Draconis carefully counted the number of Pokémon in front of him.
Among them were 140 Growlithe, 198 Miltank, 103 Chansey, and 5 Tauros used for breeding with the Miltank.
The total number of these Pokémon was 446, and the Poké Balls Draconis brought on this trip were more than enough.
With the help of the guards, all of these Pokémon were soon inside their Poké Balls.
Some of the Chansey were a bit resistant, but under Draconis's soothing words and guarantees, they eventually chose to enter the Poké Balls.
With this, the trip to Kanto came to a successful conclusion.
"Lady Lynn, thank you very much for the help you provided. I think it is time for me to leave Oldalun City and return to Eindoak. However, please rest assured that once I return, I will dispatch messengers and an army to Oldalun City," Draconis said.
Upon hearing this, Queen Lynn and the surrounding ministers all showed looks of joy.
If they could obtain the help of Eindoak, they would have enough power to protect themselves in the upcoming war!
Before leaving, Draconis also intended to say goodbye to Mew, but... Draconis looked at Queen Lynn and said to her, "Lady Lynn, I have one more thing I would like to ask of you."
Queen Lynn was slightly startled. "Lord Draconis, please speak. As long as it is something I can do, I will certainly do my best to provide a help to you."
Draconis nodded. "The messengers I send will teach you the methods of taming Magical Beasts, but I also hope that Oldalun City can treat those Magical Beasts... those Pokémon well, and no longer treat them as Slaves as before."
Queen Lynn was stunned; she hadn't expected it to be this... "I promise," Queen Lynn pledged.
Draconis nodded, then looked at Aaron and Lucario, saying to them, "Aaron, if you encounter anything you cannot handle in the future, you may go to Eindoak to seek a help."
Hearing this, Aaron was slightly taken aback, not quite understanding why Draconis would say this to him. Even Queen Lynn, who was nearby, couldn't help but look at Aaron.
Aaron was silent for a moment, but thinking of the predicament Oldalun City currently faced, he nodded with considerable gratitude.
"Thank you, His Majesty Draconis."
Draconis smiled and nodded, then rode Kyurem away from Oldalun City and flew toward the Tree of Beginning.
Kyurem's voice carried a hint of confusion.
"Draconis, why do you provide a help to this person in such a way?"
It was clearly the first time Draconis had met this human named Aaron, yet Kyurem could faintly sense that he seemed very familiar with Aaron.
"It's nothing, I just feel he's a bit like an old acquaintance I used to know," Draconis replied softly.
In the anime, the moment Lucario broke the seal from the scepter, it mistook Ash for Aaron.
In this world, everything has an Aura, and according to Aaron, no two objects have the same Aura.
Even for the same flower or the same grass, their Auras are completely different.
But the Aura on Ash's body was exactly the same as Aaron's.
This meant that Ash was very likely Aaron's reincarnation.
"Hmm," Kyurem nodded upon hearing this and did not ask further.
Soon, they arrived at the Tree of Beginning.
Mew had sensed Draconis's arrival early on and immediately came out to greet them with joy.
"Miu!"
However, Draconis's next words caused Mew to lower its head in disappointment.
"Mew, we've come to say goodbye to you."
"Miu..."
Draconis reached out and stroked Mew's fluffy little head, comforting it, "Don't worry, if we have time later, we'll come back to see you."
"Miu?" Mew raised its little head again.
"Of course it's true," Draconis said with a smile.
"Miu!"
Mew suddenly extended its small hand with soft pads and then hooked one claw.
This was an action it had learned from humans, representing a pact and a promise.
Seeing this scene, Draconis was startled for a moment, then hooked his finger with Mew's.
With that, the promise was established.
*
After leaving the Tree of Beginning, Draconis returned directly to the Unova Region.
He landed in the castle with a bag of Poké Balls, and Alfred immediately came forward to meet him.
"His Majesty Draconis, how did things progress on the Kanto Continent?"
