Not a Trainer This Time

Chapter 137

At night, the room is brightly lit.

Naoki sat at his desk, listening to the melodious insect chirping outside, and wrote the recipe and preparation process of [Grass Cake] on his recipe.

So Ratton, Moto Lizard, Frost Milk Fairy, and Kuailong all went out to play.

After summer, if the weather is clear, you can see a large number of fireflies by the river every day.

With the clear moonlight, beautiful starry sky, and vast grassland, it is like a natural idyllic scenery like an oil painting.

And a group of Pokémon have also become a member of the oil painting, in which they are carefree, free to play and live.

Naoki didn't go out and play with them.

Because there is still a little business waiting for him to deal with at home.

Looking at the scribbled map of the pasture drawn during the day, Naoki fell into deep thought.

"At present, the facilities in the ranch are not complete, the chicken hut, the Pokémon hut and the salt house are available, but some ranch facilities have not been built."

"Barns for storing grain, water mills for grinding wheat into flour, greenhouses that can be grown all year round, and stables can be prepared first."

Looking at this map, Naoki drew the facilities that had already been built on it, and then made a simple plan for the facilities that had not yet been built according to his own ideas.

"The hydraulic mill is built in front of the chicken hut, and there is a river that can use the power of the water to turn the water wheel on the mill."

"The barn ... This can be built next door to the Pokémon cabin, the stables, and can be built next to the sheepfold. "

As for the greenhouse, Naoki intends to build it next to the farmland.

He quickly drew the approximate location of these facilities on a map.

In this way, there is still a large vacant lot in the ranch that does not come in handy.

Naoki set his sights on the west side of the ranch, which was a vast meadow.

He drew a circle on it with his pen and thought, "This place can be carved out separately, planted with fruit trees, and transformed into an orchard." "

Just like the numerous cherry trees in the Eref cherry orchard, if they can't finish eating, they can also share them with wild Pokémon like baby bears living in the back mountains.

In addition, the farmland also has to be expanded to the scale of cultivation.

But only if he has to take one or more Pokémon that can only use the "Ploughing Land" move.

In this way, the Pokémon plows the field, he sows seeds and fertilizes, the dragon waters, and the goat mounts to help the crops grow, and then harvest them together.

This makes it a lot easier, otherwise he would really not be busy alone.

In this way, the matter of paving the red brick path is not so rushed.

Or wait until all the facilities are built before specific planning.

Then Naoki leaned back in his chair, thinking about what had happened recently in the ranch.

After the salt stone treasure evolved into the salt stone barrier, their size and weight were greatly increased.

Only one is fine now, and if the other four all evolve, then the current salt house is a little inadequate.

Naoki has two solutions in mind.

The first is to expand the scale of the salt house.

Second, let them use burrows, increase the depth of the salt house, and create a cave under it dedicated to the salt stone barrier and the salt stone giant spirit.

It's just that the salt stone barrier won't dig holes yet, and this matter can only be pushed back temporarily.

Then, there's the Ice Eevee thing.

Creamy smoothies can help it get stronger, but so far nothing has been achieved because Icy Evee doesn't eat cream smoothies as often as a mount, and doesn't eat them like a mounted goat.

In addition to these, there was also the idea he had made before about the grass trial.

The first level of the grass trial, against a mounted goat.

In the second level, you will fight against two mounted goats at the same time.

In the third level, you need to face the joint attack of three mounted goats at the same time.

Thinking of this, Naoki turned his gaze to the map of the ranch again, he looked at the vacant clearing under the mount goat's pen, and took out a pen to draw a simple battlefield on it.

"Here, a special battlefield can be built for battle."

So early the next morning, Naoki got busy.

He used a lawnmower to cut all the grass off the meadow, cutting out a rectangular clearing.

In order to test the size of the battlefield, Naoki asked Guraton and the motorlizard to stand at each end.

Naoki observed for a moment and said thoughtfully, "It's a little small. "

Afraid that Pokémon would not be able to unfold, he expanded the battle area again.

Seeing that it was almost done, he nodded in satisfaction, and then asked Cleton to dry the soil with a jet flame, and finally took out a bucket of white paint from the utility room and drew signs and edge lines on the ground.

Soon, a battlefield similar to that in the anime was built.

Naoki patted the ash on his hand and put it back in the utility room with the paint bucket.

