"Wuu~ So comfy!"
Upon reaching the private hot spring area on the third floor, the two let out a long sigh of relief.
The rich women along the way had been way too crazy.
Luckily, the third floor consisted of independent private rooms. Each room allowed people to look through the floor at the crowd and performances on the first floor, but people outside couldn't see the scenes inside the rooms.
"Haha, it's been so long since I've enjoyed the feeling of swimming!"
After Gardevoir's treatment yesterday and a night of rest, Misty's injuries had mostly recovered.
She casually took off her outerwear, revealing the light blue bikini underneath.
Looking at Misty's unreserved display of her figure, Axel couldn't help but lick his lips.
'The beauties of Kanto really are too bold.'
Aside from Blue, who acted all shy while always trying to take advantage of him, the other girls and ladies were all of the type that let others take advantage of them.
"Come swim with me, the water here is warm, and it's a real hot spring drawn up from underground. It's great for relieving fatigue," Misty grabbed Axel's arm and, without asking for his opinion, directly pulled off his clothes.
And then...
Misty felt the muzzle of a gun pressed against her lower abdomen.
"AH!", Misty let out a scream.
She instinctively stepped back half a step, clutching her abdomen with lingering fear.
Too scary, getting hit accidentally by a pool cue wouldn't be any worse than this.
"Why don't you have swimwear?"
"How would I have swimwear?"
"Hurry up and put some on. There should be new swim trunks in the locker over there, and probably in a large size."
Following Misty's pointing finger, Axel walked over to a locker and directly pulled out the largest pair of swim trunks.
'Emmm... Still a bit small, but workable.'
Then Axel sat down at the edge of the pool. Compared to swimming himself, it was more fun watching Misty swim.
Axel originally wanted to release Gardevoir, Pheromosa, and the others to relax too, but they all said they were tired from yesterday and didn't want to come out.
In the end, Axel could only release Dragonair and the Dragon Clan General.
After spending time with Dragonair, Duraludon had gradually overcome his fear of water.
The rust disease had also decreased significantly with level increases. As long as he didn't soak in seawater on purpose, no rust would appear.
"Dragonair!"
The moment Dragonair came out of the Pokéball, she instinctively shook her head, trying to find Big Sister Gardevoir for a hug.
Ever since she had been gifted that fortuitous encounter by Gardevoir, the little one had become her loyal supporter, nearly bringing the General to tears.
Seeing no sign of Gardevoir, Dragonair tilted her head and, without hesitation, rushed toward Axel.
'Hug~ Hug~'
"Haha, alright, alright, go play in the water."
Axel knew Dragonair was a Pokémon that loved water immensely. This kind of Pokémon could even command wind and rain as soon as it evolved.
Ironically, once they evolved into Dragonite, they'd lose that magical ability and their fondness for water.
Because of this, some people even refused to let Dragonair evolve to retain those abilities.
Of course, Axel wasn't referring to Lance.
Though Lance was a bit overpowered early on, he was still very considerate of his Pokémon's emotions.
His Dragonair likely didn't evolve because it didn't want to.
Axel had read Dodrio's forum post, if Dragonair mastered weather control well, it could exhibit power not weaker than Dragonite's.
"Dragonair~"
Dragonair affectionately licked Axel's body, then leapt into the water without hesitation, leaving Duraludon completely dumbfounded.
'You little Dragonair.'
'A flirt, a sycophant, ignoring me, the Dragon Clan General.'
'If you keep acting like this, how are we supposed to restore the glory of the dragon clan?'
Duraludon looked distressed, squatting next to Axel and practicing punches.
Since other dragons couldn't carry the flag, it was up to him, the General.
Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Fire Punch!
He didn't know any of them...
But he had to learn at least one skill in the future.
Seeing the determined look in the little guy's eyes, Axel grinned and gave Duraludon his advice.
"Stop practicing punches for now. Your species isn't really suited for punching, your arms are too short."
"Try learning a Fighting-type tackle move instead, like this."
Axel stood up and suddenly tackled Duraludon.
Even though the little guy had grown and now had two-thirds of an adult Duraludon's height, he still staggered back several steps under Axel's tackle.
With his Super Rookie physique, he could now personally teach some basic skills.
"ROAR?"
Duraludon bit his finger in a humanlike manner, not understanding why Axel wanted him to learn a move that seemed to have no special effects.
'I am a noble dragon, you know!'
"Feels like this move isn't powerful, so you want to learn something else?"
"ROAR!", Duraludon nodded vigorously.
"When we get to Aurient, in a while Senior Raihan will bring us to Blueberry Academy. You can evolve into Archaludon then."
"Your ability will change too. Every time you get hit, your tackle move will get stronger."
"So are you gonna learn Tackle or not?"
Duraludon's eyes lit up and he began practicing Tackle on the water's surface like crazy.
Restoring the glory of the dragon clan was now his job as the General.
After coaching Duraludon, Axel turned his gaze back to Misty and Dragonair.
It was obvious Misty really liked Dragonair.
Especially after Dragonair displayed two Water-type moves, Aqua Jet and Aqua Tail, she became even more obsessed.
"Dragonair, how about I teach you how to use Surf?"
"Dragonair?"
Little Dragonair tilted her head, seemingly uninterested in learning the move.
"Once you learn Surf, I can teach you a very pretty dance."
"Dragonair!"
Little Dragonair instantly perked up and began learning Surf from Misty.
As a dragon with champion-level potential, the little one had incredible comprehension. In just an hour, she had mastered the basics of Surf.
Carrying Misty on the water's surface, they surfed back and forth, showing off her new move to Duraludon.
Duraludon snorted and tackled her without hesitation.
Dragonair suddenly felt like she had been hit by a great copper elephant. Her body wobbled, and the Misty on her back fell straight toward Axel.
Axel glanced at Misty's falling posture and the current state of his little brother, backing away in terror.
'She's not going to break it, is she?'
Thud!
With a muffled sound, Misty fell right onto where Axel had just been sitting, spitting out spring water and staring at him in disbelief.
She was Cerulean City's number one—
Er... fourth most beautiful girl, and she just got rejected by a man?
He didn't even catch her, just let her fall into the water.
Originally, if she had landed in Axel's arms, everything could have progressed smoothly.
The more Misty thought about it, the angrier she got. She immediately pulled out Starmie's Pokéball.
"Axel, I challenge you, in the name of Cerulean City Gym's trainer!"
Axel blinked. He didn't expect Misty to get so fired up.
He was still thinking about the best timing to challenge Misty to get her trait.
Didn't expect her to walk right into it herself.
"In that case, I accept."
Misty: "???"
'I was just venting, you really accepted?'
Thinking back to yesterday's scene where Axel commanded Dragonair and Pheromosa to easily take down the rampaging Gyarados, Misty couldn't help but shiver.
'Damn it, I'm screwed. AHHHH!!!'
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