Trainer? I'm just an ordinary hot spring owner.

Chapter 79: The Shortcomings of Being Behind Others

"Good morning, Loto. It is 8:24 in the morning on X month X day. The wind force is level 2 and the humidity is 34%. It will be sunny and good weather in the next 24 hours, Loto! ?(???)?"

"TD, no, thank you, Rotom, but the alarm function can be turned off."

I've gotten used to sleeping until I wake up naturally during this period of time. Being suddenly woken up in the middle of my sleep is really not a pleasant feeling. Jiang Chengdu forgot that Rotom actually has such a function. Damn, does this illustrated book not need to sleep?

Of course, Jiang Cheng was not the only soul awakened by the alarm clock. When Flutterfat stared at the Rotom Encyclopedia with a terrifying look as if it was about to throw a shadow ball at the next second, it wisely chose to follow its heart.

"Received Loto! The alarm function has been turned off Loto! ⊙﹏⊙∥"

He closed his eyes and felt the slight weight of Zhen Yifa on his body. Over the past few days, Jiang Cheng had become accustomed to having something pressing on him when sleeping. Zhen Yifa had a good sleeping posture and would not crawl in the quilt like a cat, so Jiang Cheng slept soundly overall.

Even though the alarm clock rang, Jiang Cheng still dawdled for a while, and delayed for another ten or twenty minutes before getting up. Many times, these ten minutes are crucial for a person to have a full and energetic day.

He got up, washed, and went to the kitchen to cook food for the Pokémon. When he carried the tray out of the small door at the back of the kitchen and onto the small slope, ready to feed the Pokémon breakfast, he saw Liliae lying on the railing of the corridor, looking down at the Pokémon in the water.

Lillie is not naturally resistant to Pokémon. In fact, this girl has always liked Pokémon. However, after an attack involving Ultra Beasts, she developed PTSD towards Pokémon, and any contact with Pokémon would trigger those unpleasant memories.

"Good morning, Liliae. Why are you up so early?" Jiang Cheng just remembered at this moment that there were two more people in his family. Fortunately, he was used to cooking for Pokémon first, otherwise, when Xiaoyu came in after watching the show and saw him eating alone in the kitchen, it would be really unbearable.

"Morning... I usually get up early, but Jiang Cheng also gets up early."

Jiang Cheng waved his hand: "Don't mention it, I was woken up by the Rotom alarm clock. I don't know who added such a useless function to it."

"Lotom? Do you need help? Lotom!" Rotom seemed to hear the call to himself.

"It's okay, go charge!"

"Got Lotto!"

Lilia couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle: "Hehe, Jiang Cheng doesn't like being woken up by the alarm clock?"

"That's true. Who would want to be woken up by external forces if they can sleep until they wake up naturally? Besides, I couldn't sleep well before I opened the hot spring parlor. If I still can't sleep well after opening the hot spring parlor, then wouldn't my opening of the hot spring parlor be in vain?"

Liliae couldn't help but giggle at Jiang Cheng's remarks, and both of them seemed to have forgotten that there was another person sleeping soundly in the hot spring.

.......

"Is this the Marie City? It looks awesome!"

As the sun rises, a cruise ship slowly approaches the quiet city of Maglie. A young couple of tourists on board look at the city in front of them with full of anticipation.

In the early morning of the quiet city of Malie, many tourists have already started to land. It is not accurate to say it is early morning, after all, it is already past nine o'clock. If you go to see the giant panda Huahua, it will be 100% impossible to lie down in time.

Many fishermen have returned from fishing on the shore and are trading with the dock market. Various roadside shops and souvenir vendors are also preparing to start their day's business. The whole city is slowly waking up.

"Where are we going to play next?"

"If we're going to Marie Quiet City, we should go to Marie Courtyard, right?"

As the two were hesitating, they suddenly saw a few locals gathered in front of them chatting. Curious, they immediately decided to go over and listen, and also ask if there were any other places where they could experience Alola customs besides the quiet city of Malie.

The residents of Maliejing City were chatting in low voices, and the two of them had to get closer to hear what they were talking about.

"Hey, have you all been to the hot spring center that just opened yesterday? How was the experience?" In the small city of Maliejing, any small thing can become big news. The opening of Jiang Cheng's hot spring center soon became one of the hot topics on the streets.

