After returning to the room, Axel washed his hands and impatiently took out a clay pot.
Continue refining.
Axel used his mental power to hold the clay pot suspended in midair, and together with Pheromosa crushed a piece of Mind Aroma Incense and put it into the pot.
Gardevoir used Water Gun to fill the clay pot, then used fire-type magic to roast it.
Axel rubbed his hands, keeping a close eye on the temperature changes inside the clay pot at all times.
As the temperature rose, the powder of the Mind Aroma Incense gradually dissolved into the water, releasing a faint fragrance.
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Axel added agarwood, clove, musk, borneol, cardamom, and other ingredients according to the ancient recipe for the Fragrant Body Pill.
["Master, take it easy,"] Gardevoir saw Axel start letting himself go again and couldn't help the corner of her mouth twitch.
Axel waved his hand, "Relax, the current steps are just like stewing soup. It only gets harder when it's time to form the pill."
"When that happens, you and Pheromosa stay farther away. I've got thick skin, I'm not afraid of explosions."
Gardevoir, Pheromosa: "...."
'Sometimes you really don't know whether to feel touched or speechless.'
The fragrance gradually grew richer, and the ingredients inside slowly became thicker.
Axel stopped teasing Gardevoir and Pheromosa, focusing completely on the clay pot, scooping out the medicinal residue whose effects had already been squeezed dry.
The corner of Pheromosa's eye twitched. This scene felt a bit familiar. She quickly stepped forward, ready to use Protect at any moment.
The water inside the clay pot dried up, leaving only a thick, reddish liquid, and the entire clay pot started jumping violently again.
The corner of Axel's eye twitched, "Gardevoir, run!"
Pheromosa reacted instantly, blocking both Gardevoir and Axel behind her, skillfully casting Protect.
With the blessing of magical flames, the power of this clay pot was fully comparable to a skill around level sixty.
Axel and Pheromosa could endure it, but Gardevoir really couldn't.
Clatter! Clatter! Clatter!
The clay pot collided with its lid, constantly making strange noises. The temperature inside kept rising, and in the end even the pot itself began to shake.
Axel continued using his mental power to control the clay pot, not letting it escape the scorching flames.
What if it actually succeeded?
Just then, a loud bang suddenly came from outside. A huge bull's head smashed through the window, shoved along by a pile of gold coins, and flew into Axel's room.
Boom!
The Tauros smashed through the wall and vanished without a trace.
Only two scattered gold coins fell from midair, precisely smashing through the lid of the clay pot and dropping into the pot in its high-temperature state.
Sizzle~
The gold coins instantly melted, splashing into liquid and fusing with the spices inside.
Under the intense heat, the fused liquid rapidly turned into golden, round pills, releasing a strange fragrance.
[Fragrant Body Pill: A pill refined a second time using Mind Aroma Incense. It can greatly enhance mental power. With long-term use, the body will emit a pleasant scent.]
"This works too?"
Looking at the dozen or so Fragrant Body Pills already formed in the clay pot, along with the system's description, Axel couldn't help but freeze for a moment.
'The Lucky One trait is terrifying indeed.'
If Tauros hadn't been knocked flying by Gholdengo, and if two gold coins hadn't happened to fall into the clay pot, Axel would probably never have thought in his life of using gold and the extensibility of Steel types to refine pills.
Axel blew on the pills to cool them down and held one to Gardevoir's mouth, "Want to try one?"
"Mhm!", Gardevoir could feel the powerful mental energy radiating from the pill, and the taste was extremely wonderful, making one's index finger itch.
Besides that, the pill looked very good as well, wrapped in a thin layer of golden powder that shimmered brightly.
"Ah~", Gardevoir opened her mouth, letting Axel push the pill inside.
The next moment, a pure aura radiated from Gardevoir's body. Pink fairy butterflies danced as the Fairy-type energy around her all rejoiced at their queen growing stronger.
Axel took a deep breath and suddenly felt that Gardevoir was incredibly alluring right now.
Gardevoir smiled at the corner of her lips and lightly beckoned to Axel. The Key Stone on her neck suddenly emitted seven-colored light.
The window and the hole in the wall that Tauros had just smashed open were all wrapped in Fairy-type energy, forming a pink barrier.
Off to the side, Pheromosa looked at Gardevoir's coquettish smile, 'As expected... after getting special treatment, you have to repay the favor, huh?'
Pheromosa thought for a moment and felt that Gardevoir might not be able to handle this job alone, so she also looked at Axel, and the power of their bond instantly activated.
Seeing the sudden change, Axel was completely dumbfounded.
'No, you guys are cheating again!'
Axel tugged at the corner of his mouth, subconsciously stepping back half a step, looking at Gardevoir and Pheromosa with some fear.
At that moment, he noticed that as the Fairy-type energy grew thicker, the little tree hanging from his neck suddenly began to glow.
Axel's eyes lit up. How had he never thought of this before?
With Xerneas, a top-tier supplement, backing him up, why the hell would he be afraid of Gardevoir and Pheromosa.
———
Early the next morning, Axel got up full of vigor, took a deep breath of the fragrant air in the room, and hummed a tune as he walked toward the balcony.
Gardevoir couldn't even stand properly at the side, looking at Axel with resentment.
Pheromosa wasn't much better. She could barely stand up, but after taking just a few steps she would fall down.
Having finally claimed victory, Axel was in great spirits, "Get some good rest. Tonight we'll battle again."
"Sun, don't cook today. The boss will show you his skills later."
"And Tauros and Litten can eat with my Pokémon too."
"Thank you, boss!"
———
After breakfast, Axel recalled Gardevoir and Pheromosa into their Poké Balls, planning to have Sun take him out for a walk.
Now that he had a golden trait, Axel felt that going out for a stroll would easily let him run into some great luck.
Uh... great luck sounded a bit dangerous. Even a transmigrator had to be wary of great luck. Using the term finding clues felt more appropriate.
"Sun, you do a lot of part-time jobs. Have you heard of anyone organizing rescues for Water-type Pokémon?"
The Aether Foundation had been gathering Water-type Pokémon for some time. Axel felt that if they wanted Aether Paradise to quickly leave the Alola region, they would definitely need quite a few Water types.
Maybe there were still people from the Aether Foundation carrying out this task right now. If he could find them, that would count as a clue.
"A part-time job rescuing Water-type Pokémon?", Sun scratched his head.
"There was one last month. But this month, the people in the part-time job group all seem kind of sick in the head. There aren't any proper jobs at all."
"The only one that looks somewhat reliable is that Diglett are overrunning the area around the Sun and Moon Research Institute and need to be cleared out."
"How about I ask the agent who handled that job before and see if he knows any leads?"
"No need!", Just then, a dashing figure appeared at the entrance of Sun's house.
"I went out yesterday to carry out Professor Kukui's task and suddenly ran into a group of sneaky people."
"I've already caught them. They're at Professor Kukui's research institute!"
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