Elf: Start your slow-paced life after becoming a farmer.

When Gadriya learned that she had passed the combat test, her expression did not change at all. After all, the second stage of the combat assessment was just an assessment, not a full-fledged battle.

Even though Cattleya is currently unable to fully control her psychic powers and has not yet fully mastered the technique of using psychic powers to amplify Pokémon, her current strength is already enough to pass the Elite Four test.

Having witnessed the entire battle, Ye Ci and Aoki nodded inwardly. They had to admit that Gadriya, at the age of seventeen, possessed the strength of a Heavenly King, and was fully deserving of the title "genius."

Of course, compared to a certain farm owner who swept through the championship path at the age of fifteen, Gadriya is still far behind.

After passing the practical test, Cattleya returned to the conference room where she had initially taken the written test.

After a ten-minute break, the final round of the Heavenly King's assessment began.

"Now, before we officially begin the interview, Miss Cattleya, please introduce yourself," Ye Ci said, resting his chin on his hands and smiling at Cattleya.

Upon hearing this, Gadriya was taken aback. In her opinion, Ye Ci, as the president of the Padia Alliance, should have already received her background check report. However, since Ye Ci had made such a request, she had no choice but to repeat the "answer" that Shi Lan had prepared for her.

Listening to Cattleya's self-introduction, which was almost identical to the background check report, Ye Ci did not interrupt Cattleya's speech, but simply watched her silently.

After Cattleya finished her self-introduction, Ye Ci immediately spoke up and asked, "So, Miss Cattleya, why did you travel all the way across the ocean to the Padiya region to apply to become the Heavenly King of the Padiya Alliance?"

Upon hearing this, Gadriya's expression froze for a moment, after all, her purpose in applying to become one of the Four Heavenly Kings was merely to prove herself to Rin.

But will this answer really gain Ye Ci's approval?

Although Shi Lan had already prepared the standard answer for Gadalia, for some reason, in front of Ye Ci's eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, Gadalia instinctively wanted to express her true thoughts.

Upon noticing this, Cattleya subconsciously activated her superpowers, but she did not find any external influence on her.

This discovery caused Cattleya to furrow her brow almost imperceptibly. Should she reveal her true thoughts?

Caldelia has always been the type to say what she thinks, at least most of the time. Given her background, there aren't many people in the world she would go out of her way to please.

Now, faced with the question posed by Ye Ci, Cattleya felt somewhat embarrassed, something she hadn't done in a long time.

On the one hand, Gadalia's butler, Shilan, had already prepared a universal question bank for Gadalia. No matter what question Yeci asked, Gadalia could give an answer that was at least above the passing grade.

On the other hand, Gadriya's intuition told her that Yeci, the president and champion of the Padia League, sitting opposite her, should be able to tell whether her words were sincere.

Cattleya hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, "The reason I came to the Padia region to apply to become the Heavenly King is..."

……

After the third round of interviews, Gadriya left the conference room with the help of staff.

"Miss Cattleya, the results of this Heavenly King Assessment will be sent to your email within a week. Please check your inbox promptly." The staff member accompanying Cattleya escorted her to the gate of the Padia Alliance headquarters and spoke to her gently.

“Okay, I understand,” Cattleya replied.

Meanwhile, in the conference room specially prepared for the Heavenly King's assessment, Xin Li was sitting in a chair, recalling the interview she had just had.

To be honest, this was the first time Xinli had met such an honest interviewee as Jia Deliya.

During Xinli's not-so-short career as a Champion, she interviewed many trainers, but Cattleya was the only one who openly stated that she intended to become a Champion in order to prove herself to her friend.

Based on Cattleya's social connections, Xinli could easily guess that the "friend" Cattleya was referring to was Cynthia, who had recently ascended to the Sinnoh region champion title.

After realizing this truth, a question arose in Xinli's mind—why didn't Cattleya become one of the Elite Four in the Sinnoh region?

Whether from the perspective of strength or personal relationships, Cattleya is undoubtedly a strong contender for the Sinnoh Elite Four title.

However, after thinking about the "problem" with Cattleya, Xinli immediately had a guess.

Although Cattleya has reached the level of a top player in terms of raw skill, her personality dictates that she is not someone who is willing to be bound by rules.

However, Cynthia and Gadgetzan are too close, and Cynthia is unwilling to use her Champion power to force Gadgetzan to become the Sinnoh Elite Four member.

Xin Li thought about it more and more and felt that her guess was very reasonable. She turned her head to look at Ye Ci, who was deep in thought beside her, and a smile appeared on her lips.

Why am I thinking so much? The decision of whether or not to choose Cattleya as the last king of the Padiya League is not in my hands, so I shouldn't be the one having a headache.

Meanwhile, Aoki, sitting on the other side of Yaji, remained indifferent, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

And that is indeed the case. As the chief bull and horse of the Padia Alliance, Aoki never worries about things that don't concern him.

Regardless of whether Cattleya becomes the last king of the Padia League, his workload will not decrease in the slightest.

