Charcadet, this is for you.
“Woo… … ”
After some time together, Charcadet finally wasn’t afraid of everyone anymore, but he would still get startled by any rustling in the surroundings.
“Charcadet’s personality shouldn’t be all timid, right? And this seems a bit too timid.”
Gui Ling then walked up to Charcadet, reached out his hand, and held him in his arms, stroking his head.
“It’s alright, we’re all here, we won’t let you get hurt.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Charcadet’s eyes suddenly widened, and his thoughts drifted back to earlier.
“Woo!” (Don’t worry! I won’t let you get hurt!)
“Woo… …” (What are you doing… …)
“Woo!” (Run!)
As he thought about it, Charcadet started to cry again, which made Gui Ling panic, and he quickly wiped away Charcadet’s tears.
“Oh no! Bro, what’s wrong with you again? Don’t cry!”
Gardevoir sensed the sad emotion and took Charcadet from Gui Ling’s arms, then comforted Charcadet with gentle movements.
“No… I didn’t do anything, I just gave him a hug… … ”
“Gardevoir.”
“See, Gardevoir said it wasn’t me.”
While everyone was still teasing Gui Ling, Gardevoir looked at the curled-up Charcadet in her arms and fell into thought.
She had just felt emotions of resentment, fear, and dread. Fear and dread were understandable, but what did this resentment mean?
Gardevoir knew that this Charcadet’s story must have been very difficult.
However, just then, Gardevoir noticed that the sandwich originally prepared in Charcadet’s food bowl was gone.
“Gardevoir?”
Gardevoir looked around. She first ruled out everyone else; everyone had their favorite food and would never fight over it. So, someone must have stolen it.
Gardevoir then slowly walked towards a patch of grass, guided by her psychic perception. When she parted it, she saw two little guys frantically eating.
“Gardevoir?”
“Snivy?”
“Phantump?”
“Woo?”
The four pairs of eyes fell into a brief moment of staring and silence. Then, one Phantump couldn’t take it anymore and was the first to raise its hands and release a skill.
“Phantump!”
Instantly, purple vines grew from the ground, firmly entangling Gardevoir. Gardevoir immediately threw Charcadet out of her arms and told him to go back to Gui Ling.
Charcadet looked blankly at Gardevoir, then immediately ran in Gui Ling’s direction. Just as Snivy and Phantump were secretly rejoicing, Gardevoir suddenly tore open the Forest’s Curse.
“Gar~de~voir~”
Snivy and Phantump sensed something was wrong and tried to escape, but Gardevoir threw a few Shadow Sneaks, blocking their path, and watched them with a smile.
Just as the two little ones were about to resist with all their might, Gengar rushed over with a Shadow Sneak, sending both little ones flying.
Then everyone else rushed over and immediately surrounded Snivy and Phantump.
“Woo! Woo!”
“Alright, alright, I know, calm down, isn’t Gardevoir fine?”
“Gardevoir~”
Gui Ling was startled when he heard Gardevoir was attacked, but he relaxed when he heard it was a Snivy and a Phantump.
Let alone two, even if ten came, they probably couldn’t defeat Gardevoir.
“Phantump!”
Phantump, unwilling to give up, released Forest’s Curse again. As a result, a large character formed by Will-O-Wisp ignited around it, instantly burning the vines raised by Forest’s Curse to ashes.
Then, to Phantump’s surprise, Banette used a Fire Punch to send Phantump flying, hitting a nearby tree and knocking it out.
“I just noticed, this is a Shinny one?”
Looking at the Pokémon Encyclopedia in his hand, the original Phantump was brown, but this one was white.
At the same time, Gui Ling looked at his Shinny Gengar, Shinny Noivern, and then at the Shinny Phantump in front of him, still debating whether to catch it.
However, at this moment, Banette flew over, directly picked up an empty Poké Ball, and threw it at Phantump. After a flash of red light, the Poké Ball became quiet.
Meanwhile, the Snivy next to them did not retreat. Instead, it pointed at another Poké Ball on Gui Ling’s waist, and then pointed at Banette.
“A capture battle initiated by a Pokémon? By the way, Snivy doesn’t seem to be a Pokémon from this region, right? Was it transported by Pokémon Hunters again?”
At this moment, Banette had already floated in front of Snivy and was making scary faces. He didn’t think the little snake in front of him could do anything to him.
At this moment, Snivy blinked, and pink light around it formed heart shapes, circling Banette a few times under Banette’s surprised gaze.
Then the hearts entered Banette’s body. The next second, Banette was infatuated and began to sway unsteadily.
Then Snivy used Leaf Storm to wrap Banette up, ending the battle directly.
