Under Eli's guidance, Eddie successfully arrived at the Fourth Middle School and met the teacher in charge of admissions at the school's reception desk, a tall and thin man with glasses.
When Eddie handed over his admission letter, the male teacher with glasses began to check it. After confirming Eddie's identity, he said with a smile on his face:
"So you are Eddie. I've heard of your name for a long time. Today I finally see you in person. You're a great guy!"
Eddie was confused. Am I so famous?
The teacher smiled and explained: "You are the top student among our new students this time!"
So that's how it is. Eddie really didn't know this, because the elementary school graduation exam only showed his own ranking within the school, and nothing else was announced.
Soon, the glasses teacher completed the admission procedures for Eddie and gave him some necessary items, including two sets of special school uniforms, a student card with his student ID, and a freshman admission handbook.
Because of Eddie's special status, the school uniform is distributed free of charge by the school. If it were a student from other normal families, he would need to pay a cost fee.
In addition, the school also provides accommodation. If new students want to live on campus, they will receive a dormitory key when they go through the admission procedures. Of course, accommodation fees must also be paid separately.
However, the Bluebird Orphanage is not far from the Fourth Middle School, so Eddie and Eli chose to go to school as day students.
After the formalities were completed, the teacher with glasses began to introduce the basic situation of the school to Eddie.
When students were in elementary school, the courses they studied were fixed, but it was different in middle school. Similar to the university in Eddie's previous life, it adopted a credit system. Only by completing enough credits each semester could one be promoted successfully, otherwise one would have to repeat the grade.
Students cannot complete the credits required for upgrading by only studying the required courses arranged by the school, so each semester students have to choose some elective courses based on their actual situation.
Then there is the issue of class division.
Compared with primary schools, the number of students in middle schools is much larger, so the number of classes in each grade is also relatively larger.
Moreover, most middle schools in the Pokémon world adopt small-class teaching, with the number of students in a class generally ranging from 10 to 15.
There are two major majors in the Pokémon Department, namely the Training Major and the Combat Major. Most of the students in the Training Major will be future breeders, Pokémon doctors, etc., while the Combat Department trains traditional trainers, coordination trainers, performers, etc.
Eddie applied for the Training Major.
Middle schools will not further subdivide the Training and Combat Majors. Only in the future when you reach advanced schools, there will be more detailed professional divisions, such as Coordination Major, Breeding Major, Pokémon Doctor Major, etc. After introducing these, the glasses teacher instructed Eddie to go to the school's bulletin board to check his class assignment.
With Eli leading the way, Eddie easily found the announcement office and found out there that he was assigned to Class 2, Year 1 of the Training Major.
After looking at the class division, Eli said to Eddie: "I will take you to your class later, and then I will go back to my own class. Is it okay for you to be alone from now on?"
Eddie nodded and said, "Don't worry, Brother Eli, I can handle it by myself."
There are quite a lot of teaching buildings in No. 4 Middle School. It took Eddie and Eli a while to find the location of Class 2, Grade 1 of the Training Major.
Eli is a general student, so he is not very familiar with the distribution of classes in the Pokémon department, and therefore cannot provide much convenience to Eddie.
After sending Eddie to the classroom door, he left.
Eddie stretched his head towards Class 2 and saw that there were already seven or eight students sitting in the class, both boys and girls, all in their teens, much younger than Eddie looked.
There was a young teacher sitting on the podium, reading a book.
Eddie's appearance attracted the attention of the students in the class. The students' discussions attracted the teacher's attention. She turned her head to look outside the door, and after seeing Eddie, she waved at him with a smile.
"Are you a freshman? Come in."
"Hello, teacher." Eddie walked into the classroom, came to the teacher, and greeted the teacher politely.
"Hello, I'm the homeroom teacher of Grade 1, Class 2. You can call me Ms. Hanada. What's your name?"
Ms. Hanada looks to be in her twenties. She is not tall, has a round baby face and a very sweet smile.
"My name is Eddie, Ms. Hanada."
