Chapter 3: Zoroa the Translator

Although the 10-year-old boys traveled together, in fact, Zhou You, Qing Lu and Ye Zi's team only lasted until they left Pallet Town.

Ye Zi, holding the illustrated book, planned to investigate the ecology outside the town on Route 1 first, while Qing Lu rushed northward to win the first badge among the three.

As for Zhou You, he released Eden and the newly adopted Charmander in the Poké Ball, and enjoyed the surrounding scenery leisurely along the way.

Route 1 north of Pallet Town is a relatively flat country dirt road, and you can go straight to Viridian City not far away.

Viridian means evergreen.

Viridian City, which is close to Viridian Forest, is closely connected to nature, and the vegetation is evergreen all year round.

In just one or two days from Pallet Town to Viridian City, you can experience the changes of two completely different natural landscapes.

This is really a scenery that I have never experienced in working for a black-hearted vampire company for many years.

However, compared to Zhou You, the two little elves seemed to have little interest in appreciating the natural scenery.

"Charmander, Charmander, what do you like to eat? What moves do you have? Do you want to compete with each other? Don't you have a name of your own? Why don't you speak?"

Zorua was seen jumping and circling around Charmander while walking, chattering and repeating various questions.

It is true that when Charmander was in the research institute, he basically only communicated with the other two starter Pokémons, and rarely had the opportunity to make friends with Eden in a non-experimental environment.

"Okay, Eden, you have to give Charmander some time to adapt." Seeing this, Zhou You couldn't help but stop Eden from chattering, "Not all elves can adapt to this way of communication from the beginning."

Even if the intelligence of elves is higher than that of pets, human language is still too complicated for their vocal cords, and few untrained elves can naturally understand human language.

※Can understand the meaning and emotions but not necessarily the literal meaning.

However, the elves like Zoroa are a little bit special...

The Zoroa tribe has a mysterious talent. They can transform into humans or other elves and protect themselves from danger by hiding their true appearance. They often transform into the same appearance as their opponents and escape when the opponent is deceived and frightened.

Just like the legendary fox demon... By the way, Zoroa will show its tail when it transforms into other forms, which is quite interesting.

Generally speaking, Zoroa is a very timid elf, and they tend to be taciturn when they transform into humans to avoid saying too much and making mistakes.

A few Zoroa who have overcome this weakness will communicate directly with humans through language (similar to the little Zoroa in the movie version of "The Phantom Overlord").

This kind of communication is a bit like the result of their talent being used to the extreme - using illusions to make others hear sounds that do not exist.

Eden has taken his talent a step further. Not only can he weave illusions into sounds so that humans can understand his words, but he can also interpret the words of other elves as illusions to other humans.

Of course, he can also translate human words to elves who don't understand human language.

He is just a little translator. I don't know if other Sorayas have trained their talents so practically.

It's a pity that this little fire dragon doesn't seem to be used to Eden's ability for a while, and feels a little distressed by the overly enthusiastic opponent.

"Okay, let's take a rest here."

Because someone overslept, it was noon an hour and a half after departure. Zhou You also took Eden and the little fire dragon to a secluded place to spread the picnic blanket and began to prepare for the first picnic in the trip.

First, slice the dried apples and wild fruits that were roasted and dried just right, then cut the poultry into pieces, wash them, and marinate them with cooking wine, salt, soy sauce, and pepper (of course, the finished products prepared before departure are used here).

The last half is grilled on skewers, and the other half is mixed with seasonal vegetables and steamed in a pot. The simple skewers and meatballs are ready.

Pingye fruit is spicy but not astringent. Zhou You noticed that this little Charmander liked this flavor the most when he was in the research institute. Now he is very good at taking care of it.

"It's so spicy... Qiao Qiao, you can't forget your old love just because you have a new one, right!?" Seeing that the little Charmander was eating happily, Eden protested decisively, "I want to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes."

What Eden hates most is spicy food, and what he likes most is algae fruit.

It's a pity that the yield of this kind of fruit is low and the price is high. The salary that Eden earned as a translator for Professor Oak can't satisfy his dream of swimming in algae fruit.

So what Zhou You prepared for him was...

"How can I bring a pot when I go out for a trip? I don't have a four-dimensional backpack that can even fit tables, chairs and benches. At most, I can steam, bake and cook it.

"Anyway, don't worry, yours is on the second floor-Old BJ Mexican Hawaiian Pomelo Fruit Pizza!"

"Have you put so many ingredients? It sounds delicious!"

After Eden, who was unaware of the evil in people's hearts, made such a comment, he decisively pounced on the pizza.

Looking at the two little ones eating happily, even Zhou You felt the relief of being a father for the first time.

Zoroar is a Pokémon that does not exercise much, and does not need to accumulate energy for preparation, so the diet focuses on nutritional balance and lecithin for hair development.

Charmander has a high level of exercise and requires a lot of energy in the body, so it needs a larger appetite and foods with high protein, calories and fat. Otherwise, it is likely to be malnourished if it only eats tree fruits.

But to be honest, these two Pokémon are not suitable for beginners to tame.

According to the summary of the senior trainers, there are three most taboos for beginners to choose Pokémon:

1. Pokémon with perverse temperament, violent, arrogant, or other reasons that are not easy to establish friendship with the trainer.

2. Pokémon that need many years of accumulation to exert strength in the later stage, and even the trainer may die of old age, but the person may still be in the growth stage.

3. Pokémon that require too many resources, are difficult to feed, and have too much training investment. Once they lose care and meticulous care, they are likely to become mistakes.

Among them, Zoroa belongs to the first type, with the disadvantages of timidity, introversion, high intelligence, gregarious habits, and difficulty in establishing trust with humans.

And Charmander belongs to the first and third types. Not only is the personality difference before and after evolution too great, but it also requires a lot of resources to feed.

Fortunately, Eden's innate intelligence and past experience allowed it to overcome the shortcomings of timidity, introversion, and gregariousness, and the experience of growing up with Zhou You also made the two sides have a good relationship.

Charmander was sent to the research institute three months after birth. Since then, Zhou You and Qinglu have been familiar with its needs under the hands-on guidance of the assistants of the research institute.

In addition to the salary earned by Eden for helping to translate, the mere two elves are not a problem for Zhou You.

Look, after eating a big pot of lunch, even the shy Charmander couldn't help but say with satisfaction under Eden's translation.

"Delicious."