Elf: Start your slow-paced life after becoming a farmer.

Considering that this is a job that only requires teaching two classes a week and can earn a monthly salary of 100,000, Carl believes that he should be responsible for the teaching quality of each class.

However, with four days until the next class, Carl's main concerns were the farm's second harvest and Orchid's visit.

Therefore, after having lunch with Piper and the other two, Carl rode Corviknight back to the farm and organized a group of Pokémon to harvest the second batch of crops.

Since the second batch of crops was more than ten times the size of the first batch, even with the help of Pokémon, Carl still needed an entire afternoon to harvest them.

It is foreseeable that as the scale of the farm continues to expand, Carl will have to spend more and more time harvesting crops if he does not "hire" wild Pokémon to help with the harvest.

Nevertheless, when Carl led the Pokémon to move basket after basket of crops into the temporary warehouse built by Serperior, he still smiled from the bottom of his heart as he looked at the mountain of crops.

Carl only planned to keep a small portion of the farm's second batch of crops to cover the farm's daily needs. After all, the farm did not yet have a warehouse capable of storing crops for a long time, and if they were stored in this temporary warehouse for an extended period, some of the crops might sprout or rot.

After finishing the harvest, Serperior directly manipulated its vines to carry a large basket of strawberries still covered in dew to the kitchen. To celebrate the farm's second harvest, it planned to make some desserts for the farm's Pokémon.

When the Serpent entered the kitchen, Little Fairy Milk, who was taking a nap in the cupboard, immediately sensed the Serpent's presence and flew out of the cupboard that Karl had specially reserved for it, landing on the Serpent's head.

The Serpent Lord dotes on this little fairy milking creature born from Miss Afeng's dessert workshop; at times, it even receives better treatment than Karl.

When Charizard and Rush Bear learned that Little Fairy Milk could produce incredibly delicious fresh cream, its status on the farm skyrocketed.

Even though the monarch snake keeps a close watch on these two gluttons, they will still take advantage of the monarch snake's absence to come to the kitchen and "beg" for fresh cream from Little Fairy Milk.

Since Little Fairy Milk is still in its growth stage, it can only produce a small amount of fresh cream each day. Charizard and Straight Bear have often clashed over the fresh cream, and they even almost burned down the kitchen in one of their conflicts.

If the Swamp Monster hadn't happened to be nearby, Carl might already be living in a new house.

After learning about this, the martial arts master made Charizard and Ursaring experience the "iron fist of love" for the first time in a long time.

Since then, Carl has strictly forbidden Charizard and Ursaring from asking Fairy Milk for cream. If either of these two gluttons is found to have violated the ban, Carl will cut off their snack supply for a month.

While waiting for Serperior to make the dessert, Carl had Metagross bring Corviknight back and said to it earnestly, "Corviknight, do you want to become the King of Corviknights?"

"?" Steel Raven tilted its head, looking at Karl with a puzzled expression.

Once Corviknight was sure Karl wasn't joking, it turned to look at Metagross beside it, its expression saying: What kind of mind-altering drug did you give Karl?

Metagross blinked innocently. This time it really wasn't it. Don't we even have this much trust between us?

Corviknight frowned. "Back when you tried to pluck my feathers to sell for money, there was no trust between us anymore, okay?"

Carl watched the two large creatures exchanging glances quietly, without urging the Corviknight to answer.

In fact, Carl's desire to make his Corviknight the "King of Corviknights" was not a sudden whim, but rather because he had just discovered a problem while harvesting crops—wild Pokémon near the farm, especially the Corviknight population, would often come to the farm for a "buffet".

Although they eat very little each time, it adds up to a huge amount over time.

Instead of having the farm's Pokémon spend their time patrolling, it's better to let your Corviknight "debut" as the Corviknight King. After paying a certain amount of food, the Corviknight clan can drive away Pokémon that try to invade the farm and steal food.

After all, Carl's money didn't grow on trees. Stealing food once or twice is one thing, but if wild Pokémon treat the farm like a buffet, then Carl shouldn't be surprised if he takes drastic measures.

