The Traveler of the Waveguide of the Spirit

Chapter 199 Passing the Flower

Along the river, Yalin and the two came to a town of flowers in the river valley - Thanksgiving Town. Although there are icebergs in the north, the climate is warm and pleasant, and thousands of flowers are in full bloom.

It seems that a festival is being held here, with lights and festoons everywhere, and a basket of Gracidia flowers hanging in front of every house. The whole town is full of laughter and joy, like a sea of ​​flowers.

On the street, a pink-haired girl carrying a flower basket with a bright smile took out two Gracidia flowers and presented them to Yalin and the others: "Young trainer, welcome to Thanksgiving Town."

"Thank you."

Yalin thanked politely, and after exchanging names, said: "Miss Leila, is there any festival?"

"This is the flower festival in our grateful town. Every year when the Gracidia flowers are in full bloom, we will hold a grand ceremony to thank our relatives, elves, friends, and the land that raised us." Layla explained.

"Flower festival? Is it a festival that arose because of the passing of flowers?" Yalin thought that Xie Mi would gather here when the Gracidia flowers were in full bloom, and then change into the sky and fly away.

"The Passing of Flowers? What is that?" Leila looked puzzled. She had lived in Thanksgiving Town since she was a child, and had never heard of the Passing of Flowers.

"A legend says that there is a kind of elf who likes flowers very much, especially Gracidia flowers. As the seasons change, they will wander around looking for Gracidia's flower fields, and the flowers will bloom wherever they pass."

Looking at the confused shop assistant, Yalin couldn't help feeling that the theatrical version was a lie. In Bingkong's bouquet, both Ms. Joy and passers-by knew very well about Xie Mi and their flower delivery, especially In the end, more than a dozen grass hedgehogs appeared.

This made Yalin mistakenly think that Xie Mi is a grass elf who is as bad as walking grass. He thought that besides meow, there are ordinary elves who can talk. After playing the game, he found that the grass hedgehog turned out to be the same as Celebi and Dream. The Phantom Pokémon.

"Is it an elf chasing flowers?" Sirona rolled up the blond hair on her forehead and said in thought, "I seem to have seen a similar record in a travel book, and I thought it was an urban legend at the time."

"In other words, you didn't come here to look at flowers at all, but to look for that unknown elf?"

"The main thing is to look at the flowers, and it's just a chance to find the elves." Yalin confessed.

"I haven't heard of elves, but you can ask my grandma."

Immediately, Layla introduced Yalin and Sirona to a quaint flower shop next to it. Although it looked inconspicuous from the outside, it was amazing after entering. Colorful Gracidia flowers gathered together.

Affirming the surprised expressions of the two, Leila smiled proudly: "Grandma is the best gardener in Thanksgiving Town, and has cultivated several different-colored Gracidia flowers."

"A different-colored Gracidia flower?" Sirona showed great interest and began to pick out the flowers.

The old man with silver hair but piercing eyes came out, looked at the black flowers in Sirona's hands and explained: "Different colors represent different gratitude, and black represents the gratitude of the younger generation to the elders."

"Grandma." Leila held the old man's arm affectionately: "Do you know what passing flowers is?"

"The passing of flowers?" The old man looked at Yalin and Sirona vigilantly, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"Where is the elf that can make flowers bloom?"

"I don't know, I'm a little tired, Xiaolei helped me go back to rest!" The old man's face darkened, and he turned to leave.

"Grandma, we are not bad people." Yalin also understood that the old man knew something inside, and explained: "It's just a trainer who pursues myths and legends, and wants to see if the legendary Thanks Pokémon Xie Mi really exists."

"My grandma is the famous mythologist Dr. Kale." Sirona carefully selected a bunch of flowers, and came over when she saw this scene. She was also very interested in unknown elves.

"Dr. Mustard?" The old man stopped in his tracks, his face softening slightly.

"Grandma, tell us if you know, okay!" Leila saw the old man's expression and knew that grandma knew, so she became curious and gently shook the old man's arm to act coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, grandma said, my old bones can't stand it." The old man lovingly stroked his granddaughter's hair, seeing that Yalin and Lin didn't look like bad people, he said.

"Hundreds of years ago, this was not a beautiful town with warm and humid, fertile land, and rich flowers; it was just a cold and dry river village full of poverty and suffering."

"I heard from my grandma that at that time the rivers and the land were covered with ice and snow for eight months every year. Not to mention flowers, even crops could not grow. At that time, there were only winter and spring here."

The old man said that he picked off a black Gracidia flower, and sad tears flowed from the corners of his wrinkled eyes. She could no longer remember her grandma's appearance, and only this story has been handed down.

"Until one year, the cold winter refused to leave. It snowed continuously for several months, and the sky was always gloomy. Ice and snow covered the earth all the time. People had already eaten all the food they had stored, and they prayed to the gods in the midst of hunger and cold."

As the old man said, he looked out of the window with lingering fear. The flowers were in full bloom and the sun was shining brightly, so he said excitedly:
"And the gods really came. They were a group of white elves with white wings on both sides of their heads and green limbs. They flew across the sky. The gloomy sky cleared up instantly, and the sun that had disappeared for several months shone on the earth again. .”

"And where they landed, the ice and snow melted, and countless Gracidia flowers bloomed in the frozen soil, bringing the warmth of summer."

"Not just flowers, they also wake up all kinds of vegetation sleeping in the permafrost. Countless weeds, fruits and grains also grow overnight, saving all humans and elves trapped in the severe winter."

"Since then, the river has never frozen in four seasons, the sun in spring is no longer covered by ice and snow, hot summer and autumn with a good harvest appear, and the four seasons begin to be distinct."

Is that a sunny day and growth skills?And it has continued until now?Yalin sighed, worthy of being a divine beast, it actually directly changed the climate of an area.

"It was they who saved Hegou Village. To commemorate those elves, Hegou Village was renamed Gratitude Village. Every year when Gracidia flowers bloom, those elves will visit and gather from all over the original flower field, and we will also A grand ceremony is held there, and the story of flowers is passed down from generation to generation."

Leila, who was attracted by the story, suddenly thought of something, and interrupted dissatisfiedly: "Grandma, you are lying, what visits every year, I have never seen them."

"That's because we made a big mistake, humans tried to control the gods." The old man lowered his head, his voice was no longer excited, full of annoyance and remorse.

(End of this chapter)