Elves: My Fantasy World

-10.1-Saturday-In front of the Municipal Building-

【14:22】

"Nizi, is he up there now?"

"He should be here. He should have just returned from lunch at this time."

"Let's go then."

Ning Zihan nodded and walked up the stairs.

……

"You little bastard! How many times have I told you not to run around with a Sandslash! You can't use a Sandslash when fighting other kids! How many times do you want me to tell you! I gave you a Sandslash Poké Ball to protect you, not for you to show off to others!"

Lin Congming's eyes were wide open, and he scolded the little boy in front of him and the big rat with thorns on its back so hard that they didn't dare to raise their heads.

"You too, Chuan Shan Wang! I know you have a good relationship with Xiao Nan and you don't want him to lose, but you also have to know your own strength! You can easily hurt others, you know that!"

"But..."

Seeing this little elf with his head down, not daring to breathe, Lin Congming calmed down a bit.

"Don't do this again next time, understand? The power we have is to protect the people, not to satisfy our own vanity, remember!"

Lin Nan and Sandsand King nodded simultaneously.

Lin Congming finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the sofa and drank a sip of tea.

Seeing his father like this, Lin Nan gritted his teeth and decided to tell his father what happened yesterday.

"dad……"

"Ok?"

"Yesterday I went to Uncle Zhou's training hall to challenge..."

"Oh... and then... huh?"

Lin Congming was still calmly sipping his tea when he heard his son's words, and the next second...

"Did you go to Lao Zhou's training gym to challenge him?"

"Ah."

"Which elf did you use?"

"Crossland King..."

"puff!"

The tea that I just sipped into my mouth was sprayed out...

"I told you not to go look for Lao Zhou and Lao Ren, but you went anyway?"

"Well, I lost the fight."

"Why are you so disobedient! And you still fight and lose...fight and lose...lose?"

"Yes, and I didn't lose to Uncle Zhou. It was an employee of Uncle Zhou's training gym who commanded Uncle Zhou's electric beasts to defeat me."

Suddenly, the room became very quiet, and Lin Congming seemed unable to understand the meaning of these words.

for a long time.

"You mean, the staff at Lao Zhou's training gym commanded Lao Zhou's Electabuzz to defeat Sandslash?"

Lin Nan nodded.

Lin Congming's brain was even more confused.

How could someone who could command elite-level pkms be a staff member in a training gym for elite-level trainers?

Eh? Staff?

Where do the staff in Lao Zhou’s training hall come from?

The training halls of both of their families are run by their own family members... There are only him, his son, his daughter, and Shen who I arranged to go there...

c? Shen boy?

"Son, let me ask you, what does the person you are fighting look like?"

"He's quite young... He looks a little older than me, maybe 18 or 19... I laughed at him when I saw him trying to command the elite Electabuzz... But when the fight really started, Sandslash and I didn't stand a chance to fight back... That big brother is really strong..."

Good guys!

It's really Shen! Only a few years have passed, and he can already command elite elves?

Eh? That's not right? How is this possible?

He wasn't commanding his own elves, was he? How could he command Lao Zhou's pkm?

Wait wait wait wait wait... Compared to this, my previous thought that he was already an elite trainer seemed even more outrageous... He had just taken the trainer assessment today...

So no matter how I think about it, this matter doesn’t seem right!

"Son...did your uncle Zhou say anything else yesterday?"

"Uncle Zhou said he will come to visit you in person some other day. I hope he can see you this time."

Huh? Is that all? No specific time or anything?

How can I hide if you don’t tell me the specific time?

Hmm... Where does this feeling of missing something come from...

I shouldn’t have…

Lin Congming pinched his chin, stroked his beard, and thought about every detail...

He glanced at the rookie competition certificate on the table that Ning Zihan had signed yesterday...

. . .

I know! I forgot about Ning Nizi!

"Son, come on, Daddy will take you out to play for a while!"

"Ah? Why? Dad, don't you blame me?"

"What's so strange about this... I'll talk to you after we come back from playing... Let's go!"

Lin Nan tilted his head and responded twice blankly, then was pulled forcefully towards the door by his father.

