[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines":3,"chapter-pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-chapter-95":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Pokemon: Making pokemon stronger through happiness",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},480016,729,"Chapter 95: Servine want hugs","pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-chapter-95",95,"\u003Cp>Chapter 95:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede finished placing all the energy cubes, then finally turned his attention to Popplio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Popplio?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Popplio swallowed the cube and felt a warm current wash through its body. Where it had once felt heavy and dull from its innate shortcomings, strength and steadiness began to return under that warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked up at Kaede in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you — this will fix your aptitude problem. I’ll make sure you can evolve,\" Kaede crouched and patted Popplio’s head gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Popplio....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the warm current and seeing the trainer’s gentle face, tears immediately welled up. Popplio flung itself into Kaede’s arms and began to sob uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Popplio...!\" (waaah...)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All right, all right, it’s okay,\" Kaede said, a little choked up, hugging the little sea seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made sense why Popplio would be upset — it had been discarded for poor aptitude, picked up by Gardevoir, then brought to Kaede; watching Combusken and the others grow and evolve would naturally make it feel down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’ll be fine. It’ll get better, slowly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After comforting Popplio, Kaede checked its status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pokémon: Popplio]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gender: Female]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ability: Torrent]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Green]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[IVs: HP (14) ATK (8) SpA (17) DEF (19) SpD (19) SPD (4)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 12–14]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Moves: Pound, Growl, Water Gun, Icy Wind]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Friendship: 90 (really likes you!)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Happiness: 90 (intense emotion)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared with before, its IVs had clearly improved and its tier had been raised from white to green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Petaya berry plus other berries could produce roughly one energy cube (worth ~50 credits). Given the restorative nature of this recipe, the cost made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take your time. With this, Popplio will evolve sooner or later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Telling Popplio to enjoy whatever it liked, Kaede returned to the grill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, Servine was enjoying the new drink — alternating bites of yakitori with sips of rice wine kept it satisfied. But soon it started to feel odd: its head went fuzzy and it found itself staring at Kaede. Without thinking it picked up another cup of rice wine and shuffled over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vulpix slurped a little rice wine and glanced at Servine with concern. It felt that Servine was off, but didn’t know what exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up above, Gardevoir watched Servine through telepathy and looked thoughtfully at the cup in her hands. Would the rice wine’s truth-effect change how hearts were spoken?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Servine tugged at Kaede’s clothes. Kaede glanced down, ready to ask, \"What’s up?\" — and froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Servine’s walk was unsteady, its body wobbling. Its eyes were half-closed and its cheeks flushed pink. The cool aloofness it normally carried had melted into a sticky, clingy manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swigging the cup to the bottom, Servine set it down, looked at Kaede with a slightly plaintive expression, then spread its small forelimbs as if to beg: \"Servine... (hug me — you haven’t hugged me in ages...)\" and curled its tail around Kaede’s leg like a koala.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede glanced at the half-empty water bottle of rice wine left on the table. If the bottle was 500 ml, Servine had drunk about 250 ml — essentially half a beer’s worth. And it was already tipsy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Servine... (Is it because I got big after evolving? You don’t like hugging me anymore?)\" it sniffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clinging and purring like a spoiled child, Servine made Kaede sigh. He handed the grill duties back to Gardevoir and picked up Servine like a big kid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All right, all right — come here, come here. Hugs.\" He was amused and secretly tempted to record this to show Servine later; it would be entertaining to see how embarrassed it’d be when it woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a bottle of rice wine and out cold — even Vulpix and the Spritzee-type friends hadn’t been that beaten. Lightweight, indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Servine...?\" (Are you being a good Vulpix?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are the best...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Servine... (Gardevoir helps a lot. I want to help you too.)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you evolve, you’ll be even stronger...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Servine... (Then I’ll evolve quickly...)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Servine? (You must be the one to hug me first, okay, Trainer?)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Servine... (I love the Trainer the most...)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[SYSTEM] Congratulations — Servine’s affection reached 100. Reward: SSS-grade Leaf Stone (a pure stone condensed from supreme Grass energy; for some Pokémon it can elevate genes and reverse aptitude limits).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaede couldn’t stop smiling as he watched Servine still curled around him in sleep — the tsundere had far more inner drama than he’d expected. He’d need to talk to it more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying the sleeping Servine back to the hut, Kaede glanced at the others; they looked over, then lowered their heads and quietly resumed eating. He privately mourned the embarrassment Servine would feel when it woke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contrast was funny: the \"big-sister\" Servine who normally acted aloof and commanding had a surprisingly soft, childish side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll put it to bed\" Kaede said, handing Servine into Gardevoir’s care and tucking it in the wooden hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Servine’s flushed, sleeping face, Kaede remembered the first time he’d met the little Snivy — shy, blushing, peeking from behind the fruit tree. The memory made him laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Servine had always been cute after all\" he murmured. He suspected that once the rice wine’s truth-effect wore off, Servine’s true cool nature would return — but for tonight, the \"truth-telling\" drink had shown another side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TSL note: There are 150 advanced Chapters available in patreon, read ahead and support me in patreon (latest Chapter is Chapter 245).\u003C\u002Fp>",896,"2026-05-30T11:00:43.169Z","2026-06-01T04:31:04.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","50d0841e4ff4fe23ac7ca6b1007128088362c72f8e4498883ba7b0c67613da4b","pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-chapter-96","pokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-chapter-94",473,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpokemon-making-pokemon-stronger-through-happines-cover.jpg"]