I'm not a Pokémon succubus.

"what?"

Hearing this, Aixia blinked in disbelief, then felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Young people love to fight, so it’s okay for them to just start by saying “Let’s have a fight”.

How come even an old man like the abbot is like this?

As expected of someone from the Pokémon world...

When in doubt, just take out the Poké Ball and have a battle.

"No problem at all."

But Aisha couldn't refuse the abbot's challenge.

Not to mention that he himself has the kind of "warlike" personality he just described.

Just because he had just received the holy ashes from the abbot, he could not refuse the abbot's request.

"Om..."

Just at this moment, the sound of the monk playing the piano stopped.

With the last trembling sound of the strings, the dancers stopped dancing among the flying maple leaves.

Everyone showed a relaxed expression and breathed a sigh of relief - obviously, both dancing and playing music were very hard work.

"Coach Ai!"

As soon as Sakura finished dancing, she walked towards Aisha in small steps, like a clingy little animal.

The girl's calves were wrapped in white tabi, and on her feet were a pair of wooden clogs that looked difficult to wear.

But when Sakura ran towards Aixia, she was making rapid progress, running with great vigor, and felt as if she were in another world.

She came to Aixia smoothly as if walking on flat ground, her beautiful purple eyes shining, looking at the boy with anticipation, and said: "How was the dance just now?"

When asking this question, Aisha seemed to see Sakura's ears and tail shaking and swaying above her head and behind her.

"Um......"

Aisha fell into deep thought.

Just at this moment, he felt several other pairs of eyes locked on him.

He looked up and met the gaze of the other four dancers behind Sakura.

Obviously, Sakura felt the same way, as did her four sisters. Everyone was waiting for Aisha's evaluation of the dance they had worked so hard on.

"..."

The corners of Aisha's mouth twitched.

At this point, it is absolutely impossible to say, "Because my attention was completely drawn to the holy ash just now, I didn't pay attention to the second half of the dance."

Anyway...

Praise first!

Just praise it!

"it is good!"

Aisha gave Sakura a thumbs up.

"Forgive me for not knowing much about Yuanzhu City's traditional culture and dance, so I can't offer any professional evaluation or specific highlights. However, the beautiful piano music paired with your dancing, the surrounding maple leaves, and the morning sunshine... it's truly wonderful, so beautiful!"

Although it was to save his life, everything Aisha said was true.

The ballet I saw at Yuanzhu Dance Theater last night and the first half of the dance I just watched both proved the strength of these five dancers.

"I can feel your love for dance from your dancing."

Aisha made a final comment.

"call......"

After hearing this, Sakura, who was standing in front of him, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uh."

Aixia was a little overwhelmed when she saw this, and she was worried that she was being too perfunctory.

But Sakura's subsequent reaction told him that he was worrying too much.

Because when the girl raised her head again, her face was full of happiness.

"To be praised like this by Coach Ai... It's really, really, really great!"

Sakura's face was filled with joy and happiness at being recognized by someone she cared about and admired, and she cheered.

Behind her, the other four dancers, for the first time ever, did not laugh at Sakura's young-looking appearance.

Because they are happy too.

It’s not for any other reason, I’m happy simply because “my efforts are recognized by excellent people.”

They were not familiar with Aisha before, but after the severe torture of Sakura last night, the four dancers knew more or less about Aisha's background.

Apart from anything else, the title of "Champion-level Trainer" alone is already very dazzling.

"To actually receive praise from the champion, wow, wow, wow, wow, it suddenly feels like all the hard work over the years has been worth it!"

"Although this kid's comments were very unprofessional as he said, I did feel the passion and emotion hidden in his words. If every audience member who watched us dance could appreciate it like him, I would be willing to dance for the rest of my life..."

"I have to say, although Sakura is stupid, she does have a good eye for men. I approve of this girl, sister!"

"I'm so happy! It's been a long time since I've felt this happy because of other people's praise. It made me feel like I was on stage for the first time and the performance was a huge success. This child is so gentle..."

The four sisters hugged each other, some were moved and some were moved with emotion. What they said made Aixia show a complicated expression.

