On the afternoon of the fifth day of staying at the Oki Research Institute, Merlin was preparing the materials needed for dinner in the kitchen, and in order to take care of the last big meal before the farewell, Merlin also specially captured Xiao Mao, Xiao Lu, and Xiao Zhitong, who came here to mix up the killing time, and asked them to help wash the vegetables and set the table.

Although they can't help much, it's enough to put in the effort...... Well, maybe?

"Ding! Click~!! ”

Merlin, who was chopping vegetables, heard the scream of a piece of cutlery falling to the floor and falling to pieces, and then he heard Ash's apology and Shigeru's scolding again.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this plate is so slippery, I didn't catch it and ......" Ash's apology was very quick and sincere, obviously knowing this.

"Oh my God, Ash, do you dare to be a little clumsy? This is the first plate you've ever broken? I think you're going to break all the plates in the institute to be satisfied, aren't you? Xiao Mao's voice was filled with deep helplessness, "Forget it, you better go and move the chairs, stop fiddling with these fragile items." ”

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to......" Ash muttered as Ash walked away.

Just as Merlin breathed a sigh of relief and was about to continue chopping vegetables, another sound came from behind him.

"Bang! ~~！！ ”

"It's a commotion~~~"

"What's wrong with Ash?! Can you have an accident when you move a chair? Xiao Mao roared.

“…… I'm fine, I'm fine, it's just a trip and a fall......" Ash coughed a few times, hesitated for a moment and said, "By the way, Shigeru, is there any extra chair in the institute?" I seem to have given some chairs to ...... Well, it's broken. ”

"Oh my God! Oh, my God! Xiao Zhijun, what is good for me to let me say about you! How can a human being be so stupid? Do you have the 'clumsy' trait or what's going on!? I think you're still honestly staying at home, if you go on a trip, you'll definitely die, you will~! Xiao Mao walked away angrily with heavy steps.

"Whew~~~" exhaled a deep breath of turbidity, Merlin turned his head to look at Xiao Lu, who was helping to wash the vegetables beside him, and asked, "Ash, is it always like this?" ”

"Poor, almost, there are some accidents almost every day." Xiao Lu's face had a hint of helplessness, "In my cousin's words, Xiao Zhi is always 'saying stupid things' and 'doing clumsy things', and he can always make his cousin mad and have nothing to do." ”

"Hehe, that's really hard."

"yes, so sometimes my cousin says something nasty to him, and I don't understand......"

"Uh, really......"

"Actually, to be honest, I really don't think Ash should be in such a hurry to travel, not to mention that his knowledge and skills are not enough to reserve, just his character and ......"

Just as Merlin and Midori were talking about each other, the doorbell suddenly rang.

"Green~!" Xiao Mao's voice came from a distance, "Please go and pick up the doorbell, I can't get out of here." I said Ash, can you hurry up and pull your legs out?! Do you think you're handsome when you're stuck here!? ”

"Got it." Midori smiled bitterly at Merlin, wiped her hands and went to answer the doorbell.

[This is a normal friendship and a normal family. Seeing Midori walk away, Merlin sighed.

[Probably.] Wizil replied nonchalantly, "Shall we leave tomorrow?" 】

[Well, after bothering for a long time, it's time to continue the journey. 】

[Thank goodness! I'm fed up here! Absolute! Absolute! Absolute! Don't come back here, and even if you do, don't stay so long! Wizil gritted his teeth, "I've been restraining myself from attacking that Dr. shit. 】

[Wizil, that's Dr. Ohki, Grandpa's younger brother and grandfather's friend. Merlin had to emphasize the identity of Dr. Ohki, [It's still a famous Pokémon master. 】

[I can consider sparing him and just getting a half-crippled person.] Vizier made a sound that seemed to pinch bones as a background sound, "Let him get a taste of what it's like to stay in a place so small that he can only curl up!] Let him have a good taste of what is called desolation, what is called darkness, what is called helplessness, and what is called ......]

In this regard, Merlin can roll his eyes and express his incomprehension.

"Cousin, Cousin Nanami is back!" Suddenly, there was a cry from the living room, "It's already up." ”

[Nanami? Oh yes, it's Dr. Oh Mu's granddaughter. It seems that the manager of the beauty salon is still here, and Chi mentioned it to me, saying that she is a very gentle beauty......] Merlin began to collect information about Miss Nanami in his mind, [Shigeru seems to have mentioned that his sister went on a trip, but he didn't expect to come back so soon.] 】

"Really? Why did you come back all of a sudden? I'm coming! With the sound of something collapsing, Xiao Mao's voice floated out.

