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"Professor Xiao, what gave you the idea to establish a Pet Magic Academy?"
At the reporter's question, Xiao Luoke fell silent for a few seconds. He picked up the Meowth crouching by his feet and carried it onto the podium, then lowered his head and pretended to speak to it.
"...Honestly, at first, I just wanted to survive."
That year, Xiao Luoke transmigrated to another world and woke up in a secret realm with nothing but a Coco Fruit tree beside him.
He traded the fruit for 500 Locke Bucks and caught his first pet, a Meowth, with an ordinary Gulu Ball. He knew how to use the type chart. He knew how to build the right skill combinations. When he realized that pets in this world were being raised all wrong, he decided to use his knowledge to establish an academy, so people could understand pets and pets could become part of human society.
Later, he met Lin Xueyao, Qin Zhan, Su Xiaojin, Qian Duoduo, Ye Qianxun, Tie Nuo, and Mo Han: seven people, seven talents, and seven hearts that all loved pets just as much.
Starting with a single fruit tree, they built the first academy and enrolled their first group of students.
Ten students, ten pets that had been raised all wrong.
"You're all raising your pets incorrectly."
Those words ushered in the age of trainers.
Many years later, with trainer academies spread across Blue Star and pet centers a fixture in every city, people asked Xiao Luoke:
"What's your greatest achievement?"
He handed a freshly picked Coco Fruit to the Meowth beside him.
"It's still alive, and so am I. That's enough."