Celebi

Breakfast consisted of Moomoo Milk, boiled eggs, and vegetable salad-a nutritionally balanced meal.

Surprisingly, even a little boiled egg counted as a grade D dish.

[Boiled egg: Quality D. A simple, humble home-cooked dish, boiled in plain water to preserve the egg's original flavor and nutrients.]

[Effects: Satiety · minor, stamina recovery · minimal, experience gain · minor. Slightly alleviates hunger and slowly restores a small amount of stamina after consumption. Duration: 30 minutes.]

[Assessment: The most basic provision. Its effects are limited, but it is quick and convenient, making it suitable for staving off hunger in an emergency.]

[Recommended processing method (alchemy).]

"Now that's what I'm talking about. Classic boiled eggs. Back when I played Baboon Fourteen, people were always shoving 999 boiled eggs at me..."

As memories of his previous life surfaced, Tong Hua shook his head. He did not really want to dwell on them. Rather than think about his past life, he wanted to run this ranch with his Pokémon.

"Time to get up and eat!"

Tong Hua walked over to the bed and shook the two little ones awake.

"Tur?" "Min?"

Just like Tong Hua, the two little ones woke up groggily.

Bounsweet woke up in her flowerpot as well. After they all ate breakfast together, they began the day's work.

Outside the cabin, Orthworm, who had been guarding the fields, slowly woke up too. After finding a deserted spot near the ranch, Orthworm burrowed underground and enjoyed a hearty meal.

Tong Hua and the Pokémon went to water the fields. Looking out from the ridge between the plots, he could see that almost all the crops they had sown had sprouted.

The potato and cabbage sprouts had slightly different shapes, making them easy to tell apart at a glance.

With the irrigation channel in place, Tong Hua no longer had to strain himself turning the well's crank to water the fields. He could simply dip a bucket into the channel and fill it with water in no time!

With the irrigation channel in place, Tong Hua no longer had to strain himself turning the well's crank to water the crops. All he had to do was dip a bucket into the channel, and it filled right up!

With the well-fed, energetic Pokémon helping him, Tong Hua suddenly felt that farming might not be so hard after all!

Turtwig was still the hardest worker. With a flick of Vine Whip, a bucketful of water poured straight into the field!

Tong Hua crouched by the field ridge, gently brushing aside the soft soil with his fingertips as he carefully examined the newly emerged sprouts.

Tong Hua crouched beside the field ridge, gently brushing aside the loose soil with his fingertips to examine the newly emerged sprouts.

It seemed that Turtwig and Bounsweet's efforts had sped up the seedlings' growth. Tong Hua could see several of them trembling as they instantly grew a little taller.

Turtwig and Bounsweet's efforts seemed to have accelerated the seedlings' growth. Tong Hua could actually see several of them tremble and grow a little taller in an instant.

"Not bad! Looks like the village chief and the others were right. Grass-type Pokémon really can speed up crop growth."

Turtwig and Minccino came over too, their warm, moist breaths brushing the back of Tong Hua's neck with the scent of fresh grass.

"Stop that. It tickles." Tong Hua laughed and scrunched up his neck, then pulled two Pecha Berries from his pocket.

The two Pokémon immediately gave delighted cries, took the Pecha Berries from his hands, and began eating.

This was Wind-Circling Forest, one of the Almia Region's three great nature reserves.

This was Wind-Circling Forest, one of the Almia Region's three great nature reserves.

The Ranger on patrol today was Chuang Yi, who had graduated from Pokémon Ranger School at the beginning of the year and been assigned to the Windring Town Base. His partner Pokémon was an energetic Pachirisu.

Today's patrol was Chuang Yi, who had graduated from the Pokémon Ranger School at the beginning of the year and been assigned to the Windring Town Base. His partner Pokémon was an energetic Pachirisu.

"Nothing unusual today, either. Peace sure is nice."

Chuang Yi stretched, while Pachirisu bounced along at his feet, occasionally sniffing the wildflowers by the path.

Chuang Yi stretched while Pachirisu hopped along at his feet, occasionally sniffing the wildflowers beside the path.

Most of the forest's Pokémon lived peacefully. Combee were already hard at work early in the morning, while Cherubi and Roselia stretched out and enjoyed the sunshine.

A few Buneary occasionally hopped through the roadside grass, and Beedrill nests could be seen among the lush treetops.

Chuang Yi made a circuit of the forest's outskirts without finding anything unusual, then headed farther in, planning to check the waterfall deep in the woods.

Along the way, he crossed several wooden bridges and greeted the various Pokémon he knew in the forest. His patrol felt less like work and more like a leisurely outing.

Chuang Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to find somewhere to rest when Pachirisu suddenly pricked up its ears and warily looked toward the waterfall.

Chuang Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to find somewhere to rest when Pachirisu suddenly pricked up its ears and looked warily toward the waterfall.

"What's wrong?" Chuang Yi followed its gaze. Beside the pool beneath the waterfall, several normally docile Lotad were swimming around in a panic, while unnatural ripples spread across the center of the pool.

"Something's wrong..." Chuang Yi frowned and hurried forward.

Powerful turbulent currents burst from the rift! The wind was so strong that Chuang Yi staggered backward several steps, while Pachirisu was blown straight away!

Powerful turbulence blasted out of the rift! The wind was so strong that Chuang Yi staggered backward several steps, unable to stop himself, while Pachirisu was blown clean away!

"What's going on?!"

His Ranger training kicked in, and Chuang Yi instinctively used his Capture Styler to capture several Ariados in a nearby treetop.

With the help of their String Shot, Chuang Yi finally steadied himself and caught Pachirisu as well.

As his vision blurred, the last thing Chuang Yi saw was a pink Pokémon flying out of the spatial rift before swiftly fleeing to parts unknown...

Who am I...

Where am I...

Where am I going...

A pink Pokémon flew aimlessly through the forest. She could not remember anything.

Except that someone seemed to be hunting her, and she had to escape quickly... Beyond that, she could not recall a single thing.

I'm... I'm... what am I?

She flew haphazardly through the forest until a headache forced her to land beside a stream.

As she looked at her reflection in the water, something suddenly clicked amid her jumbled thoughts, as though she had found a crucial piece of the puzzle. In that very

instant, the pink Pokémon remembered her name.

That's right! I'm Celebi!

Celebi, who travels through time!

I'm someone's partner, and I lived with him in a beautiful place for a long time! There were lots of other companions, too...

But beyond that, she still could not remember anything.

Celebi fretted, her headache persisting.

Her instincts as a Time Travel Pokémon led her to suspect that she had encountered danger at another point in time and been forced to travel through time to escape.

Perhaps she had been attacked during the journey and caught in temporal turbulence, causing her to lose her memory...

Staying here would not solve anything. Celebi looked around, chose the direction that made her feel safest, and concealed herself before flying that way!

And waiting for her up ahead was none other than Fairy Tale Ranch.