"Hey! Xiaomao, don't leave me alone, I haven't ...... yet Yes~~!! Ash let out a miserable scream, and then fell silent.

"Hey~" Putting down the vegetables and kitchen knife in his hand, Merlin silently went to wash his hands.

"Anyway, let's get Ash out first......

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By the time Merlin frees Ash from the warehouse that looks like it has been blasted, Shigeru and Midori are already buzzing with Miss Nanami to the living room.

"Thank you so much, Merlin," as soon as he came out of the warehouse, he immediately came back to life in full condition, and Xiao Zhi, who didn't seem to have been hurt or hit at all, slapped the dust on his body nonchalantly and said heartily: "Xiao Mao, that guy actually left me and ran away, this time I must make him look good!" ”

"Hehe, it's okay if you're okay, it's okay if it's okay." Merlin said with a wry smile.

[What is the structure of this guy's body?] Why is it so resistant to tossing? Merlin, who had palpitations, couldn't help but look back at the messy scene again, [This kind of resistance ability is comparable to Pokémon, and even many Pokémon......]

[Creatures with atrophied brains will always get some physical benefits, and they can't envy it...... Wizil said contemptuously.

"Hehe......" Merlin chuckled.

"That's right!" Ash, who was dancing and cursing Xiaomao, didn't know what he suddenly remembered, and suddenly turned his head and asked Merlin, "Did they say that Sister Nanami came back just now?" Ash's expression was a little strange as he spoke.

"yes."

"Hmph, Xiao Mao, Xiao Mao, you are miserable this time!" Xiao Zhi suddenly changed his face with a successful trick, and pinched his waist with some relief and laughed, "Hahahahahaha!" "Apparently fantasizing about the success of his revenge.

"What's so funny?" Merlin, who was taken aback by Ash's quick face change, couldn't help but ask.

"Uh, no, it's fine." Ash barely kept a serious face in reply, but the corners of his mouth that kept tugging and the smile that he couldn't contain betrayed his thoughts.

"Let's go, let's go meet Sister Nanami." Ash couldn't wait to turn around and walk straight to the living room. Merlin could only smile wryly and follow.

After a short hallway, you will find the large living room of the research institute around the corner.

Along the way, Merlin can hear a cheerful female voice, that voice seems to have a kind of magic that makes people calm and comfortable, and he can't help but feel good about the owner of the voice.

[Hmph, a little trick of mankind.] Naturally, Wizil heard that voice as well, but it looked annoyed as if it was offended, [A stupid woman who can't even control her own abilities. It said with some exasperation.

Merlin blinked, not paying attention.

"Shigeru! You left me alone in the pantry! If Merlin hadn't rescued me, were you going to keep me in those chairs for the rest of my life!? Ash suddenly adopted the tactic of preemptively, and before the person entered the living room, he shouted at the top of his voice.

"Cut~! Aren't you okay? Xiao Mao did not suffer any loss and immediately launched a counterattack.

"Ah~!! You guy! Ash couldn't help but be furious and jumped into the living room with an arrow step, "You suddenly killed me, I was buried by a chair again, and I was hit on the head by a chair!" Sister Nanami, you see it's all swollen! It's all Xiao Mao's fault! ”

"What, can you get hurt? You're a four-limbed guy with a pretty big head, and you're pretty much fine even if you get hit on the head! Shigeru continued to fight back.

Merlin stopped and stood around the corner, listening to the "quarrel" inside.

"Xiaomao, how can you say that?" The pleasant voice said, "Apologize to Ash." Come Ash, I'll see if you're hurt. Why are you so careless? ”

"I don't want it. It's all this guy who is clumsy and clumsy, and he can fall down and break all the chairs in the warehouse when he goes to move chairs! Xiao Mao continued to refute.

"Xiaomao, hurry up and say sorry to Ash, you see that Ash's head is swollen with several bags, it's always because of you, right?" Nanami continued to persuade Shigeru.

"It's a little injury at all." Ash pretended to be honest and said.

"Sister, look, he says so himself." Xiao Mao grabbed Bai Dao, "This guy can fight directly with Pokémon, and his physique is like a monster at all, how can he be injured!" ”

[Hehe, fight directly...... No wonder ......]