Even if Cattleya joins the Padia Alliance, Aoki only needs to do his job. As for how to deal with this "gas canister," that's something that Yaji, as the alliance president, should consider.

"Alas, Cattleya."

Ye Ci was also having a headache at this moment. Judging from the results of the interview, Cattleya had no sense of belonging to the Padia Alliance.

Of course, this was within Ye Ci's expectations, after all, Cattleya is a native of Sinnoh, and unlike someone else, she doesn't have any kind of bond with Padia.

But what bothered Ye Ci the most was that Gadriya didn't seem to have the awareness to become a Heavenly King. To be more precise, she treated the position of Heavenly King more like she was just going to work.

Nevertheless, compared to an eight-year-old girl, Cattleya was more suitable to become the last king of the Padmah League.

Just as Ye Ci was fretting over this, a champion in the Sinnoh region was also troubled by Cattleya.

Chapter 217 Bamboo Orchid: Alas, Cattleya

After a busy day at the League headquarters, the newly crowned Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia, returned to her villa on the outskirts of Veilwall City.

Although the Sinnoh League has now filled the position of the Elite Four, and has the psychic Gosho assisting her in handling official duties.

However, three of the Four Heavenly Kings were newly appointed, and Granny Kikuno was quite old, so she mostly provided guidance rather than handling specific official duties.

Therefore, before the three newcomers have fully matured, the new champion, Zhu Lan, still bears a heavy burden.

At this moment, Cynthia was sitting on the sofa in the villa's hall. Her ace, and also her initial partner, Garchomp, was lying in front of the sofa, quietly keeping the tired girl company.

"Sigh—" Zhu Lan looked up at the chandelier hanging from the ceiling of the living room, "I wonder how Lia is doing now."

As a mutual friend of Cattleya and Karl, Zhulan thought the two might get along quite well.

In Zhu Lan's opinion, although Gadriya may seem bad to outsiders, she is actually a good person.

As for Carl, even though Zhu Lan didn't have much contact with him, she had a very good impression of him.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Shortly after meeting Karl, Cattleya unconsciously used her telekinesis to spy on Karl's thoughts.

This extremely offensive act caused Karl's relationship with Gadriya to plummet, and even as Gadriya's best friend, she couldn't say much.

After all, no one wants their inner thoughts to be spied on at will; it's a matter of principle.

Therefore, all Zhulan could do was apologize for Gadriya's behavior. Karl's attitude was also clear: he would not forgive Gadriya's behavior, but for Zhulan's sake, he would not pursue the matter further.

Judging from the outcome of this incident, Karl absolutely deserves to be given a "good guy" card by Zhu Lan. After all, if Karl had continued to pursue the matter, not only would Gadriya have become the king of the Padia Alliance, but the fact that she wasn't directly expelled from the country would also be a testament to her powerful background.

Zhu Lan felt very guilty about this, because if she hadn't asked Karl to take care of Gadria, this wouldn't have happened.

Just as Zhu Lan was pondering how to make amends to Karl, her phone beeped with a message notification.

Zhu Lan took out her phone and saw that it was indeed a message from Jia Deliya.

[Cadelia: Bamboo Orchid, have you come home?]

Judging from the message sent by Gadriya, Zhulan guessed that Gadriya had most likely completed the Heavenly King test and was planning to share the experience with her.

[Zhu Lan: I just got home, what's up? Lia, how did the Heavenly King's assessment go?]

Shortly after Zhu Lan sent this message, Cattleya bombarded her with text messages:

[Cadelia: I just came from the headquarters of the Parthian Alliance.]

[Cadelia: The King of the Padida Alliance's trial was no challenge for me.]

[Cadelia: It was the final interview, and I probably didn't do very well.]

[Cadelia: But it's not a big problem. With my performance in the first two rounds, becoming the king of the Padilla League will be a piece of cake.]

[Cadelia: Bamboo Orchid, just wait for my good news!]

As Zhu Lan read through the messages from her friends, she focused her attention on the third to last message.

[Zhu Lan: Did you not perform well in the interview? Could you elaborate?]

[Cattleya: It's not that I performed poorly, it's just that I think the other person might not like the answer I gave.]

Upon hearing Gadriya's words, Zhu Lan became curious about what had happened during Gadriya's interview, and the next moment, the message notification sounded again.

[Cattleya: The interviewer was the current president and champion of the Padilla League, Yaji. She immediately asked me why I came from the Sinnoh region to Padilla to apply to become an Elite Four member.]

[Gardelia: Although Shilan had prepared a standard answer for me beforehand, I still felt that the other party could tell whether my answer was genuine.]

[Gardelia: I thought about it carefully, and finally I decided to speak my truest thoughts.]

Seeing this, Zhu Lan knew exactly what had happened during Jia Deli's interview.

Based on her understanding of Cattleya, Zhu Lan knew very well that Cattleya went to the Padiya region to apply to become the King of the Heavens simply to prove herself.

This is why Gadriya traveled alone by commercial airline to the Padiya region.

