How can I be a trainer when my girlfriend is so cute?

After two days of quiet and long rest, Fang Ci's heart that longed for adventure and exploration was stirring again, like a bud gently awakened by the spring breeze, eager to stretch to a wider world. He made careful preparations and ensured that all his equipment was in place, like a warrior about to go to war, fully armed and shining.

Fang Ci and Diancie stood side by side, and the eyes of the man and the elf flashed with infinite longing for the unknown journey. They bid farewell to the warm and familiar town of Xueza, which had been a temporary safe haven, but the vast world was waiting for their footsteps.

Crossing a winding and narrow mountain road covered with dense vegetation, every step was taken with firm determination and courage. On both sides of the mountain road, wild flowers bloomed and colorful butterflies fluttered, as if nature was also offering the most splendid welcome ceremony for their departure.

Finally, they arrived at their destination, the Marked Forest under the towering shadow of Frost Mountain. This forest is famous for its ancient and mysterious atmosphere. Each tree seems to carry a thousand-year-old story, and the mottled marks on the trunks record the footprints and legends of past travelers. The sunlight shines through the dense canopy, casting mottled light and shadows, covering this quiet woodland with a mysterious and charming veil.

Fang Ci and Diancie walked in slowly, feeling the freshness and tranquility in the air, their hearts filled with anticipation and excitement for the upcoming adventure.

The Marked Forest is home to many poison-type and insect-type Pokémon. Every tree and stone has colorful graffiti left by markers, hence the name Marked Forest.

"Momo~"

As soon as he entered the Marked Forest, Tao Dailang was like a child walking into an amusement park, looking here and there, his little eyes full of curiosity.

Especially the colorful marks on the surrounding tree trunks made Tao Dailang feel very wonderful. Driven by curiosity, Tao Dailang even stretched out his tongue and licked it gently. The sweet feeling made him squint his eyes happily.

"Little Taozi, don't eat anything carelessly, otherwise you will get a stomachache!" Seeing Tao Dailang's rash behavior, Dianxi immediately frowned and stopped him.

After two days of getting along, the two mythical Pokémon have become very good friends. These two days, Taodailang is like Diancie's little follower, always following Diancie, and even this time when going out, he was clamoring to follow.

When Tao Dailang heard his eldest sister's words, his expression immediately changed and he obediently returned to Fang Ci and Diancie.

"Don't worry, there is probably nothing in this world that can make Tao Dailang, a master of poison, get a stomachache." Seeing Tao Dailang looking a little aggrieved, Fang Ci smiled and comforted him.

"Momo~"

Hearing Fang Ci's words, Tao Dailang's eyes lit up instantly, and he patted his belly proudly towards Dianxi to show that there was absolutely no problem with him.

"But even if the food doesn't hurt, don't lick the graffiti on the trees. These are traps carefully made by the painters. They will be angry if they are destroyed." Seeing that Tao Dailang was getting a little too proud of himself, Fang Ci reminded him with a smile.

"Momo~"

Hearing this, Tao Dailang nodded quickly. Anyway, he had just tasted the taste of graffiti, which was sweet and delicious. The toxin in it was just a mild paralyzing toxin, which was too little for him.

"Momo~"

Thinking of this, Tao Dailang happily ran to a sturdy tree again, stretched out the poisonous chain in front of a rare gap and began to draw wantonly.

"Momo!"

After drawing the last stroke, Tao Dailang immediately returned to Fang Ci and Dian Xi proudly and asked them to appreciate his masterpiece together.

Seeing the purple peach scribbled on the trunk, Fang Ci and Diancie couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle. Seeing that both Fang Ci and Diancie were laughing, Tao Dailang was obviously even more proud. However, before it could continue to show off, there was a rustling noise from the dense crown of the tree, and then a skinny monkey elf popped its head out from the dense leaves. After seeing the big peach graffiti on the trunk, a trace of anger appeared on its face. It stretched out its slender middle finger and quickly used the paint on its finger to wipe out Tao Dailang's graffiti beyond recognition.

"Momo~!"

Seeing that the results of his hard work for half a day were destroyed, Tao Dailang instantly became angry and shot two thick poisonous chains at the monkey.

