The sunset is cascading, and the afterglow of the setting sun fills the world.

"Is this where you're going?" Xu Qiansu picked up the lily root doll, looked at him, and asked softly.

“…… Hmm. The Lily Doll turned her head to glance at the scattered Pokémon around Grass Road Town, and then nodded slightly.

"Come here...... Participating in the Chinese New Year? Xu Qiansu asked.

The lily root doll frowned, not understanding what 'Falling Spring Festival' meant.

Xu Qiansu didn't ask any more.

He took the lily root doll into his arms, and then glanced at the terraced fields that surrounded Caolu Town like a chessboard, before walking towards Caolu Town.

Lilia stretched out her little hand and waved at the grass-type Pokémon that was standing not far away, looking at them curiously, before trotting to keep up with Xu Qiansu.

Marie nodded her chin, and then looked through the slanted sunset, and could vaguely see a large area of crosses in the pastures, houses, and paths...... It should be a cemetery, and every town has it.

She suddenly remembered the cemetery in the town of Traculback.

Ma Li retracted her gaze and looked at Xu Qiansu's back.

"Moroube?" Morubecco shoved a white seed into his mouth, then chewed and looked up at Marry.

Marley came back to her senses, shook her head slightly, and stepped along.

Caolu Town, an agricultural town distributed on the meadow, is sparsely populated, the scenery is beautiful, and it does not focus on commerce.

But the grass system dojo in the Galel area is here.

Xu Qiansu walked on the path between the terraced fields, and the setting sun shining obliquely pulled his shadow and caressed the crops in the terraces.

The lily doll lay in his arms, looking at the terraces with wide eyes and curiosity.

"Yo, is this your Pokémon?" A middle-aged man who was sitting on a mound resting after doing farm work, dressed simply, saw Xu Qiansu, looked at the lily root doll again, and asked with a smile.

This...... The lily root doll is not Xu Qiansu's Pokémon.

However, Xu Qiansu still nodded slightly.

The man laughed, he stood up, took out a box of green-packaged candies from the backpack on the side, handed it to Xu Qiansu, and smiled enthusiastically: "This is our special candy in Caolu Town, which basically meets the taste of most grass-type Pokémon...... Give it to both of them. ”

Both of them...... Refers to the lily root doll and the rattan snake.

The vine snake's big burgundy eyes lit up, and he stretched out his small hand and pulled the sleeve of Xu Qiansu's shirt, indicating that he wanted to eat this.

Xu Qiansu did not refuse, and took the candy box, "Thank you." ”

The middle-aged man laughed a few times, then looked at the lily root doll and said in a low voice, "It's us who should be thanked." ”

The boxy iron box is painted with Q-version portraits of dozens of grass-type Pokémon...... Lily root doll, vine vine snake is actually on it.

Xu Qiansu opened the box, which was stuffed with a lot of candy.

The vine snake nodded his chin and looked at Xu Qiansu's side face.

Xu Qiansu took a candy and handed it to her.

The rattan snake took it with a rattan whip and put it in front of his little face, stretched out his little hand to unwrap the sugar coating, looked at the pale green candy and crooked his little face, and then stretched out his little tongue and licked it before throwing it into his mouth and licking it deliciously.

Xu Qiansu pinched another one, peeled off the sugar coating, and handed it to the lily root doll.

The lily doll blinked, and the candy was held in her little hand, but it was handed to the youngest little saccharmon.

"Karui?" The little sachet didn't expect the lily root doll to be handed to him, so he was stunned for a moment, and his chubby little tail flicked down lightly before standing on tiptoe to take the candy.

Xu Qiansu handed the candy box to Shanaiduo and let the Pokémon share it by themselves, and then looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "I heard that there will be a festival called Luochun in Caolu Town recently. ”

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then nodded, "Tomorrow, it's the Spring Festival...... You can think of it as a festival, with all kinds of events going on in the streets, and fireworks in the evening......"

“…… So have fun tomorrow. The middle-aged man ended with this sentence, bent down to pick up his backpack, waved his hand lightly, and turned to leave.

Lilia looked away, but saw that there were many pendants hanging from the man's backpack...... It's all grass-based Pokémon-shaped pendants.

