Pokémon from Galar

"Caw—(Why are you so good at ordering a bird around? Are these wings meant to shield you from the sun when you sleep?)"

Little Chick complained as usual, but then obediently walked over to Mary's head and squatted down. Feeling Mary burying her head in the soft fur on its body, it spread its wings and covered Mary's head, shielding her from the mountaintop sun.

"Thank you... Haha... Good afternoon, everyone."

Squinting and yawning, Mary felt even sleepier after the sunlight was blocked. She curled up and hugged Ichigo and Mo tightly, finally clearing her mind and falling asleep peacefully.

The Altar of the Sun is so quiet that even Pokémon rarely come here, let alone people, that Marie slept for several hours without being disturbed.

When Mary rubbed her eyes and woke up, it was still quite bright outside. However, when Mary took out her phone and looked at it, she realized that it was already past five in the afternoon.

With another Sis-chan in her arms, nestled between Mary and Yi-chan, she held the sleeping Mo, not knowing whether she was sleeping or resting.

wow-

Little Chick retracted its wings, turned to look at Mary, and remained silent.

"What's wrong? Are your wings tired? I'm sorry... let me give you a massage."

Mary blushed slightly as she straightened her bangs. She hadn't expected to sleep until now, and that Little Chiu had actually shielded her from the sun for almost five hours.

"Gah~ (Then I'll leave it to you, hehe~)"

Little Chiu happily agreed, with no intention of refusing. After all, a massage was not only comfortable, but more importantly, it would give her a legitimate reason to lie on Mary's lap—how ​​wonderful! Only a fool would refuse.

Chapter 133 A Second Visit to the Ether Paradise

It took almost another day to get back to Melemele Island from Poni Canyon and make a trip to the Pokémon Center before finally returning to her temporary lodgings. Since Pokémon School had already let out, Marie would have to meet everyone again tomorrow.

After thinking about it, Mary decided to call Dr. Kukui.

"Hello, Dr. Kukui, Alola."

"Oh, Alora Marie, are you back from Poni Canyon? How did it go?"

Dr. Kukui maintained his confident, smiling demeanor. Mari nodded, took a box from her backpack, and opened it. Inside were two Z-Crystals placed side by side.

"I successfully passed the great trial. That overlord staff-tailed scale dragon was really strong; I was almost defeated."

"Oh ho~ Congratulations! Now you only need one more bracelet to use Z-Moves."

Mary smiled and put the box away again, then asked with interest:

"By the way, I missed the overnight stay that Ash mentioned before. Please apologize to Ash for me."

"Speaking of this..."

Dr. Kukui suddenly fell silent for a moment, staring intently at Mari on the other end of the video for a short while. Mari noticed that his expression was off and frowned. Had something happened?

"What's wrong? Did something bad happen?"

"Hmm... Lillie can't touch Pokémon anymore."

"...How could this happen? What happened?"

Mary frowned, trying hard to recall. Her memory, which was already incomplete, was really hard to follow. She really didn't remember what happened to Lillie, but she vaguely remembered that she seemed to have completely overcome the problem after that.

“I didn’t ask for more details. Marie, you can contact Ash or Lillie.”

As a teacher, Dr. Kukui shouldn't interfere in children's affairs, so he wasn't entirely aware of the situation and naturally wouldn't say anything rash.

"I understand. Thank you for your help with the leave request, Dr. Kukui. I will attend class as scheduled tomorrow."

"Ah—that's not urgent. The Ether Foundation contacted me today and said that the two elf eggs you applied for, Mary, have been found and you can pick them up tomorrow."

"Huh? I see... but why did you contact Dr. Kukui?"

"Haha... They probably contacted me because they knew you were challenging the trials at Bonney Canyon."

"...Oh, I see. Thank you, see you tomorrow."

After a brief farewell to Kukui, the communication was cut off. As for why the Aether Foundation knew that he had gone to the Poni Canyon, it was probably Lillie or Dr. Kukui who leaked the information.

Leaving that aside for now, Mary sat down on the sofa and began to think and organize her thoughts about Lillie's incident...

Lillie's inability to touch Pokémon is due to amnesia caused by excessive fright, leaving her with lasting effects. The reason is likely due to Ultra Beasts. Initially, only Nihilego appeared as an Ultra Beast, and the Pokémon associated with it in the anime...

Sildenafil!

Marie finally remembered the artificial Pokémon she had almost forgotten—an artificial Pokémon created by the Aether Foundation specifically to counter Ultra Beasts. This Silvally was probably the Pokémon owned by Lillie's brother, Gladion.

If I remember correctly, Zaobo was the one causing trouble during this phase in order to open the Ultimate Hole.

Although I can't remember exactly what happened in between, this should have taken place on that artificial island in Etherland. Hmm... let's see how it goes tomorrow.