"Of course I went. It's really something. The hot spring is very comfortable. You can also let your Pokémon soak in it. There is even a place for water-type Pokémon mounts. It's really good. But there are too many people. I plan to go again another day when there are fewer people."

"It can also stop water-type mount Pokémon? Is that true?"

Since the Alola people don't like to let their Pokémon stay in the ball, it is a big problem for these fishermen who live by the sea all year round to place their own Pokémon mounts in the city.

"Why would I lie to you? You'll know if you go there once. There's a huge pool in the hot springs, enough to hold several dragons!"

"Then I have to go and see it. I wanted to go and play before, but I just couldn't leave my child alone..."

"Let me tell you, the ice cream there is the best. It's so delicious that it can give birth to a Frosty Milk Fairy!"

"so smart?"

The two tourists looked at each other and added this hot spring to their travel list.

"Speaking of which, I also heard a very interesting story about the owner of the hot spring."

"What"

"Yesterday, Dr. Kukui took Captain Mamane to the battle field at the Pokémon Center. The protagonist of the battle was Captain Mamane, and the other one was the owner of the hot spring!"

"He also knows how to fight elves?"

"Of course, what do you think the battle is like?"

"How was it? I guess it was a tough fight with Captain Mamane, and then a narrow defeat?"

"Wrong! It was this hot spring owner who defeated Captain Mamane's three Pokémon with one Pokémon, and even defeated Captain Mamane's most important Shovel Cannonworm."

"Is it true? Just one?"

"Yes, there was only one. Even that one Pokémon didn't use its skills many times. I heard that Captain Mamane's Pokémon wasn't even touched by anyone."

"That hot spring owner seems to be a psychic. Wasn't there a rumor that he was able to escape unscathed after encountering the Crystal Lamp Spirit? He's an extremely powerful ghost-type trainer!"

"You're talking nonsense, right? Is that hot spring owner so strong that he can't even stand up to the captain?"

"It's not like there's no captain at all. A stronger captain should still be able to win, right? Is it just because Captain Mamane is relatively weak?"

"What you said makes sense, but which captain is stronger?"

"Ah... I don't know. No one has ever compared to me."

"It really is....."

Chapter 80: Travel

Without Jiang Cheng's knowledge, his fame was being spread in a very strange direction in this small town. An outrageous rumor began to emerge that Jiang Cheng was actually a powerful psychic from Donghuang.

At this moment, he was hesitating, hesitating about how to make this call to his mentor.

Lao Gao is a very special person to Jiang Cheng. Although this 38-year-old man with two children is usually known for his seriousness in class, he is really nice to the original owner.

Due to his status, Lao Gao could not do much. When he saw the original owner, he would occasionally find an excuse to treat him to a meal. If there were any good things in the school that could get subsidies, he would do his best to get them for him. In class, he would take personal action to crack down on any bullying that made fun of the original owner because of his background. It can be said that from this man, the original owner gained the fatherly love he had never had before.

That was why Jiang Cheng hesitated. When facing the two dead Lao Dengs, he could only look at them coldly. When facing possible relatives, he also knew how to deal with them. But he didn't want to face this kind of person who had good intentions towards the original owner without any evil thoughts.

"Send it?" (゜-゜)

Zhen Yifa noticed Jiang Cheng's emotional fluctuations and slowly flew in front of Jiang Cheng.

"I'm fine, Flutter... I just... I don't know what to say."

Maybe I'm timid. What am I timid about? I'm timid about the other party asking about my well-being, and not knowing how to answer the key questions... I'm timid about the other party finding out that the child I've been helping has already died, and now someone has taken his place?

Or are you afraid of your friends' sudden concern?

He couldn't tell.

While his thoughts were wandering, Jiang Cheng felt something touching him gently. He raised his head and saw Zhen Yifa slowly stroking the back of Jiang Cheng's head with his wings.

Zhen Yifa doesn’t know how to comfort, she only knows how to fight and struggle.

She had just learned the word "share".

She only knew that when Jiang Cheng's big hand stroked the back of her head, she felt itchy, warm, and happy, so she started to do the same.

The Flutterwings are a well-known violent species in Area Zero, but they can also love.

"Thank you, Zhen Yifa, I feel much better." Jiang Cheng gently patted Zhen Yifa's wings, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

Since coming to this world, he has been healed by Pokémon without realizing it. Now, when he faces the past, he is more calm than before. This is of course due to the credit of Zhenyifa and the others.

