After school, Jiang Shuyun stayed behind at school to train, while Oliver took a taxi to a high-end residential area.
These days, there were basically no reporters lingering outside the school gates anymore. The reason was simple—they had seriously disrupted Oliver's and his family's daily life. Remembering that Uncle He had once told him to ask for help if he needed anything, Oliver explained the situation to him. He didn't know what method Uncle He used, but from the very next day on, almost no one came looking for him.
Even so, considering Milotic's need for space to move and train, Oliver still decided to buy a larger house and move the whole family there.
"Welcome, sir. Are you here to look at houses?"
Oliver had come straight after school and was still wearing his school uniform, but the sales consultant didn't show any disrespect or indifference.
"I want to look at a villa with a private yard."
"Our Ziyuan Huacheng villa area has a total of thirty villas. Five are currently available, including—"
The sales consultant gave a very detailed introduction, clearly explaining the features and highlights of each villa.
Oliver nodded slightly. "Take me to Villa No. 12. If it's suitable, I can pay right away."
The consultant was visibly surprised. She had only been doing her job conscientiously and hadn't expected the school-uniformed teenager in front of her to actually buy a house.
"Are you sure, sir? Villa No. 12 is priced at fifteen million Alliance Coins."
"No problem. Let's go."
The consultant hesitated for a moment. Explaining was one thing, but showing the property would take much more time.
Seeing her doubt, Oliver took out the black bank card he had obtained after the Xiang family transferred the money. According to the Pokémon Alliance Bank's rules, only accounts with over ten million in deposits could apply for a black card.
The consultant froze for a second, then immediately realized she was dealing with a major client. This deal might actually go through.
She quickly brought Oliver on the community's sightseeing cart to Villa No. 12.
It was a small three-story villa. The land area wasn't huge—after all, the price reflected that. However, the interior decoration and appliances were complete, and professional cleaners came regularly, so it was spotless. One could move in immediately with just luggage.
After touring the villa, Oliver was overall very satisfied.
The only issue was that it felt a bit small. If he captured more Pokémon in the future, it might get crowded. But that was a problem for later—by then, money likely wouldn't be an issue anymore.
Behind the villa was a yard with a roughly twenty-square-meter pool. As Oliver passed by the pool, the Poké Ball at his waist trembled slightly.
Oliver gently touched the Poké Ball.
"You like it here? Alright, then this is the one."
Between the Alliance rewards and the money earned from selling energy blocks and the Water Stone, Oliver had saved a total of 31.2 million Alliance Coins. After completing all the purchase procedures, he was left with 16.2 million.
Oliver estimated that as long as the Pokémon egg didn't hatch into a pseudo-legendary, this amount would be more than enough. Besides, he would continue selling energy blocks in the future—just the monthly supply to the Xiang Group alone brought in another ten million, so finances were not a concern for now.
Oliver returned home and told his mother that he had already bought a house.
While she felt heartache over the money, she also couldn't help but sigh inwardly—her son had truly grown up.
Considering that Milotic had been staying in the cramped Poké Ball for too long, the two finally decided to officially move on the coming weekend, three days later.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
Oliver and his mother arrived at the new home by taxi, followed by a moving truck carrying old belongings his mother refused to part with, as well as items left behind by his father.
"These things have to come with us," she said. "Otherwise, I won't feel at ease living there."
Holding the Pokémon egg, Oliver said as he walked, "We're at our new home. Are you happy?"
The egg showed no visible reaction, but Oliver could faintly sense a weak feeling of joy coming from within.
Oliver opened the front door and let the Machoke helping with the move enter. Everyone worked the entire afternoon before finally settling everything.
Oliver gave the Machoke a few ordinary energy blocks as payment for their hard work.
"Machoke!"
The Machoke happily accepted them.
Thanks to Celebi's blessing, Oliver understood its meaning:
"You can call me again for this kind of work!"
Because they were exhausted from the day, mother and son ordered takeout that evening and planned to eat something simple.
Nearby, Milotic was enjoying a carefully prepared nutritious dinner—top-tier Water-type energy blocks mixed with Moomoo Milk and other Pokémon supplements, cooked together at high temperature.
Suddenly, a faint crack sounded.
At first, Oliver didn't pay attention, thinking it was just the sound of Milotic chewing. But then a louder crack followed.
Oliver instantly reacted and turned toward the Pokémon egg placed on the incubation stand.
The shell was now covered in cracks, bulging outward, as if the little life inside could burst out at any moment.
Mother, son, and Pokémon quickly gathered around. Although Oliver already had a Pokémon, this was his first time witnessing one hatch from an egg, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Finally, a piece of shell at the top was pushed open, revealing a small head with green hair and two tiny red horns.
It lifted its face—half hidden by green bangs—and looked around timidly, clearly scared, until its gaze landed on Oliver.
Immediately, it stretched out its tiny arms and said in a soft, childish voice:
"Ralts~!"
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