, looked away somewhat awkwardly, and replied softly, "No... it's just that you look a lot more tired."

"The same applies to you."

Xiao Zhao smiled again, stepped forward, touched the antlered deer's chin, and greeted it gently, "Long time no see~"

"Yo yo~"

The horned deer responded happily.

Mingyou walked to the side and asked curiously, "By the way, why did you suddenly come over?"

"I'm picking you up, in case you can't find the location."

"You don't trust me that much...?"

"It's your own fault for being so unreliable~"

Xiao Zhao spoke softly, but she was just eager to see everyone, but she didn't know how to say it and felt that the other party might misunderstand.

The two chatted as they walked towards Danyu's house. At this moment, Xiaozhao asked curiously, "By the way, didn't Ponpo come? I brought them some local specialties from Blueberry Academy."

"Thank you for the local specialties, but it doesn't like coming to Emerald Town..."

"I almost forgot... By the way, has there been any progress on this matter?"

"Xiao Zhao" refers to telling everyone the truth about Ponpo and Baoban, proving their innocence.

Mingyou nodded slightly: "I've made some progress, but I'm still working hard. Simply telling people the truth isn't enough; we must completely change the mindset of the people of Beishang Township. That's my job!"

Just as he finished speaking, a figure suddenly blocked his way at the entrance to Danyu's courtyard. It was Wuli, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, standing there with a somewhat gloomy expression, holding a Poké Ball.

"We meet again, let's fight... This time, I will definitely not give up!"

Looking at Ukuri, whose appearance was completely different from during the Masked Festival, Naruyu chuckled softly, "Looks like it won't be easy to get in today..."

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(End of this chapter)