"Eddie..." Ms. Hanada lowered her head and took out the roll call list. He quickly found Eddie's name on it and then ticked the box behind the name.
"Okay!" Ms. Hanada raised his head again and said to Eddie, "Find a place to sit down first. After all the students are here, we still have to distribute the textbooks."
"Okay." Eddie nodded, walked down the podium, and sat down in an empty seat in the class.
Although No. 4 Middle School adopts small class teaching, each classroom is actually quite large, and there are many seats in the classroom. However, everyone sits conscientiously and concentrates and does not choose seats in a disorderly manner.
As soon as Eddie sat down, he felt someone patting his shoulders twice. He turned around and saw a boy with golden hair looking at him with a smile.
"Hey, your name is Eddie, right? My name is Ethan. We'll be classmates from now on. Please give me your guidance!"
"Hello...Hello, please give me your guidance." Eddie nodded at him.
This golden-haired boy named Ethan was very outgoing. After getting Eddie's response, he slid nimbly from the back row and sat next to Eddie, becoming Eddie's deskmate.
"Hey, Eddie, do you want to be a breeder in the future? My goal is to breed my Furfrou into the coolest Pokémon in the world!"
As he said that, Ethan actually took out a high-level Poké Ball and released a Furfrou.
"How is it? Isn't my Furfrou stylish?"
Eddie:...
Ethan's Furfrou has a very arrogant personality. After it came out, it glanced at its trainer lightly with contempt in its eyes, then raised its chin slightly and lay lazily on the ground.
But Ethan seemed to be stimulated by Furfrou's look. His face flushed and he said, "Woo~~ I feel it! Perfect!"
Pervert?
Eddie quickly moved to the side when he saw this, fearing that he would be affected by Ethan's abnormal aura.
At this time, Ms. Hanada noticed this and said to Ethan with a stern face: "Ethan, please put your Furfrou away. How many times do you want me to tell you?"
So this isn't the first time? Eddie sat further away from Ethan.
Ethan saw this and quickly put his Furfrou back into the Poké Ball.
At this time, a purple-haired girl sitting in front of Eddie turned around and said to him: "Don't pay attention to that pervert. He has already introduced his Furfrou to six classmates today."
Eddie looked around the classroom upon hearing that. There were eight students in the classroom now, including him. Excluding Ethan himself and the purple-haired girl, there were exactly six remaining. In other words, every time a new student came, Ethan would show everyone.
My goodness, such a frequent occurrence, Ethan, can your body take it?
"Hey, Valen, please stop meddling in other people's business. I didn't introduce her to you, so what's it got to do with you?" Ethan said dissatisfiedly.
"Hmph!" The purple-haired girl named Valen ignored Ethan and turned her head back.
Bang!
At this moment, there was a flash of red light, and a Pichu appeared on Valen's desk.
"You're bullying my Valen again!"
As soon as Pichu appeared, it glared at Ethan with an angry face, and then a light blue light emerged from its body, giving Ethan a "refreshing" electric therapy.
"Again… again?" Ethan's head of golden hair suddenly exploded.
Pichu is young and weak, so the current it can emit is very weak and won't cause any harm to Ethan. Only the physical sensation will be a little stronger.
At this time, Ms. Hanada noticed the situation here again. She looked at Valen with a warning look on her face and said, "Valen, put away your Pichu. Can you and Ethan stop making trouble?"
Upon hearing this, Valen took out the Poké Ball and put Pichu away without changing his expression.
So you two are a pair of bickering lovers! Eddie thought to himself.
Later he found out that Ethan and Valen grew up together and were real childhood sweethearts. It was just that Ethan's personality was too abnormal and Valen couldn't stand him, so the relationship between the two had always been bad.
However, their two families are close friends and have frequent exchanges, so they have more and more opportunities to come into contact, which leads to deeper and deeper conflicts between them.
The conflict between Ethan and Valen was just a small episode for Eddie, and soon the rest of the students in the class arrived one after another.
According to Ms. Hanada, there are a total of 12 students in Grade 1 Class 2, but only 11 of them registered today, and no one knows what happened to the remaining one.