"Shigeru~~" Nanami raised her voice slightly.

"Okay, okay, I throw in the towel, I apologize. That's all right, right? Xiao Mao obviously had no choice but to give in to his sister.

"Right? No? Rise? Finish? Small? Wisdom? Monarch! Xiao Mao gritted his teeth and apologized word by word, "Are you satisfied now?" ”

"No, no, no! Who wants to accept such an insincere apology? "Xiao Zhi, who seized the opportunity, naturally will not let Xiao Mao go.

"Hey Ash, you're enough!"

"Na, is this the attitude that an apology should have?"

"Roar, how do you break so many chairs? If there are not enough chairs for the dinner in the evening, it is your responsibility! Shigeru began to bypass the injury and point to the damage to the seat.

"Well, it was all an accident. It's an accident, I don't want to......" Ash, who was poked in the sore spot, suddenly withered.

"A big dinner in the evening?" Nanami asked, "Did you know that we were coming back and prepared a big meal in advance?" Was it prepared by Aunt Hanako? ”

[Guys? 】

"It's not my mother, it's Merlin, Merlin's craftsmanship is also very good, although it's still better than my mother." Ash explained nonsense.

"It's one of Grandpa's guests, he's leaving tomorrow, so let's have a big dinner in the evening to liven it up." Xiao Mao added.

"Uh......" Nanami obviously didn't fully understand the situation from Ash and Shigeru's statements, "Anyway, there's a guest preparing a big dinner, right?" Still, she summed it up and refined it.

"Hmm." The three teenagers agreed at the same time.

"How about that? Ask your guests to prepare their own dinner to see them off? It's rude to say it, so let me cook when I get back. Nanami suddenly became energetic.

"I'm here to help, too, these little imps will only add to the chaos." A female voice who had never spoken suddenly interjected, and there was a faint flavor of charm in this female voice, and just by hearing her voice, you could imagine that she would be a mature beauty.

[This voice, it seems to be ......] A drop of sweat suddenly slipped from the corner of Merlin's forehead, [...... It's her......]

[Well, it's her.] Wizir was calm.

[You already knew? Green tendons appear in the corners of the forehead.

[Nonsense. 】

[Then you don't say it earlier.] The corners of his eyes began to jump slightly.

"That's what makes it fun.] And who swore so much in the first place? 】

Merlin patted his forehead lightly, [Wouldn't it be rude to say goodbye without saying goodbye? 】

[Definitely. 】

"Where's that guest? Tell us about it, we can't keep him busy......" Nanami said.

"It's strange, Merlin was right behind me just now, why hasn't he come here yet?" Ash also realized that something was wrong at this time, and began to shout at the top of his voice: "Merlin, where are you?" I can't be lost, right? ”

"You think they're all like you?" Xiao Mao seized the opportunity to tease Xiao Ash.

[Let's go and say hello.] Don't be shy. Wizil irresponsibly instigated.

Stubbornly, Merlin strode into the living room.

"Hello two ladies, meeting for the first time in Lower Merlin." Despite her embarrassment and reluctance, Merlin politely greeted the two ladies in the living room who had already stood up.

"Hello, I'm Nanami." The woman who looks very dignified and demure in a decent green casual dress is Nanami. She had a long brown waist that was the standard of the Oki family, and with a kind and gentle smile on her face, she was looking at Merlin gracefully.

"This isn't the first time we've met." Another woman has short purple hair, a pair of shining smart apricot eyes, a tall nose, and bright red lips, all revealing her feminine style, and a set of close-fitting sexy outfits makes her hot body the focus of men's eyes, "Right?" Mei ~ Lin ~ ~ Jun ~ ~ ~ " The mature eldest sister who had a two-sided relationship called Merlin's name in an extremely provocative tone.

Merlin suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body.

"Huh? Sister Misha, did you know each other before? Nanami asked curiously.

"Hmm~~" Misha shook her head, "I've met a few times, but it's the first time I've reported my home." ”

"Hehe, hehe." Merlin whispered.

"Then it's just a good time for you two to catch up," Nanami walked over to Merlin, "I'll leave the dinner to me, why are you a guest so embarrassed to let you bother?" Please take a good rest here. As he spoke, he walked out of the living room, whispering to himself as he walked: "...... So small and thin, and still looking malnourished, it looks like he's recovering from a serious illness......"