At this moment, Gui Ling also realized Banette’s weakness: its HP was too low, and it was prone to underestimating opponents if he didn’t command it.
“This is Banette’s second defeat ever, and this time it was a one-on-one… … ”
Gengar, somewhat bewildered, kicked Banette away, despising this lustful guy in his heart, and stood in front of Snivy, initiating a challenge.
But the result was still Snivy using Attract and Leaf Storm, which sent Gengar flying, landing next to Banette.
“…”
Everyone was stunned. Gengar and Banette were the main combatants here, yet they were both instantly defeated by a single Snivy?
Snivy proudly raised its head, its eyes filled with disdain.
“Alright, alright! Attract, is it? Gardevoir… Eh?”
At this moment, Greninja stopped Gui Ling with one hand and jumped out directly.
Just as Gui Ling was still worried that Greninja would also be infatuated, Greninja stared at Snivy very seriously. Snivy didn’t know why, but she always felt a sense of fear towards Greninja.
This time, Snivy tried the same trick again, blinking and releasing Attract to surround Greninja. But when the pink hearts entered Greninja’s body, Greninja tightly closed its eyes, and then after a while, sharply opened them.
“koo-gah!”
“Snivy?!”
“No effect?”
At this moment, Gui Ling looked at Greninja’s eyes, and couldn’t help but smile at that serious gaze.
“That’s right, how could a knight fall for a skill like Attract?”
“Snivy!”
Snivy, unwilling to give up, used Attract again, but this time the effect was still the same as before. Greninja simply waved its hand and cleared the Attract.
“Alright, Greninja, Quick Attack!”
Before Snivy could react, Greninja’s blade light had already touched her body. Then a Poké Ball was thrown, successfully capturing Snivy.
… … … … … …
Now the whole team consisted of three little ones. If Diancie wasn’t too short, it would have been four little ones.
Of course, everyone welcomed the new companions, but these three little ones all liked sweets, so it seemed there wouldn’t be enough sweets to go around.
But Gui Ling understood; he also liked sweets when he was a child, and he guessed no child disliked them.
Charcadet would still hide in fear when encountering new faces, but Snivy had no intention of letting Charcadet go and kept wrapping Charcadet with vines, pulling him out.
Is this the feeling of “the more you resist, the more excited I get”?
Only when Charcadet cried did Snivy stop, but she was more concerned about why Greninja wasn’t affected by her Attract.
However, Diancie pulled Snivy away. The originally unwilling Snivy, after an hour, the three of them became good friends.
Phantump tried its best to talk to Charcadet, but because Charcadet was too timid, Phantump tried for a long time. However, persistence paid off, and Charcadet finally wasn’t afraid of Phantump anymore.
“…” (Gui Ling, look at this.)”
Gui Ling, who was resting by the river, was called away by Yveltal. Yveltal opened the Pokémon Encyclopedia and pointed at Snivy and Phantump’s data.
“…” (Serperior and Trevenant, those are their evolved forms.)”
“What’s wrong?”
“…” (Serperior can evolve on its own, but Trevenant’s evolution condition is… what is this 'Link Transfer'?)”
“Oh, it means the device for trading Pokémon can help him evolve.”
“…” (Trading Pokémon? Doesn’t that mean you’d have to give up this Phantump?)”
“What are you thinking?”
Then Gui Ling pulled out two Poké Balls and shook them in front of Yveltal.
“Look, are both of these Poké Balls mine? I put these two Poké Balls on the device, then let them trade, and then I take these two balls back.”
“…” (Eh? That makes sense!)”
Yveltal nodded, then flipped a few pages in the Pokémon Encyclopedia, and pointed at the Charcadet entry on the screen.
“…” (To make him evolve, he needs some kind of armor?)”
But Gui Ling shook his head and yawned.
“If Charcadet doesn’t want to battle, then so be it. There’s no need to make him evolve. It’s also good for him to live a quiet and happy life.”
“…” (What? Can’t he help you with something?)”
“It’s not that he can’t, but there’s no need to make him evolve to do it, right? Not every Pokémon is warlike; there are many with timid personalities like Charcadet.”
However, as the few of them were talking, as the moon slowly set, three people emerged from the bushes, staring in Charcadet’s direction.
“So, they were hiding here. Third and Fifth Brother turned into stone statues? Was it that Trainer who caused it?”
“Boss, look! Is that Yveltal?!”
“Holy moly! It really is! Then Third and Fifth Brother’s deaths make sense… … ”
“What should we do, Big Brother? Should we retreat?”
“Retreat? There’s no retreat! Catch all his Pokémon as much as possible. I want to avenge Third and Fifth Brother!”
Thanks to Jie Ge, who loves Xingguo Pork Ribs, for the praise, thank you for your support!
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