"Icon~"

Tu Biao Ke sensed the danger and hurriedly tried to return to the tree canopy to hide, but unfortunately he was a step too late and his hands were entangled by poisonous chains and hung in front of Tao Dailang.

"Is this the Mark Painter?" Looking at the strange elf caught by Tao Dailang, Diancie's little face was full of curiosity.

Seeing this, Fang Ci also opened the illustrated book on Rotom's phone and showed it to Diancikop.

"Tag Painter, a poison monkey Pokémon with poison and normal attributes, evolved from Squidward. It smears poisonous saliva that changes color according to the food it eats on its fingers, and then draws patterns on the trees in the forest. The patterns drawn by the Taggart will vary from individual to individual, and it will continue to draw the same pattern throughout its life."

"I was wondering why the graffiti patterns on each tree are different. It turns out they were drawn by different markers." Upon hearing the description in the illustration, Diancie immediately showed an expression of realization. A question that had troubled her since entering the Marked Forest finally had an answer.

Fang Ci looked at the patterns of different sizes but similar shapes on the tree in front of him, and immediately guessed why the graffiti artist had erased Tao Dailang's graffiti: "It turns out that this tree is the territory of this graffiti artist, so it doesn't allow others to graffiti on it."

After hearing Fang Ci's explanation, Tao Dailang felt a little guilty for a moment. However, just when he was about to let Tu Biao Ke go, Tu Biao Ke who was hung by him suddenly started screaming.

“Paint the mark——!”

As the sharp cry of the painter resounded throughout the forest, responses immediately rang out one after another in the dense woods on all sides.

Soon dozens of Painted Markers came from all directions and surrounded Fang Ci and the two elves.

"Momo~"

Looking at the increasing number of painters around him, Tao Dailang gently put down the painter who was hung up by it with some embarrassment.

"Paint the label~"

As soon as it landed, the painted-biao guest immediately ran to his companion, pointed at Tao Dailang with his long middle finger and loudly accused him of his bad behavior.

"I knew it."

Seeing the increasingly ferocious looks of the label painters, Fang Ci smiled bitterly and threw out a Poké Ball as if he had been prepared.

"Wan Zengyuan, take us out of here."

As soon as Fang Ci finished speaking, the cunning eyes of Yuan Zengyuan, who had just appeared in front of them, immediately lit up with a purple light, and then the figures of Fang Ci and his group instantly disappeared from the sight of the painters.

"Paint the label~"

Seeing Fang Ci and the others disappear, a painter who looked quite old slowly walked out from the monkey group, nimbly climbed up the tree where Tao Dailang had painted his graffiti, and gently licked the graffiti left by Tao Dailang with his tongue.

"Paint the mark~!"

The moment his tongue touched Tao Dailang's graffiti, the old painter fell straight down from the tree as if he was struck by lightning. Seeing this, the other painters surrounded him in panic and worry.

But before they could help him, the old painter stood up on his own and looked at the graffiti on the tree trunk that had been mostly erased. His big eyes were full of fanaticism, and in this fanaticism there was a hint of inexplicable piety.

However, Fang Ci and the others had no idea of ​​all this. In a trance, the scene before their eyes changed drastically from a dense forest of imprints to a splashing waterfall.

"Thank you, I wish you could increase your monkey power!"

Seeing the purple light in Yuan Zengyuan's eyes extinguish, Fang Ci breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, the reason they ran away just now was not because they were afraid, but because they were in the wrong first.

"There is a steep mountain road next to this waterfall. We can reach Frost Mountain by following this road." Fang Ci looked up at the waterfall cascading down and the snow-capped mountains. Fang Ci, who had made a plan in advance, did not expect that Yuan Zengyuan would use his superpowers to bring them here in one go.

"Wan Zengyuan, can you help us see if there is any danger going up the mountain this way?"

"Wish~"

Hearing this, Yuan Zengyuan sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes. With the collaboration of his powerful superpowers and intelligent brain, some fragments of the future began to flash through Yuan Zengyuan's mind.

"Wish~"

About two minutes later, Yuan Zengyuan opened his eyes again with a hint of fatigue in his expression.

"Yuan Zengyuan said that we will encounter some minor troubles if we take this road, but we can handle them with our strength and no accidents will happen." After hearing what Yuan Zengyuan said, Diancie on the side translated randomly.

