He knows Pokémon better than me.

Next to the street, in front of the flying taxi.

There was still a majestic steel armored crow standing in front, with a middle-aged fat man in a dog-head hat as the driver, and a two-seater carriage parked behind him.

Xiaozhi is seeing Mary off.

"By the way, are you really not going to come visit my house? My Xie Mi can do somersaults."

Xiaozhi scratched his head and invited again.

After all, Mary was the guide who brought her to the Watchtower Castle. Now that the castle has taken shape, he really wants to show her the latest achievements.

"I also want to go and see it. Unfortunately, I have an appointment with someone else and time is a bit tight."

Mary spread her hands helplessly.

As soon as the competition was over, she would rush to the northwest town of Wuzi to meet with the local gym leader.

Of course, he didn't challenge the owner of the hall right away. The experienced old owner was much more difficult to challenge than Mr. Ka Wu.

In addition, the opponent is a fairy attribute gym owner, which restrains the evil attribute that she is good at.
This gym owner has recently been recruiting apprentices to teach them the secrets of fairy attributes, and it is even rumored that he will choose his successor from among them.

Mary has no idea of ​​becoming the successor, but she plans to use this recruitment opportunity to learn about the opponent's fighting rhythm and style, and preferably find their weaknesses before challenging them in the gym!

"Well, then I can only wish you a safe journey~"

Xiaozhi laughed and didn't feel too disappointed. He helped Mary open the car door as if he was sending a friend out for an outing.

Morubeko on his shoulder jumped up first and ran around in the carriage. Only then did Mary bend down and go in.

After closing the car door and rolling down the window, she stuck her head out and smiled:
"I'll come to your house as a guest next time. Oh, and let me see your world championship match next time."

He is still very interested in Xiaozhi's strength as a trainer.

"Oh, that's a deal!"

Xiaozhi smiled and stepped back a few steps, motioning to the taxi driver, who then sat astride Steelix, spread his wings, and landed on the roof of the car.

Although Mary looks cold, she often smiles when you get along with her and is very easy to get along with.

Inside the car, Marie had the same idea. She didn't have many friends in the Galar region, but Satoshi was a surprisingly easy person to get along with.

After watching Steelix grab the carriage and soar away, Xiaozhi stretched himself, then went to Guyue Grocery Store to chat with Uncle Pierre for a while before going home to prepare his luggage for the second mine tomorrow.

The next day, early in the morning.

At daybreak, Xiaozhi woke up the teddy bear again and started the triathlon of push-ups, sit-ups and squats.

This time, the young player Tengchu was also waiting in the open space in advance and practicing with repeated movements.

Then came the ten-kilometer long-distance race, but this time Xiaozhi did not set the finish line at the Giant's Bench Rock, but at the Muguang Forest, so the round trip would be almost ten kilometers.

"Eh? Machado, aren't you going to run today?"

After warming up, seeing that Machado had not come out yet, Xiaozhi couldn't help but bend down and knock on the shadow like knocking on the door.

"."

Machado did not respond.

It focuses more on the training of skills and fighting techniques. You don't need to bring it with you for basic exercises such as running next time.

Do you understand what divine beast-level durability is?

Xiaozhi curled his lips and did not force it. He took Tongpuxiong and Tengchui to start today's ten-kilometer training.

This time, the speed was faster, and it took about 50 minutes to return. After returning home, he quickly ate some breakfast prepared by the Magic Wall Doll, took a shower and changed clothes. Xiaozhi quickened his pace, and it was almost time for the appointment with Xiaoyou.

Get everything ready, pack your bags, and take the Pokémon you're going to take with you on this long journey.

Basically, they were all taken with them, leaving only Farfetch'd to guard outside the castle, plus the Magic Wall Doll Butler and Lucario, who were responsible for the fighting force, inside the castle.

With Lucario's strength, he can easily deal with the "bullies" from the wilderness.

As for Brickalon, now that the castle renovation project has come to an end, Xiaozhi temporarily sent it back to Professor Oak.

This guy is good at making tiles, but he is amateur in other aspects.

"Gah!"

At nine o'clock in the morning, Farfetch'd stood at the door holding up a long onion to say goodbye to Satoshi.

Now it just wants to concentrate on practicing its dual-sword style, wait until its sword skills are mature before fighting against strong opponents, and then deliver three critical hits at once to complete its evolution.

Recently, the Onion Duck has even been thinking about whether it should hold a third onion in its mouth in addition to the onions it holds with its wings.

"Then please take good care of the house~!"

After entrusting the castle to the Magic Wall Doll, Xiaozhi carried the Bear Doll on his waist and walked towards the direction of Mecha City with Pikachu and Magearna.

The west exit of Jiqing City.

This is Xiaozhi's first time here. The city gate is connected to a long castle corridor, which is a bridge made of bricks and stones. It is almost as if there is no end in sight. The scale of this corridor is much larger than the wall of his own castle.

The lower part of the city wall is arched and supported by stone pillars. Looking down, you can see the Jiqing River passing through this stone bridge from south to north.

"Good morning, Xiaozhi~!"

Before climbing the stairs of the stone bridge, a short-haired girl wearing a green hat was already waiting there, waving at him with a smile.

"Oh Xiaoyou, good morning, and the tearful lizard~!"

Xiaozhi quickly walked over and bent down to say hello to the tearful lizard beside Xiaoyou's legs.

Having met it several times before, the tearful lizard was not so scared that it turned transparent this time, and even stuck out its tongue at Xiaozhi.

But today, in addition to the tearful lizard, there is also a humanoid Pokémon beside Xiaoyou.

It is half a human height, with dark purple and white skin, and horns like braids on both sides of its head. It has gentle eyes and when it sees Xiaozhi, it slightly turns sideways and extends a hand, like a waiter smiling and greeting.

"This Pokémon is, Aibute, right?"

Xiaozhi recognized it at a glance. Miss Joy's partner is different in each region, and Miss Joy's partner in Galar is this Pokémon that looks like a goat-horned girl.

"Beep! A butler with both psychic and normal attributes. He can use the horns on his head to read the other person's mood. He likes to stay by the trainer's side, predict their actions with his mental power, and then take care of their daily life like a butler!"

"ps: there are gender differences in love butlers, Loto~!"

Xiaozhi glanced at the illustrated book and saw that apart from the slightly different skin color, the male Hermit's horns were erected, making him look more serious overall.

The females love to keep their horns down, and are more peaceful and gentle overall.

This reminds Xiaozhi of Carlos's Psyche, as the color scheme and attributes are also somewhat similar.

Comparing with the illustration, Xiaoyou's steward is a female.

Not only that, this butler also carries a big backpack. Maybe he is Xiaoyou's business partner? ——
(Happy Dragon Boat Festival!)
(I've been having a bit of a writer's block lately, so the update frequency is a bit irregular. If you have any ideas, please leave them here and help me expand on them.)
(Also, sometimes when I first send it out, it’s all copy-pasted and there are a lot of typos. Just refresh it every 10 minutes. I didn’t have time to correct it.) (End of this chapter)