Early the next morning, the sky was barely light, and pale blue daylight had just slipped through the gap in the curtains.
In his sleep, Lin Mo felt his chest growing heavier and heavier, as though something massive were pressing down on him. Even breathing became difficult. It felt just like sleep paralysis.
"Ugh-"
His eyes flew open. Through his blurry vision, the first thing he saw was a huge, fluffy orange-red head.
He did not need to think to know it was that big, fat bug, Larvesta, again.
The little troublemaker had climbed onto him again, its enormous head pressing against his chest. Its belly rose and fell with its breathing as it slept soundly.
A tiny, translucent bubble even hung from the tip of its nose. Clearly, it was having a lovely dream.
Lin Mo sighed, torn between laughter and tears. Larvesta simply could not break its habit of climbing onto him in its sleep.
If he had not been so physically fit, he might have become a Trainer murdered by his own Pokémon.
After all, Larvesta was nothing like the little Vulpix. It was nowhere near as small and dainty as they were. By now, it was about the size of an Alaskan Malamute, one of the large dogs from his previous life.
Although Larvesta would never weigh as much as an Alaskan Malamute, with most of its bulk being soft flesh and fluff, and had weighed only 38 kilograms when he checked a few days earlier, having it planted squarely on his chest still left him struggling for air.
Lin Mo carefully reached out and lifted and shifted Larvesta onto the pillow beside him.
The big, fat bug seemed to stir, but it merely smacked its lips, rolled over, and fell fast asleep again.
It had