Chapter 355: Gabite

At 7:50 in the morning, Slowking had already finished preparing breakfast. Seeing that Julian still hadn't come downstairs, it untied the apron around its neck and headed upstairs.

Upon opening Julian's bedroom door, Slowking's expression remained unsurprised—As expected.

Julian was spread out on the bed in a starfish position, and Celebi was curled up on his stomach, both sleeping soundly.

"Slow~"

Slowking: "Wake up"

Neither Julian nor Celebi responded.

Seeing this, Slowking pursed its lips and a light Water Gun shot straight onto Julian's face.

"AAAHH!!"

Jolted awake, Julian sprang up from the bed, sending Celebi who was on his stomach tumbling onto the floor.

…Yet the little guy still didn't wake up.

Last night, Julian, Celebi, and Slowking had stayed up gaming together, but at midnight, Slowking had gone to sleep, while Julian and Celebi had continued playing until four o'clock in the morning.

He had been sleeping so soundly—

Only to be forcefully rebooted by Slowking.

"Slow~"

Slowking: "Breakfast is ready"

"Yeah, yeah, I got it."

Yawning, Julian dragged himself toward the bathroom to wash up.

If there ever came a day he didn't eat breakfast, that probably meant he was dead.

Slowking's obsession with him eating breakfast was beyond extreme.

No matter how late he slept, as long as he was alive, he had to wake up and eat.

…The only silver lining was that after breakfast, he could go back to sleep, that was the only saving grace.

"Keh keh!"

A cackle suddenly echoed behind Julian as he brushed his teeth.

Glancing at the mirror, he saw Gengar lurking behind him, covering its mouth as it snickered.

Julian's eyes lit up with an idea. "Gengar—can you hypnotize Slowking?"

"If you do, I'll take you to a haunted house."

Whether it was playing in a haunted house or scaring people inside one, Gengar loved both.

It was an irresistible offer.

Gengar however, shook its head immediately, without a single moment of hesitation.

Gengar: 'I may be mischievous, but I'm not stupid'

Slowking wasn't just Julian's caretaker, it was in charge of every Pokémon in the house.

Food, lodging, daily necessities—Slowking handled everything.

Even if Julian got mad, Gengar couldn't afford to cross Slowking.

Besides, with Slowking's IQ, it could ruin you in ways you couldn't even imagine.

Watching Gengar shake its head like a rattle, Julian said with a look of disdain.

"What a coward, you have no guts at all."

"Slow~"

Slowking: "Hurry up, breakfast is getting cold."

Slowking's voice echoed from outside the door.

Julian: "Almost done!"

He rinsed his mouth, splashed his face with water, and then headed out.

Gengar: '…That's it?'

After splashing his face with water, Julian felt a lot more refreshed, and his sleepiness disappeared completely.

To be honest, with his physique and intermediate-level psychic abilities, he could go an entire week without sleep if necessary.

But at this point, being sleepy was just instinct—a habit too hard to break.

Breakfast was a classic spread: steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and savory soy milk.

After eating half of a fried dough stick, he dunked the other straight into the soy milk.

Every day in Drakoria, thousands upon thousands of fried dough sticks meet their fate in soy milk.

Julian glanced around the room, aside from Lucario, the rest of his Pokémon were nowhere to be seen.

"Are they all in the yard?"

"Slow~"

Slowking nodded.

Today was bright and sunny, with the temperature gradually rising, so most of the Pokémon were outside relaxing or playing in the backyard.

The furniture had also been replaced with new ones—and since Julian was a super VIP, he even got a 20% discount.

—

Julian's Pokémon were all gathered in the backyard.

Metagross and Steelix were sprawled out lazily on the ground, half-closing their eyes as they basked in the morning sun with satisfied expressions.

Above them, Dragonite zipped through the sky, determined to claim the title of "Yellow Flash of the Dragon World."

Meanwhile, Melmetal was lifting Aggron like a weight, treating it like a casual morning workout.

Seeing how easily Melmetal lifted Aggron, Gabite started getting ideas.

Gabite: "Senior, can I give it a try?"

Melmetal, always kind to the juniors, gently set Aggron down.

Gabite walked up to Aggron, slightly bending its knees, and placing its hands on Aggron's legs.

Then, taking a deep breath—

Gabite: "Alright, UP!"

…Nothing happened.

"Up!"

Still nothing.

"UP! UP! UP!"

As Gabite's face turned red from exertion, Aggron awkwardly scratched its head. Feeling a little guilty, it finally said—

"Uh… I gained about a hundred more pounds recently. If you'd tried a few days ago, you probably could've lifted me."

Gabite let go of Aggron, nodded silently, and then walked off toward the living room.

Arcanine, meanwhile, was grinning mischievously, its fiery red fur glowing under the sunlight.

Its sharp, intelligent eyes flickered with a destructive light—

New furniture had arrived and its teeth were feeling itchy.

Honedge was in midair, swinging its blade tirelessly, being the weakest among them, it had to train even harder, otherwise, how could it keep up?

—

Inside the house, when Julian saw Gabite walk in with a sulky expression, he raised an eyebrow.

"What happened? Did Dragonite bully you? You look like a mistreated wife."

Gabite: "I'm hungry."

"Didn't you just eat the energy cubes?"

Since Slowking was the one in charge of feeding the Pokémon, Julian wasn't convinced that it had forgotten to do so today.

Gabite: "But I'm still hungry!"

Julian glanced at Gabite who was having a little temper and couldn't help but chuckle, he had a pretty good idea what was going on.

Yep, definitely just got discouraged by something again.

The energy cubes Julian fed his Pokémon were all high-grade, purchased directly from the system and every now and then, he'd even splurge on top-tier ones.

These energy cubes were incredibly effective for boosting a Pokémon's strength—without any side effects.

Steelix had once said, "The more you eat, the faster you grow stronger," which wasn't wrong.

"Here, but that's the limit, eat too much, and you'll be overwhelmed."

Julian handed two Dragon-type high-grade energy cubes to Gabite.

Thanks to Steelix's "eat more, grow stronger" philosophy, all of Julian's Pokémon had significantly increased their food intake.

Happily munching down both energy cubes, Gabite felt stronger again.

'Now, maybe I can finally lift Aggron-senpai!'

With that thought, Gabite rushed back outside.

That self-confidence was going to get a hit again.

"Still a kid."

Julian smiled, finishing his last bun, he decided against taking a nap.

Instead, he sprawled across the sofa, pulled out his phone, and started scrolling through TikTok.

"Lucario! Someone's posting a marriage proposal for you. Wanna see?"

Excited, Julian held up his phone in front of Lucario.

The video showed a female Lucario, standing confidently as her Trainer announced a public search for a mate, hoping to find a strong, handsome, and good-natured male Lucario.

"Luca~"

Lucario glanced at the screen, then side-eyed his overly enthusiastic Trainer.

"Women only affect the speed of my punches."

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