Chapter 420: Wendy and Scrafty
Will didn't sense painful or sad Aura from Wendy.
Presumably shouldn't be a particularly big problem.
Just makes this girl weaker than her peers.
Too weak to walk much.
To the extent of needing a wheelchair to move.
"Are you traveling by yourselves?"
Wendy sat back in the wheelchair, glancing at the two little ones.
As a local of the Village of Dragons, she certainly knows whether these two fresh faces are children from her own village.
"No, came with a trainer; she is the same age as you, preparing to challenge the Unova League, currently doing special training at Grandmother Dragon's place."
Will shook his head, then pounced on Wendy's lap as if acting cute.
He was using this way to sense Wendy's physical condition more accurately.
This moment made him frown.
He felt a kind of cell in Wendy's body was "slowly" proliferating.
Although in Will's perception, this proliferation speed belongs to the kind almost difficult to detect.
However.
Changes at the cellular level are generally not within the perception range of Aura Power.
Need human technological instruments to detect.
Once even Aura Power can perceive changes.
That means this part of cells has entered an extremely abnormal state.
This child's physical problem.
Seems not as simple as he thought.
Will turned to look at N again.
N's extraordinary psychic talent showed again at this time.
"Same age as me? Really envious; I also want to go out traveling, want to be like Dad when he was young, go to various regions to challenge Leagues, participate in battle tournaments with my own partners."
Strong envy and yearning, and a little sadness, flowed out of Wendy's eyes.
Because of physical reasons.
She cannot travel alone.
She didn't even dare to go to Grandmother Dragon to receive a cute Axew.
"Where is your dad?"
Will tried to shift the topic to a more relaxed place.
"Dad should be challenging Opelucid Gym now? Don't know if he got the Legend Badge yet."
The sadness in Wendy's eyes faded, showing an expression of expectation and admiration on her face,
"Dad participated in tournaments in many regions when young; heard he was a very famous rookie trainer at that time, hehe~"
When she talked about her father.
Two orange-yellow pupils seemed filled with little stars.
"Did he not stay by your side?"
Will's face became a bit weird.
Leaving the sick daughter here, running out to challenge the League to pursue dreams himself?
"Mm, I wanted to see Dad fulfill his dream when young, so drove him out of the house, hehe..."
Wendy raised a hand to cover her mouth and snickered.
"Then who do you stay at home with usually?"
Will asked carefully.
"Um, with Scrafty; Dad is really something, insisted on leaving Scrafty to take care of me. Without Scrafty, what if he can't beat Mr. Drayden?"
Wendy was a bit puffy when talking about this.
Speaking of this.
"Scraggy~" (Scrafty cry)
An orange figure ran from the distance, happened to be a Scrafty.
He ran fast pulling his "pants," coming to Wendy's side in the blink of an eye.
Pat pat!
"Scraggy!"
Scrafty reached out and poked Wendy's head,
"Yes yes~ I shouldn't have sneaked out by myself; forgive me~ Scrafty~"
Wendy raised her hand covering her forehead, showing a cunning smile on her face.
That smile clearly said "I'll do it again next time."
"Scraggy."
Scrafty put hands on his waist, angry but helpless with Wendy.
At this time he noticed Will and N beside.
Walked up.
Thump!
A gentle Headbutt.
Scrafty's head instantly touched Will's head.
A bit painful...
A drop of cold sweat flowed down Will's forehead.
He knew Scrafty meant no harm, but this way of greeting, looking at the entire Pokémon world, is also unique and quite easy to get beaten up.
"Oops! Scrafty! Told you, don't greet others with your head! These are two little friends I just met."
Wendy bent down pulling Scrafty's tail, dragging him back.
"My name is Will; this is N."
"Hello~"
Little N hid behind Will, only sticking out half a head.
He was afraid Scrafty would give him a Headbutt.
"Scraggy!"
Scrafty raised his hand to greet, showing a smile on his face.
Although the movement looked energetic, because of his appearance, gave people a listless and haggard feeling.
He was very happy.
Happy that other children were willing to play with Wendy.
"And, and Darmanitan and others."
N stood out from behind Will.
Then took out several Poké Balls, releasing his little partners, introducing them to Wendy and Scrafty one by one. Taking advantage of this time.
Will hugged down Victini who just stopped on his head, asking:
"Victini, can boosting make that girl feel better?"
"Tini."
Victini shook his head hurriedly, waving his hands in horror.
Boosting will instantly make cells in that girl's body full of vitality.
