A Pokémon's ability to reproduce gradually decreases as its level increases, especially for Elite Four-level Pokémon and above, which have undergone a life transformation. Aside from their appearance and egg-laying, they are fundamentally different from Pokémon below the Elite Four-level. If one of the two Pokémon in a pair is Elite Four-level, the probability of them laying an egg in their lifetime is left to fate.
Most Elite Four-level Pokémon only have one or two offspring in their lifetime (with the exception of some Bug-type and Grass-type Pokémon, but even then, they are only slightly better than other Elite Four-level Pokémon). Especially for Pokémon with their own Trainers, living conditions are much more favorable than for wild Pokémon, so their desire to reproduce is generally very low. Some are passively or actively engrossed in training and battles, with no time to raise offspring; some have Trainers who take care of their lives, so they don't need offspring; and some simply don't want any.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, non-wild young Pokémon mostly come from official or private breeding houses. It is extremely rare for a Trainer's Pokémon to have children... and this Ampharos named Lumi is that rarity.
Lumi is the offspring born a few years ago from Ms. Laura Smith's Ampharos (67) and Mr. John Doe's Luxray (69). Although the probability of Advanced-level Pokémon having offspring is much higher than Elite Four-level, the chance is still quite slim.
Because Lumi's parents are the main Pokémon of Laura Smith and John Doe, and Laura is a Breeder, Lumi was kept in the Smith family instead of being sent to a breeding house. In the Smith family, Lumi was basically raised by Laura and John as their own child. Moreover, because Pokémon grow much faster than humans, and with the strong cultivation from Lumi's mother, an Advanced-level Breeder's main Pokémon, the relationship between John Doe, this pampered young master, and Lumi is basically that of a useless older brother and a mature and capable younger sister.
...Back to the main topic, seeing Ampharos's expression suddenly turn terrifying, John was stunned again.
"What's wrong now (*`*)?"
"Mee! (▼ヘ▼#)!!!" (You ate something made by someone else at home!!!)
"Yeah, I ate a Wudaliang." John answered subconsciously, completely oblivious to why he could understand Ampharos's words.
As the words left his mouth, another memory flooded into his mind: because Laura was a Breeder and doted on her child, John's food and clothing from childhood were personally handled by Laura. Even when he went to school, John's meals were prepared by Laura and brought to school. Occasionally, when Laura needed to go out on a mission, she would leave one of her Pokémon to look after John.
After Lumi grew up and graduated recently, because this mission was too important, Laura needed to take all her Pokémon, so she temporarily entrusted Lumi with the task of looking after John. And because John's memories had not yet awakened when he first arrived, he ordered takeout according to his own habits.
After all, John often ate takeout when he lived alone before, and he didn't feel anything was wrong with it. However, this John had been meticulously cared for by Laura since childhood. And as an Advanced-level Breeder, Laura's cooking skills were naturally top-notch. The Pokémon she left to look after John when she went on missions were also meticulously trained by her, so John had rarely eaten outside food since he was a child.
However, this was Lumi's first time caring for John alone, and then it discovered that John had eaten takeout...
"Mee mee... `(>▂<)`. "
Seeing Lumi rolling on the ground, tears gushing out like a spring, as if saying, 'If you don't give me an explanation, I won't get up,' John, who understood the situation, felt a cold sweat run down his head.
"Oh my, this life is truly crime big evil pole ah."
He shook his head vigorously, shaking off the random (xian) thoughts (mu) and (ji) jealousy (du) in his mind.
"Now is not the time to think about this. Lumi must think that I found its cooking unpalatable, which is why I chose to eat takeout."
"But how am I supposed to comfort it!"
As a straight single guy who had never been in love since childhood, comforting people was basically out of John's league. Aside from novels, movies, and TV shows, he had never encountered such a situation, so he had no idea how to comfort someone, and he was instantly at a loss.
Scratching his head vigorously, John suddenly had an idea, "I've got it."
John immediately started rolling on the ground, crying as he rolled, but of course, it was only Thunder without rain...
Lu Xun once said: To deal with a rogue, you must be more of a rogue than him...
The incident happened so suddenly that John didn't know how to handle the situation for a while. In order to make Lumi stop and listen to his explanation calmly, he had no choice but to use this so-called method he had seen in a joke.
This trick worked better than expected. When Lumi saw John also rolling on the ground, it was stunned, and then instinctively started to worry about John's condition, temporarily putting aside the matter of eating takeout.
"Mee~ (ノへ￣,)"
Wiping away its tears, Lumi immediately came to John's side to see if he was uncomfortable.
Noticing that Lumi had stopped crying, John immediately stood up and said to Lumi, who was walking towards him: "Lumi, listen to my cunning... no, listen to my explanation."
Lumi was worrying if something was wrong with John when it suddenly saw John stand up from the ground. It was instantly stunned. As simple as it was, it was already a bit overwhelmed by the series of events.
But at least it understood what John wanted to explain to it, so it quietly stood there and listened.
Seeing that Lumi had finally calmed down, John quickly brought out the reason he had hastily concocted.
"Lumi, since I was little, Mom has strictly controlled me, not letting me touch outside things.
But I'm 18 now, and my mom is still controlling me like this. I also want to try what the outside world is like."
"I never had the chance before, but this time, it's just the two of us at home, so I must seize the opportunity."
After saying this, John changed his tone: "Lumi, I know you're the best to me. You must not tell Mom and them about this; this is our little secret, okay?"
It is well known that when two people share a common secret, it greatly enhances their relationship. Moreover, John and Lumi already had a very good relationship.
"Mee o(*￣▽￣*)o"
After hearing John's words, Lumi, feeling that it shared a little secret with John, felt very satisfied and instantly forgave John, and its expression gradually became joyful.
These words could only fool a simple Pokémon; any normal-minded person probably wouldn't believe John's nonsense.
"Phew--, finally done."
Seeing that the matter was basically settled, John let out a long sigh of relief. However, before he could even catch his breath, John suddenly saw Lumi's expression visibly turn serious.
"Oh no, could I have been exposed!"