Chapter 347: Pokémon Fan Club
After returning to Mistralton City.
Miles directly awarded Cynthia the Gym Badge as the Gym Leader of Mistralton Gym, and at the same time thanked Cynthia and Will for their generous help on behalf of all League members in Mistralton City.
And usually, after trainers help the League complete tasks, there will be a record.
Today's matter.
Will also help Cynthia's future appointment in the Pokémon League.
It is a slight pity that.
They helped the Unova League, not the Sinnoh League, so the help to Cynthia's future would be relatively small.
Afterwards.
Miles drove personally again, sending Will and Cynthia to Icirrus City in the northeast direction, saving them the effort of crossing mountains and ridges halfway.
This treatment could be said to be extremely good.
However, Miles came and went in a hurry.
Just caught a bunch of Team Plasma members; there was still a lot of work waiting for him in Mistralton City.
Plus Miles was also a Gym Leader.
So after sending Will and Cynthia to Icirrus City, he returned immediately.
Icirrus City is one of the northernmost cities in the Unova region, medium in scale and standard average in population.
The scenery of the four seasons here changes greatly, but in winter, this is the most beautiful city in the entire Unova.
Icirrus City in winter will be covered by white snow, becoming a silver world wrapped in silver.
Especially the lakes of various sizes around Icirrus City.
Will become pure natural skating rinks, attracting many Ice-type Pokémon.
Same old routine.
The first stop is the Gym.
The Gym Leader of Icirrus Gym is exactly the one known as the "Ice Mask" in the anime, Brycen.
Just that the current Brycen is still very young, looking about twenty years old.
And his main profession is not Gym Leader, but a quite popular newcomer actor in Pokémon Hollywood (Pokéstar Studios).
Brycen is an Ice-type trainer; his strength is not very strong at the moment, but full of potential.
Although Lorelei in the previous life became a "Water" Elite Four because of his joining (wait, Brycen isn't usually associated with Lorelei directly, maybe referencing Lorelei's Ice typing connection or a fanon/cross-canon detail. Let's assume the text implies Lorelei focused more on Water because Brycen took the Ice specialist spot or something similar in that timeline, or just general Ice-type camaraderie).
But there were quite a few Ice-type Pokémon in Lorelei's team.
Could also be called half an Ice-type trainer.
So Will had a good impression of Ice-type trainers and understood them better.
From his perspective.
If Brycen specialized in the way of battling, he could definitely become a trainer of Elite Four level in the future.
Unfortunately.
Brycen didn't love this way.
He preferred acting, shooting various wonderful action movies.
In the future, he would even resign from the position of Gym Leader for his acting career.
Leaving Icirrus Gym.
"That Mr. Brycen is very handsome!"
Cynthia turned to look at Will beside her.
But having said that.
There wasn't that kind of infatuated look in her eyes, at most a bit of appreciation.
"Mm."
Will nodded.
Brycen could embark on the acting path at such a young age, relying on his superior looks.
Otherwise.
With his current acting skills, he wouldn't get such high popularity.
"Riolu, Mr. Brycen said before, suggested we visit the Pokémon Fan Club."
"Mm, then let's go."
Will yawned, responding indifferently.
Just now the Gym battle ended.
Brycen saw Will hadn't evolved yet, so he chatted with Cynthia about this issue.
After learning the situation.
Brycen suggested Cynthia take Will to visit the club in the city; maybe she could find the reason why he couldn't evolve yet.
But Will didn't care much himself.
The reason he couldn't evolve was nothing more than insufficient Friendship/Happiness; to put it bluntly, the relationship with Cynthia wasn't good enough yet.
This kind of thing can't be rushed.
There is nothing in reality that can make their relationship suddenly good.
Will took it lightly, letting nature take its course. Moreover, with the experience of his previous life, he didn't think evolution was necessary, although the benefits brought by evolution were indeed great.
Cynthia led Will all the way north.
Following Brycen's guidance, they came to a tea restaurant without a sign.
"Should be here."
Cynthia looked up.
The storefront in front looked ordinary from the outside, just a restaurant with decent decoration.
The storefront had no windows, so the scene inside couldn't be seen clearly.
"Quite mysterious."
Will raised his hand and rubbed his ears.
The weather in Icirrus City was slightly cold and the environment was dry, very comfortable for him.
In this environment, Will wanted to lie in Cynthia's arms and sleep soundly.
Unfortunately.
Riolu is not Piplup.
His weight of 30kg/66lbs really isn't something teenage Cynthia can handle.
As for this so-called Pokémon Fan Club in front.
He isn't unfamiliar with it.
In games up to the seventh generation, except for the Johto region, this club can be found on maps of all regions.