This also means the proliferation speed of those diseased cells will also accelerate sharply.
In a short time, it will indeed make Wendy feel better and full of strength.
But essentially aggravating her illness.
"Tsk, looks like this illness is quite tricky; we might not be able to solve it..."
Will smacked his lips, shaking his head helplessly.
This thing.
Still has to be handed over to doctors, to professors.
"Riolu~ N~"
Cynthia's voice came from afar.
"That is my trainer; her name is Cynthia, 12 years old this year, from the Sinnoh region."
Will pointed to the little blonde in the distance.
Then introduced Keldeo following Cynthia.
Garchomp and others seemed tired from practice, already entered Poké Balls.
"12 years old? That's one year older than me; is an older sister."
Wendy looked at Cynthia running on the grass, falling into a trance.
Maybe.
She was also imagining the scene of herself and Pokémon running freely on the grass.
Cynthia ran close.
Looking at Wendy and Scrafty showing curiosity.
"Hello, I am Wendy; this is Scrafty, just became friends with them."
"Hello! My name is Cynthia! From Celestic Town in the Sinnoh region."
Cynthia extended her hand, shaking hands with Wendy.
When shaking hands.
Both girls were stunned for a moment.
"Wendy, your fingers are so thin, too skinny; eat more."
Cynthia held Wendy's hand and looked carefully.
Probably because there are few peers around, fewer girls of the same age.
So Cynthia has a good impression of Wendy.
"Cynthia, your hands are so beautiful, fingers very full; feels so comfortable to pinch."
"Are you saying I'm fat?"
"Eh? I didn't mean that!"
"Hahaha, I know; I'm teasing you."
Cynthia laughed holding her belly.
"Um... really!"
Wendy put hands on waist pretending to be angry, but couldn't help overflowing with a smile on her face.
"And me! And me! Cynthia!"
Keldeo beside seeing Cynthia didn't introduce him, jumped anxiously, gently arching Cynthia's thigh with his head.
"Right right, and our future Lord Sword of Justice, Keldeo~"
"Hehe~"
"Hello~ Lord Sword of Justice~"
"Wahahaha! This Sword of Justice will bless you!"
Keldeo spread four legs, raised his head on the ground laughing uncontrollably. "Scraggy..."
Scrafty looked at them fooling around, pursed his lips, eyes reddening a bit.
He was really too happy.
But this happiness couldn't cover the sadness hidden in the bottom of his heart.
Afterwards.
Wendy invited Cynthia and others to visit her home.
The little blonde didn't refuse.
Counting Cynthia and N's Pokémon, a large group of people broke into Wendy's home noisily.
Everyone ate dinner together.
After dinner, Pokémon chased and played; Cynthia and Wendy watched TV and chatted together.
Rarely so lively at home.
Wendy was very happy.
Also the first time sleeping past twelve o'clock.
Just Scrafty busying around was almost dizzy.
Will observed beside and found it really amazing.
Laundry, cooking, mopping, wiping windows, washing dishes...
Nothing Scrafty can't do.
Actually if it were Mr. Mime, Audino and the like, doing these really has no sense of violation.
Because these are well-known assistant Pokémon in the Pokémon world, good helpers for humans.
But Scrafty is different!
His classification is [Hoodlum Pokémon], the character trait of this species is briefly summarized as "rude."
Letting Scrafty fight, no problem at all.
Not letting them fight, they will also find fault with others to invite fights themselves.
But letting Scrafty do housework, do delicate work, that is simply making it difficult for them.
So.
In Will's eyes, this Scrafty is really quite amazing, simply an alternative in this species.
The moon gradually hung high in the sky.
Wendy's home became quiet; lights inside were extinguished.
Scrafty sat alone on the wooden stake on the grass at the door, raising his head quietly looking at the crescent moon overhead in a daze.
"Very happy?"
A voice came from behind him.
Scrafty turned his head to look; it was that Riolu.
"Scraggy."
Scrafty nodded, moved a bit to the side, making room.
Will walked to his side and sat down.
"Scraggy (I haven't seen her so happy for a long time; thank you.)"
"You like her very much, right? Not because of your trainer, just because of her."
Will looked at this not very good-looking Pokémon beside him.
"Scraggy (She is the first person to treat me gently.)"
Scrafty showed a happy smile on his face.
"Is that so? Tell me about it?"
Will seeing his appearance, asked with a smile.
"Scraggy!"
Scrafty nodded vigorously.
Being able to share this memory very important to him with others is also a very happy thing!
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