Is this his daughter's backpack? Lilia thought so.

Xu Qiansu withdrew his gaze from the back of the middle-aged man and looked down at the Pokémon who were eating candy.

The Lily Root Doll is not tall, only slightly taller than the Suppurial Beast...... But she is like a big sister in the team, taking care of this and taking care of that.

After the Pokémon had eaten the candy, the Lily Root Doll picked up a candy, looked at it curiously, and put it in its mouth...... Then she covered her cheeks and closed her big eyes.

It's so sweet.

Xu Qiansu looked at her for a while, then bent down and held the lily root doll in his arms, looked down at her little face, and asked, "Is there any place you want to go...... Or something you want to do? ”

"Huh?" The lily root doll had candy in her mouth, her little hand nodded her chin and thought about it, and then shook her head slightly.

"That's it......" Xu Qiansu looked up, and among the terraced fields, he could still see a lot of grass-type Pokémon...... Every aspect of Grass Road Town reveals a preference for grass-type Pokémon.

Xu Qiansu retracted his gaze, looked at the lily root doll, and asked softly.

"Do you know the Trainer?"

Trainers?

The lily root doll tilted her little face, then shook her head slightly.

She had lived in the wild all her life and had little contact with humans, so she didn't understand the meaning of the word.

Xu Qiansu took out an ordinary red and white Poke Ball from his waist, pressed the button, enlarged it, and explained in a low voice: "This is called a Poke Ball, as long as you touch her, we will sign a contract, and in the future, we will be together forever." ”

He said in a sentence that the lily root doll could understand.

A little doubt appeared in Liliai's eyes...... Is it to take in the lily root doll? However, didn't it be said that the lily root doll was just a travel companion and was not intended to be accepted?

Hearing this, the lily root doll was stunned, looked at the poke ball in Xu Qiansu's hand, and after a while, she understood what Xu Qiansu meant.

She quickly shook her head in refusal.

"Huh?" Lilia was even more puzzled, and then it occurred to her that the Lily Root Doll might have been hurt by humans in the past, so she was a little reluctant......

If Xu Qiansu wants to subdue her, he should get along for a while longer.

"That's it." Xu Qiansu smiled and didn't force it.

They walked into the town of Grass Road and stepped onto the streets.

"It's getting late, let's rest today, and tomorrow we have a holiday...... Therefore, if Miss Ma Li wants to challenge the gym, she should have to wait until the day after tomorrow. Xu Qiansu turned his head to look at Ma Li and said.

"It's okay to challenge the gym." Marie hugged Eevee, her delicate little face tilting her head to look around.

At first glance, the streets of Grass Road Town are like remote European towns, peaceful and quiet, with occasional cars on the streets, most of which are pedestrians shopping with grass-type Pokémon.

And at this moment, it is on the verge of the Spring Festival, and there are good-looking decorations in the corners of the streets and alleys, and from time to time there are a few grass-based Pokémon with short legs, running happily from the streets.

Lilia looked here and there curiously, taking pictures with her phone from time to time.

When Xu Qiansu passed by a shop, the shopkeeper saw the lily root doll and the rattan snake, so he walked up with a smile and gave him a bag of stickers.

Ordinary stickers, of course, are all grass-based Pokémon styles.

The rattan snake stretched out the rattan whip and took it apart, then picked up a sticker of 'rattan rattan snake', looked at it a few times, and muttered, 'This is not as cute as mine at all'.

Then she stretched out her little hand, slightly lifted Xu Qiansu's bangs, and put the sticker on his forehead...... It seems to have labeled Xu Qiansu's body as her rattan snake.

The vine snake looked at it a few times, then giggled.

Xu Qiansu laughed with her.

He took the sticker off his forehead, took out the Poké Ball from his waist, and pasted it on.

The vine snake crooked his little face, took his Poké Ball in his small hand, and looked at it a few times before smiling, which means 'it's pretty good'.

The lily root doll looks at the poke ball of the vine snake and its cute big eyes shine brightly.