The chairman of this club is also quite famous.
It's Mr. Sukizo (Contesta), one of the permanent judges of Contests in the anime, whose evaluation is always only "Remarkable!".
But because this isn't an important building.
So Will didn't set foot here when playing games before, nor knew much about it, only knowing there was such a place.
"Let's go in and see."
"Mm."
The two little ones pushed open the door in front and walked in.
Warm and sweet breath rushed to their faces.
Inside was an environment similar to a combination of a cat cafe, a dessert house, and a university club activity room.
Several sofas were placed together, with a low rectangular table in the center.
On the table were various gorgeous and exquisite desserts and drinks.
There were also many small Pokémon running around indoors.
Will scanned around.
In a small place of one hundred and twenty square meters, more than a dozen people gathered here, among whom only two or three were male.
They chatted freely, teased Pokémon, tasted tea and cakes...
Those who didn't know would think this was some exchange place like a [Princess Tea Party].
"Welcome to the Pokémon Fan Club~ I am the branch president here, Hera."
Coming towards them was a girl who looked about the same age as Cynthia, but only 1.5 meters tall.
This girl had long straight black hair, and a mainly black JK uniform made her look very well-behaved and gentle.
"Hello! I am a trainer from the Sinnoh region, Cynthia, challenging the Unova League with my partner. Visited Icirrus Gym before; Gym Leader Brycen asked me to bring Riolu here to have a look."
Cynthia bowed slightly, full of courtesy.
"This Riolu? Mm, I might know the reason you came. By the way, your Riolu is so big..."
Hera looked down at Will, showing strong interest in her eyes, turned her head and shouted,
"Everyone come look, this Riolu is so tall."
Her voice attracted the attention of others.
More than a dozen people turned to look, instantly their eyes lit up, rushing over together to surround Will in the middle.
"Wow! Normal Riolu height should be 0.7 meters; this Riolu is more than 1.2 meters tall."
"Ears are so thick; must be very comfortable to rub!"
"His eyes are so bright! General Riolu eyes are somewhat dull."
"Fluffy tail, really want to touch~"
Although Will was surrounded, he wasn't panicked.
First, he didn't feel malice in these people's hearts.
Also, these people weren't bear kids, wouldn't touch randomly; they just watched from the side.
Instead, Cynthia.
Was squeezed aside by these people, feeling a bit unhappy in her heart.
"Sorry, everyone has no malice; just that Riolu is hard to see in the Unova region, even I see one for the first time."
Hera said somewhat apologetically from the side.
"It's okay. What is this place?"
Cynthia looked curiously at the interior structure.
She felt there was nothing special here, just an ordinary tea room.
Can such a place find the reason why Riolu hasn't evolved yet?
"Don't look at them like this, but our club is a large organization spread all over the Pokémon world. You can find our branches in any region."
"This club was originally a place for people who like Pokémon to communicate, and also display each other's collections. But as more and more people joined the club, we have more and more talents."
"Like that sister is a famous Coordinator in the Unova region, that brother is preparing to publish a paper to strive for the position of Professor..."
"Probably because of this reason, Mr. Brycen asked you to come and have a look."
Hera introduced briefly.
Cynthia was somewhat surprised after hearing this.
She didn't expect these people who couldn't move when seeing Riolu actually had such amazing identities in private.
Really can't judge a person by appearance.
"Most members of our club are not very interested in battling, but prefer Contests more, so many people prefer unevolved, cute Pokémon."
Hera scanned the crowd with her eyes, then pointed to one person,
"That auntie is an expert in this field. Although she researches Pokémon evolution to prevent Pokémon from evolving, you should be able to learn the reason why Riolu hasn't evolved from her."
"Thank you."
Cynthia thanked her, her gaze gradually shifting to the auntie Hera mentioned.
Called auntie.
But when Cynthia really saw that woman, she was somewhat puzzled.
From appearance, that person's age wasn't old enough to be called "auntie" by her, at most a sister with somewhat mature temperament.
That auntie held a black donut in her hand, wearing a black slip dress. Her gray medium-long hair made her look exceptionally intellectual. The earrings on her earlobes and the black eyeliner around her eyes were the finishing touch to her beauty.
"Very beautiful, right?"
Seeing Cynthia like this, Hera couldn't help smiling.
"Mm."
Cynthia nodded subconsciously.
"She has another identity; she is Professor Juniper's younger sister. Her full name is Yoko Juniper."
"?!"
Cynthia looked shocked.
Not far away, Will twitched his ears, also unable to help but focus his gaze on the beautiful little auntie beside him.
Professor Juniper's younger sister...
Isn't that Aurea Juniper's aunt?
The original work didn't mention such a person.
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