Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 117 The Alliance's Rewards!

After having dinner with Scorpion and the others, Qingyuan went to the counter.

"Sister Lan, where are the jelly eggs?"

Qingyuan leaned against the counter, smiling obsequiously.

"In the treatment room, what happened?"

Seeing Qingyuan's fawning smile, Qiao Yilan instinctively felt something was wrong, so she spoke in a somewhat cold tone.

"Hehe, um, my head's a little sore, could Chansey give me another Heal Pulse?"

Qingyuan rubbed his hands together and said to Qiao Yilan with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Joylan's heart, which had just been in her throat, instantly calmed down.

"That's all?"

Looking at Qingyuan's fawning expression, Qiao Yilan said speechlessly.

"Yes, that's all!"

Qingyuan smiled and nodded at Qiao Yilan.

"It's such a small thing, and you're acting like this. I thought something serious had happened to you!"

"Wait here, I'll go call Chansey!"

After waving to Qingyuan, Qiao Yilan turned and left the counter, heading towards the treatment room.

Seeing this, Qingyuan scratched his head in confusion.

Isn't this just causing trouble? It wouldn't hurt to be a little humble.

Oh well, as long as the goal is achieved, that's fine.

I shook my head, trying not to think about it too much.

Qingyuan took out an orange and leaned against the counter to eat it.

He bought a lot of this stuff to make energy cubes and potions, and it tastes sweet and sour.

He usually likes to have one after meals, eating oranges as a dessert.

However, just as there are sweet and sour oranges, like this one today, Qingyuan accidentally fell into its trap.

After swallowing the orange segment in his mouth with a ferocious expression, he...

Qingyuan beckoned Scorpio to his side.

"Here, have what you like to eat!"

Qingyuan handed the incredibly sour orange to Scorpio.

Seeing this, Scorpio reached out and took it, then slowly put a petal into his mouth.

"Clatter!"

After tasting the sour flavor that he liked, Scorpio let out an excited cry.

Seeing Scorpio's expression, Qingyuan couldn't help but feel angry.

"What, you're worried I'll hurt you?"

"Giggle! (No, I'm afraid it won't be sour enough!)"

Hearing Qingyuan's words, Scorpio shook his head.

This is because Qingyuan's tolerance for sourness is much lower than its own.

Qingyuan couldn't stand giving an orange that wasn't sour enough to suit its taste.

But the flavor wasn't good enough, so it seemed like it didn't really like eating it.

Because Qingyuan had said that food should not be wasted, and it took a bite out of the orange fruit.

So even if a Scorpio doesn't like the food, it has no choice but to force itself to eat it.

Now it only eats one segment, so when it encounters an orange berry that it doesn't like...

It can be returned to Qingyuan so that he can eat it himself.

Anyway, I quite like the sour lemon candy Qingyuan, so there's no reason why I can't eat the sour orange fruit Qingyuan that's not as sour as the lemon candy.

"You! You!"

Seeing this, Qingyuan pointed helplessly at Scorpio's head.

Scorpio was completely focused on savoring the sour orange, so when faced with Qingyuan's actions...

Scorpio did not react at all.

After receiving a healing wave from Chansey, Qingyuan felt refreshed and invigorated.

"Thank you, Sister Lan!"

Qingyuan waved to Qiao Yilan and said loudly.

"No need to thank me, it's nothing!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Qiao Yilan waved her hand at him, indicating that he didn't need to worry about it.

"By the way, your reward has arrived!"

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, Qiao Yilan took out a piece of paper from behind the counter and said to Qingyuan.

"What reward?"

Hearing this, Qingyuan was filled with doubt.

What did he do that he got a reward for?

"Let me see!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Qiao Yilan responded to Qingyuan and then began to read the words on the paper.

"It seems that it was because of your timely reminder that Mr. Watari was able to arrive so quickly!"

"This saved Lampucci from even greater losses!"

"In gratitude for your contributions to the city of Lampurchi!"

"The Alliance has decided to make you a special investigator, with a monthly salary of 100,000 Alliance Coins!"

"You've become a special investigator for the Alliance! Qingyuan!"

Upon hearing Qiao Yilan's words, Qingyuan frowned.

"That's all?"

Upon hearing this, Joylan glanced around.

"Oh, right, there's also the reward of 3,000 Alliance Contribution Points!"

"Because I'm down there, I haven't had a chance to say it yet!"

After saying that, Qiao Yilan handed the paper in her hand to Qingyuan.

"Take a look for yourself!"

"Row!"

Nodding in agreement, Qingyuan took the paper and began to read it.

After a long while, Qingyuan looked up from the paper and nodded with a satisfied expression.

Although Qingyuan felt that the reward from this league was not as good as the reward he received for rescuing the Viridian City Pokémon Center last time.

At least the alliance gave us one of the three starter Pokémon that time, but this time they only gave us an investigator position and three thousand contribution points.

But upon closer reflection, this alliance is actually quite sincere.

Firstly, regarding this crisis in Lampurch, he only made a phone call.

They did not exert the same effort as last time to repel the giant stinging jellyfish's attack.

If he could single-handedly repel the giant stinging jellyfish's attack, the league would certainly have rewarded him much more than this.

Secondly, regarding the reward from last time, if Qingyuan wasn't mistaken...

The Joey family must have played a part in this.

According to Qingyuan's subsequent understanding, more than 30 years have passed since the last attack on the Pokémon Center.

To uphold the dignity of the Joy family and for the safety of more Pokémon centers.

That's why they put in the effort and gave Qingyuan such a big reward.

Since then, Qingyuan has often complained about how incredibly bold the Rockets trio is.

You don't even have a level 40 Pokémon, yet you dare to attack the Pokémon Center.

It's believed that the Sasaki family has put in a lot of effort in the alliance to protect Kojiro.

Finally, according to the contents of this paper.

Being an investigator for the alliance is actually a sinecure.

My job is to investigate what is happening in various parts of the alliance and report any dangerous situations to the alliance in advance.

This is not contradictory to the purpose of Qingyuan's trip.

Furthermore, as an Alliance investigator, Qingyuan will also be assigned missions by the Alliance.

These tasks offer generous rewards, of course, if Qingyuan doesn't want to accept them.

It is also possible to refuse, without any consequences.

In short, once you become an investigator for the alliance, the alliance will give you 100,000 alliance coins every month.

Therefore, Qingyuan was quite satisfied with the rewards given by the alliance.

After reading the contents of the paper, Qingyuan did not hesitate at all.

He then signed the letter of appointment for the Alliance investigator.

"Congratulations, new Alliance Investigator!"

Upon seeing this, Joylan immediately started teasing him.

"hey-hey!"

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan chuckled twice.

We've finally managed to get a government job!

First time updating three times in 2025, hehe!