Chapter 333: Mental Illness Needs Heart to Cure
Back to Sunshine Nursery School.
Lilligant took Will and Cynthia back to the principal's office.
She was telling them stories about the two old principals, her trainers.
With Will as a translator, Cynthia wasn't afraid of not understanding.
After this talk.
More than an hour passed.
The children arrived late, each either sweating profusely or covered in dirt.
"Lilli!"
Lilligant put her hands on her hips, staring at them in mock anger.
The children felt a bit guilty and scared.
"Swad!"
Swadloon ran out from the team first.
He held out a large, golden-yellow flower from his embrace.
"Lilli?"
Lilligant was stunned, taking the flower.
It was a golden sunflower.
With someone taking the lead, other children ran up one after another.
Each holding a sunflower, they stuffed them all into Lilligant's hands.
"The aunt at the flower shop said the language of sunflowers is 'deep love and watching over'. I don't understand, but I think the flower on Lilligant's head before looked very much like a sunflower!"
"Yes! Golden, the most beautiful! I want to see it again! The aunt at the flower shop wants to see it too!"
"Swad!"
After giving the flowers, the children retreated.
Then turned their heads in unison to look at the children in the other three groups, showing proud looks on their faces.
"Lilligant~ I brought this back."
The blind little girl couldn't see their expressions.
But seeing someone give a gift, she plucked up the courage.
Holding a small box in her hand, she opened it; inside were some small green cookies.
"Lilli!"
Lilligant's eyes widened slightly, staring at the cookies in a daze.
"Grandpa at the Day Care said you used to steal cookies often when you went there to play with Grandpa and Grandma Principal, hehe."
The little girl showed a cunning smile.
"Then we thought, if we could let Lilligant eat these cookies again, would your mood be better?"
The children behind her also covered their mouths and snickered.
Unexpectedly learned about Lilligant's dark history.
"And us!"
The dusty little lame boy ran over holding a box.
Lilligant turned to look subconsciously.
The little boy opened the box.
Inside were jars of pink cans, seemingly containing some food.
"Uncle at the club said he accidentally found the Pecha Berry jam Grandma Principal gave him last year in the warehouse today; it shouldn't be spoiled yet."
"Yes, I haven't eaten Grandma's Pecha Berry jam for a long time."
"Ee-bui!"
"Grandma said Lilligant was very picky when she was little; she wouldn't eat bread unless dipped in Pecha Berry jam!"
The children chattered.
Seemed to be accusing Lilligant of not letting them be picky eaters usually, while she was always picky when she was little.
"And us! Look, Lilligant!"
The remaining few children brought a half-meter-large wood carving.
The wood carving was ugly.
But one could still see it was a Lilligant.
The big flower on the carving's head was even colored with a golden marker.
"Grandpa Principal used to let us carve things we liked most, but we didn't know what we liked most."
"But the sister at the woodcarving shop reminded us today!"
"What we like most is Lilligant!"
"Lilli~" (Petilil sounds?)
The children wore happy expressions.
They expressed their love for Lilligant loudly, not feeling embarrassed at all.
The children chattered around Lilligant, making non-stop noise.
Lilligant held a pile of things in her arms, stunned on the spot, at a loss.
Suddenly.
She stepped back two paces and fell onto the sofa, holding the gifts from the children.
"Lilli~ Lilli~"
Lilligant raised her head and opened her mouth, tears instantly spilling from her orange-yellow eyes.
"Lilligant, what's wrong?"
"Lilli!"
"Why cry?"
"Hiss hiss~"
"Don't cry, don't cry, pain go away~"
"Lilli~"
Seeing this, the children panicked, not knowing what to do for a moment.
Some children hugged Lilligant.
Some ran back to the room to get their favorite toys.
Some children imitated the Grandpa and Grandma Principal, reaching out to gently stroke the flower on Lilligant's head.
Cynthia and Will looked at each other, revealing gratified smiles.
The sunlight was just right.
Slanting into the office.
Enveloping Lilligant and the children in warm sunshine.
Suddenly.
The office quieted down; the children stopped making noise.
Everyone stared blankly at the loudly crying Lilligant.
Saw the withered flower on Lilligant's head gradually plumping up, the color becoming more and more vivid.
In just over ten seconds.
A vivid and huge golden flower bloomed on Lilligant's head!
Cynthia swore.
She had never seen such a beautiful flower.
Sweet fragrance drifted from the flower.
Smelling the fragrance filling their noses, both Will and Cynthia felt refreshed.
