March 1, Sunday.
As March arrived, temperatures in Paldea's Mediterranean climate quickly began to rise.
As the saying went, spring sleep knew no dawn. For the first time in a while, Qingyu slept in.
Only when the gym's new employee, the female Indeedee, came into his bedroom and nudged his shoulder with her fluffy little hands did he slowly wake from his deep slumber.
He got up and checked the time. Good grief...
It was almost lunchtime.
"Indeedee~"
Seeing Qingyu awake, Indeedee gave him a sweet smile, then headed straight for the kitchen to begin her day's work.
She certainly ate a lot, but this female Indeedee was extremely capable at her job. Otherwise, with an appetite like hers, surviving in human society really would have been difficult...
Still sitting on his bed, Qingyu remained a little dazed. He spent another half minute gathering himself before dragging his soul back into his body and giving his head a vigorous shake.
Damn that bed demon! Let your guard down for even a second, and it would stun-lock you for hours!
After a quick wash in the washroom, Qingyu finally returned to full health.
With the female Indeedee joining them, he no longer had to prepare the gym's three daily meals.
Of course, even if he suddenly felt inspired to cook something himself, the other Pokémon would all stop him from entering the kitchen...
After tasting Indeedee's cooking, every Pokémon in the gym had been effortlessly won over, leaving them unwilling to recall their former life of sandwiches at every meal.
Qingyu could only sigh.
His cooking had clearly improved a great deal, yet the newly arrived Indeedee had ousted him from his position as head chef at lightning speed.
Still, if the Pokémon liked it, he would let them have their