Soul Crystal, Heart Drop

My name was Aoki, thirty-four years old, and I was, more or less, an office worker.

I held several positions in the Paldea League. One was the widely known Gym leader of Medali, while another was the prestigious-sounding position of Elite Four member in the Paldea League.

But in my view, my true profession was an employee of the Paldea Pokémon League Business Department, as well as a brick in Chairwoman Geeta's hand.

Perhaps most people believed Geeta had assigned me far too much work and suspected she was exploiting me.

But only I knew that those seemingly busy jobs were actually the greatest help the Chairwoman could offer within the scope of her authority.

My performance as a Business Department employee was not particularly good, and my household expenses were rather high. That was why I took on so much work, hoping quantity could make up for quality.

The root cause was the Pokémon at home. Even after using up my Gym leader and Elite Four allowances, feeding them still left me falling short.

I liked Normal-type Pokémon because I was quite similar to those two words.

But as an Elite Four member, I could not be so casual. Chairwoman Geeta strictly required me to use the Flying-type Pokémon I was relatively more skilled with.

Most of the Pokémon I raised were Normal types, and the allowances were enough to fully cover the expenses of my Flying-type Pokémon.

—Except for one kind of Pokémon. A Pokémon called Snorlax made me feel as though I was racing the Grim Reaper every day.

They ate far too much. In an instant, my already shriveled wallet and miserable circumstances became even worse.

What made it even more painful was that they multiplied.

After feeding them as part of my daily routine, I