Chapter 452:
Kaede couldn’t help but feel curious. If this Bounsweet was already caught now, that ant by the ti Ash ca here for vacation, it still hadn’t evolved. That was quite a long ti span.
[Pokémon: Bounsweet]
[Gender: Female]
[Ability: Oblivious]
[Aptitude: Green]
[Level: 11~12]
[IVs: ....]
[Moves: Splash, Play Nice, Sweet Scent...]
Hmm, alright. It seed this Bounsweet didn’t have anything particularly special.
Kaede withdrew his gaze, then took out his own Poké Balls. "The other Pokémon are three Eevee, which evolved into Leafeon, Umbreon, and Sylveon, then Alolan Ninetales, Primarina, Serperior, Milotic, Steenee, and Tsareena."
"Wow, they all sound like really amazing Pokémon!"
"Can I see them? Can I, can I?" Mallow’s eyes sparkled, her face full of anticipation.
"Ahem..."
Kaede gave a light cough. He suddenly felt this Mallow was a bit different from the one he’d imagined.
The Mallow from his mories, within the Sun & Moon protagonist group, felt like a brave, strong, and warm-hearted girl. But right now, she also seed a bit childish.
*Maybe it’s because she hasn’t t Ash yet*, Kaede thought to himself.
"You can, but Milotic and Serperior are too big to let out easily. As for the other Pokémon... co on out, everyone."
He didn’t refuse such a request.
Because right now, Mallow truly needed sothing else to distract her, to keep her mind from being completely consud by her mother’s condition. It wouldn’t be good if, before her mother recovered, she herself beca sick with worry.
"Ninetales?"
"Sylveon? Sylveon?"
"Primarina?"
"Steenee?"
Alolan Ninetales, the Eeveelutions, Primarina... after coming out, they looked around at their surroundings, all wearing expressions of confusion.
"We’re about to rest for the night. Co out and stretch your legs. This is Mallow, a friend I t back in Alola who helped out quite a bit," Kaede explained.
"Ninetales?"
"Sylveon?"
Hearing Kaede’s words, the first to approach were Alolan Ninetales and Little Nine (Sylveon). The two of them had long beco the social butterflies of the Breeding House, the most outgoing by nature.
Yet, paradoxically, they both had rather proud personalities. At the Breeding House, custors could often see them and wanted to co pet them, but humans who hadn’t earned their approval basically couldn’t get a touch.
In that regard, Leafeon and Umbreon were much more approachable.
However, interestingly, in current Pokémon evolutionary studies, while Umbreon had been docunted, Sylveon actually hadn’t been recorded yet.
So, whenever people saw Sylveon, they were often shocked, amazed at what kind of Pokémon it was, wondering why it had such an ethereal, fairy-like aura.
"So amazing!"
With so many Pokémon appearing at once, Mallow’s eyes widened in surprise, her face full of astonishnt. She half-crouched, looking at the Alolan Ninetales before her. "Alolan Ninetales, Steenee, Tsareena, and... what is this Pokémon?"
Looking them over one by one, she felt her eyes were about to be dazzled. She reached out, wanting to pet the Alolan Ninetales. Most people had no resistance to cute creatures, especially at first sight.
Alolan Ninetales thought for a mont and didn’t refuse.
"Ninetales..."
"And Steenee and Tsareena, see, Bounsweet? This is what you’ll evolve into soday," Mallow said, picking up the Bounsweet on her shoulder and showing it Steenee and Tsareena.
Then, as if rembering sothing, she turned to Kaede. "Is this the mother of the Steenee you ca to Alola to find back then, Mr. Kaede?"
Seeing Kaede nod, Mallow exclaid in wonder again, followed by a whole bunch of complints.
Things like, "Mr. Kaede, you really are a great Trainer," "so kind-hearted," "so amazing, being able to take care of so many Pokémon and raise each one of them so well!"
"Ahem..."
To this, Kaede could only smile in response.
But then, a question Mallow asked made Kaede pause for a mont.
"Then, Mr. Kaede, are you that good to your fans too?"
"Huh?"
Kaede was taken aback, then imdiately realized that so of his reputation in the Eastova region might have spread here?
But how?
Alola was very far away.
"Because I was just curious, after I called you, I used my Rotom Phone to search a bit, and then I found out so things about you in the Eastova region," Mallow said, standing up and blinking as she asked.
Before finding a doctor, it was natural to want to search for so information about that doctor, especially regarding dical skills.
But of course, nothing about dical skills ca up; instead, she found "Mr. Kaede’s" video channel and learned so things about him.
The youngest Trainer to win the Pokémon League Conference in the Eastova region, running his own Breeding House. Within Eastova, the reviews for this Breeding House were almost entirely positive, even praising the Energy Cubes and food he made, saying they seed to have special effects, capable of curing Pokémon of various status conditions—poison, confusion, burn—in a very short ti using different Energy Cubes.
"I see," Kaede nodded, then couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Why do you ask that?"
"Because... because Mr. Kaede and I aren’t really related or anything, and yet you ca so far to... to help ... Even though the doctors said Mom has a high probability of being successfully treated, you still ca."
Mallow slightly lowered her head, looking at her own toes. She didn’t really know what she was asking either.
"Didn’t I promise you before? When I left last ti, I said I would..." Kaede replied with an amused tone.
"But... but..." Mallow clearly wanted to ask more.
Kaede interrupted her, smiling.
"...Just think of it as helping my past self. Because when I was little, my mother left ."
"Ah? I’m sorry, I didn’t know."
Mallow realized she might have said sothing wrong and imdiately apologized.
"It’s alright, it’s fine. That was a long ti ago. It’s getting late, ti to rest..." Kaede shook his head, not making anything of it.
"Oh, oh... okay... let show you the way."
On the remaining walk, with the several Pokémon walking beside Kaede, Mallow didn’t ask any more questions.
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