"boom--!"

The door was forcefully kicked open, and Lin Congming's expression turned horrified...

"Hey! Where are you going, Vice Governor Lin? I wonder if you expected me to come to you with these people or not?"

……

Lin Congming rested his forehead on his interlocked hands, lowered his head, looked down at the table, and said nothing.

Ning Zihan hugged her chest, crossed her legs, frowned, and looked at him coldly.

Zhou Cheng and Ren Kuang looked at each other from time to time and shook their heads.

"Old Lin, I heard what your son said yesterday. Let's not talk about anything else for now. What do you think of Shen's abilities?"

The purpose of coming here is to solve the problem. Keeping silent is definitely not a solution. Zhou Cheng had no choice but to speak first.

Lin Congming pursed his lips and held his forehead with his hands, not daring to show his eyes to them.

"I'm surprised... or rather, I think it's impossible. Someone who hasn't even got his first Pokémon yet can lead an elite Pokémon to a battle and win..."

"But it did happen, and Shen did it."

Ning Zihan interrupted Lin Congming and seemed very impatient.

Lin Congming said nothing more.

"Old Zhou, you can stop talking for now."

Ning Zihan suddenly turned and looked at Zhou Cheng.

"why……"

Zhou Cheng's voice got stuck in his throat... He saw Ning Zihan's eyes... They were very cold... Very scary...

Zhou Cheng swallowed the remaining words and nodded.

"Lin Congming. I don't know what they think of you now. But I am now..."

Ning Zihan's voice suddenly sank.

"I hate you to death."

Lin Congming's body shivered slightly. He bit his lips, closed his eyes, and lowered his head even lower.

"Don't you have the guts to admit what you did? Come on, raise your head."

Lin Congming didn't move.

"lift it up!"

Lin Congming was frightened again and shuddered. He slowly raised his head, but only the corner of his eyes was visible.

"look at me."

Lin Congming turned his head slightly, and one could barely see that he was facing Ning Zihan.

The deputy governor of the entire J province, who was in charge of most of the important affairs, was like a child who had made a mistake in front of a minister of the alliance branch in Baichuan City, waiting in fear for sanctions...

"Why haven't you come to see Shen boy in the past few years?"

Lin Congming's trembling body suddenly stopped.

"Eh?"

His voice was choked with sobs, and it was obvious that he was about to cry but was forcibly interrupted while casting the spell.

"What? I'm asking you!"

"me……"

Lin Congming's eyes were red, but he really hadn't thought of the answer to this question. He mumbled but couldn't utter a word.

"why?"

Ning Zihan's expression changed, but she knew very well that Lin Congming absolutely did not have the ability to notice her now.

She leaned back lazily, but the words that came out of her mouth were still cold.

\"Answer me, why?\"

Lin Congming lowered his head and clenched his fists.

"I'm asking you a question! Are you dumb or deaf?"

"How could I have the courage to do that?"

A roar drowned out Ning Zihan's voice.

"How can I have the nerve to go see Shen brat? Ah! Big Brother Shen and Sister Bai both died there, and you all came back half-crippled... I'm the only coward who didn't go! I don't even have a wound on my body... and I shamelessly became the vice governor! How dare I go see Shen brat? If he finds out, I won't even be qualified to be his uncle! I..."

Lin Congming finally raised his head, and two lines of tears rolled down his cheeks...

But the sound stopped abruptly.

Zhou Cheng, Ren Kuang, and Ning Zihan had subtle expressions on their faces... It was a bit like they were - trying not to laugh?

"Pfft - look! I told you, this old man will definitely take all the blame on himself! He thought he was acting so realistically! Ah - 'If he finds out, I won't even be qualified to be his uncle!' I almost believed it!"

Ren Kuang really couldn't hold it in any longer, and he let out a breath, pinching his throat and repeating what Lin Congming had just said.

"you……"

Lin Congming was dumbfounded and stood there, unable to say anything.

"Do you know why we are angry, Lao Lin?"

Hearing this name, Lin Congming's body trembled, and he slowly looked up at Zhou Cheng.

"We are angry that you want to blame yourself for the death of Brother Shen and the others."

