"Ah, now this is the life~"
Breathing in the fragrance drifting from the garden, Chen Shi reclined in his chair and basked in the spring sunshine, looking utterly content.
Florges was busy in her garden again, while Togekiss and Leafeon played with Jirachi and the others.
Metagross and Charizard had taken Greninja to the training grounds to outdo one another.
Gardevoir was helping Grandmother's Gardevoir with the housework.
As for Dreepy... Chen Shi glanced at the long-tailed lizard sprawled beside him, wearing the same expression he was, and said irritably,
"Why are you hanging around with me instead of training?"
"Don't you want to reach Second-Class Deity sooner and gain authority over the Distortion World from Giratina?"
Dragapult flicked his tail at that, without even opening his eyes.
After running around with his Pokémon Trainer for so long, he wanted a proper rest too.
He wasn't like those two overachievers, Metagross and Charizard, who thought about nothing but training and fighting every day.
He was a dragon who knew how to enjoy life.
Seeing Dreepy ignore him, Chen Shi's mouth twitched, but he ultimately said nothing more.
Dreepy might have seemed to do nothing while staying in his shadow all the time, but Chen Shi hadn't always been able to casually conjure balls of Psychic power strong enough to blast Legendary Pokémon apart.
Back then, his safety had depended primarily on Dreepy, with Jirachi and the others coming second.
To protect him, Dreepy had needed to remain constantly alert to everything around them, which took quite a mental toll.
That was why Chen Shi had only mentioned training once before dropping it.
Gazing at the white clouds overhead, Chen Shi seemed to remember something and said glumly, "Dreepy, where do you think that little bastard Mew went?"
"Doesn't Mew want