Along with the system's voice, a huge pile of knowledge that had never existed before appeared in Axel's mind.
And within this knowledge, there was actually a method related to comprehending skills.
"As expected, the phrase 'look at other people's kids' is really suffocating."
"Even a system can't bear hearing someone say that other people's systems are excellent."
'But luckily, if you don't push the system a bit, you'll never know how much potential it has.'
Axel grinned wide and began going through the newly appeared nurturing knowledge in his head.
"Through special treasures, allow massive amounts of energy to gather inside a Pokémon's body."
"At the same time, through special cooking methods, control the location where this energy will reside inside the Pokémon's body afterward..."
The more Axel absorbed this new knowledge, the more he wanted to shout, 'System, you're awesome!'
This way of learning skills was even more intuitive than TMs.
And unlike TMs, using the "nurturer" trait to let Pokémon comprehend skills meant the comprehension speed could be fully controlled based on one's financial situation.
If you could provide powerful secret treasures or high-end berries, then a Pokémon might instantly grasp a skill.
No money? That was fine too. You could rely on ordinary berries and the energy within elemental stones to let the Pokémon build up gradually until bursting forth.
It perfectly solved the problem of TMs being too expensive and skill comprehension speed being uncontrollable.
"Platinum, do you have confidence in letting Piplup clear this gym?"
"I... I don't!", The young lady's little face flushed red, and she uncharacteristically backed down.
Perhaps feeling that her persona was crumbling a little, the young lady explained further, "Although the level cap is under twenty, Byron is, after all, the person in the Sinnoh region most skilled at battling with low-level Pokémon, right?"
"Unless a miracle happens, otherwise..."
Axel cut off Platinum's words of self-doubt, smiling as he spoke, "But you can absolutely believe in miracles."
"Because... people who believe in miracles are themselves just as amazing as miracles."
"As long as you believe enough, as long as you have the power of belief."
"Then you are the miracle!"
Hearing Axel's words, the young lady's blood inexplicably boiled.
Because the Berlitz family was a scholarly clan, from the beginning Platinum's education had been to keep her feet firmly on the ground.
For someone to make her believe in miracles, Axel was the very first.
"Then, then what should I do?"
"Very simple!"
Axel's gaze fell on the satchel beside the young lady's waist, "Do you have any Water-type nurturing materials? Hand me some."
As he spoke, Axel also pulled a simple set of cookware from his backpack.
As long as the young lady could take out a Water Stone, Axel had full confidence in letting Piplup learn Bubble Beam.
Taking down two Geodudes and an Onix under level twenty would be easy work.
"Okay," The young lady opened her bag and dug inside.
After a short moment, a blue droplet-shaped gem appeared in Platinum's hand.
Axel was instantly stunned.
What Platinum held was clearly a secret treasure–Mystic Water.
'Did she misunderstand something?'
'I told you to bring nurturing materials, and you pull out a secret treasure?'
Seeing Axel's expression, Platinum blinked, "This doesn't work?"
"As expected, miracles don't appear that easily. Luckily I brought other things too."
The young lady rummaged in the bag again, then pulled out a piece of Sea Incense.
Before Axel could say anything, she immediately pulled out a Wave Incense.
Without exception, all were secret treasure level items that money couldn't buy.
"Bodyguard senpai, are these enough?", The young lady raised her head innocently, big eyes staring straight at Axel.
Axel: "..."
'What I meant was just a Water Stone, and if you didn't have that, even a Water-type gem would do in a pinch.'
'And you pull out three Water-type secret treasures?'
Off to the side, Byron also froze solid.
'Who on earth is this girl?'
Even though he owned a black-gold mine and occasionally got secret treasure-grade ores from it, even he found it hard to bring out three secret treasures at once.
After all, he had a whole crowd of workers to feed.
But now... this seemingly harmless, even a bit naive-to-stupidity girl actually pulled out three same-type secret treasures in one go.
'Is this what it means to live as a rich lady?'
"That's enough, one is plenty," Axel took the Wave Incense from the young lady, held it over the little pot, and forcefully snapped it apart.
Shhh!
A stir-fry fragrance wafted up, leaving both the young lady and Byron dumbfounded.
'What the heck?'
'Breaking a secret treasure with bare hands?'
Platinum was still somewhat calm, since she was just starting out and didn't yet have a clear sense of Pokémon's strength.
But Byron was different.
As a mine owner, he knew all too well the value of Axel's little move just now.
Onix didn't lose unfairly...
If this were a wild fight, Axel himself could probably press Onix to the ground and rub it.
"Axel, why did you break apart a secret treasure? That thing isn't edible, right?"
Without stopping his hands, Axel tilted his head and explained to the young lady, "Relax, I'm a breeder. As long as it goes through my hands, anything I make can be eaten."
"If we're lucky, it might even give your Piplup a huge boost in combat power."
Platinum blinked, and Axel's earlier words suddenly filled her mind again.
'So this was why he told me to believe in miracles?'
Looking at Axel cooking with such focus, Platinum suddenly nodded heavily.
'This boy... really is someone worth trusting!'
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At the side, Byron also heard Axel's words, and his gaze grew serious.
For Axel to win a legendary Pokémon's favor, it meant he definitely had something extraordinary.
And now it seemed, his extraordinary ability was breeding skills?
But Byron was confident. Even if Piplup was nurtured by Axel, in such a short time it couldn't change much.
With such pressing time.
Even a top-tier breeder could at most let Piplup learn Bubble Beam, right?
His Geodudes and Onix might all be countered by Water moves.
But he had confidence in his Pokémon.
As long as their Piplup didn't suddenly spit out a Water Pulse, it would all be fine.
On the other side, Axel's dish was finished. It was a bouncy, jiggly jelly.
Seeing the food come out, Piplup immediately couldn't hold back and took a big bite.
In the next moment, the Rotom Pokédex in Platinum's hands suddenly went strange: ["Super boost, Piplup has learned Hydro Pump."]
Byron: "???"
'No, seriously, can you two be a little more reasonable?'
'Piplup, you're only just over level ten, aren't you?'
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