Chapter 690: That Single Glance Filled with Infinite Charm
Kazuya didn't answer Volcanion's question. Because He soon found out.
Discovering that Kazuya was like a female doctor on this plateau, gently helping everyone who was injured or sick, it was normal for such a Pokémon to be popular, right?
"Oh, right, I can't let him hear me call him a female doctor." Volcanion blinked. He carefully looked around, making sure no other Pokémon heard.
On the third day since arriving at the plateau. Volcanion was somewhat accepted by everyone. Because this lump of iron was quite honest. He hadn't done anything bad. Occasionally He would also help everyone gather food and the like.
But. Whether Volcanion could stay still depended on what Floette said. After all, it was Floette's flower field that was destroyed, not theirs.
Volcanion also learned this from Kazuya, so He had been waiting for that Pokémon named Floette. Just hearing this name. Made Volcanion feel like sneezing.
"Volcanion." A voice suddenly came from behind, startling Volcanion so much He almost lost His original color.
"I didn't say anything!" He turned around in a panic and looked at the Kirlia behind Him.
"..." Kazuya looked at Volcanion suspiciously. The guilty feeling in this guy's heart was quite strong. Was He secretly cursing him just now?
"Ahem, what's the matter?" Volcanion stood up, pretending to be calm.
"Nothing, just telling you that Floette is here, and hearing the news of the flower field being destroyed, she's very angry." "I understand." Hearing this, Volcanion gradually calmed down and nodded solemnly.
"She is in the direction of the flower field over there." Kazuya pointed towards the direction of the destroyed flower field and added a reminder, "Floette is holding a flower in her arms, and she is essentially a flower herself. Be careful, don't let your Steam Eruption hurt her, otherwise I'm afraid the Nebel Plateau will be purged by the human army."
This point was very important. He had to explain it clearly.
The Nebel Plateau could currently be said to be under the protection of the Azoth Kingdom. More accurately. It was under Floette's protection. If this princess of the Azoth Kingdom was hurt, then the Pokémon of the Nebel Plateau could just disband and find another place to go.
"Uh... I'm afraid I won't be able to control it." "It's fine, just stick this up your nose." Kazuya stood up. He reached under his skirt and pulled out two cotton balls, stuffing them into Volcanion's nostrils.
"...Where did you pull that out from?" Volcanion's eyes widened, looking at Kazuya in horror.
"Four-dimensional pocket. Go quickly, make sure to apologize properly." Kazuya waved his hand casually and sat back down by the river to meditate.
Pulling all sorts of treasures from under a skirt. He used to see Lorelei and Lillie do this trick all the time. He couldn't understand it back then. Now he had actually mastered this skill himself.
"..." Volcanion was helpless. He took steps towards the direction of the flower field.
Kazuya didn't know what the two Pokémon specifically said. But since he already knew the ending, he could basically guess the process.
In the evening. Kazuya saw Volcanion following behind Floette, helping her carry many mature flowers and seeds. At that moment, Kazuya knew. Floette wanted Volcanion to help her rebuild the flower field.
It wasn't an unreasonable request, and it happened to give the latter something to do, preventing Him from coming over and delaying his training.
"Di-lu-xi~" Amaura's voice came from afar. The cheerful tune masking sorrow couldn't help but evoke memories of the past century. It's time to say goodbye to today as well.
In a daze. A month had passed.
Kazuya's level had only increased by a mere 3 levels, and he was currently only Lv.23. This, of course, was the result of him intentionally suppressing his level. Afraid of evolving into Gardevoir and losing the chance to turn back. According to his previous evolution level, his evolution level couldn't be assumed to be Lv.30; it was better to use Lv.28 as the standard.
In that case. Time was relatively tight.
However. It was about time. The last time Floette came, Kazuya mentioned he wanted to go to Azoth with Floette to take a look. Floette naturally accepted happily. She had also thought about bringing her good friend to see AZ. But the Pokémon living here didn't dare run into a human kingdom, so no one had ever left with Floette.
Kazuya was the first to propose this.
On a certain highland of the Nebel Plateau. This had already become Volcanion's nest. He didn't live on the plateau with everyone else usually. There was no particularly complicated reason, simply because His snoring was too loud, and He was chased here by everyone.
"You guy, don't you play with Psychic powers?" Volcanion looked at the ice-blue stream of light streaking past Him and hurriedly raised His arms to block in front of Him.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Three kicks landed. A thin layer of ice formed on Volcanion's arms. The Ice-type physical move, Triple Axel. Thanks to his mastery of Ice-type moves in his fourth life, Kazuya easily mastered this move in this life.
