When she heard Axel's words, Diao Chan froze and stared at him wide-eyed.
'This guy isn't even going to spare Gardevoir?'
Diao Chan refused at once, "No. I can only make decisions for myself, not for Gardevoir!"
Axel was surprised, "But you're her trainer. How can you not even decide something like this?"
Diao Chan tugged at the corner of her mouth, feeling that Axel was overstepping, 'What kind of trainer gets to decide who their Pokémon lives with?'
'This is way too outrageous. Can't he have some sense of boundaries?'
She had just planned to turn her head away and ignore Axel when she suddenly heard him sigh.
"I didn't expect you to be the bond-type too. Even battles need the Pokémon's permission."
Diao Chan: "???"
'Battles? What?'
Never in her wildest dreams did she expect that after dealing with Cao's army, the thing on Axel's mind wasn't how to conquer her, but that he wanted to continue battling with her Pokémon.
Although that sounded more normal and was definitely more proper than what she was thinking.
Still… happening to her felt way too strange.
Seeing Diao Chan fidget awkwardly, Axel couldn't help asking, "Otherwise what? What else would we be doing besides battling?"
"Hiss!", Axel suddenly thought of something and came back to his senses. Lu Bu had only just died a few days ago and the funeral wasn't even finished.
There were still many of Lu Bu's admirers in the city who planned to attend his funeral. Dragging Diao Chan off to battle at a time like this really would be a bit much.
"How about this. You go to Lu Bu's funeral first, just leave Gardevoir with me."
"Uh, okay!", Diao Chan hesitated for a moment, then agreed quickly.
She wasn't actually trying to attend the funeral. She mainly wanted to escape Axel.
What she had just been thinking was way too embarrassing. If Axel noticed, she would have no face left to live.
After Diao Chan jumped from the carriage, Gardevoir, who had been covering her mouth while secretly laughing and watching Diao Chan's embarrassment, suddenly felt her arm grabbed.
"You're laughing so happily. You must be excited to battle my Gardevoir too, right?"
"Let's not waste time. We're going to Lord Wang's estate now."
"Emmm… we wasted too much time earlier. Let's set a small goal today. How about we get off work after two hundred battles?"
"Perfect timing. My Gardevoir's strength just had a breakthrough. Otherwise, I'd be worried she couldn't last."
Axel's Gardevoir and the white Gardevoir both froze at the same time and stared at Axel in shock.
'Seriously, what slave work are you looking for?'
———
Inside a huge divine hall, Zygarde stood pitifully in the center of the main chamber.
Floating above the throne was a perfectly shaped Pokémon, like a living embodiment of rules, listening quietly to Zygarde's report.
["Lord Arceus, that new Pokémon you just created really did a number on me, and that wasn't the end of it. When I went after him I even ran into…"]
Zygarde recounted everything that happened after meeting Giratina. When he got to the part about running into Eternatus, he even sounded a little wronged.
It was way too embarrassing.
He, the embodiment of Order, had actually been ganged up on.
The llama-like being quietly listened to Zygarde's complaints, and white light shimmered over its body.
A vast, ethereal voice emerged from thin air. It wasn't loud, yet it easily resounded throughout the entire hall.
["You encountered someone from the future. They carry the aura of Dialga."]
["The timelines of the future have tangled completely, falling into chaos, and disasters that could destroy the world appear one after another. Even my avatars are being coveted."]
["A child of destiny has been born. Your Order cannot contain him."]
Zygarde stared wide-eyed. He could not imagine that in just a few thousand years, the Pokémon world would fall into disorder.
'And also… someone actually dares to covet Lord Arceus's avatar?'
Zygarde was strong, but with his current understanding he simply had no way of grasping what Rainbow Rocket was, nor could he imagine that mortals could obtain power surpassing gods.
["Doesn't matter. I can sense a mysterious power in that child of destiny. Even I cannot peer into it. It is enough to resolve the disasters of the future."]
["Ho-Oh, and that godling that has long slumbered in Galar, were both created by that power."]
["With their existence, it proves our Pokémon world's fortune is flourishing like the midday sun."]
["However, that boy somehow got entangled with me… so grant him an opportunity. Think of it as a small token of thanks for saving my avatar."]
Arceus's dark gold pupils pierced through mountains, rivers and seas, landing on Axel, who was dragging two Gardevoirs home.
["Zygarde, I need you to go to Aurient again, to the Reverse World to deliver a message for me. Tell him this…"]
["And also, replace Giratina's orb with this large Adamant Crystal. Tell him how to use the new power in it."]
["Yes, Great One!"]
———
"Gardevoir, come on, hang in there, Gardevoir's about to collapse!"
Axel lay sprawled on a wooden lounge chair, enjoying Pheromosa feeding him while watching the two Gardevoir battle with great interest.
No wonder some people like watching beautiful women fight. It really was nice to look at.
One specialized in psychic and spiritual power, the other in fairy and spiritual power.
Every clash of their moves was like two breathtaking witches fighting, creating dazzling light and sound effects.
Now that he had tags, Axel no longer cared about winning or losing. He abandoned all strategy and let the two battle freely.
Anyway, every time they fought, as long as they used spiritual power, his Gardevoir would become more skilled with it.
Emmm… if Axel remembered right, one of the freshman courses was about training Pokémon's independent combat ability.
In that sense, this barely counted as attending class.
He just didn't know if uploading footage of this class assignment to that Ninox university group would make a certain level 30 professor jump out of his seat in shock.
"Don't always exchange energy blasts. Practice spiritual power!"
The pink Gardevoir nodded lightly and tapped into the power she had just gained not long ago.
A profound aura suddenly surged from her body. While the white Gardevoir wasn't prepared, she instantly occupied the white Gardevoir's sea of consciousness.
In the next moment, a flash of thoughtful emotion flickered in the white Gardevoir's eyes. She suddenly found Axel much more pleasing to look at.
Emmm… although he looked good before too, it wasn't like now, where she longed so much for a spiritual connection between them.
Axel: "?"
Something was heading in a very wrong direction.
"Gardevoir, you two stop fighting right now!"
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