The wind howled as his body floated upward. Lin Feng felt something pulling him into the air.
Once he reached a certain height, he hovered in midair. As the force pulling him vanished, he suddenly plummeted!
"Ah!"
Lin Feng jolted upright, gasping for breath.
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. The dream had felt so real that it had soaked his back with sweat.
He looked around, wanting to call for his Pokémon. He'd actually had a nightmare—he must have been in poor health. It seemed he needed Gardevoir to give him a loving Heal Pulse.
His vision was blurry at first, then gradually cleared.
Blue skies, white clouds, green grass, and fruit trees. The unfamiliar scene before him left him bewildered.
"Where am I?"
Lin Feng looked around and realized this wasn't his Spirit Breeding House.
Just then, a sharp pain suddenly struck his mind. His memories seemed to connect all at once, forcibly pouring into him and flashing past like a slideshow.
Aiven was sixteen years old. His parents had died when he was young, and he had been raised by his uncle and aunt.
His uncle was the village chief of Orange Fruit Village in the City of Ambition. All the villagers made their living growing Berries.
The sudden flood of memories startled Lin Feng. They all belonged to Aiven, yet everything before his eyes reminded him that Aiven was him!
Did I transmigrate?
Lin Feng wasn't unfamiliar with transmigration; it appeared in plenty of novels.
Wait, this seemed to be the ancient past... Lin Feng suddenly froze.
Then he looked at the linen clothes he was wearing, and memories surfaced of the distinctly medieval European architecture in the City of Ambition.
"Hm? Is that...?"
Suddenly, Lin Feng's gaze fell on a branch of a fruit tree.
A cherry-like Pokémon stood on the slender branch. A short stem sprouted from its head, bearing two green leaves and a fruit.
Most peculiar of all, the little cherry had a pair of sparkling eyes and a tiny mouth. It was looking right at Lin Feng.
"Cherubi, a Grass-type Pokémon," Lin Feng murmured.
Lin Feng studied the Cherubi before him, then looked at the short stem on its head. The fruit that had been growing there was gone, and a cleanly cut stump remained.
Cherubi was edible.
The memory that suddenly popped into his mind startled Lin Feng. Cherubi really was a delicacy beloved by the nobles of this world!
And by Cherubi, they didn't mean the fruit that grew on its head. They meant eating the whole Pokémon. It was said to have the miraculous ability to heal injuries and prolong life!
It made him think of Farfetch'd, a Pokémon that humans had long treated as food and nearly drove to extinction through overhunting.
Recalling the memories in his mind, Lin Feng's expression darkened. As a Pokémon Breeder from the Huaxia Alliance in the Elf World, his usual work involved caring for and raising Pokémon. He found it hard to accept the idea of eating them.
"Aiven! So this is where you are!"
A shout suddenly came from the distance, and a boy of about ten came running over.
He had short brown hair and wore a linen shirt that looked like a dress. Lin Feng quickly searched his memories for the boy's details.
The boy was Andy, his cousin. He was ten years old, and the two boys had always gotten along well.
But Lin Feng's gaze didn't linger on his cousin. Instead, he looked at the handsome Pokémon behind Andy, its body covered in black fur and its appearance lion-like.
"Uncle Darby's Luxray..." Memories of Luxray surfaced in Lin Feng's mind.
Then his pupils suddenly contracted, his gaze fixed on the black metal device on Luxray's back.
He had seen that kind of black metal device before, in the history museum at Cameran Palace!
"Beast Gear!"
He slowly mouthed the name to himself.
A thousand years ago, humans called Pokémon monsters. Poké Balls didn't exist back then; Beast Gear was a special device humans used to restrain and control Pokémon!
Monsters... Lin Feng frowned, recalling what his history books had said. Humans and Pokémon in this era didn't get along nearly as well as they would in the future.
"Aiven, what's wrong? Are you still feeling unwell?" the boy asked with concern, tugging at Lin Feng's sleeve.
Hearing him, Lin Feng came back to himself. He instinctively patted the little boy's head and gave him a smile. "I'm fine, just a little tired."
At the same time, he looked into the distance and saw a middle-aged couple walking toward them. They were his uncle and aunt.
"Oh, Aiven, we finally found you."
The broad-shouldered, brown-haired woman hurried over and pulled Lin Feng into her arms.
"Sorry for worrying you, Aunt Irene." Lin Feng felt a warmth in his heart. His aunt and uncle had always treated Aiven well.
Andy's father walked over too. The fruit farmer had dark skin, and a smile tugged at his stern face. "I'm glad you're all right."
Seeing how downcast his aunt and uncle looked, Lin Feng felt puzzled. Had something happened to the orchard?
The next moment, another scene flashed through his mind.
Aiven's uncle had once been an adventurer. During one of his journeys, he had unexpectedly encountered a Petilil.
The leaves on Petilil's head had the miraculous power to heal injuries, making it an extremely rare Pokémon.
Half a day ago, Baron Reiser of the City of Ambition had suddenly fallen unconscious. None of the Apothecaries in the city could cure him, despite being sought out one by one.
Somehow, they had heard that Uncle Darby had a Petilil. They barged into the orchard and took it away by force.
And they had taken Petilil to brew a Panacea, said to be able to cure any illness.
Lin Feng frowned at the thought of using Petilil to make a Panacea. He had gained a fresh understanding of the darkness and brutality of this world. It was a feudal society where nobles reigned supreme!
"I see. It's because of Petilil?"
Lin Feng understood now. Petilil had lived alongside them day and night, and they had grown deeply attached to it. Its Healing Leaves had also been the orchard's most important source of income.
Losing Petilil was a devastating blow to Aiven and his aunt and uncle!
"From today on, I'm Aiven." Lin Feng drew a deep breath and murmured, "So now... I have to find a way to rescue Petilil first."
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