"I still prefer this kind of fist-to-flesh fighting style." Kazuya grinned and delivered another kick.
The pure white mini-skirt flashed past. The slender green legs, like two needles, stomped fiercely on Volcanion's arms. Earthquake.
Boom—! An exaggerated loud noise sounded. Volcanion only felt a wave of force rippling out from His arms. It didn't cause Him much damage, but...
Is this the kind of move a frail young girl like you should be using? Volcanion muttered in His heart.
But He saw Kazuya's eyes narrow, a dangerous light flashing in his red pupils. Volcanion cursed 'Not good' inwardly.
The next moment. A fist flashing with lightning immediately swung over.
Zzzt~ Zzzt~ "Ugh..." Volcanion grimaced, His hands feeling numb, seemingly having entered a paralyzed state.
"That's enough for now, the testing is almost done." Kazuya pulled back his hand. He glared at Volcanion with an unfriendly expression. Warning Him not to spout nonsense in His heart.
"That single glance of yours is truly filled with infinite charm." The latter grinned mischievously and offered a compliment. Not saying it in His heart anymore. Saying it right to your face. Since you can hear it anyway.
"I fking %&#@—" Boom! Crash! Bang!
Ten minutes later. Kazuya lay panting on the ground. His endurance was still not quite there. Moreover, the level difference was too great; his attacks were no different from tickling to Volcanion.
This damn bastard... After getting familiar with him, He became a bit loose-lipped. Especially since Volcanion, with Kazuya's help, had gradually gained an understanding of His own strength, knowing He was a relatively powerful Pokémon, He pushed His luck even more.
During this month. Kazuya's training had not been interrupted. If he couldn't raise his level. He could do other things. His training in Psychic powers took a temporary break. He focused on training other elemental energies, picking up some close-combat moves from his previous lives.
All of this. Was in preparation for going to Azoth with Floette.
On the Nebel Plateau. No Pokémon would attack him for no reason. So Kazuya wasn't in a hurry regarding the need for close-combat abilities, and could concentrate on training Psychic powers and learning new Psychic-type moves.
But thinking about leaving this safe zone. Without some close-combat moves on him. Kazuya was truly somewhat uneasy.
"Are you really planning to go to human territory?" Volcanion looked at Kazuya lying on the ground and asked.
"What? You have an opinion on humans?" Kazuya lifted his eyelids and glanced at Him.
He knew Volcanion particularly disliked humans, His wariness and distrust towards humans having almost reached an extreme. But... That was in the League Era. It was said that Volcanion didn't have such a big problem with humans at first.
That is to say. The current Volcanion shouldn't have much of a problem with humans. After all. He hadn't even seen many humans. The few He had seen were those human soldiers who brought Floette over.
"Those humans look at us differently, you should be able to tell, right?" You guy even know what I'm thinking, don't tell me you can't tell.
A look of unease appeared in Volcanion's eyes. He didn't hide His thoughts. He felt there was no need to hide anything from Kazuya.
"Of course I can tell, but with Floette there, those humans at least won't hurt me." Kazuya pursed his lips, not caring much.
"That's not necessarily true." Volcanion shook His head. Just the way those humans looked at them made Volcanion unable to trust humans.
"Then what do you want? I have a reason I must go." Kazuya shrugged. Whether it was for the Dawn Stone. Or for the Ultimate Weapon. Even if this Azoth was a dragon's den or a tiger's lair, he had to go.
The Nebel Plateau was right next to Azoth. Once the Ultimate Weapon was activated...
Thinking of this, Kazuya couldn't help but shake his head. Everyone here was very nice. He didn't want anything to happen to them.
"I'll go with you." Volcanion spoke up.
"Oh? Are you worried about me? Want to protect me closely?" Kazuya raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Volcanion.
"Tch, don't flatter yourself too much, I just..." Volcanion turned His head away, a look of disdain on His face.
"Okay, okay, I know." Kazuya smiled and waved his hand, interrupting Him.
Could he not know what Volcanion was thinking? This guy who says one thing but means another. So His tsundere personality developed this early?
"...Can I, do it?" Volcanion lowered His head, still somewhat lacking confidence in Himself.
More accurately. It was because He knew too little. He had no clear understanding of the combat power of humans in this era at all.
With His strength. As long as the Ultimate Weapon wasn't brought out. Wiping out Azoth wouldn't be a problem at all.
Kazuya stood up from the ground, reached out, and patted His head: "Believe in yourself."
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