After learning about Carl's plan, Corviknight hesitated. Although when it was still a young tit, Corviknight had said more than once that it wanted to become the king of Corviknights, in Corviknight's current view, that was purely a "dark history" from its chuunibyou period.

Now that Carl has brought up the old story again and explicitly stated that he will help it become the "King of Steelraven," it would be a lie to say that Steelraven is not tempted. However, it is more concerned about one thing.

"Gah? (If I become the leader of the Steelraven clan, will you still take me out to play?)"

“Of course, why would you think that?” Karl shrugged. “Corvus Raven, do you remember that rich guy with blue hair?”

"Caw, caw? (I remember, what's wrong?)" Corviknight didn't know why Karl would mention the "sucker" they encountered in the Hoenn region. Was he related to that incident?

The "blue-haired rich man" that Carl mentioned and the "sucker" that Corviknight mentioned are actually the same person: Steven Stone, the current champion of the Hoenn region and the eldest son of Devon Corporation.

“That guy is the champion of the Hoenn region; you can think of him as the leader of that region,” Carl explained earnestly. “Think about what he was doing when we first met him?”

"Ga. (Mining.)"

“That’s right, but do you know why he was able to become the champion of the Hoenn region?” Carl asked in return.

"Gah? (Why?)" The Steel Raven was already a little confused by Karl's words.

“Because he is strong enough.” Karl said to the Steel Raven with a serious expression, “As long as you are strong enough, you can naturally become the leader of the clan.”

After hearing Carl's words, the Steel Raven felt that it understood what Carl meant.

Power is the reason I am king!

In the Hoenn region, far away on the other side of the planet, in a dark and deep mine, an unidentified "miner" fully armed suddenly sneezed.

"Could it be that Mikkelsen started cursing me after he found out I ran away?" the "miner" muttered to himself.

Chapter 113 The Dilemma of the Champion

The next day, Carl woke up and found that his chest felt tight.

"Yes, it's you, Shin-Ye-Nyan." Karl reached out and patted Shin-Ye-Nyan, who was sleeping soundly on his chest, then stared blankly at the ceiling.

Today was the agreed delivery time between Carl and Lewis, but it was still early, so Carl planned to stay in bed a little longer.

After an unknown amount of time, New Leaf Cat, who had been sleeping on Karl's chest, finally lifted its little head off his chest and then lazily stretched: "Meow~ (Slept so comfortably~)"

"Good morning, Shin-Ye-Nyan." Karl reached out and lifted Shin-Ye-Nyan off his chest.

Newleaf Cat seemed startled by Karl's action, flailing its limbs wildly in the air until it fully regained its senses. Then, it gave Karl a cute but fierce meow: "Meow! (Put me down!)"

"Little kitty, you can't escape my grasp." Karl chuckled and buried his face in the grassy, ​​woody scent of New Leaf Cat's fur, taking a deep breath until New Leaf Cat's claws popped out of its paws before he let go of New Leaf Cat.

After escaping Carl's "clutches," Xinye Miao fled the bedroom as if running away on its short legs.

Hearing the "thump-thump-thump" sound of New Leaf Cat running, Carl finally broke free from the "seal" of the bed, yawned, and headed towards the bathroom.

Ten minutes later, Carl had changed into a set of work clothes that were easy to wear on the farm and slowly made his way to the restaurant on the first floor.

At this moment, Xin Ye Miao was licking the warm Moo Moo milk in the bowl with small sips while looking at Karl with a wary expression.

"Good morning, Master Bear." Karl greeted Master Bear, who was sitting at the table looking at the recipe, and then sat down to enjoy his breakfast.

From the outside, Carl's breakfast today seemed to be just an ordinary sandwich, but when Carl took the first bite, the smell of bacon and a strange sweet and sour taste made his eyes light up.

Master Bear noticed the change in Karl's expression, and a satisfied smile curved its lips: "Hmm? (How is it? This is a new method I learned.)"

