"ROAR?"
Hearing Axel's reminder, Dragonite tilted its head, finally realizing there was a trainer under its feet.
It hurriedly stepped to the side, cupped its fists toward Axel, then carried the unconscious Professor Oak and flew straight toward the hospital.
Axel tugged at the corner of his mouth, feeling like he really needed to bring up this whole Super Rookie issue.
Getting pinned down by a Pheromosa was one thing… But if he got stepped on by a Dragonair one day, he'd have nowhere left to cry.
This girl could cause more trouble than her dad ever could.
"It's fine, I'm hanging up now. Leave a message for me, I'll call again tonight. I'll livestream the fight between Dragonair and Gyarados then," Axel told the AI assistant on the other side and was about to hang up.
Suddenly, a somewhat familiar figure appeared on screen.
It was Professor Oak's granddaughter, Green and Gary's older sister, Daisy.
The reason she looked only somewhat familiar was because her outfit was completely different from what she wore the last time Axel saw her.
Her hair was dyed bright red now, and her glittering silver clothes made her whole body look like it was glowing.
Her long white legs stepped on matching silver high heels.
And with the gold-rimmed glasses on the tip of her nose, she looked incredibly cute and charming.
["Don't hang up yet, senpai."]
Daisy's face was flushed as she looked at Axel, lightly biting her lip, her eyes full of hope.
["Senpai, have you been able to free up some time lately?"]
"It's been alright. But… do you know your grandpa is in the hospital right now?", Axel felt a little speechless. If he wasn't mistaken, with the huge commotion Dragonite caused just now, there was no way Daisy didn't see it.
So why wasn't she heading to the hospital to check on Professor Oak?
["It's fine~ Grandpa and the Pokémon in the yard fight all the time. Going to the hospital once in a while is no big deal."]
["But you, look at those dark circles under your eyes. You have to take care of yourself!"]
["I've just developed a new beauty-enhancing potion for Pokémon, want me to bring some over for you? It can cover up your dark circles."]
Axel: "..."
'No wonder people from Pallet Town think so differently. Her grandpa is hospitalized and she still had time to worry about my dark circles?'
'Is this the confidence of someone born with the Super Pallet Body?'
Axel waved his hand lightly, about to turn down her kindness.
Suddenly his pupils tightened. He caught one crucial detail from Daisy's words.
'Is this girl saying she wants to bring it to me herself?'
'No way.'
Axel remembered very clearly that Daisy had designs on him.
Back when he was a nobody, Daisy had even offered to buy him a villa.
If he hadn't met Cynthia first and built up resistance to rich women, he might have already settled in Pallet Town and become Gary's brother-in-law.
"What are you coming to Sinnoh for?"
Daisy pushed her glasses up with a small motion, unintentionally giving Axel a tiny critical hit as she spoke sweetly:
["I heard from Ash that the Lily of the Valley Conference is about to end, and the Pokémon Contest is starting soon."]
["And I heard Sinnoh is beautiful, so I figured I'd join the Contest over there."]
"Whew," Axel let out a sigh of relief. Thankfully she wasn't coming for him.
"Then come. I can lend you the Berlitz family hotel pass to use. I should already be in Alola by then."
["Ah?"], The smile at the corner of Daisy's eyes faded visibly, but she quickly put on a delighted expression again.
["So you're going to Alola too? I am as well!"]
Axel: "???"
'You literally just said you were coming to Sinnoh.'
Seeing Axel's confused expression, Daisy pressed on stubbornly, ["Alola is prettier."]
"Hanging up. Let's talk later," Axel cut the call decisively.
Daisy could go wherever she wanted. After this trip, he was basically going to be shuttling between the Aether Foundation and the Sun and Moon Research Lab.
Daisy was just going to compete in a Contest, maybe gather some fairy-type vibes somewhere.
How could she possibly run into him?
And even if she did, whatever.
Axel decided that when he got back, he'd half-beat Dialga to death first.
Let's see who dared to backstab him then.
———
After saying goodbye to Caitlin, Axel didn't take a boat back.
At the same time, Cynthia stayed on the island, wanting to spend time with Caitlin now that she could fully control her psychic power.
And they also wanted to take a good look at the place where Axel grew up.
After the goodbyes, Axel rode on the Glastrier, holding Gardevoir as they crossed the sea.
A Glastrier might not strike quickly, but its movement speed was absolutely incredible.
It kept freezing the surface of the sea into crystal ice, its body almost gliding as it ran, quickly reaching the Sinnoh coast from that unnamed island near Jubilife City.
Right now, the Glastrier's eyes were clearly filled with excitement.
He didn't even bother showing off to the beach tourists for once.
"Neigh!"
'Master, after we go back this time, can I finally go see Old Zhao Yun?'
During its time in Sinnoh, every day had felt like a year for the Glastrier.
Especially after learning that its opponent was Dialga, it charged to the front in every battle, wanting nothing more than to save the world.
Now the world was saved, and Dialga had basically been worn down by Axel until it lost its temper entirely.
So shouldn't it be time to go see Old Zhao Yun?
"Well… yeah, I guess," Hearing the topic, Axel organized his thoughts.
"But I checked for you. Dialga's power is a bit different from Celebi's."
"They both control time, but their divine roles aren't the same."
"Celebi can send you truly back into the past. Dialga can send you back too, but it's more like sending you into a parallel world."
"In other words, you might not be able to change anything there, and you'd still have to come back."
Axel had originally wanted to go all out. Even losing the Glastrier wouldn't have mattered.
He'd promised long ago that he'd help the steed find its master.
If Gardevoir still needed a mount, he could catch another Spectrier he had no emotional ties to.
["No need,"] Unexpectedly, the Glastrier shook its head, looking oddly deep.
["I just want to see Old Zhao Yun. I'm not hung up on going back to the Three Kingdoms era."]
["I'm pretty happy being with everyone here. And I don't have to worry about being dragged back by Calyrex…"]
Axel's eyes lit up, "So you like being with us after all?"
["Of course!"], The Glastrier raised its head proudly.
No way was it going to tell Axel that the Three Kingdoms era didn't have Dragonair or Gyarados for it to show off with.
"Alright. Once I go back and straighten out Dialga, and let Dragonair and Gyarados spar, we'll go take a trip to Zhao Yun's era together."
[T/N: Zhao Yun is a General from Three Kingdom's era and Glastrier is his Pokemon/steed. I used cloud and colonization era etc. to reduce the impact of any forecoming racial remarks but now I can't stray from the story much since they will be going to that era.]
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