Chapter 213: Vaniville Town, the Blonde Roller-Skating Girl, and Chocolate Milk

Citron—Luo Mu naturally had an impression of this name.

Because the other party was not only the Electric-type Gym Leader of Lumiose City but also Ash's travel companion in the Kalos region in the anime, and due to a name somewhat similar to a certain person, Citron was even jokingly referred to as the Führer.

Luo Mu had just said the Luxio story seemed somewhat familiar; now everything was clear.

So Luxio was indeed the first Pokémon Citron encountered during his student days!

Mr. Mime stopped using its psychic power to help it and Luo Mu swing the swing, and asked, "You have a clue?"

"I do!"

Luo Mu nodded heavily, grabbed the swing's chains, stood up directly, and immediately planned to go find Luxio.

Whether from the perspective that Luxio had inadvertently brought the epic-tier item Swampertite to Swampert, or from the perspective of doing what one can to change some small regrets, Luo Mu felt he had the necessity to give Luxio a hand.

"Young Master Luo Mu, please wait a moment." Mr. Mime had somehow blocked in front of Luo Mu; its wise gaze quietly met Luo Mu's eyes. "This is just my personal thought, but in this matter, Luxio and that person should clarify things with each other, rather than us taking an unprepared Luxio to meet someone who is completely mentally unprepared."

Mr. Mime's words could be described as hitting the nail on the head; after all, unlike Luo Mu, it did not know that Citron had always harbored feelings of guilt regarding Luxio's affairs. From its perspective, Luo Mu's behavior was indeed somewhat rash.

"You are right." After pondering for a moment, Luo Mu ceased his action, cast his gaze toward Otto and Marcille who were running toward them with a stack of documents, and said softly, "What I should do is inform Citron that Luxio is still waiting for him, and then let them resolve their own affairs."

Mr. Mime nodded with gratification; as expected of the master who had won its submission, he both had his own ideas and could accept its advice, calm yet no less wise.

It was its fortune to serve such a good master.

Being looked at by Mr. Mime with an inexplicable gaze, for some reason, Luo Mu felt slightly uncomfortable.

Otto was right; all procedures had been handled by them. Luo Mu and Mr. Mime only needed to continuously sign and press their fingerprints on the documents and contracts they had prepared.

After Marcille confirmed there were no issues with the final document, Otto, beaming with a smile, congratulated Mr. Mime: "Work happily in your new family and realize your dreams."

After receiving Mr. Mime's response, Otto looked at Luo Mu again, gripped his hands, and choked up: "Mr. Luo Mu, from now on Mr. Mime belongs solely to you as a private butler; please, I beg you, treat it well."

Luo Mu guaranteed: "I will; rest assured."

Fearing that if he stayed any longer he would end up speaking while sobbing with tears and snot, Otto quickly explained some precautions before bidding farewell to Luo Mu and Mr. Mime along with Marcille.

When Luo Mu and Mr. Mime left the Pokémon Butler Academy, many students and graduates ran to the school gate to bid Mr. Mime farewell; to them, Mr. Mime was like an older senior who knew everything and was willing to teach them all he knew without holding anything back.

Now that Mr. Mime had been selected, they felt a mix of loss and gratification, their moods incredibly complex.

After leaving the Pokémon Butler Academy and walking on the streets of Cyllage City, Mr. Mime, suddenly feeling a trace of unease due to being about to depart from familiar things, looked up and asked, "Young Master, are we going to Lumiose City now to find that boy named Citron?"

Luo Mu nodded, then shook his head: "We will go, but not right now."

Seeing an open space, Luo Mu stopped his steps; Mr. Mime, who had always been half a step behind him, also stopped.

Looking left and right to confirm no one was around, Luo Mu said to Mr. Mime, "We will go to Vaniville Town first; Shuang Nai Xian wants to taste the chocolate cream cake there, and afterward we will go to Lumiose City."

"And before that, as a new member, I feel it is necessary to let you all get to know each other."

As soon as the words fell, Luo Mu directly threw out four Poké Balls, and the figures of Swampert, Dragonite, Feng Su Gou, and Shuang Nai Xian appeared before Mr. Mime.

Vaniville Town was a very ordinary small town within the vast Kalos region; no famous figures had appeared here, nor were there any stories worth mentioning or recounting.

The only thing giving Vaniville Town a sense of presence in the Kalos region should be the chocolate cream cake in a Named Dessert shop located in one corner of this city.

It was said that the taste of the chocolate cream cake made by this dessert shop was unparalleled even on a global scale; whether in terms of texture, flavor, or ingredient selection, it was of super-first-class quality.

Thanks to this, Vaniville Town gained some extra foot traffic; people who specifically came to this small town and queued in long lines drove its economic development, making this ordinary small town somewhat less ordinary.

Riding Dragonite and landing outside Vaniville Town following the navigation, Luo Mu gently told Dragonite to rest well, and after promising the persistently clinging Dragonite that there would be a share of the chocolate cream cake for it as well, he recalled it, then took out the Poké Balls of Shuang Nai Xian and Mr. Mime to release them.

