Chapter 182: The Garchomp Afraid of Heights

[October XX]

Axel got up from bed early, and after letting the Pokémon have a good meal, he set out for Cynthia's residence.

Because of Caitlin and Eva, even though the two had already confirmed their relationship, they hadn't been living together these past few days.

Tomorrow was the day Cynthia would leave Aurient, so Axel had pushed aside all training and other affairs, planning to spend a fun day with Cynthia.

Just as he walked out of the Ninox University gate, Axel saw Cynthia's figure.

She was wearing a mask and glasses, leaning with Lucario by the side of a Bentley's door, one foot playfully tapping the car body.

Today she was still wearing a black trench coat, but it was obvious the inner lining had taken a lot of thought.

The silk top perfectly displayed her figure, and below the low-waist pants was a pair of shiny black stockings. On her feet were high heels of the same style as Caitlin's.

Seeing Axel appear, Cynthia immediately straightened up and waved in Axel's direction.

"Axel, I'm over here!"

"I see you," Axel jogged a few steps and tightly hugged Cynthia in his arms.

He didn't let go until after a long while.

"Where do you want to go today?"

"Has Eva mentioned me to you these past two days?"

Both spoke at the same time, then froze for a second before saying "You go first" together.

Axel gave a soft laugh, "Then I'll go first."

"Really don't know what kind of love potion you gave that Eva, now she insists on pairing the two of us together…"

"Just when I was about to leave the house, she even said you're leaving today and asked if I wanted her to help me win you over…"

Cynthia's eyes carried a smile as she bit her lip with a grin, "All charm of personality~"

"Anywhere you want to go today?", Axel opened the passenger door for Cynthia and naturally sat in the driver's seat.

"Yes, I want to go to Lovers' Hill!"

Axel was taken aback, "Didn't we just go a few days ago?"

"That was different, that time only Eva and I wrote our names on the red thread of fate, still missing two…"

"No, still missing three people..."

"Alright then, to Lovers' Hill it is!"

Axel opened the navigation, set the destination to Lovers' Hill, then put on some relaxing music and floored the accelerator.

———

For this Bentley, the road to Lovers' Hill was actually a bit long.

But both of them very tacitly didn't bring it up, just excitedly gazed out the window.

Cynthia also took off her shoes, naturally resting her small feet on Axel's leg.

"Axel, do you know why Lovers' Hill here is so popular?"

"If you get it right, I'll give you a reward~"

Axel's eyes lit up, quietly placing his right hand on the armrest that Cynthia extended.

He wanted that reward.

Sensing Axel's move, Cynthia playfully stuck out her tongue and gently pulled back the armrest.

"Say the origin of Lovers' Hill first, then the reward~"

"Alright!"

If it was a pure romance topic, maybe Axel would struggle, but he really had looked into the origin of Lovers' Hill.

In the history of the Aurient League, there was once a monarch named Genghis Khan.

He wanted to unify all the leagues in the world, but no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find any trace of Arceus.

Eventually, he sought out a legendary Pokémon said to grant wishes, Jirachi.

Although in the end Jirachi refused Genghis Khan's request, the mountain where Jirachi appeared became famous and was known as the Mountain of Wishes.

Later on, young people gradually turned it into Lovers' Hill.

Hearing Axel's explanation, Cynthia's eyes clearly lit up.

"So, Lovers' Hill really works, huh?"

Axel chuckled helplessly and dotingly flicked Cynthia's nose.

He was the beast-man, Cynthia was one of the Eight Masters, and Eva clearly had a good impression of Cynthia.

Besides Arceus, Axel really couldn't think of anyone who could break them up.

Cynthia just liked too deeply, that's why she acted like a young girl.

"Don't worry, no one can separate us."

"If Lovers' Hill doesn't work, we'll go find Jirachi directly."

"Okay!", Cynthia nodded firmly.

"So the reward?"

"Eh, why are you stopping the car."

"If I don't stop the car, how will I get the reward?"

"I didn't mean that as the reward~ Aiya, park somewhere hidden! It's dangerous to battle in this kind of place!"

———

Two hours later, Cynthia gave Axel a resentful side-eye.

"Big meanie, there's only one day, and you wasted two whole hours."

"Also, today… today why were you so energetic?"

Axel calmly glanced at Cynthia's Valentino and Balenciaga.

'Why so energetic, you don't get it?'

'If you had tied your hair into twin tails too, this brother could've shown you what a real electric pony motor is today.'

———

"Wah, we're here!"

Even though it wasn't her first time, Cynthia still looked extremely excited.

Just after the two exited the parking lot, a girl with a little Yorkie dog came up.

"Brother, buy a bouquet of flowers for your sister."

"Okay, give me nine roses, thank you."

Seeing Axel pay without hesitation, the smile on Cynthia's face grew even brighter.

"Here, see if you like these flowers."

"Mm, they smell so good," Cynthia nodded heavily.

"Then last time you came, did Eva buy roses for you?"

Cynthia: "..."

'Hey, don't treat me like that pervert Caitlin, okay?'

"She didn't, but she did buy me a lily on the way here, that flower was very pretty too."

Looking at Cynthia's innocent expression, Axel couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

'Sure enough…'

Compared to that precocious Eva, Cynthia was practically a delicate little flower.

'A woman gives you a lily and you dared to accept it?'

'You really dared, huh!'

After walking for a while, the two arrived at the entrance of Lovers' Hill.

Because of fear of ticket evasion, this place had been designated a no-flying zone, but there were cable cars available.

Axel turned to Cynthia, "How should we go up? Walk or cable car?"

"Cable car!", Cynthia smiled and decisively made her choice.

At the same time, she released the Poké Balls of Garchomp and Lucario.

After seeing the scene in front of them, both Pokémon's faces turned pale, and even their bodies began to tremble.

Obviously, some not-so-pleasant memories had been stirred.

Axel blinked, 'What kind of nightmare backstory is this? The world's number one Garchomp is actually afraid of heights?'

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