Next, it's time to wait for the target to come to the door.

There is just one more problem.

Practicing simply may not be so attractive to some trainers.

Naoki couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

What if you set some prizes on it?

As for the type of prize, Naoki has not yet thought about it.

Anyway, there are three levels of the grass trial, and it is impossible for anyone to pass all of them in a short period of time, and when someone passes, there is no hurry now.

Thinking of this, Naoki put this matter aside for the time being.

His eyes were set on the farmland.

At this time, the farmland area was completely shrouded in a rich green light.

Three mounted goats stand on each of the three corners of the farmland, using the grassy field from different angles to ensure that each crop is adequately cared for.

Looking at this scene, Naoki was full of anticipation: "I don't know what kind of magical crops the mount goat can bring." "

Is it a glowing tomato or ice-cold watermelon like in the game? Or will it breed super huge huge crops like in the Stardew Valley language?

It's fine if it's the former.

If it's the latter, I'm afraid it's really a watermelon that's enough for them to eat for weeks.

Naoki stood there and watched for a while, then got up and walked through the ranch to the meadow in the southwest corner of the ranch.

He was going to develop a tree orchard here.

Although he had planted a few on the side of the farm, there were too few of them.

In addition to keeping these tree fruits to make delicious Pokémon, they can also be used to juice and feed wild Pokémon.

For example, the ducks on the other side of the river.

Pokémon such as ducks are also very cute, and if you have a good relationship with them, you may be able to hire them to help later.

Just like Zhu Nimo in Stardew Grain, and the seven dwarfs in Pasture Story, they can help harvest crops.

Thinking of this, Naoki roughly checked the environment of this area.

If you want to develop an orchard here, you must first remove these grasses to prevent them from competing with the saplings for nutrients.

Speaking of planting trees, Naoki suddenly remembered a very interesting thing, a Pokémon about steel attributes and rock attributes, and an interesting story about Bosco Dora.

It is said that Boss Dora would constantly patrol the mountains, and if they found that the mountains had become barren, they would constantly carry soil, plant saplings, and clean their territory.

It is obviously such a strong and huge monster-like Pokémon, but it has an unpretentious hobby like an old farmer planting trees.

I have to say that the Pokémon of Bosco Dora is really interesting, and there is a contrast cute.

"If only I could take one and let it help manage my tree orchard." Naoki thought to himself.

Unfortunately, however, there does not seem to be a presence of Bosco Dora in the Pathia region.

There is in the nearby Galar area, but he has not had time to pass now.

Just as Naoki was pondering this matter in his heart, Ba Dai Butterfly suddenly flew over and informed:

"Blah!"

"What's wrong?" Naoki looked over and saw the appearance of the butterfly, and he guessed, "A guest came to visit the ranch?" "

"Huh~" Ba Da Butter nodded slightly.

Well? Naoki was a little surprised.

Who will visit the ranch this morning?

He lifted his foot and returned to the front with Bada Butterfly.

Soon, Naoki saw a sinister figure in front of the ranch.

It was a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old, with short purple hair, squatting in front of the ranch covering her ears and closing her eyes, like a little hamster, muttering something in her mouth.

"Hello!" Naoki raised his eyebrows slightly and stepped forward to greet the other party.

But the other party did not respond.

He stepped forward, and when he got closer, he heard what the girl was saying.

She looked a little frightened, and kept saying "can't see me, can't see me, can't see me."

Naoki: "..."

"Hello? Can you hear me? Naoki waved his hand.

Seeing that the girl did not respond, he asked the frost milk fairy who ran over to watch to pat her on the shoulder to remind her.

The Frost Milk Fairy did so, and it happily stepped forward and patted the girl with its little hand.

"Mama~"

But the next second, the girl screamed as if frightened, and then fell and sat on the grass.

Seeing that she could hear it, Naoki asked again, "How are you?" Do you need help? "

"Ah! Sorry very much! I didn't mean to bother you! Please forgive me! The girl quickly got up from the ground and kept apologizing.

Naoki looked confused.

And at this moment, a man ran over from not far away.

It was a slightly bloated middle-aged man with brown hair and a brown shirt.

Naoki recognized the identity of the other party.

He is Eero, the owner of the seed shop in town.

