Chapter 479: Not Afraid of Shedding Tears, As Long As This Bond is Worth It
By the seaside near Ambrette Town.
"Wow~ Cynthia, look, look~ I am going to sink~"
Diancie's excited voice came.
Cynthia, who was learning the dolphin kick from Will, turned her head to look and was scared pale.
She saw that Diancie, who was wearing a swimming ring, had punctured the ring around her at some unknown time.
The little princess was sinking.
Yet she was still unaware of the danger of drowning.
Glub glub...
Bubbles emerged on the water surface.
Before a look of pain appeared on Diancie's face, Will had already picked her up.
"Cough cough! Will, amazing!"
Diancie coughed twice, then clapped her hands at Will.
"Now you know how scary drowning is, right?"
Will looked at this little princess helplessly.
A drowned Mythical beast almost appeared in this world.
But there was no helping it.
Diancie's body structure doomed her to be unable to learn to swim.
And a swimming ring was easily punctured by those sharp edges and corners on her body.
"Mm! That feeling of powerlessness really makes one's heart race like a deer."
Diancie patted her chest with her hand.
Obviously scared quite a bit.
It was her first time seeing the ocean, and she was truly too excited.
It turns out seawater isn't icy cold; under the sunlight, it's even a bit warm.
"Lucario swims so fast, and the swimming posture is like a Piplup."
Cynthia slowly walked over.
She wanted to say this just now when she was learning the dolphin kick from Will.
Why does a Lucario living in the mountains swim faster than her, a human, and even faster than many Water-type Pokémon?
"...Perhaps, I was a Piplup in my previous life?"
Will grinned lightly, turning his head to look at the ocean.
In the past, he actually didn't like the sea that much.
But after meeting a girl with fiery red hair, he fell in love with this blue ocean because of her.
Splash!
A big guy suddenly surfaced on the sea nearby.
"Wailmer!"
Cynthia was no longer surprised by this.
The existence of the Sea Crown.
She had known about it a few years ago.
So she didn't feel surprised at all that Water-type Pokémon would frequently pop up around Lucario.
Instead, she was quite interested in the suddenly appearing Wailmer.
A Pokémon like Wailmer is not common.
Although their numbers are large, they generally only wander in the deep sea area.
For humans who haven't explored the ocean much, it's still not easy to see a Pokémon like Wailmer.
"He's so round, like the beach volleyball those kids over there are playing with."
Diancie, being held by Will, pointed towards the beach.
"Wail~"
Wailmer rubbed against Will, squeezing a drop of tear from his two bean-sized little eyes.
"What's wrong with this child?"
Cynthia reached out and stroked Wailmer's skin.
The epidermis was moist.
Obviously not dropping little pearls because of physical problems.
"Ran away from home."
Smack!
Will reached out and patted the crown on Diancie's head, then only said:
"Got separated from the clan."
"How pitiful, should I contact Big Sister Monet?"
"No need, I remember there are Rangers patrolling on the nearby beach, you go look for them."
Will shook his head.
With Wailmer separated, he didn't have any good way to help him find his clan either.
His current Aura perception limit is 500 meters.
Within a 500-meter range.
Any creature and any movement could be 'seen' by him.
Placed on land, this is an extremely overpowered ability; among the currently known over a thousand Pokémon, only Lucario's Aura perception can achieve this.
But this 500-meter Aura perception range.
Placed on the ocean, it's truly a bit short.
Anyway, using it to find a Wailmer clan is probably choking to be enough.
But professional matters are left to professional people.
Those Rangers are definitely accustomed to this kind of thing; leaving it to them will definitely not be a problem.
"Then I'll have Garchomp take me to search in the sky. Lucario, you watch over Diancie and Wailmer first."
"Mm, I know."
Will nodded.
Subsequently, Cynthia returned to the beach first, then rode Garchomp flying into the sky to search for red-uniformed figures nearby.
Presumably, it would only take a few minutes to find one.
After all, the beach here in Ambrette Town is only so big.
Watching Cynthia gradually go far.
Will withdrew his gaze.
Looked at the Princess of the Diamond Domain held in his hands, then looked at Wailmer-kun in front of him.
He placed Diancie on Wailmer's head.
"This is my first time seeing a Pokémon like you, let's be friends?"
Diancie lay on Wailmer's back, reaching out to stroke his skin.
"Wail~"
Wailmer was in a bad mood and didn't really pay attention to her.
"Don't be sad, you are not left with nothing, at least you still have a face to go home."
... ?
Wailmer's face stiffened, shaking his body, throwing this little thing who didn't know how to talk off his head.
Will helplessly reached out to catch the falling Diancie.
"Why is he angry?"
"Because you don't know how to talk."
"I think I talk quite well."
"Don't you think."
Will sighed.
In just this short while.
Cynthia's voice came from the sea surface in the distance:
"Wailmer~"
"Wail~"
Wailmer, hearing someone call him, didn't even look to see who it was and hurriedly responded.