Zhou Cheng sighed and turned his head to look at Ning Zihan.

Lin Congming followed his gaze and saw Ning Zihan nodded.

"That's why I hate you. We've all been through life and death together, so why are you the only one trying to be cool and put all the blame on yourself?"

"I...you..."

Ning Zihan was in a good mood when she saw his confused look, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"You don't really think we hate you because you're the only one who didn't go to the secret realm?"

Lin Congming nodded stupidly.

Ning Zihan sneered, appearing very disdainful.

"Do you think we are all fools? Lao Ren! Tell him what you heard when you got up to go to the bathroom the night before you set out that year?"

Ren Kuang's face was dark. "Could you not be so specific... Ahem, I heard what Brother Shen said to you, Lao Lin."

Lin Congming's dull eyes became even emptier.

"That is to say, we all know that it was Brother Shen who deliberately wanted you to stay."

Ning Zihan's eyebrows suddenly became very excited and he continued with the next sentence.

"That's right! Although I was younger than you at that time, you were weaker than me. If I took you in, you would just die in vain~"

Ning Zihan's words shattered the last bit of shame in Lin Congming's heart. Lin Congming's old face turned red with shame and he quickly covered it with his hands.

"You... have always known this?"

"Yeah~" they said in unison.

"I... have been acting for myself all this time?"

"Yes!" they said in unison.

"Ah—I'm so embarrassed!"

Lin Congming slammed his head hard on the table and held his head in his hands.

The other three looked at each other and smiled.

……

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Lin Congming looked at Ning Zihan with resentment. What she said here last time made him think that he acted well...

Ning Zihan shook her head, "You look so serious, I can't bear to interrupt you~"

"If it weren't for the fact that Shen's story was so important this time, I would have been ready to continue acting with you!"

Speaking of these two, Lin Congming's expression became serious and he looked at Zhou Cheng.

"Shen can command your electric beast? What's going on?"

So, the three of them told the whole story starting from the moment Frosty Milk Fairy appeared yesterday morning...

...

"So... Did Shen suddenly come to his senses?"

The three nodded.

"Besides, many female little guys would... what?"

"Uh-huh!"

Lin Congming thought for a long time and finally spoke.

"I think..."

The three of them looked intently at the man in front of them.

"I don't know anything about this!"

"Go to hell!"

"Hey, don't be anxious! This is a good thing! If Shen becomes more talented, won't he be able to get in touch with the upper circles? This way he can also go on his own..."

Lin Congming didn't say any more.

Ning Zihan looked at the three grown men who were silent and slammed the table.

"No more talking! If he wants to solve this kind of thing, let him solve it himself! He will definitely be more successful than us in the future...right, Vice Governor Lin~"

"Oh! Please forgive me, Auntie!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The atmosphere here seems to be the same as it was more than ten years ago...

…………

-10.2-Sunday-

【5:32】

Shen Yu folded the quilt and opened the curtains.

The rain was pouring down, the sound of the rain was clanging, and the wind was howling. The sky was overcast, and there was no light at all. Of course, it could also be because it was autumn, and it was dark at this time. (Nonsense.)

"It's raining so hard... It's going to be troublesome to go to the reserve today..."

After putting on his clothes, Shen Yu walked out of the room.

Turn on the light and go to the refrigerator.

"Ni...Nichu? (Shen...Shen Yu?)"

A weak, sleepy voice came from behind.

Shen Yu turned around and saw the little guy in the big water tank rubbing his eyes with his fins and yawning cutely.

"Good morning, Qiuqiu."

The water tank was delivered yesterday afternoon. It is quite big and takes up quite a bit of space in the 70-square-meter house - probably because the water tank is divided into a water part and a flat part, and the sea lions also need to breathe air.

"Sleep a little longer, breakfast won't start until later."

Shen Yu walked to the water tank and whispered something. But the sea lion shook its head and lay quietly on the flat plate without water, looking at Shen Yu.

Shen Yu blinked and chuckled.

"Really, okay then."

Shen Yu turned around, opened the refrigerator, and took out the ingredients for breakfast.

"crunch-"

The sound of a door opening.