Pokémon: Master System.

Long Yan Ning glanced at Xia Yu, who was on the phone outside, then at Ya Ya's Pokémon egg, and a decision began to form in her mind.

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Chapter 117: The Power of the Dragon

The next day, when Xia Yu arrived at the incubation room early in the morning to check on the condition of the two Pokémon eggs, a small accident occurred.

The Berry-eating Bug's egg remains unchanged, with the hatching time still showing as six months. However, the Axew's egg has undergone a significant change. First, its aptitude has been upgraded from Common to Rare, and the hatching time, which was originally expected to take about a year, has been reduced to an estimated eleven months.

The accident happened so suddenly that Xia Yu still felt like he was dreaming. He wanted to slap himself to wake himself up, but he was afraid of hurting his face. This made him miss Fatty Wu so much. If only Fatty Wu were here.

After confirming several times, Xia Yu realized that this was not a dream. The sudden good fortune made Xia Yu grin from ear to ear. He secretly wondered if it was because he had done too many good deeds, if it was God's favor, or if his love had healed Axew. Was this the bond between a trainer and a Pokémon?

In any case, this is a good thing in terms of the outcome.

After checking the two Pokémon eggs, Xia Yu continued training his Pokémon. Strangely, Teacher Long did not come to the forbidden area for special training today, which made Xia Yu suspect that Teacher Long must have been drinking again.

He called shortly after, saying he would be coming to the capital that afternoon to take the Pokémon eggs away. Xia Yu, meanwhile, was training his Pokémon while pondering what to do with Cotton Ball.

Firstly, due to the limitations of his mission, he dared not subdue the cotton ball, nor did he dare to keep it by his side to nurture it. If keeping it by his side to nurture it would also be considered subduing it, then Xia Yu would suffer a loss. Therefore, once the cotton ball hatched, he only had two choices.

One option is to entrust Cotton Ball to someone else for training, and then bring it back after Xia Yu catches six Dragon-type Pokémon and completes the mission. However, this approach carries some risks. First, he can only entrust Cotton Ball to someone he trusts for training, namely his family. Of course, Teacher Long is one of the people Xia Yu trusts.

As the cotton ball spends time with them, it is very likely that it will develop feelings for them and regard them as its master. If this happens, Xia Yu will naturally not take the cotton ball back; he will simply give it to them.

Although a Pokémon with Champion-level potential is indeed very strong and rare, family and friends are obviously more important to Xia Yu. If necessary, he would definitely give up this Pokémon egg for them without hesitation, just like his older brother gave him the Charmander Pokémon egg.

That's how true family members are; they're always willing to give you the best of everything because they know that when you succeed, you'll never forget them.

The second option is to sell or trade it. There would definitely be many people willing to trade a Cotton Ball with Champion-level potential. Xia Yu might consider trading it for other Pokémon, but he would never do that for a Pokémon like Cotton. He would feel more at ease keeping Whimsicott in his own hands or in the hands of someone he trusts.

The wind sprite is disgusting! Oh? It's mine? Never mind then.

Xia Yu thought about it and finally decided to wait and see until the cotton balls hatched.

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In the afternoon, Charlotte arrived in the capital. After a brief reunion, Charlotte hurriedly took several elf eggs back with him and told Xia Yu that the money issue had been resolved and that he shouldn't worry.

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Time flies, and a week has passed in the blink of an eye. During this week, Xia Yu's Pokémon continued to grow steadily and made rapid progress. After seven days of training, Charmeleon, which had grown stronger, learned the Fire Fang move. In addition, with the guidance of Teacher Long's Noivern during this week, Charmeleon also successfully learned the Heat Wave move.

Meanwhile, Xia Yu, through his grandfather's connections, finally managed to buy a one-time Taunt TM, allowing Nozzle to successfully learn the Taunt move.

The remaining Dragapult and Grovyle are also steadily improving. Influenced by the Ghost-type core energy of the Punishment Pot, Dragapult is growing extremely rapidly and is showing signs of catching up with Charmeleon.

For the past week, the first thing Xia Yu did every morning when he woke up was to check on the status of Ya Ya's Pokémon egg. He discovered something strange: every other day, Ya Ya's hatching time would shorten by a month. After a week, Ya Ya's hatching time had been reduced from eleven months to four months.

This made Xia Yu feel increasingly uneasy, because although Ya Ya and the Fruit-Eating Bug had brought the Dragon-type Secret Realm back together, Ya Ya recovered extremely quickly, while the Fruit-Eating Bug recovered at a normal speed, which was clearly not right.

Xia Yu also secretly observed that during the day, Ya Ya's injuries hardly changed, and from when she woke up in the morning until she went to bed at night, Ya Ya's Pokémon egg status remained unchanged.

However, as long as Xia Yu takes a nap, the incubation time for Ya Ya will be reduced by a month the next morning. This makes Xia Yu certain that something must have happened every night to make Ya Ya's injury heal so quickly.

