Chapter 29

One billion to buy a demon? Then, please give us Fatui a dozen first. The Fatui are not short of money.

Even the "remnants" have considerable value. Currently, the Fatui have explored the sealing place of "Osial, the Vortex Demon God" on the seabed, and they have noticed the remnants of this demon god and are preparing to take action.

With this piece of information in hand, Childe has been in contact with the Geo Archon recently. If a cooperation contract is successfully established, the value of this "remnant" will far exceed one billion Mora.

"But you can't buy it!"

"One billion Mora..."

"No, it is blasphemous to measure a god's existence with coins."

Childe, an executive of the Fatui, had met the Tsaritsa, the Cryo Archon of Snezhnaya, but he had never truly felt the power of a god. Although he behaved in a carefree manner, many of his actions were motivated by interest.

But Childe never wished to provoke a god and experience their true power.

If you don't seek death, you won't die!

Childe immediately bowed to Cresselia, who was still wearing a white housework apron.

"I'm very sorry for offending you."

Cresselia tilted her swan-like head, her gem-like eyes flashed with confusion. She didn't understand why the guest suddenly became so polite and cautious.

And... she glanced at another guest—Andre, the manager of the Northland Bank. His legs were trembling, and his entire body was shaking like a leaf.

Sensing the growing atmosphere of fear, Cresselia herself felt a bit sad. She is the Goddess of Dreams, with a gentle temperament, and always brings beautiful dreams to people when she appears.

On the contrary, Darkrai from the Nightmare Realm has always been entangled with her dream-god clan and stands opposed.

Now, the fear and nightmare lingering in Andre's mind made the gentle Cresselia feel uncomfortable. She understood.

Takumi connected with his Pokémon and sensed Cresselia's confusion and unhappiness at the moment. He moved to the side and gently patted her swan-like crescent-shaped body.

"Don't be confused."

"In the past, you appeared quietly, never observed by ordinary people."

"Now you are in the open, right in front of their eyes."

"You're destined to scare many people, cause fear."

"Because the status of a Legendary Pokémon like you is intimidating."

Cresselia read the comfort and sincerity in Takumi's thoughts. She was so happy that her gem-like eyes narrowed.

"Thank you, Takumi."

The communication between Takumi and his Pokémon was unknown to the outsiders.

Keqing and Childe only saw Takumi patting Cresselia, this legendary Pokémon that looked like a deity, and they seemed to feel an overflowing sense of emotion—a feeling of happiness.

Cresselia floated in front of Childe and Andre, and she used her psychic powers to grab two blank Pokédexes from the shelf.

"The process is as follows: first, register, authenticate, and receive the Pokédex."

"Then click 'Start' on the screen to draw your initial Pokémon..."

Takumi personally brought a blank Pokédex and gave it to Miss Keqing, the beautiful and powerful Yuhengxing.

Suddenly, Takumi felt he was being treated like a VIP.

Huh?

Could it be because of Ningguang... this god-sister?

Ah, this...

Keqing had a strange expression as she looked at the people over there who had already started drawing their Pokémon. On her side, the store manager was attending to her personally. Even though Cresselia was a legendary Pokémon, the store manager was making a clear distinction in how they were treated.

The difference was obvious!

Keqing just registered and authenticated her Pokédex and was about to click "Start."

Behind her, an exclamation suddenly rang out:

"A baby Teddiursa?!"

It was Andre who drew first.

"This is a Teddiursa," Cresselia whispered softly. "It evolves quickly and is suitable for civilian trainers."

Andre: ...

After all, we are Fatui officials and the manager of the Northland Bank.

A Pokémon more suitable for civilians? No, I don't want it!

"Draw again!"

The spinning Pokédex stopped again.

Andre's face gradually turned ugly. "Ha, an ant?"

"This is a Trapinch," Takumi interjected. "It also evolves quickly, and its final evolution is Flygon, which is a Dragon and Ground-type Pokémon with Levitate."

"Walnut Hall's Gible eventually evolves into Garchomp, which is also a Dragon and Ground type."

"As for whether the Dragon-type is strong or not, let me give you some statistics: among all the pseudo-legendary Pokémon, excluding Larvitar and Beldum, they're all Dragon-type!"

Andre's initial sadness turned into surprise when he heard this.

Yes, a Dragon-type on the second draw.

What really made his heart pound was the comparison to the "fifty million Mora pseudo-legendary" from Hu Tao's Hall of Rebirth.

"Then... I'll take it."

Andre made up his mind.

"Five million Mora, please wait."

Takumi nodded and went to the breeding room, returning with a newly hatched Trapinch.

Even though it was called an ant, that didn't mean the newborn was very small. It was about ten to twenty centimeters long and weighed seven or eight pounds after hatching.

It was a brownish-orange Trapinch with a large, round head.

"Gnaw~"

The Trapinch looked a little dazed.

"Do you want to pet it?" Takumi asked, bringing the Pokémon in front of Andre.

"H-hello..." Andre's voice trembled. He looked nervous, but his trembling palm gently landed on Trapinch's head.

"Bite?"

Trapinch didn't resist and stared at Andre blankly.

At least, at this moment, the joy that was about to explode in Andre's heart was clearly conveyed to Trapinch.

When Andre took Trapinch from Takumi's arms, the baby Pokémon did not struggle but looked at its future owner with cute, curious eyes.

A smile appeared on Andre's chubby face.

Mom!

Let me tell you...

Trapinch is so cute!