They came to the Pokémon Center, but they saw that there were many people gathered in the hall...... It seems that the Chinese New Year has attracted a lot of trainers here, and most of them are holding their grass-based Pokémon with smiles on their faces, looking forward to how tomorrow's festival will be spent and what kind of good memories will be left behind.

Miss Joy opened three rooms for them.

While leading the way, Miss Joy looked back at the lily root doll lying in Xu Qiansu's arms, and then asked, "She shouldn't be your Pokémon, right?" ”

"Hmm."

"That's right......" Miss Joy withdrew her gaze and looked ahead.

……

Marley pushed open the door, put her backpack on the bed, walked into the bathroom, turned on the faucet, looked at the gurgling water, washed her face, and looked up at herself in the mirror.

In the mirror, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl has snow-white skin, delicate facial features, and the bangs on her forehead are sticking to her face because they are stained with water, adding a bit of pity to the girl.

Marley's pale green eyes looked at herself in the mirror in a daze, and she reached out and gently touched the corner of her eye.

"Boo?" Eevee stood on the washstand, tilted his little face, and looked at Marlie.

Marie shook her head, picked up Eevee, and walked out of the bathroom.

She put Eevee on the table, then took the needle and thread out of her satchel and sat down in a chair, her eyebrows lowered, sewing something seriously.

It's night.

The cool moonlight shines through the windows and pours into the room, creating a tranquil atmosphere.

The lily root doll opened her eyes, sat up from the bed, rubbed her eyes, and then raised her little face and looked at the moon outside the window.

After a while, she turned her little face to look at Xu Qiansu's sleeping face, and the leaves above her head shook gently.

The lily doll retracted her gaze, got up from the bed lightly, came to the side of the bed, and then jumped to the floor with a slight leap.

But she slipped and stumbled.

"Hmm......" She breathed a sigh of relief as she stood still.

She ran to the desk on her short legs, climbed up the chair along the legs, and then climbed back onto the desk, making her gasp for breath several times.

She stood on the table, turned to look at Xu Qiansu, then held her calves with both hands, and bowed to Xu Qiansu, the leaves above her head trembled a little, but under the moonlight, it seemed to have a little pale green fluorescence.

Thank you for bringing me here.

After a long while, the lily doll sniffled, lifted her little face, came to the edge of the desk, stood on tiptoe, lay her hands on the edge of the window, and jumped lightly, climbing up with some difficulty.

She pushed the window...... Didn't push it away.

The lily doll raised her little face and looked at the handle in the center of the window.

She stood on her tiptoes...... Not out of reach.

She touched the window...... It's too slippery.

She exhaled deeply, intending to jump on it.

Immediately, there was a click, and the window opened.

A slightly chilly evening breeze blew into the room with the moonlight.

The lily root doll was slightly stunned, and when she looked back, she saw Xu Qiansu standing behind her.

"Where do you want to go? I'll take you there......" Xu Qiansu lowered his eyes and looked at the lily root doll, and the cold evening breeze slightly blew the bangs on his forehead.

"Hmm......" The lily root doll stared at Xu Qiansu with big eyes.

Xu Qiansu picked up the lily root doll and jumped down from the window.

Whew——————

The evening breeze blew the curtains around the window, and beams of moonlight shone directly into the room.

……

Xu Qiansu stepped on the ground and stood up.

The lily doll held his shoulders with her little hands and turned her head to look at the side of his face.

Xu Qiansu stretched out his fingers, slid them lightly on her little face, and then turned his head to look.

It's late at night, but the streets are still lit up.

The street lamps on both sides of the street are hung with colorful lights, and the lively scene before the festival comes.

Under the lights, there are already a lot of Pokémon gathered on the streets.

All of them are grass-based.

They all went in one direction.

They walk slowly...... It's obviously old.

Some of them are Pokémon that live in Grass Road Town, some are from around Grass Road Town, and some are ...... It is like a lily root doll, not far away, a long journey.

Originally, the lily root doll was also one of them.

Xu Qiansu held the lily root doll and walked slowly with the footsteps of the Pokémon.

The Pokémon didn't care about one more human, they just walked forward silently.

Not long after, Xu Qiansu followed the Pokémon to the fields outside Caolu Town.