With that in mind, Marie had Rotom's Pokédex connect directly to Ash's Pokédex, asked him some questions, and after obtaining the name Gladion and the details of what happened, she hung up the phone.

"what……"

Mary sighed. Although this thought was not good, Mary still knew that the day when Nebula would evolve into a legendary Pokémon was not far off.

After a quick tidying up, Mary contacted Miss Bicke to discuss tomorrow's plans before deciding to go to sleep.

……

The next day,

Marie arrived at the Pokémon School early and saw Lillie sitting in her seat, looking rather unenthusiastic.

"Alola, Lillie."

“You’re back, Marie, Alola…”

Lillie gave a somewhat forced smile; it was really hard for her to be happy when even Bai Gungun couldn't touch her.

"Cheer up, Lillie! Difficulties that you could overcome before will only be easier to solve now."

Mary walked over, picked up the white hamster next to her, and patted its head.

"kon... (What can I do...)"

"Don't worry, your trainer is just having a little trouble. Trust Lillie, and just stay by her side and protect her."

"Bai Gungun... are you worried about me too? I'm sorry for letting you see me in such a wretched state."

Lillie placed Bai Gungun on her desk. Although she still couldn't touch him, she tried her best to sit in front of him.

"Yes, Lillie, cheer up! Just like Marie said, we'll be able to touch it soon!"

Lillie turned around following Ash's voice, and everyone had gathered there. With her classmates' comfort, Lillie's mood finally improved, and she was finally able to muster the energy to face the relapse.

When school is over,

Mary also left school a little earlier today and took the speedboat arranged by Miss Bee to Etherland.

"Welcome, Miss Mary."

When Mary disembarked, she saw Miss Beeko personally come out to greet her once again. Last time, she had done it out of Lillie's kindness, but this time she didn't expect to be greeted personally again.

"Thank you for your help today, Miss Biko."

"No, no~ It's okay, come with me, the chairman is waiting for you too."

"Huh? Chairman?! Why?"

Seeing Mary's surprised expression, Miss Bee covered her face and laughed.

"Naturally, it's to inquire about Miss Lillie."

"Well...that makes sense, I understand."

Mary thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. Following Miss Biko, they left the port and arrived first at a place that resembled a data room.

"Come here to record your iris and fingerprints. Once your ID card is activated, you can move freely in Etherland."

Seeing the card that Miss Biko took out, Mary nodded obediently and began her onboarding process.

The data entry didn't take long, and Mary led the ID card and Miss Biko to the chairman's office.

"Welcome, Miss Mary. Without further ado, could you tell me about Lillie's recent activities at school?"

"Then I'll go get you the fairy egg, Miss Mary. Please wait here for a moment."

Chapter 134 Silvally and Lillie

"Here you go, Miss Mary, this is the egg of the sea lion Ball Ball, and this is the egg of the six-tailed dragon."

Miss Biko went out for a short while and then came back with two incubators, which she placed in front of Mary. Each incubator was labeled with a different type of egg.

"Thank you!"

Marie reached out and took the incubator, then looked up and thanked Biko. The last Pokémon she had been longing for was finally in her hands, and it would grow into a powerful special attacker in the future.

"You're welcome. This is just the agreed-upon payment. Besides, Miss Mary seems to be getting some attention from the Island King."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Miss Biko, with one hand supporting her cheek, explained with a smile:

“Our Aether Foundation doesn’t specifically raise Pokémon, so we obtained these two Pokémon eggs from the Island King. After we told the Island King that Miss Marie wanted them, he readily agreed to our request.”

"...Is that so? I had no idea."

Mary tilted her head slightly. She really didn't know that she could still leave an impression on the island kings, after all, she had never even met the four island kings once.

Just then, the office door was suddenly pushed open roughly, and a blond boy walked in. He didn't even glance at Marie for a second, but instead stared straight at Rosamund, who was working, and strode over with a furious expression.

"Attribute: Where is the empty space?"

"Young Master Gladgio..."

Upon hearing the boy's words, both Rosamund and Miss Bee were momentarily stunned, while Mari blinked, looking at the unexpectedly handsome boy who wore a slightly unconventional outfit, an earring, and bangs covering his right eye.

This is Gladion, Lillie's brother... He has a handsome face, just like Lillie.

"Attribute: Empty? This name sounds familiar..."

Rosamina, holding her teacup, repeated the words in confusion, clearly unable to recall what her son had said for the moment.

Gladgio's reaction was quite dramatic; he braced himself on the desk, his face contorted with rage, and questioned his mother:

"Where did you hear that?!"

Rosamina even adorably shrank back, her eyebrows lowered as if she looked a little aggrieved, her fingers unconsciously rubbing against the rim of her teacup, looking completely bewildered.

"Wait, Gladio, what's wrong with you? Your expression is so scary..."

"Because Zaobo stole it from me!"