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

Recalling what his older brother had said to him after the battle, Alex clenched his fist involuntarily.

"What do you mean you're not suited to be a trainer? I'll prove you wrong, brother," Alex muttered to himself, watching the direction Karl had left in.

On the other side, Karl rode his Kyurem and flew in the direction Elrics had pointed for about twenty minutes before he saw the small hill Elrics had mentioned.

From a distance, a number of trainers who had come to the wild for special training had gathered near the foot of the small hill, and at this moment, all of them turned their attention to the small hill.

One by one, round stones as tall as a person rolled down the winding path on the mountainside towards Xia, and the dull sound of the stones rolling echoed in the area.

"Kyurem, fly towards the top of that hill," Karl immediately said to the Kyurem beneath him.

'clear.'

As Kyurem approached, the trainers gathered on the ground also noticed the enormous creature flying overhead.

"What kind of Pokémon is this? I've never seen it before."

"Such a powerful aura! Could this be a Pokémon that one of the Elite Four members just captured?"

……

Riding on Kyurem's back, Carl couldn't hear the trainers' exclamations at all; all he could hear was the whistling wind.

Just as Kyurem reached within 300 meters of the mountaintop, a stonebird much larger than its kind flew out from the summit. The heavy pouch on its chest clearly indicated that it was the one that had thrown the rolling stones.

At this moment, the Scizor was in a panic. As a Flying/Dark type Pokémon, mischief was ingrained in its genes.

It used to be just a nobody in its kind. Due to its naturally weak constitution, it was smaller than its peers, which meant that it could only carry small stones in its bag, making it impossible to make a loud sound.

One day, it discovered a special plant on the top of the hill. After eating the plant, it was surprised to find that its body quickly returned to health.

As its intake increased, the Lower Stone Bird's body began to swell, transforming into its current form, far exceeding that of its kind.

To protect this special plant, the stone bird searches for enough boulders every day, polishes them smooth, and drops them down the mountain path.

This satisfies its racial instinct to drop things from high places and make a loud noise, while also preventing other Pokémon from discovering the special plant located on the mountaintop.

Just now, the stone bird that was throwing "rolling stones" suddenly sensed a terrifying aura.

So, the stone bird temporarily stopped what it was doing and decided to investigate the specifics of that terrifying aura.

The moment the Stonebird saw Kyurem, it knew it was no match for this strange Pokémon, but in order to protect the "secret," it had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

Upon realizing that the Stonebird intended to attack it, Kyurem, without needing Karl to warn it, gently flapped its wings, and a strong wind carrying dense ice energy surged towards the Stonebird.

The moment it came into contact with the freezing wind, the Stone Bird paused, and then a thin layer of ice appeared on its entire body, causing it to plummet towards the ground.

Carl squinted to observe the stone bird's current state, and after judging that it would only suffer a little, he ignored it.

"Kyurem, have you sensed anything unusual on this mountain?" Karl asked Kyurem.

"Yes, that aura feels somewhat familiar..." Kyurem said hesitantly, "but I've been asleep for too long and can't remember."

familiar?

Karl raised an eyebrow. According to what he knew, the secret seasoning should be a special plant nurtured by the energy of the Taijing.

The origin of the crystallization is a legendary Pokémon called "Talebaghorse". In other words, Kyurem's "familiarity" probably refers to the fact that it sensed the presence of Talebaghorse.

According to the game's storyline, the legendary Pokémon Talebagh was affected by the process of a certain Regigigas dragging the continent, which led to the near extinction of the entire species. Currently, the only remaining species of this species is located in "Sector Zero" deep in the Padia Crater.

However, Karl was not too surprised that Kyurem felt familiar with the aura of the crystallized form. As the "shell" shed by the "first dragon," Kyurem had most likely seen Taleborgs before.

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Karl said to Kyurem, "Kyurem, move toward that special aura you sense."

As Karl requested, Kyurem carried him to the entrance of a cave near the mountaintop.

Looking at this familiar cave entrance, Karl's lips twitched. It seemed that every secret seasoning grew in similar caves. What was the principle behind this?

"Kyurem, wait here for a moment, I'll be right back."

Karl tossed those words at Kyurem and then strode into the cave.

Deep inside the cave, Carl spotted a plant emitting a faint green glow. He then skillfully took out a pre-prepared flowerpot from his backpack and quickly transplanted it.

When Karl emerged from the cave, Kyurem gave him a confirming look. After Karl nodded, it fell silent and knelt down to let Karl climb onto its back.

Because they had wasted too much time searching for the location of the Stonebird, when Kyurem carried Karl into the sky and soared into the clouds, the crimson sunset filled their eyes, as if the entire sea of ​​clouds had been ignited by the setting sun.

"It's so beautiful," Karl said instinctively, looking at the beautiful scenery before him.

The Kyurem beneath Karl watched the scene unfold before it. It had seen many magnificent sights before, but its empty heart had never felt anything.

For some reason, Kyurem felt an emotion it had never experienced before, and it could not describe its feelings to Karl.

