Chapter 306: Meeting Cynthia
Will only remembered being locked in a cage.
Before long, he fell asleep.
The anesthetic seemed to contain hypnotic drugs.
When he woke up.
He was already on a bed in a bedroom.
A super familiar bedroom.
How to put it...
He missed the smell of this bed incredibly.
Even.
He knew there was a Gible plushie on the windowsill.
He knew two names were carved on the back of the vanity mirror.
He even knew that the bottom drawer of the bedside table contained a pink rubber stick gentleman in a cosmetic box.
According to Carmela herself.
Mr. Rubber Stick had been with her for over a decade.
"Huh? Reborn again? Or am I dreaming? How did I end up in Carmela's house?"
Will sat up on the bed, looking around in confusion.
After thinking for a moment.
He rolled off the bed.
Although his body still felt a bit numb, it didn't hinder his movement much.
He opened the bottom drawer of the bedside table and took out the cosmetic box inside.
Opened the lid.
Seeing the thick stick-shaped object inside, Will nodded:
"It is Carmela's house."
He was still very familiar with Carmela.
That elegant, slightly girlish wife was actually quite naughty in private.
Although the memory was quite distant.
Will still remembered that in his previous life as a Piplup, Carmela often secretly touched his pouch (Piplup doesn't have a pouch... maybe he means his fluff/chest?).
"AAAAHH!!"
Just then, a sharp scream came from behind.
Will turned around.
He saw the young wife version of Carmela standing at the door, staring at the box in Will's hand with shame and indignation.
She rushed up in three steps, snatched the box, closed it, and put it away.
"Hey! She's frantic!"
Will was amused.
The current Carmela was exactly like Cynthia during her Champion period, perhaps even more temperament because she was married and had a child.
And one more thing to mention.
Carmela dressed much better than Cynthia.
Cynthia wore that black suit all day long; her fashion sense was worse than any trainer Will had mentored!
Of course, Will had only mentored two.
One Liz, one Lorelei.
"Bad! Riolu, you can't touch this!"
Carmela looked down at the little dog.
She was a bit angry at first, but seeing his cute appearance, her anger dissipated immediately. She just poked Will's head and taught him patiently.
"Oh~"
Will responded casually.
But using Aura Power.
"Hm?"
Carmela was stunned.
She felt like this little dog just spoke in a human voice?
That voice sounded like a child who couldn't speak clearly.
"Do you know what happened? Let me explain it to you..."
Carmela picked Will up and carried him to the living room.
Although she didn't know why this little dog wasn't wary at all, acting like he was in his own home, she still explained everything from beginning to end properly.
Will listened quietly and roughly understood the situation.
At that time, Carmela was visiting Professor Rowan in Sandgem Town.
She happened to encounter "G," a global fugitive wanted by the Pokémon League, passing through there.
Although the other party was well disguised.
Carmela's Lucario sensed this guy's Aura instantly and knew he wasn't a good person.
Moreover, Lucario also sensed the Aura of his own kind in the truck, so he hurriedly called Carmela to the rescue.
In front of a quasi-Champion.
G seemed too immature.
Almost instantly beaten down and sent to the local public security department.
As for the poor puppy.
Originally, the plan was to leave him at Professor Rowan's lab for treatment temporarily.
But Carmela's Lucario felt compassion after seeing Will, so he bluffed Carmela into bringing Will back.
As for why Lucario wanted to bring Will back, he didn't tell Carmela; only he knew in his heart.
Will fell silent.
He was thinking now.
He definitely had to go back (to the wolves).
But.
He had to wait a few days.
He needed to confirm first if this world had absolutely no trace of his existence.
This required reading some history books.
And coincidentally.
Carmela's house had plenty of those.
Although Will couldn't read, Carmela and Cynthia could.
"Just stay home and play obediently today. I have to report the situation to the League; I'll be back in the evening. By the way, if my daughter comes back in the meantime, remember to get along well."
Carmela placed Will on the sofa in the living room.
Rubbed his head and left on her own.
"Really trusts me, huh."
Will pursed his lips and looked around.
This home wasn't much different from his impression.
However.
What should he do before Carmela comes back?
As for Cynthia...
What was she doing at this time?
Will really didn't know.
He didn't know what year it was.
But judging by Carmela's age, she should be 32.
Undoubtedly.