"It's already finished." Draconis got down from Kyurem and asked, "How is the research on the Modern Steamships going?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is basically complete. Our craftsmen are in the middle of emergency production. It is estimated that in another month, the first Modern Steamship can be officially put into use."
"The research on the steam train is also basically finished, but the laying of the railway tracks has not yet been completed. It is expected that it will still take some time before the steam train officially runs."
Draconis nodded; this speed of development was already quite staggering.
He turned to speak of another matter.
"I have signed an alliance treaty with Queen Lynn of Oldalun City. Once the Modern Steamships are produced, our country will officially establish relations with Oldalun City."
This was not just in terms of commerce, but also various other types of trade relations.
Currently, Factories are being established in various other cities as well, recruiting workers, and this will significantly boost Eindoak's industrialization process.
Once the first International Trade Route is established, they can sell the things produced in the Unova Region to all parts of the world, thereby earning greater profits.
"In addition, recruit a Volunteer Army from the military. I want to send them to Oldalun City to provide a help to Queen Lynn in guarding the castle as Mercenaries, while also teaching the people there the way to live with Pokémon," Draconis said.
Alfred had no objections and nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty. I will inform Lord Gerolt of this matter shortly."
Draconis nodded slightly. He took the bag of Poké Balls to the Private Ecological Park at the back of the castle and then pressed the buttons on each Poké Ball.
In the next second, accompanied by flashes of white light, Pokémon that did not exist in Eindoak appeared before everyone's eyes.
Miltank, Chansey, Growlithe, and a few hot-tempered Tauros.
"Your Majesty... these are?" Alfred was instantly stunned.
"These are the Pokémon I brought back from the Kanto Continent; they are unique to that place."
Draconis smiled slightly and then introduced them:
"Miltank can produce highly nutritious milk. This milk is very beneficial to the human body. Long-term consumption will make a person's body grow stronger and stronger. Furthermore, a single Miltank can produce twenty liters of milk a day."
Twenty liters...
Alfred's pupils shrank as his gaze swept over the group of Miltank.
With so many Miltank, wouldn't they be able to produce four thousand liters of milk a day?!
"More importantly, with them, Eindoak's food variety will become increasingly rich," Draconis said with a smile.
Milk could be made into all kinds of food and drinks.
Such as cheese, milk tea, pudding, egg tarts, cake, and so on.
Hearing this, after a brief moment of shock, a joyful expression appeared on Alfred's face.
He then inquired, "Your Majesty, should we hand these Miltank over to the ranch owners to look after?"
Draconis pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
"Not for now. First, establish a Large Ranch to settle the Miltank and Tauros, and find a few professional farmers to take care of them."
More importantly, there was the matter of hatching eggs.
Currently, the Unova Region only had these 198 Miltank. The number was still too small, and dispersing them would not be conducive to breeding and multiplying.
Therefore, Draconis intended to have them live together first to see if they could produce more Miltank calves with the help of these Tauros.
Hearing this, Alfred also instantly understood Draconis's meaning.
His gaze couldn't help but turn toward those few Tauros who were bowing their heads to eat grass.
Nearly two hundred Miltank, and only five Tauros.
Can these Tauros handle it?
Alfred's face showed a look of sympathy.
These poor Tauros probably didn't know what kind of life they were about to face...
"Your Majesty, what about these two other types of Pokémon?" Alfred turned his gaze toward the curiously looking Growlithe and the shivering Chansey.
"Growlithe, Pokémon that possess a heart of justice. They are upright by nature, alert, and sharp. I imagine they are very suitable for work at the Police Station," Draconis said.
Growlithe possess a keen sense of smell and can help the police search for suspects' tracks and the lost property of reporters based on scent.
"They are indeed suitable for that job," Alfred said, looking at these alert and enthusiastic little dogs.
"As for the Chansey here..." Draconis thought for a moment and sighed, "Let them stay here and live for a while first!"