It was at this moment that the "bond power" within Karl unknowingly connected Karl's heart with Kyurem's.

"Kyurem, this feeling is called being moved."

"Are you moved? It's a strange feeling."

Chapter 174 The First Little Life

When Karl rode Kyurem back to the farm, he happened to run into Tire Meow, who had just finished training and was returning to the farmhouse with Serpent Lord.

"Meow! (Karl!)"

The moment she saw Karl, Tire Cat trotted over to him and pounced into his arms.

"Tire Meow, how was your training today?" Karl caught Tire Meow steadily, then gently patted her back and asked softly.

"Meow! (Today, under the tutelage of Master Serpent, I learned the Grass Slide move!)" Tire the cat in Karl's arms looked up, giving him a "come praise me" expression.

Looking at Tire Meow's adorable appearance, Carl reached out and patted its little head, then praised it, "Tire Meow, you did a great job!"

After saying that, Carl looked at the Serpent King who had come to his side for some unknown reason and said to it with a smile, "Our Serpent King is also great. It was able to teach Tire Meow how to go down the grass slide in such a short time."

The Monarch Serpent snorted coldly upon hearing this, raising its head slightly as if it disdained Karl's praise, but its tail had already unconsciously wrapped around Karl's ankle.

Karl simply smiled at the sight, knowing full well that his Serpent Lord was just that kind of arrogant person.

With the cat and snake in tow, Carl strolled slowly toward the farmhouse. As for Kyurem, it had long since returned to the Poké Ball hanging on Carl's waist.

As they stepped into the farmhouse, a rich aroma wafted towards them. Carl sniffed, then subconsciously swallowed. "Master Bear, shall we have curry today?"

“Hoo-hoo. (That’s right, chicken curry.)” Martial Arts Master Kuma’s voice came from the kitchen.

In fact, besides Pokémon, this world is also inhabited by ordinary animals such as chickens, ducks, fish, cows, and sheep.

Because Pokémon are beings with intelligence almost identical to that of humans, these ordinary animals exist merely as a "food source".

Even extreme animal rights activists like N don't care about the life or death of ordinary animals.

In fact, after taking over the farm, Carl did consider raising some common animals, but firstly, raising them was too troublesome, and secondly, the profits were not very high.

However, Carl might consider raising some easier-to-raise chickens to supply eggs for the farm in the future, since eggs are indispensable for both Master Bear's cooking and Serpent's dessert making.

Since Master Bear hadn't prepared dinner yet, Carl brought Tire Cat and Lord Serpent to sit on the sofa.

Suddenly, Karl smelled the aroma of cream. He turned his head and saw Little Fairy Milk perched on the head of the Monarch Serpent.

Since Little Fairy Milk is still in its developmental stage, Serpent Lord usually only uses the cream produced by Little Fairy Milk in the dessert he makes for Karl.

However, after making desserts with the Serpent Lord, Little Fairy Milk has gained a lot of weight since it first arrived at the farm, which shows how good the Serpent Lord is to Little Fairy Milk.

Then, under the disapproving gaze of the Serpent Lord, Carl scooped Little Fairy Milk off its head, held it in his hands, and weighed it in his hands. Hmm, it was indeed much heavier than when it first arrived at the farm.

After Carl put the little fairy milk back on the head of the Serpent Lord, Martial Arts Bear Master came out of the kitchen carrying a large pot and placed it on the dining table.

"Dinner's ready!" Karl jumped up and strode towards the bathroom on the first floor.

After washing his hands, Carl couldn't wait to sit down at the table and begin to enjoy his dinner.

Not long after, Charizard walked into the house with its fishing gear, looking dejected. The empty bucket it was carrying showed that it had caught nothing again that day.

Karl glanced at the dimming flames on Charizard's tail, forcibly suppressing a smile, and called out, "Charizard, we're having curry today, come and eat!"

Upon hearing this, the Charizard twitched its nose, suddenly raised its head to look at the large pot on the dining table, then casually tossed aside its fishing gear and ran to the dining room. It quickly took out its food bowl and began to add rice to it.

After dinner, Carl slowly made his way toward Garchomp's den to check on the Pokémon eggs.

As Carl approached the Garchomp's den, the Garchomp, sensing Carl's presence, poked its head out of the den and roared, "Roar! (Carl, you've come!)"

"I've come to check on the elf egg. It's been so long, I reckon it should hatch in the next few days, right?" Karl said, sounding somewhat uncertain.

Although Carl has never hatched an elf egg himself, he has learned a lot about it under Professor Yamanashi's supervision before going on his trip.

After all, Professor Yamanashi is an expert in the field of Pokémon evolution, and hatching a Pokémon from scratch is very basic knowledge for him.

Garchomp's den is a burrow built beneath a small hill. The space inside is quite spacious, though certainly not as good as the environment inside the Pillar Cave, but it is more than enough as a place to live.

When Carl, accompanied by Garchomp, arrived deep into the cave, the normally quiet incubator suddenly emitted a rhythmic buzzing sound.

