Mmmm, let's try to do more on Sunday~~

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The hot cocoa Merlin poured on his head can naturally be easily dealt with, but what makes Merlin feel a headache is the serial apology from Lilarica afterwards, especially after Merlin refills Lilarica's cup of hot cocoa and this cup of hot cocoa is also spilled on himself by Lilarica.

Seriously, Merlin had a feeling that he was beginning to feel as if the seemingly naturally clumsy girl was taking revenge.

By the time Lilarika had warmed herself up and dried all the soaked clothes, it was close to noon. While Merlin habitually took out all kinds of tools and equipment to prepare for the all-important lunch of the day, Lila Rika, who was rummaging through the bag of fast food and canned Pokémon food, made Merlin feel even more uncomfortable.

Out of politeness, Merlin asked Lilarica if she wanted to eat together, thinking that the girl could at least excuse herself so that he would not be too embarrassed, but unexpectedly, the girl dancer agreed very simply, and stuffed the food that had been taken out of the torch back into her bag, and then looked at Merlin expectantly.

And when Merlin began to cook himself, the team that sat on the sidelines with a look of anticipation slowly expanded, and Lilarica released her Pokémon and watched Merlin cooking with them, and Lilarica's team had four more in addition to the Fat Kedin and the Love Fish that had already competed, namely Charm Meow, Tail Meow, Long-eared Rabbit, and Chirulian...... All are Pokémon that are not very common in Sekiki.

The six of them were the team that Liralika was carrying. All in all, this is a team with great visual and dancing talents. And in Merlin's words, "this is a team that is very suitable for girls". Because most of these Pokémon belong to the ornamental, pet, or companion types, although they are not without combat power and cultivation value, their appearance seems to limit their stage should be under the battlefield and the ring. These Pokémon are more often kept in greenhouses, but they are not only very popular in high society, but even the middle and ordinary classes are very affectionate to them, and it is a very good choice to raise one or two at home, whether it is to accompany children or the elderly.

However, since Merlin has a long definition of this type of Pokémon - not suitable for combat - Merlin's knowledge of them is very limited, and among the six Pokémon of Lilarica, he knows the most not the more common Fat Kedine in Sekiki, but the very rare Chirulian in Sekiki.

【…… Affection Pokémon ...... Able to capture human affection...... Like positive feelings...... More positive emotions make it healthier, more beautiful, more energetic and empowering...... When using amplified Mind, it distorts the surrounding space and creates illusions...... He has the talent of peeking into the future through the gap in space......] while preparing to cook Merlin, he recalls various information about Chirulian in his mind. Since this cutie is an ability-based Pokémon, Merlin's understanding of it is relatively comprehensive and in-depth, [Speaking of which, it seems that there has always been a certain controversy in the definition of attributes of the Pokémon of Larulas, Chirulian and Shanaiduo...... It seems that some scholars have always insisted that they are not single-ability Pokémon...... I remember that some of the scholars seemed to be from a certain region......]

Thinking about Merlin's thoughts, he habitually dispersed again, and ran into a completely marginal realm. But luckily this time someone pulled him back.

"You're so amazing~~" Lilarica squatted behind Merlin with her team, looking at Merlin with a wistful look, while she spoke in a long voice with a weird empty tone, "Do you people in Guandu know how to cook?" It's amazing...... innetceivab1e…… How could you ......?" she was somewhat incoherent.

......Merlin felt a heartfelt fluke at Lilalica's casual words. In fact, after learning that Lilarica was from the United States, Merlin wisely chose not to say the words he had written for his friends, so as not to lose face, and now it seems that this is the right decision.

"If you don't know how to make zuò food......," Merlin said, turning back to Lilarica, "what are you going to fill your stomachs and those of your friends?" He gestured to Lilarika's backpack, "All of them?" ”

Lilarica nodded quickly, "In our place, in my hometown, I think we should be more accustomed to feeding ourselves and our Pokémon with these ready-made, packaged foods. Cooking is more like a communicative skill for us, buffet_party, barbecue...... We seem to like the interaction between people when cooking and eating more than the food itself......" she swallowed hard, "Your food here is too delicate...... and sniffed the aroma of the soup pot deeply, and then squatted on the ground and stepped up to the soup pot step by step, staring at the boiling soup pot with a salivating gaze.

"Uh......" Merlin wiped his sideburns with the back of his hand, "I need to remind you that it's a base soup for Pokémon...... It's not too hard to drink, but I don't think it's too good for human tastes......"

Hearing this, Lilarica twisted her neck fiercely, staring at Merlin, as if waiting for him to confirm her words.

Merlin nodded.