[Vizil, it's better to retreat after I weighed it carefully. 】

[You're afraid she has teeth~ on! ] 】

"I'd better go get dinner ready." Merlin hurriedly made an excuse to slip away.

"Didn't Nanami go?" Misha came to Merlin's side with a fragrant breeze, and naturally grabbed his thin arm, "You are a guest, you still have to listen to the master's words and rest here." ”

"Hehe," moving his body to avoid direct contact with Misha, Merlin continued to make excuses, "I'm afraid Miss Nanami doesn't know the materials or something......"

"Rest assured, Merlin, sister, she doesn't have to talk about her cooking, she's Aunt Hanako's best apprentice." Xiao Mao hurriedly bragged about his sister.

"yes, yes, the croquettes made by Sister Nanami are also delicious, although they are still not as good as what my mother makes, but they are also delicious." Ash also hurriedly said.

Midori, on the other hand, looked at Merlin with a playful expression, and he seemed to be a little more interested in Merlin, who was so out of shape in the face of a woman.

Under Misha's "clamping", Merlin had no choice but to sit obediently on the sand.

"By the way, Merlin, Sister Misha is also a trainer who is practicing." As soon as Ash opened his mouth, he led the topic to what he was interested in, "She's very powerful, and winning the fifth place in the first quartz conference is the pride of our town." ”

"Well, Quartz is fifth, Johto is third, and he has had a very good record in many tournaments since then, and now he is an elite trainer certified by the league." Xiao Mao said seriously.

"Huh, huh?" Merlin, who was very reserved, said unnaturally.

"Of course, of course." Ash looked at Misha with admiration, "By the way, Merlin, will you have a battle with Sister Misha in a while?" It must be exciting. ”

"Do you only have the battle on your mind!?" Xiao Mao snorted Xiao Zhi without a trace, turned his head to Misha and said, "Sister Misha, don't pay attention to Xiao Zhi, or tell us what you have been busy with lately, right?" I once heard my sister say that you seem to have joined some non-profit organization and are traveling everywhere......"

[Non-profit organizations? 】

"There's nothing to talk about, it's just a trivial matter...... Misha waved her hand casually, and Merlin took the opportunity to quickly get rid of her arm, "Ah, is my sister so scary?" She immediately put on a pitiful expression, winking at Merlin, looking particularly innocent and pitiful.

"No, no, it's just that it's so comfortable, it's too hot to lean together......" Merlin casually pulled a panic that he didn't even believe, while moving his ass as far away as he could from the amorous Misha.

"Ah......hh

"Tell me about your travels, Sister Misha." Ash, who was not interested, couldn't wait to ask, and while asking, he came up to fill the gap that Merlin poured out.

Merlin really wanted to give Ash a certificate of merit for his bravery.

"Okay, okay, it's not impossible to tell you about it......" Glancing around at the teenagers, seeing that they all showed different expressions of anticipation, Misha pointed her chin with her index finger with bright red nail polish and rolled her eyes as if she was recalling an interesting incident from the journey, "Once, ah......"

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Merlin had to admit that Misha was a very good storyteller and a good narrator, and after a while she attracted all the attention of the three teenagers with her well-choreographed plot, vivid language and rich and just right body movements, and even Merlin somewhat wanted to listen to it.

But that instinctive reaction still stopped the listening, and by urinating, Merlin escaped from the living room and walked back to the kitchen.

Along the way, Merlin weighs whether he should surprise everyone by suddenly disappearing after dinner in the evening, and by the way, he also runs away from Miss Misha, who makes him uncomfortable.

[Mainly to escape from that woman.] Wizil mercilessly punctured Merlin's self-deception.

[I don't trust her, and there is never anything good about someone who can stir up my instinctive resistance at the second meeting. 】

[Done? 】

[There's no need, I'm just wondering what her intention to approach me is, so undisguised and direct, what is the way of it? What non-profit organization did she join? Could it be that she would be someone from some kind of organization? 】

[What is the purpose?] 】

[I can't figure it out, if it was in the past, there were many purposes that would have been enough for her to come close to me, but now I really can't think of any purpose to get her close to me.] 】

[That person? 】

[Do you want to get rid of me for the sake of family honor?] No, at least not at this time, there are too many people who want me to live, they need my savings to humiliate that person, to make that person lose face. Besides, you don't have to go through such a big deal to kill me. 】

"He knows the details of you? 】

【…… I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out. I'm a standard conspiracy theorist, a persecution paranoiac who always thinks things in the worst way...... But I didn't have a clue at all about how it worked......]

