Tsaimath

Chapter 585

• AN: And here I was wondering why my "cache" of chapters had decreased, despite me not writing less. Turns out, if you fail to upload chapters, they don't get uploaded...

“Are you sure we can trust them?” the wind carried Isabel’s quiet voice to my ears, almost imp...

Chapter 587

• AN: Guess who's a dumdum?
• Turns out, I somehow managed fail uploading Chapter 587. Thus, you get an extra chapter today. Enjoy. 

Before I had been able to make heads or tails of what I had done, what it meant and how I could use it in the future, ...

Chapter 592

After Doris left, we all exchanged quiet looks, nobody willing to start. One after the other, we started to look at Olivia, collectively deciding that her plans would have to be settled first. If she decided to stay with us, unlikely as it was, the option to take Jenn with us would fall off the t...

WO, Ch 96- Forest Badge

Once Terrance was out of our hands, I felt as if a weight was lifted from my shoulders, a weight I hadn’t noticed before. Looking at the other three, there were subtle signs of relaxation, of fading tension and Claire even let out a soft sigh of relief.

“We did it,” Lucas muttered und...

Chapter 591

It took until the next morning for Doris to return to us. We had been given a nice, little cottage in the middle of town, where everyone could keep an eye on us, and spent the night in comfort. I used that time to delve into the boundary of the Astral River, carefully examining the way Tani had a...

WO, Ch 95 - Back to Eterna City

Claire and Lucas leaned forward as if Terrance was about to reveal that hidden location to them. Given that we shouldn’t head into the underground thus far, I wasn’t sure what that information could do for them, but they seemed interested.

“Does that really matter? We should get him b...

Chapter 590

Watching Adra and Tani, alongside Rai, was incredibly adorable. There was something naive about Tani, making me think she was either young or inexperienced. And yet, despite that naivety, she somehow managed to pester Adra, pushing and prodding her verbally until Adra could do nothing but stutter...

WO, Ch 94- ...call the Underground Man

After the Larvitar fled, silence settled over the area. Trying to console him, I gave Charm’s shoulder a gentle pat but the gesture was as useless as it was simple. There was no quick and easy fix to help my partner, wounded in his pride, I would have to take some time and effort to do so.

Chapter 589

“Daniel said you offered your help,” Doris asked, after taking over the task of guiding us from Daniel. “What do you have in mind when you offer that? Are we talking about moral support, the creation of magical items, donation of resources, some behind-the-scenes help or something more conc...

WO, Ch 93 - In case of Emergency...

After checking the Geodude, we took a closer look at the crevices it had come out of. From up close, they looked just as confusing and difficult as they looked from afar, with multiple openings that led into the rock, some of which looked almost as if some massive beast had carved the stone.

Chapter 588

Before I had been able to make heads or tails of what I had done, what it meant and how I could use it in the future, Sigmir’s voice called me back into reality.

“Love, come down,” she called out, obviously standing at the trunk of the tree I was on, “We’re about to leave.”

WO, Ch 92 - Fear in the Dark

Looking down the slope, my heart fell. We had been travelling hard all day and managed to cross most of the distance to the second entrance but now, daylight was abandoning us. We had to decide whether to try climbing down the slope during dusk, hoping that we got down, or at least to a somewhat ...

Chapter 586

With the dawn of a new day, the four humans with us looked a lot less subdued and uncomfortable than during the night. Might have been due to the light showing them that the five of us weren’t just monsters tricking them or maybe because a full night of rest had helped to restore their strength...

WO, Ch 91 - Rumbling

Climbing up the slope of the valley took us four hours altogether. By the end of it, we were all tired, sweaty and utterly annoyed that we hadn’t decided on the easier, but longer, path, but after a few moments to catch our breath, that annoyance quickly vanished.

While we weren’t on th...

Chapter 584

It was quite fascinating to see Olivia struggle with her own convictions. From what I knew about her, she was completely devoted to Eleutheria but with that devotion came a certain connection to the whole Pantheon of Olymp and, indirectly, one to the nobles of the Empire. After all, the Imperial ...

