Journey Towards Greatness

Turner "What an unexpected surprise"

He said while looking at the man behind the mask. ​​

Julian "Well I didn't want to surprise you but I tend to have that effect on people"

Julian said with a smile and removed his mask.

Turner also smiled and handed over the ID to the maid so she can register Julian into their database, the maid bowed her head and went away leaving Julian and Duke Turner all alone.

Turner "Why don't you follow me, I will show you around the Chateau while my maid finish all the registration process"

Julian "Sure lead the way"

Julian said and followed Turner as he was given a tour around the Chateau, as Julian expected, the Chateau is as big he expected, there were many rooms, massive gardens, everywhere he went he could see different trainers wearing different color capes, the color he saw the trainers wearing the most was white, it was some kind of royal cape.

Julian was interested in those capes so he asked Turner.

Turner "Those capes indicate your title, you see most of the trainers here are wearing white as white cape indicates that their rank is Baron"

Julian "What about other colors?"

Julian asked.

Turner "Blue for Viscount/Viscountess. Green for Earl/Countess. Yellow for Marquis/Marchioness. Red for Duke/Duchess. Purple for Grand Duke/Grand Duchess"

Hearing this Julian nodded his head, he understood how things worked here, while Duke Turner mentioned about Dukes and Duchess, Julian saw no one with Red capes, he did see a few with Yellow capes but they were quite a few in numbers, to get a yellow cape these trainers must have battled a lot and won continuously.

Defeating 40 trainers isn't that hard but beating 40 trainers without losing during the process is something only powerful trainers can achieve.

The challenges the Battle Chateau have seemed to be much tougher than the gym challenges itself, battling here would be of great benefit to his pokemons.

The tour finally ended as Julian and Turner were joined by the maid again, the maid handed over his ID back to him.

Turner "Now that you have registered, do you plan to participate in your first ever battle here in the Chateau, if you win, you will be granted the title of Baron"

Duke Turner said and looked at Julian.

Julian "Sure, why not, my pokemons needs some trainer"

Julian said and got ready for the upcoming battle, Turner excused himself as he went to prepare for the battle as well, the announcement of two new trainers battling was spread all over the Chateau.

People got excited because this new trainer can be very strong and they might be the one to end their streak.

Unlike gym battles, Battle Chateau is very hard and many people know this, that is why the participants are very few, being a Baron is not enough and most people can win five continuous battles.

As Julian was ready, he was instructed by one of the maids of the Chateau to enter the battlefield, Julian didn't want to waste other people's time and entered the battlefield, he didn't hide his face and let people see him, he has nothing to hide here.

And people would really not be that surprised seeing him in the Battle Chateau as some of the biggest trainers in Unova are also a part of it, believe it or not, but the Battle Chateau can be considered as big as the league but here only the higher ranking trainers get the recognition.

Most people get recognition from the common masses when they reach Earl or Countess, while Marquises and Marchionesses are considered to be trainers equal to top gym leaders, every gym leader right now is a Marquises and Marchionesses but even they had to go through multiple waves of trainers and suffered multiple losses along the way to earn the title.

Julian wondered when he will reach the top of the ladder, which is of course the title of the Grand Duke.

As Julian entered the battlefield, he could hear gasps of surprises coming from the balcony where most of the trainers were standing, ready to watch the battle. The trainers are indeed surprised by Julian's appearance, they had heard about Julian being in Kalos but they didn't expect to see him here in Battle Chateau in person, now they are excited and worried at the same time.

They are excited to see him battle and some of them were a little worried because they didn't want to face him and lose their winning streak, it was especially worrisome to trainers who entered Baron's ranking.

They need five continuous wins to advance to Viscount or Viscountess and if they come across Julian, their chance of losing is very high.

Once Julian entered the battlefield, he looked at his opponent who wasn't as surprised as the spectators on the balcony as he was already informed on who he will be facing, when he heard that he will be facing Julian, he gave up on his hopes and dreams, his very first battle in the Battle Chateau might be a loss.

But he still has some hope, Julian is known for using new pokemons at the start of his journey in a new region so he doesn't expect Julian's pokemons to be too powerful and unbeatable.