The Twinleaf Town Mayor’s House
It was a small Japanese-style courtyard located in the center of the town, with gray walls, wooden corridors, huge floor-to-ceiling windows connected to the floor, and several cherry blossom trees and other green plants in the yard.
From the main gate to the house, there was a small flagstone path paved with pebbles. Every corner of the courtyard was filled with the poetry of life, showcasing the hostess's exquisite taste, making people feel the beauty and tranquility of life.
“Luxray, you’re here too…”
Xiao Yun, who had just entered the courtyard, waved and greeted the large blue lion lying at the entrance.
Luxray, also known as the Lightning Lion, has blue on its face, hind legs, torso, and the back of its front legs, while most of its body is covered in fluffy black fur, forming a mane on its head. Its tail is slender, with a yellow four-pointed star at the end.
“Roar~”
Luxray also raised its head, nodded its lion head at Xiao Yun, and then continued to lie by the door, leisurely basking in the sun.
“Mom, I’m home.” Xiao Yun called out to the house before even entering.
At this moment, Lina was tidying up the living room. Seeing that it was her child, she said exasperatedly,
“Where did you run off to play again, you child? Your dad looked for you for a long time and couldn’t find you. If he hadn’t run into Hikari who said she knew where you were, your dad would have already sent Staraptor to look for you.”
Although Lina said this, she still walked over to Xiao Yun, who was changing his shoes, and used a towel to wipe the fine sweat from his forehead.
“Ah? What’s so urgent that you’re using Staraptor? Did our family go bankrupt?”
Xiao Yun stood still as Lina wiped his face, looking at her. Time seemed to have left no trace on her face. Her elegant demeanor and unchanging gentle smile seemed to be able to heal all fatigue and sorrow.
“Bah, bah, bah, how can you talk about your own family like that, you child?”
Lina subconsciously lightly tapped Xiao Yun’s chest. Her elegant demeanor was almost ruined by Xiao Yun’s unfilial words. After calming herself down, she said,
“It couldn’t be that my dad, the Mayor, got fired, right? I always said that with my dad’s appearance, he’d be suspended by the Alliance Prosecutor sooner or later.”
Xiao Yun immediately thought of another possibility, making a fist with his right hand and tapping it into his left palm to show certainty.
“I can’t anymore, what is all this? This child probably can’t be kept, what’s with him wishing for the family to go bankrupt every day?”
“Phew, don’t get angry, don’t get angry. He’s my own, my own. He’s my own son, born after more than ten hours of labor.”
Lina almost couldn’t maintain her gentle smile this time.
“This time it’s a good thing. Your father is preparing to give you a gift. He said he had to ask someone to arrange it for a long time before it was sent over.”
As expected of a former Coordinator Trainer, her expression management was still very much in place. In just a few seconds, Lina recovered her usual demeanor, as if she hadn’t heard her son’s unfilial words at all, and had never thought of almost throwing him out.
“??, a gift ٩('ω')و?”
Xiao Yun first roughly recalled if he had asked his dad for any gifts recently.
Emmm…. Did I?
“What’s with that expression? Why do you look so confused?”
Lina said, looking at her silly son.
“But I don’t seem to have mentioned any gifts to Dad recently. Instead, Dad keeps wanting me to take Luxray to patrol the town and stuff.”
As he spoke, Xiao Yun recalled his dad’s weak and pitiful appearance in front of him.
The scene shifts to Xiao Yun’s memory.
“Xiao Yun, your dad is suffering.”
“Being a Mayor is not easy, Xiao Yun. Not only do I have to run around every day for the future development of the town, but I also have to patrol the entire town’s safety every day. Look, Staraptor is so thin it’s unrecognizable.”
In the Mayor’s office, a certain unscrupulous Mayor was sitting at his desk, spouting nonsense, shamelessly exploiting his good son who had just turned 10.
“Uh….”
“Staraptor is so thin it’s unrecognizable? Are you sure?”
Xiao Yun first looked out the window with a strange expression, then waved and greeted the muscular, sharp-eyed Staraptor that had just flown past while patrolling the sky.
“Staraptor~”
Staraptor, seeing that it was Xiao Yun, also smiled and flapped its wings, then waved its strong wings, and its body flew like a streak of light towards the back mountain.
“Of course, look how thin Staraptor is now. Back when it followed me to challenge the Alliance, it was huge and as steady as a mountain, often winning by sheer weight. It used that move, Mountain Press, to defeat countless powerful opponents for me.” The unscrupulous Mayor continued to ramble on, probably even convincing himself.
“Uh……..”
Leaving aside whether Staraptor could even use Mountain Press.
He just roughly imagined a huge Staraptor falling from the sky, then using Mountain Press to defeat an opponent.
Ew~, that scene is too beautiful, and Dad, are you sure that’s not Heavy Slam?
This Mayor, his linguistic ability is indeed good. If he hadn’t been raised by Staraptor since he was little, he would have almost been tricked by his dad.
“How about it, Xiao Yun, will you help your poor dad with a small favor?”
“Then… okay.”
Actually, Xiao Yun really didn’t want to help, mainly because his middle-aged dad looked at him with such a pitiful gaze.
Who could resist that!
Forget it, forget it, who told him this guy was his father? Anyway, beating children on a rainy day, he was idle anyway.
“Good son! I knew you would never stand by and watch your dad work alone here. Dad thinks highly of you, oh.” The unscrupulous Mayor in front of him said with relief when he saw his child agree.
“I can help you, but let’s be clear first. I still need to go to school, so I can only help you after 3 PM, and don’t give me too much work.”
Xiao Yun turned his head, not looking at his dad’s smug smile, and spread his hands with a hint of helplessness.
“Of course, no problem. As long as you agree, there’s not much to do. Just take Luxray to patrol the town, and occasionally go to the back mountain to see if there are any hidden dangers or anything.”
The unscrupulous Mayor said slowly, leaning back in his chair after hearing that. This capitalist demeanor made it seem as if Xiao Yun had voluntarily asked for work.
“Are we done? If so, I’ll be going first.” Xiao Yun couldn’t stand his unscrupulous dad’s annoying demeanor for a second longer.
He just wanted to go to Hikari’s house or visit his mom’s breeding house to see if there were any new Pokémon.
“Now, now, don’t be angry.” The unscrupulous Mayor got up from his desk, walked over, and put his arm around his neck, laughing.
“How about this, this won’t be for nothing. When it’s done, Dad will give you a gift, guaranteed to be a surprise, how about it?”
The unscrupulous Mayor, finding that Xiao Yun didn’t react, decided to give the little guy some motivation.
“Mm-hmm, okay, okay, thank you, dear Dad. I’m really looking forward to your gift. Then I’ll be going first.”
Xiao Yun didn’t take this seriously at all, because he felt that his unreliable dad couldn’t possibly give him a surprising gift. He perfunctorily agreed indifferently and then left the office.
“You brat, so old-fashioned at such a young age, not cute at all.”
“But when this gift arrives, I hope you can still maintain that serious look. I specifically asked Professor Elm from Hoenn to get this one for you, hehehe.”
Yuusheng Qing'an let out a strange laugh, already imagining the surprised expression on his usually serious son’s unruffled face (commonly known as a deadpan face) when he saw the gift.
Well, I’m actually looking forward to it.