“It’s delicious.” Karl swallowed the food in his mouth and smacked his lips again. “What’s that sweet and sour topping?”

Master Bear didn't answer, but instead pushed the recipe in his hand in front of Carl.

"Oil-soaked cherry tomatoes?"

Carl looked at the vibrant illustrations in the recipe book, then glanced down at the sandwich in his hand, and sure enough, he saw similar ingredients in the sandwich filling.

(Spanish specialty ingredients)

"As expected of you, Master Xiong!" Carl said, taking another bite of his sandwich, a happy smile spreading across his face once more.

After finishing the sandwich with its "surprise," Carl carried the newly soothed Ye Miao outside.

Today's weather is very sunny. The sky is clear and cloudless, like a flawless gem. The breeze is gentle and the sun is shining brightly. It's a perfect day for a picnic.

The thought had barely popped into Karl's mind when it spread like wildfire through his heart.

Just as Carl was about to go back inside to tell Martial Arts Master Bear his thoughts, Rotom's phone floated out of his pocket: "Lewis is calling, Rotom."

"Hey Lewis, you're at the farm gate? Then just drive the car in."

"Yes, my shipment volume this time is very large."

"Okay, see you later."

Just as Newleaf called Serperior back from the field, Lewis parked his truck in the open space in front of the farmhouse.

“Carl, long time no see!” Lewis jumped off the truck and habitually looked around before looking at Carl, raising an eyebrow. “Your farm has changed a lot.”

“I take running the farm very seriously,” Carl said, shaking hands with Lewis with a slightly smug tone.

“That’s perfect,” Lewis said, pointing to the truck bed. “I’ve brought you all the fruit tree seedlings you wanted. Come and check them out.”

Upon hearing this, Carl immediately turned to look at the Serpent Lord beside him. The Serpent Lord immediately understood and manipulated its vines to open the back of the truck, carefully taking out the seventy fruit tree seedlings inside one by one.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the fruit tree seedlings, the Serpent Lord nodded to Carl, who then looked away from the seedlings and said to Lewis, "Come on, Lewis, I'll take you to see the crops I'm selling today. I think you'd better just drive there."

"no problem."

After Lewis drove the truck to the temporary warehouse set up by the Monarch Serpent, he looked around with great interest at the warehouse, which looked as if it had "grown" out of the ground, before following Carl inside.

“Wow, looks like I’ll have to call for backup.” Lewis said to Carl, looking at the mountain of crops piled up in the warehouse.

“No problem, but I need to reserve some strawberries.” Carl added, meeting Lewis’s questioning gaze, “Miss Feng placed an order with me.”

Lewis nodded knowingly upon hearing this: "I had thought before that someone would place an order with your farm in the future, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon."

While Lewis was calling for backup, Carl wasn't idle either. He used this time to direct the Monarch Serpent to move the crops to be sold out of the warehouse.

When Lewis led the truck convoy back to the warehouse, the Monarch Serpent had already neatly stacked all the crops to be sold in front of the warehouse.

After the receiving workers weighed the baskets of crops and loaded them onto the truck, Lewis approached Carl with the pre-recorded receipt: "Carl, please confirm that the quantity of goods is correct. If there are no problems, I can transfer the payment to your account now."

Upon hearing Lewis's words, the Metagross, acting as the "overseer," immediately floated behind Carl. Its gaze swept over the delivery slip, then it nodded to Carl: "No problem."

“The quantity is fine.” Carl handed the receipt back to Lewis, who carefully put it away and immediately took out his phone to operate it.

As the payment notification sounded, a satisfied smile appeared on Carl's face: "Well then, Lewis, see you next time."

"See you next time." Lewis waved to Carl, then got back into the driver's seat of the truck. Not long after, the truck convoy drove out of the farm and disappeared from Carl's sight.

Meanwhile, at Niangguang International Airport, a tall, blonde woman in a black trench coat stood in an ice cream shop, lost in thought as she looked at the wide variety of ice cream flavors on the menu.

Just then, a cell phone rang from the blonde woman's pocket.

