Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 229 Azot's Energy Crisis

After putting up the sign, Ange and the Pokémon cleaned the store again before heading back to the Nibel Plateau.

Just then, his phone rang; it was Flamel calling.

"Your Highness, is the work finished?" Flamel's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Anjie replied, "Just finished, and I'm preparing to return to the Nibel Plateau!"

Flamel laughed and said, "It seems my call came just in time."

Anjie asked疑惑地, "Did you call me for something?"

Flamel replied, "Yes, didn't His Highness ask the Princess to find Lucario for you?"

"Is that so? Have we found it?" Anjie asked in surprise.

Flamel: "Unfortunately, Lucario is quite rare, and even for royalty, it's not easy to find one in a short time."

After all, they are just a small country, or to put it bluntly, just a city.

"I see..." An Jie looked disappointed upon hearing this.

Then he heard Flamel say, "However, although we didn't expect Lucario, we ended up with a Riolu."

Anjie was taken aback by the sudden surprise, then said helplessly, "Flamer, please don't speak so dramatically next time."

Flamel said in a serious tone, "Your Highness, I wasn't breathing heavily."

Anjie: ...

The heavy breathing I'm talking about isn't the kind of heavy breathing you're thinking of.

Then he heard Flamel say, "Your Highness, you may come and take Riolu away at any time."

Upon hearing this, An Jie quickly replied, "I'll go right away."

Flamel: "Alright, then I'll greet Your Highness at the palace gate."

After ending the call with Flamel, Ange said to the Thousand-Faced Avoid:

"Thousand-Faced Assassin, you take everyone back first. I need to go and fetch your junior sister's kitchen helper!"

The Thousand-Faced Beastman was pleasantly surprised upon hearing this.

"Hey~ Hey~" Does this mean my junior sister will also be a kitchen helper?

Anjie smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right, your junior sister's kitchen helper is a Riolu, and Riolu evolves into Lucario."

Thousand-Faced Beast happily exclaimed, "Yay! Yay! That's great! I'll go back and tell my junior sister the good news right away."

Anjie smiled and nodded, "Go ahead, go ahead!"

So the Thousand Faces happily led Lucario and Kirlia away.

Anjie said to the only Libra doll who remained by her side, "Let's go."

"Dumb~ Dumb~" Why am I the only one left?

Libra said with dissatisfaction.

Anjie glared at it and said, "What, you have a problem with that?"

Libra: ...

If you're so capable, don't resort to violence!

The Libra, lacking in combat skills, is now being thoroughly dominated by An Jie.

When Angie and Libra arrived at the palace gate, they indeed saw Flamel waiting there.

"Your Highness!" Upon seeing Ange approach, Flamel stepped forward and bowed to him.

Anjie waved his hand and asked, "Where's Riolu?"

Flamel said, "Your Highness, please come with me."

Following behind Flamel, Ange arrived deep into the palace and saw Rakel on the grass.

Raquel is playing with a Riolu, and if nothing unexpected happens, that Riolu is the one that Jimia found for Angel.

"Rakel!" Angel waved to Rakel.

"Your Highness!" Upon seeing Angel, Rakel's eyes lit up, and he quickly ran to Angel's side.

The Riolu saw this and ran over as well.

"Is Your Highness here to pick up Riolu?" Rachel asked.

Anjie nodded. "Yes!"

Upon hearing their conversation, Riolu immediately realized that the person in front of it was the one it would follow in the future, so it looked up and examined Ange with curious eyes.

At this moment, Ange also looked down at Riolu and saw that Riolu looked a little nervous. He reached out his hand to Riolu and said:

"Hello, Riolu, I'm Angel!"

In order to get Riolu to accept him as soon as possible, he activated his Aura.

Sure enough, after sensing the strong aura emanating from Ange, Riolu was pleasantly surprised and placed his hand in Ange's palm, showing affection on his face.

Seeing this, Rakel said, "It seems Riolu likes His Highness very much."

