Chapter 125: Heroes Are All Etched On The Monument
The rumored curse from the Dragon of Arrogance forced this naturally cheerful woman to seal away her heart.
The most serious sin among the Seven Deadly Sins—Pride.
The legendary Dragon of Arrogance once incited a war between humanity and Pokémon, turning the world into a barren Frozen Land, where both humans and Pokémon suffered the pain of separation from their families.
The legendary Pokémon representing the other six sins joined forces to suppress the Dragon of Arrogance in the Frozen Land it had created itself, forcing the Dragon of Arrogance to endure cold and loneliness day and night ever since.
This is the story of the Pride Pokémon as written in the textbook.
Only a brief description of a few short words.
No reason given for why the Dragon of Arrogance started the war, nor the process of the other six Pokémon battling Pride.
All belonging to the Seven Deadly Sins, why the other six great sins joined forces to suppress Pride—this is also a question.
Zuo Hang looked at Lilia, who was right in front of him.
The two were still sitting across from each other, but the mode of transportation had changed from a train to a luxury flying car.
“You’re from S City,” Lilia suddenly said.
“Regarding my situation, the legend of the Dragon of Arrogance. Anyone close to me will die in all sorts of strange ways, and now that you’re sitting in the same car with me, you’re already considered someone with a relationship to me. You can still get off now~”
Lilia said this in a joking manner, but Zuo Hang, who was sensitive to lines of sight, easily saw the bitterness in her eyes.
These ancient legends about legendary Pokémon are usually ones where it’s better to believe they exist than not. But the truth of many legends still awaits verification, like the legend about the Mythical Pokémon Darkrai.
In many people’s cognition, Darkrai has always been the evil Pokémon that creates nightmares, but in reality, Darkrai is just a silly one. Not much brains, and it even drags the team down in group battles.
Zuo Hang had not personally witnessed Lilia’s “Pride” curse kill anyone, so he would naturally be skeptical about the matter of the Cursed Woman.
“I’m not getting off. The Alsteria Family Mansion—please let me see it,” Zuo Hang said.
“Pika pika!!” Pikachu chimed in.
A flash of surprise passed through Lilia’s eyes; it had been a while since she last heard such words from someone outside the family.
A helpless smile appeared on her lips.
“Do as you like. Don’t blame me if you die later,” Lilia said.
“If you knew your existence would bring danger to others, then back on the train, you shouldn’t have talked to me out of curiosity,” Zuo Hang changed his tone.
“Knowing you have this kind of constitution, you should even more know that your existence could kill innocent people at any time. Just because of something like curiosity as a reason, sending an unrelated stranger down the path to death—maybe you should reflect on what you did on the train today.”
Zuo Hang’s words seemed to touch a sore spot in Lilia’s heart.
She fell silent.
A long silence.
Just like the contemplation she had on the train.
Once the words were out, Zuo Hang realized it was inappropriate.
Liking to lecture others in the tone of an elder—Zuo Hang didn’t know when he had developed this habit.
It was probably because he suddenly thought of the eerie total wipeout of Lilia’s team at the end of the war. In his view, that battle, which had only a few hasty records in the Aether logs, had many intriguing aspects.
No matter how many doubts there were in that battle called the “turning point,” Lilia’s personality was inevitably a major factor leading to the team wipe.
It was precisely because Zuo Hang thought of this that he suddenly said a bit more.
“Reflect on your own actions? Thanks, that feels like very reasonable advice.”
Lilia chuckled lightly, seemingly having ended her internal storm.
“Miss, we’ve arrived,” the driver in the front seat said.
“Pika!” The Electric Mouse stood on Zuo Hang’s leg, pointing at the white European-style building outside the car window and calling out.
In a city with a cyberpunk aesthetic, the appearance of such a castle dominated by blue and white tones created an absolutely significant visual impact.
Zuo Hang got out of the car.
A gray stone sculpture stood at the doorway of the blue-and-white castle.
—Mega Dragonite.
Even though it was a grayish-white statue, Zuo Hang felt it was more majestic than any Dragonite he had ever seen. Even the Single Sword Scabbard, whose real body had turned directly into a stone statue, was far less lifelike.
Zuo Hang clearly knew this was a statue, not the kind with a “soul sealed in the stone statue” that made it so lifelike, but purely from an artistic perspective, the expression and form of this stone Dragonite far surpassed an ordinary Mega Dragonite.
“This was personally carved by the first-generation Family Head of the Alsteria Family. However, the first-generation head was not a sculptor. I remember you said that Pokémon powerful enough can alter the form of their skills, and skills infused with the Pokémon’s intent become stronger. The stone sculpture you see was created by the first-generation head’s Dragonite with a single Thunder.”
Lilia said.
“Pika??” The Electric Mouse’s ears perked up, catching the key point in the words.
Pikachu ran forward a few steps and found a stone in the flower bed at the castle doorway.
Zuo Hang did not stop it.
Pikachu placed the stone in front of itself and found a suitable angle.
A surge of electric current gathered on its soft, cute paws.
“bilibili~~”
The electric current formed the shape of a skull.
“Bang~!” The electric current struck the stone, making a muffled sound.
“Pika…” The Electric Mouse sighed.
The stone had been blasted into a pile of fragments, not shaped like a skull.
Pikachu looked up at the Mega Dragonite stone statue.
He felt Lilia was fooling Pikachu. How could it possibly be Thunder-ed out like that??
Lilia led Zuo Hang forward.
Many names were engraved on the base of the statue, all with the surname Alsteria.
Lilia lightly touched these names with her hand and closed her eyes, seemingly mourning them. The bodyguards in black clothes following behind them did not touch the statue, but they all looked solemn and emotional.
“These are all the heroes of the Alsteria Family.” The black-clad man wearing sunglasses who spoke earlier said to Zuo Hang. He did not mourn the names on the statue like the others.
Zuo Hang had always thought he was also a bodyguard, but now it seemed this suited man clearly had another identity.
The man said, “The Alsteria Family has always been active on the front lines of the space battlefield, with the highest casualties as well. Pride is recognized as the strongest among the Seven Great Legends, and the places flashing with electric light on the battlefield were where people’s hopes lay.”
“But even while being so active on the battlefield, Lilia is still called the Cursed Woman,” Zuo Hang said.
“Once the chief sinner who incited war, now a hero leading humanity—it’s quite ironic.”
The Pride in the man’s mouth was the legend, while the Pride in Zuo Hang’s mouth was the chief of sins.
“So ordinary people call Pride by this name,” the man touched his chin, as if he had suddenly discovered something.
