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Though he expected it to take the entire evening, maybe even the whole day, Leon was proven wrong when, after around twenty minutes, Miu tried kissing him. Straddling his lap while he kissed her shoulder and caressed her back and butt had unsurprisingly made her horny, so when he dodged her lips, she puffed her cheeks adorably and admitted she wasn't at fault. She likely didn't believe it, but by saying it aloud, even once, Leon felt she had taken a tremendous step forward.

Unfortunately for Miu, her admission wasn't rewarded with the dick she appeared to be craving. Her Pikachu had been staring at them with half-lidded eyes for a while, and Leon's Eevee and Vulpix were likely feeling anxious as they eagerly awaited his return. Thus, after making out for a few minutes, Leon suggested they head for the Third Floor, causing Miu to become a little pouty until he promised to continue where they left off the moment they returned...

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"Sounds like you've been having it rough," mused Wil, sitting next to Leon at the private, second-floor bar of the Knickknack Shack, the two sharing a few drinks alongside Yamato.

"Being popular can be tough," appended Yamato, wearing a relaxed smile as he took a sip from his beer and added, "But it's much better than being shunned or ignored completely."

"Speaking of which...how are things going with your prospective harem?" asked Leon.

Exhaling a tired sigh, Yamato deliberated for a moment before responding, "I know I shouldn't be complaining, but even a single woman can be high maintenance. Having multiple is just...tedious..."

As they both understood Yamato's complaint, Leon and Wil offered sage nods in response. The former wasn't in any committed relationships, but since he could never view the women he was involved with as outlets for pleasure, their troubles and shenanigans weighed heavily upon him. As for Wil, he believed that getting married would nip his harem woes in the bud, but his wife, Yuela, actually criticized him for being inconsiderate when he proposed easing out of his relations with other girls, one of which was her sister...

"The saddest thing is that if other guys heard us speaking like this, they would probably form a lynch mob..." remarked Leon, shaking his head before chugging the remaining contents of his glass, prompting Wil and then Yamato to do the same. Then, as a group, they paid their tabs and made their way down to the ground floor where Miyako, Suina, and Miu were sharing their own woes and waiting to either drag them home or off to the Tower...

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"Leon...I feel weird..." groaned Leon's Eevee, falling onto its side after blasting apart an entire group of Wraiths using an exceptionally powerful Swift. Leon rushed over to it out of concern, but the moment he reached it and cradled its head, a hazy blue light enveloped the Eevee's body, a tell-tale sign that it was evolving.

'It's about damn time...' thought Leon, feeling equal parts anxious and excited as he stepped back to observe the phenomenon alongside Miu, her Pikachu, and his Vulpix. Unfortunately, though Leon would cherish it regardless, the form his Eevee took wasn't the sleek and athletic body of an Umbreon but the slender and feminine form of a Sylveon, its body a pale white with accents of pink around its fluffy, rabbit-like ears and tail.

"I did it~!" exclaimed the Sylveon, its body still glowing with the light of evolution as it around in circles, trailed by its four ribbon-like feelers. It then charged at Leon, leaping into his arms and snuggling against him as it cooed, "Leon, Leon, praise me, praise me~"

"You did very well..." affirmed Leon, cradling the much larger Pokemon with both arms and doing his best to maintain a sincere smile as it used its feelers to touch all over his face. It really was adorable, but since he had spent the past three months trying to evolve it into an Umbreon, he couldn't help feeling at least a little disappointed.

"Oh my goodness! How can anything be so adorable...!?" exclaimed Miu, girling out like a teen that had just crossed paths with their idol in public. Her remark earned her disproving stares from her Pikachu and Leon's Vulpix, but she didn't notice as she approached the Sylveon and tried to pet it.

*slap*

Using one of its four feelers, Sylveon slapped away Miu's hand, its cutesy expression exuding severity as it said, "Miu, no touch! Only Leon..." before using the same feeler to caress his face.

Seeing the Sylveon completely blow her off, Miu moved over and picked up her Pikachu, causing it to exhale an exasperated sigh but allowing her to cuddle it as it gave her head a few gentle pats.

"Okay, it's time to get down," said Leon. The Sylveon wasn't particularly heavy, weighing around 35kgs, but it was a lot bigger than he expected, measuring nearly 120cm from snout to butt. As such, holding it was a lot like carrying a petite woman in a princess carry.

"Okay~!" replied the Sylveon. However, when Leon put it down, it did something that caused Leon's expression to cramp and Miu's to flush bright red, lowering the front of its body, raising its ass, and wagging it from side to side as it said, "I evolved! Reward, reward~!" in an excited tone. It even went as far as to use two of its feelers to spread its very human-like pussy, exposing its bright pink interior, visibly steaming and wet from its arousal.

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Looking to Miu, hoping she might have a solution, Leon's expression morphed into a deadpan as she nervously avoided his gaze and asked, "Should...should I take Pikachu and Vulpix someplace else for a while?"

Before Leon could ask Miu if she had lost her mind, a torrent of glowing pink hearts enveloped him, emanating from the Sylveon as she wagged her butt anxiously and said, "Leon...please...reward..." in a panting tone, drool leaking from her mouth and a glimmer of desperation in her large, baby-blue eyes.

'Was that Attract...?' Leon wondered, outwardly shaking his head as he sat down, made a come-hither gesture, and said, "Come here..." in a soothing tone.

