Chapter 126: Heroes Are All Etched On The Monument
“So ordinary people all call Pride that way.” The man touched his chin, as if he had suddenly discovered something.
“Don’t misunderstand, I just call it that myself. One person’s opinion can’t represent most ordinary people, and I don’t consider myself an ordinary person in the usual sense.” Zuo Hang said.
“I can tell, indeed. You seem like the world-weary type, looking like an angry youth.”
“Angry youth?”
It was the first time Zuo Hang had heard someone call him that.
“I look a lot like an angry youth?”
“Yeah, pretty similar.” The man nodded, saying it in an affirmative tone.
“Not only like an angry youth, but the kind from the bottom of society. I’m pretty good at reading people. From your hair to your toes, you exude the smell of an angry youth, and I feel like you’re very proud. Except for yourself, you look down on anyone.”
“Hold on, stop for a bit. Being good at reading people is something you crowned yourself with, right? The last sentence has some truth, but the angry youth talk before that… Sorry, I’m really not an angry youth.” Zuo Hang said.
“Let’s go.” Lilia passed between the two who were talking, unlike her posture on the train, she held her back very straight, and the smile on her face had also disappeared.
After mourning the heroes on the stone tablet, Lilia had to step into this house as the eldest daughter of the Alsteria Family.
She walked in front, looking just like the owner of this house, while Zuo Hang and the man in black clothes, no matter how they walked or how high they held their heads, couldn’t match Lilia’s current temperament.
Standing at the doorway, the servant in a tailcoat respectfully bowed to Lilia, then pushed open the castle’s gate.
What came into view was an extremely spacious castle hall, with symmetrical stairs leading to the second floor in front, and various antiques from this world placed on both sides of the hall.
Zuo Hang saw an Evolution Stone. It was placed in a square transparent box.
“It can’t be the First Generation Family Head’s Evolution Stone, right?” Zuo Hang asked tentatively.
“Half right, it is indeed an Evolution Stone, but it’s the Second Generation Family Head’s.”
Lilia said, “The First Generation Family Head’s Evolution Stone Key Stone and Dragonite’s Mega Stone were both damaged in the campaign, and the strongest Family Head recognized by the Alsteria Family is not the First Generation, but the Second Generation who started as a servant.”
“Damaged?” Zuo Hang’s top concern wasn’t on the Second Generation, but on the “Evolution Stone damaged” that Lilia mentioned first.
Gardevoir and Zuo Hang had gone through countless battles; even Guzzlord in the White Dragon Secret Realm couldn’t leave a mark on the Mega Stone. In the deathmatch arena on Martial Fighting Star, Doublade’s Sacred Sword swung at full Swords Dance power couldn’t shatter Ronan’s Evolution Key Stone.
The power produced during Mega Evolution is extremely vast, and the Evolution dual stones that serve as carriers for this immense energy must themselves be extremely sturdy. Even if someone said the Mega Stone is the hardest material in some world, Zuo Hang might not doubt it.
The Alsteria First Generation Family Head’s Evolution Stone was actually damaged due to battle. Hard to imagine, what kind of brutal fight could destroy an Evolution Stone.
Lilia noticed Zuo Hang’s unusual reaction. “The Second Generation Family Head’s Pokémon was not Dragonite. Among all Family Heads in Alsteria history, the Second Generation Family Head is the only one who used Electabuzz as the main partner.”
Once again, she misunderstood Zuo Hang’s intention. But for a normal person, the first thing to get interested in should be the Second Generation Family Head.
This time it wasn’t Lilia’s fault; it could only be said that Zuo Hang’s train of thought was unusual.
Since the other party spoke, out of politeness to the guest, Zuo Hang had better listen to the end and respond appropriately.
“Why isn’t Electabuzz called Thunder Shock Beast?” Zuo Hang asked.
“Your Pikachu isn’t Raichu either.” Lilia chuckled lightly.
“Not every Pokémon wants to evolve; there are ways to break racial limits without evolving, and Electabuzz isn’t a Pokémon that evolves in the usual way either. It’s said that the Second Generation Family Head was someone who hated trouble; maybe it was simply because carrying a power amplifier and evolving through communication was too much hassle.”
As she spoke, Lilia led Zuo Hang up to the second floor. She turned right and stopped at the second door.
“The castle has many guest rooms; if you don’t like this one, you can switch to another.”
Zuo Hang pushed open the door.
Several times larger than Li Dong’s house, the empty space in the room was big enough to roller skate, with a large bed in front that could easily fit five people lying down, and opposite the bed was a very standard European-style vanity table, plus a wardrobe.
There were no extra pieces of furniture, only three.
After all, it was a guest room; putting too many things wouldn’t be useful. The Alsteria Family Mansion didn’t get visitors often, and even if they did, they wouldn’t stay long—no one wanted to get involved with the Cursed Woman.
“No need to change, I like it a lot.” Zuo Hang said.
“It seems like it’s hard to get praise from your mouth…” Lilia said.
“We’ve only known each other for less than half a day, we’re not that familiar. Don’t casually use that tone with strangers.”
“Strangers? For me, strangers are enough. If we can keep the stranger relationship forever, that would be perfect for me.”
Lilia said, “There’s a training ground in the basement of the castle. Dinner is at six-thirty; don’t be late. The Alsteria Family doesn’t have the habit of saving dinner.”
“I’m always punctual.” Zuo Hang said.
“Alright then, that’s it. Feng, show him around the castle.”
“Understood, Young Lady.” The butler who had pushed the door earlier bowed slightly. Lilia went down the stairs, followed closely by the man in black clothes and sunglasses.
Lilia had no intention of communicating much more with Zuo Hang. She must have taken Zuo Hang’s advice from a few minutes ago to heart.
——”If you know your existence brings danger to others, then on the train, you shouldn’t have talked to me out of curiosity.”
Clearly, she was trying her best to minimize contact with Zuo Hang. The curiosity in her heart about the “Little White Dragon” seemed to be forcibly suppressed as well.
Lilia would definitely seek out Zuo Hang again.
Human curiosity isn’t something that can be easily erased.
“Pika~” Pikachu was very concerned about the First Generation Family Head’s Dragonite splitting its own stone statue with one Thunder Shock move. After saying something to Zuo Hang, it ran to the hero monument in front of the castle’s main gate.
From ancient times to the present, all the heroes of the Alsteria Family are engraved on this monument.
Unfortunately.
Pikachu didn’t recognize any of them.
He now only wanted to split out his own stone statue.
It found many small stones from the flower bed and lined them up in front of itself by size.
From small to large, a total of thirty-four stones.
“Pika~!!” Weak electric arcs lit up on its cheeks.
“Chuu~!” The weak electric arc blasted onto the smallest stone.
“Crack~!” The stone shattered.
This time it wasn’t into fragments, but neatly split into two halves. Pikachu tried the pale lightning with stronger penetration.
