Chapter 686: The Modern-Day Eternal Flower
Seeing that emblem. Kazuya immediately confirmed the background of this group of people.
The emblem of the Azoth Kingdom was still present in the Azoth Kingdom three thousand years later. Even the consumer technology manufactured by Team Flare had the Azoth Kingdom's emblem engraved on it, so Kazuya recognized it at a glance.
However. What attracted his gaze the most. Was not this group of people and horses. But the Pokémon guarded in the very center by this group of soldiers.
Floette. And an Eternal Flower form Floette at that.
Historically. Apart from the unrecorded Dragon Clan's Flower Queen, the only Eternal Flower to ever appear was AZ's Floette. Coupled with the fact that this Floette was being guarded by a group of humans. Her identity was a certainty.
Well, this settles it. He could pinpoint the exact era he was in.
A rather troublesome era. If I remember correctly, quite a few major events happened in this era too, Kazuya couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Speaking of which. This Pokémon world was also fraught with disasters. When humans weren't causing trouble, gods were causing trouble for humans. When gods weren't causing trouble, humans were causing trouble for gods. Back and forth. Endlessly.
"Hula~~" Floette's voice came from afar.
Hearing this familiar voice, Kazuya was stunned. He looked up and saw that the Floette holding the small black flower had flown over to Amaura.
She was very small. Probably only 0.4 meters tall, a whole head shorter than Kazuya when she landed on the ground.
"Di-lu-xi~" Amaura stretched its neck and nuzzled affectionately with Floette. The two seemed to have a very good relationship. If Amaura wasn't a boy, this scene would look like a display of deep sisterhood. Of course. From Kazuya's 'human' perspective, it didn't matter if they were boys or girls.
"I see, it's not that AZ is interested in the Nebel Plateau, but that Floette has many friends here." Kazuya pinched his chin and nodded, having understood everything.
AZ was a mad scientist and a human emperor. It was highly unlikely he would be interested in other magical beasts. His only magical beast partner in this life was Floette, and he doted on her immensely.
It could be said. As long as Floette wanted to, she could completely become a femme fatale who disrupts the government. But unfortunately. Floette was just an ordinary little flower. She had no intention of disrupting the government; she just wanted to come out and play with her good friends every day.
Moreover. Given Floette's kind nature, she definitely cared more about the kingdom's citizens than Emperor AZ did.
Right now. Even without Floette asking, AZ would consciously protect the Nebel Plateau. Just because Floette had a lot of fun playing here.
In order to prevent Floette from getting hurt, AZ would even have the Azoth Kingdom's army drive out all the magical beasts that would actively attack other humans and Pokémon.
It had to be said. He really doted on her.
No wonder there were so many melodramatic TV dramas in the League Era that loved to use the character of AZ as the male lead's background. Firstly, this character's actions were indeed more popular among female audiences. Secondly, it didn't feel out of place for this character to do all sorts of melodramatic things.
"Hula?" Floette noticed Kazuya nearby. She flew over to Kazuya curiously, carefully observing this cute little sister.
"What are you looking at?" Kazuya glanced at her. His gaze didn't linger on Floette for long.
To be blunt. He probably understood her better than she understood herself. Kazuya even knew how to make Floette evolve into an Eternal Flower form Florges, but Floette herself definitely didn't know.
After all. In this world. Floette couldn't find any of her own kind with the same flower color; she couldn't learn this experience from any creature.
His gaze was focused more on the group of humans observing from a distance. Thanks to the 'Telepathy' Ability and the innate red horns on his head. Kazuya perceived some emotions he didn't want to perceive.
For example, disgust. Although these soldiers were ordered by AZ to protect Floette and the Nebel Plateau, this didn't mean they could accept magical beasts, including Floette. This was very normal. Kazuya wasn't angry at all.
As the saying goes, do not advise others to be kind if you have not experienced their suffering. Who knows, maybe these soldiers had been harmed by magical beasts before. Then feeling disgust or even hatred. Was also understandable.
It's just that Kazuya didn't want to sense this emotion.
No wonder Ralts was classified as the "Feeling Pokémon" and would only approach people with a cheerful mood and pure heart. It was mostly influenced by this 'species advantage'.
Thinking of this. Kazuya reached up and touched the red horns on his head. They weren't very hard. Like a plastic board.
"Hula?!" Floette was startled by his young boy's voice and quickly hid behind Amaura. This little sister. Was actually a little brother?!
"Di-lu-xi~" Amaura smiled and introduced them to Floette. The current Kazuya was the youngest baby on the Nebel Plateau.
"Hula." Hearing that Kazuya was just born yesterday, Floette quickly flew over and hugged him, looking very fond of children.
