After a round of deep connection, Axel felt refreshed and gently covered Gardevoir with a blanket.
"Phew, this kind of training is way too comfortable," Axel savored the wonderful sensation from just now and couldn't help licking his lips.
He swore to Gardevoir that the training they just did was absolutely the happiest thing he had ever experienced in his life.
In the fusion of mental power collisions, his psychic abilities were growing almost every moment.
The only flaw was that Gardevoir was becoming less and less able to withstand Axel's ever-growing mental strength.
In the end, the little one's body even began to twitch.
Axel had no choice but to reluctantly retract his mental power and let the little one rest for a bit.
"Thank you so much, Gardevoir."
"Garde~"
Gardevoir didn't even have the strength to use telepathy anymore. She turned her head and lay on the bed, softly calling out, signaling Axel not to worry.
As a former Fairy Queen, she would recover quickly.
"Then you take a good rest first, I'll go to Aunt Stacy's next door for a meal and come right back."
"Garde~"
After instructing Pheromosa to take care of Gardevoir, Axel picked up Duraludon and walked next door.
The little loli had just opened the door and saw Axel standing at her doorstep.
"Eh? Mom was just saying I should go call you, and you actually followed the smell here on your own."
"Also, why did Duraludon become bigger?"
"Looks so ferocious, not cute at all!""
"What do you know? Big has its own benefits," Axel flicked her forehead and squeezed straight into the room.
A rich aroma of food wafted out, and Aunt Stacy poked half her body out of the kitchen.
"Axel, you came so quickly. Sit down, the pork ribs are about to be ready."
Axel handed Duraludon to the little loli and ran to the kitchen excitedly.
"I'll help you serve the dishes."
"Ahhh!", The little loli held Duraludon and roared in impotent rage.
"Axel, you mom-seducing guy! I'm going to be compared to you by my own mom again!"
Sure enough...
Just as that thought crossed the little loli's mind, Aunt Stacy's exasperated voice came from the kitchen.
"At least you're sensible. You just tamed such a powerful Pokémon today and still came to help me work."
"If that girl surnamed Elsie(Eva's Surname) tamed a powerful Pokémon, she'd probably hold her tail up to the sky."
Little loli: "..."
'Family, who understands? My own mom calls me "that girl surnamed Elsie".'
After the meal, Axel returned to his room, recalled the slightly recovered Gardevoir and Pheromosa into their Poké Balls, and took the little loli to deliver food to Uncle Sonny.
After the delivery, Axel and the little loli sat in a red sports car. He touched the cold steering wheel and began thinking about how to train the little Duraludon.
Although this little guy looked cute and had the traits of a mascot, Axel couldn't possibly treat him as just a mascot.
This type of Pokémon already had great base stats, and after obtaining the "Alloy Compound," it could even evolve into something rivaling pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
Even if he couldn't find the alloy compound, in Galar he could undergo a different form of Gigantamax, Super Gigantamax, making him extremely powerful.
Plus, he had the early-matured trait.
Axel didn't expect him to catch up to Gardevoir's level before college, but at the very least he had to catch up to Pheromosa.
Otherwise, wouldn't that talent be wasted?
Axel could support Pokémon without ability, but he absolutely didn't want a Pokémon with the ability to become strong to waste their future due to his easygoing nature.
"Eva."
"Hm?"
The little loli, who was teasing Duraludon, immediately looked up, tilting her head at Axel.
"Do you know if there's any baby-tier tournaments nearby? We can bring Duraludon to battle."
The little loli blinked, "What's a baby-tier tournament?"
"It's a battle field or training ground for low-level Pokémon," Axel pointed at the little Duraludon, "A place more suitable for him."
"Huh?"
This time, it was little Duraludon who was confused.
'I am still a baby!'
Earlier at the Pokémon Center, he chatted with some other young Pokémon and was shocked to find they were still drinking milk.
He held his tiny head and thought for a long time, unable to understand why his trainer skipped that part for him.
What's even more outrageous is that he hadn't even figured out the previous part before his trainer wanted to take him for training?
'Trainer, aren't you that "capitalist" they talk about on TV?'
Little Duraludon thought for 0.01 seconds, and the idea of jumping out of the car even flashed through his mind.
Sensing the little dinosaur's vague thoughts, Axel lowered his head and pondered for a second.
He suddenly recalled the system's description of the Dragon Scale, which sealed a mysterious dragon-shaped creature. Combining that with the shadow he saw in the secret realm, it should be safe to assume that little Duraludon is from Rayquaza's lineage.
Since that's the case, making little Duraludon work hard to grow stronger became easy.
The next moment, a vast and disguised voice appeared in the little guy's mind.
["Duraludon, you are the hope of our dragon race..."]
'Who? Who is it?'
Little Duraludon shook his head hard, searching for the source of the voice.
["I am the god of dragons, Rayquaza... Now only a remnant soul remains, currently residing in the black scale on your trainer's body."]
["Actually, I haven't died... As long as you V me—cough cough—train hard, I can become Rayquaza again. By then, you'll be the Grand General of our dragon race!"]
Little Duraludon was extremely excited, his eyes burning with fiery light.
Long ago, he heard from his parents that he was chosen by Lord Rayquaza, and one day he would awaken alongside him.
'Now it seems, it's true!'
'Rayquaza really came to talk to me, and Lord Rayquaza's consciousness is right beside my trainer.'
'Mom, I've made it! I'm going to be the dragon race's Grand General!'
["Child... will you work hard?"]
"ROAR!"
'Yes, I will, Lord Rayquaza!'
'My trainer is just about to take me to train. I will definitely become the most hardworking Pokémon!'
["Then... I'm relieved... my child."]
Axel withdrew his psychic power and smacked his teeth.
'Phew, that was close. The training time is too short, and my psychic ability is still not refined.'
Just now, he almost transmitted "V me fifty" directly into little Duraludon's brain.
'Looks like I still need more intense training with Gardevoir in the future.'
While driving, Rayquaza's consciousness inside the black scale was confused.
He secretly manifested a wisp of dragon shadow and appeared inside Gardevoir's Poké Ball.
["You told your trainer about me?"]
Gardevoir also looked confused, ["Wasn't it you who told him?"]
The two locked eyes, both falling silent.
'This guy... didn't just blurt out a meme, did he?'
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