Pokémon from Galar

A smile appeared on her face, and Mary bent over, making her cheeks droop even more, which also made Mary clearer in Yuri's vision.

"Training is really tiring. I didn't dare complain when we met last time, afraid that if I lost heart, I wouldn't be able to get back into form—"

"Yes, you've worked hard these past few days. Take a good rest for a few days."

Mary turned around and grasped Yuri's hand, continuing to magnify Yuri's image in her vision.

"Mari-chan...can I act cute...?"

"Yes, that's fine. Whenever you want."

At this moment, both of them could only see each other's eyes; their slightly trembling eyelashes seemed to express the surging emotions within them.

“...Mary-chan..."

Yuri's eyes stung slightly. Mary's gentle eyes, which were so captivating, finally brought tears to her eyes, and even her voice trembled with a hint of sobbing.

Mary shifted slightly, closed her eyes, and pressed her lips against Yuri's forehead, which was exposed by her bangs.

"Chirp—I'm here."

"Ugh...mmm..."

Noticing her vision blurring, Yuri quickly turned over, avoiding the alluring gaze, and buried her face between Mary's thighs with her eyes tightly closed.

"..."

Feeling the warm liquid dripping onto her thighs, Mary silently raised her freed hands and gently stroked Yuri's hair.

P.S.: I didn't expect to actually write a chapter so late at night. I wrote this chapter while listening to the same song on repeat. Although this year's New Year's Festival seemed a bit lackluster, some of the songs were still pretty good.

It doesn't have that amazing feeling from the first note like before, but surprisingly it's quite pleasant to listen to.

By the way, I'm visiting relatives again tomorrow, I wonder if I'll be able to update this 233333

Chapter 349 You'd be better off learning more from Mary.

As her emotions gradually calmed down, Yuri propped herself up from Mary's knees, looking at Mary with red eyes and a pitiful expression.

With a smile, Mary raised her finger and wiped her cheek, then tidied her messy bangs.

"What's wrong all of a sudden~ Yo-shi yo-shi~"

Perhaps it was Mary's coaxing tone, which sounded like she was talking to a child, that made Yuri unable to bear it. Her soft cheeks quickly turned red, and she abruptly turned her head away, avoiding the gaze that was falling on her face.

"I didn't cry!"

"Yes, yes~ I didn't cry, I didn't cry~"

Instead of immediately pulling back her hands that had been flung away, she used her fingertips to brush against Yuri's earlobe, her fingertips tracing the slightly firm cartilage.

"...Don't touch my ears! H!"

"Hey... how did touching my ear become H?"

Mary raised her fingertip in confusion. Although her embarrassed look was cute, she felt that if she continued to tease her, she would get angry, so she obediently stopped.

However, giving up like this didn't seem quite right, so Mary swung her arm down and pulled Yuri into her arms.

"W-what are you doing?"

"We've been apart for so long, let me hug you a little longer."

She then pulled Yuri down onto the grass, and Mary lay on her side, burying her face in the crook of her neck, explaining in a muffled voice.

"Um……"

The voice of Mary from behind calmed Yuri down, who was still trying to struggle, and this feeling also made Yuri feel exceptionally at ease.

The warmth and body of Mary, which could be touched, were truly present beside him. The tension caused by the hellish training under the master of Mei Rong Hall had finally eased after being released.

“Mary-chan—”

"how?"

"When did the challenger ahead of me schedule his challenge?"

"A few more days."

"I'd like to challenge you again tomorrow, is that alright?"

"Huh? Sure... but why the rush? You just got back."

"Hehe~ It's a deal then! I'll be the first to challenge you tomorrow."

"Ah—I know, you don't want me to see the progress of the Thousand Faces, right? No wonder the training intensity was so low today."

Marie tilted her head back, lay on the grass, and glanced at the Pokémon training in the distance, looking as if she had discovered the truth.

"Well."

Although that wasn't the case, it would save her the trouble of explaining if things were just a misunderstanding. Yuri thought to herself, then raised her hand to rub her slightly sore eyes. She looked so pathetic and didn't want Mary to see her like that.

"what……"

The pleasant weather made Mary, who was lying down, feel a little sleepy, and she even loosened the grip on her hands a bit.

Are you sleepy? Didn't you sleep well last night?

"Well, not really. Maybe it's just that the weather is nice today, perfect for sleeping."

"Want to sleep for a while?"

As she said this, Yuri suddenly rolled over and hugged Mary tightly, pressing her cheek against the top of Mary's head and asking softly.

"Hmm... okay~"

Mary didn't mind being hugged from behind; in fact, she happily shifted her body, found a comfortable position, and closed her eyes.

……

"Speaking of which, although Marie-chan said that her body was made based on my and your somatic cells, I only think she looks like you, Marie-chan. How does she resemble me at all?"

As the three of them left the dojo in the evening, Yuri clung to Mari's arm, tilting her head to scrutinize Mugentana on the other side, especially staring at her face and observing her closely.