Prior to this, because Gadriya was unable to control her superpowers well, she spent most of her time staying deep inside the Battle Castle as a recluse, training to improve her control over her superpowers.

During this period, whenever Cattleya went out, she was always accompanied by a large number of servants to take care of her. In a sense, Cattleya was more like a "disabled person".

The term "disabled person" here does not refer to physical disability, but rather to a lack of social skills.

Now, Cattleya believes she has completely mastered her superpowers and is able to live in the outside world as a "normal person".

To prove this, Cattleya gave up her private jet and abandoned Shilan, who had cared for her since childhood, and traveled alone to the Padiya region.

When Gadriya's parents first learned of her decision, they strongly opposed it, but once Gadriya really wanted to do something, even her parents couldn't stop her.

As a close friend of Gadriya, Gadriya's parents approached Zhulan after realizing they couldn't stop her, hoping she could dissuade Gadriya from pursuing her idea.

However, Zhu Lan was very clear that there was a reason why Gadriya chose to do this.

So when Gadriya's parents approached her, Zhulan didn't agree; instead, she spoke up for Gadriya.

Cynthia, who became the Sinnoh League Champion at a young age, clearly carried more weight than Cattleya.

And Zhu Lan indeed believes that Jia Deliya needs to interact with more people, since people cannot exist completely in isolation from groups.

After communicating with Zhulan, Gadriya's parents were persuaded by her words. In order to further ensure Gadriya's trip to Padiya, Zhulan then approached Karl, who ran a farm in the Padiya region.

This is the cause of this series of events.

[Zhu Lan: From my perspective, honesty is also a very precious quality. I think your answer, Leah, will definitely impress the other person.]

[Cadelia: That's what I think too!]

As Jia Deliya, who was in a luxury suite at a five-star hotel in Zhuotai City, looked at the message about Zhu Lan on the screen, the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up.

Indeed, only the bamboo orchid truly understands me in this world.

Chapter 218 Karl: Don't rush, one at a time.

"Good morning, Master Xiong." Carl, wearing a T-shirt with a red and white ball logo, rubbed his eyes as he sat down in the restaurant.

"Hoo-hoo. (Good morning.)" The martial arts master, wearing an apron, brought a large glass of soy milk filled with ice to Karl, and the water droplets that had condensed on the surface of the glass slid off.

Carl picked up the iced soy milk and took a big gulp, then made the kind of "ha~" sound that a middle-aged man in despair would make when drinking at an izakaya late at night.

"Indeed, having a sip of iced soy milk first thing in the morning is the right way to start summer," Karl said, putting down his glass and squinting slightly.

Upon hearing this, Martial Arts Master Xiong rolled his eyes at Karl. In fact, according to Karl's medical knowledge from his previous life, drinking cold drinks first thing in the morning is bad for the stomach and intestines.

Perhaps because he is in the Pokémon world, Karl's physical abilities in this life are much stronger than in his previous life. Even if he is not as good as a Super Rookie, he can still hold his own against some Fighting-type Pokémon that have not yet grown up.

Cold drinks are nothing to him.

After enjoying the thick egg panini Padia version prepared by Master Bear, Karl leisurely walked out of the house and began to inspect the farm.

In recent days, thanks to the efforts of the Horly Construction team, most of the new buildings on the farm have been completed, with only the "bedroom" prepared by the Undead Rem still unfinished.

Although the farm is currently in its fallow period, it is still a busy place. Apart from Pokémon like Wooppo and Dratini that are still in their juvenile stage, most of the other Pokémon are running back and forth in the farmland carrying plows for turning the soil.

The reason for this scene is not that Carl finally decided to abandon humanity and enter the era of large-scale farming, but that under the leadership of certain Scroll Kings, various Pokémon began to use this method to train their endurance and strength.

"Swampraken, well done!" the unknown Pokémon, the only one on the farm that knew the Till move, kept shouting in its mind.

Carl is very satisfied with the current situation. Although his main job is now a farmer, Carl has never given up his identity as a trainer. However, some of the gluttons have gained a lot of weight since coming to the Padia region due to lack of exercise and overeating.

The current atmosphere on the farm has finally made some lazy bums realize that they can no longer continue to be so decadent, otherwise they may never be able to take off again.

Just as Carl stopped to watch, Master Xiong, who had thrown all his plates into the dishwasher, also joined the "battle" carrying a plow used for tilling the land.

Compared to other Pokémon, Kushner is not only wearing the "Power" series items that Carl won at the fishing competition a few months ago, but also a fully upgraded forced training device.

It can be said that the amount of training Master Bear does in one round trip is more than ten times that of running lightly equipped, which shows why Master Bear can become the undisputed ace of Karl's team.

After watching the Pokémon's physical training for a while next to the bustling farming area, Carl started walking towards the ranch area again.

It is worth mentioning that the roads in the farm have been completely transformed thanks to the efforts of the Haoli Engineering Team. The originally uneven ground has become wide and flat, and the exposed gravel has been completely cleared away. It can be said that even if a road roller were to be brought in, it would not make any difference.

Pokémon, isn't that amazing?