Not a trainer this time

"Bah bang bang!"

Seeing that the Flying Mantis was fine, Anna immediately began to applaud it.

As a father, Erif looked helpless and couldn't be happy because this flying mantis chopped down several adult cherry trees that he had worked so hard to plant.

But his daughter was happy, and Erif couldn't say anything. He could only hope that the healthy flying mantis would leave as soon as possible.

After the Flying Mantis calmed down, he saw the surrounding fruit trees that he had damaged.

That was when it was injured and in a state of alert, and it bluffed to warn others not to get close.

Now it seems that it must have caused a lot of trouble to these two humans.

"just……"

The flying mantis felt very sorry for his behavior. He glanced at the humans in front of him, then turned and flew away.

Anna waved her little hands and said goodbye to the Flying Mantis: "Goodbye, Flying Mantis!"

Naoki and Gulton stood aside and watched this scene.

Seeing the flying mantis leave, Elif was immediately relieved, and he invited:

"Thanks to you this time, Naoki. Come on, go sit at my place for a while. I'll bring you a few packages of the cherries I just picked a few days ago."

Naoki thought that he would have nothing to do anyway, so he took Gulton to Erif's house to sit for a while and chat.

Passing through this cherry orchard, a two-story mansion sitting on the grass appeared in front of me.

There is no doubt that this is Uncle Elif's home.

The entire house is made of wood. There are several logs piled on the ground outside the door. There is an ax stuck on the stake next to it, which seems to be used for chopping firewood.

The two entered the house. Uncle Elif's wife Mana gratefully poured a cup of tea for Naoki, brought a plate of bright red cherries, and brought a Pokémon snack to Guluton.

"Excuse me!" Naoki said.

A smile appeared on Mana's face: "You're welcome, just treat this place as your home. It must be boring for you to live alone on the ranch, right?"

"That's not the case. After all, I have a lot of Pokémon to take care of. With them around, I basically won't get bored." Naoki replied with a smile.

Mana nodded slightly, then excused herself and went upstairs to pack her things.

Elif took Anna and sat on the sofa.

Little Anna seems very curious about Pokémon.

She squatted obediently on the wooden floor and watched Gulton eating cherries. While watching, she asked:

"Brother, this Pokémon is so strong! What's its name?"

Naoki smiled and replied: "It? It's called Gulton, and it's a dragon-type and fighting-type Pokémon."

"Wow! So awesome!" Anna asked again: "Is the eldest brother also a trainer?"

"Barely considered one, but my main business is still ranching."

Hearing this, Anna turned around and threw herself into her father's arms, saying coquettishly: "Dad, I want to be a trainer as powerful as my big brother in the future!"

Uncle Erif teased his daughter: "Then who said before that you would stay in the cherry orchard with your parents for the rest of your life?"

Little Anna quickly covered her mouth, shook her head and said, "Anna didn't say that!"

"Hahahaha!" Erif burst into laughter immediately.

Naoki sat on the sofa and watched this scene with a smile on his face.

Elif also keeps several Pokémon at home.

A foam chinchilla diligently sweeping the floor with its tail on the stairs.

The twisted dog sleeping next to the sofa looked very old and lacked energy.

There are also angry parrots standing on the lampstands, bead spiders nesting in Pokémon nests, etc.

The Elif family lives in this cherry orchard with this group of Pokémon.

At this time, Naoki's eyes noticed the photo hanging on the wall of the living room.

It was a group photo taken by Uncle Elif's family of four with their Pokémon. They looked very happy.

Thinking of what Zach and Mayor Thomas had said before, asking him to find a wife to run the ranch together, take care of Pokémon together, and have a child to pass on the ranch, Naoki couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Family... In his previous life, he was a social animal. He was busy every day in a steel jungle made of reinforced concrete. He earned a meager salary and could not even afford a house, let alone get married.

At that time, he often thought, let this life go by like this, without getting married, it would be fine to be alone.

And now...

Those previous concepts seemed to be shaken again. Looking at little Anna acting coquettishly towards her father, Naoki suddenly thought, what would happen if he had a child?

If the child didn't want to travel, he taught her how to run a ranch.

If she wanted to go out, he would pass on the children born to the dragons to her and let her travel with the hatched mini dragons.