A wonderful frog looked at the field, then took a step, came into the field, and slowly lay down.

"Da Na~" Miao Frog Flower raised her face and looked at the silver moon hanging high in the sky, and then ...... Close your eyes and slowly lower your head.

This wonderful frog flower has come to the limit of life, it ...... It's the end of my life.

However, under the moonlight, I saw that the tall figure of the frog flower had a slight light green fluorescence...... This kind of light, Xu Qiansu is very familiar with, it is grass-based energy.

But the foundation of this grass-based Pokémon, and even the source of life, is slowly flying away from the body of the wonderful frog flower at this moment, facing the moonlight, and slowly floating in the sky.

Pale green fluorescence, dissolved in the moonlight, and eventually returned to dust.

This energy will be turned into nutrients for the soil.

Make the land fertile.

Make crops grow.

Make food sufficient.

that everyone may have something to eat.

So that the Pokémon who live around Grass Road Town are not bothered by food......

Xu Qiansu looked up at the disc-like moon and did not speak.

After a moment, he looked down and saw that the frog flower was gone......

More and more grass-type Pokémon took a step, came to the terraces, and slowly lay down......

More and more pale green fluorescence rises with the wind and rises with the moon.

Not only the area where Xu Qiansu is located, if you look down from top to bottom, you can see that countless pale green fluorescences have risen in the entire Caolu Town.

It's like a dream.

"Mmmm......" the lily root doll called softly.

Xu Qiansu's hand holding the lily root doll tightened slightly, he lowered his eyes, and asked softly: "Obviously, you don't know about the Spring Festival, and you have never been to Caolu Town, why do you have to support your weak body and travel a long way to come here?" ”

The lily root doll looked at Xu Qiansu, the leaves on the top of her head shook slightly, and replied, "I don't know either...... I just felt like I should come here...... Even if you die halfway, even if you don't make it...... I just want to come here at the end of my life and do something meaningful for the people of this place and Pokémon, and live a meaningful life. ”

Lily root doll thinks so.

This is what I want to do.

All the Pokémon here think so.

"That's right." Xu Qiansu raised his eyes to look at the pale green fluorescence floating around him, and after a while, he said slowly: "I have a girl I like very much...... It was my first love. ”

Xu Qiansu lowered her eyes and looked at the lily root doll and smiled, "I think she is very similar to you." ”

The lily root doll was stunned...... Why, Xu Qiansu was able to understand her words......

She shook her head and jumped out of Xu Qiansu's arms.

The lily root doll stepped on the ground, the pale green fluorescence floated by her side, she turned her head, raised her little face, looked at Xu Qiansu, and then leaned down hard, bowed, the lovely leaves above her head touched the ground, and her voice was choked.

"Thank you for being willing to bring a Pokémon like mine that can't even walk, I've been very happy for the past two days, but...... This is the end of our journey. ”

Xu Qiansu lowered his eyes and looked at the lily root doll, but did not speak, he took out a poke ball from his waist.

This Poké Ball has a Q version sticker of a lily root doll attached to it.

Xu Qiansu ignored the dirty soil on the ground, sat down cross-legged, and looked at the lily root doll.

"Finally, can it be my Pokémon?"

The lily root doll raised her little face and looked at Xu Qiansu from the bottom up.

"Even if we're going to be separated soon?"

"Even so......"

Bean-sized tears poked out of the corners of the lily doll's eyes, slid across her face, and dripped on the soft earth.

She reached out her little hand and touched the Poké Ball lightly.

In the moonlight like water, Xu Qiansu sat cross-legged alone.

There isn't a single Pokémon by his side.

Only his back alone.

The pale green fluorescence surrounded him, like a dream, and it was gorgeous.

This ray of fluorescence did not melt into the night, nor did it sink into the earth...... It's just like that, flowing around him.

But he doesn't look at fluorescence, he doesn't look at the terraces...... He slowly raised his head and looked up at the moon hanging high in the sky.

The faint sound of the flute wafts by, blending into the night and into the moonlight.

—————— Pokémon Research Notes——————

"Falling red is not a ruthless thing, turning into spring mud is more protective of flowers."

"The so-called falling spring is like this."