In the blink of an eye, a week passed. After such a long period of familiarity and practice, Machamp's driving skills became more and more proficient, and he finally got his driver's license successfully.
The way to obtain a driver's license in the Pokémon world is very different from Eddie's previous life. As long as your driving skills are up to standard, you can take the test at any stage at any time without any time limit.
After getting the driver's license, Machamp was like a child who got a new toy. Whenever there was something that needed to be delivered in the orchard, he would volunteer to drive to help.
In short, with the truck and the driver, many tasks in the orchard have indeed become much more convenient. Sometimes Eddie no longer rides Captain Talonflame when he goes out, but chooses to ride in Machamp's truck.
As expected, driving a car is much more comfortable than riding a Pokémon, even if the Pokémon is equipped with riding props.
During this week, Salandit came back several times. Eddie introduced it and Hattrem to each other, and the two Pokémon hit it off right away, especially Hattrem, which seemed to like Salandit very much.
However, Salandit doesn't stay at home for long each time. She usually comes back in a hurry and leaves in a hurry. She is very enthusiastic about studying.
In Salandit's words, she will work harder and strive to become a master as soon as possible so that all the Pokémon at home can eat the energy cubes he made by himself.
Inspired by Salandit, Hattrem actually took the initiative to start studying cooking. She asked Selene how to use the Internet, and learned how to make home-cooked dishes more systematically through online video teaching.
Although Hattrem can cook, she had only figured it out on her own before and had never really learned how to cook. Eddie responded that it was not necessary to work so hard. He thought the food cooked by Hattrem was already delicious and he just needed to keep up the good work.
It's a pity that no one listened to him.
Pokémons are too hardworking, it's such a sweet trouble!
It was the weekend again. Since they didn't have to go to school early in the morning, after breakfast, the Pokémon went to training or work, while Eddie sat in the room and meditated.
When the Pokémon came back from training outside, Eddie's meditation had not yet ended, so everyone went about their own business.
Larvitar had nothing to do, so he walked in the yard with his hands behind his back.
At this time, Selene happened to see it, so he picked it up. Although Eddie couldn't hold the baby Larvitar, Selene could hold it easily.
Selene shook Larvitar and asked, "Have you gained weight again?"
Because the food was getting better and better, the little Larvitar naturally developed better and better. His weight inevitably increased a lot, and his height also grew a little bit.
However, compared with its weight, the slight increase in size is almost negligible.
Larvitar didn't feel much about his weight gain, so he looked at Selene with a pair of innocent big eyes, with an expression that said "what are you talking about".
"Forget it, it's a good thing that you're a little heavier." Selene said, "Since you have nothing to do, why don't you accompany me to watch TV."
It's a bit lonely watching TV alone.
Upon hearing this, little Larvitar began to struggle, twisting his little butt, trying to break free from Selene's arms. He would rather take a walk in the yard than watch TV with Selene.
Selene glared at it and said, "Don't move. Let's watch TV together."
Larvitar didn't dare to struggle anymore and could only nestle in Selene's arms and go into the house with it, his little face puffed up with anger.
When he arrived at the living room, Selene took out the computer that Eddie bought for him, turned it on, then curled up on the sofa and began to look for the TV series that he had not finished watching two days ago.
This TV series is an idol drama, and Korrina also played a small guest role in it. Selene has been very obsessed with idol dramas recently, so he became addicted as he watched.
Although young Larvitar was looking at the computer as Selene had instructed, his thoughts had actually drifted away long ago, and his two little paws were still moving around restlessly.
At this moment, little Larvitar suddenly saw a picture flashing across the computer. The picture was his favorite Silver-gold stone.
"Yo~"
Little Larvitar immediately grabbed Selene's arm excitedly.
"What's wrong?" Selene asked puzzledly.
"Yo~ Yo~ Yo~"
Little Larvitar pointed at the computer and gestured with his little paws.
"Turn back?"
Selene didn't know what little Larvitar was so excited about, so he had to follow little Larvitar's instructions and turn back the computer page.
Soon, the picture of the Silver-gold stone returned to the computer again.
"So you want to see this!" The moment Selene saw the picture of the Silver-gold stone, she suddenly realized, "Let me take a look."