Although this was good news for Xia Yu, his curiosity drove him to want to find out what had happened, so Xia Yu decided to sneak back to the incubation room tonight to see what was going on.

As night fell, Xia Yu did not go to training today. Instead, he returned to his dormitory early, changed into a set of black casual clothes, and sneaked into the vicinity of the incubation room. Dressed in black casual clothes, Xia Yu blended perfectly into the night and became one with the darkness.

I am the embodiment of the night, I am Lao Liu.

Xia Yu hid in a corner, and if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to tell that there was someone in the corner. He stared intently at the door of the incubation room. As dusk fell and the full moon hung high, Xia Yu waited until he was almost asleep before finally seeing a figure walking over.

Teacher Long?

Xia Yu was slightly surprised to see that the person who came was Teacher Long, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was indeed possible that it was Teacher Long, because only Teacher Long would help him like this in the secret realm.

Xia Yu was very curious about how Teacher Long had helped Ya Ya heal her injuries. Seeing Teacher Long enter the incubation room, Xia Yu quietly followed and peeked through the window.

Teacher Long walked up to Ya Ya's Pokémon egg, gently stroking the eggshell with both hands, and then his palms glowed with a blue light.

Xia Yu, who was watching this scene from outside, almost popped his eyes out. Was this a superpower?

Teacher Long actually has superpowers. As the blue energy in Teacher Long's hand surged into the eggshell, the indigo dragon-type energy nutrient solution was quickly absorbed by the Pokémon egg, turning into something as clear as water. Then, Teacher Long quickly replaced it with a new bottle of dragon-type energy nutrient solution. This process was repeated, and a bottle of dragon-type energy nutrient solution was consumed in about ten minutes.

Then Long Yanning continued to repeat this action, with fine beads of sweat constantly appearing on her forehead and her face gradually turning pale. After two hours, Long Yanning's face was deathly pale, and the blue superpower in her hand was dim and almost exhausted. Only then did she have to stop what she was doing and wipe the sweat from her cheeks.

At this moment, in Xia Yu's eyes, the hatching time of Aya's Pokémon egg had obviously changed from four months to three months. Seeing that Teacher Long was about to leave, Xia Yu quickly hid in the corner again to avoid being discovered by Teacher Long.

When Teacher Long left, he was clearly unsteady on his feet, his steps were unsteady, and he was very weak. It was obvious that there were significant limitations to using this superpower, or that it was extremely taxing. Otherwise, Teacher Long would not have looked so weak.

Xia Yu watched this scene from afar, and thinking of how haggard Teacher Long looked at night, yet still insisted on teaching every morning, his feelings were particularly complicated.

Chapter 118 Aya's Elf Egg

Back in his dormitory, Xia Yu tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. He thought about how Teacher Long had helped him and how he looked haggard and weak when he left the incubation room, and his feelings were extremely complicated.

Teacher Long secretly went to treat Ya Ya's Pokémon egg in the middle of the night, clearly because he didn't want Xia Yu to know and didn't want to expose his superpowers, so he tried to keep it from Xia Yu.

Therefore, Xia Yu didn't want to point out Teacher Long's mistake, but seeing Teacher Long becoming more and more haggard and thinner, he felt particularly distressed.

After much deliberation, Xia Yu finally decided to stop Teacher Long from doing this. The Pokémon egg could simply wait a little longer to hatch, but Teacher Long's health couldn't be allowed to collapse. Teacher Long was already very thin; this couldn't continue. He preferred a slightly plump woman.

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The next morning, Xia Yu bought a lot of ingredients and a pack of cigarettes and went to the teachers' dormitory. When he passed the guardhouse, he gave the pack of cigarettes to the gatekeeper.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. The two had already developed a tacit understanding. The old man took the cigarette Xia Yu offered without saying a word, pretending not to see Xia Yu, and let him pass directly. This time, there was no need to even register.

Arriving at Teacher Long's house, Xia Yu took the house key from under the second flowerpot on the right, and gently opened the door. This was the same house Xia Yu had seen when she took Teacher Long home last time.

Because Ms. Long has a bad memory, she often forgets to bring her keys when she goes out, so she simply leaves one here, which is very convenient.

Upon hearing the door open, Long Yanning's sonic dragon immediately flew out of the courtyard on alert. When it saw that it was Xia Yu, its expression softened slightly.

Its expression seemed to say, "So it was you, kid, who gave me a false alarm."

Xia Yu then released his Pokémon to train in the yard, but he was careful to keep quiet so as not to disturb Teacher Long's sleep.

He went into Teacher Long's room. He hadn't been there for a week, and the room had become much dirtier. This forced Xia Yu to put on an apron and clean it carefully, while also making Teacher Long a hearty breakfast.

Xia Yu had already searched for a 30-day postpartum meal plan last night. Starting today, he will strictly follow the plan to cook for Teacher Long and help him recover. He refuses to believe that he can't improve Teacher Long's health.

As for Long Yanning herself, she was so tired that she didn't even notice that there was another person in the house. In addition, it was the weekend and she didn't have to go to school, so she was still asleep.

