Chapter 129: Pikachu’s Parallel World Theory
The second day at dawn, 5:10.
Zuo Hang had seen the sun at five in the morning, and he had often seen it during some period in the past.
He originally planned to get up at five to go for a run, then return to the mansion at seven to eat, and immediately begin a day of physical fitness training.
However, reality is extremely cruel.
Li Dong’s body was about the same as a 2025 shut-in, and after running continuously for just ten minutes, he was already gasping for breath.
The consciousness is Zuo Hang’s, the body is Li Dong’s, so this body simultaneously possesses Zuo Hang’s willpower far beyond ordinary people and Li Dong’s laziness far beyond ordinary people.
The combination of the two became abnormally troublesome. Simply put, the mind is sending commands to the body to act, but the body doesn’t want to do it, and the powerful willpower is forcing the body to execute. The final result is that after running less than 2 kilometers out of the castle, Zuo Hang sat on a big stone, panting wildly.
“Pika~ Pika~” The Electric Mouse pushed Zuo Hang’s calf, who was sitting on the stone.
“I can’t do it, I can’t do it, let me rest~~ rest for a while.”
Zuo Hang realized something very serious.
After possessing Reta, in terms of personality, he was leaning toward that ruthless boy under the bridge to a certain extent. Although it was only a subtle change, Zuo Hang clearly felt himself becoming more and more like Reta.
If this possession would also make him change toward Li Dong, then this matter would be a bit troublesome.
If entering the Secret Realm every time causes this phenomenon, Zuo Hang suspects he would become a contradictory entity with various bizarre personality combinations.
“A man who can’t run for ten minutes has no breakfast in the Alsteria Family.” Lilia’s voice came from behind Zuo Hang. This girl has always had the habit of morning runs.
“You didn’t make up a family rule that doesn’t exist just for me on the spot, did you?” Zuo Hang complained.
“Don’t flatter yourself. We’re not close enough for me to make up family rules for you on the spot.”
Lilia’s expression seemed even colder than Zuo Hang’s. She seemed to have carefully considered what Zuo Hang said before about “people who bring misfortune to others should try to get involved with others as much as possible,” and even the previous sentence was rephrased with changed pronouns from what Zuo Hang used to educate him.
Zuo Hang obviously noticed this, so he made the following remark—
“Old Silas.”
A game reference that natives of this world inevitably wouldn’t understand.
“Who is Silas?” Lilia naturally voiced her confusion.
“A mage born in a Magic-Forbidden World.” Zuo Hang explained thus.
Alsteria is recorded in Aether as a world with magic, so Lilia should understand the term “Magic-Forbidden.”
“Pika!” The Electric Mouse suddenly perked up its ears.
Although living in the same world as Zuo Hang, Pikachu only vaguely recognizes the name “Silas” and doesn’t understand the story behind him.
Curiosity is an instinct every creature has. Whether Lilia or Pikachu, they all have interest in the unknown, and Zuo Hang threw out the remark “mage of a Magic-Forbidden World” at the start of the topic, which tickles people’s curiosity.
“Pika~ Pika~~” The Electric Mouse hugged Zuo Hang’s calf, showing a pitiful expression with those obviously fake teary big eyes. Zuo Hang knew Pikachu had used Charm or Friendship.
Li Dong is not Zuo Hang; this frail body cannot resist two skills at the same time.
Zuo Hang sighed.
He originally wanted to tease Lilia a bit, but he didn’t expect Pikachu to butt in, which might turn a mutual sarcasm session between the two into a storytelling session.
“.Since you both want to hear it, sigh… fine, it’s not some unspeakable secret anyway.”
Zuo Hang began: “Alsteria is possibly seen in general human cognition as just nobility on some planet, possessing the ancient inheritance of the Power of Pride.”
Although Li Dong is a shut-in, his voice is more captivating than Zuo Hang’s. The slightly hoarse voice quickly drew Lilia and the Electric Mouse into the story.
“Silas was born in a Magic-Forbidden nation, a place different from Alsteria where anyone associated with magic is not allowed in the city-states.”
Many heroes have sad and thought-provoking stories behind them, which is what makes heroes charming. Compared to ordinary people, the pains heroes experience are stories that can be written into history as tragic songs.
Runeterra is a fictional continent, existing merely as a game in Zuo Hang’s original world. The worldview constructed by a group of designers and planners over years seemed far superior to him than the scant few lines in Aether’s “world record archives.”
“With that method, return it in kind, seize strength, nothing more than that oh, sorry that seems to be the rebel’s story, you Alsteria are also nobility, just on a whim.”
Zuo Hang suddenly realized the story’s impropriety. Silas is a mage exiled for defying Demacia’s system, the leader of outcast mages. This kind of grassroots uprising story might not be suitable to tell the young lady of nobility.
“No problem.” Lilia said, “People of the Alsteria Family can use magic, but we don’t. A Pokémon’s body must reach SS level to master the arrogant thunder of Pride. This thunder is a blessing to Pokémon, but to humans, it’s just a burden. Unless physical fitness breaks the human peak, Electric-type magic is merely a final trump card for Alsteria Family people to take down an opponent before dying.”
Lilia looked at Zuo Hang.
“What happened next? What happened to Silas after leaving the city-state? Was that Otherworld city-state destroyed?”
Zuo Hang shrugged.
“I don’t know, but the city-state wasn’t destroyed. What happened after, I forgot—wait, don’t look at me with that same expression as Pikachu. You want to learn Charm too?”
Zuo Hang picked up Pikachu, unconsciously increasing the distance between him and Lilia.
Ah, this.
“No man would choose the Electric Mouse over a noble young lady pretty enough to be game artwork, right?” Lilia was slightly angry.
“Oh, Sarcastic really transcends world lines.” Zuo Hang said with a smile.
“You definitely don’t have many friends.”
“Only don’t want to hear that from the Cursed Woman, and you guessed wrong. I have many friends.”
“All male?”
“Both men and women.”
“Are you the popular type at school?”
“Not very popular, but at least not disliked.”
“Pika!” The Electric Mouse in his arms suddenly called out.
‘What’s up with you two? Didn’t you say it’s best not to get too close? How did you suddenly start chatting?’
（ps: Head and stomach hurt together, the world is making me feel pain.）