"..." This Her Highness the Princess has no sense of boundaries.
Kazuya stood rooted to the spot and shook his head, letting Floette touch him all over. Her fondness for children made Kazuya feel a bit of intimacy towards her. After all, Florges in his previous life was the same.
Even. Maybe this child was a descendant of Florges?
Thinking of this possibility, Kazuya's gaze towards Floette immediately gained a bit of parental affection. Fortunately, Floette couldn't see Kazuya's eyes. Otherwise, she would definitely have felt a chill down her spine and broken into a cold sweat from being stared at like that.
"Hula?" "Hello, my name is Kazuya." Kazuya reached out and patted Floette's little head.
"Hula~" Being patted on the head, Floette didn't feel offended, but rather quite happy.
In the Pokémon world, there are various ways to express intimacy. The main thing is to convey one's feelings. Once the feelings are conveyed. The method used doesn't really matter. Just like facing Machop's unique way of welcoming, Kazuya wouldn't feel angry.
"Di-lu-xi~" Amaura walked up, inviting the two little friends to play in the water. This weather wasn't particularly friendly to Amaura. It needed to play in a cool place. Like by the river.
"Hula." Floette, holding the Eternal Flower, shook her head. She didn't want to play in the water. It would get her flower wet, which was very uncomfortable. She suggested they go to the flower field on the Nebel Plateau together.
Kazuya didn't care either way. Or rather. He didn't really want to play. He'd rather spend the time eating more, sleeping more, or teasing the other Pokémon. At least those things seemed more interesting to him.
The two little ones had a small dispute over where to go play. So they both turned their heads to look at Kazuya. Letting Kazuya decide where to go play.
"The air is good in the morning, and it's not too hot, so we'll go to the flower field. In the afternoon when it gets hot, we'll go to the river." "Di-lu-xi." "Hula."
The two little ones happily agreed, taking Kazuya and heading towards the flower field together.
What a joke. Trying to stump a seasoned veteran who had lived for over three hundred years with a proposition like this? Back when Cynthia was locking onto Lorelei from the same world across the void, that was real pressure.
There was a rather large flower field on the Nebel Plateau. According to Volcanion in the fifth life. This flower field had existed since the plateau was born, seemingly planted by the Pokémon who first lived here to commemorate something.
However. Only Magearna and a few Grass-type Pokémon liked to come here. Volcanion hated it here. Because He was allergic to pollen. Just bringing this flower near Volcanion's nose could cause Him to uncontrollably release the 'Steam Eruption' move. It could be considered a form of crowd control. Except it didn't control others; it controlled Himself.
"Hula~" Floette flew back and forth in the flower field, carefully tending to those small flowers. Their evolutionary line possessed miraculous powers. They could nurture wilting flowers back to vibrant health, no less than infusing them with fresh vitality.
"Di-lu-xi." Amaura picked up a small blue flower and ate it. As long as it didn't eat the small black flowers. Floette usually pretended not to see.
Kazuya, on the other hand. Standing in the flower field, felt a profound inner peace. As if he could hear Florges speaking to him through these small flowers.
Barring any surprises. After he died in his previous life, his body should have been buried in the flower field on the grassland.
"Di-lu-xi?" At this time, Amaura turned to look at Floette and voiced its confusion.
This question made Kazuya turn his head to look over.
"Hula!" Floette pouted angrily, seemingly unwilling to mention this matter.
Did they have a fight? Kazuya blinked and withdrew his gaze.
Just now, Amaura asked Floette: Why didn't your human partner come? Floette's response was: I don't care about him. It was clearly a spat.
Seeing this, Amaura stopped asking and continued to stroll around the flower field.
Kazuya felt it was really quite boring. So he just lay down in the flower field and fell asleep.
When he woke up. The sun was scorching overhead, and it was noon. Kazuya's stomach grumbled continuously.
He opened his eyes and looked beside him; a pile of berries had already been collected.
"Did you pick these?" Kazuya turned to look at Amaura beside him.
"Di-lu-xi." Amaura shook its head and looked towards a certain bush. There was a Pancham's head there.
Seeing Kazuya's gaze drift over, Pancham blushed and shrank back.
"..." Kazuya shook his head and started eating.
And observed his surroundings while he was at it. Floette was taking a nap on Amaura's belly; the human soldiers in the distance hadn't left, nor did they dare to come closer.
Kazuya took all this in. He had already sorted out the situation.
Magearna hadn't been created yet. It was still a long way from her birth, at least hundreds of years. Volcanion should have already been born into this world, but hadn't come to the Nebel Plateau yet.
The only thing he could do right now... Kazuya's gaze shifted and landed on Floette.
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