In the 199th year of the alliance calendar, in the middle of July, when the cool wind of the cauldron lake blew to the town of Yanqin, it officially announced the arrival of autumn.

The leaves of the trees in the back mountains are beginning to turn yellow, and the branches are heavy and full of fruits, and the farms on the outskirts of the town are full of golden wheat fields with no end in sight.

In this wonderful season, the faces of the farmers are covered with the joy of a good harvest.

That afternoon, Naoki was idle in the pasture and had nothing to do, so he carried the basket into the back mountain.

This season is the fattest season for mountain goods.

At this time last year, the back mountain was full of all kinds of hazelnut mushrooms and wild fruits, and he also picked a lot of them and made a chicken stew of mushrooms for the Pokémon.

It's a pity that the fire that broke out later devoured everything in the mountain, and all the mushrooms, fruits, flowers and plants were burned to ashes.

Fortunately, there was a Lei Guanwang who helped to revive the mountains and forests.

More than half a year has passed, and I don't know if those hazelnut mushrooms and berries have regrown.

Thinking so, Naoki entered the back mountain.

It's been a long time since he's been here, but he can tell that the vegetation and flowers in the back mountain are now more lush and vigorous than last year.

This is precisely because of the forest fire.

The flowers and trees that were burned to ashes turned into nutrients for the earth and rejoined the cycle of nature.

Thinking of last year's incident, Naoki couldn't help but let out a sigh for those wild Pokémon who had passed away.

From time to time, the deep jungle can hear the cries of wild Pokémon.

Along the way, the number of wild Pokémon that Naoki encountered was much less.

Probably because the destroyed Pokémon ecology here has not fully recovered.

Soon, Naoki arrives in the forest he planted with the Pokémon in the spring.

Here, Naoki saw several "old acquaintances".

Hidden full of chinchillas, giant blacksmiths, and a ......

The chinchilla is picking the fruit from the fruit tree, and it uses its big fluffy tail to catch the fruit it picks. Jump with them on the trees.

It wasn't until he returned to his nest that the full chinchilla carefully stored the fruit it had picked in it.

Looking at the tree fruit full of holes, a satisfied smile appeared on the little face of the full chinchilla.

The Giant Blacksmith was sitting under a large tree, sharpening his hammer with steel energy, and did not stop until it glowed.

A petite family of rats is standing in front of a fallen leaf, and the father and mother are lifting the fallen leaf as a quilt and gently covering their two children.

Looking at this beautiful scene, Naoki couldn't help but smile.

At this moment, the chestnut with the sharp eyes of the chinchilla, who was going to rest for a while, spotted him.

The full-hidden chinchilla immediately "squeaked" and screamed.

Then, it slid down the trunk of the tree to the grass, wagging its big tail and running towards it quickly.

"Squeak!"

"Long time no see, full of chinchillas!" Naoki greeted it with a smile.

"Squeak!"

The other Pokémon also gathered around when they heard the movement.

Naoki's gaze swept over them one by one.

The rats in the four families were still like that, and the two mice were holding their parents' hands and staying by their side.

The Electric Petrel has grown much stronger than last year, and it looks like it will not take long to evolve into a large Electric Petrel.

And the most surprising thing for Naoki is that the giant blacksmith has also evolved.

"Giant Blacksmith, have you evolved?" He asked.

"Wow!" The Great Blacksmith nodded happily and confidently brandished the hammer in his hand.

Now it's the guardian Pokémon of this woodland!

Last year, the Pokémon who were rescued by Naoki formed a deep friendship in the ranch, and even when they returned to the wild, they did not separate, but stayed in this place to live.

It's like a good friend.

"That's amazing!" Naoki complimented, "You've become more reliable." ”

He chatted with the Pokémon for a while, and then he planned to go to the mountains to pick mountain goods.

I never thought that after hearing Naoki's intentions, a few Pokémon immediately patted their chests and said that they wanted to help.

So, with the help of the Tibetan chinchillas, who are very familiar with the mountains and forests, Naoki picked a large number of fresh mountain mushrooms and wild berries with great success.

By the end of the day, Naoki's basket was about to fit and overflowed.

"Okay, okay, I've worked hard for you today, so let's go back and have a good rest!" Naoki Road.

But the Pokémon didn't feel tired, and they happily ran around Naoki, picking berries and bringing mushrooms for him, in this way to repay Naoki for saving him in the first place.

Naoki was slightly touched in his heart.

It just so happened that at this time, several rookie trainers who had come to the back mountain to visit the Lei Guanwang Shrine discovered the situation here.

They were all surprised and said in surprise: "Pokémon are helping people pick mushrooms!" ”

Hearing the voice, Naoki turned around and saw a group of trainers of two men and a woman standing not far away, watching this side.

They weren't very old, and they looked like they were about twelve years old at most.

The girl in the team asked puzzledly, "Are those Pokémon specially trained to pick mushrooms?" ”

"Oh no!" Naoki replied with a smile, "They are wild Pokémon that inhabit this mountain forest, I helped them before, and they came to help me pick mountain goods in order to thank me." ”

"Wow!" Hearing this, the three teenagers and girls looked at each other in amazement.

One of the sturdy teenagers had a look of incredulity on his face and exclaimed, "Wild Pokémon are so close to humans!" ”

"As long as you as trainers treat Pokémon with care, whether they are wild or not, they will definitely feel your heart." Naoki chuckled softly.

The three teenagers and girls were slightly stunned, and their faces showed contemplative expressions.

Naoki smiled, and then prepared to take the mountain goods back to the pasture.

But he was about to leave, but the young man behind him suddenly stopped him: "Hey, sir, please wait a minute! ”

Naoki turned around: "What's wrong?" ”

"That...... Are you a ranger living in this neighborhood? A teenager asked.

"Nope." Naoki shook his head: "I'm a rancher. ”

"Rancher ......" The young man's eyes lit up, and he asked again: "Then have you ever seen the Lei Guanwang?" Is this mountain forest really the revival of the Lei Guanwang? Was He really here at that time? ”

Hearing this question, Naoki was slightly stunned, and then asked, "You like Lei Guanwang very much?" ”

The young man snorted and nodded seriously: "That's right! Lei Guanwang is really amazing! His power is great, and he has helped so many Pokémon! ”

"That's right." Naoki smiled and replied, "The Thunder Crown King did appear in this place at that time, and many people witnessed him perform miracles. ”

"Wow!" The three rookie trainers didn't expect the legend to be true, and their eyes suddenly showed excitement.

"If you want to see him, you can wait until the last day of autumn to come to the town of Ranqin, when the town will hold a harvest festival, people will go to the Fertility Shrine to worship, maybe the Lei Guan King will appear at that time!"

Naoki plans to invite the Lei Guanwang to come over at that time.

If the Thundercrown King appeared at the festival, it was likely that the townspeople and tourists would think that the Thundercrown had sensed their heart and would show up, and then work harder to promote the King of Abundance.

Not only that, but [the Reicrown King who appeared in front of the believers because he felt the human heart] sounds like a beautiful story of humans and Pokémon running to each other.

And then it was passed down in this place from then on until it became a brand new legend.

(End of chapter)