After the Harvest Festival ended, the residents of the territory, filled with aspirations for the future, returned to their respective homes in groups. Elif was one of them.
Because there were too many people in the territory and not enough houses, he currently lived with a person named Flick.
The two of them were originally slaves of the kingdom. When they were in the Royal City, they ate hard, black bread every day and drank oat porridge thinner than water. Endless chores awaited them daily.
At that time, Elif and Flick felt their future was predictable at a glance, and they felt life was hopeless, with a bleak road ahead.
But now, everything had changed.
The great Third Prince Draconis not only abolished their status as slaves, making them free citizens who could live freely in this territory,
but also granted them a house to live in, allowing them to sleep on comfortable, soft beds.
Not only that, Third Prince Draconis was also preparing to bestow seeds upon them, which meant that from now on, they too would be able to own a piece of land!
In that case, they would no longer have to worry about going hungry.
Alfred and Flick no longer wanted to return to their old lives.
Therefore, they cherished their current lives immensely.
After returning to the wooden house, the two knelt on the ground with devout expressions, grateful for Third Prince Draconis's benevolence.
Third Prince Draconis was like a sun, illuminating their lives.
Life was truly becoming more and more hopeful!
At night, as the two lay on their respective beds, gazing at the darkness before them, Elif couldn't help but say,
"Flick, we cannot disappoint Third Prince Draconis!"
They had to work even harder to repay Third Prince Draconis's kindness!
Flick hummed in agreement and chuckled, "Do you even need to say that?"
Images of the several Pokémon in the territory couldn't help but resurface in Elif's mind, making him exclaim,
"The power of Pokémon is truly magnificent!"
They had never imagined that Pokémon possessed such wondrous power.
"I wonder if I'll ever encounter a Pokémon willing to follow me in the future..." Flick couldn't help but say.
Just like Third Prince Draconis's Snivy, and the three Snover, good friends of Peggy and George.
Later, when he was allotted a plot of land, that Pokémon could help him cultivate crops.
After this period of interaction, their fear of Pokémon had lessened compared to the beginning.
Flick even thought that some Pokémon looked so mighty and so adorable.
Not just Flick, Elif felt the same way.
Watching the Pokémon running and playing all over the village every day, a unique feeling even subtly arose in his heart.
The night was deep, and the Growl of wild Pokémon echoed from the forest outside. Flick and Elif lay on their beds in the small wooden house, feeling incredibly safe.
With anticipation for their future lives, the two slowly drifted into dreams.
The same scene was playing out in various parts of the territory.
At Draconis's home.
Draconis sat in front of the fireplace, massaging Dratini while watching the constantly refreshing notifications on the territory panel: [Satisfaction +10!]
[Satisfaction +25!]
[Satisfaction +20!]
[...]
The territory currently had a total of 299 human Commoners and 28 Pokémon Commoners.
Today's abundant harvest solved the food problem, relieving everyone's worries about going hungry. With the 'food' aspect of daily necessities (food, clothing, shelter, transportation) satisfied, the people in the territory began to provide him with a large amount of satisfaction again.
The notifications on the panel started to constantly scroll.
It lasted for about three minutes before stopping, and the total satisfaction reached two thousand five hundred.
This meant new technologies could be unlocked.
Not only that, Draconis also noticed something.
The loyalty of many Commoners in the territory had also increased significantly.
He roughly scanned them, and currently, most people's loyalty hovered between 85-95.
Only a very small number of people had reached the maximum loyalty of 100.
For example, Old Butler Alfred, Gerolt, Anna, and Ryan. Draconis even saw that a person named Elif's loyalty to him had reached 100.
[Commoner Name: Elif]
[Age: 22 years old]
[Occupation: None]
[Special Abilities: None]
[Loyalty: 100 (Max 100)]
[Life History: In kingdom calendar 127, Elif was born in a small village in Kingdom of Kassiak.]
[In kingdom calendar 135, Kingdom of Kassiak was annihilated, and Elif became a captive of Eindoak Kingdom.]
[In kingdom calendar 145, Elif had been living as a slave in Eindoak Royal City.]
[In kingdom calendar 148, he was bestowed upon Third Prince Draconis and traveled with him to the fiefdom.]
[In kingdom calendar 149, Third Prince Draconis abolished slavery, and Elif became a free citizen. His heart was filled with gratitude for Third Prince Draconis, whom he regarded as the sun in his life, and he resolved to work hard to repay Third Prince Draconis's kindness.]
Draconis: "..."
"So that's how it is."
Looking at this person's information, Draconis was somewhat speechless but still quite pleased.
This person was indeed grateful.
Good, he could be given important responsibilities later.
However, Draconis noticed a piece of information in Elif's life history.
Kingdom of Kassiak.
The size of a region in the Pokémon world is far larger than what is depicted in the anime. Even now, the Unova region has not been fully unified.
Eindoak is one of the largest kingdoms among them.
And in some peripheral areas, there still exist some very small countries...
Draconis couldn't help but fall into contemplation.
Just then, a rich white light suddenly surged from the Snivy beside him again.
"Snivy—!"
Draconis's gaze was immediately drawn.
Was it going to evolve again?
But Snivy still chose not to yield to this power, instead trying hard to suppress the urge to evolve within its body.
After a long while, the light of evolution slowly dissipated, and Snivy sat on the ground, panting heavily.
"Snivy—."
"Huh?" Seeing Snivy's appearance, Dratini, on the contrary, looked puzzled.
It didn't understand why there were Pokémon in this world unwilling to become stronger and evolve.
If it were him, he would immediately evolve into a more formidable and powerful Pokémon.
Because that way, he could protect Draconis and himself!
But Snivy did not explain Dratini's confused question.
"Snivy."
He stood up from the ground and turned his gaze towards Draconis.
Draconis, meanwhile, was pondering a question.
Continuing like this wasn't a solution.
If Snivy truly didn't want to evolve, then as his Trainer, he should consider giving Snivy an Everstone to hold.
Everstone: A stone containing mysterious power. If a Pokémon holds it, it will maintain the same appearance and will no longer evolve.
"Perhaps there might be one in the Mine..." Draconis murmured.
...
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