"I understand. Thank you for your hard work, Ape. You should come back and have a rest first." After putting the somewhat tired Ape back into the Poké Ball, Fang Ci breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Yuan Zengyuan's predictions cannot be said to be 100% accurate, they are very effective in most cases. This is also an important reason why Sanbaoban and Taodailang were able to travel through mountains and rivers and successfully reach Beishang Township.

Therefore, hearing Yuan Zengyuan say that there was no problem undoubtedly gave Fang Ci a reassurance.

"Since there is no problem, let's go up the mountain from here!" Although this path is by no means the best choice to go up the mountain, since fate has led them here, it would be against Fang Ci's character not to give it a try.

And since it is a trip and an adventure, of course this undeveloped path is more interesting!

After making up his mind, Fang Ci and his companions set foot on this rugged path next to the roaring waterfall and began his mountaineering journey. The waterfall poured down from the cliff like a white silk, and the water droplets splashed and turned into layers of fine mist, lingering around him, adding a bit of fairy spirit to this climb. The stone steps under his feet were slippery and irregular, and every step had to be taken carefully. Fang Ci held the trekking pole tightly and leaned forward slightly to maintain balance.

As the altitude gradually increased, the sound of the wind and the roar of the waterfall intertwined, as if it was the most exciting symphony of nature, inspiring Fang Ci to keep moving forward. The sun shone through the mist, forming gorgeous beams of light, shining on the wet leaves and moss, flashing a dazzling and mysterious light.

Along the way, Fang Ci stopped from time to time to look at the peaks in the distance and the valleys gently covered by the mist of waterfalls. His heart was filled with awe and admiration for the uncanny workmanship of nature. Every breath seemed to bring in a full breath of freshness and vitality, which made him more determined to climb to the top.

The foot of Frost Mountain is not all bleak ice and snow as imagined, on the contrary it is full of lush greenery.

The moisture brought by the waterfall made the vegetation along this rugged mountain road extremely dense. Sometimes Fang Ci had to swing a machete to cut through the overgrown bushes in order to find the way forward.

In the dense bushes, the melodious chirping of insects echoed through the deep canyon. As if frightened by the noise of their advance, rustling sounds could be heard from time to time in the grass ahead.

However, it wasn't long before Fang Ci and the others had to slow down. Fang Ci shook his sore arms and looked at the endless bushes above with a face full of worry.

"At a time like this, it would be great if there was an elf that could help." Fang Ci just thought of this and without looking up he saw a Scyther flying over them.

"Momo~"

Looking at the Sly Mantis in the sky, Tao Dailang's eyes lit up instantly and he stretched out his poisonous chain, ready to catch the Sly Mantis.

Seeing this, Fang Ci hurriedly knocked Tao Dailang's head with a knife, and said helplessly: "I want to ask the elves for help, not let you control them."

After stopping Tao Dailang's barbaric behavior, Fang Ci lowered his head and said to Diancie, "Xixi, this is the fruit that Scyther's favorite eats. Go ask it to do us a favor."

"Okay!" Upon hearing that, Diancie immediately picked up a handful of fruits and chased after the giant mantis.

The flying mantis, which was flying leisurely in the sky, suddenly felt an inexplicable chill, but the bad feeling disappeared in just a moment. It looked down and saw a very cute elf holding a bunch of colorful fruits and waving at it.

The Sly Mantis saw the fruits and realized at a glance that they were exactly what it liked, so it immediately turned around and flew down.

Ten minutes later, the Sly Mantis, with a full stomach, looked at Diancie's hopeful eyes, immediately patted his chest with his sharp sickle to agree to her request, and followed Diancie back to Fang Ci.

As the saying goes, every profession has its specialties, this is indeed true. The Scythe held the sickle in front of its chest, flapped its wings suddenly, and turned into a green lightning and flew out. The bushes along the way that gave Fang Ci a headache collapsed instantly, and in the blink of an eye, a path wide enough for Fang Ci and his friends to travel together was opened up.

"Thank you, Scyther!" After giving Scyther some tree fruits as a reward, Fang Ci's heart was filled with gratitude as he watched it leave with the fruits. Without Scyther's help, these bushes blocking the way would be enough to stop them for the entire day.

After bidding farewell to the giant mantis, Fang Ci continued his mountain climbing journey with Diancie and Tao Dailang.