"So amazing..."
Cynthia sighed softly.
Will pursed his lips, turning to look at the sunlight outside the window.
Children's pure love is like sunshine, fervent and warm, without any impurities.
And once a soul is loved, flesh and blood will grow wildly.
Not just the children...
The flower shop aunt, the Day Care grandpa, the club uncle, the woodcarving shop sister...
Everyone was worried about and caring for Lilligant.
Through the children's hands, they sent their blessings and concern.
Although Will wasn't a doctor, he could be sure.
Lilligant had recovered.
She was incomparably healthy now.
"Lilli."
Crying enough, Lilligant wiped her tears, sitting on the sofa in a daze.
She looked down at the gifts full of children's heartfelt wishes in her arms, pouting, seemingly moved to cry again.
"Lilligant, don't cry! We worked so hard to make you happy!"
"Swad!"
"Lilligant, the flower on your head is blooming again, so beautiful!"
"Lilli!"
The children crowded around Lilligant to stand up.
They couldn't wait to take Lilligant out for a walk, letting everyone in Accumula Town see.
The most beautiful Lilligant is back!
"Lilli~"
Lilligant reached out to hold the children.
"Lilli?"
She stood up and looked at Will and Cynthia.
"No, we did nothing. From beginning to end, it was the children working hard themselves; didn't you see?"
Will smiled and shook his head.
"Yes, it's because you and the children love each other deeply that today happened. Even if we didn't come, you would have felt each other's love sooner or later."
Cynthia nodded in agreement.
"Not like that! It was this sister who told us to make Lilligant happy so she could recover!"
"Lilli Lilli!"
"Yes, thanks to this sister!"
The children shook their heads one after another.
Hearing what the children said, Lilligant expressed gratitude to Cynthia and Will.
They not only helped bring back Swadloon.
But also let her see with her own eyes how much the children loved her.
"Lilli."
Lilligant pulled Cynthia and Will, heading all the way to the top floor of the teaching building.
The children followed all the way.
Arriving at the top floor.
There was a storage room here.
Entering the storage room, Lilligant carefully carried out a mini treasure chest.
"Lilli..."
Lilligant opened the treasure chest; inside was an earth-yellow gem.
She said this was left to her by her trainer.
Originally, her trainer thought this was a Sun Stone that could evolve Petilil.
But after trying, found it wasn't. Later, obtained a Sun Stone from the Unova League to evolve her into Lilligant.
However, this gem was kept.
Lilligant didn't know its use, but this was the only thing in the whole campus she could think of related to "valuable."
So she could only take this out as a thank-you gift.
"This thing looks very valuable; we can't accept it."
Cynthia waved her hand to refuse.
This earth-yellow gem was crystal clear, looking very beautiful, definitely not something cheap.
"Lilli!"
Lilligant's attitude was firm, insisting on forcing it onto Cynthia.
Cynthia wouldn't accept.
She stuffed it into Will's fluffy big tail.
Will: "..."
Cynthia was helpless, had to accept it, letting Will keep it safe.
Matter settled.
Lilligant kept Cynthia and Will for a few more days, experiencing life at Sunshine Nursery School.
A few days later.
Cynthia and Will packed their bags, sent out of Accumula Town under the farewell of everyone at Sunshine Nursery School.
Leaving Accumula Town.
Will turned to look back.
Recalling the story Lilligant told them in the office before.
Over a decade ago.
An elderly couple, already over sixty, encountered a shipwreck, losing their children and Pokémon.
They were meritorious figures of the League, originally planning to retire.
Suddenly this happened.
Worried they couldn't get over it, the League hurriedly arranged for them to serve as principals and take care of children at the newly established Sunshine Nursery School.
With children.
The two elderly people had something to care about.
Wouldn't think of ending it all.
And the first child of Sunshine Nursery School at that time was a Petilil abandoned by a trainer.
Because of being abandoned, that Petilil became very irritable and didn't trust humans at all.
But under the care of the two elderly people day after day.
She became more and more gentle, more and more patient.
Following the two elderly people, she learned to plant sunflowers, make cookies, mash fruit jam, carve exquisite wood carvings...
Later.
She evolved.
Evolved into a beautiful Lilligant.
She had golden flowers that amazed countless trainers.
Everyone came to ask the principal couple.
How to raise such a beautiful Lilligant, to make the flowers on Lilligant's head bloom so dazzlingly and delicately.
The principal couple looked at each other and smiled, saying:
"Use your heart."
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