Chapter 64: After the Typhoon Passed

Three days later.

"Paldea Daily News: Typhoon 'Haiyan' is gradually weakening and is expected to vanish completely today."

"In an important address, Chairwoman Geeta, who serves as both the League Chair and the Top Champion, stated: 'Typhoon Haiyan has caused certain impacts to the coastal areas near the South Paldea Sea; a large number of wild Pokémon have suffered disasters, the historic Orange Academy has suspended classes, and nearby towns have also been affected to some extent. The League has now dispatched...'"

The cracked phone screen went black under Luo Mu's finger; looking at the curtain of rain outside the window that was showing a trend of gradually weakening, Luo Mu murmured, "It's finally over."

When a typhoon passes through, the first to suffer are the wild Pokémon in the wild who use the sky as their blanket and the earth as their mat, followed by the crops in various farm fields and the houses in towns, and so on.

Luo Mu had gone to Flatbed Town early in the morning to purchase supplies and found that the houses in town had varying degrees of damage; in comparison, the small Western-style house left by the elderly couple was simply unbelievably sturdy.

The roof tiles still fit together without a gap on the roof, and the outer walls bore only traces left after being washed by rain, their durability exceeding imagination.

Through the concerted efforts of the Pokémon, they protected the three experimental fields of tomatoes, strawberries, and cabbages capable of continuous fruiting in the farming zone during the most arduous moments; this typhoon day had been safely weathered.

The curtain of rain vanished completely in the afternoon; the dark clouds parted, and long-missed sunlight showered upon the land of Paldea, dazzling to the eye. Luo Mu looked up at the sky and discovered that in the direction of the South Paldea Sea, a beautiful rainbow hung in the firmament.

Unfortunately, no colorful great bird that enjoys dropping feathers flew across the rainbow, but since he had finally encountered such a splendid view, Luo Mu still called the Pokémon out to admire the scenery and, incidentally, hold a small internal farm tea party.

Setting up a small table and picking up ordinary tea sets bought from the Flatbed Town market, Luo Mu carefully took out a damaged teapot worth 150,000 League Coins to brew a pot of mellow black tea, then poured the black tea sequentially into the teacups placed before each Pokémon.

In this air that was still somewhat cold, Luo Mu slowly savored the hot black tea brewed in the damaged teapot.

The black tea, emitting a faint aromatic scent, offered a mellow sensation upon entering the mouth; moments later, the tip of the tongue detected a faint returning sweetness from a slight bitterness inherent in the tea itself, adding a richer texture to the black tea.

These were super-ordinary tea leaves Luo Mu had purchased at the Flatbed Town market for several dozen League Coins per jin; he had also brewed them using ordinary tea sets, and as for the specific taste... they were merely drinkable.

Under the effect of the damaged teapot, there was unexpectedly such a different taste; Luo Mu once again marveled at the miraculous nature of items in the Pokémon world.

Among the Pokémon, evaluations of the black tea appeared polarized.

Led by Luxray, several Pokémon greatly enjoyed this mellow flavor with a hint of bitterness, while Serperior and Dragonite found it somewhat unacceptable; compared to the bitter taste, they preferred something sweeter.

The evolved Poliwhirl belonged to Luxray's faction; using its newly grown hands, it held the teacup and carefully savored the taste of the black tea.

Beside Poliwhirl, apart from three Poliwag, a Pokémon with sparse feathers on its body was also mimicking the act of drinking black tea.

Delibird still felt somewhat numb in its body even now; it could not taste its food, and drinking black tea was merely copying the cat to draw a tiger, blindly imitating others.

Delibird awakened on the second day after the typhoon formed in the South Paldea Sea and made complete landfall on the Paldea region; the power of natural lightning was truly too immense, and if Delibird had not been discovered by Luxray, the greater probability was that it would have died alone in that typhoon and rainstorm.

Even after Luo Mu's treatment, Delibird still retained quite a few aftereffects; apart from temporarily losing its sense of taste, the most severe was that Delibird had somehow lost the ability to fly.

Although there was the reason that feathers had not yet regrown, Delibird's flying posture was obviously somewhat off, and the motion of flapping its wings had become clumsy, as if it had developed a fear of the sky.

Regarding this, Luo Mu, who had originally intended to release Delibird back into the wild after it woke up and its injuries healed, could only helplessly keep Delibird; otherwise, in Delibird's current state, it would likely find it very difficult to survive in the wild.

As for its flight problem, further judgment could only be made after Delibird's feathers had regrown.

In the midst of tasting tea, while Luo Mu was pondering that Orange Academy should be resuming classes soon, his black-screened phone suddenly lit up and vibrated a few times.

Picking up the phone to look, it happened to be a message from Principal Mu Fei; however, judging by the wording in the message this time, Mu Fei had clearly sent it individually to him.

【For Teacher Luo Mu: The typhoon has passed. Orange Academy, located in Mesagoza at the center of the Paldea region, has not suffered significant damage. Classes are scheduled to resume starting tomorrow. Your Battle Studies course is arranged for the afternoon of that day. Below is the list of students who have registered for the first Battle Studies class.】

【Penny, Hearing Hearing Nimo, Arven, Ortega, Mela, Ai Li Qi Si.......】

Luo Mu stared wide-eyed at the phone screen, a trace of puzzlement flashing across his face; he rubbed his eyes and confirmed once more before finally accepting that merely fifteen students had registered for his course.

It must be known that the current student body of the entire Orange Academy numbered at least over a thousand people!

Although many students were simply not interested in Pokémon battles and not everyone wished to become a Trainer, this ratio was still too absurd.

"Could it be that I spoke too heavily on the day of the opening ceremony, causing the students to become somewhat afraid of me...?"

Luo Mu's gaze swept over several fairly familiar names; that Hearing Hearing Nimo would choose the Battle Studies course was not surprising to Luo Mu in the least, as he had already seen the potential of a battle maniac in Hearing Hearing Nimo on the day of the opening ceremony.

As for that kid Arven, he probably felt slightly lonely with his parents absent and thus wanted to hang around with him.

Beyond that were a few future Team Star squad bosses and some names Luo Mu had no impression of.

He had even taken advantage of this extra time to consider several teaching plans, yet in the end, only fifteen students had registered for the Battle Studies course...

Luo Mu received a blow.

After being emo for a while, Luo Mu regained his confidence under Growlithe's comforting licks; regardless of the number of students, his responsibility as an incumbent teacher was only one—to correctly guide their growth and help them become outstanding Pokémon Trainers.

If there were few students, then so be it; once his reputation opened up later, naturally more students would choose to register for the Battle Studies course.

After cheering himself up again, Luo Mu put away the tea sets before the Pokémon that had already finished drinking and murmured, "The typhoon and rainstorm have ended; it is time to continue developing the farm."