Maria and Alex sat in a beautifully decorated dining room and waited for the food they had ordered. Alex learned from Maria's choice that Maria likes sweet things. She also seems to like pistachio ice cream very much as she was glad to know that this restaurant offers this type of ice cream.

Alex just ordered a steak for himself with the same ice cream as Maria. ​​

"So what are you going to do after this tournament?" Alex asked.

"Yesterday, sister Lisa gave me my one and only order to become an Elite trainer within 1 year. Ohh, I just remembered that you don't even know that I am working for Lisa now."

"You now also work for Executive Lisa? And why are you calling her Sister Lisa? As far as I know, you are not sisters."

"We just have a good relationship. Besides, she likes it when I call her like that."

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They both ate and talked for an hour in a quiet room with soft music playing in the background. Alex and Maria talked about a lot of different things like Pokémon training, family, hobbies.

Through these conversations and the conversations Alex had with Maria when they trained together, he now knew a little more about Maria.

Maria, who was given to an orphanage by her parents, grew up without a family. She was already interested in Pokémon, so she read as many books as possible about Pokémon. When she reached the age of 16, like Alex, she was kicked out of her orphanage.

The Alliance only pays for children up to 15 years of age, so the orphanages usually throw out children when they become 16 years old immediately.

She didn't want to tell Alex what happened after that, which confused Alex a bit. But he didn't force her to speak regarding it.

When the waiter came into the room with the bill, Alex quickly paid for the meal, so Maria couldn't say anything.

Maria looked at the bill in Alex's hand. She quickly grabbed the bill from Alex when he wasn't careful.

"50,000 Pokédollars for a meal?"

Alex just smiled and said, "It's not very expensive if you factor in this room."

Maria gave Alex a quick look when she said, "Didn't you tell me that you were an orphan too? Did you lie to me?"

Alex showed a puzzled expression on his face. "Can't orphans get rich? As a Pokémon trainer, it's easy to get that amount of money."

Maria irked after listening to Alex. "Although I have more money than regular trainers, the amount is not much more than you spent on a meal. You don't look like a stupid person who would give almost all of your money for a meal. So you must be quite rich."

"Handsome, Talented, Funny, and Rich. Wow, you really hit the jackpot, Maria." Alex said it in a witty tone.

Maria just looked at Alex with her sharp eyes when he said that in a witty tone. Alex would have thought that she didn't like this statement if he hadn't seen how she smiled a bit when he said that.

Alex and Maria walked out of the restaurant and slowly walked in a particular direction. Maria didn't ask where Alex was taking her.

After a short silence, Alex said, "Although I don't know much about you, I really enjoy the time we spend together, like this date."

Maria slightly smiled before she said, "Yeah, this was quite fun. You really are not as bad as I thought the first time I met."

She laughed after remembering the first time she met Alex.

Alex, who also remembered his first meeting, said with an embarrassed tone, "Can you please not mention that?"

Maria, who found something to tease Alex, just smiled maliciously.

"Maybe, maybe not."

After a while, Alex and Maria reached a beautiful place where you can watch the sunset together. Alex held Maria's hand and watched the sun go down together. This created a romantic environment around them.

Maria and Alex suddenly looked at each other at the same time. Both said nothing as their faces slowly approached.

When Alex was just about to kiss Maria's lips, Maria kissed Alex's cheek and pulled her head back.

Then she said with a smirk, "Do you really think that I'm such an easy girl?"

Alex, who heard this, briefly showed a frustrated expression. Then after calming his mind and thinking about it a bit, he said with a smile, "Well, at least it shows me that someone is also interested."

Maria blushed for a moment after hearing this. After that, she made a stoic face as she took out a Pokéball.

A Pidgeot nearly two meters tall appeared in front of Alex. Shortly before Alex could ask where she got this Pokémon, Maria climbed on her Pokémon and flew away.

Alex saw how Maria made a nice exit couldn't help but give a wry smile.

As maria flew away, Alex looked at the information about her Pokémon.

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Pokémon: Pidgeot

LV: 33

Type: Normal / Flying

Abilities: Keen Eye

Gender: Female

Potential: Shallow Gold

Moves:

- Tackle, Sand Attack, Gust, Mirror Move, Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Roost, Whirlwind, Agility

- (Innate Talent) Fly [E], (Innate Talent) Roost, (Innate Talent) Hyper Beam

- (TM) Protect, (TM) Facade

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"Is that one of her new Pokémon? I have to ask her next time how she got such a Pokémon. Usually, it is not easy to get a Gold Pokémon. Maybe it was Deep Silver before upgrading to Gold. Anyway, I'll ask her next time."

As Alex slowly walked towards his hotel, he heard the ring tone from the TRH device.

When he saw that it was his Executive Lisa, he immediately picked up the call.

"Hey, Alex~ I have good news for you."

"Ohh, and what could be that?

"The Boss wants to see you."

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