Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 353 The White Dragon's Personification, The Burning Insect's Wish (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After finishing up the Ponpo Dessert Shop business, it took some time to find a suitable location on the outskirts of Emerald Green Town to build a school. After that, Mingyou and Xiaozhao went home together.

The unpleasantness of today has faded with time, until evening, after dinner...

Mingyou hadn't forgotten that she had rummaged through her own burning insect when she went out during the day, but she couldn't find it when she returned. The manor was too big, and it was difficult to find it without deliberately looking for it.

At this time, everyone had returned to rest, including Gardevoir, who had been playing with Eevee and the other children at the manor.

Good evening~

Upon seeing Gardevoir enter the villa, Mingyou stepped forward and greeted it.

"Nai~"

Gardevoir nodded gently, and the Eevee and the others all gathered around Mingyou, wanting a hug.

"Wait a moment, I have something to do."

Mingyou crouched down and touched them, but didn't find any Flamebug. So she looked at Gardevoir and asked, "Where's Flamebug?"

"Nai..."

Gardevoir gently shook its head. The child was somewhat withdrawn and never wanted to be with others, even though no one was bullying it.

After understanding the meaning, Mingyou stood up, touched his chin, and frowned slightly. There were too many wild Pokémon living in the manor, not to mention that he had been away for so long, so it was impossible for him to pay attention to all of them.

But the fact that the reclusive Burning Bug would suddenly approach him seeking help suggests that something very important must be on its mind, and he needed to find out...

He told Gardevoir to take the Eevee to rest first, and then they could talk about the Flamebugs separately.

"Nai~"

Gardevoir nodded slightly and left. Mingyou then began to ponder the problem in the living room, waiting. Just then, it seemed as if someone appeared behind him and gently poked him...

"Um?"

Mingyou turned around in confusion. Xiaozhao was taking a shower upstairs. There was no way she could have run out. Was there someone else at home?

But as soon as he turned around, he was startled to see a tall, aloof girl with bright blue eyes standing behind him.

No... it can't be called a girl. The ends of her slender arms are a pair of wing claws covered with white feathers, and her whole body is clearly covered with white down. Her white hair is gently swaying.

"Who are you!?"

"Lai Ao~"

"Waaah~"

Latias suddenly jumped out and introduced her "masterpiece" to Mingyou. She taught Reshiram how to use his ability to transform into human form, although it seemed a little different.

"Change back to normal!"

Mingyou couldn't stand it anymore. What was this? A dragon maid? You can use light to refract feathers and transform, but I don't have that ability. If this were to walk down the street, I'd be the one who gets into trouble.

"Lai Ao..."

Reshiram was slightly disappointed. It had tried its best, but its feathers were structured differently from Latias's and could not refract light. It had to steal some feathers from Latias's brother to cover itself and barely manage to look like this.

The number of victims is starting to increase...

Mingyou shook her head and sighed. If you can't transform, then don't try. The white dragon looks so good, why do you have to anthropomorphize it? It's completely unnecessary.

"Lai Ao~"

Okay then~

Seeing that he seemed to prefer his original form, Reshiram transformed into a white dragon mark, instantly disappearing from the spot and reappearing in Mingyou's hand.

After it disappeared, many brightly colored feathers fell down, and Latios, who had been hiding outside like a humiliated creature, hurriedly came in and picked up his own feathers.

"..."

Latias also left with a look of regret. He had originally thought that he could make the big sister his apprentice, but alas... However, the white dragon big sister is indeed very handsome.

After the farce ended, Mingyou shook his head and rubbed his forehead. Just then, Gardevoir finally returned.

"Nai~"

"Well, let's talk about the fireflies."

"Nai~"

Gardevoir nodded gently. Because the Flameworm was born in poor health, Gardevoir had been taking care of it. Thanks to the fruits that could strengthen its body, the Flameworm was finally able to crawl around on the ground.

It hadn't initially discerned the Firefly's personality. Two months ago, after seeing that the Firefly was completely healthy, it let the little guy go play with his companions, but the Firefly remained motionless, only looking up at the sky.

"Looking up at the sky?"

"Nai~"

Gardevoir nodded slightly. It wasn't often; it only happened when the sun was out. But a little over a month ago, it suddenly disappeared for two days and its personality became even stranger after it returned.

"Missing?"

Mingyou frowned slightly. Was there really so much going on?

"Nai~"

Gardevoir said she was very anxious at the time, so she gathered everyone to help search for it. In the end, it was Smokecha who found it in Verdant Town. The flamingo had hidden in a tourist's backpack, and no one knew what it was up to.

It seemed to have secretly perched on the head of Howling Tail and followed the wind to Greentown, but such behavior was still too strange.

Fortunately, the burning worm didn't do anything else after that, but it still didn't want to stay with everyone and spent its days crawling around the manor.

