Uncle Goro smiled and shook his head. "Young Master, this is also a family tradition."
"Don't say that in front of Master, or he'll get angry."
"I know," Kry said.
"By the way, what is Older Brother doing right now?" Kry asked, changing the subject.
"Eldest Young Master is also training his Pokémon hard. He barely goes to the company anymore, but he'll need to make decisions on the company's newest clothing designs soon."
"Then he'll be busy. But that's good too—it gives me more time to train," Kry said.
Kry was a member of the Chris family. The Chris family had a history of one hundred and fifty years, perhaps even longer. It had existed before the Pokémon League was founded.
Their family had been in the clothing business from the beginning, though they had not been the largest clothing merchant at the time.
That changed after the Pokémon League was established. They quickly climbed aboard that great ship and, with their solid quality, swiftly monopolized the clothing market in the Kanto region.
After more than a century of development, the Chris family's business had expanded to cover men's wear, women's wear, and children's wear.
They were no longer satisfied with clothing alone and had begun moving into shoes, with considerable success.
Now, nearly every clothing store throughout the Kanto region carried brands from the Chris family.
Even most of the clothes Eichi wore were produced by the Chris family.
A massive family needed a clan head to serve as the chairman of its group.
That person was naturally Kry's father—Mr. Chris.
Now that Kry had grown up, Mr. Chris had begun considering the family's heir.
The Chris family head had two sons and one daughter. Family rules stated that women also had inheritance rights, but Kry's younger sister