"Eevee, use Ember."
Looking at the [Protean] Cascoon that leaped out from the tall grass, Hakuya commanded Eevee—who had transformed into her Flareon form—telling her to unleash a surging Ember attack.
As the majestic flames dissipated, this little guy, who had just used String Shot to change into a Bug-type, hastily went offline.
"After changing forms, she currently comes with the most basic elemental moves. The rest will have to be learned through TMs or Move Tutors..."
Looking at the fallen opponent, Hakuya nodded thoughtfully.
Because of the [Multitype] ability and the Legend Plate, every time Eevee transforms into a different form now, she gains the exclusive moves of that typing. The number of moves she can learn is far, far greater than that of a normal Eevee.
Of course, unlike Mew, who is said to be able to master all moves, even though Eevee can change her typing through the Legend Plate and learn many "illegal" moves, her move pool still clearly has a significant gap compared to the "Ancestor of all Pokémon."
"I'll see about going to the Easter Egg Dungeon later and getting some TMs to slap onto little Eevee's forehead."
Finally, after briefly testing Eevee's strength in the randomized world, Hakuya prepared to return to reality and sleep.
Although the flow of time in the randomized world was different from reality, having recently experienced the battle against Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon, and needing to attend the celebratory banquet hosted by Steven later, he really shouldn't stay up too late tonight. He needed to get some proper rest.
"Vee~"
Little Eevee kneaded the sofa with her paw pads, lifting her eyes to look around her surroundings.
After all, anyone traversing from one world into another for the first time would feel curious. Let alone this Eevee, who had the personality of a young child; she wished she could step on and knead absolutely everything she saw with her paw pads.
However, upon noticing that her Trainer was preparing to go to bed, she temporarily put away her grand ideas of exploring the house. With a soft cry, she trotted eagerly after him.
Even as she crawled under the covers, she smoothly transformed into her Vaporeon form.
"A Vaporeon, huh? The texture is really soft; it feels like sinking into warm water."
Subconsciously hugging the little creature that pounced on him, Hakuya's eyes lit up as he spoke.
Ever since Sprigatito evolved into Floragato, she had grown too tall to be held in his arms to sleep like before.
The Alcremie-brand body pillow actually felt pretty good too, but her size was too small. He was always worried that while sleeping at night, he might accidentally crush the delicate and soft Alcremie-mommy. Therefore, before going to sleep, Hakuya would always strictly tell Alcremie to sleep on the outside.
As for using Latias in a swimsuit as a bedtime body pillow...
Mhm.
Setting aside whether the little jet plane would get annoyed and hit him with a "Starburst Stream" using her twin-tails... just describing that kind of scene would end up getting ruthlessly censored and banned.
"Meowha~"
Floragato looked at her scumbag Trainer, who had forgotten his old love the moment he got a new one, her gaze filled with deep resentment.
Immediately after, the jealous kitty whipped out two vines, tightly binding Hakuya—who was being all lovey-dovey with Eevee—and pulled him over.
"Vee~"
Thinking her kitty senior was trying to play a pre-bedtime game of fighting over their Trainer, Eevee immediately transformed into Sylveon.
"You two... if we're going to sleep, then just sleep! No playing tug-of-war with me! I'm... I can't breathe..."
Tied up tightly by vines and pink ribbons, Hakuya let out a tragic wail.
He only had one thought in his mind right now.
The bed was still too small. If every Pokémon refused to go into their Poké Balls at night and wanted to sleep together... it was fine now during the cool autumn and winter seasons, but once summer arrived, they would definitely wake up drenched in stinky sweat.
Saving up money to buy his own big house and upgrading to a massive bed was already a matter of imminent urgency.
The next day, while still lying in bed, Hakuya heard a series of knocks coming from outside the door.
"Good morning, Hakuya~"
"Good morning, Ms. Roxanne."
Pushing open the door, a dignified and beautiful girl came into view.
She didn't have her hair tied up in her usual ribbon-style twin-tails. Instead, her cascading brown hair fell to her waist, and her cheeks were lightly flushed with the hues of the morning glow.
A cherry-white fluffy dress gently wrapped around her delicate, snow-white body, her waist so slender it seemed one could wrap their hands entirely around it.