Mr. Mime's Poké Ball was voluntarily handed over to Luo Mu by it; according to its meaning, to prevent butler Pokémon from being forcibly caught by others using Poké Balls due to accidents, the principal had caught them all with Poké Balls and then handed the Poké Balls over to them for safekeeping.

Now its employer was Luo Mu; the Poké Ball was a very convenient tool that allowed Luo Mu to carry it while moving outdoors, so naturally, the Poké Ball had to be given to Luo Mu.

As soon as Shuang Nai Xian left the Poké Ball, it began jumping up and down with considerable excitement, as if it knew the chocolate cream cake it wanted was already very close.

Mr. Mime calmly observed the surrounding unfamiliar environment; soon, it saw a road paved with stone bricks extending into the town.

Consciously acting as a butler who must spare Luo Mu from any trivial troubles, Mr. Mime immediately used its telepathy to hint: "Young Master, one can enter the city over there."

Luo Mu looked in the direction Mr. Mime pointed, nodded slightly, and said, "Then let us go."

"Milcery~"

As Luo Mu set off, the beaming Shuang Nai Xian, as if acting spoiled toward Mr. Mime, cast a pleading gaze at it.

Hurrying to follow behind Luo Mu, Mr. Mime smiled helplessly; the recent exchange let it know that Shuang Nai Xian had been born only about two months ago and was completely still a child, so its attitude toward it unconsciously became somewhat doting.

Waving its fan, Mr. Mime's powerful psychic power transformed into a telekinetic wave surging toward Shuang Nai Xian, lifting it into mid-air within the blink of an eye.

Floating in mid-air, Shuang Nai Xian experienced this long-lost feeling of comfort, its smile becoming even more brilliant by several degrees.

Ever since evolving, it had lost the ability to float in the air; it was only thanks to Grandpa Butler Mr. Mime that it could experience this feeling of freedom again.

Walking in front, Luo Mu smiled helplessly without turning around, merely sighing in his heart that as expected of Mr. Mime, it had a firm grip on the point of affinity, and its mode of getting along with Shuang Nai Xian had directly become that of a granddaughter and a grandfather.

Not long after Luo Mu left, two heads suddenly popped out from the bushes near where they had landed; one was a girl wearing a helmet on her head, with a long pale golden ponytail extending from the slit behind the helmet.

The owner of the other head was a Pokémon; its red pupils were filled with tenacity as it stared straight in the direction where Luo Mu and the others had departed.

"Heave-ho!"

The girl pushed off with her legs and nimbly slipped out of the bushes; upon closer inspection, she was wearing a red-and-white sports skirt, and on her feet were somewhat rare roller skates.

The girl held a well-wrapped box in her hand, which looked like it contained some kind of dessert; a smile brimming with youthful vitality spread across her face as she excitedly spoke to the Pokémon beside her: "Did you see that, Lucario! Doesn't that Pokémon with no known name look just a little bit strong?"

"As the first battle of the memorable 'Hundred-Man Slash' training, it's decided—it will be them!"

Although the Pokémon called Lucario by the girl felt helpless, it consciously realized there was no way to stop the girl whose fighting spirit was soaring.

Intuition and aura cultivated over years of training told it that the Pokémon holding the fan was very dangerous and absolutely not an enemy they could defeat at their current stage.

"Hehehe, lucky! Not only did I queue up to buy the chocolate cream cake I've been craving for a long time, but I also encountered a Pokémon that looks super strong."

The girl skillfully stepped on her roller skates and skated toward Vaniville Town; Lucario could only keep up with her actions and run into the town.

Inside Vaniville Town, in front of the Named Dessert shop.

A waiter with an apologetic expression stood at the end of the queue holding a signboard with the two characters "Sold Out"; tucking the signboard pole under his armpit, he clasped his hands together and said, "I apologize, customer, but there are simply too many people queuing today; all desserts have been booked."

"Miiil—cery!"

Shuang Nai Xian displayed a shocked expression as if struck by lightning on a clear day, emitting an incredulous, sharp shriek.

How could this be? Not only the chocolate cream cake, but even all other desserts were sold out!?

Everywhere he looked was desolation; he had painfully lost his beloved!

Shuang Nai Xian felt only a strange pain sweeping through its chest, the entire Pokémon seeming to turn monochrome, filled with an atmosphere of desolation.

Luo Mu & Oranguru: "."

Where did this little drama queen come from?

Gesturing for Oranguru to find a way to restore Shuang Nai Xian to normal, Luo Mu rubbed his chin after successfully shifting the blame, feeling the situation was somewhat tricky.

He had specifically checked the guide in advance; by rights, he should absolutely have been able to get in line during this time slot, yet accidents always barged in so unreasonably.

If he wanted to eat cake, he could only return to queue the next day; fortunately, he had reserved a one-day buffer in advance, which was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Just as Luo Mu was about to mention to Oranguru, who was currently comforting Shuang Nai Xian, the suggestion of finding an inn first and queuing early tomorrow morning, a strange sound of an object grinding against the ground rose from behind.

Immediately following this, a girl's panicked voice rang out: "Ahhh, I can't stop!"

(End of Chapter)