The next day, as the first rays of morning sunlight shone through the windows of the Breeding House, Kawaki, who had rested all night, began his new day's work.
The first thing he did upon waking was to check the backyard to see if the Swampert and Quagsire, entrusted to him by the previous client, had laid any eggs.
After searching thoroughly around the lake and in the bushes, and confirming there were no Pokémon eggs, Kawaki left the backyard, opened the Breeding House's front door, and hung up a sign that read "Now Open."
Kawaki looked up and around, his gaze falling on the roof and trees, but he still couldn't find any trace of the Taillow.
The Taillow that provided him with information hadn't come for several days, which made Kawaki a little worried that something might have happened to it, or that it had been captured by another Trainer.
However, compared to these guesses, Kawaki felt it was more likely that it had found a place with better-tasting food than what the Breeding House offered.
Kawaki: "..."
He had been training Clefairy these past few days and hadn't had time to buy higher quality, better-tasting Pokémon food.
But never mind, such things depend on fate; if Taillow didn't come, he couldn't force it.
Just as he was about to go back inside, a familiar engine sound suddenly came from behind him.
Kawaki turned around and saw Jenny Chun speeding towards him on a police motorcycle.
Jenny Chun turned off the engine and stopped the motorcycle at the entrance of the Breeding House, then took off her helmet and looked at Kawaki.
"Officer Jenny?" Kawaki was slightly surprised.
Jenny Chun nodded and said, "The previous matter has been resolved."
Kawaki immediately realized what Jenny Chun was referring to.
It was about her previous proposal to apply to the Hoenn League for a batch of Pokémon eggs for the Breeding House!
"How did it go?" Kawaki asked.
Jenny Chun opened her mouth, looking at Kawaki in front of her, a look of hesitation on her face.
Kawaki: "?"
Jenny Chun then spoke, "It's like this: the Hoenn League is very willing to agree to our application, but they also have a condition."
"Tell me." Kawaki nodded. Was it about money or something else?
Jenny Chun: "They said that you must prove to the Hoenn League that you have the ability to care for those eggs before they will issue them to your Breeding House."
Under normal circumstances, ordinary people cannot operate a Breeding House, because commoners simply don't know how to care for Pokémon of different types and species, nor do they understand anything about hatching.
To operate a Breeding House, the owner must first become a Breeder, even a beginner Breeder would suffice.
If one is not a Breeder, although it's not impossible to open a shop, the League will not provide Pokémon eggs; everything can only be hatched by oneself, and the difficulty is imaginable.
Moreover, such a Breeding House would be incomplete.
"That is to say, if you want that batch of eggs, you need to go to the Breeder Association in Fallarbor Town first to complete some tests and register as a beginner Breeder..." Jenny Chun explained.
But the problem was that Kawaki had just turned ten this year and had always lived in an orphanage, knowing nothing about either Trainer or Breeder knowledge, and therefore had no way to pass those assessments.
"..."
Kawaki understood. So, his place had always been an unlicensed shop!
Although he felt a bit speechless, recalling the Pokémon-related information he had learned in his previous life and the breeding-related books he had read since his transmigration, Kawaki pondered for a moment, then looked up at Jenny Chun.
"Can I go to the Breeder Association to see the assessment content?"
"Of course, no problem!" Jenny Chun nodded: "I don't have work this morning, so shall we leave now?"
Kawaki nodded. He turned back, closed the Breeding House door, then instructed Bewear to take good care of the Pokémon inside the Breeding House, and then rode Jenny Chun's motorcycle to the Breeder Association in Fallarbor Town.
Coincidentally, a Breeder assessment was being held there.
Jenny Chun used her connections to directly bring Kawaki to observe the assessment.
There were five participants in the assessment, and they were currently undergoing the first round of written tests.
Jenny Chun handed Kawaki a test paper for reference.
Kawaki looked down; the paper had two sides, and the first side was multiple-choice questions.
"1. Which of the following Pokémon cannot breed with Gardevoir?"
"A. Machamp"
"B. Lopunny"
"C. Swampert"
"D. Muk"
Kawaki: "..."
Among these four options, only option C, Swampert, does not belong to the Human-Like group of Pokémon.
"The question setter's dark humor..." Kawaki muttered to himself.
Aside from the first one, the subsequent multiple-choice questions were relatively normal.
"2. Which of the following abnormal statuses can a Leppa Berry cure?"
"A. Burn"
"B. Poison"
"C. Paralysis"
"D. Freeze"
Kawaki quickly scanned through it and found that the content of this trial assessment mostly consisted of relatively basic breeding knowledge.
Pokémon groups, types, ecological habits, and the uses of some berries and herbs.
These made Kawaki breathe a sigh of relief. For him, a transmigrator, these questions were still very simple.
Since that's the case, let's just start! The sooner it ends, the sooner he can go back to work at the Breeding House.
So Kawaki looked up at Officer Jenny and asked, "Officer Jenny, can I participate now?"
Jenny Chun was slightly startled, then asked somewhat surprised, "Are you sure? Do you know the answers to all these questions?"
Kawaki smiled and said, "Yes, I've been reading related books these past few days."
Jenny Chun opened her mouth, looked into the boy's eyes, and ultimately chose to believe him.
"Alright, in that case, I'll arrange it for you," Jenny Chun said.
She immediately found the person in charge of the Breeder Association and said something to him.
Immediately after, Kawaki saw the old man look at him with a surprised expression.
He vaguely heard their conversation.
"Only ten years old? Never studied? No breeding experience? Alright, I understand. Since it's your request, I'll make an exception this once!"
Soon, Kawaki was arranged into the examination room.
The person provided him with a test paper and a pen.
Kawaki glanced at them twice, then began to answer rapidly.
Outside the examination room, Jenny Chun and the old man watched the situation inside.
"Is this child really not fooling around?" the old man asked.
Jenny Chun, however, shook her head, thinking of Kawaki's gaze just now, and said, "I believe him."
The old man, however, had no expectations whatsoever.
Just turned ten, never studied, no breeding experience, and hadn't even had his first Pokémon for a week...
If he could pass the assessment, then he would write his name backward from now on!
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