Melanie had been filled to the brim throughout the night, finally falling asleep with a satisfied smile, her tongue slightly sticking out as she nestled into Kazuki's arms.
The next morning, sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains, illuminating Melanie's soft, snow-white buttocks, creating a particularly beautiful scene.
Exhausted from the night's activities, Melanie twisted her body slightly, curling up in Kazuki's embrace, showing no intention of getting up.
Kazuki wasn't in a hurry either. Last night, he had been too busy enjoying the sounds of Melanie's movements to check the several task notifications that had popped up. Now was the perfect time to review them.
[Perfect Romance Side Mission—Melanie, Completed!]
[Adult Poké Ball1 has been added to the system inventory!]
[Host's mental strength has increased by 50%!]
Perfect timing! Just as he had used the last Adult Poké Ball, a new one was immediately replenished.
I wonder who will be lucky enough to be captured by this one?
With the 50% increase in mental strength, the grogginess of waking up early instantly disappeared.
Kazuki took a deep breath to feel the changes.
Ever since I gained Aura Power, I haven't had much time to train my mental abilities to enhance it. This mission reward has made up for that!
The sensation of Aura Power felt even clearer now.
[Perfect Romance Mission Progress: 2/10, Captured: Delia, Melanie!]
The main mission had finally made some progress.
Actually, if I count the Cerulean Gym sisters as potential targets, I'm only four away from completing the mission.
Speaking of which, my Justice Reputation increased by one point yesterday. Maybe it's time to try interacting with an Officer Jenny and see how far I can go.
"Hmm? You're awake, Kazuki. Let me snuggle for two more minutes, then I'll make you breakfast!"
Kazuki gave Melanie's beautiful buttocks a gentle squeeze. "It's fine, rest well. You can sleep a bit longer. I'll go check on Bulbasaur and the others."
After tucking Melanie in, Kazuki began to get dressed.
Once Kazuki got up, Melanie quickly followed. Her idea of "snuggling for two minutes" was actually snuggling in Kazuki's arms. Now that he was up, there was no point in lingering.
.........
After preparing one last breakfast for the recovering Pokémon, Melanie bid them farewell.
As the last Pokémon left, Melanie let out a deep sigh of relief.
Bulbasaur, watching the final Oddish depart, also let out a long sigh.
Saur~
It seemed to express a sense of emptiness now that there was no need to fight.
"Kazuki, look!" Melanie tugged at Kazuki's sleeve, pointing at Bulbasaur.
Kazuki nodded, understanding Melanie's meaning, and crouched down to communicate with Bulbasaur.
"Bulbasaur, do you want to go to a bigger stage and show off your potential?"
Saur?
Bulbasaur tilted its head, looking at Kazuki with curiosity.
"Come with me to the Pokémon League, defeat countless powerful opponents, and claim the highest honor—the Championship!"
Saur!
Bulbasaur's eyes lit up with excitement as it listened to Kazuki's description.
Not just Bulbasaur, even Melanie was thrilled: Mmm~ My man is so ambitious. I'm so happy!
It seems fate was saving the best for me!
Seeing Bulbasaur's expression, Kazuki took out a Poké Ball.
As soon as he did, Bulbasaur stepped forward and tapped the ball, willingly entering it.
[Ding! Perfect Starter Trio: Bulbasaur has been captured!]
With the system's notification, the Perfect Starter Trio mission was one-third complete.
After capturing Bulbasaur, Kazuki immediately checked its stats.
[Pokémon: Bulbasaur]
[Base Stats: 318]
[Level: Lv23 (Advanced)]
[Potential: Champion Level]
[Ability: Overgrow—Increases the power of Grass-type moves when HP is low.]
[Moves: Razor Leaf, Vine Whip, Leech Seed, etc.]
"Bulbasaur is already level 23? Shouldn't it have evolved into Ivysaur by now?"
Kazuki gently touched the bud on Bulbasaur's back.
"Kazuki, you're truly an elite Trainer. You immediately noticed Bulbasaur's flaw after capturing it!"
Melanie also crouched down, stroking Bulbasaur and explaining to Kazuki, "Bulbasaur once saw other Pokémon evolve and undergo drastic personality changes."
"It's afraid it might become like that and end up hurting the Pokémon here that are recovering."
"So, after reaching the level where it should evolve, it forcibly suppressed itself to avoid evolving."
"As the guardian here, it naturally has to fight often, so it keeps accumulating experience."
"Its bud has been severely suppressed."
"It's like a Metapod using Harden repeatedly to delay evolving into Butterfree."
"It's almost impossible for it to reach its next stage now."
"But the good thing is, unlike Metapod, it can still live normally. It's quite cute this way!"
"However, I've always been worried about whether it can learn Venusaur's ultimate moves."
"So, I've been researching how to treat this little flaw of Bulbasaur's."
Saur! Saur!
Bulbasaur looked at Kazuki and called out firmly, expressing its determination not to hold him back.
Kazuki glanced at Bulbasaur: This form is indeed cuter than Venusaur's.
As everyone knows, Venusaur is the least attractive of the final starter evolutions.
A Champion-level Pokémon in the wild is already extremely rare. With Champion-level strength, whether it evolves or not doesn't matter.
Being smaller also makes it more agile!
As for moves…
Wait, I have an Everstone!
It can learn advanced moves without evolving!
While Melanie wasn't looking, Kazuki took out the Everstone and a Special Grade Miracle Seed, using both on Bulbasaur.
Seed?
Bulbasaur felt something strange and tilted its head to look at Kazuki.
Kazuki smiled, signaling Bulbasaur to keep it a secret.
After all, these special items were like cheats.
Although Melanie was 100% loyal to him, she didn't have any Pokémon to protect her. The more she knew, the more danger she could be in.
Kazuki patted Bulbasaur's head. "It's fine. Even like this, I'll train Bulbasaur well. I believe it has the strength of a Champion!"
Hearing this, Melanie's expression brightened. "As expected of my man! Mua~"
Melanie excitedly kissed Kazuki on the cheek.
Pika?
Saur?
Pikachu and Bulbasaur looked at each other in confusion, completely unaware of when Kazuki and Melanie had developed this kind of relationship.
"Kazuki! Kazuki!"
Just then, Misty's voice came from the bushes in the distance…
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