"Huh? No way, they look so alike! If you cut your hair short and dyed it brown, you'd look exactly like you."

"Haha—I feel like if I tied my hair in pigtails, I would look exactly like Mary."

Meanwhile, Mugenta, who was taking a walk along the other side, listened to this meaningless conversation, tilted his head up so that his gaze swept over the two of them, and muttered:

"Why are you two so concerned about such trivial matters... Let me make it clear beforehand, I'm now Mary's cousin. If you dare to take advantage of me, I'll beat you up!"

She waved her thin little fist, and although neither her voice nor her appearance posed any threat whatsoever, her aura still made Yuri shrink back.

"Don't scare Yuri, you still care about this?"

Mary slapped away the little fist that was about to hit her nose, and Mujitana's imposing aura dissipated, revealing a bright smile once again.

"Oh, I was just joking, and the aura I released wasn't that strong. Sorry, sorry, did I scare you?"

"...It's alright, but now I'm starting to believe you're Mukyuu Tana."

Yuri, leaning against Mary, didn't seem to have any negative emotions. She poked her head out and smiled, offering an explanation. However, this explanation startled Mary:

"Didn't you send a letter before?"

"Um... no, I believe it, but it doesn't feel real at all. However, for a moment just now, I really did feel like I was facing some powerful Pokémon."

Yuri waved her hand, realizing that her wording was not quite right, and quickly added a sentence to explain.

Having never witnessed the power of Eternatus, nor seen its resurrection, Yuri's belief in Eternatus's existence is less about trusting that Mari wouldn't deceive her.

"Remember that feeling. You'll definitely experience it again in the future. It will help you act more naturally, since you were chosen by that little dog."

"Eh... I don't really feel like this is real either. What is it about me that made me the one chosen?"

Faced with Yuri's question, whether it was because he wanted to make amends for scaring her earlier, or for some other reason, Mukita, unusually, confided this rather private matter to someone other than Mari.

"Actually, you don't need to overthink it at all. Do you think there's a big difference between '1' and '100'?"

"Oh? It's quite big!"

"It is quite a big difference, after all, there is a difference of '99', but if you compare them with 'one hundred million', the difference between one and one hundred million, or one hundred and one hundred million, is actually just a fraction. That's basically how we feel."

"Except for a very few special individuals, the individual differences of others are just a trivial matter in our eyes. The two dogs may just think that you are more compatible with their temperament. There is no need to worry about such things. You would be better off learning more from Mary."

"That's outrageous? Does that mean even Champion Dan Di is only considered a '100'?"

"The Pill Emperor might be slightly better, but if he can't break through a certain limit, he'll ultimately be nothing more than a drop in the ocean."

These words were quite impolite, which made Yuri, a fan of Dante, pout and glare at Mugentai a few times. However, her attention was quickly drawn to another piece of information in Mugentai's words, and she shifted her attention to Mari.

Chapter 350 Mary's Dojo Challenge Against Nie Zi

The gym challenge has entered its later stages, and with Yuri and Hop taking the lead in breaking through the seventh gym, everyone's enthusiasm has soared.

However, despite this, the overall number of challenges accepted by gym leaders is still declining.

Especially the first three dojo masters, although they have blocked most of the contestants, now there are very few people who will continue to challenge them.

In contrast, the number of challenges for gym leaders from the former town of Souken and the former town of Saga has increased slightly.

Of course, these things had little to do with Mary. After accepting three challenges in a week and releasing two badges, she officially stepped down as acting gym leader and returned to being a challenger.

When facing her brother again, Mary didn't know what she could prepare for. The two of them knew most of the information they needed to know about each other, and even the parts that were unclear had been roughly figured out by Mary during her time as the curator.

So he simply booked the challenge directly, not intending to linger too long. In fact, he had been staying at home for over a month already. If it weren't for all the messy things that had kept him occupied, he probably would have already gone to Hammerlocke City to fight Kibana.

Dojo,

Marie, who hadn't worn her challenge outfit in a long time, sat in the lobby chatting with Yuri. Although Yuri had gotten the seventh badge first, she insisted on waiting for Marie to break through before heading to Hammerlocke City together.

Wujitana took Nebula out to find food by himself. Since Mo and Marie were both going to play today, Wujitana had to take care of them.

For today's four Pokémon, Marnie chose Palmono, Chinchilla, Morpheus, and Kyon.

I was originally planning to have Suzu-chan go, but since she had already fought in the last gym battle, she gave up her spot to the carefree Kyon and then went off to play somewhere with Izu-chan.

Balu had failed to defeat Nie Zi on his own last time, so he wanted to fight again this time. Marie let him go. Without being able to unleash his aura, Balu was more dominant.

"Are you ready, Mary? It's almost time to head to the battlefield."

Nie Zi, who appeared out of nowhere, stopped next to Mary and spoke to attract her attention.

"Okay, let's go then! Yuri, I'll go first."

"come on!"