WO, Ch 90 - Below and Above

“That’s a lot less impressive than I thought,” I admitted, looking at the opening that should lead into the Underground, that massive network of caves and tunnels that spanned the entire Sinnoh Region. In my mind, the image I had of the entrance had been a grand one, with cold winds coming ...

Chapter 583

“We could, but why should we explain our actions to you?” I sulked, leaning back into Sigmir’s embrace. “We saved you and now you are questioning the methods we employed and how we acted in saving you?” I paused for a moment, shaking my head before looking out into the mists I still mai...

WO, Ch. 89 - Foursome

Travelling as a group of four was weirdly different, yet similar to travelling as a pair. Given that we, after the first morning of wandering around Eterna Lake, had to travel up steep and difficult slopes, there was very little talking. We just didn’t have the breath for it. Thus, the overall ...

Chapter 582

Presentation was important, especially when it came to first impressions. As such, I had taken quite a bit of care to prepare the small clearing for the people that had been hunted through the forest, to the point that they may, or may not, have been forced to wander around a little longer, isola...

WO, Ch 88 - Sylva's Evaluation

“Have a seat,” Sylva invited us after entering a comfortable office, filled with greenery. “Let’s do the evaluations in reverse order, starting with you,” she nodded towards Lucas.

“Let’s start with your partner,” she began, sitting back in her chair and stapling her fingers...

Chapter 581

After the first arrow, the drama beneath me started to ramp up quickly. Forced into cover by the sudden arrows, the rest of their pursuers managed to catch up before the fleeing group had time to rally and realise they needed to break through the encirclement. The ambush had caught them by surpri...

Chapter 87 - Battling Sylva II

After making sure Charm was okay, I called him back into his Pokéball, proud that he had managed to fight Sylva’s Pokémon to something resembling a standstill. We had managed to force her to use attacks far above his level to break free, or the fight would have been utterly one-sided. It made...

Chapter 580

Sometimes, less was more. Or rather, more was less.

Since the others had decided to leave the roads and travel through the more difficult terrain of the forest, taking a longer path, our travel had sped up and we covered more ground. That paradoxical result came due to the lessened need for...

WO, Ch 86 - Battling Sylva

As always, there was no external signal given. Claire and Sylva exchanged a brief nod and the battle was on.

“Twiggy, settle in,” Claire ordered and Twiggy rooted himself in the loose soil of the training room, his body slowly taking in external power and nutrients to rapidly fuel the G...

Chapter 579

After resting in my Hallow for the entire afternoon, I was reasonably calm and fully rested when we started to make camp in the evening. The others had found a small hill some distance from the river and the road next to it, giving us some privacy.

“Better now, love?” Sigmir quietly ask...

WO, Ch 85 - A wild Gym leader appears

“Good afternoon,” the attendant of the Eterna City Gym greeted us, after having sent a message for us to visit in the afternoon. All four of us had been summoned, making me wonder if they planned to combine tasks or something like that, but somewhat doubted it. Just because people were roughl...

Chapter 578

Leaving Nobost was a breath of fresh air, both figuratively and literally. There were no more complications in line, just a couple of annoying guards who wanted to take an intimate look at us as we passed them, but the moment Sigmir and I stopped controlling our innate auras, the interest evapora...

WO, Ch. 84 - Eterna Dreams

If I learned one thing during the five days we had to wait to get our task assigned by Gymleader Sylva, it was that I never, ever, wanted to retire to Eterna City. We did our best to explore the city, to find anything that was truly engaging and interesting but sadly, we came up empty. Unless the...

WO, Ch 83 - of Freedom - Redux

In some ways, I had to be grateful for the chaos in the Eterna City Pokécentre. Helping Leana solve that chaos gave us a lot of exposure to the internal workings of a Pokécentre and some of the official materials that were supposed to give guidance on its operation of it.

While we didn’...

Chapter 577

While Sigmir and I were settling in, Lenore pushed out of her Hallow, intent on getting some time in the air. After over a week of being stuck within her Hallow or dealing with the enclosed space, she needed some wind beneath her wings.

“You can relax,” Sigmir told me, realising that a ...