But seeing that it was getting late, Ms. Hanada did not wait for the last student but organized the students to distribute the textbooks.
After the textbooks were distributed, the teacher organized a round of self-introductions for the students. This is all basic enrollment procedures for students, and there is nothing much to say.
At noon, Eddie did not go home but visited the cafeteria of No. 4 Middle School.
The Pokémon Department cafeteria of No. 4 Middle School is not in the same place as the cafeteria for general classes. This is because students in the Pokémon Department usually have Pokémon with them, and considering the dining issues of Pokémon, the Pokémon Department cafeteria is built more luxuriously.
But at the same time, the consumption here is also higher.
Otherwise, why is it said that studying Pokémon is very expensive? Just for the cost of food, some Pokémon students spend as much in one month as ordinary students spend in a year.
Look at the various Pokémon foods displayed in the cafeteria's window, from energy cubes, Pokémon cookies to Poffins and Pokémon buns, there is really everything. Even the same type of food is subdivided into primary, intermediate, and advanced levels, and the prices are higher than each other.
Eddie also saw a special window for customized food, where students can go to customize the types and flavors of Pokémon food for their Pokémon.
Of course, the prices there are also very touching.
It is said that the operator of that window is a mid-level breeder!
Eddie might save money elsewhere, but he was always generous when it came to his Pokémon's food, so he ordered one of each Pokémon food, except for some that looked really weird.
There is a classic saying in the Pokémon world: the shortcut to becoming a Pokémon stronger is to eat! Although this saying is a bit exaggerated, it still makes sense. If you can't even eat well, how can you become stronger?
After ordering the food, Eddie brought Selene, Popplio, and Helioptile to the dining table, filled the entire table, and then started eating!
Originally, Eddie didn't want Selene to come today. After all, school was a very boring place for him, but Selene insisted on coming.
In Selene's words, how could a parent not send her child off to school for the first time?
Okay... Selene has said so, how could Eddie refuse, after all, she is his mother!
But Gardevoir is an extremely rare Pokémon after all, so when Selene appeared in the restaurant, it immediately attracted the attention of many people. Some people even began to inquire about Eddie's identity intentionally or unintentionally.
Selene himself ignored the attention. When the food was placed in front of her, sheimmediately started to eat it.
Because Eddie bought many kinds of food, the quantity of each portion was not much, just a small plate, which was just enough for Selene, Popplio, and Helioptile to eat their fill.
There is a reason why it is expensive. Eddie doesn't know how Selene and the others' food tastes, but his own tastes really good.
Soon, Selene and the others had eaten so much that their bellies were full. The Helioptile even collapsed on the table with its belly sticking out.
"Hi!"
At this moment, someone suddenly patted Eddie on the back. He turned around and said in surprise:
"Zhenli!"
Zhenli deliberately put on a stern face and said to Eddie: "You are already my junior, but you don't even bother to say hello to me!" (she is the one who buys his berrys)
Eddie said with a smile: "I just started school today, so I haven't had enough time yet." He didn't dare to offend this chick because his mother and two babies' meals were in her hands.
"You've already finished eating!" Zhenli said in surprise, looking at the table full of "leftovers". "If I had known, I would have come earlier. I would have treated you, my junior, to a meal."
In the past two years, Eddie and Zhenli have always had a good relationship. He provides Zhenli with Berries, and Zhenli helps him make energy cubes for Selene, Popplio, and Helioptile.
Although Zhenli is not a high-level breeder, her level of making energy cubes is quite good. In addition, she has the high-level Berries improved by Eddie, so the quality of the energy cubes she makes is much higher than those assembly line products sold on the market.
The energy cubes she made for Selene and the others were specially customized after she understood their situation. For this reason, Eddie and she have always had a close relationship.
Because Zhenli had classes in the afternoon, he only met and chatted with Eddie for a while before leaving.
In the afternoon, Eddie returned to the classroom.
After Ms. Hanada and the other students came back, they collectively taught everyone where to choose elective courses and what to pay attention to when choosing courses. Half a day passed like this.