Nuclide
Cant help notice that romance is surely insisted in this fic. Whenever Sophie or her mom or Vivian is there, they push this idea to Pete, a guy they knew for a couple of months. Well, im sure author is just trying to introduce the idea but it felt unnatural to me, in my opinion. Sure, the guy's full of potential and knowledge but its not like you have to talk about it everytime you have the chance.
Thanks for the chapter ^^ Anyway, I agree with King_Young's comment above. The romance feels kind of pushed and rushed, also kind of unnatural. Vivian's forcing this into every possible interaction with the MC is also kind of exhausting, as we already know what she's going to do when she enters the scene. Try to make the romance more subtle, not so forced, more in the background. You are doing an excellent job so far. All other focuses besides romance are fair. After all, highlighting only the negative aspects discourages people a lot. The plot is having a good pace; the world building is being nice to see; the pokemon may have disappeared a bit lately, but that's forgivable because the focus isn't so much on them in these last few chapters; the reverence for the legendary and their importance in this fic is sensational, especially when we remember what might be happening to Tobias in this world; etc. Of course, this is just my opinion.