"Teacher Xia Yan, has this morning's class ended already? Captain Cyllene said she wants to battle you again."
A patrolling member of Jubilife Village's Security Corps spotted Xia Yan walking down the street with Zorua in his arms and greeted him with a smile.
"Teacher Xia Yan, there's still something I didn't quite understand from what you taught yesterday."
A Pearl Clan member Xia Yan happened to meet hurried over to ask him.
"Teacher Xia Yan, Captain Tao Fa says he's come up with a new invention and wants to hear your opinion."
A member of the Craftworks also greeted Xia Yan respectfully when he saw him.
"Teacher Xia Yan, Captain Cyllene is looking for you."
It had already been three days since Xia Yan calmed Kleavor, the Lord of the Woods in the Obsidian Fieldlands.
After that,
Kamado, the captain, still had not appeared.
Cyllene's Abra had likewise failed to find any trace of Kamado.
Pressed by Jubilife Village's residents, who recognized and admired Xia Yan, Cyllene, leader of the Survey Corps, ultimately invited Xia Yan to join Jubilife Village on Kamado's and Team Galactic's behalf.
However, without Kamado's approval, Cyllene could not grant Xia Yan any actual position.
Xia Yan was straightforward about it. He simply opened a Pokémon Academy in Jubilife Village and taught some basic knowledge about Pokémon battles.
Once again, he earned a wave of goodwill from the villagers.
That much was evident from how everyone respectfully called him "Teacher" whenever they met him.
Xia Yan could even teach Lorelei, a top student of Silver Academy. As someone soon to become a "Professor," although his accumulation of basic knowledge could not compare to people like Professor Oak, teaching these Jubilife Village residents, who were severely lacking in Pokémon knowledge, was easy for him.
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