Then Lilarica began to quickly turn her gaze between the soup pot and Merlin, a mixed expression of disappointment mixed with pity on her face. However, as soon as Merlin prepared the food for the two of them, Lilarica gave up on dwelling over the fact that she couldn't enjoy such a good-smelling soup, and she soon rekindled her anticipation of the new food.

Seeing Lila Lica's exaggerated expression, Merlin suddenly remembered a rumor that seemed untrue, as if the unpalatable Cheng dù of the United Food was the second most unpalatable in the world......

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After a sumptuous lunch for Lilarika and her team, and a magical stomach pouch from the Lady Dancer of the United Crowd that leads to another dimension, it was finally time to say goodbye. The two of them, who packed their bags, made their own preparations and set off towards their goals.

"Speaking of which, Merlin-kun~" Lilarika said in a strange tone, "Is your destination Yamashita?" She glanced at Merlin and then gestured in the direction Merlin was going next, "Is that the direction?" ”

Merlin nodded.

Lilarica made a strange arc in place, and a strange smile appeared on her face, "Do you know where the mountain is down?" ”

Merlin shook his head blankly.

The smile on Lilarica's face gradually expanded, "I have traveled all over Guandu in order to listen to the completely different melodies of each place, whether it is the tranquility of the rainbow, the noise of the golden hustle, or the noise of the dead leaves, it is not as strange as there, it is not as weird as there......" Lilarika suddenly lowered her face, staring at Merlin with her sky-blue eyes, and looked at Merlin for a while.

"Nowhere can it be compared, no place can be compared......" Lilarica said in a hollow voice, and suddenly she raised her voice: "...... That weird ...... that belongs to Aster"

Merlin's eyelids and brows jumped violently, his heart also chuckled, cold sweat oozed instantly, and his body, which had finally warmed up, suddenly fell into an ice cave. There was only one sound left in his ears that was looping back and forth - "Aster".

"Then good luck to you, goodbye~~" Lilarica, who was very satisfied with her results, returned cheerfully and left happily, her route was the one Merlin walked down.

Merlin, who had not yet fully recovered from the surprise from Lilarica, looked at the direction in which Lilarica was about to go, and subconsciously said, "It's better not to go to the other side of the mountain......"

As a result, Lilarika just turned around and continued to smile at him: "I know, I'm not welcome there, so I just need to walk along the mountain and go around~~" She waved her hand at Merlin again, and then continued to jump up the mountain road.

Merlin, on the other hand, turned around stiffly, little by little, after watching Lilarica leave, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty as he looked at the iron-blue jungle at the foot of the mountain.

Is this a good spirit that is not a bad spirit? Merlin raised his hand and touched the cold sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, [The worst possibility turned out to be a reality......]

For the first time, Merlin had an indescribable fear of the journey ahead.

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That afternoon, in the dark dense forest with cold air and mist.

Merlin finally made up his mind to go to Aster, after all, he personally said that he wanted to come to Aster to worship the gods and ask for a sign or something, but now it is a prophecy, he is really going to that ghost place.

Aster is the color of aster, and purple is also considered by the Guancheng people to be the color of the spirit, somewhere between ominous and dead.

Aster is a huge area that includes people living - it is completely incomprehensible to Merlin that there will be people living here for a long time - the relatively prosperous town of Aster, and the most famous Pokémon Tower in the Aster Valley, where hundreds of Pokémon have been buried. Of course, for people like Merlin who come from the old era, the asters also represent another remnant of the old era - the asters have been the most concentrated and densely populated area of temples and societies since ancient times, yin and yang, Shinto, and Buddha...... These religious beliefs, which are now almost extinct, are still entrenched here, never wavering or leaving.

Shion is the largest Pokémon burial ground that Seki has been using since ancient times. Most of the monsters raised by humans are buried here after the death of their owners, and grand memorial ceremonies and various other religious events are held here during several important festivals every year.

However, it is also strange to say that people in any region seem to have a tradition of gathering and burying Warcraft together, as long as it is a relatively old area, there are often similar Pokémon burial grounds.

And the most famous place of Aster is actually the place that Merlin is most afraid of, Merlin is not afraid of the decayed corpses in the tomb, he is not afraid of the people in the temple who have survived from the old era, he is afraid of all kinds of strange stories from the Aster, he is afraid of ghosts and ghosts that cannot be touched or touched.

Speaking of which, as a scholar, Merlin should not be afraid of the so-called gods and ghosts, but the academic community has basically confirmed that there is a so-called "spiritual world" that exists outside the world, and then it is good to die and confirm the basis for the existence of the soul, and finally the ghost system is placed there like ironclad evidence. So it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, it's just a matter of whether you're afraid or not.

