Chapter 534: Celebration of Thanks
Three days later, Milifa City will usher in a grand fireworks display, so recently every night a small number of fireworks will be experimentally set off for final adjustments.
However, the colorful anomaly that burst into the sky that day was a bit frightening for the inexperienced Coco.
The violent noise and the large-scale explosion easily reminded him of the extremely powerful elves' moves, which made him subconsciously want to retreat.
Curiosity about human cities made people ignore the danger and patiently move forward.
A squirrel with a pine cone-shaped tail followed him all the time, constantly advising him to return to the depths of the forest.
But the dissuasion seemed to have disappeared in the evening breeze as if it had not entered the other party's ears.
In desperation, the greedy squirrel had to turn back to the depths of the forest and quickly inform Thalud of the matter, asking it to take Coco home.
Coco continued to move towards Milifa City at high speed, and finally came to the boundary between the forest and the city.
There, he saw a human boy with two lightning bolts on his face, practicing some moves with a carrot-like elf.
"Pika?"
Pikachu noticed the gaze of the outsider at the first time and looked at the woods in the night.
Having traveled in the wild for many years, it has already mastered excellent reconnaissance skills.
Xiaozhi looked in the direction of the voice and saw a brown-haired boy staring at him with surprise.
Seeing the boy who looked like a primitive man, he did not feel the slightest difference - Xiaozhi had seen enough monsters in the past year of traveling.
So he showed a cheerful smile to the other party and introduced himself: "Hello, I am Xiaozhi, practicing neon transformation with Chikorita, did we disturb you?"
Faced with the stranger's rapid-fire words, Coco, who could not understand the other party's language at all, was speechless for a while.
"Silly... silly thing?"
"It's sa-to-shi-zhi." Xiaozhi corrected, why did he feel that the boy's name was similar to that of a certain childhood friend of his.
Coco repeated: "Stupid thing."
Seeing that the other party had a too strong accent, Xiaozhi had no choice but to cover his face and let the other party call him whatever he wanted.
What can be done about the accent?
"Okay, stupid thing is stupid thing, what about you?"
"Stupid thing?" Coco tilted her head, not understanding Xiaozhi's meaning.
"Pikapi."
Seeing this, Pikachu patted Xiaozhi in the death gaze of Chikorita.
What the other party said was not the words of the elves, but it was somewhat similar to a certain extent, causing it to understand part of the other party's meaning.
However, Xiaozhi actually did not understand Pikachu's language, and could only guess based on the tacit understanding between the two parties.
"You mean he came from the forest and was raised by elves?"
Hearing this, Xiaozhi immediately ignited a strong curiosity. While introducing the situation outside to the boy in a friendly manner, he asked about the other party's experience.
It's a pity that due to the language barrier, the two are obviously human beings, but the efficiency of communication is extremely low.
Fortunately, Pikachu, who can understand both human language and the boy's words, serves as a bridge in the middle.
It can translate Xiaozhi's words to the boy, and the other party can match his cognition with Xiaozhi's words one by one after understanding Pikachu's language.
So, after an extremely long and painful hour, the boy finally mastered a small part of daily language in this roundabout teaching.
"Hello, silly thing. I am, Coco."
This is the first sentence in Coco's life.
"Great, Coco, I'll take you to the city to play!"
Happy that the other party has learned human language, Xiaozhi pulled Coco into Milifa City without saying anything.
In order to prepare for the fireworks festival, Milifa City has entered a festive atmosphere at this time.
Even though it is late at night, there is a noisy atmosphere of lights and decorations everywhere.
Xiaozhi followed Coco on his left hand, and his right arm was held by Chikorita with a vine whip, and he excitedly visited Milifa City late at night.
As for Pikachu, he helped Xiaozhi translate between the two.
"According to the guidebook, humans settling here has caused them a lot of trouble. The fireworks show is a festival to express gratitude to the elves in the Blue Tire region."
It can basically be regarded as Thanksgiving in this world... except that it is not popular to cut the scalps of natives to make boots here.
Although humans do use the shed skins of elves such as Dratini as materials-
"Dratini, a dragon Pokémon. It grows little by little by repeatedly shedding its skin. The boots made from the tanned skin are super high-end products."
In general, it's hard to say.
Fortunately, most modern people in this world advocate symbiosis with elves.
"Coco, come here!"
As if he noticed something he liked, he quickly ran to a stall near an interested vendor and waved his hand to signal: "Here are apple candies made from light apples, a specialty of Blue Tire!"
Then he subconsciously thought that Coco must have no money, so he bought one for Coco and the elves out of his own pocket.
"Thank you, it's delicious."
Although he had eaten light apples countless times in the forest, it was the first time that Coco had seen processed products.
While tasting the local specialties, Xiaozhi also noticed something special on the stall.
It was a light apple covered with syrup all over its body, and the two leaves on the top actually had eyes, and a tail was exposed at the back.
It blinked when people passed by, and looked more like an elf than an apple.
He subconsciously took out the illustrated book, but the illustrated book was useless and had never included data on this kind of elf.
So he asked curiously: "Boss, what is this Pokémon that looks like an apple candy?"
"They are Honeybugs, candy apple Pokémon."
The shop owner who immigrated here from other regions a few years ago explained: "Don't look at it as just an apple. In fact, there are two Pokémon called Fruitbugs living inside it. They use the nutrients of the apple to make honey as delicious as nectar."
In the boss's hometown, some people call this kind of honey that is so delicious that it makes people unable to resist "Honey of Disaster".
Tsk, it's pure nonsense.
Xiaozhi nodded when he heard it. It was true. Even if he only felt the fragrance of the apple candy, both people and Pokémon couldn't help showing intoxicated looks.
If he hadn't quickly put Heracross back into the Poké Ball, it would have put its head into the pot!
According to the other party, Honeybugs use this delicious honey to confuse the opponent, and detonate their own syrup to attack when they are not prepared.
Hmm?
Detonate syrup...?
Xiaozhi decided not to care about this detail.
"But the apple will be consumed sooner or later, what should we do with the two fruit gnats inside?"
"Yes, find new apples." Coco answered for the shopkeeper.
Is it like the relationship between Slowpoke, Slowshell and Slowking? Xiaozhi thought, should this be considered a change in form or evolution?
No matter, it's good to eat.
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