Anjie joked, "I guess I'm the one with more personal charm."

Rachel was amused by Angel and laughed heartily.

Anjie asked, "Why aren't you holed up in the lab today?"

"I need to prepare for my trip," Raquel replied.

"He won't even go into the lab. Looks like he's really made up his mind." Anjie said with a smile, patting him on the shoulder.

"That's right!" Rachel said earnestly.

"By the way, where's your sister?" Anjie asked.

"You must be busy," Raquel said, frowning.

Flamel, standing nearby, explained, "Her Highness is discussing something very important with the Alliance."

"Another Alliance member?" Anger was taken aback, then asked Flamel, "Because of the energy issue?"

Flamel asked in surprise, "Your Highness knows?"

Angie nodded. "I heard Rachel mention it."

He then asked, "Is this a complicated matter? I feel like we've been talking to the alliance for a long time."

Flamel nodded and said, "It is a bit troublesome. Our Kingdom of Azot does not produce energy. All our energy depends on the Alliance."

But recently the alliance has been planning to raise energy prices again. As you know, Azot is just a small country with a low budget...

Because of this matter, Her Highness the Princess and the Alliance have been at odds for a long time, and have yet to reach a conclusion.

Listening to Flamel's words, Ange fell into deep thought.

Flamel added, "Oh, Your Highness, Her Highness the Princess asks you to wait for her a moment before leaving. It seems she has something to give you."

"Okay, I'll wait for her." Anjie nodded in agreement.

Then Angel and Raquel played with Riolu on the grass.

After waiting for about half an hour, Anjie heard a voice coming from a distance.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Ji Meiya, accompanied by several ministers and several alliance officials, walking out of a palace.

Seeing Ji Meiya's furrowed brows and the worried expressions of the ministers, An Jie could tell that they seemed to be in a difficult situation.

After seeing off the alliance officials, Ji Meiya spoke with the ministers for a while before turning to Anjie and his group.

She shook off her gloom and unhappiness, and with a smile on her face, she jogged over to Anjie's side.

"Your Highness, we've kept you waiting."

Anjie shook her head and said, "Waiting a little while is nothing for me. It's you who's been working hard. Dealing with the Alliance officials must have been exhausting, right?"

Ji Meiya said with a smile, "It's alright, it's all my fault."

Angie asked, "By the way, I heard from Flamel that you have something for me, what is it?"

Ji Meiya said mysteriously, "It's good stuff."

As she spoke, she took out a box and handed it to Anjie.

"This is..." Anjie asked, puzzled.

Ji Meiya said, "Your Highness, please open it and take a look."

Anjie nodded and opened the box, then was surprised to find a Mega Stone inside.

"This is... Metagross's Mega Stone?"

Ji Meiya smiled and said, "As expected of Your Highness, you recognized me at a glance."

Anjie asked, "Is this for me?"

"Yes, Your Highness has Metagross, doesn't Your Highness?" Himeya said. "The royal family recently acquired this Metagross Mega Stone, and Your Highness's Metagross was the first one I thought of."

An Jie looked at Ji Meiya with a complicated expression and said, "Why didn't you keep them for yourselves?"

Himeya said, "I already have Gardevoir's Mega Stone, and Raquel doesn't have Metagross."

Angie thought to herself: Laqueur doesn't have a Metagross, but I can catch one!

After pondering for a moment, Anjie took out something and handed it to Rakel, saying, "I also have a gift for Rakel, as an early congratulations on his journey!"

He handed Raquel a box as well.

"What is it?" Rachel was very happy to receive Angie's gift and happily accepted it.

"Open it and take a look!" Anjie said.

Raquel nodded, but when he opened the box, he was stunned.

"It's a Mega Stone too!" he exclaimed.

Anjie said, "That's right, this is a Kangaskhan Mega Stone."

Ji Meiya was equally surprised, "Your Highness, you..."

Anjie said, "I've accepted the Metagross Mega Stone you gave me, so don't refuse the Kangaskhan Mega Stone on his behalf."

