Pokémon from Galar

"Mmm! I also want to know Mary's recipe for ice-type energy cubes. They taste so good, and Bai Huanghuang seems to really like them."

Hearing Lillie's words, Marie smiled and nodded, readily agreeing.

Given Lillie's status, finding top-tier formulas would be easy for her; she wouldn't need to consult Mari. It's unclear whether Lillie simply didn't realize this or something else entirely.

However, Mary silently accepted the favor, even though she didn't know how she could help Lillie in the future.

Upon reaching the market, Mary raised her hands and grabbed the tails of two dragons, one in each hand, as they tried to fly away, saying helplessly:

"Don't wander off, or you'll get lost and Balu will have to come out looking for you."

"Ah—ah—(No, over there! There's a nice smell over there!)"

"Wow—! (Yeah, yeah, it smells so good over there!)"

The two dragons turned their heads and then raised their little claws, pointing at a food cart by the roadside.

"Huh? What is that?"

Marie looked in the direction the two dragons were pointing, only to find it was a food truck. She blinked, and looking at Wobbuffet and Meowth outside soliciting customers, she was surprised to find a sense of déjà vu...

"Do they want to try that fried bread? It's really good at that shop, especially after they drizzle it with Three Bees honey. Want to try it, Mary?"

"Really? Then let's go buy some. Yi-chan, Su-chan, do you want some?"

"Chiru~ (Too oily, I won't eat it.)"

"Ee- (Give me one.)"

As for Xiao Mo, he seemed completely uninterested. Like Si Jiang, he didn't really like oily food.

"Want some of this bright white stuff?"

"kon—— (Okay——)"

"That's unexpected. I thought Bai Huanghuang didn't like oily food."

As Mary walked toward the food truck, she said this to Lillie with a smile.

"Mmm, Bai Huanghuang doesn't have any dietary restrictions, and she enjoys all the food I give her."

Lillie crouched down and picked up Bai Huanghuang, then gave a slightly shy smile, probably because Bai Huanghuang's gluttonous nature made her a little shy.

"Welcome, meow—welcome, meow—the three bees fried bread from the Bear Shop, meow—!"

"Wow, that's right! (Welcome!)"

"Boss, six loaves of bread, please."

"Alright—!"

Mary gestured to the two people inside, and after receiving a reply, she suddenly squatted down and began to examine the cat.

"What, what are you doing, meow..."

"Yes, indeed—(What are you doing?)"

"No, it's just that the talking meow caught my attention."

"Sir, your bread is ready. Six loaves, please accept them."

The staff member with short blue hair poked his head out, found Mary who was squatting down, and handed her the bread.

"Thank you, here's the money. See you next time, Meowth and Wobbuffet~"

I stood up and handed the paper bag to Yi-chan, leaving the task of distributing the bread to her.

After leaving the store, Mary didn't pay any more attention to the group, although based on their obvious characteristics, they should be Team Rocket's crew.

However, since she didn't have much interaction with Mary, and Mary had never seen those people in uniform, she didn't do anything more. She simply reached out and took the bread that I-chan, controlling her mental energy, handed her, holding it in her palm.

He blew on it and ate it in small bites.

Meanwhile...

The Team Rocket members, Jessie and Kojiro, peeked out, watching Marnie's departing figure, while Meowth cautiously said:

"Hey, Jessie, Kojiro, there are more little girls again! And those two Pokémon are types I've never seen before."

"Ha... I don't know, but looking at that thin, long thing and that silly look, it seems really weak—hey, Kojiro, did you recognize it?"

Musashi squinted at the two little dragons clinging to Mary and munching on bread, seemingly uninterested.

"Huh...? I can't find it. I don't remember this Pokémon at all in this Pokédex. And who is that little girl?"

Kojiro searched through the large book in his hand, but unfortunately he couldn't find any record of Doromecia or Morpeco.

After all, this book is just an illustrated guide for the Alola region.

"Tch, whatever—whatever Pokémon it is, I'll just grab it first!"

Musashi gave a wicked smile, and then Meowth and Kojiro immediately nodded in agreement.

"Let's get started, meow! Let's follow them and see where they're going, meow."

"Oh—!" x2

"As expected—hiss—!"

P.S.: I suddenly forgot to mention these other great masters, so I'll add them here!

Chapter 116 The Melee with Team Rocket

As they strolled along, Marie learned from Illumi that someone was following them. However, what puzzled Marie was that even after the two of them received the message and arrived at the Aina Restaurant at the Mao family's house, they still didn't hear any movement from the people behind them.

Upon entering the restaurant and seeing Ash and his friends, Marie didn't bother with Team Rocket behind her anymore, letting the Pokémon roam freely in their rooms. Marie, however, curiously headed towards the kitchen.

"Oh, is Mary-chan already here? Just a moment! She'll be ready soon!"