"Yo~ Yo~"
Young Larvitar nodded excitedly.
Selene quickly read the text below the Silver-gold stone picture, and then found out that it was an advertisement.
Because Selene likes surfing the Internet, she learned to read with Eddie. Reading ordinary texts is not difficult for him.
The content of the advertisement was posted by the owner of a mine, which was the Silver-gold Stone Mine.
However, the Silver-gold stone vein has recently begun to dry up. In order to fully utilize the surplus value of the mine, the owner of the mine released this advertisement to attract trainers to mine and explore the mine, and promised that no matter what is dug up, it will belong to the miners themselves.
Of course, mining is not free, you need to pay a certain fee, but the fee is not high, only a few hundred PokéDollars. Once you dig up a few kilograms of Silver-gold stone, you can get your money back instantly.
The premise is that you can really dig it out.
Selene explained the content of the advertisement to little Larvitar. After listening to it, little Larvitar's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his mind was full of the sentence in the advertisement: "You can take away no matter how much you dig."
Seeing the silly expression on young Larvitar's face, Selene asked, "You don't want to go, do you?"
"Yo~ Yo~ Yo~"
Young Larvitar nodded quickly.
Selene rolled his eyes at it and said, "I advise you to give up this idea. There is probably nothing left in the mine. Otherwise, how could the fee be so low? It would be a waste of time for you to go there."
"Yo~ Yo~"
When young Larvitar heard this, he immediately became unhappy and talked a lot, obviously not believing what Selene said.
Selene's head hurt because of the noise, so he could only say: "Okay, okay, really... I can't control you. If you want to go, just go and tell Eddie yourself. I won't control you."
After saying that, Selene found the TV series he hadn't finished watching and started watching it happily.
Young Larvitar looked absentmindedly at the computer in Selene's hand, while quietly looking towards Eddie's room, hoping that Eddie could finish his meditation as soon as possible.
It was almost noon when Eddie came out of the room.
As soon as little Larvitar saw Eddie, he immediately picked up the computer that Selene had placed on the sofa and ran over happily.
At this time, Selene had already gone to the kitchen to help Hattrem who was making lunch.
"Yo~ Yo~"
Little Larvitar stood on tiptoe, lifted up the computer and handed it to Eddie, but he was too short and could only reach Eddie's knees.
Eddie bent down to take the computer, looked at Young Larvitar in confusion and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Little Larvitar jumped up and down and motioned Eddie to look at the computer.
The computer had been switched by Young Larvitar to the Silver-gold Stone advertisement page, so Eddie saw the content at a glance.
"Do you want to go here?" Eddie said with a frown.
"Yo~ Yo~" Hmmmm...
Young Larvitar nodded quickly and looked at Eddie expectantly.
"But..."
Then Eddie said something similar to Selene.
"Yo~" Is it really not possible?
Upon hearing this, young Larvitar lowered his head in disappointment.
"Well... it's not that we can't go..." Seeing little Larvitar so sad, Eddie had to say.
The mine in the advertisement is located in a small town near Shalour City, not far from Coumarine City, and only slightly farther away from Lumiose City.
Shalour City is one of the oldest cities in the Kalos region. Eddie thinks it's okay to go there and take a look. Even if he doesn't dig up the Silver-gold stone, he can still treat it as a trip.
Can I? Can I? Can I really go?
Hearing Eddie's answer, young Larvitar's eyes lit up.
"How about this, I don't have to go to school tomorrow, I'll take you there."
The young Larvitar perked up when he heard this. He nodded complacently, then put his hands behind his back and staggered away.
"This guy..." Eddie shook his head helplessly.
During lunch, Eddie asked Selene, "I plan to go to Shalour City tomorrow. Mom, do you want to go with me?"
"Brio~Brionne~" I'm going, I'm going!
Before Selene could answer, the Brionne raised its hand. It didn't even know where Shalour City was, nor did it know where to go. It just followed Eddie.
"Gar~Gard~" Baby, are you going to take little Larvitar to mine?
Selene quickly realized the reason why Eddie went to Shalour City.
"Yes, let's go and take a look, otherwise this little guy will probably be depressed and unable to sleep for several days." Eddie said with a smile.