"Hmm...that is indeed strange."

Mingyou nodded slightly, wondering if there might be some congenital brain problems.

"Lai Ao!"

Reshiram's cry suddenly rang out. It could sense that the burning insect's condition was simple; it was probably just that it was aloof and rarely talked to others, which was why it had trouble speaking clearly when communicating.

After learning all this, Mingyou nodded slightly and then asked Gardevoir some questions about the Burning Bugs. Unexpectedly, she learned of two more special circumstances.

Firstly, the burning insects crystallized once two months ago, filling Beishang Township with crystal energy. When this energy becomes concentrated to a certain degree in a certain area, it will form crystals.

At this time, if a Pokémon touches it, it will undergo a crystallization process and will only revert to its original state after being defeated or its crystallization energy is depleted.

The manor is very large, so it's normal for crystals to appear. However, Pokémon can easily lose control when exposed to such concentrated crystal energy. Therefore, he has a rule not to touch the crystals and just wait for them to disappear naturally.

Secondly, the day the burning insects disappeared was the same day that the first fog and haunting appeared on the summit of Ghost Mountain. Pipa, who was investigating the Taijing energy at the time, was there. Of course, this could not be ruled out as a coincidence...

After pondering these two points, Mingyou remained silent for a long time before softly asking, "Didn't I tell you all not to touch the Taijing crystals casually?"

These words are not meant to be blaming, but rather to express curiosity as to why the burning insect would go and touch it. Is it out of curiosity?

But Gardevoir doesn't know either.

So Mingyou let it rest, leaving the rest to herself. Then she took out her phone, searched for a long time for contact information, and finally found the old lady at the breeding house's contact information and called her.

Due to the time difference, it should be morning in the Padiyah area now, so it won't disturb them.

After a few rings, the old woman answered the phone, sounding quite happy. The neighbors back home already knew about his victory in the youth cup.

After a brief reminiscing, Mingyou took the opportunity to inquire about the Pokémon eggs...

"Are those children doing well now?"

"They're all fine, but they've all gone to rest now."

"That's good. But is there anything I can help you with?"

"Um, wasn't there a Flamebug egg inside the Pokémon egg? It had some congenital problems after hatching. I wanted to ask, did anything happen when it was still a Pokémon egg?"

"A burning insect? Hmm... let me think, I seem to remember it a little..."

After a few seconds of silence, the old woman spoke again: "I remember now, the Flamebug Pokémon egg disappeared for almost two months when it was in the breeding center, from the end of last year to the beginning of this year!"

"disappear?"

"That's right, it just suddenly disappeared. At the time, we thought a thief was trying to steal it, and we even called the police, but Officer Jenny couldn't find anything. In the surveillance footage from the breeding center, Egg also suddenly disappeared, like teleporting. We deduced that it might have been stolen by a Psychic-type Pokémon. But we never expected that two months later, Egg would return intact."

"This is too bizarre..."

"We thought so too at the time, but we didn't find anything unusual about the egg. Later, since you wanted it, we gave it to you as well."

"Hmm... okay, thank you, Grandma."

"It's okay, remember to come back and visit when you have time."

"Yes, I will."

After hanging up the phone, Mingyou's expression gradually became serious. It was about the missing Pokémon eggs. Considering the timeline, he thought of something related.

That is, the Dream Demon disappeared and went to the ancient era, returned as the Winged Demon, and Milton, Iron Warrior, and Iron Thorn all appeared at this time, and all of them took place in Brewmaster City.

Could it be that something happened in Niangguang City... or rather, in the Padiya region at the same time?

If that's the case, and the Flamingo from the Pokémon egg also experienced time travel, did it go to the past or the future? Or did it arrive directly in the breeding center two months in the future?

The only thing that remained unchanged was that it didn't hatch because of the disappearance...

"My head is itchy; it's time for my brain to start growing again."

Mingyou scratched his head, troubled by these questions, but just then, the Burning Insects, who had not followed the main group, slowly came in from outside the door.

Noticing it, Mingyou immediately snapped out of her thoughts, smiled, and walked over, asking, "Why are you only coming back now? What happened?"

"Buzzing~"

The burning insect raised its head, its blue eyes fixed on Mingyou, but it rarely communicated with others, and its calls conveyed very little meaning.

However, after pondering for a long time, Mingyou finally understood what it was trying to express...

They went to eat.

"Alright."

Mingyou gently stroked its head. Although it was reluctant, she finally understood what it meant, so she asked directly, "Then can you tell me, what did you want me to help you with when you came to me during the day?"

"Buzzing~"

Listening to the indistinct cries of the burning insect, Mingyou observed its expression, analyzed it bit by bit, and tried to understand its meaning, while also pronouncing the words clearly.

"Want to touch... the sun?"

……

(End of this chapter)