At 7:50 in the m, Slowking had already finished preparing breakfast. Seeing that Julian still hadn't e downstairs, it uhe apron around its ned headed upstairs.

  Upon opening Julian's bedroom door, Slowking's expression remained unsurprised—As expected.

  Julian read out on the bed in a starfish position, and Celebi was curled up on his stomach, both sleeping soundly.

  "Slow~"

  Slowking: "Wake up"

  her Julian nor Celebi responded.

  Seeing this, Slowking pursed its lips and a light Water Gun shot straight onto Julian's face.

  "AAAHH!!"

  Jolted awake, Julian sprang up from the bed, sending Celebi who was on his stomach tumbling onto the floor.

  …Yet the little guy still didn't wake up.

  Last night, Julian, Celebi, and Slowking had stayed up gaming together, but at midnight, Slowking had goo sleep, while Julian and Celebi had tinued pying until four o'clo the m.

  He had been sleeping so soundly—

  Only to be forcefully rebooted by Slowking.

  "Slow~"

  Slowking: "Breakfast is ready"

  "Yeah, yeah, I got it."

  Yawning, Julian dragged himself toward the bathroom to wash up.

  If there ever came a day he did breakfast, that probably meant he was dead.

  Slowking's obsession with him eating breakfast was beyoreme.

  No matter how te he slept, as long as he was alive, he had to wake up a.

  …The only silver lining was that after breakfast, he could go back to sleep, that was the only saving grace.

  "Keh keh!"

  A cackle suddenly echoed behind Julian as he brushed his teeth.

  Gng at the mirror, he saw Gengar lurking behind him, c its mouth as it snickered.

  Julian's eyes lit up with an idea. "Gengar— you hypnotize Slowking?"

  "If you do, I'll take you to a haunted house."

  Whether it ying in a haunted house or sg people inside one, Gengar loved both.

  It was an irresistible offer.

  Gengar however, shook its head immediately, without a single moment of hesitation.

  Gengar: 'I may be mischievous, but I'm not stupid'

  Slowking wasn't just Julian's caretaker, it was in charge of every Pokémon in the house.

  Food, lodging, daily ies—Slowking handled everything.

  Even if Julian got mad, Gengar couldn't afford to cross Slowking.

  Besides, with Slowking's IQ, it could ruin you in ways you couldn't even imagine.

  Watg Gengar shake its head like a rattle, Julian said with a look of disdain.

  "What a coward, you have no guts at all."

  "Slow~"

  Slowking: "Hurry up, breakfast is getting cold."

  Slowking's voice echoed from outside the door.

  Julian: "Almost done!"

  He rinsed his mouth, spshed his face with water, and then headed out.

  Gengar: '…That's it?'

  After spshing his face with water, Julia a lot more refreshed, and his sleepiness disappeared pletely.

  To be ho, with his physique and intermediate-level psychic abilities, he could go aire week without sleep if necessary.

  But at this point, being sleepy was just instinct—a habit too hard to break.

  Breakfast was a cssic spread: steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and savory soy milk.

  After eating half of a fried dough stick, he duhe other straight into the soy milk.

  Every day in Drakoria, thousands upon thousands of fried dough sticks meet their fate in soy milk.

  Julian gnced around the room, aside from Lucario, the rest of his Pokémon were o be seen.

  "Are they all in the yard?"

  "Slow~"

  Slowking nodded.

  Today was bright and sunny, with the temperature gradually rising, so most of the Pokémon were outside rexing or pying in the backyard.

  The furniture had also been repced with new ones—and since Julian er VIP, he even got a 20% dist.

  —

  Julian's Pokémon were all gathered in the backyard.

  Metagross and Steelix were sprawled out zily on the ground, half-closing their eyes as they basked in the m sun with satisfied expressions.

  Above them, Dragonite zipped through the sky, determio cim the title of "Yellow Fsh of the Dragon World."

  Meanwhile, Melmetal was lifting Aggron like a weight, treating it like a casual m workout.

  Seeing how easily Melmetal lifted Aggron, Gabite started getting ideas.

  Gabite: "Senior, I give it a try?"

  Melmetal, always kind to the juniently set Aggron down.

  Gabite walked up to Aggron, slightly bending its knees, and pg its hands on Aggron's legs.

  Then, taking a deep breath—

  Gabite: "Alright, UP!"

  …Nothing happened.

  "Up!"

  Still nothing.

  "UP! UP! UP!"

  As Gabite's face turned red from exertion, Aggron awkwardly scratched its head. Feeling a little guilty, it finally said—

  "Uh… I gained about a hundred more pounds retly. If you'd tried a few days ago, you probably could've lifted me."

  Gabite let go of Aggron, nodded silently, and then walked off toward the living room.

  Are, meanwhile, was grinning mischievously, its fiery red fur glowing uhe sunlight.

  Its sharp, intelligent eyes flickered with a destructive light—

  New furniture had arrived and its teeth were feeling itchy.

  Honedge was in midair, swinging its bde tirelessly, being the weakest among them, it had to train even harder, otherwise, how could it keep up?

  —

  Ihe house, when Julian saw Gabite walk in with a sulky expression, he raised an eyebrow.

  "What happened? Did Dragonite bully you? You look like a mistreated wife."

  Gabite: "I'm hungry."

  "Didn't you just eat the energy cubes?"

  Since Slowking was the one in charge of feeding the Pokémon, Julian wasn't vihat it had fotten to do so today.

  Gabite: "But I'm still hungry!"

  Julian g Gabite who was having a little temper and couldn't help but chuckle, he had a pretty good idea what was going on.

  Yep, definitely just got disced by something again.

  The energy cubes Julian fed his Pokémon were all high-grade, purchased directly from the system and every now and then, he'd even splurge on top-tier ones.

  These energy cubes were incredibly effective for boosting a Pokémon's strength—without any side effects.

  Steelix had once said, "The more you eat, the faster you grow stronger," which wasn't wrong.

  "Here, but that's the limit, eat too much, and you'll be overwhelmed."

  Julian hawon-type high-grade energy cubes to Gabite.

  Thanks to Steelix's "eat mrow stronger" philosophy, all of Julian's Pokémon had signifitly increased their food intake.

  Happily mung down both energy cubes, Gabite felt strain.

  'Now, maybe I finally lift Aggron-senpai!'

  With that thought, Gabite rushed back outside.

  That self-fidence was going to get a hit again.

  "Still a kid."

  Julian smiled, finishing his st bun, he decided against taking a nap.

  Instead, he sprawled across the sofa, pulled out his phone, and started scrolling through TikTok.

  "Lucario! Someone's posting a marriage proposal for you. Wanna see?"

  Excited, Julian held up his phone in front of Lucario.

  The video showed a female Lucario, standing fidently as her Trainer announced a public search for a mate, hoping to find a strong, handsome, and good-natured male Lucario.

  "Luca~"

  Lucario g the s, then side-eyed his overly enthusiastic Trainer.

  "Women only affect the speed of my punches."

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