Rushing over to Leon like a blur, the Sylveon enveloped his head and arms with its feelers and aggressively licked his face. Her feelers were like steel bands powered by hydraulics, but Leon managed to avoid her attempts to stick her tongue in his mouth as he retrieved a bright pink, specially made knotted sex toy from his Storage.

Though Leon had completed the Pokemon Smash or Pass challenge in his previous life, scoring something along the lines of 65 out of 900, that was before he knew he would encounter living, breathing Pokemon. Back then, he had selected 'Smash' for all the Eeveelutions except Jolteon, but since he wasn't a furry or a Pokephile, there was no way he could actually have sex with one. He did, however, have a responsibility to help alleviate his Sylveon's heated condition, so after placing his hand on the small of her back, he slipped the knotted sex toy into her leaking pussy, causing her to tremble, cry out loud, and climax from the insertion alone...

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"You want a partner for your Sylveon...?" asked Wanko, wearing pale pink coveralls with white, Pokeball-shaped emblems on the front, denoting her as a qualified Pokemon Breeder.

"One moment," said Wanko, reaching under the counter she was standing behind to pull out a breeding manual pertaining exclusively to Eevees and their 'fifteen' Eeveelutions. She then opened it to the section on Sylveons, confirming her suspicions.

Seeing the wry smile on Wanko's face, Leon grabbed the book and turned it around so he could read what it had to say. Since a 'powerful bond' was the condition for them to evolve, Sylveon shared the title with Lopunny for being the Pokemon with the most potent imprinting behavior. Lucario was third, but the most important takeaway was that once an Eevee evolved into a Sylveon, it would follow and fawn over its Trainer for life, regardless of gender. There was even a passage warning that if a Sylveon felt lonely or neglected, it would fake symptoms of illness to receive affection. In the worst-case scenario, its body and organs would begin to fail, causing it to die from lack of attention. As such, the condition was unironically referred to as Love Sickness...

Skimming several additional passages, one of which specifically warned against attempting to pair a Sylveon with another Pokemon, a weary sigh escaped Leon's throat. Fortunately, the recommended remedies were the same as an ordinary Eeveelution. The only notable difference was that it suggested he allow the Sylveon to cuddle with and rub its feelers against him for at least an hour a day to deter more aggressive attention-seeking behaviors, such as strangling 'rival' Pokemon...

"This probably isn't what you want to hear, but if you produce an egg with it, Sylveons are very affectionate toward their children..." stated Wanko, a potent blush coloring her cheeks as she turned her head to avoid meeting Leon's deadpan stare.

"You...you could also try getting it to correlate taking care of others with receiving rewards and affection..." suggested Wanko. "We recently had a very unusual Eevee hatch. Its fur is shorter and less vibrant than normal, but it possesses a unique sheen. Unfortunately, we've had to separate it from the others due to bullying..."

Blinking in surprise, Leon asked, "Are you telling me you have a shiny Eevee...?"

Tilting her head in confusion, Wanko replied, "It's certainly shinier than a normal Eevee, but is that supposed to mean something...?"

"Yeah, it's super rare..." replied Leon, feeling marginally less concerned about the landmine waiting for him back home. He suspected the shiny was another female, or else Wanko wouldn't have suggested it, but if he could get his hands on a shiny Umbreon, Leon felt it would be worth any amount of trouble as, while it wasn't his favorite, it was easily in his Top-3 favorite Pokemon designs...

Flipping to the section of the book on Umbreons, Leon gave it a quick skim to confirm he wasn't digging another hole for himself. Fortunately, while Umbreons also evolved via a strong bond, resulting in them being lifelong companions, they weren't nearly as 'temperamental' as Sylveons. More importantly, the book mentioned that the main requirement for their evolution was occasionally relaxing under the light of the full moon with a person it felt comfortable around, not actually training...

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Though Leon's Sylveon and Vulpix weren't very happy when he returned with a pale grey Eevee with muted blue eyes, they became excited when he sat them down and decided to give each of them names. They weren't the most creative, as Leon had never been especially good at naming, but the newly anointed Sylvia, Ember, and Luna didn't seem to mind.

Fortunately, Wanko's suggestion of getting Sylvia to correlate taking care of others with receiving rewards worked much better than Leon expected. It helped that she recognized their mother's scent on the younger Eevee, so while the latter was a bit sheepish at first, it wasn't long before the two were inseparable, often found lying together and affectionately grooming one another. Leon was worried this might make Ember feel ostracized, but his fears were proven needless when he returned one day to find her and Luna receiving speaking lessons from the increasingly fluent Sylvia...

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"This is the place...?" asked Mordred, standing outside the entrance of what looked like an ancient, rundown temple, which, when approached, prompted a window to appear before her, informing her it was called the Teleportation Labyrinth: Begaritt.

"Yeah, it was a real pain in the ass navigating, but I managed to locate an antechamber similar to the one we uncovered in the Hidden Temple on its seventh floor," explained Leon. "The enemy within might not be the Floor Guardian, but it must be powerful to have an 'instance' separate from the rest of the Dungeon."

"Mmm...then, once I've earned the clear rewards for killing all the unique monsters on the first six floors, we'll return with the Expedition Squad and let them do the same," declared Mordred, prompting Leon to nod. At this point, the primary members of the Frontier Expedition Squad, despite still only being Level 1, were more than a little 'overtuned' for the Third Floor's difficulty. However, as it was always better to be overpowered than under, Leon supported Mordred's resolution to do some last-minute prep before they conceivably one-shot the Floor Guardian...

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