Unfortunately, Merlin has been terrified of these things since he was a child. He blames this on the restrained relationship of abilities and ghosts. Wizil, on the other hand, can explain why he is afraid of ghosts - he was simply scared out of it by his grandfather when he was a child!

In the end, the old man came up with a good way to eradicate the problem at once - that is, to intimidate Little Merlin - using all kinds of creepy horror stories to control Little Merlin's young mind, so that he has the deepest fear of darkness and solitude...... The old man proved to have succeeded, and Merlin is still deeply afraid of these things. In fact, if it weren't for so many friends following Merlin, I'm afraid Merlin wouldn't have dared to run around at night until now. You know, at the beginning, he would rather wet the bed than dare to get up at night.

[You already know that what the old man said back then was to scare you, and most of those ghost stories and strange talks were fake......]

Wizier had been cheering him on Merlin's mind, and Antrij was very kind enough to help guide him. Reiko and a few other newcomers laughed maniacally for a while after learning about Merlin's greatest weakness, but now they are also actively helping Merlin relieve his feelings, but they still occasionally burst into laughter......

[It's useless to tell me, you'd better talk directly to my fears and tell him to stop being afraid of his fantasies!] Merlin said angrily, "Do you think I want to? Is it that simple!? 】

[Fear comes from the unknown, why should we be afraid of what we already know?] 】

[Ha, let's not discuss academic issues, okay, whether it is ghosts, souls, spirits, or anything else in the formal academic world, is it still in a state of 'controversy', that is, it is still in an unknown state......]

[Well, I remember that you used to read books that said something similar: 'The fear of the unknown is the driving force that drives human progress, and the curiosity to explore the unknown is the propellant for human beings to enter civilization'...... Can't you make some progress and push a little further? 】

Just as Merlin was arguing with his friends in his mind, a high-frequency sound that Merlin was familiar with suddenly sounded in Merlin's ears.

[Dracula is back.] Merlin naturally raised his head and shifted his gaze to the direction the sound wave was coming from.

In the sky that had begun to darken, a giant cross-shaped bat with a huge wingspan was gliding silently, and its target was Merlin, of course.

Merlin raised his right arm high in the air, ready to let Dracula land.

Dracula in the air flapped her wings sharply, swooped down to Merlin's side, and brought a strong wind to blow up the fallen leaves, then suddenly stopped and sprinted to stabilize her body, and then slowly flapped her wings and landed on Merlin's arm, opening her mouth wide at Merlin, showing her full mouth of fangs.

"Thank you for your hard work." Merlin scratched Dracula's body with his left hand, "How's the plan?" Is everything okay over there? Dracula shook her body and enjoyed Merlin's itching, "That's good." Merlin touched its head again, "It's not hurt, is it?" Merlin looked back and forth at Dracula and examined its body. Eventually, Merlin reached into Dracula's mouth and removed a small ring from top of its teeth.

"Rest or eat first?" Merlin casually pinched the ring of unknown material and asked Dracula, "Aren't you hungry?" Let's take a break...... "Put the ring in his pocket, take out the ball, and take it back to the team.

Placing the ball, taking the ring from his pocket and squeezing it firmly with three fingers again, Merlin squinted into a mysterious state, as if receiving something from the ring. After a long time, Merlin returned to his original state, but a smile appeared on his lips.

"That's really interesting...... he put the ring into the palm of his left hand and slowly clenched his fist, "I didn't expect this guy to have such courage, Nazi is really relieved to let us two mess around......" A trace of purple brilliance overflowed from Merlin's palm, and when he opened it again, it was empty, except for a few grains of dust that disappeared with the wind.

"This 'big surprise' is already in preparation......" Merlin narrowed his eyes as he stared at the dark trees in front of him, "I just don't know how many big fish can be baited?" He moved his knuckles and pinched them with a click, "In this turbulent era, it's really unpleasant to just go with the flow, and it's really irresistible to let this era turn according to your will......

He looked at his hands, but his gaze went deep into his veins, "Sure enough, after all, I still bleed their blood......" Merlin suddenly smiled contemptuously, "It's dirty......"

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Oh ho ho ~~ The Aster chapter that has made everyone wait for a long time is about to unfold in horror~~~ I'm very afraid of ghosts, so please don't expect any too scary plots, what if I scare myself......

Then, hey, hey, the prologue of the next chapter is actually gradually opened here, and the white-hot three-way melee will gradually unfold~~~

Finally, in order to introduce a new generation of settings such as new attributes into this book, I have already begun to lay the groundwork. When the news of XY is more comprehensive and the official translation is announced, the setting in this book will begin to move closer to the latest generation, of course, the fifth generation is still the benchmark...... I just pass on some new generation settings from time to time~

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