Manor Lord in the Pokémon World

Chapter 47 The Wind Rises, the Doctor's Gift

"The Wind Rises Festival is a day to commemorate Lugia. Legend has it that at the beginning of the world, the planet was full of storms and thunder, and the seas were turbulent, making it impossible to live on."

The town mayor's aged voice sang slowly as he recounted an ancient and mysterious story.

"At this moment, the sea god Lugia stepped forward. He first controlled the terrifying thunder and storm, and then summoned the three divine birds to help him control the ocean currents and restore calm to the sea."

Fang Zhou nodded subconsciously, remembering that it was mentioned in the movie "The Birth of Lugia".

The villains captured the three divine birds, disrupting the balance of ocean currents and plunging the world into extreme weather events, bringing it to the brink of destruction.

Finally, the goddess played the "Song of Lugia," which calmed the anger of the three divine birds, allowing them to return to their respective territories to fulfill their duties, thus ending the disaster.

There are many Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno in the world now. Dala caught an Articuno in Battle Factory, and the Galar region even has three regional forms of these birds.

But when it comes to the three true mythical birds, only these three from Asia are true.

A true divine beast, once enraged, can unleash a world-ending catastrophe, even if it is merely a third-level god!

"The Wind Rises Festival is to commemorate Lugia, and on this day, people fly freely in the sky."

Hmm, flying in the air to commemorate the god of the sea?

The Ark discovered something: although Lugia is the god of the sea, everyone seems to like commemorating her in the sky.

For example, in the theatrical version of "Our Story", the city of Wind holds an annual "Wind Festival" every year.

According to ancient legends, the legendary Pokémon Lugia will descend on the last day of the Wind Festival, bringing a blessed wind.

It's possible that Lugia, despite being the god of the sea, has psychic and flight attributes, lacking even the water attribute, so it simply commemorates him from the sky.

"This event, as the last event of spring, is to express our gratitude to the legendary Pokémon Lugia and to pray for a year of good weather, especially in the summer, when, as you know, droughts and floods are common."

Fangzhou, recalling the previous festival competitions and the system's ranking rewards, asked, "Mayor, what format will this year's festival competition take?"

The town mayor's hearty laughter came from across the street.

"Youth is wonderful, you're so full of energy! This competition is about riding flying mounts and seeing who can fly the fastest."

That's all.

Fangzhou sighed; his only flying mount was a tropical dragon.

The Forestry and Grassland Management Office Director's base Speed ​​stat is only in the 50s; any random Pokémon could outspeed it.

Unless you can grow crops that significantly increase speed, you have no chance of winning.

Although the tropical dragon's parents should have been dragon-type, allowing it to inherit the Dragon Dance skill, it's still completely outmatched in terms of flight speed.

Fangzhou couldn't help but think of the Skarmory he saw on the way to the Pokémon House that day. Could it be that some residents were already making preparations for the Wind Festival?

"But compared to previous years, we've made some changes this year! That is, three Pokémon will cooperate to fly!" the mayor said excitedly.

Fangzhou was taken aback. "Three Pokémon flying together? A relay race?"

The mayor shook his head. "One Pokémon is responsible for flying, while the other Pokémon cooperate, such as using boosting moves like Tailwind, to increase the speed of the entire team to the maximum."

This competition format is novel. With the help of other Pokémon, we can develop strategies and maybe even win a prize!

"It is said that the faster a person flies, the more likely they are to be seen by Lugia and receive its protection, and the manor will enjoy good weather and abundant harvests."

After saying goodbye to the mayor, Fangzhou planned to go back and think carefully about his tactics.

"Oh, by the way, Professor Birch is back. He asked about you yesterday and seems to have prepared a gift for you." The mayor said as he saw Ark off at the door, as if he had just remembered something.

Gift?!

Fangzhou suddenly remembered that the professor had promised him a Pokémon when he returned from Sinnoh!

Fangzhou got excited immediately. Pokémon from the Sinnoh region! He wondered what the professor had brought him.

To be fair, the manor is currently missing a Water-type Pokémon.

Ark's original plan was to wait until he grew food that was fatally attractive to Water-type Pokémon, then take the invitation to find Psyduck, capture it in one fell swoop, and bring it back to the manor to water it.

It would be great if the professor brought himself a Water-type Pokémon from the Sinnoh region, such as Piplup, Sejuani, Glowfish, or Palkia.

Traveling to the doctor's research institute by bicycle would take a considerable amount of time, but with the help of the tropical dragon, the speed is significantly increased compared to cycling.

Flying directly in a straight line from the air, looking down at the shrinking road below, it wasn't long before the institute's iconic white spire came into view.

The tropical dragon let out a low growl, gracefully circled, and landed on the lawn in front of the research institute.

Ding-dong!

Fangzhou rang the doorbell.

A moment later, the door was opened a crack, and a cute little head peeked out, with a headscarf tied around its head.

"Oh~ it's Brother Fangzhou..."

"Hey. Safia, long time no see." Fangzhou didn't expect that even though he had only been here twice, Safia already remembered him.

"The Ark has arrived! Please have a seat."

The doctor arrived slowly from the backyard, looking like he was busy.

It looks much the same as before, but it's a bit darker and its hair is more messy. It seems this Sinnoh journey wasn't easy.

Sure enough, as soon as he sat down, Dr. Birch couldn't help but start complaining.

"You have no idea how difficult my trip to Sinnoh was."

"There are many legends in the Sinnoh region, not just legendary Pokémon, but also some ancient Pokémon sealed in ruins. This time, I went to explore the ruins with my old friend Professor Yamanashi."

The doctor looked worried. "But when we arrived at the ruins, we discovered that the caves had already been opened!"

"As you know, ancient cave ruins are often sealed, and ordinary people can't open them. They need to decipher ancient scripts, so it must have been done by professionals."

"The Pokémon inside ruins often possess ancient powers. When we arrived, the place was already empty. If this power falls into the wrong hands, the consequences would be unimaginable."

He scratched his head hard, looking very distressed, as if he was still immersed in his journey through Sinnoh.

Then he looked at Fang Zhou and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry to have made you listen to a middle-aged man's complaints as soon as you arrived."

"First of all, congratulations on winning the textile festival championship. I heard that Meloeta even showed up. It's such a pity I didn't see her."

The professor smiled and said, "I know you're here today for the new Pokémon, but to get it, you'll have to complete a challenge first."

Fang Zhou's heart sank; good things often come with difficulties.

"What kind of challenge?"