Chapter 684: As Long As There's Love, Even a Boy Is Fine!
The start of this life. Wasn't particularly good.
It could be said. It was only better than the first and fourth lives. No, that's not right. At least in the fourth life, he was born in the League Era and met Lorelei; the external conditions were at least much better than now. The start of this life could be said to be only better than the first life.
But this wouldn't stump Kazuya. "Thirty years on the east bank of the river, thirty years on the west. Do not bully the young and poor!"
Still the same saying. Get a Dawn Stone and evolve into Gallade. All the previous disadvantages would be reversed, whether it was the usability of held items, the move pool, or the potential in physical attack, everything would soar, turning disadvantages into advantages.
Just like obtaining the Sea Crown in his fourth life. A Dawn Stone? What a joke! That was much easier to get than the Sea Crown!
"Wahahaha!" Kazuya put his hands on his hips and laughed wildly at the full moon in the sky.
The Amaura next to him was bothered by the constant "Ralu-Ralu" sounds. It groggily opened its eyes and saw a cute little baby laughing wildly there, looking confused for a good while. Amaura glanced at the spot beside it where the egg had disappeared and immediately realized what had happened.
"Di-lu-xi~" Amaura crawled over somewhat happily. It crawled next to Kazuya and rubbed its head against him.
But it didn't realize. How fragile the newborn Kazuya was right now, nor did it realize how much strength was contained in its over two-meter-tall body. Just with that one rub. It rubbed Kazuya right down onto his knees.
"Di-lu-xi?!" Amaura was startled and hurriedly looked at Kazuya with concern.
"You kid, do you know who is standing in front of you?" Kazuya supported himself on the ground with his hands to stand back up, turning his head to give Amaura a helpless look.
If your Aurorus ancestor saw this. I'll change my surname to yours if he didn't spank you.
"Di-lu-xi?" Amaura tilted its head cutely.
"Never mind, it's getting late, you should quickly go to sleep." Kazuya stepped forward and rubbed Amaura's neck. Cold to the touch. Comfortable.
Probably because of his experiences in his past lives. Kazuya had quite a favorable impression of these Dragon Clan descendants. The Dragon Stone made these Dragon-type Pokémon naturally favorably inclined towards him. But wasn't Kazuya also favorably inclined towards these Dragon Pokémon indirectly because of the Dragon Stone's existence?
"Di-lu-xi?" "I'm hungry, I'm going to look around for some berries to eat." Kazuya rubbed his stomach.
He scanned his surroundings. It was too dark to see the environment clearly. He could only hear the sound of rolling water and rustling leaves not far away, suggesting there were rivers and forests nearby. Finding food in this environment shouldn't be difficult.
Moreover. Looking at these Pokémon of different species around... The place he was in should be quite special, probably a 'peaceful zone'? For example. Did the Overlord here forbid the Pokémon living here from attacking each other?
If that was really the case. Then at least the spawn point was pretty good, allowing him to smoothly pass the weak phase.
"Di-lu-xi." Hearing Kazuya say this, Amaura quickly got up and followed.
"You want to accompany me?" Kazuya smiled at it.
"Di-lu-xi." Amaura nodded. It thought this strange little brother was very cute, and he had a sense of intimacy about him that made it want to get close.
"Alright, thank you." Kazuya didn't refuse Amaura's good intentions. He indeed needed a local creature to lead the way right now.
With Amaura leading the way. Finding food should be very easy. And. With Amaura's physical build. Even if other Pokémon had intentions to attack, they would have to observe the size difference and weigh their own level. Going out with Amaura. The safety factor would be significantly increased.
The two babies set off together. "How long ago were you born?" Kazuya turned his head and looked at Amaura beside him.
For Amaura to evolve into Aurorus, it needed to reach around Lv.39. This level requirement was not low. At least higher than the starter Pokémon. If Amaura didn't battle, it wasn't impossible for it to never evolve in its lifetime. So Kazuya couldn't assume it was young just because Amaura was in its first stage.
"Di-lu-xi." Amaura shook its head blankly. Pokémon like them had no concept of time.
"Hmm... how many winters have you passed?" Kazuya asked in a different way.
"Di-lu-xi~" Amaura answered with a smile this time. Winter. It knew that. In winter, it would snow for a long time. That was its favorite weather. Very comfortable. Unlike now, when it was very hot during the day, and Amaura didn't have the energy to run around with its friends.
"Oh." Kazuya nodded at its answer. Only seen it once. Then this Amaura was only about a year old. Perhaps even less than a year old. Still a child.
Under Amaura's guidance. They came to a nearby forest. Relying on its height advantage, Amaura easily plucked a green berry from a small tree nearby. It placed the berry in Kazuya's arms.
The latter took a look. And pursed his lips.
"Are there any red berries?" Kazuya tossed the green Oran Berry aside. He knew this thing was unripe without even eating it. An unripe Oran Berry. Was quite sour.
