Chapter 10: ch10
Alex was puzzled.
After releasing the Magikarp into the river, he took Archeops back to the dormitory and, before preparing lessons, he warned: "Don't bring anything home from now on."
Today is different from the past. He has successfully found a job, and although he has not been paid yet, he will not be as hungry as before.
"Gah?" Archeops's reaction showed that it obviously couldn't understand this sentence.
Seeing this, Alex sighed helplessly.
Sure enough, it still doesn't work.
It's not that there are no unintelligent Pokémon in this world, such as Slowpoke and Psyduck, but they are different from Archeops. No matter how dull they look, they can still understand human words.
Although Archeops was just data in the game before, it now has a life of its own, and the blood flowing in its body is also warm.
Then why can't it understand human language?
Alex was a little confused.
He thought of the abilities he had lost during time travel. Could it be that Archeops, like him, had problems during time travel or lost something?
Thinking of this, Alex touched the money in his pocket, and there was only 330 left. He didn't know if it was enough to get a physical examination at the Pokémon Center.
It's not that he doesn't trust the information given by his ability, but he doesn't want to overlook any possibility of finding out the problem.
As a companion who came with him, Alex didn't want to see it go on like this.
Therefore, after lunch, he brought Archeops to the Pokémon Center in the city center.
"Hello, I'd like to ask, how much does it cost to have a physical examination for a Pokémon?" Alex asked.
Nurse Joy's voice sounded very gentle: "Two hundred Pokédollars."
Alex breathed a sigh of relief. If it wasn't enough, he could only sell the two valuable Poké Balls he had.
"Please give it a full body check." Alex handed Archeops to Nurse Joy.
"Okay, please wait a moment." Chansey came over pushing the small trolley, and Nurse Joy placed Archeops on it, then turned and walked into the treatment room.
The door of the treatment room was slowly closed, and Alex was about to sit outside and wait for a while, but before he could turn around, he heard Nurse Joy's exclamation from inside.
Immediately afterwards, the door was knocked open, and Archeops flew out flapping its wings. Although it still had that silly expression on its face, Alex could see a trace of panic in its actions.
Alex was stunned for a moment and subconsciously reached out his hand to catch Archeops.
"I'm very sorry." Nurse Joy walked over with a blushing face. She was very familiar with this situation and said, "You may need to accompany it for the examination."
Naturally, Alex was fine with that. He carried Archeops into the ward and accompanied it for a full-body examination.
Soon, the test results came out. Nurse Joy looked at the information on the screen and said, "This Pokémon is healthy and not sick."
Very healthy... Alex was even more confused, but his rationality was still there. After thanking Nurse Joy, he took Archeops back to school.
There was no problem with the personal information, and there was no problem with the physical examination. At this moment, Alex couldn't think of anything wrong.
He could only choose to prepare lessons with Archeops.
A week later, the school officially opened.
Alex also officially started his teaching career.
Because he is a newcomer, the school only arranged two classes for him.
Alex originally thought that this Pokémon Junior School was similar to elementary school in his previous life, but after experiencing it himself, he realized it was more like a kindergarten rather than an elementary school.
Although he had never had the experience of being a teacher before, he thought, "Even if I've never eaten pork, I can still see a pig running."
In the first class, Alex did not falter at all. After finishing it perfectly, he packed up his things and went on to the next class.
As soon as he walked to the podium, he noticed a girl wearing a red headscarf, dark blue shorts, and a red T-shirt below.
Isn't that May?
May, the heroine in the anime Pokémon Advanced and the game.
Thinking about it carefully, it was expected to see her here, because she is also the daughter of Norman, the Gym Leader of Petalburg Gym.
Alex was not too surprised, first introduced himself, and then began to chat with the group of children about what they want to do in the future.
In the first class, he planned to give each other time to get acquainted.
If nothing else, he's going to be here for a long time.
So after this day, all the students knew that there was a teacher who was about their age in their school.
...
"You are very popular!"
After a while, Lisa and Nishida joked when they saw him.
They went to watch Alex's class and found that the Pokémon ecology he taught was so vivid and interesting that even they couldn't help but want to continue listening.
"Is there any trick?" Nishida asked curiously.
"Maybe it's talent!" Alex replied in a tone of "I'm so proud of you."
In the past half a month, he met many people and got to know many people.
Gradually getting to know fellow teachers Takeshi Nishida and Lisa, both of whom have warm and cheerful personalities without sticking to trifles.
Hearing this, Nishida jokingly clenched his fists: "I think you deserve a beating!"
"You're so grown up, you're still like a child." Alex looked at him with a strange expression.
After getting along with young people a lot, his mentality couldn't help but become younger.
"Stinky kid!" Nishida just rushed forward, and the two of them playfully tussled.
Lisa smiled happily on the sidelines.
The people in the school welcomed the new little teacher very much.
At first, some teachers who did not participate in the test expressed doubts about his ability, but after they read Alex's class records, they no longer had such thoughts.
In addition, he has a tragic character with both parents deceased, and everyone in the school likes and sympathizes with him.
The teachers in the same office would put some milk and snacks in his place, and the cleaning lady would enthusiastically ask him if he had any garbage to throw away, and the lady in the cafeteria couldn't wait to pile all the delicious food into his bowl.
Alex had never been treated like this before.
He said at the beginning that he didn't need such special treatment, but what he received was more careful kindness.
Alex was a little ashamed while being moved.
It's just that he can't tell his true origin, he can only keep it in his heart, and he will return it when he has money in the future.
Now he is so poor that even the Pokémon dare not catch him.
In order to find a way to make money before, he even found May specifically and asked her if, when battling Pokémon outside, the loser would give money to the winner like in the game.
Then the cheerful and enthusiastic May replied: "Of course not, teacher, what strange things are you thinking?"
Alex was very disappointed, he was hoping to earn some money for Archeops from the Bug Catcher kids.
Speaking of Archeops, during this time it still didn't give up feeding its trainer what it brought back from outside.
Sometimes it's fish, sometimes it's berries, sometimes it's a few unlucky Magikarp and Feebas.
Seeing the Feebas, Alex originally wanted to keep it in the fish tank. After all, Feebas evolves into the very rare Milotic.
It's a pity that he didn't have any extra money to buy a fish tank, so he had to give up this idea and planned to wait until his first month's salary was paid.
It's not that Alex has never thought about catching new companions, but if he catches them now, he can only choose one of the Grass type, Magikarp, and Feebas.
Grass-type Pokémon can carry out photosynthesis and do not need many resources in the early stages, while Magikarp and Feebas are known for their tenacious vitality, easy feeding, and great potential in the future.
Thank you all for your support and power stones