"But I don't have a Kangaskhan!" Rachel said, looking aggrieved.

Upon hearing this, Ji Meiya said, "I'll have someone find you a kangaroo beast later!"

Although Kangaskhan is also a rare Pokémon, it is much easier to obtain than Lucario.

"Yay! Yay!" Raquel cheered excitedly, "I'm going to have a Pokémon that can Mega Evolve too!"

After calming down, Rakel seemed to remember something and said to Ange, "By the way, Your Highness, I have something I'd like to ask you to take to Metagross."

Anjie knew it was probably related to scientific research, so she didn't ask any more questions and nodded, saying, "Okay."

"Then wait for me, Your Highness!" he said, and ran off quickly.

While waiting for Lakel, Ange and Jimia talked about energy issues again.

"Is our country really short of energy?" Anjie asked.

"We're in dire need of energy," Ji Meiya nodded. "Our country is a technologically advanced nation, but we are heavily reliant on energy."

Anjie asked, "Can't we develop our own energy sources?"

Ji Meiya shook her head and said, "It's difficult, not because our technical skills are lacking, but because the conditions are not right."

Ultimately, Azot is still too small and lacks the conditions to develop new energy sources.

Upon hearing this, Anjie fell into deep thought. After a long while, he spoke, "Perhaps I have a way to help Azot solve the energy crisis!"

Since his rebirth, the royal family has treated him very well.

Give him pocket money, send him energy cubes for his Pokémon, give him a shop, promote his shop's business, and help him find the Pokémon he needs...

The royal Pokémon breeding facility is still breeding Alcremie for him!

This time, Metagross Mega Stone was just taken out without warning.

Anja felt it was time for him to do something for his country.

Upon hearing An Jie's words, Ji Meiya was taken aback. "Your Highness, what did you just say?"

She felt she must have misheard.

Anjie laughed and said, "I said I have a way to help Azot achieve energy freedom."

Now Ji Meiya was finally certain she hadn't misheard. Her face lit up with surprise and delight. "Your Highness, is what you said true?"

"Of course!" Anjie said helplessly, "Would I joke with you about something this big?"

Ji Meiya asked excitedly, "Please tell me quickly, what exactly is the method?"

Anjie said, "Our Nibel Plateau is far from the capital city of Azot, and we don't even have electricity. Do you know where we get our energy for daily life?"

Ji Meiya was taken aback by An Jie's question.

Yes, it seems she has never considered this aspect.

Yes, Your Highness, where does the energy you use in your home come from?

She looked at Anjie with a puzzled expression.

Anjie didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "It's a sacred diamond."

"A sacred diamond?" Himeya didn't understand what a sacred diamond was.

Ange explained, "Do you know about Diancie and its mineral kingdom?"

Ji Meiya nodded; she had seen records of this in the royal archives.

Anjie continued to explain: "The maintenance of the Mineral Kingdom depends on the sacred diamonds made by Tianxi, and the energy contained in a single sacred diamond is enough to keep the Mineral Kingdom running for hundreds of years."

"Imagine, if we in Azot could develop a device to convert the energy of sacred diamonds, wouldn't our energy problem be solved?"

What Azot lacks is energy, not technological power, so developing energy conversion devices is not difficult for them.

Ji Meiya's eyes widened in surprise after hearing this. "There really is such a magical thing as the Sacred Diamond?"

"To keep the mineral-rich nation running for over a century...it's incredible..."

Ange said, "Of course it exists. It's a secret known only to Diancie and a very small number of tiny diamonds."

Himeya asked, "Does Your Highness mean... that your Diancie can provide Azot with the Sacred Diamond?"

Anjie nodded and said, "Of course, I am also a member of Azot, and naturally I hope to contribute my share to this country."

"That's wonderful! That's wonderful!!!" Ji Meiya was so excited that she was almost at a loss for words. "Your Highness... Your Highness... I don't even know how to describe how I feel right now!"