The feathers of the flapping wings feel very good. These feathers look like gems in the sun, but they feel soft like silk to the touch. When you touch the feathers all the way down, the feel is incredibly smooth.

"Pah!" Okay, I touched it a little too far back.

After slapping away Jiang Cheng's dishonest hand, Zhen Yifa looked at Jiang Cheng's expression. Feeling that he should be fine, he prepared to rest for a while. He had played two games yesterday, and then stayed up most of the night. He was also woken up by the alarm clock in the morning. Lord Zhen Yifa now needs a warm nap to replenish his energy.

Make up for the training after you wake up.

Lord Flutterwing is a very self-disciplined elf, unlike that lazy and gluttonous ghost.

Just as I was about to take action, I saw Jiang Cheng raising his foot and walking out the door.

"Send it?"

Where are you going?

"Ah, I'm going to ask about the rental mount Pokémon first, especially Dragonite. If you feel sleepy, you can go to bed and rest first."

For some reason, he could now feel more and more clearly the meaning of the Pokémon's calls, and even very complex meanings could be perceived by him. He wanted to sort this out, but found that he seemed to have no idea where to start.

Perhaps I can only share something from an empirical perspective?

"Send it!"

Master Flutter-Wing-Fa will go with you.

"Will you come with me? But Master Zhenyifa must be very sleepy. It won't take me long to be outside. I will be back soon. Master Zhenyifa can go back and take a nap. When I come back, we can have lunch."

"Send it!"

Zhenyifa shook his head: Lord Zhenyifa will go with you.

Seeing the unexpectedly stubborn Zhen Yifa, Jiang Cheng followed suit: "Okay, Master Zhen Yifa, let's go together."

"I want to come with Loto too!"

"Okay, you come too!"

I don't know if Mamane has woken up, but Liliae has already started her work - looking up and organizing some literature. Seeing her, Jiang Cheng always thinks of the past when he asked graduate students to do chores for him when he was in school.

As for why undergraduates are not used, it is because undergraduates are not easy to use.

Excuse me for being frank, but starting from the graduate stage, what I learned in biology and what I learned in undergraduate studies are completely two different things. It's like suddenly entering the beauty of the Three-Body Planet.

The wind today is very nice, warm and gentle, with a little bit of humid water vapor, which is a sign of rain in the near future.

This kind of wind was very comfortable for Jiang Cheng, but for Zhen Yifa who was already extremely sleepy, it was a little... not so good.

Zhen Yifa, who was already feeling sleepy, became even more erratic after he went out.

"Aloha, Master Jiang, are you going out?"

The neighbors who opened shops greeted Jiang Cheng one after another, and at the same time curiously glanced at Rotom hovering above Jiang Cheng's head, and... the flapping-winged bird that was flying somewhat freely in the middle of the road.

"Yeah, I'm going to go out and rent a mount Pokémon."

"I see... Gym Leader Xiao Jiang should also have his own mount Pokémon. May the island god bless you and wish you all the best."

"Borrow your good words"

After saying goodbye to his neighbors, Jiang Cheng walked on the road, looking at the fluttering hair flying crookedly in the air, and couldn't help but say: "Fluttering hair!"

"Send it?"

"We still have a long way to go. It will be very tiring to fly there. The wind is a bit strong now. Master Flutterwing, why don't you take a rest on my backpack?"

There was nothing in Jiang Cheng's backpack. Although it couldn't hold the entire Fluttering Wing Hair, it was enough to hold her small body.

Zhen Yifa, who was extremely sleepy, followed the advice and put his small body into the backpack. He rested his head on Jiang Cheng's shoulder, slowly placed his two pairs of wings on Jiang Cheng's body, and closed his eyes.

Watching Flutterfat's breathing quickly calm down, Jiang Cheng made a small gesture to Rotom, gently lifted the backpack which didn't add much weight, and continued forward.

An ordinary day is indeed an exceptionally comfortable day.

Chapter 81: Earth Dragon and Earth Dragon

"Want to rent a Dragonite?"

In the Pokémon rental company, the staff looked at Jiang Cheng with some surprise on their faces.

He saw this magical combination from a distance. The boy wore a black shirt with embossed patterns on his upper body, and a simple and clean white T-shirt inside, which made his fair skin look even whiter. The smoky gray jeans made his legs look straight and long. The simple white sneakers made him look unexpectedly mature but very comfortable. He looked very simple and beautiful.