Don't be fooled by this little guy's small size, he has a big temper!
Young Larvitar turned a deaf ear to Eddie's teasing and just kept eating. As long as his goal was achieved, it was fine.
"Shana~Shana~" But going there may not necessarily yield anything.
Selene said in confusion.
Eddie said indifferently: "If there is no gain, then there is no gain. Just think of it as a trip."
Because of the disaster, everyone was very busy, so it would be nice to go outside and relax.
"Shanai~Shanai~" Okay, I'll go with you.
Since the decision had been made, Eddie and his colleagues packed up their things that same day. The next day, Eddie handed over the housework to his employees and set off with Selene and the others.
Eddie took an express aircraft to Shalour City. Although the price was more expensive than an ordinary plane, it only took them two hours to reach their destination, Shalour City.
Because the city of Shalour has existed for a long time, there are a large number of ancient buildings and ruins. The whole city has a mysterious and ancient atmosphere, which is completely different from the style of the highly modernized Coumarine City.
After arriving at Shalour City, Eddie released the Brionne, the Helioptile, Chikorita, and the baby Larvitar (Selene did not enter the Poké Ball), and took everyone for a stroll on the streets of Shalour City.
The iconic building of Shalour City is a Tower of Mastery that has been passed down from ancient times. Legend has it that this tower hides the secret that allows Pokémon to gain mysterious powers.
But no one knows what this secret is.
Because the Tower of Mastery is not a public place, but belongs to the gym owner of Shalour City, Gurkinn, and under normal circumstances, outsiders are not allowed to enter and explore.
The current gym leader in Shalour City is not Korrina as Eddie remembered, but Korrina's grandfather Gurkinn.
He also knew that the secret of Pokémon's Mega Evolution was actually hidden in the Tower of Mastery. However, there were relatively few cases of Mega Evolution discovered in the Pokémon world today, and trainers did not yet have a clear understanding of the concept of Mega Evolution.
Out of curiosity, Eddie took the Pokémon to take a look outside the Tower of Mastery.
Like Coumarine City, Shalour City is close to the ocean, and the Tower of Mastery is located on the seashore. If you don't wait for the tide to recede, there is no way to reach the Tower of Mastery by land.
When Eddie got there, the sea water had not yet receded, so he could only watch from a distance. However, Brionne was having a great time at the beach.
The only one who was unhappy was probably Little Larvitar. They had clearly agreed to come to Shalour City to mine, but Eddie and the others were only concerned with having fun and actually forgot the main purpose.
Eddie: To tell you the truth, the main purpose of our coming to Shalour City is sightseeing, and mining is just a by-product!
If little Larvitar knew Eddie's true thoughts, he would probably burst into tears on the spot.
Just as Eddie was watching the Tower of Mastery, an old man with a slightly bald head and two long eyebrows slowly walked over from a distance, followed by a Lucario.
It is not accurate to say that the other party is an old man. His real age is probably around fifty years old.
Eddie recognized the old man as Gurkinn, the gym leader of the Shalour Gym, at a glance, because his eyebrows were so iconic.
Gurkinn also saw Eddie. He saw Eddie looking at the Tower of Mastery across the sea, so he asked, "Young man, do you want to challenge the gym?"
Today, the gym in Shalour City is located in the Tower of Mastery.
Although the Tower of Mastery is called a tower, it is actually a complex of buildings with a castle-like style and covers a very large area.
"No." Eddie shook his head and said, "I'm just a little curious about the Tower of Mastery."
Gurkinn was a little surprised when he heard this. He looked at Pokémon such as Selene who were playing not far away. He felt that these Pokémon were not simple and thought that Eddie was a trainer who came to challenge the gym!
Selene and the others usually eat high-level energy blocks made from A-level tree fruits, and Eddie helps them sort out the energy every day. So from their condition, it is easy to see that they are well cultivated. Gurkinn is also looking forward to it.
But I didn't expect that Eddie was not here to challenge the gym.
"That's such a pity..." Gurkinn said.
Hmm? What a pity? Eddie didn't understand.
But before Eddie could react, Gurkinn had already walked away with Lucario.