"So many Clefairy!"
Looking at the massive group of Clefairy before him, Seymour's face showed a look of great surprise.
One must know that Clefairy are a very rare Pokémon species; in the outside world, they seldom appear before humans.
Fuyuki, on the other hand, wasn't too surprised. After all, he knew very well that there was indeed a group of Clefairy here at Mt. Moon.
In the anime, when Ash first encountered them, he wanted to catch one with a Poké Ball, but he was stopped by Seymour on the grounds that "we should just let them live here in peace."
Otherwise, they might have seen a Clefable appear in the Indigo League.
However, given Ash's battle style, Clefable's compatibility with him wasn't actually that great.
At this moment, the group of Clefairy also began to gather around.
They surrounded their companions, looking together at that giant Moon Stone.
Following that, the group of Clefairy began to communicate with each other.
"Clefairy?"
"Clefairy——"
"Clefairy!"
It was a painful feeling to watch a group of Clefairy communicating and not be able to understand their language.
Seymour immediately turned his gaze toward Fuyuki for help.
"Fuyuki! Please, help me understand what the Clefairy are saying, I'm begging you!"
Fuyuki: "——The Clefairy are saying that they haven't collected enough Moon Stones yet, so they can't hold the sacrificial ceremony right now."
"Sacrificial ceremony?" Seymour's eyes widened instantly.
"Yes, the Clefairy say they want to worship the deity they believe in." Fuyuki looked up through the opening above toward the night sky, where a full moon hung prominently: "The moon is the deity that the Clefairy believe in."
"Sacrifice... deity..." Seymour murmured, his tone suddenly becoming excited: "Clefairy really are social Pokémon! It's primitive, but it's definitely true!"
Fuyuki glanced at his shock points; during this period of traveling, he had accumulated quite a lot of shock points.
In that case——
He might as well play the good guy to the end, buy some Moon Stones for the Clefairy, and then watch them perform a mass evolution into Clefable!
Fuyuki took out his backpack and pretended to rummage through it.
"Eh? Fuyuki, what are you doing?" Seymour asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Found it!" Fuyuki pulled a Moon Stone out of the bag. "I just happen to have the Moon Stone the Clefairy need right here!"
"What? Where did you get that?" Seymour was shocked.
"I picked them up elsewhere. I originally thought they were just pretty stones, I didn't expect them to be Moon Stones," Fuyuki said.
"Clefairy?"
At that moment, a Clefairy nearby sensed the aura of the Moon Stone. It turned its head and, sure enough, saw a Moon Stone in the human's hand.
"Clefairy!"
The Clefairy's eyes lit up.
"Clefairy, since you need these stones, I'll just give them all to you!" Fuyuki said.
"Clefairy?!"
The Clefairy were instantly surprised. They looked at the scene in disbelief, their expressions seemingly asking: Really?
Fuyuki placed the Moon Stone in his hand on the ground, then pulled more Moon Stones out of his bag.
"Since you need these stones, I'll give all of these to you," Fuyuki said with a smile.
"Clefairy!" A cheer erupted from the Clefairy.
Soon, they came hopping forward, picked up the Moon Stones from the ground, and placed them beneath the large rock until the rock was surrounded.
The last piece of the puzzle was complete!
A Clefairy carefully placed a Moon Stone on top.
In the next second, as if sharing a telepathic connection, the group of Clefairy began to dance around the Moon Stone altar.
"That is——the Clefairy's Sacrificial Dance!" Seymour was full of pleasant surprise; he hadn't expected to see such a spectacular scene today.
Then, under the Clefairy's mysterious dance, clear moonlight spilled down from above. A magical resonance seemed to occur between the Moon Stones and the Clefairy, and they began to emit a layer of blue light.
Under the moonlight, the Moon Stones rose slowly into the air as if controlled by Confusion.
Then, they fell from the sky like a downpour of rain.
The Clefairy stopped dancing and tilted their heads back, looking up at the sky with faces full of anticipation.
Soon, the first Moon Stone landed on a Clefairy.
That Moon Stone was like a drop of water in the ocean, merging into the Clefairy's body and then disappearing.
Immediately following that, a dazzling white light burst forth from that Clefairy's body.
"That is——evolution!" Seymour was incredibly excited. "The Clefairy is about to evolve!"
Within the light, the appearance of the Clefairy rapidly changed.
Their bodies became larger, and a pair of small wings, like those of a Fairy, grew on their backs.
Clefable was born!
Then came the second, the third——
As the Moon Stone rain fell from the sky, the twenty-odd Clefairy below evolved into Clefable one after another.
The sacrificial ceremony was considered a complete success only when the last Clefairy evolved into Clefable.
The figures of the Clefairy had vanished, replaced by a large group of Clefable!
"Clefable~!"
The Clefable looked happily at the changes in their bodies. They then raised their heads and turned their gazes toward Fuyuki, their eyes filled with gratitude.
"Congratulations, Clefable!" Fuyuki grinned.
"Clefable~!"
The Clefable held hands and began to dance the Clefairy Dance around Fuyuki and Raikou.
"Oh oh, the Clefable are thanking you!" Seymour said excitedly.
A smile appeared on Fuyuki's face.
Beside him, Raikou watched this scene and gave a slight nod.
Helping Pokémon in need and protecting Pokémon in danger—this was the daily duty and mission of The Three Legendary Beasts of Ho-Ohs Guard.
And now, the grown-up Little One had also become one of them.
Raikou's heart was filled with immense pride.
As expected of the child it had raised with its own hands!
That night, Fuyuki and Seymour simply stayed to rest in the cave where the Clefable lived.
"Everyone, come out!"
Fuyuki released Squirtle and Gastly from their Poké Balls, then took food out of his travel backpack to share with the group of Clefable that had successfully completed their evolution.
"Clefairy?"
Looking at the poffins and energy cubes in their hands, the Clefable's faces showed curious expressions.
It seemed like it was their first time seeing this kind of human food, which made them very curious about it.
Some Clefable tried a bite, and in the next second, their eyes lit up instantly.
"Clefairy!!!" So delicious!
It seems this is the first time they've eaten human food, Fuyuki thought to himself.
He grinned and said, "If it's good, then eat a bit more!"
"Clefable~"
The Clefable let out happy cries.
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