Imperial Uy, Vil No. 1, Freshman Campus.

  "Slowking, is the rec on?"

  In the backyard, all of Julian's Pokémon were gathered. Slowking was holding a phos rec fun already activated.

  "Slow~"

  Slowking nodded.

  Immediately Julian turo the camera with a smile.

  "I posted a short video before, and I'm really happy so many people liked it."

  "My follower t is almost at 300 million now! A lot of people have been messaging me, asking how much I spend on food for my Pokémon every day."

  "I never really calcuted it iail."

  "But since people are curious, let's do the math today."

  After speaking, Julian walked over to Metagross. It was noon, the perfect time for the Pokémon to eat. But sihey were filming, they could only stare at their food for now.

  "Everyone is familiar with Metagross—it is my starter Pokémon. Say hi, Metagross."

  "Meta~"

  Metagross responded in its deep, metallic voice.

  "Now, let's talk about its food. Metagross eats energy cubes, but not the kind you buy in stores. These are ade based on its body's unique needs."

  'Actually, I just buy them from the system shop'

  "As for the price, it costs around 300,000."

  "Plus some supplementary food, that's another 100,000 per day."

  , Julian moved to Lucario.

  "Lucario is my sed Pokémon—a calm and reliable partner."

  Juliaed his hand on Lucario's shoulder. Thanks to their highly synized Aura, a single gnce was enough for them to uand each other.

  "Lucario's energy cubes cost around 250,000."

  Walking up tonite, Julian said, "Fatty here is my first Elite-level Pokémon. Naturally, its food o be even higher in quality."

  "It costs about 400,000."

  "Aal... si's a Steel-type Mythical Pokémon, it's incredibly picky. It does energy cubes—instead, it feeds on rare metals."

  "The one in front of it now is the stro syic metal currently avaible. One gram costs 1,000. This piece weighs 10 pounds. I'm bad at math, so you guys calcute how much that meal costs."

  Julian then approached Aggron, looking up at the t figure, he noticed it had growaller—probably around 6.5 meters now.

  "A Totem Aggron. Just by looking at its size, you imagine how much it eats. It's simir to Melmetal. It eat energy cubes, but top-grade minerals are much better for it."

  "This here is raw diamond ore, weighing about 300 pounds—just enough for one meal."

  "As for the exact cost… I have no idea. I'd rather not think about it, or it'll break my heart."

  As he spoke, Julian clutched his chest dramatically with a distressed look.

  Aggron, taking his words seriously, actually looked guilty, w whether it should start eating less iure.

  "Steelix—out of all my Pokémon, this one is a foodie. Normally, one box of energy cubes is enough, but it insists oing two."

  Steelix let out a goofy grin. The energy cubes weren't just delicious—they were good for its body too. Of course, it would urn down ara portion!

  "Arc~"

  Seeing Julian walk over, Are barked excitedly, wagging its tail.

  "Rex, it's your turn."

  Julian walked in front of Are and rolled his eyes.

  "This ohe most troublesome thing in the house. A professional home wrecker, a furna summer, and a heater in winter."

  "Its main food is also energy cubes, costing about 260,000. And if you sprinkle some high-grade Fire Stone powder, the taste gets eveer."

  As he spoke, Julian lightly sprinkled some Fire Stone powder over the food.

  Are immediately looked at him with a resentful gaze—the usual portion was a thick yer, but today, it was barely anything.

  Julian: 'I don't want to get roasted oer'

  "Huh? Where's Gengar?"

  Gengar had been right o Are a moment ago. But as soon as Julian turned around—it was gone.

  Suddenly a bad feeling rose in Julian's chest.

  The sed, Gengar suddenly appeared right in front of him, before he could react, that sinister red toretched out and licked his face.

  A familiar numbness spread through his entire body.

  "Alright, folks—in situations like this, don't panic! Watch how I ha."

  Despite his trembling hands, Julian mao pull a Cheri Berry from his pocket, the momee it, the paralysis instantly disappeared.

  "Cheri Berry—now Mom doesn't have to worry about me getting paralyzed!"

  Then, with both hands, he grabbed Gengar and began squishing it into a ball, kneading and rolling it like dough.

  Finally, with a powerful kick, he sent Gengar flying.

  "Skipping this guy."

  Flig his hair, Julian moved on to Gabite, arms crossed, Gabite stood there, trying to look cool.

  "You guys probably haven't seen it before, it's a new face, and soon, it'll evolve into a powerful Garp."

  "For now, its energy cubes cost about 150,000 per meal."

  The camera tio rotate and panned over to Honedge.

  "Honedge—same deal as Gabite, don't ask me how I got it. I just found it on the roadside."

  By now, it was that he had acquired Honedge. Sihe news was already out, Julian didn't bother hiding it anymore. As for the royal family of Gallia knowing about it?

  Let them know.

  With both the Drakorian gover and his grandfather bag him up, Julian wasn't worried in the slightest. Besides, that missing royal family member had nothing to do with him.

  Julian walked up to Slowking, taking the phone from its hands and switg the camera to front-fag mode.

  "Slowking—my head steward and chef. It takes care of the daily meals for me and all my Pokémon. Even though it's not responsible for battling, Slowking is actually the hardest-w one in the house."

  "One serving of its energy cubes costs around 250,000."

  "Alright, that's all for today. ime, I'll show you guys how to give these metal tanks a proper massage."

  With that, Julian hahe phone back to Slowking, letting it hahe editing and uploading.

  With Slowking's intelligence, learning to edit videos was as easy as pying around.

  Not long after, all of Julian's TikTok followers received a notification about his test update. Curious, they clicked on the video.

  "This has to be a flex videht?"

  "Damagross's one meal costs as much as my annual sary!"

  "I think I just figured out why King Julian is s—he's literally throwing mo it."

  "It's not just about mohere's more to it than that."

  "That white Gengar looks so damn cool!"

  "The way Julian pulled out that Cheri Berry was way too smooth—I feel bad for him."

  "Julian: You pity me fetting paralyzed? I pity you for not even having a thousand in your wallet."

  "Wait, do Pokémon trainers really spend this much?"

  Many viewers were shocked by the sheer cost of Pokémon food. Spending this much just to feed a few Pokémon in one day sounded insane.

  But soon, a professional breeder jumped in to crify:

  "For ae-level Pokémon to maintain its peak dition, its daily food expeart at one million—at minimum."

  *****

  Upto 30 chapters ahead on patreon :-

  patreon./ReduxMagister