Chapter 697: I Learn to Fly, You Learn to Walk
Nebel Plateau.
Everyone was extremely curious about Kazuya, who had just evolved.
Every Pokémon had to circle Kazuya several times to properly observe his new appearance.
Moreover.
Kazuya could clearly perceive.
There were more and more Pokémon becoming shy when facing his gaze.
Some males wanted to sword fight.
Some females wanted to grind tofu.
"???"
It was truly vexing.
Kazuya sat on the grass, helplessly running a hand through his short hair.
In the eyes of humans.
Perhaps his most charming life was as a Beedrill, a Dragonite, a Mega Sceptile, an Empoleon, a Mega Lucario, or a Mega Charizard X...
Any of those lives was possible.
But judging from the reactions of those Pokémon.
In the eyes of Pokémon.
This life undoubtedly had the highest appearance value.
It was almost at the point where any Pokémon would like him.
Aura Affinity?
Sea Crown Affinity?
Dragon Stone Affinity?
All trash.
Appearance Affinity, that's what's awesome.
I didn't expect that crossdressing would be my peak appearance moment.
Kazuya smiled self-deprecatingly.
In the end, he couldn't avoid the path of evolving into Gardevoir.
Even now.
The feeling of this dress clinging to his thighs made him extremely uncomfortable.
Especially since Gardevoirs don't wear underwear under their skirts. When the wind blows, it feels chilly all over under the skirt.
Oddly refreshing.
Fortunately, from the moment Kazuya couldn't find a Dawn Stone, he had already prepared himself mentally for evolving into Gardevoir.
So he wasn't particularly sad right now.
Looking on the bright side.
In this life, he could rely on the natural advantages of the "Psychic Queen" to make rapid progress in the field of Psychic powers to his heart's content.
"Di-lu-xi~"
Amaura's naive voice came from beside him.
Before Kazuya even turned his head to look at it, this little fellow shoved its big head into his arms.
Amaura's height was only 2.6 meters.
It could no longer serve as Kazuya's mount.
After all, Kazuya was now 3.2 meters tall.
Kazuya had long legs, while Amaura had a long neck and short legs. Once he sat on it, his dress would touch the ground.
If Amaura wanted to become Kazuya's mount again, it would have to wait until it evolved into Aurorus.
An Aurorus in the Magical Beast Era.
Should be around 5.4 meters tall.
"Could it be that your filial piety has also gone bad?"
Kazuya hugged Amaura's cool head and gave it a helpless look.
"Di-lu-xi?"
Amaura raised its head, blinked its large watery eyes, revealing a puzzled look.
"It's nothing."
Kazuya smiled and kissed its head.
According to his 'Telepathy'.
Amaura's feelings towards Kazuya hadn't changed at all. From the beginning until now, it had always been an extremely pure 'liking'.
The liking between friends.
"Di-lu-xi."
Amaura showed a silly smile and wagged its short, chubby little tail.
Kazuya teased it while considering Gardevoir's natural advantages.
He had always aimed for Gallade before, so he hadn't considered how he should train in case he evolved into Gardevoir.
He had to focus on this now.
Gardevoir's classification is the "Embrace Pokémon", and the source of its power comes from the heart.
The description for Mega Gardevoir mentions: By opening its heart, it can unleash even more powerful psychic energy.
How to cultivate one's inner heart.
Kazuya did not know.
He felt he didn't need to either.
Having honed himself through six lives and seen all sorts of major storms.
His heart should already be incredibly strong.
Otherwise, this body wouldn't have been unable to suppress the urge to evolve.
That was the result of his soul and the power of his heart being too strong.
Compared to Kirlia.
Gardevoir's move pool was extremely rich.
Of course.
Those needed to be learned intentionally.
Otherwise, through natural growth alone, a Gardevoir would basically only know Psychic and Fairy-type moves, and half of them would be non-damaging support moves.
This wasn't a problem for Kazuya.
From the moment of evolution.
He had already recalled many moves of other types from his previous lives.
Such as Aura Sphere, Energy Ball, Focus Blast, Vacuum Wave...
Unfortunately.
They were mostly special attack moves.
There were relatively few usable close-combat moves, but fortunately, he had Extreme Speed and the elemental punches as his trump cards, which barely ensured his close-combat ability in this life wouldn't become a weakness.
"As for Aura power..."
Kazuya lowered his head, hesitating for a long time.
Aura power had accompanied him from his third life until now; it was his ultimate trump card that had cleared countless obstacles for him along the way.
Even though his physical attack talent wasn't strong in this life.
He didn't want to put Aura power down either.
"I'll put it off for now."
Kazuya sighed and made a decision.
Thinking long-term, it was more cost-effective to take advantage of his species' traits in this life and properly train his Psychic power.
Psychic power.
This thing was too versatile.
As versatile as Aura power.
It was just that the two excelled in different areas.
Aura power significantly enhanced combat capabilities.
While Psychic power leaned more towards support.
Such as Hypnosis, Agility, Teleport, Heal Pulse, Psychic Terrain, Reflect...
