My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 261 Love and Memories

Summer of the 112th year of the League Calendar, June 11th.

In Alola, the days are frighteningly long in the summer.

At five o'clock in the morning, it was already bright, and sunlight streamed through the hotel's heavy curtains, falling on the floor of the room.

"Terrifying—"

Half-asleep, Chinchilla instinctively reached for its fluffy tail, wanting to cover itself with it.

Unexpectedly, they found nothing.

"Terrifying?"

No, rather than grabbing at empty air, it's more accurate to say that his arms were completely immobilized, bound behind his back!

"Terrifying!"

Chinchilla snapped awake, opened its eyes, and found itself tightly bound by several ribbons.

His hands and feet were bound together and tied behind his back, his whole body was put in a very shameful position.

His prized tail was now immobilized, being held as a pillow by a sleeping pickpocket cat.

"Meow~ purr~"

The pickpocket cat was fast asleep, its fluffy cheek rubbing against the chinchilla's big tail, a smug smile on its lips.

"Terror!!" Chinchilla struggled angrily, but the ribbon was tied quite professionally, and the more it struggled, the tighter it became.

The commotion finally woke up the pickpocket cat. She lazily opened one eye, saw Chinchilla's embarrassed state, and let out a smug chuckle: "Meow~"

It turns out that last night, while Chinchilla was asleep, the pickpocket cat secretly used a ribbon he had taken from the hotel gift box to carry out his "revenge".

Seeing Chinchilla's disheveled state, the pickpocket cat finally got its revenge.

"Terror!!" Chinchilla puffed up its cheeks in anger, then suddenly had a brilliant idea and used its tail to swat! Although its body was bound, its tail could still sway slightly.

Caught off guard, the pickpocket cat was swept off the bed by the fluffy tail and rolled off with a "meow".

Just then, the door was gently pushed open.

When Tong Hua returned from her morning exercise with Riolu and the Forest Lizard, she couldn't help but laugh out loud at the sight inside the room: "You two are really going all out!"

Lucario and Dusknoir, who followed Tong Hua into the room, were even more amazed and couldn't help but applaud the two Pokémon.

"Is this the forbidden love between cats and mice that transcends species? —"

"Whether it's forbidden or not is another matter, but this relationship where the woman is stronger than the man is definitely a sure thing for Si Ai —"

"Terrible!"

"That's enough, you guys! Let me go, Cheese!"

Tong Hua suppressed a laugh and went to help Cinnamon untie the ribbon. Freed, Cinnamon immediately pounced on the pickpocket cat, and the two Pokémon began chasing and playing around the room again.

"Alright, alright," Tong Hua shook her head helplessly, "You two stop fooling around, we still have a lot to do today."

Just then, the room phone rang. Tong Hua answered the phone, and came the sweet, cool, and beautiful voice of a woman who had just woken up, along with the lazy voice of a woman who had just woken up.

"Oh my~"

"Hey, Tong Hua. Um—are you guys awake?"

Jessica said she wanted to experience Alora's unique morning market —

Last night, when the rooms were assigned, in order to balance the number of people, Lucario, Tsaremi, and Tebrim were assigned to share a room with Fuu and the others.

Pickpocket Cat should have gone there too, but for some well-known reasons, she insisted on staying.

Tong Hua glanced at the two Pokémon still playing around and replied with a smile, "Okay. Let's meet in the lobby later."

Tong Hua hung up the phone, turned around and looked at the two Pokémon that were still chasing each other, "Did you hear that? Get ready, it's time to go!"

""

"Meow!"

Upon hearing this, the pickpocket cat pounced into Tong Hua's arms, and the Chinchilla behind her also suddenly stopped and pinned the pickpocket cat down!

"Ring ring!"

The phone rang again, and Tong Hua answered it while calming the two still-fighting little ones.

"By the way, kid—do you know where Tibrim went?"

"Bri-Bri~"

There were almost no tourists on the beach in the early morning.

Tibrim strolled alone on the beach, breathing in the fresh sea air.