What is the passion and emotion contained in the words...

What does it mean to appreciate...

How come he doesn't understand anything at all?

"..."

However, Aisha also knew that she should remain silent at this time, so she didn't say anything at all.

"Actually, they're probably just so happy because they were praised by pretty Aisha..."

Latias stood on the side of the tower top, looking at the five happy dancers, complaining softly, and revealing the secret in one sentence.

"It's clearly just a formal compliment, but the same words sound different when spoken by a random person and a handsome guy."

"..."

Rotom, floating beside it, couldn't help but glance sideways when he heard that.

This kid...

Although it looks innocent and silly.

But in fact, he is surprisingly sharp and smart.

"really."

So it sighed and said the lines it had said countless times before.

"I have despaired of this world where appearances are everything, Loto."

Over there, next to Aisha, the abbot saw the dancers' reactions and shook his head with a smile.

"That's great! Young people's emotions are so complicated. It's a pity that I've never been in love."

Aisha: "......"

Aisha glanced at the abbot in silence.

You are the abbot of the Bell Tower...

What if I could fall in love?

"I acknowledge your loyalty to the Bell Tower and your identity as a monk."

Aisha said.

"That's really nice."

The abbot was so moved that he wiped away his tears.

"There's no need to react so strongly..."

"Ha ha!"

......

Once the dance was over, the work of worshiping the Phoenix King was also declared completed, and naturally everyone no longer had any reason to stand on the top of the tower and enjoy the breeze.

So the abbot led everyone down the bell tower and came to an open space behind the tower.

"here......"

Aisha looked around and found that the monks had built a simple courtyard in this open space.

Looking at the wooden stakes and equipment placed at the edge of the yard, it is not difficult to see that this should be the place where the monks practice martial arts and fight on weekdays.

"So, it's here?"

Aixia followed the vaguely visible dividing line of the battlefield on the ground, walked to one end of the field, and looked at the abbot.

"Well, I'm sorry for having you fight me in this environment."

The abbot also stood opposite him with a smile on his face, and reached into the sleeve of his wide monk robe to pull out a high-end ball.

"What kind of grievance is this..."

Aixia was still not used to being treated so cautiously and respectfully by the abbot, and shook her head.

We're all trainers, we've experienced all kinds of hardships...

When traveling in the Kanto region, Aisha spent most of his time living a life of survival in the wilderness.

"I'm not that delicate."

"Haha, I see. I was stupid."

The abbot was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something. He smiled in annoyance and said, "The willpower of the Rainbow Hero must be extraordinary, unlike that of us ordinary people."

While the two were talking, the dancers who were sitting on the benches outside the yard watching the show all showed puzzled expressions.

"what's the situation?"

"I remember that although the old abbot had a kind temperament, he was very tough in dealing with people and things..."

"When Champion Du visited the Bell Tower before, I never saw this old man licking like that. Who is this handsome young man?"

"The only person who could make the old host so eager to please and even lick his hands could be the illegitimate son of Lord Phoenix..."

"Shh, don't talk nonsense, be careful that Lord Feng Wang hears it!"

The dancers were muttering.

Over there, Aisha and the abbot each selected their Pokémon to fight and threw out their Poké Balls.

"rattan!"

A green lightning flashed in the air, and the agile and slender green vine snake landed in front of Aisha, staring at the enemy in front with sharp eyes.

"sunflower......"

On the abbot's side, a huge green Pokémon raised its head, accompanied by a simple voice and the loud thud of a heavy object falling to the ground.

It has four sturdy legs with sharp claws, a large and round body, a short tail, and a long neck.

This Pokémon has a dinosaur-like body and its skin is a crisp grass green that looks very smooth.

A huge flower blooms on its neck, and two golden stamens extend from its forehead, which looks very cute.

"Geranium."

Aisha read out the Pokémon's name.

The Pokémon sent out by the abbot is none other than Geranium, one of the Johto region's three starter Pokémon, the grass-attribute Chimonanthus' final evolutionary form!

At the same time, this is also a very regrettable Pokémon.