Pokémon: Starting with Lucario and Gardevoir

ǎ, third tone, with rising and falling tones.

à, fourth tone, meaning to flow rapidly.

This is what makes for a perfect and comfortable process.

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Chapter 56 Taming the Charmander and Establishing a Bond

The next morning, the little dragon, having eaten and slept well, got up early.

He looked very energetic.

"Little Fire Dragon, come here, let me check you out." Hao Yan waved to the Little Fire Dragon.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" the little fire dragon cried out and took the initiative to approach Haoyan.

"Your recovery ability is really good; your injuries have basically healed completely," Haoyan said after checking him over.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" The little fire dragon took the initiative to rub its head against Haoyan's hand.

"Gardevoir, Lucario, come help me make breakfast." Hao Yan stretched and called out to Gardevoir and Lucario, preparing for a busy day of breakfast preparations.

Upon hearing that there was food, the little dragon immediately became happy.

His gaze remained fixed on Haoyan, circling around him.

"Little Charmander, would you mind coming over and helping us start a fire?" Haoyan noticed Charmander's longing for food and called him over to help.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" The little fire dragon immediately ran over and breathed a mouthful of flames at the firewood.

The firewood immediately began to burn fiercely.

"Wow, your flames are pretty fierce." Hao Yan was somewhat surprised that the little fire dragon, so small, actually had a lot of energy hidden inside it.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" The little fire dragon became visibly happy after receiving Haoyan's praise.

"Looks like we can try to subdue him later."

Haoyan looked at the little fire dragon who was quietly enjoying himself and was quite satisfied with him.

When Charmander grows up and evolves into Charizard, it can not only fly in the air.

There is another very important ability.

That is reconnaissance, reconnaissance of the surrounding environment, to see if there is any danger.

In dangerous situations, Gardevoir's teleportation becomes less of a necessity.

After all, the teleportation skill cannot be used continuously without cooldown.

Of course, as your strength increases, the cooldown time will be shortened, but no matter how short it is, there will still be a cooldown limitation.

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"Alright, let's eat." Haoyan prepared a delicious breakfast and placed it in front of the three Pokémon.

Milk rich in protein.

Energy cubes made from compressed grapes.

And oats and nuts, which provide various vitamins.

There are also some ready-to-eat canned meats.

The little dragon, who had never seen the world before, was dumbfounded when it saw so many different kinds of things.

Yesterday he thought that energy cubes were the most delicious thing in the world, but he never expected that there were so many things that tasted better than energy cubes.

He immediately grabbed a can of fast food meat and began to devour it.

Lucario ate two bites of the canned meat and then casually put it aside.

Gardevoir was similar; she wasn't particularly fond of meat to begin with, and having gotten used to eating beef of N7 grade or higher, she had absolutely no interest in this kind of fast food canned goods.

Turning to deal with the oats and nuts soaking in milk.

The little dragon, who was engrossed in eating and drinking, saw this and immediately let out a curious cry.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" (Why aren't you eating this delicious food?)

"Luca~ Luca~" (This is what you call delicious? Haoyan's usual cooking is a hundred times better than this.)

Hearing Lucario say that, Charmander's eyes were filled with even more confusion.

Turning to Gardevoir, it cried out, "Awoo~ Awoo~" (Was he telling the truth? Was it really a hundred times tastier?)

Gardevoir tilted its head and thought for a moment, then said seriously, "Gardevoir~ Gardevoir~" (Not a hundred times, but about one hundred and thirty-five times to be precise~)

I don't know where Gardevoir's 135x multiplier came from.

Anyway, she felt that a hundred times was a little too little.

Now, Charmander was completely dumbfounded.

Having never seen the world, he couldn't understand what could possibly be a hundred times tastier than the luncheon meat he was eating.

The look in her eyes as she looked at Haoyan again was filled with obvious expectation.

Although Haoyan couldn't understand the words, he could roughly understand the meaning by watching Charmander and Lucario's conversation.

He didn't say anything, just silently drank his milk.

After the three Pokémon finished eating, he said to Charmander, "We're leaving now. Would you like to be our partner and come with us?"

The little dragon was slightly taken aback. He had never left this forest before and didn't know what "partner" meant.

But he understood that he was extremely unwilling to let Haoyan leave!

Being by Haoyan's side meant enjoying good food and drink.

Haoyan gave him a sense of peace of mind.

There was also a feeling he had never experienced before: being loved and cherished.

He immediately called out to Haoyan.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" (Why are you leaving? And what about your companions?)

The gentle Gardevoir, who had also lived in the wild as a child, understood Charmander's feelings at that moment and patiently explained to him.

"Sanagi~Sanagi~" (Partners mean family. We're leaving because we're going home.)

"Awoo~ Awoo~" (Going home? I have no home...)

"Sanagi~Sanagi~" (You can choose to become our partner. Once you become our partner, we are family, and our home is naturally your home.)

"Awoo~ Awoo~" (I want to be your partner!)

Charmander had been searching for a place to live, and now he had finally found one.

The little fire dragon quickly ran to Haoyan's feet and grabbed his trouser leg, refusing to let go.

Haoyan bent down, being careful not to touch his wound, and gently picked him up.

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"I'm going to throw you a Poké Ball later, just don't fight back." Hao Yan smiled, took out a Poké Ball, pressed the red switch on it, and threw it at Charmander.

The baby ball shook for a while, and then stopped shaking.

The moment the shaking stopped, Haoyan and Little Fire Dragon formed an indescribable bond in their hearts.

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Chapter 57 White Vanilla

Time flies, the sun and the moon flies.

Haoyan has been in Viridian Forest for almost half a month now.

Nighttime, around the campfire at the makeshift camp.

"According to the map, it should be around here."

"We've already searched the area within a 5-kilometer radius in the east, south, and west directions, but we haven't found anything in the north yet."

“It should be not far from here.” Hao Yan held the map provided by Wanhetang and compared it in detail.

Before coming, he asked Wanhetang manager Hezhen for detailed information about the possibility of white vanilla appearing in the Tokiwa Forest.

The Viridian Forest is so big that Haoyan wouldn't waste his time coming in if he didn't have a general idea of ​​where it is.

Haoyan put down the map and took a sip of tea.

Looking at the Pokémon eating, he silently made a plan.

"Tomorrow, the main focus should be on searching the area to the north."

"If we don't find white vanilla in two more days, we'll have to give up."

"Half of the food we brought has already been used up."

Haoyan always makes thorough preparations for every trip, bringing plenty of food with him.

But to my surprise, I still brought too few.

The main reason is that Charmander is just too big a eater.

When we first subdued him, he was short and thin.

Unexpectedly, in just half a month, the little guy has become much rounder.

He eats more by himself than Lucario and Gardevoir combined.

Sometimes, Haoyan would worry that the little dragon's belly might burst.

"Little Dragon, don't just eat, drink some water too." Hao Yan poured a glass of water for the little fire dragon and placed it in front of him.

"Aww~ Aww~" The little dragon puffed out its cheeks and nodded vigorously, then immediately grabbed a piece of steak from the other's hand.

Xiaolong was the nickname Haoyan gave him.

I originally planned to call him Little Gold, since he was all golden.