Elif noticed Naoki's gaze.

He also looked at the group photo and said with a happy face:

"The two in the photo are my daughters. The eldest daughter is called Gina. She just turned ten last year and went on a trip with her Pokémon."

Naoki still has some impression of this name, because Zach said a few words to him last year.

"You guys had a big fight at that time, right?" Naoki asked with a smile.

"Has it all reached you?" Uncle Elif was surprised, and then sighed helplessly: "I didn't plan to let Gina go on a trip so early, because it was so dangerous outside, but the childishly Lock yourself in the room and cry loudly..."

"Why not send him to Padya College?" Naoki asked curiously.

Erif smiled bitterly and said: "Gina doesn't want to go to school. She thinks that instead of learning boring knowledge in school, it's better to experience it herself."

Naoki understood: "No wonder."

Elif wanted to say something more, but suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Little Anna, who was sitting on the sofa, immediately ran to open the door.

However, when the door opened, the visitor was not a human being, but a flying mantis holding a fruit and looking apologetic.

Seeing this scene, Naoki and Erif were both slightly startled.

I saw the flying mantis giving the tree fruit to Anna.

Little Anna asked with a look of surprise: "Are these fruits for Anna?"

"just!"

Flying Mantis nodded.

Little Anna cheered, then rushed forward and hugged Flying Mantis's waist.

"Anna!"

Elif's heart was in his throat.

The flying mantis was startled, and then felt a little embarrassed, but it did not make any other attack.

Anna likes Pokémon like Flying Mantis very much because she thinks Flying Mantis is so cool.

Perhaps because she had seen the process of conquering Pokémon from her sister, Anna asked expectantly: "Flying Mantis, are you willing to be my Pokémon?"

Hearing this, Naoki and Erif were startled.

The flying mantis looked down at the little human girl.

It itself was apologetic for destroying other people's farmland before, and coupled with the way the little girl named Anna encouraged it, the Flying Mantis was slightly touched, and then nodded happily.

"just!"

He planned to stay and work to make up for the fruit trees he had cut down.

"Yeah!" Little Anna cheered and looked back at her father: "Dad, I have conquered Pokémon. From now on, I will be a trainer like my sister!"

Elif looked like he had seen a ghost, and he still hasn't come back to his senses.

On the contrary, Naoki accepted this kind of thing well. After all, he grew up watching Pokémon, and Pokémon are such magical creatures.

"Congratulations, Anna. Flying Mantis is a very powerful Pokémon. It is very good at weeding and chopping firewood. It will definitely be able to help you."

"Well! From today on, the task of chopping firewood will be handed over to me and Flying Mantis!" Anna patted her chest, her face full of seriousness: "This way dad can rest!"

Flying Mantis nodded and said: "Exactly!"

Elif clutched his chest and looked confused: "Naoki... is this true?"

Naoki saw it more clearly and nodded: "The flying mantis must be sorry for his previous behavior of cutting down the fruit trees. It may be using this method to make up for it."

"Huh..." Erif smiled bitterly: "I have never encountered such a thing."

Perhaps in order to prove his ability, the Flying Mantis followed Anna and went to the land outside to start chopping firewood.

I saw two flashes of white light, and a piece of wood was cut into four pieces and turned into firewood that could be used for burning.

Elif looked at this scene and opened his mouth in surprise: "Okay, so awesome!"

Next to the firewood pile, the flying mantis was chopping firewood tirelessly, while little Anna watched from the side.

When all the wood turned into firewood, the Flying Mantis stopped. There were fine beads of sweat on his forehead and he breathed heavily.

Seeing this scene, little Anna ran back to the room, took out a paper towel and a glass of water, stood on tiptoes, fed the water to the Flying Mantis, and then used a paper towel to wipe the Flying Mantis' sweat.

The Flying Mantis had never received such treatment before, and its inner affection for this little human girl skyrocketed.

"It seems everything is fine." Naoki said with a smile.

In this way, in order to make up for the troubles he caused to others, Feitian Mantis stayed in the cherry orchard to help work.

Zhi Shu also returned to the ranch with Guluton. Before leaving, Uncle Elif gave Zhi Shu several bottles of cherry wine and a large bag of fresh cherries as a thank you.