Anjie smiled and said, "Don't get excited yet. Let me go back and discuss it with Tianxi. You go and gather the royal research staff. We'll meet at the palace tomorrow afternoon."

"Yes, Your Highness! No problem, Your Highness!" Ji Meiya said excitedly.

Anjie instructed, "Make sure to find reliable researchers; the matter of the sacred diamond must never be revealed."

Ji Meiya confidently assured him, "Your Highness, please rest assured on this point."

With Anjie's promise, Ji Meiya's mood visibly lightened.

When Rakel returned, he saw his sister and Prince Angel chatting and laughing, their cheerful laughter echoing across the grass.

Rachel stepped forward, puzzled, and asked, "Sister, Your Highness, what are you talking about that makes you so happy?"

Ji Meiya said, "Let's just chat."

Anja nodded, then looked at what Rakel was holding and asked, "Is that what you're going to give to Metagross?"

Rakel nodded, solemnly handing the item to Ange, saying, "Yes, Your Highness, please keep it safe. Give it to Metagross personally; the contents are very important!"

"Okay!" Anjie said, taking the things.

Rachel handed over a cloth package. When Ange opened it, she found a memory device and several white crystals the size of fingernails inside.

Through waveguides, Anjie can sense special energy fluctuations from crystals.

"What is this?" Anjie asked in confusion.

"These were all found at Professor Jarvis's house," Larkel replied.

According to Jarvis's research, those white crystals allow Pokémon to Mega Evolve without the need for Mega Stones; the memory contains his research findings.

Anjie exclaimed in surprise, "That amazing?"

"That's right." Rachel nodded.

Although Jarvis was wicked, his achievements in the field of occult science were undeniable; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to become Raquel's teacher.

Raquel continued, "However, this achievement has a serious drawback: Pokémon experience extreme pain during Mega Evolution, making it impractical for real-world applications."

Upon hearing this, Anjie suddenly realized why such important research had not been applied.

"You gave these to Metagross so it could help you study them and eliminate their side effects?"

Raquel nodded and said, "Yes! I've been researching this for a long time, but I still haven't found a clue."

After carefully putting the items away, Anjie said, "Okay, I'll give them to Metagross, don't worry."

Afterwards, Ange chatted with Jimia and Rakel for a while before leaving the palace.

I led Riolu and Libra home, giving Riolu a brief introduction to the Nibel Plateau along the way.

When they passed through the spatial portal and appeared on the third floor of their house, they found that Gengar was already waiting for them.

"Gen~~" Upon seeing Ange return, Gengar immediately rushed over to greet him.

"Geng~ Geng~" Is this my kitchen helper?

It looked at Riolu with anticipation and asked, clearly the Thousand Faces Avoid who had returned early had already told it everything.

Anjie nodded. "That's it, it's Riolu."

"Gen~ Gen~" Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Gengar excitedly did several somersaults in the air, and then gave Anjay a big hug.

Then, with a look of anticipation on its face, it flew shyly to Riolu's side and greeted it bashfully.

"Geng~Geng~" Hello...

Anjali introduced to Riolu, "Riolu, this is Gengar, your future work partner. It's a bit shy, so please take good care of it."

Hearing this, Gengar became even more shy, and started fiddling with its two little fingers together.

"Oro~ Oro~" Riolu patted its chest and promised that it would definitely take good care of Gengar. It was small in size but had a great sense of responsibility.

"Gen~Gen~~~" Upon seeing this, Gengar pounced over and hugged Riolu tightly, rubbing its cheek against Riolu repeatedly.

"Oro~ Oro~~" Riolu laughed heartily at Gengar's affectionate behavior.

Gengar's friendly and enthusiastic attitude and Riolu's lively and cheerful personality quickly made the two Pokémon become familiar with each other, looking like close sisters.

That's right, both this Riolu and Inteleon's kitchen helper Lucario are female.

Despite the fact that males far outnumber females in the Lucario family, the two Angelo's dogs are coincidentally both female.

How strange!

(End of this chapter)