"Hey, Zhulan, where are you right now?!"

Chapter 114 An Ordinary Yet Happy Day

With Karl's reminder, Zhulan did not mention her itinerary to anyone other than Karl before boarding the plane to Padiya.

However, due to Karl's "precedent," Granny Kikuno immediately sensed something was wrong after discovering that she couldn't reach Takeran by phone. But by the time she found out Takeran's ticket information, it was already too late.

Zhu Lan had anticipated this phone call from Granny Kikuno. After listening to Granny Kikuno's question, she calmly replied, "I'm in Niangguang City."

Grandma Kikuno's vision went black upon hearing Takeran's answer: "How did you end up there?"

“I’m here for a vacation.” Zhu Lan’s gaze remained fixed on the menu in front of her, and she said somewhat absentmindedly, “I also want to have a match with Karl.”

Carl, it's you again?!

Upon hearing this name that caused her immense headaches, Granny Kikuno nearly fainted. However, the thought that she was the one who had mentioned that boy in front of Takeran filled her with regret.

But since Zhulan had already arrived in the Padiya region, Grandma Kikuno couldn't say anything more.

After all, theoretically speaking, as the Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia has unlimited power in the Sinnoh League. Even Granny Kikuno can only give her "advice" and cannot force her to do anything.

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Lan was still struggling with which flavor of ice cream to choose, unaware that news of her arrival in the Padia region had already been delivered to the desk of a certain alliance leader.

For Ye Ci, Cynthia's arrival made her instinctively wary. To use an imperfect analogy, it was like a powerful Pokémon wandering into her "territory".

Although Ye Ci was well aware of Zhu Lan's purpose in coming to Padiya, it still made her instinctively uneasy.

However, due to Karl's previous advice, Ye Ci did not send anyone to contact Zhu Lan, but instead silently observed Zhu Lan's movements.

When Ye Ci learned that Zhu Lan had spent a full half hour at the ice cream shop and only bought a scoop of vanilla ice cream, she stopped paying attention. After all, the Padia Alliance was really short-handed, and her energy was very limited.

As for Carl? He had no idea that Cynthia had arrived in the Padilla region. Right now, he was lying on a picnic mat, enjoying a leisurely afternoon with his Pokémon.

At this moment, Serperior and Garchomp were lying on either side of Carl, while the incubator containing the Pokémon egg was quietly nestled in Garchomp's arms.

Carl, who had just finished scaling Serperior and Garchomp, closed his eyes, letting the warm sunlight fall on him, making him feel a little drowsy.

In the shade of a tree not far from Carl, the chubby purple-skinned boy sat dejectedly next to the talkative Washing Machine.

Perhaps because they are both Ghost-type Pokémon, Gengar became good friends with Rotom after joining the farm.

Their biggest hobby is playing pranks on the farm.

Just now, after learning for the third time that the two brothers had been playing tricks on the farm's little Wobbles, Carl finally punished them—doubled the training for the former and forbade the latter from playing on his phone.

Upon learning of Carl's punishment, the two brothers immediately felt their lives had turned bleak.

Carl originally planned a gradual training program for Gengar, but seeing how "energetic" Gengar was, he had no choice but to add a little more burden to it.

As for the talkative Washing Machine, it was originally a rather "homebody" Pokémon on the farm. Apart from occasionally having a chattering fit and talking non-stop, it basically spent the rest of its time surfing the internet on its phone.

But ever since it got involved with Gengar, it's like a switch has been flipped, turning it into a "troublemaker" mode.

And after Carl deprived it of the right to use its phone, it became what it is today.

On the lawn not far away, a Dragonite who came to visit the children was sharing a strawberry mille-feuille made by Serperior with three Dratini.

The cool, refreshing strawberry jam mixed with sweet cream burst in Dragonite's mouth, and the soul-stirring deliciousness brought a happy smile to Dragonite's face.

After seeing the expression on Dragonite's face, the three Dratini chattered about their lives on the farm these past few days, and subtly tried to persuade Dragonite to join Carl's farm.