Cynthia was definitely born by now, and not too young.
Suddenly.
"Hm?"
Will sensed two sad Auras.
He frowned and looked around.
There were no other living creatures in this house, so where did these Auras come from?
He followed the direction of the Aura.
Finally stopping in the kitchen.
"Outside?"
Will looked up at the kitchen window.
After a brief hesitation.
He hopped onto the windowsill, pushed the window open, and looked outside.
The wind from the grassland hit his face, refreshing him instantly.
At the same time.
Accompanied by the wind came sobbing sounds.
He looked down.
He saw a little blond girl and a chubby little Gible leaning against the wall. The little girl curled her legs and buried her head between her knees.
Her shoulders trembled lightly from time to time.
And the little Gible sat beside her with a drooping face, looking at a loss.
"Ah, found them."
Will opened his mouth.
He recognized young Cynthia and Gible at a glance.
Hearing the movement above.
Cynthia and Gible were startled, looking up to meet Will's gaze.
"Gabite gabite!" (Gible noises)
Gible pulled Cynthia behind her, shielding her and growling at Will.
"Riolu?!"
Cynthia's eyes lit up, her teary eyes completely attracted by the puppy.
She had always envied her mom having a Lucario.
She wanted a Lucario too.
But her mom's Lucario had always been single, never finding a partner to have a baby, making Cynthia anxious but helpless, often pretending to be angry in front of Lucario to make him coax her.
Lucario could see Cynthia's thoughts.
But he was helpless too.
He just preferred being single; how could such things be forced?
Where would he get a little Riolu for Cynthia?
Even if he stole or robbed, there was no way.
Didn't Lucario know how scarce his species was?
He hadn't seen many of his kind since he was little.
What Lucario thought, Cynthia didn't know.
But right now.
When she was sad, a Riolu fell from the sky, making her forget her sadness instantly!
Cynthia felt this must be a fateful encounter!
"Oh? You little shark, not big, but quite fierce!"
Will hopped down from the window.
He put his hands on his hips and stood in front of Gible, then realized this chubby little thing seemed to be about his height?
But at least 20cm of that was the fin on Gible's head.
Without that, Gible was a head shorter than Will.
Will puffed out his chest and looked at the chubby little thing in front of him; those small eyes were full of ferocity and defiance.
Could he tolerate this?
He immediately reached out and poked the fin on her head.
"Gabite!"
Gible bit down.
"Ouch~ Help~"
Will yelped in pain.
He ran around on the grass, shaking the little shark on his hand.
"Gible! Let go of him!"
Cynthia snapped out of it and hurriedly chased after them.
After a long while.
Cynthia finally pulled her little shark off.
Will's hand was swollen from the bite.
He lay flat on the grass.
Beside him, Cynthia was red-eyed, scolding Gible for biting people randomly, while the little shark lowered her head aggrievedly.
She felt she did nothing wrong.
It was that dog who provoked her first.
After scolding Gible, Cynthia hurriedly turned and ran home to get a Potion to spray on Will.
Have to say.
Human-made medicine was indeed powerful.
Just two sprays, and Will felt the swelling go down and the pain disappear completely.
"Where are you from, Riolu? Are you Lucario's child?"
Cynthia sat next to Will, staring at him with shining eyes.
"I was rescued by your mother."
Will rubbed his hand, glancing at the little shark.
He could see that Cynthia's ace was a bit reckless.
"?! How can you talk?!"
"What, can't your family's Lucario talk?"
Will looked at Cynthia strangely.
Although Carmela didn't have a Lucario in her team in his previous life, Lucario was the originator of using Aura.
Humans learning to use Aura Power probably learned from Lucario ancestors in the past.
"...Oh, seems he has before."
Cynthia remembered belatedly.
Over the years.
Because their relationship improved, Cynthia could understand Lucario's dog language directly.
So Lucario always spoke directly at home, not having used Aura to converse with them for a long time.
"That's it then."
"But you're so amazing! Mom said Lucario couldn't talk when he was a Riolu, but you can!"
Cynthia leaned closer to Will.
The light shooting from her sparkling eyes almost blinded Will.
'Hey hey, kid, your intentions are too obvious. Don't crave me so much, okay?'
A drop of cold sweat rolled down Will's forehead.
As expected.
In childhood, girls were generally more proactive.
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