[Then think on the bright side, every qiē is all accidental. 】

[Don't.] I don't believe in chance, I trust my instincts even more, my instincts. 】

Before he knew it, Merlin had reached the kitchen door during the conversation with Vizel.

"Yikes! Why are you still here? Nanami's exclamation interrupted Merlin's thoughts.

"I'm here to help you." With a smile on his face, Merlin said.

Compared to the scheming Misha with unclear intentions, Merlin is more willing to approach the simple and kind Nanami.

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Although he escaped into the kitchen and avoided Misha for the time being, Merlin realized that women were indeed terrible creatures when he was cooking the ingredients with Nanami.

While cooking, Miss Nanami gave Merlin constant condolences and encouragement, most of which were about Merlin's thin physique and relatively short height.

"We must pay attention to a balanced diet, usually consume more high-protein and high-energy foods, and strengthen physical exercise......

"If you really can't do it, you can also take some nutritional supplements and functional drugs appropriately, and others will think you are a patient when you look at you......"

"But it's true, the adults of your family are really relieved to let you go outside alone, it's very dangerous......"

In short, they were all questions that Merlin was embarrassed and reluctant to bring up.

And after Merlin was surprised to say that he was sixteen years old and had recently embarked on a journey as a trainer, Nanami was at first disbelieving, and then began to redouble her care.

"Then you need to pay more attention to the intake of nutrients, after becoming a trainer, you always need to run around in the wilderness and wade through mountains and rivers, and you need to replenish energy, or you are always so thin and weak, so that I thought you were at most a child in your early tens......"

"Then your complexion is so bad, is it because of traveling in the wild, then it is better to stay in the research institute for a while and have a good rest, it just so happens that I can also help you recuperate, at least let you regain your health...... Don't look at me like this, I have the qualifications of a doctor and a masseuse, although they are all Pokémon, but it is okay to take care of humans......"

"Xiao Mao is very strong, right? I'm taking care of him, grandpa, he's always busy researching, and my parents aren't always around, so it's my sister who takes care of him...... Xiao Lu has also lost a little weight, and it is all because his uncle sent him to the gym in the city capital since he was a child, and that child has suffered a lot of sin at first glance...... Ash is a little better, he can eat, sleep, run, and jump, he's as strong as a wrist, and he rarely gets sick......"

[Which is more terrifying now?] Wizel asked gloatingly.

【Closed!】 Mouth! Merlin is a little crazy.

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In the blink of an eye, evening came, and the sumptuous dinner for Merlin personally organized by Merlin began under the leadership of Dr. Ohki. On the dining table, there was a harmonious and cheerful scene of staggered cups and cups, and what made Merlin a little uncomfortable was the mysterious autumn wave from Misha and the passionate dishes from Nanami.

In short, the party ended with joy and peace after leaving behind a messy table of cups and plates.

By the time Merlin had helped Nanami clean up the dishes and the living room, and it was already midnight, Nanami drove Merlin back to sleep so that he could have the energy to embark on the journey early tomorrow morning. Merlin, on the other hand, was going to slip away.

"Sure enough, it's still right for me to say goodbye." Sealing the hastily written text message, Merlin placed the envelope on his desk and pressed it down with a lamp.

"Although I like and yearn for this kind of lively occasion, I still feel that there is no way to fully integrate into it, and I am not good at saying goodbye or anything," he said, "I picked up his backpack and looked around at this small room where he had lived for a few nights, "so I omitted to say goodbye and went straight to the road." ”

"Vizel, take me straight to the road in front of town......" Stretching out his left hand on the shoulder of Vizil, who had been waiting for a long time, "it's time for us to get out too." ”

A phantom flashed, and Merlin and Wizel left the Big Wood Research Institute quietly and left Zhenxinzhen.

As for how Miss Nanami appeared the next day Merlin's disappearance, how Dr. Oki read the text messages, how Misha's mind turned, how Shigeru condemned Merlin for saying goodbye, and how Midori secretly expressed envy and secretly made up her mind to learn this trick herself, all of them had nothing to do with Merlin.

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