"Knight, princess...?"
"And also... an evil dragon?"
Hearing the audience's comments, Alex Baxter's expression darkened.
What kind of comparison was that?
"Hey, that Alex Baxter guy was way too cruel!"
"I can't believe he used such a low tactic!"
"Yeah, yeah! I curse him to never get a girlfriend in his whole life!"
The girls in the stands, who had just calmed down a bit, glared at Alex Baxter with hatred, who immediately froze like a statue.
Where were the cheers for the winner?
"Although his method was a little... questionable, I must admit it was a good move," said Ethan Black, stepping closer to console him, fearing his friend might collapse right then and there.
...
Very soon, the afternoon battles also came to an end.
On field number 7, the ones who advanced were team 71 and 77 (theirs). Team 79 lost against 69. With that, only one more match remained to decide the champion of the group.
That night, when they returned to the dorm, Alex Baxter was still dejected, clearly still affected by the curse of "never getting a girlfriend."
"Come on, come on, get over it..."
"If the path of the knight isn't for you, why not play the role of the lord of evil instead?"
"Look, sometimes great villains are more popular than those who think they're heroes."
Ethan Black tried to cheer him up with his clumsy comfort.
"A lord of evil...? But my dream was to be a knight riding a great dragon..." said Alex Baxter, head hanging low, glancing at his confused Charmeleon, letting out a long sigh.
He already had the "dragon," but it seemed fate hadn't made him a knight.
"Relax, relax..."
"I think most people admire the strong. If you can't be a knight, how about becoming an unbeatable tyrant?"
Alex Baxter: ╯﹏╰.
In the end, thanks to Ethan Black's pep talk, Alex Baxter pulled himself together and decided to focus on winning the tournament first.
"Here's the information on all the participants."
Alex Baxter, back to his enthusiastic self, pulled out the data he had worked so hard to collect.
Ethan Black quickly flipped through the papers, and two names immediately caught his attention.
Alex Baxter had already marked them especially: according to him, there was no doubt they were "fake novices."
They were team no. 44 from group 4, and team no. 67 from group 6.
Team 67 was the one they already knew: the ones who used two Scyther. Their battle level was extremely high.
But when he saw team 44... Ethan Black's eyes widened in shock!
That team used none other than a Metang and a Shelgon. Two pseudo-legendary Pokémon from Hoenn!
For both trainers to have pseudo-legendary Pokémon as starters could only mean one thing: behind them was an extremely powerful backing.
The rarity of pseudo-legendary Pokémon was such that not even many veteran trainers could obtain one.
(End of chapter)