The person who appeared at the door was none other than the iconic rich lady of the Sinnoh region—Caitlin.
According to what Axel knew, this woman was rich to the extreme, able to casually gift Cynthia a villa, and was thus jokingly referred to as the sponsor of Sinnoh Champion Cynthia.
At the same time, she was also the owner of the Battle Castle in the Battle Frontier, one of the most famous psychics in the world, as renowned as Sabrina from the Kanto region.
In the future, her strength even surpassed Sabrina's, becoming one of the Elite Four of the Unova region.
Axel thought carefully about the world's current situation. Caitlin was not yet at Elite Four level.
In other words, she hadn't completely mastered her psychic power yet.
Once she entered a Pokémon battle and lost, her psychic powers would go out of control, directly turning her into a humanoid psychic BOSS.
'But why did she come to Aurient?'
Just as Axel was about to avert his gaze, a cold voice suddenly appeared.
"Do I look good?"
"You are looking good."
Caitlin: "..."
Caitlin felt her heartbeat suddenly stop for a moment.
As a young lady, and a particularly good-looking one, she had long since gotten used to people staring at her.
But under normal circumstances, whenever she asked "do I look good," those people would usually feel ashamed and walk away.
To answer so seriously, this was the first time.
She wanted to ask Axel if he had seen enough.
But thinking of what Axel might say next, she bit her tongue hard and walked toward the breeding area.
'If I really asked, this guy will probably say, "not enough," right?'
Thinking of that possibility, Caitlin decided not to stir up any extra trouble for now.
'Finding that Ralts is more important.'
As the owner of the Battle Castle in the Battle Frontier, Caitlin had always been deeply troubled by her psychic ability.
Because she couldn't control her powerful psychic powers, she would go crazy after losing a battle.
Caitlin couldn't even personally participate in battles with challengers, only hiring her butler Darach to fight on her behalf.
Fortunately, her family was very wealthy and had some intelligence connections.
A few months ago, she successfully found a potential way to resolve her problem.
That was to capture a Psychic-type Pokémon with strong enough potential.
After some comparisons, she set her sights on a Ralts in Aurient.
Due to Aurient's regulations, she had to obtain student status in Aurient in order to be eligible to select a Pokémon from the official breeding house during the unified selection.
It was because of this that Caitlin participated in Aurient's examination.
However, due to the high difficulty of Aurient's college entrance exam, and having never attended classes, her score was not ideal, barely making the cut by sheer luck to qualify for receiving a Pokémon.
After bypassing Axel, Caitlin took a deep breath, a bit of unease unexpectedly surfacing in her heart.
"Hopefully that Ralts is still there."
But right after, a trace of pride curled at the corner of her mouth.
"But it seems I don't need to worry. It's been three whole years and no one has taken her. This year, there probably won't be anyone with an eye for talent either, right?"
"Just relying on those guys who only look at legs? Not a chance."
———
After Caitlin left with her bodyguards, the Poké Ball at Axel's waist shook slightly, and Gardevoir appeared beside Axel in a flash of light.
She stared at Caitlin's departing figure, a bit of a headache forming.
'Why is that woman here again?'
In the previous life, Caitlin had appeared too.
Offered a high price trying to buy her, and even promised Axel a ton of benefits.
Now it looks like... that plot is about to repeat again.
Gardevoir wasn't worried about being sold off by Axel, Caitlin was just too much trouble.
Very clingy, and a little perverted.
In the previous life, just to make Gardevoir her own, she even wanted to buy Axel along with her…
"What's wrong, Gardevoir, you know that woman?"
Gardevoir shook her head quickly and hid back inside her Poké Ball.
If it were a real enemy, Gardevoir was confident she could defeat her easily.
But the other party's just a simp... That's what's annoying.
Seeing that Gardevoir didn't want to talk, Axel didn't press.
Anyway, they were about to help Ishida complete the secret realm certification. There couldn't be anything going on in the entire Emberpine City that he wouldn't know about, right?
———
"Caitlin, why are you asking about her?"
"I just happened to run into her downstairs, so I was curious."
"Her huh~", Ishida knocked on the table, clearly a bit helpless.
Some things are hard to talk about, but most of the time he really couldn't refuse.
Since Axel had helped him so much, he was practically family, so it was fine to tell him.
"You know about our Aurient's policy for initial Pokémon selection, right? It's based on the college entrance exam system."
"Some people want to get Pokémon from our Aurient breeding houses, so they have to take the exam."
"Caitlin is one of those cases."
"She's interested in a Pokémon here?"
Axel was a bit surprised. This was the owner of the Battle Castle, with tons of powerful Psychic Pokémon under her.
Why would someone like her come to a small county in Aurient to pick a beginner Pokémon from a breeding house?
In response, Ishida just shrugged, showing that he didn't know either.
But very soon, both Axel and Ishida would find out the reason for Caitlin's visit to Emberpine City.
They had just completed the registration after passing the secret realm, when Caitlin pushed open the door and entered the president's office in high heels.
Her gaze passed over Ishida and landed directly on Axel.
"Did you take that Ralts?"
Axel nodded silently.
This woman was beautiful, sure, but way too arrogant. He didn't want to deal with her kind.
"Ten million. Transfer her to me."
Axel shook his head.
What a joke?
That Ralts had elite potential and evolved into Gardevoir within just a week.
Even if Ralts had ordinary potential, Axel would still raise her into a Fairy Queen with trait system buffs.
Sell his own Pokémon?
No way!
"One hundred million."
Axel stepped forward, wanting to pat Caitlin's shoulder and say something like, "girl, stop struggling."
But remembering that this girl could go berserk at any moment, he chose to persuade her nicely instead.
"Miss, I'm not someone who's wishy-washy. I would never abandon my own Pokémon."
Caitlin sneered, "Heh, then why were you staring at me just now?"
"I was admiring..."
"One billion," Caitlin glanced at the clueless Duraludon on the table and added, "Plus I'll cover all the resources needed for this little guy until he reaches the Elite level."
Axel still shook his head, now clearly showing a trace of impatience between his brows.
"Miss, give it a rest. I've already said I won't sell."
"Gardevoir is my family. Do you understand what 'family' means?"
Caitlin seemed to ponder that, a flash of crimson psychic light flashing in her eyes.
"So just now, when you were staring at me, was it because you wanted to become my family?"
"If becoming family means I get to be Ralts's trainer, marrying you isn't out of the question."
"And also, no need to speak so tactfully in the future. I will spoil you."
Axel (stunned): "???"
'What the hell kind of beastly lines are these?'
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