Upon hearing the buzzing sound, Garchomp immediately tensed up and quickly ran towards the incubator.

"Garuda, don't worry, this is normal." Carl quickly came to the incubator, first reassuring Garuda, then pressing a button on the incubator, reaching out to open the glass cover, and taking the Pokémon egg out of the incubator.

Although Garchomp was very anxious, it did not do anything irrational because of its trust in Carl. It just looked anxiously at the Pokémon egg that Carl was holding in his arms.

“Don’t worry, that sound was the incubator’s notification tone.” Carl explained to Garchomp as he walked out of the crypt. “That notification tone means that Garchomp, your baby is about to be born.”

As soon as Carl stepped out of the cave, he immediately called out in the direction of the farmhouse, "Martial Arts Bear Master, the elf egg is about to hatch. Bring out everything I told you to prepare."

"Hoo-hoo! (I'm going right now!)"

At Carl's shout, the Pokémon near the farmhouse immediately sprang into action.

Carl first sent Corviknight to the farm area to bring back a large milk can, then had Ursaring grind the prepared Dragon Gem and Ground Gem into powder, and placed the Pokémon egg in a large basin filled with soft sand.

After completing all the preparations, Carl and the Pokémon surrounded the Pokémon egg, with Garchomp guarding it closely.

As time passed, the Pokémon egg began to shake slowly. All the Pokémon held their breath in unison, even the usually mischievous Rotom and Gengar watched the egg cautiously.

A faint cracking sound rang out, and a crack appeared on the surface of the elf egg. As the crack continued to widen, the cracking sound became more and more frequent.

The moment the cracks spread across the surface of the fairy egg, a round little head finally broke through the shell and popped out.

The first little life since Carl took over the farm was born into this world amidst the attention of a host of Pokémon.

Chapter 175 A Different Colored Gible?!

The moment the gible hatched, Carl immediately reached out and brought the Moo Moo milk, mixed with gemstone powder, to the gible's mouth.

The moment MooMoo milk entered its mouth, the Gible immediately began to suck it up. While feeding the Gible, Carl used a towel to wipe away the remaining slime on its body.

Only then did Carl have time to carefully observe the Gible shark that was gulping down its special Moo Moo milk.

The notch on the dorsal fin of the gible shark indicates that it is a female gible shark. Carl then looked the gible shark up and down and realized that the little guy's color seemed a bit off.

In Carl's memory, giblets usually have lighter skin and orange-red bellies. But the little guy in his arms had much darker skin than he remembered, and more importantly, his belly was yellow.

'This little guy is a Shiny Pokémon?' Carl's expression immediately lit up with excitement.

After the initial tension subsided, Garchomp, who was standing guard nearby, also noticed that its child's color was a bit off.

It first sniffed the gible, then tilted its head. It was definitely its own baby, but why was the color wrong?

In most Pokémon groups, shiny Pokémon are ostracized. Both Metagross and Corviknight suffered similar treatment.

Corviknight was alright; it met Karl not long after leaving its pack, while Metagross suffered a lot of neglect during its growth.

At this moment, Garchomp, realizing that something was "wrong" with its child, subconsciously turned to look at Carl. In Garchomp's simple understanding, most "abnormal" Pokémon would be "expelled" from their group.

However, after seeing the look of surprise in Carl's eyes as he looked at Gible, Garchomp breathed a slight sigh of relief. It had originally planned to take Gible to live alone in the wild, but from the expression on Carl's face, it could tell that Carl didn't care about its child's "abnormality".

If Carl knew what Garchomp was thinking, he would definitely tell Garchomp that he would never have any bad thoughts about Garchomp's "abnormality".

After Gible drank three liters of MooMoo milk, it finally let out a burp. Then it struggled to stand up from Carl's arms and began to "inspect" the various Pokémon surrounding it.

It's no wonder it's a Pokémon. In Karl's previous life, most baby creatures were born with almost no ability to move on their own, but this little guy in front of Karl could wobble down and walk after eating and drinking his fill.

At this moment, all the Pokémon on the farm were watching the little guy cautiously, afraid that their imposing presence would frighten the newly hatched creature.

Gengar even hid directly in Charizard's shadow, afraid that its unintentional actions might harm Gible.

After wandering around for a while, Gible finally returned to Carl and Garchomp's side. It blinked its round little eyes and then bit Carl's calf.

Fortunately, Garchomp noticed its child's movements and caught it just before it could bite Karl's calf.

The Gible struggled in the Garchomp's mouth, not understanding why its mother was stopping it from getting intimate with its "father."

Watching the little guy struggle, Carl smiled helplessly. Most gibles express their affection for each other by biting onto something.

Even if it sometimes hurts itself, and might knock out a tooth due to excessive force, Gible doesn't care.

After all, as a Dragon-type Pokémon, even if its teeth fall out due to wear or excessive impact, they will grow back within a few days.

"Looks like I'll have to be more careful in the future." Carl reached out and "rescued" Gible from Garchomp's mouth, and Gible began to doze off after sensing Carl's familiar aura.