Chapter 33 - Venu family (1/2)

”Wohh!! It is like a huge forest” mumbled Axel looking at the view.

The place was very different then from the well-structured building on the outside. Axel was inside the training building of the Venu family. After Axel lost the battle, the man of Venu family felt pity for him. He felt that he bullied the young guy cause of his anger. So, as an apology, he invited Axel to Venu family's main mansion which surprisingly was not very far away. It took around 2 hours for his car to reach there. Shedinja and Nidoran were getting checked up, just to make sure that everything is okay.

”Ok.. You can get a tour of the mansion later. The leader wants to meet with you” said the man. ”Why would your leader want to meet with me? Why am I here in the first place actually? You didn't talk in the car about it.” Replied Axel with another question. ”The hell would I know why the leader wants to meet with you. I don't know what goes in her head. I reported our fight to the leader and she decided to meet with you. Now come on, the leader doesn't like to wait” said the man. ”You still not going to tell me your name?” ”No..”

This was the main headquarter of Venu family. The family didn't have lots of branches in the Kanto region. But Venu family was a power to be recognized. The land inside the castle was huge. Axel could not predict how vast the land and the properties were but it should be much larger than the biggest cities on Earth. There were training rooms, a medical hall, commercial centers, residential buildings, a trainer's camp, a f.u.c.k.i.n.g school and a huge forest. They even had a Pokemon center and marts too. Famous buildings like Brew'd Awakening, league association, Pokemon traders, auctions were also present.

This has changed the whole dynamics of the Pokemon world in Axel's mind. In anime or games, the concept of starter families didn't exist. Looking this, Axel was forced to assume that things are not as simple as it was in anime. He thought that he would have a competitive edge cause he knew about anime and games but now he was starting to realize that he could be wrong.

It took around 25 minutes of continuous walking for them to reach their destination. The guy next to Axel didn't even say the word and Axel didn't mind. He was still worried about Shedinja but he already knew it was okay with no lasting damage. After going inside multiple doors, they finally reached the top floor of the building. The room was brightly lit and there was a huge round table inside. There were multiple chairs and only 1 person was sitting in the chair with all the chairs empty. The woman was around in her 40s with long curly hair, wearing a green shirt and blue jeans. She had a coat on top of her though it was not winter. The woman smiled and said ”Oh, welcome young man to my humble adobe.”

Seeing the grin on her face, Axel was confident that this woman was the mother of this arrogant man. Cause she also had an arrogant aura covering her. But since this was one of the biggest families in the Kanto region, he decided to act politely. ”Thank you, mam. But could I ask, why did you want to meet with me?” ”Oh, a man of not many words. Well, I have heard about your fight with my son which lead me to think that you are a very capable trainer. So I would like you to extend an invitation to join our family. What do you say about that?” said the woman.

”What?!!!… What are you saying mom?” shouted the man. ”Shut up, I am your leader when we are in this room. How many times have I told you this Richard? And this is the decision that I came up with after consulting with the elders. So keep quiet” said the woman.

Axel was also shocked when he heard the proposal. He didn't know why this man was shocked too but he frankly didn't care. Getting along with Venu family would be a boon for him as he would have a powerful backer but he was already backed up by Koga.

”Mam, before I ask anything about this invitation, I would have to tell you that, I am already backed up by Mr. Koga” said Axel. ”Oh.. You don't need to worry about that LAT thing. This and that are completely different things. You would just be a part of Venu family. You don't have to change your surname if you are worried about it”

”What benefits would I get joining your family and what do I have to do to get it?” Asked Axel.