Watching Mao's methodical movements, which seemed to be almost at the plating stage, Mary smiled and nodded, realizing she probably wouldn't be able to learn anything by simply copying him.

Thank you all for today.

"Hehe~"

"Sweet~ (It's okay~)"

Wearing a simple apron, Mao's smile was very cute, and she and Sweet Wuni next to her complemented each other quite well. Mary felt embarrassed to stay there and disturb her work, so she obediently retreated and returned to the hall.

The Pokémon school students were overly enthusiastic towards Marie, which, to be honest, left Marie unsure how to respond. She wasn't the type of person who was good at expressing her emotions.

Back in the lobby, Mary suddenly took out her phone and snapped a few photos. Although she had told Yuri that she had made a few more friends here, she hadn't shown her the photos yet.

Seeing Marnie taking photos and posting messages, Ash suddenly became curious about Marnie's photo album, seemingly wanting to see what Pokémon were in the Galar region.

Fortunately, although Marie herself doesn't like taking pictures, Rotom's phone has a lot of records, including quite a few videos of Pokémon.

Ash was particularly interested in Farfetch'd and Zigzag Bear.

These Pokémon are not very strong in other regions, and are even quite weak, but in Galar they are all incredibly strong, especially their evolved forms.

Mary's phone contains videos of her challenging her brother's Bebop, as well as footage of her battling Farfetch'd and evolving into it.

As the phone was handed over to play the recorded video, Ash and Kiawe watched the powerful Pokémon they had never seen before, while Lana noticed that the Pokémon battling against it seemed to be Umbreon, which was resting next to Marie.

"Marie, is that Umbreon in the video Eevee the same as Eevee-chan?"

Over the past two days, Shui Lian has also memorized the names of Marie's Pokémon. They are all relatively simple names, easy to pronounce and remember.

"Yes, Ichigo was the first Pokémon to stay by my side. She was with me all last year."

"A year? That's amazing... I remember it usually takes several years for Umbreon to evolve?"

Lana was somewhat incredulous. Umbreon, Espeon, and Sylveon were the three most troublesome evolutions, because although the conditions for evolution were not particularly demanding, they took the most time.

"Well, I didn't expect it to evolve so quickly either. It's all thanks to Ichi-chan's hard work."

Mary smiled. She really couldn't explain it clearly and didn't know how to explain it, so she simply gave up the idea of ​​explaining. Anyway, so far, there didn't seem to be any drawbacks to the Pokémon.

"By the way, how about we go fishing together next time? We might be able to catch a Kyogre in the Alola Sea!"

Although I know Lana is joking, if Marie's memory is not wrong, it seems that one day in the future, Lana really did catch a Kyogre, even though that Kyogre looked very weak.

"I don't need to catch Kyogre. I'll be grateful if I can catch a Feebas or a Puffball Sea Lion."

Seeing that Mary wasn't taking the bait at all, Shui Lian pouted, seemingly a little disappointed that her prank hadn't worked.

“Mari’s targets are all Pokémon that are not very common.”

"Well, it's better to set a more ambitious goal, and it will look beautiful after evolution."

Is Marnie preparing for the Pokémon competition in the Galar region?

It was probably because the video mentioned gym challenges that Ash suddenly leaned over and inquired about Galar with great interest.

"Yes, you need to complete the eight gym challenges before the challenge begins, and then participate in the final championship elimination tournament."

"Oh my god! So Marie is looking for companions too? Me too! I'm going to participate in the Island Tour, pass the Great Trials, and finally become the Alola Champion!"

Actually, although they are searching, Ash and Marnie are pretty much the same; they both go with the flow. Maybe if their eyes meet, they'll gain a new partner.

"Wake up, Ash. There is no such thing as a champion in Alola. There is only the king of the island."

"Haha...you're right..."

Lana interrupted Ash's speech with a sigh. It seems that the news of the Pokémon League's establishment is only circulating among the upper echelons and has not been widely publicized. Professor Kukui also has no intention of promoting it in advance.

So it's normal that kids like Lana and Ash don't know.

"Sorry to keep you all waiting—! Please enjoy Mao's special new dish—!"

The group didn't talk for long in the hall before Mao and Tianwuni came out carrying all sorts of dishes.

The dinner party officially began.

……

To be honest, Marie felt that Mao's cooking skills were much better than hers. Sure enough, the restaurant's mascot was different, especially the Pokémon's reactions, which strengthened Marie's determination to learn from Mao.

If possible, the better your cooking skills are.

After the welcome party ended, Mary, who helped clean up the mess, also made a promise with Mao to learn cooking skills this weekend. It just goes to show that traveling more does have its benefits.

They said their goodbyes at the entrance of the Aina Restaurant. Mary waved to Lillie as she got into the luxury car and watched her leave. Water Lily, standing beside her, also waved and said to Mary:

"Don't forget, I'll take you fishing next time!"

"Yes, it's arranged. I'm available anytime."