The long hem of the dress blossomed naturally around her soft hips, creating a stunning curve like a newly ripe peach supported by the fluffy skirt. Her porcelain-white calves were slightly exposed beneath the hem, appearing even more delicate, plump, and slender against the contrast of her red pantyhose.
"Hakuya, hurry up and come with me to the celebratory banquet~"
"Alright. Just wait for me to change my clothes and wash up, and we'll go immediately."
Hakuya nodded, letting Roxanne step into the room first... Compared to this young teacher who had woken up early and dressed up beautifully, he, who had just woken up, was clearly still a complete mess. He needed to groom himself before he could attend the celebratory banquet.
"Vee~"
Walking out of the bedroom, Eevee timely transformed into her Jolteon form. Her fur stood completely on end as she played a little game with Hakuya to see whose hair was messier.
"Hah..."
The corners of Hakuya's mouth twitched, and he let out a helpless chuckle.
He had to admit, this Eevee truly was no different from a little kid.
"Is this a Jolteon you caught previously, Hakuya? You two really have a good relationship~"
Noticing the little creature intimately interacting with Hakuya, a smile subconsciously appeared on Roxanne's face at first. But when she witnessed the Jolteon shake its head and, in the blink of an eye, revert back to its original, normal form, her expression instantly froze.
"Eh~ Why..."
Pointing at the Eevee in front of her, Roxanne turned her head to look at Hakuya beside her in astonishment.
To be honest, this was genuinely her first time seeing an Eevee that could freely change forms.
The lovely young teacher even rubbed her eyes. After meeting little Eevee's gaze and confirming that she indeed wasn't hallucinating, she let out a soft gasp.
"This Eevee is one I rescued from the local evil syndicate, Team Rocket, while traveling in the Kanto region a while ago... As you can see, perhaps due to them conducting special experiments on her, little Eevee seems to have gained the ability to freely change forms."
Hakuya scratched his head, explaining the doubts in Roxanne's mind.
If Floragato and the others could still be attributed to his own training methods...
—Even tanking Precipice Blades head-on, or using Draco Meteor without lowering their stats but instead growing stronger and stronger, could ultimately be barely brushed off as 'possessing immense strength.' But Eevee was different. Being able to freely switch forms inherently violated the recognized fundamental laws of the Pokémon world to a certain extent. This was absolutely not something that could be explained away with a simple "she's strong."
Precisely because of this, Hakuya decided to use the excuse of Team Rocket's experiments to explain Eevee's unique nature.
After all, in the Pokémon Adventures manga, Team Rocket actually did create an Eevee capable of changing forms at will. It was just that, limited to Generation I, that illegal Eevee could only switch between Vaporeon, Flareon, and Jolteon.
"Previously, because Eevee was feeling unwell and still recuperating, I didn't let her out. Now, after resting for a while, it looks like she's completely recovered." Hakuya squatted down and gently rubbed Eevee's little head.
This appearance made it look as if he truly had fought those evil villains for three hundred rounds just to rescue little Eevee.
"I see..."
To this, Roxanne only blinked her beautiful crimson eyes, not pursuing the matter any further.
Pokémon themselves were incredibly miraculous creatures.
At the current stage, although countless experts and scholars across various League regions conducted different types of research on these miraculous creatures—such as topics on Pokémon evolution, or regional forms—and through their tireless efforts, Trainers had gained a deeper understanding of Pokémon, this did not mean humans could completely comprehend them.
Within them, many unknown secrets were still hidden.
Being able to freely switch forms or something similar... perhaps it really was possible.
Lowering her eyelashes and looking at the little creature gazing curiously at her, a gentle smile couldn't help but appear on Roxanne's face, along with sympathy and pity for what Eevee had been through.
"For such a cute little Eevee to be used for experiments by those guys... it's truly unforgivable."
Roxanne squatted down and similarly reached out to gently pat little Eevee.
"Don't worry, this is no longer the experimental base of those bad guys. Hakuya is a very good Trainer, so please place your absolute trust in him from now on, Eevee~"
"Vee~"
Little Eevee tilted her head and let out a soft cry.
Although she didn't understand why her Trainer had fabricated such a backstory for her, or why this human in front of her—who seemed to have a good relationship with her Trainer—was looking at her with such eyes, she still deeply agreed with Roxanne's words.
—Hakuya was the best Trainer in the world!