"It's definitely more comfortable to be alone. Sleeping in a room with a bunch of people is just too uncomfortable, Brie!"

Oh no, no, I've accidentally picked up my verbal tic again, Brie—"

Tibrim sighed softly, her curly hair swaying slightly in the morning breeze.

She gazed at the shimmering sea, a hint of world-weariness in her eyes that seemed out of place with her petite frame.

"So much time has passed in the blink of an eye —"

Should I not have been soft-hearted and agreed to that interview? If I had refused then, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way.

Bree————

Recalling the past, Tibrim sighed softly.

Back then, I was living happily with Brimwyn in the forest when one day, a younger member of the Wanda family somehow found out my address and came to my door.

Fortunately, the girl was a direct descendant of the Wanda family. Although her talent was almost zero, the witch blood flowing through her body prevented her from triggering the witch curse of Tibrim.

To trigger the curse of turning into a Pokémon, two conditions must be met.

First, the witch's appearance and identity must be revealed; second, the person who can see through the witch's identity must be an ordinary person.

"It's all that article's fault; it completely disrupted our lives afterward, Brie—"

How is everyone doing these days?

Tibrim's thoughts drifted far away, recalling the quiet days she spent living in the forest with the Brimwyns.

They were lovers, lovers who defied all societal norms.

This is what people often call a pair of star-crossed lovers.

"Bri—" she sighed softly, her curly hair hanging down listlessly.

Just then, a soft sound of footsteps came from behind.

Tibriam turned around alertly and saw Tong Hua standing not far away with a gentle smile on his face.

"So you were here." Tong Hua walked over and sat down next to her. "Why didn't you leave a note? You made everyone so worried."

Tibrim turned her face away: "I don't need you to worry about Brie!"

"Is that so? Hmph~"

Tibrim probably forgot that Tong Hua possessed the power of aura, and that all of her inner thoughts had been secretly overheard by the gossipy Tong Hua.

Looking at Tibrim again, Tong Hua noticed that her tone had lost some of its former sharpness and gained a hint of melancholy.

He sat quietly beside Tibrim, and the two of them gazed together at the rising sun on the horizon.

"Sometimes," Tong Hua said softly, "memories are like the tide, always surging into my heart unexpectedly."

Tibrim looked at him in surprise, her curly hair swaying slightly: "What are you doing—"

Immediately, she realized what was happening, pouted, and glared angrily at Tong Hua.

"Although I don't know what you've been through in your long life," Tong Hua said with a smile, "I'm always willing to listen if you want to talk about it."

"Who's going to tell you, Brie!"

As Tibrim said this, her curly hair swayed gently without her noticing.

This is a typical example of being arrogant, but a bit too arrogant.

Tong Hua was not annoyed by this, and even deliberately reached out and gently poked Tiprim's puffed-up cheek.

"Bree!"

Looking at the bristling Tibrim in front of him, Tong Hua revealed a smug, wicked smile.

"Fine, don't tell me then. Let's go get breakfast!"

Tong Hua stood up and extended his hand to Tibrim. Sunlight streamed down from behind him, gilding his silhouette.

Tibrim hesitated for a moment, but finally put her little paws on Tong Hua's hands and used the leverage to jump onto his shoulder.

"Bree————"

After Tong Hua had walked towards the hotel lobby for a while, she muttered to herself, "It's not so bad to have this happen occasionally—"

"What did you just say?"

"I said I want maple syrup waffles!" Tibrim's curly hair instantly exploded, and her little paws lightly patted Tong Hua's cheek.

"Do you think this is Galar or Carlos?! Baked pancakes? I don't think they even have fried bread here."

"There's no way that kind of thing could exist in Alora—"

Just as Tong Hua was about to retort, she smelled an enticing fragrance wafting in on the breeze.

He followed the aroma and saw a small stall with a bear-shaped sign nearby. Three vendors in uniforms were making a golden, crispy bread, and honey syrup was simmering in a small pot beside them.

"No way—" Tong Hua stared in disbelief. "How come there really is one?"

And those three people... I feel like I've seen them somewhere before...