Youngster, Become a Trainer

"Xiao Zhi, don't bring everything you find home."

The next day, facing her son holding a yellow mouse, the young housewife named Hanako couldn't help but feel a headache coming on, along with a measure of fear.

She had worked the night shift yesterday, only to return home and find an extra "pet" in the house.

"This is some kind of supernatural creature, isn't it?"

Although the plump Raichu currently looked like an obedient, adorable pet, that jagged lightning-bolt tail looked anything but "normal."

But thinking about it carefully, with the return of the supernatural era, all kinds of strange creatures had become commonplace. For example, Little Ranmaru, the leader of the town's patrol dogs, could lead patrols on his own, serve himself meals, bathe himself, and even scroll on his phone in his spare time!

There was also the little Fox sent by Inari God Shrine to cast "Plant Growth," strutting about with his nose in the air.

To elementary school students of this generation, it was all part of everyday life.

But young housewives of the previous generation still had trouble accepting it.

"It's okay, Mom."

Xiao Zhi, holding the big yellow mouse, looked innocently delighted.

"He—"

"Pikachu~~"

"Right, Pikachu is very well-behaved. He's my friend."

Casually using the cry of the "yellow mouse" in his arms as its name, Xiao Zhi held it up and asked:

"Can I keep him?"

"You can,"

In the young housewife's eyes, even if it was some kind of mutant creature, it probably posed no threat. What fighting ability could a creature that needed to rely on "being cute" to survive possibly have?

"But you have to keep it in a cage."

"Huh? Pikachu is my friend! I don't want to~~"

Faced with her son's willful words, Hanako couldn't help but rub