Clearly, its support effects were stronger than its combat effects.
Kazuya's development of Psychic power in his previous life was limited; in this life, he would definitely be able to develop it to the extreme.
When the time came, combining Aura power with Psychic power.
Would be strong.
Returning to his senses.
Kazuya found that Amaura was using its mouth to put a flower crown on him.
One look and he knew the flower crown was woven by Floette; she was the only one on this plateau with such skill.
The other Pokémon were sitting around, forming a circle with Kazuya in the center.
Perhaps it was because after evolving, he had gained a gentle, water-like temperament, so everyone liked staying by his side even more.
"Oho~ Oho~ You're practically the Princess of the Nebel Plateau~"
A teasing voice came from behind.
Swoosh!
Kazuya raised his hand and threw a golden Rasengan backwards.
Bang!
The sound of it being blocked.
"Hehe."
Volcanion strode over and stood beside the displeased Kazuya. "By the way, you're really tall now. It reminds me of a legend I heard in Azoth."
"What legend?"
Kazuya gave Him a confused look.
He always felt nothing good could come out of this guy's mouth.
"I think it was called... Hachishaku-sama?"
"..."
Kazuya withdrew his gaze.
He had absolutely no interest in that legend.
"Are you still going to Azoth in the future?"
"Yes, to escort Floette. I'll come back right after."
Kazuya nodded gently.
He had figured this out long ago.
In the official setting.
The birth of the Ultimate Weapon was divided into two steps.
Step one.
The Soul Heart.
In the original setting, this thing achieved the effect of reviving Floette by absorbing a massive amount of life energy.
Step two.
The Ultimate Weapon.
A weapon created for revenge using the Soul Heart as a power source.
AZ used this thing to end the war in the Kalos region, but it wasn't for peace; he was purely blinded by the flames of revenge.
Now.
Because of Kazuya's influence.
The Soul Heart plan still appeared.
But AZ's focus was entirely on how to utilize elemental energy and natural energy; he didn't know anything about life energy.
Therefore.
As long as Floette doesn't die.
AZ won't think about life energy.
He wouldn't even think about creating something like the Ultimate Weapon for revenge.
Protecting Floette.
Was still very necessary.
"Eh? That's too much trouble."
Volcanion's face fell.
This round trip took quite a bit of time. He'd much rather sunbathe on the plateau and sleep in.
"You don't have to go, I'll just go by myself."
Kazuya reached out and patted His shoulder.
"What?! No, that's too dangerous."
Volcanion shook His head vigorously.
Kazuya is so pretty now, what if humans catch him to breed?
He muttered in His heart.
"..."
Kazuya's face twitched.
He decided.
He had to first learn how to turn off the Telepathy ability.
"I can use Teleport. If I encounter danger, I can just grab Floette and run. Having you guys around is actually inconvenient, unless you learn to fly."
Kazuya gave his reason.
He had now evolved into Gardevoir.
The capacity of psychokinetic energy in his body had expanded by more than just a couple of times.
Kazuya estimated his maximum Teleport distance was 50 meters.
This distance wasn't far, as his level was still very low after all.
But Kazuya's psychokinetic energy capacity was enough to support him performing six consecutive 50-meter Teleports in a short time while carrying Floette.
It was roughly equivalent to.
Running 300 meters with a load in two or three seconds.
If he used Extreme Speed to escape after that, even humans on horseback would have a hard time catching him.
Moreover.
He didn't believe the people from the Mountain Kingdom and Boulder Kingdom would dare to ride horses on the plain right outside Azoth's gates.
"I'll learn it right now! You teach me."
Volcanion was still worried and anxiously wanted to learn to fly.
"Alright, let's go to the river first."
Kazuya nodded.
He tried to get up from the ground, but ended up stepping on his long dress and falling forward again.
Fortunately, Volcanion was quick to react and reached out to catch him.
Otherwise, Kazuya would be eating grass again.
"Thanks."
"This familiar feeling..."
Kazuya held his forehead, nursing a headache. A mini-skirt was definitely more comfortable.
Pfft.
Skirts aren't comfortable at all.
"You have to get used to it. You can't always be tripping on flat ground, otherwise, even walking normally will be a problem for you."
Volcanion helped Kazuya stand upright.
Then He stepped towards the direction of the river.
"I know."
Smack!
As soon as Kazuya finished speaking, he fell flat on the ground.
Damn it, can't I even take slightly larger steps? Do I have to take tiny steps from now on?! How do other Gardevoirs walk?
Kazuya pushed himself up from the ground with both hands, his face covered in broken grass roots.
Volcanion walked back, looking speechless.
He helped Kazuya up again, then used His arms to gather up his skirt, allowing him to confidently step forward.
"Now we're good. I'll learn to fly, you learn to walk."
Volcanion grinned mischievously.
"...No, I already learned how."
Kazuya looked down at the skirt Volcanion was holding up, a faint light flickering in his eyes, and a smile appearing on his face.
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