"Di-lu-xi." Amaura nodded gently and plucked a few more berries.
They were mostly green and red, the half-ripe kind. This season was not the harvest season for Oran Berries. To find fully ripe Oran Berries, they would have to wait a while longer.
"Thank you." Kazuya didn't say much and started munching on it.
The green and red Oran Berry had lost its sourness. Although not particularly sweet and lacking in nutritional value, it had enough moisture. Born in the wild. With these conditions. He'd just have to make do.
Kazuya looked at his bite mark. Round and tiny. This one bite wasn't much bigger than a human fingernail. To finish eating this Oran Berry, he'd probably have to gnaw on it for quite a while.
"Sigh." Kazuya couldn't help but sigh. In this Ralts form, even eating was a hassle.
But fortunately, there was nothing else to do during the infant stage, nor could he train. His daily routine was just eating and sleeping.
"Di-lu-xi." "Mhm." The two little ones walked back together.
They returned to the spot under that tree, quietly leaning against each other, having a midnight snack and looking at the starry sky.
"Who is the boss of this place?" "Di-lu-xi." "No boss? Then how can everyone get along so peacefully?" "Di-lu-xi." Amaura smiled and nodded. The Pokémon living here were all very nice. None of them had the kind of personality that liked to fight. If someone attacked and hurt other Pokémon here, they would be driven out by everyone together.
"That's pretty good." Kazuya took a bite of the berry, feeling relieved.
In that case. He should be able to smoothly pass the initial 'novice phase'.
For Ralts to evolve into Kirlia. It needs to reach Lv.20.
This seemed quite simple to Kazuya. Even if he only had White potential. Reaching Lv.20 wouldn't take more than a month. One week to pass the infant stage and reach Lv.5, and the remaining three weeks to increase his level. A piece of cake.
Even though Kirlia was more feminine than Ralts. Like an innocent young girl. But to Kazuya at this moment, there was absolutely no difference. Both were crossdressers. Why care if it was a loli style or a young girl style?
After about fifteen minutes. Kazuya finally leisurely finished gnawing on that Oran Berry.
He turned his head to look beside him. Amaura had fallen asleep at some point.
"Kalos... then it should be summer now," Kazuya muttered.
The Aurorus line has been quite rare since ancient times. Although Kazuya wasn't sure which part of which region the snowfields of the past had become now. But in the League Era. Except for the Kalos region. No other region had any records of the Aurorus clan being discovered. So Kazuya could basically determine. The region he was in. Was the Kalos region.
After all. Except for Kalos and Sinnoh, the climate in other regions was not suitable for the Aurorus clan to survive.
Kalos in summer. Was absolutely an excellent environment. The weather was hot but limited; most of the time it could only be described as warm. Such an environment was extremely friendly for a newborn Pokémon.
If Kazuya had been born in winter. This infant stage wouldn't have been easy to get through. If he couldn't find a Pokémon to keep him warm, freezing to death wasn't impossible.
Kazuya turned and lay on Amaura's body. Sleeping on a summer night, having such an ice baby to hug. Was too comfortable. It was simply like staying in an air-conditioned room.
Before long. Kazuya closed his eyes and fell asleep.
When he opened his eyes again. The large group of Pokémon surrounding him gave him a fright. He thought he was going to be dismembered. But seeing the Amaura beneath him, he breathed a sigh of relief. He then remembered that the Pokémon in this place were all very friendly.
"Ga-o?" A Luxray stared at Kazuya, tilting its head in confusion. It saw Kazuya move. But... Because Kazuya's eyes were covered, it didn't know for a moment if Kazuya had woken up.
It wasn't until Kazuya hopped down from Amaura's back. That everyone was certain. This little fellow had woken up.
"Wan!" A Pancham with a leaf in its mouth ran over, blushed as it looked at Kazuya, and then handed him a bamboo shoot it had dug up nearby.
This was a male Pancham.
"...?" Kazuya frowned and looked at it, his face darkening slightly. He could sense this Pancham's emotions. It was clearly 'shyness' and 'affection'.
Damn it, this cursed Ability... Kazuya hadn't started practicing Aura power and Psychic power yet, so he couldn't rely on those two abilities to sense the emotions of other creatures. The reason he could perceive Pancham's 'feelings'. Was because of his Ability 'Telepathy'.
Kazuya would rather have no Ability right now.
"Wan?" Pancham tilted its head in confusion. Because it was covered by hair, it couldn't see Kazuya's expression.
"Eat it yourself. I'm a male," Kazuya said casually, and then walked out of the circle.
Pancham trembled all over, as if struck by lightning. It froze in place. The bamboo shoot in its hand fell to the ground. The entire panda turned gray.
After two seconds. "Wan..." He's so cute.
Pancham became shy again, standing in place and constantly twisting its body.
As for gender or whatever. It believed that wasn't a problem. As long as there's love, even a boy is fine!
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