Eero ran forward, pulled the girl, and soothed: "It's okay, it's okay!" "

He then explained to Naoki: "I'm very sorry, this is my daughter Bell, she has been afraid to go out because of something happened to her as a child, and she has been hiding at home. "

"Today I wanted her to try to get in touch with the outside world, come and help me tell the nearby rancher Eero Seed Shop that a new batch of saplings had entered the seeds, but as you can see, it failed..."

Eero sighed and looked at the girl beside him with a sad face.

Because he was worried, he kept following.

Naoki understood, and roughly understood what was going on in his heart.

He didn't care much, just said: "Being so afraid of things in the outside world should be caused by psychological factors, right?" "

He doesn't know much about this.

Eero nodded and looked sad: "Yes, we have also invited psychologists to come for treatment before, but it has no effect." "

Naoki nodded, he glanced at the girl, and didn't say much, just said that he would go to the store to buy a batch of fruit saplings later.

Then Eero left with the girl.

The Frost Milk Fairy looked at their backs: "Mama..."

Naoki said to Frost Milk Fairy, "This should be called severe social fear." "

Milk Frost Fairy looked over with a puzzled expression.

Naoki explains: "It is for some reasons that people become very afraid of things in the outside world, afraid of communicating with strangers, and only willing to stay in places they think are safe, such as their home, their own room. "

Commonly known as home squat.

"Mama..." Frost Milk Fairy tried to think about the meaning of this passage, but she didn't understand it at all.

Thinking of the scared look of the other party that he had just photographed the girl, the frost fairy couldn't help but ask: "Mama? "

Naoki asked, "Are you asking if that disease can be cured?" Is it? "

"Mama!" Frost Milk Fairy nodded.

"I don't know, because I'm not a psychiatrist." Naoki shook his head, touched the little head of the frost milk fairy with a smile, and said to it: "Okay, you go play!" I have to go to work! "

He went to the utility room, returned to the land with a hoe and sickle, used the sickle to cut off all the weeds on it, and then turned the land with the hoe to make the land soft.

It wasn't until twenty pits were cut that Naoki stopped.

He stood by the side resting with his hoe, looking at the land, and the vision of the near future came to mind.

By then, it had become a fruitful orchard, with heavy and plump fruit hanging from the branches, and a lot of sweet and delicious juice would splash out with a bite.

Some small and cute wild Pokémon like the Tibetan Chinchilla and the Greedy Chinchilla are attracted to it.

He stood under the tree, fed the Pokémon with the fruit, and then held all the furry in his arms and ravaged them.

How beautiful!

With a smile on Naoki's face, he turned back to the front, put the farm tools back in the utility room, and just after washing his hands, he heard a vibrant sound.

"Naoki-san!"

Naoki turned around and saw a familiar figure running from outside the ranch.

It was a teenager, a boy with curly blonde hair, fair skin, and a look of appearance from a big city.

Seeing him, Naoki was surprised.

The boy said happily, "Mr. Naoki, do you remember me?" "

"Of course, Carter, right?" Naoki asked.

Carter, who passed by the ranch a few months ago and mistook the green caterpillar for a wild Pokémon, sent a messenger bird to fight the green caterpillar, but was killed by the green caterpillar's unexpected power grid.

Seeing that Naoki still remembered himself, Carter nodded happily: "Yes!" "

"How did you have time to come over? Isn't the school's curriculum busy? Naoki asked.

"The courses at the academy are very relaxed, most of the time students travel in the Pathia region in search of treasure, and I came here today to challenge the green caterpillars!"

Carter's eyes were full of fighting spirit.

"Messenger Bird and I have gone through three months of devilish training, and we are no longer what we used to be, and this time we will definitely win it back!" He said.

Naoki: "..."

He looked at the Ba Da butterfly not far away and said: "It can be, but the green caterpillar has now evolved into the Ba Da butterfly, and I don't know if it is willing to fight against you, you know, after evolution, the personality of Pokémon will change to a certain extent." "

"Huh?" Carter was immediately dumbfounded: "Then what to do?" "

Hehe, hooked.

Naoki had a "pure" smile on his face and said to Carter, "However, there are other Pokémon in the ranch who are willing to fight, oh yes, you came at the right time." "

"My ranch happens to be holding an event called [Grass Trial], you can help Pokémon practice through battles, do you want to give it a try?"

(End of chapter)