"Achoo!"
Cheng Tian sneezed and wrapped his blanket more tightly around himself. Rotom took the thermometer out of his mouth and could not help shouting.
"Rotom! 38.6 degrees! Cheng Tian, you've got a high fever, Rotom!"
"Heh... a mere 38.6 degrees. N-no big deal... Achoo!"
This was what came of running out late at night to face the sea breeze and getting soaked all over. Although Feebas had successfully evolved, he had also come down with a fever.
But Cheng Tian was serious about it being no big deal. Ever since he was little, he had always fallen ill once or twice a year, whether with something serious or minor. Back in elementary school, his fever had once been so high that he passed out, yet he had stubbornly survived.
It was now 7:46 in the morning. He had only come home sometime after five, and Su Han and the Pokémon had all stayed awake. The moment they heard him, they hurried out.
"A-Tian! You're back!"
"Yeah." Cheng Tian smiled and waved the Love Ball in his hand. "And Feebas successfully evolved!"
"Really?" Su Han said excitedly. "A Shiny Milotic must be gorgeous! I want to see! I want to see!"
"No problem." Cheng Tian pressed the button in his hand. "Come out, Milotic."
"Miloo!" With a flash of red light, the gold-and-blue Milotic appeared in the villa's living room. One look was enough to stun every Pokémon present.
So! So beautiful!
That incomparably noble bearing, that cool gaze, and even the commanding presence in every movement without a trace of anger gave Milotic something of a queenly air. None of them could believe that the Pokémon before them was actually that hideous purple Feebas from before!
What a thorough reversal of that salted fish's fortunes!
"So beautiful!" Su Han