Chapter 66: Molting
In the midst of continuous spring rain, on an ordinary day, a light rain began to fall from the sky.
Many Pokémon in the territory dislike rainy days.
The five Poffins, who had planned to go out and bask in the sun and check on the growth of their Berries, could only stay in the Wooden House, huddled by the wooden window, gazing at the continuous spring rain outside.
“Poffin…” the Poffin let out a pitiful Growl.
The rainwater would wet their fur, and that feeling would make the Poffin very uncomfortable.
“Alright, this rain should stop soon. You can go out and play then!” Lei Wen said with a smile.
However, upon hearing this, the Poffins’ expressions on their faces became even sadder.
“Poffin…” one of the Poffins looked utterly despondent.
After the rain, the roads would become muddy and impassable, and running on them would get mud all over them.
For the cleanliness-loving Poffins, this was undoubtedly something very difficult to accept.
Lei Wen: “…”
He was also very helpless about this.
Lei Wen sighed and said, “Until the rain stops, you should stay obediently inside. If you feel cold and damp, I’ll have someone light the fireplace for you.”
“Poffin!” Lei Wen is the best!
The Poffins cheered in unison.
“Snivy, Dragonair and I are going for Special Training, do you want to join us?” Lei Wen stood up and asked.
“Snivy.” The Snivy proudly crossed its arms; it didn’t have the same cleanliness obsession as the Poffins.
Lei Wen understood its intention and nodded, “Alright, if you’re afraid of getting dirty, you can stand on my shoulder!”
It absolutely refused! the Snivy thought haughtily.
It jumped off the bed, lifted its small head, and elegantly walked towards the door.
However, the moment its feet touched the ground, dirty water mixed with mud immediately climbed up its legs.
Snivy: “!!!”
Lei Wen walked over from behind, holding Dragonair, and seeing Snivy’s state, he couldn’t help but chuckle:
“You should come up instead. Your Special Training today will be postponed. This weather is more suitable for Dragonair to practice a special Move, so I plan to take it out to try it. You can watch too, perhaps you’ll get some inspiration.”
Saying that, Lei Wen crouched down and used a Handkerchief to wipe the mud off Snivy’s little feet.
Snivy held onto Lei Wen, although this feeling made it a little unaccustomed…
“Alright, it’s clean now, you come up too!” Lei Wen gestured with his eyes to the position on his shoulder.
Seeing this, Snivy arrogantly raised its head and sat on his shoulder with its arms crossed.
In that case, it would reluctantly agree!
Lei Wen went out with an umbrella. It was raining, so people were staying indoors, and there were hardly any people in the territory.
They arrived at the Riverside. Today, the Move Lei Wen was going to teach Dragonair was quite special.
It wasn’t an offensive Move, but a Move that could change the weather.
【Rain Dance: A Water Type Move that summons rain clouds within a certain period, causing it to rain and simultaneously boosting the Power of Water Type Moves while lowering the Power of Fire Type Moves. 】
With this Move, if the territory encountered natural disasters like droughts in the future, Dragonair could use it to bring down rain.
“Dragonair, the Move I’m teaching you today is Rain Dance.” Lei Wen pondered the appearance of Pokémon using this Move in anime, and then explained the effects of the Move to Dragonair in detail.
“Woo?” Dragonair listened, understanding it only partially.
“Actually, I’m not entirely sure, but I think I can guess its principle of use,” Lei Wen mused.
That is, the Pokémon uses its Water Type Energy to sense the water molecules in the air, resonates with them, and thus causes the sky to rain.
“Don’t worry, let’s first feel the traces of raindrops falling and flowing in the air,” Lei Wen said.
Dragonair poked its head out from the River Surface, looked up at the sky, and felt the rain falling on its body…
Lei Wen and Snivy stood on the bank, watching this scene under their umbrellas.
Come to think of it, before Dragonair evolved, it had nothing to do with powers like weather and climate.
But after it evolved into Dragonair, it would gradually master the power to control the weather.
At this stage, even without wings, Dragonair could still fly.
In that distant future, some scholars, after research, discovered that the reason Dragonair could fly was because they could use their power to control the weather to ride the wind into the sky.
Because of this, since ancient times, Dragonair have been worshipped by agricultural people as controllers of the weather.
Ancient people believed that Dragonair could control the weather, and they would continuously send offerings to the lakes where Dragonair lived.
As for whether Dragonair truly possessed such power, Lei Wen was unsure, as he had not yet seen a real Dragonair.
All this would only be known after Dragonair evolved.
The continuous spring rain fell on Dragonair. At first, Dragonair couldn’t calm down to feel it, because its gaze was always drawn to Lei Wen and Snivy on the bank.
Lei Wen keenly noticed Dragonair’s state and said at the right time, “Focus, concentrate, don’t be disturbed by other things. We’ll be here with you.”
“Woo…!”
Dragonair tried its best to concentrate, attempting to feel the abundant moisture in the air.
Water… so much water!
Dragonair felt a pervasive blue energy filling its surroundings.
It tried to touch and connect with it, but the energy seemed to be deliberately avoiding it.
The next second, Dragonair opened its eyes.
“How was it?” Lei Wen asked with concern.
“Woo…” Dragonair was a little dejected; it had failed.
“Don’t worry, nothing is achieved overnight. Take your time. You might succeed next time if you failed this time,” Lei Wen encouraged.
Dragonair quickly cheered up: “Woo!”
Not wanting to disappoint Lei Wen’s expectations, it closed its eyes again and tried to perceive intently.
An hour later, the rain stopped.
Dragonair was forced to interrupt its Special Training.
Lei Wen looked up at the gloomy sky, then extended his hand to Dragonair, “We’ll continue next time. Come, let’s go back!”
Dragonair obediently returned to Lei Wen’s embrace.
They returned home, and Lei Wen had the Maid light the fireplace, then had Dragonair warm itself by it and dry off.
Lei Wen, meanwhile, pondered various matters concerning the territory.
For example, with the Helping Hand of Pansear, a large number of Bricks had been Fired in the territory, and it was time for them to officially begin constructing more sturdy Houses.
Just then, Lei Wen suddenly heard Dragonair let out a cry as if it were enduring something.
He turned to look and saw Dragonair by the fireplace crawling to the table and rubbing its body against the table leg repeatedly.
The next second, a light emanated from Dragonair’s body.
That’s… Evolution? Lei Wen was slightly taken aback.
No, it wasn’t Evolution!
Looking at the Dragon Skin slowly shedding from Dragonair’s body.
Lei Wen immediately understood what was happening.
The Special Training of these past few days had caused the Life Energy within Dragonair to expand to a whole new level. Dragonair couldn’t suppress this Life Energy, so it began to shed its skin!
In other words, Dragonair was Growing, becoming stronger.
While Lei Wen was still in a daze, Dragonair had completely shed the skin that emitted a mysterious glow.
Dragonair’s body’s light gradually dissipated. It stood up again, opening its pair of dark, bright eyes to look at Lei Wen.
Seeing Dragonair, which was slightly larger than before, Lei Wen felt genuinely happy for it.
“Congratulations, Dragonair!”
“Woo~!”
