Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1040: Chapter 1257: Extra-large Feebas

The Stein family, as a lineage of Steel-type specialists and ranked third among such families, held considerable renown both within the nation and internationally.

The current head of the Stein family, Gavin Stein, was at the peak of the Elite-level and ranked thirty-first on the Elite rankings, making him quite formidable.

At the same time, he also served as the president of the Gold City Trainers' Association.

Gold City was the vice-provincial capital of Silver Province, and it was located west of Lake City.

Today was the birthday of Gemma, the youngest daughter of Stein family head. The Stein family estate was extremely lively at the moment. People from political circles, business circles, and especially trainers had all arrived.

"Elite Stein, during the last Silver League, I watched it live on-site. Your daughter was truly impressive. She fought all the way into the finals and even won the League."

"People online are already calling your daughter the female version of Champion Walker."

A certain family head raised his wine glass while speaking to Gavin with a smile.

Those words weren't something he made up himself. During that period, Gemma really had been called the female version of Julian, which made her extremely smug for quite a while.

"Patriarch Smith praises her too much. How could my daughter possibly compare with Champion Walker?"

Gavin smiled and shook his head, though the delight on his face was impossible to hide.

Gemma was only in her third year of university, yet she was already a pseudo-Elite. Furthermore, all six of her Pokémon were pseudo-Elites. That kind of strength was extremely impressive even within the Special Recruitment Class of Imperial University.

Of course, Gavin knew very well the reason behind it.

His own daughter had somehow gotten acquainted with Julian, and Julian had even personally trained her for more than ten days, during which her Pokémon were constantly consuming precious treasures and resources.

A treatment that made even him, as her father, utterly envious.

He had never imagined that such unbelievable luck would actually befall his own daughter.

All she had done was casually go drink a cup of coffee, yet somehow she ended up meeting Julian.

Meanwhile, he himself hadn't even had the chance to meet Julian in person yet.

The one Gavin called Patriarch Smith was also known to Julian—it was Liam Smith.

The Smith family was also a lineage of Steel-type specialists, though naturally not on the same scale as the Stein family. But as the family had always been an affiliated family of the Walkers, existing almost like a younger brother, they naturally received an invitation from the Stein family as well.

Gavin had certainly also invited the Walker family. He wasn't acquainted with Julian, but he knew Julian's father, and Jake had indicated that he would come.

However, Gavin also knew that Gemma had extended an invitation to Julian as well.

But this was something neither Julian nor Jake knew about.

As the star of the day, Gemma was surrounded by her friends like a moon surrounded by stars. She wore a pristine white evening gown, its corseted design making her waist appear slender enough to be encircled by a single hand.

Under the glow of the lights, her entire body seemed to be glowing.

"Gemma, you look so beautiful today."

One of her best friends praised her enviously.

These companions included Gemma's close girlfriends, high school classmates, university friends, and of course, clan members around her age, as well as cousins from her mother's side.

Altogether, there were several dozen people.

"Well, of course. I'm the prettiest."

Gemma grinned smugly, yet not only did it fail to ruin her elegant image, it actually added a touch of playful charm.

Although many of them didn't know each other and had only gathered together because of Gemma, their ages were all relatively similar. As conversations gradually unfolded, everyone quickly became familiar with one another.

"Gemma, that pink space backpack in your social media post—did you manage to snag it yourself?"

The hottest topic at the moment was still space backpacks. Because you had to scramble to get even one—it wasn't something money alone could buy. So even though many of them here had no shortage of funds, they still didn't own a space backpack.

"Nope, my coach gave it to me," Gemma said.

"What kind of background does your coach have, to be able to give you a space backpack?"

The speaker was one of Gemma's high school classmates.

As soon as he said that, the people beside him all looked at him with strange expressions.

"Haven't you seen Gemma's social media posts over the past few months? She's taken photos with many of Champion Walker's Pokémon, and she even calls Champion Walker her coach."

The fact that Gemma was acquainted with Julian was no secret within their social circle.

Julian had even given her a Duraludon.

Ever since Duraludon was discovered, it had always been under the control of the Walkers. No second Duraludon population had yet been found in Secret Realms anywhere in the world.

So, counting just the trainers who possessed a Duraludon, they were even far rarer than those who had pseudo-legendaries like Metagross or Dragonite. Currently, only a dozen or so people in the entire world possessed a Duraludon, and Gemma was one of them.

This was something that not only made Gemma's father envious, but even her grandfather was envious too.

As the time for the banquet approached, more and more guests were arriving. The arrival times of the guests were basically determined by their status and importance—the more important and influential someone was, the later they arrived.

If your status was lower, then you had better show up early.

Julian was currently riding Salamence and leisurely heading toward the Stein family estate. He had already calculated the timing. By the time he arrived, the banquet would just about be starting.

Otherwise, if he arrived too early, the guests who came later would feel awkward.

"Meta~"

Just then, Metagross suddenly indicated that there was another Salamence behind them rapidly catching up.

Metagross: "It's your old man."

"You brat, how come you actually left the house today?"

Jake rode Salamence up beside them, and the moment he saw that the Salamence flying ahead really belonged to his son, his face became full of surprise.

He genuinely marveled at Julian's shut-in tendencies. It was truly something that a person could be so bored as to stay at home for over half a month, or even one or two months at a time.

He himself was at least an outdoor enthusiast—he went fishing every day, after all.

So how had he ended up giving birth to such a lazy son?

"A friend's birthday," Julian explained. "What about you?"

Jake replied, "A friend's daughter's birthday."

After speaking, both of them paused.

Julian tentatively asked, "The Stein family?"

Jake nodded, his expression somewhat exasperated. "This Gavin really is something. He invited me, then also invited you. If I'd known you were going, I wouldn't have bothered. Now I'm missing out on my fishing time."

For Jake, apart from his family, the second most important thing in life was fishing.

When Julian had nothing to do, he'd stay holed up at home all day, and when Jake had nothing to do, he'd be fishing all day.

In a certain sense, the father and son duo were actually quite alike in that regard.

"I was invited by Gemma. They invited us separately," Julian said.

Naturally, he had accepted Gemma's invitation. Besides, it would let him move his body around a bit. Otherwise, he really was about to rust from staying home too much.

"Dad, what gift did you prepare?" Julian asked curiously.

At that, Jake smugly patted a certain Poké Ball on his waist.

"A few days ago, I caught an extra-large Feebas."

"Would she even like that?"

Julian was immediately speechless. If you were giving a Milotic, he could understand, but why give a Feebas?

"Gavin likes it. Last year that guy caught a large Feebas and bragged nonstop about it."

"This time, the one I caught is even bigger. Let's see how he keeps bragging now."

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