Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1026: Chapter 1243: Little Cousin

Ember's physical condition turned out to be even better than Julian had expected. Originally, Julian estimated that she would wake up in about four to five hours.

But she woke up in just a little over two hours.

After waking up and realizing that she was still in the same tree hollow as before she lost consciousness, she immediately let out a sigh of relief. At the same time, she noticed that Chimchar was lying on her chest, asleep.

Seeing how exhausted Chimchar looked, it was clear that this little guy had been taking care of her the whole time.

She couldn't help but reach out to stroke Chimchar's cheek, but the moment she extended her hand, Ember froze—her hand had previously been severely burned.

And now, not only had her hand recovered, it even looked smoother and more delicate than before.

The changes in her hand brought her back to her senses. Immediately she realized that her severely injured body had now recovered for the most part.

Her movements woke up the little guy.

When Chimchar saw that its trainer had woken up, it was overjoyed. It grabbed Ember's hand and kept chattering nonstop.

"Alright, alright, I'm fine now. Thank you, Chimchar, for taking care of me the whole time."

Ember smiled and patted Chimchar's head, then asked, "Did Charizard and the others find some kind of treasure to heal me?"

She was well aware of how serious her injuries were—without some powerful treasure, she absolutely would not have woken up. But now, not only was she awake, her wounds were almost completely healed.

Chimchar quickly shook its head, then pointed at the clothes on the ground and then pointed outside.

Only then did Ember notice that there was a set of brand-new clothes placed on the ground. Her own backpack had long been lost, and these clothes were clearly not hers.

"I wonder who saved me…"

She muttered to herself, glancing around the tree hollow. Chimchar was telling her that the person who saved her was right outside.

Thinking of this, she quickly began changing clothes.

But just as she was about to take off her tattered clothes, she saw Chimchar staring straight at her, its eyes full of curiosity.

Thump!

Ember, a bit annoyed, smacked the little guy on the head with her fist.

"Get out!"

Dejected, the little guy left and walked over to Julian's side.

Julian had already heard the commotion inside the tree hollow. And looking at the crestfallen little guy, his expression turned odd as he said, "Didn't expect you to be such a perverted monkey."

Chimchar immediately looked at Julian in confusion, as if saying, 'What do you mean perverted monkey? I don't understand—I'm just a Chimchar with two and a half years of life experience.'

Before long, Ember, now dressed, walked out of the tree hollow. Her Pokémon immediately gathered around her, expressing how worried they had been.

"It's alright, I'm all better now."

She even spun around once to show her Pokémon. Seeing the concern in their eyes made her feel warm inside.

After calming her Pokémon down, she walked over to Julian and said, "My dear little cousin, thank you for saving me."

When she came out of the tree hollow, she had already seen the figure sitting on the ground and instantly recognized it as Julian. And the slight tension in her heart instantly vanished.

Hearing how Ember addressed him, Julian's face darkened slightly. A bit helplessly, he said, "Can you drop the 'little'?"

Cousin was fine, but she just had to add "little"—was she looking down on him?

Ember laughed and looked at Julian with a smile. "What, is yours bigger? Do you want me to call you "Big" cousin instead?"

Hearing that, Julian was so annoyed that he didn't even know how to respond.

Ever since he found out that Ember was his distant cousin, he realized that this woman, even knowing he was her cousin, had deliberately flirted with him—all so she could see the shock, disbelief, and sheer embarrassment on his face the moment he found out the truth.

Julian had never feared her mischievous personality before, but after learning she was his cousin, he inexplicably became a bit wary of her.

After all, he couldn't bring himself to flirt with his own cousin—but this woman had no such qualms.

On this point alone, Julian admitted defeat.

"Hahaha, what's the matter, little cousin? Cat got your tongue?"

Seeing Julian's sulking expression, Ember was thoroughly entertained and felt a strong sense of achievement.

Being able to tease the number one Trainer in the world—there were probably very few people in the world who could do so.

"If you keep laughing, I'll leave you here," Julian said.

It was truly a bit embarrassing—being teased like this by her, and not even being able to fight back.

Though resorting to such a threat only made his counterattack seem all the more feeble.

"Alright, I'll stop."

Ember put on a frightened expression, only to whisper right next to Julian's ear the very next second.

"Little cousin, how did you know my size? And you even got my favorite style, the one with black lace trim… You wouldn't be—"

Before she could finish speaking, Ember found herself unable to speak any further.

It was as if an invisible force had clamped her mouth shut.

'Damnit, does this woman have no shame?'

As for how he knew her size, Julian would say he had piercingly sharp eyes—one glance and he could pretty much tell her measurements.

"Julian, so the reason you don't go looking for a woman is because you're in love with your own cousin? In your human society, that would be inc—mmmmmph!"

Celebi, as if having uncovered some earth-shattering secret, immediately stood up on top of Julian's head. Just like Ember, before it could finish its sentence, Julian directly covered its mouth.

"If you don't know how to talk, then don't. Same goes for you."

Julian looked at Celebi, and after speaking, turned to look at Ember—the latter half of the sentence was meant for her.

Lowering his head, he saw Jirachi covering its own mouth, signaling that it wouldn't say a word.

"Can you stop your nonsense now? If so, I'll let you go."

Julian looked at Ember and saw her nod.

But just after releasing her, she began, "Littl—"

"Ahem, Julian."

Meeting Julian's gaze, Ember immediately corrected herself.

"How did you find me?"

She knew that after she went missing, her father and grandmother would definitely send people to search for her. But the entrance to this secret realm was very well hidden, so the chances of them finding it were slim.

She had been severely injured, filled with despair and unwillingness in her heart.

She hadn't even gotten revenge on the person who ambushed her—she didn't want to die just like that.

But then she woke up to find that not only had her injuries healed, but Julian was right here.

"Well, it went like this—"

Julian then told her about how her father had come looking for him. As for how he found the extremely well-concealed entrance to the secret realm, that was, of course, thanks to Deoxys.

"Good thing you caught Deoxys. Otherwise, in the Flame Mountain, with Metagross's power severely suppressed, finding the entrance would have been even harder."

Ember said with immense relief.

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