"Do you like it?"
Axel hugged the little fellow from behind.
He pulled out the throwing skill from a stack of TMs and put the disc into the computer for Ralts.
"As long as you learn this throwing skill, tomorrow we'll most likely be able to beat that Aerodactyl stage."
"Once we get stronger, I'll buy you tasty food every day!"
Seeing the price written on the TM packaging, Ralts once again felt like life was hopeless.
'Such a simple skill that I can recall casually, and it dares to be sold for a hundred thousand bucks.'
'How many fried skewers can that money buy!'
Thinking of her past life, where Axel didn't even eat enough in order to buy resources for her, the little loli decisively decided that she couldn't let him waste money like this.
["Eat… fried skewers…"]
The little loli's voice appeared in Axel's mind.
"No, today we have to learn this throwing skill, once you learn it we'll go eat."
["After eating… then learn…"]
Axel: "..."
He never expected that this silly-looking little fellow would actually know how to negotiate.
Originally, Axel wanted to show the dignity of a master, but once the little fellow showed her big watery eyes, he instantly surrendered.
No helping it, the little one was just too cute.
"Then today we'll go eat fried skewers first, but just this once, alright? From now on, you must complete the task before we go out to play."
Little Ralts smacked a kiss on Axel's face and nodded vigorously.
'Stupid master, compromise is either zero times or countless times.'
'Just obediently be a big dummy and let this queen take you flying!'
———
Very soon, Axel bought fried skewers for the little one, also got her a candied hawthorn stick, and hugged her as they headed home.
When passing by the under-construction Dragon God Plaza, Axel unexpectedly ran into a familiar face.
To be exact, a familiar snake.
That Arbok from yesterday had apparently already been released by Officer Jenny at some point, and was now panting and helping transport building materials.
Judging by his exhausted look, he must've been helping here for quite a while.
When he saw Axel and little Ralts appear, Arbok, who was wiping sweat, suddenly froze and instinctively tried to hide in the bushes nearby.
Ever since being beaten yesterday, he had developed a severe fear of Ralts.
Mainly because he had never seen such a fierce Ralts, daring to fight in Dragon God Plaza.
What else wouldn't she dare do?
For this kind of savage individual, Arbok decided to keep his distance out of respect.
Just as Arbok was about to slither into the bushes, little Ralts showed a small smile at the corner of her mouth.
Accompanied by a faint energy ripple, the half-eaten sausage in her hand flew out, shrouded in a thick black light, and landed right in Arbok' mouth.
Axel was dumbfounded.
'That is the throwing skill the little one just used.'
'But the TM I bought hasn't even been used yet...'
Axel rubbed his eyes in disbelief and opened Ralts' status panel.
On the skill bar were clearly written in a big character, [Throw.]
"Little one, how did you learn this skill?", Axel looked at little Ralts in surprise and kissed her on the cheek.
Looking at Axel's surprised face, little Ralts held back a laugh, kept her silly expression, and took a bite of Axel's sausage.
Only then did Axel realize the little one had just thrown away half of his grilled sausage.
He immediately felt heartache.
"Why did you reward him… you should've stuffed it into my mouth just now."
Arbok: "???"
'Hey hey hey!'
'What kind of demon combo is this?'
'I almost got beaten to death by you yesterday, and eating half a sausage is wrong?'
Just as Arbok made up his mind to stay far away from Axel and Ralts, little Ralts also suddenly fell into thought.
'Stupid master's not jealous, is he?'
'Aiya, so annoying. Fine, won't let that ugly thing eat anymore.'
A black light flashed once again in the little one's hand, a black palm appeared out of thin air and slapped Arbok on the mouth.
The sausage held in his mouth immediately fell to the ground.
[(Dark-type skill) Knock Off: Effect is to knock off the opponent's held item, with increased power if the opponent is holding something.]
Seeing Ralts use another Dark-type skill, both Axel and Arbok were stunned.
Arbok looked at Axel and Ralts in shock.
He suddenly felt like this world was deeply biased against Fairy-types.
'Who said they're all cute and quirky?'
'This one is more mischievous than a Dark-type and more disgusting than a Poison-type!'
Two consecutive skill comprehensions, Axel could only attribute it to the little one's talent.
After all, she had master-level aptitude, the highest in the human world.
As long as she didn't die prematurely, she could easily become a master-tier Pokémon.
Plus, the Gardevoir family's brain development rate was already very high.
Thinking this way, suddenly learning a few skills didn't seem so unbelievable.
"Little one, can you learn another, Ice Wind?"
The little loli thought briefly and decided she couldn't let Axel get too many benefits.
Otherwise, how could she make him take her out to play every night?
Seeing the little loli return to her cute, silly state, Axel figured this was it for today.
From his perspective, the little one probably didn't even know what Ice Wind was.
Back at home, Axel handed two Fairy-type gems to the little one, letting her absorb their energy closely, and the two fell into a deep sleep together.
The next day after washing up, Axel impatiently took the Toxic Orb and called a car to Jasmine Village.
———
Compared to yesterday, Jasmine Village was even livelier now, full of ambitious trainers wanting to clear the Trial Secret Realm, and merchants trying to make a fortune.
"Trainers! I've got a huge stock of Babiri Berries here, that an help your Pokémon resist Dragon-type moves better. Only a few hundred each!"
"What the—scammer! A Berry worth 20, you're selling for several hundred? You think we're idiots?"
To this, the scammer only replied, 'Buy it if you want, don't if you don't.'
Axel glanced at the entrance of the Trial Secret Realm and instantly understood where the scammer's confidence came from.
The originally empty entrance was now full of barriers twisting into more than a dozen turns to guide the queue of trainers.
Axel couldn't help but click his tongue, he had underestimated people's desire for the Trial Secret Realm.
As far as he knew, entering the secret realm wasn't free, it was quite expensive.
Yet there were still so many people throwing money away.
Just showed how Pokémon world's productivity was still too excessive.
But for them, the secret realm's difficulty was obviously too high.
Just walking from the village entrance to the secret realm, Axel already saw no fewer than ten trainers acting crazy.
They kept shouting that Dragon-types were monsters and that Marill was the truth.
And these were the more sane ones. There were also a few clearly duped into bringing Grass-type Pokémon to challenge the Tyrantrum that had Poison Fang.
The huge swellings on their faces were even fatter than a Snorlax...
(Grass is 2x weak to Dragon, and Poison is 2x effective against Grass)
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