He's a very polite child.
"Will, I want to soak my lower body in the seawater, can I trouble you?"
"Mm."
Will nodded gently, lowering Diancie's position.
This little princess is also quite polite, just not very good at talking.
When Majima traveled the human world back then, the things he learned were too mixed; unable to distinguish good from bad, he learned everything, and then taught everything to Diancie.
Glancing sideways.
Cynthia, together with a female Ranger wearing a red uniform, rode the waves on a Lapras.
Looking at the Pokémon, one would know.
This Ranger is presumably specifically responsible for matters in this sea area of Ambrette Town.
"Wailmer, this Ranger sister will take you back to your clan."
"Leave it to me, many Water-type Pokémon clans in this sea area are familiar with me; asking around where the Wailmer clan is, I can quickly take you back."
The Ranger confidently patted her chest.
The Lapras beneath her also held its head high and puffed its chest, letting out a high-spirited cry.
As if saying 'leave it to me'.
Splash.
Cynthia jumped into the water from Lapras's back.
Then patted Wailmer's back:
"Go ahead, follow the Ranger sister and Lapras closely."
"Wail~"
Wailmer excitedly flapped his two fins; that appearance looked very comical.
Making Will and Cynthia couldn't help snickering.
But Diancie beside watched the cheerfully departing Wailmer, her face couldn't help showing a hint of disappointment.
"What's wrong?"
Will acutely perceived her Aura.
"We had clearly just become friends."
Diancie lowered her head disappointedly, absentmindedly kicking the seawater with her lower body.
"I don't remember him agreeing to become friends with you."
Will curled his lips.
"Is friendship such a fragile thing?"
"It's not."
Cynthia answered this question instead of Will.
She took out the diamond Diancie had given them before.
The pink diamond sparkled brightly under the sunlight.
"You see, it's been a whole night, and it still hasn't disappeared."
Will smiled, chiming in.
"It's actually true!"
Diancie excitedly widened her eyes.
Without another word, she once again condensed a pink diamond, then held it in her arms.
"If you can meet Wailmer again in the future, I think he will greet you, a friend he had a brief encounter with."
Probably.
Will casually made up a sentence.
"But... separating after becoming friends, isn't that a sad thing? Thinking about separating from Will and Cynthia in the future, I already start to feel sad."
"If you want to create bonds with others, you have to bear the risk of shedding tears. We are not afraid of shedding tears, as long as this bond is worth it."
Will reached out and patted the crown on her head.
"I don't want to shed tears."
"Then do you hope to never have friends forever?"
"I don't want that either."
"Mm, so, you always have to choose one."
Will nodded gently.
The vast majority of gods in this world have chosen the path of not creating bonds.
Upholding the idea that those who care are burdened, and those who do not care are indifferent.
Or else.
They only associate with their peers, that is, those Pokémon with similarly infinite lifespans.
"Then I'd still rather make friends. I don't want to lose Will and Cynthia."
"Diancie~"
Cynthia, hearing Diancie's words, movedly hugged her.
"Cynthia, Will, in a few days, come with me to be guests in the Diamond Domain."
"Sure, I want to see the legendary Sacred Diamond."
"Mm, of course."
Afterwards.
Under Will's succubus attribute.
A steady stream of Water-type Pokémon gathered. Finally, they even rode a wild Gyarados, experiencing the feeling of surfing on the sea surface.
This was not unfamiliar to Will.
But for Cynthia and Diancie, it was a very novel experience.
They felt the splashing water rushing against their faces.
Extremely excited.
The waves shattered into pearls like fine snow by their ears.
Will also immersed himself in the feeling of riding the waves after a long time.
In the past.
He was like this together with Lorelei on the back of Lapras.
Time really flies.
Since that period of time...
Over a hundred years have passed.
The salty and astringent smell in the wind was exactly the same as the ocean in another world.
It's just that there is no longer that careless red-haired girl behind him.
Raising his eyes to look at the endless sea surface ahead.
Scene after scene of the past would still clearly float before his eyes.
If only you were still by my side.
Then I wouldn't need to rely on those memory fragments of the past to fill the chapters of these long years.
"Lucario~"
Smack!
The impact from behind was gentle; slender arms wrapped around his chest.
"Hm?"
Will half-turned his head, glancing at the blonde girl behind him.
The sunlight made her blonde hair even more brilliant and dazzling.
"Hehe, the fur on your body is all wet."
"Drowned dog~"
Diancie's cheeky voice came from the side.
Will's cheek twitched, shaking his head helplessly.
"After we go back, I'll help you blow dry it, and blow dry those sad emotions along with this seawater."
Cynthia's caring and gentle voice hit his ears.
It turns out.
Blonde-kun noticed it.
Just didn't ask.
It was as if she had guessed early on that he didn't want to say.
"...Okay."
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