Two hours later, Xia Yu had cooked breakfast and cleaned up the room. Since it was breakfast time again, Xia Yu went to Teacher Long's bedroom and knocked on the door.

"Dong dong."

"Teacher Long, dinner is ready."

Long Yanning was awakened from her sleep by a knock on the door. Her first thought was who had entered her home, but when she heard Xia Yu's voice, she breathed a sigh of relief. It was Xia Yu. It wasn't until a moment later that she realized, "Why is Xia Yu here again?"

"You... what are you doing here again? When did you get here?" Long Yanning's brain was still in a daze, and she was a little confused for a moment.

"Look at you, the house is a mess again after a week of not cleaning. Oh, right, it's been three days since you cleaned it." Long Yanning hired a cleaning lady who comes back every Wednesday to clean, but it's been dirty again in just three days.

Xia Yu didn't take it seriously and said to Long Yanning through the door, "Get up and have breakfast first."

Long Yanning also got up quickly. Looking at her haggard self in the mirror, she quickly washed up, put on makeup, and applied bright lipstick to avoid Xia Yu noticing anything amiss.

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"Hey, Teacher Long, you even put on makeup before bed?" Xia Yu teased with a smile as he watched Long Yanning dawdle for half an hour before finally emerging from the bedroom. He had a vague idea of ​​why Teacher Long was wearing makeup, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"What brings you here so early in the morning?" Long Yanning said irritably, "You're trespassing."

"I know." Xia Yu, seemingly unfazed, took out the breakfast from the warmer: "Your house is such a mess. Even if you live alone, you should still do your own housework. And you sleep in late on weekends and skip breakfast. That's not good for your health. Here, have some freshly made millet porridge."

"You came all this way just to say this?" Long Yanning said irritably, "Just say what you want to say."

"It's nothing. Let's have breakfast together first, I'm still hungry." Xia Yu hadn't eaten breakfast since he got up early, so he made himself a simple breakfast.

The two sat at the dining table and ate breakfast. This strange scene gave Long Yanning a warm feeling in her heart. It had been a very long time since she had eaten breakfast with someone.

When they had almost finished eating, Xia Yu put down his chopsticks, turned around and looked at Long Yanning, gazing at her.

Long Yanning was truly beautiful, with exquisite features, as if sculpted with fine craftsmanship. She had long hair and a model-like, tall figure; even standing next to him, she only appeared half a head shorter. What struck people most was still her incredibly slender waist, though she had noticeably thinned in the past few days. Aside from being otherwise unremarkable in appearance, there was nothing flawed.

Perhaps it was Xia Yu's intense gaze that made Long Yan Ning feel a little embarrassed. She pretended to brush her hair behind her ear and started eating breakfast as if she didn't care.

Xia Yu's breakfasts are actually quite good; they're delicious enough to make her a competent chef.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Long Yanning felt a little uncomfortable under Xia Yu's intense gaze, and finally couldn't help but look up at Xia Yu and ask.

"Teacher Long, I saw you in the hatchery last night." Xia Yu went straight to the point without any beating around the bush: "I saw you using your psychic powers to heal Axew's Pokémon egg. Doesn't doing that cause some harm to your body?"

Upon hearing Xia Yu's words, Long Yan Ning felt a pang of panic, but she maintained a calm expression: "You must have misread it."

"I absolutely cannot be mistaken." Xia Yu stared intently at Long Yanning: "First, answer me, will doing this cause any harm to your body?"

"I said you saw it wrong, and you saw it wrong!" Long Yanning's voice suddenly rose a few decibels. She felt her mind was in a mess and was secretly annoyed that she hadn't noticed last night and that Xia Yu had found out.

Looking at Long Yanning's current state, Xia Yu looked at her and recalled her weak appearance last night. He said solemnly and calmly, "Teacher Long, your health is more important than Aya's Pokémon egg. I saw how weak you were after treating Aya yesterday, and I don't want you to do that."

"Don't worry about me, it's just a minor problem." Long Yanning finally admitted, "I'll be fine after a couple of days of rest."

"Not even minor issues!" Xia Yu looked at Long Yanning with an overbearing expression: "Eat, then go back and rest."

"Xia Yu, listen to me." This was the first time Long Yanning had faced such a strong Xia Yu, and she felt a little strange, but her tone softened and became gentler: "Your teeth are only three days away from hatching, and it's not a big problem for me. I've also taken leave recently, and I can recover by resting at home. Instead of worrying about me, you should spend more time training and achieving good results in the College Cup. Don't embarrass my dad."

"Don't overthink it. I only did this because my dad asked me to take better care of you. Don't feel guilty." Long Yanning pretended to be indifferent and pushed the reason for doing these things onto Long Fan: "Otherwise, do you think I wanted to? If my dad hadn't asked me, I wouldn't have cared about Aya's elf egg at all! Also, you must keep this a secret and don't reveal what you saw yesterday."

Looking at the stubborn Long Yanning, Xia Yu felt a little amused, but more than that, he was touched.