After all, these Chansey had experienced so many terrible things in the past. They had been hunted extensively by humans, and their eggs had been stolen from them.
For those Black Market Traders who only sought the eggs, they would surely stop at nothing for the eggs, even harming the Chansey.
Otherwise, the number of this kind of Pokémon wouldn't have plummeted to the levels seen in modern times.
"I understand, Your Majesty." Alfred nodded, then left with the Growlithe, Miltank, and Tauros.
These Pokémon had all had contact with humans before, lived with humans for a period of time, and possessed a certain amount of socialization experience. Therefore, they were not resistant to this and followed Alfred quite submissively to the ranch or wherever else.
Soon, only the group of Chansey remained in the ecological park.
"Don't worry, Chansey. It's safe here now. No one will hurt you, and no one will steal your eggs," Draconis said to the Pokémon in front of him, trying to soothe them.
"Lucky..." the Chansey called out timidly.
Draconis felt that no matter how much he said, it wouldn't be as direct as taking the Chansey to see the sights of Nimbasa City himself.
"Come, Chansey, I'll take you to see the place where we live," Draconis said.
"Lucky..." The Chansey looked at the human before them. From earlier in Oldalun City until now, this human really didn't seem to have any intention of hurting them.
The humans they had encountered before had greedy, terrifying gazes. They would hold long whips and lash them forcefully from behind, and they would also lock them in hard, cold iron cages.
Some companions had tried to resist, but the result was being beaten to death by those bad people... while this human named Draconis looked at them with a gaze that held a hint of pity, a hint of sympathy, and various other emotions, among which there was no greed.
In fact, from beginning to end, he hadn't even cast his gaze upon the eggs they held in their arms.
Maybe... they could try to believe in this human? The Chansey couldn't help but think.
But soon, this thought was dispelled by those terrible past encounters.
Because the harm those humans had caused them was simply too great.
"Follow me, Chansey." Draconis began to lead the way in front.
The Chansey subconsciously obeyed the command.
They followed behind Draconis and left the castle. Just as they passed through that massive castle gate, a beam of bright, warm sunlight shone down on their heads.
The sunlight here was so bright and warm, and the sky was so clear and blue; besides that, there was nothing else.
The Chansey were slightly startled. This long-lost feeling instantly filled their bodies and minds, causing the group of Chansey to freeze on the spot.
"Lucky..." one Chansey murmured softly.
"So, so warm... "In the future, you can also live freely under this blue sky," Draconis said softly.
"Lucky..." The Chansey looked at Draconis.
Draconis smiled slightly and said, "Let's keep walking!"
The Chansey nodded gently and followed Draconis's footsteps to the streets outside.
The warm sunlight poured down. It was mid-afternoon, and there weren't many pedestrians on the clean, tidy streets, with only a few humans walking Reisurely along.
Almost everyone was accompanied by one or more Pokémon.
An old woman was sitting on a roadside bench resting with her Pokémon. She was taking snacks out of her bag and gently feeding them to her Pokémon by hand.
That Pokémon was eating the snacks happily and then affectionately rubbed against the old woman's palm. It all looked so happy and beautiful.
The Chansey saw the happy expressions on the faces of those Pokémon.
There was no oppression here, no enslavement...
"Lucky..."
At this moment, the Chansey's hearts couldn't help but waver.
They... maybe they really could live freely in this place, just as this human named Draconis had said.
"Lucky?"
Is it really... possible? A glimmer of hope couldn't help but emerge in the Chansey's hearts.
Draconis watched the changes in the Chansey's expressions and said softly, "Let's continue forward; this is only a part of this city."
"Lucky!" The Chansey's hearts couldn't help but begin to look forward to it.
Meanwhile, in an empty ranch.
Under Alfred's lead, the group of Miltank had already arrived.
"We're here. This is where you will be living from now on."
As he spoke, Alfred couldn't help but look at the few oblivious Tauros nearby.
The lives of these few fellows over the next few months would likely be very happy.
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