Chapter 354: From Another World? The Thing Entrusted by the Crown of Buds! (Monthly Ticket Request!)

Although I have never had face-to-face communication with the people from Dongning Village.

In fact, Luo Mu had roughly guessed it through his brief time with Pioni and his reaction to the statue of the King of the Flower Crown.

I'm afraid that even in the extremely rare village of Frozen Village in the Crown Snowfield, there may not be any records related to the Bud Crown King.

Some people even think of it as a bedtime fairy tale, or maybe it is something compiled by their elders.

Otherwise, judging by the words and actions of the villagers, as well as their respect for the statue of the Raphaelite King beside the farmland, it would have been impossible for Pioni, who seemed careless but was actually quite meticulous, not to have noticed it.

After all, he chose to settle in the Crown Snowfield and the Frozen Village in order to investigate the King of Plenty, the legendary bird on the tree and the legendary giant in the ruins.

The legendary king, forgotten by later generations, could only stay on the empty throne day after day, feeling his body weakening with the passage of time.

Is there anything in the world more torturous than this?
So, who is the culprit behind all this?

Luo Mu felt that at least it was not the case that King Leiguan had lost the support of the people because of his brutal rule.

In fact, the Bell Crown King is rare in being generous even among the legendary elves, and even its powers are related to kindness and grace.

At this moment, Luo Mu remembered the two "Galarian royals" who hid their heads and showed their tails when the infinite giant Tai was wreaking havoc in the second round of Sword and Shield. After the protagonist dealt with them, they jumped out and wanted to take away the broken sword and broken shield, and wanted to force Cang Xiang and Zamarant to fight for them.

He remembered that the Galar royal family represented by the two men seemed to have seized the honor of Sora Ayaka and Zamarante, who were once the Sword Hero and the Shield Hero, plundered the credit and took it on themselves.

So, is the reason why the Crown of Buds is gradually forgotten by the world related to the Galar royal family?

Although this matter was not mentioned in the game, Luo Mu felt that the probability was very high.

After all, some humans are always greedy. After taking away the glory of the Sword and Shield Hero, they still feel it is not enough and they set their sights on the identity of the Legendary King of the Flower Crown King.

They may even have subtly influenced human society to make everyone forget about Princess Crown, and then they could call themselves "the royal family of Galar", and plundering the glory of Sword and Shield might even happen later.

This is also the reason why Luo Mu feels that King Leiguan is not a violent king or tyrant.

It is still somewhat merciful, even lenient.

If Luo Mu himself was betrayed in this way, it is not impossible that he would want to make the entire Galar royal family pay the price in anger.

The act that made such a kind-hearted King of the Flower Crown appear frequently in the Frozen Village.

It continues to possess humans, even if that person is the descendant of its own people.

This action seemed like the Lotus Crown King wanted to convey something, and Luo Mu also wanted to know the answer.

After all, there is no such plot in the game, and this is the first time that the Flower Crown King appears in Frozen Village.

Fortunately, the Bell Crown King did not intend to run away or get rid of Luo Mu. It stopped floating in the middle of the woods and turned to look at Luo Mu who was running with it, and Pioni who made it a little unhappy.

Immediately afterwards, the Queen of the Lotus Crown's gaze fell on the Vulpix in Luo Mu's arms. Looking at the Vulpix with a childish and curious look, the Queen of the Lotus Crown was stunned for a moment, and then gave up her original idea of ​​testing Luo Mu with a battle.

Luo Mu slowly stopped and looked at the Lotus Crown King for a moment. Then he looked away and carefully observed the Lotus Crown King's appearance.

The snowflakes in the woods were much less dense, thanks to which Luo Mu could observe the appearance of the Rape Crown King more clearly.

Just as he remembered.

The so-called crown looked more like a huge dark green bud of broccoli in Luo Mu's eyes. The silver-gray tentacles supporting the buds and the deer-like and rabbit-like face had a pair of blue eyes full of majesty and kingly temperament.

There is a dark green pearl-like structure around its neck, and behind its petite gray-white body like a rabbit is a pair of wings like a cloak. Its slender and pure white legs are several centimeters above the ground, which shows that the Flower Crown King has supernatural powers.

Just as Luo Mu was carefully observing the King of the Lotus Crown, he would have thought that it would have been okay once, but he never expected that the idiot Pioni would actually make a very rude exclamation for the second time.

"Oh my god! I can see it more clearly if I get closer."

"What a big head!?"

Luo Mu: !!!!!!

Lei Guan Wang:
I don’t know if he was angered by Pioni, or if the Lotus Crown King wanted to repeat the same trick he used in the Frozen Village.

After uttering a series of confusing Pokémon words such as "Hmm, Hmm-yi" and "Crown, Crown-hmm~", Bud Crown suddenly raised its floating altitude and came in front of Peony, and its majestic blue eyes looked directly into Peony's eyes.

As the Lotus Crown King activated his superpowers and a frighteningly bright blue light appeared in his eyes, Peony realized that something was wrong.

He subconsciously reached for his waist and released his good friend, Megalania, to break the telekinesis of the Psychic-type Pokémon, but it was too late.

The power of the Lotus Crown King was activated the moment the blue light appeared.

Pioni only let out a cry of "Uh Wow!" and was floated in the air by the blue telekinesis, with his eyes closed and no reaction.

This series of developments stunned Vulpix.

It looked up at its trainer in horror, only to find that Luo Mu did not take any action on the matter. Instead, he was staring at Pioni, who was emitting a blue halo that should be telekinesis together with the green kohlrabi, as if waiting for something.

After a while.

As Vulpix looked even more shocked, Peony, who had his eyes closed as if he was asleep, suddenly spoke.

"Well, I finally found a body strong enough to carry my superpowers and clearly convey my will."

"Although we had to make an emergency decision, the silver-haired girl, whose physique was stronger than her companions, was still a little short due to her age, which made me feel guilty."

"I am extremely sorry for having to borrow this body for a while, and I would also like to apologize for the impact it has caused on your village."

Luo Mu can be sure.

Although the person who spoke was Pioni, judging from the tone of voice and the Lotus Crown King floating in front of Pioni, it was the Lotus Crown King who was speaking at this time.

According to what the Flower Crown King said, there must be some physical requirements to allow it to use superpowers to "possess" a person.

Currently in the Frozen Village, Pioni is probably the only one who meets this requirement.

It seemed that he noticed the way Luo Mu was staring at him. King Lei Guan thought that Luo Mu didn't recognize him and was feeling a little disappointed.

But at this moment, Luo Mu suddenly said, "King of Plenty, is there any reason why you frequently enter human villages?"

"You know me!"

The eyes of the Belle of the Ring suddenly burst into dazzling light, and she looked very excited, but the voice that spoke was that of Peony, which made Luo Mu and Vulpix feel a very strong sense of dislocation.

After the excitement, King Lei Guan looked at Luo Mu carefully again, and suddenly spoke in disappointment.

"But why are you not my believer?"

Looking at the lost King of the Flower Crown, Luo Mu suddenly had the illusion that he was facing an old widower.

Before he could say anything to comfort the Rape Crown King in front of him.

As if he had long been accustomed to this situation, the Lotus Crown King gently shook his head, as if he wanted to shake the troubles out of his head, slowly exhaled a layer of white mist, and looked at Luo Mu with a more scrutinizing look.

"For countless years, I am the only human who knows my identity and my face. Looking at the Pokémon in your arms, you seem to be very good at taking care of children?"

Luo Mu: “?”

Why did the topic turn to raising children?
However, if you think about it carefully.
Luo Mu lowered his head and looked at the confused Vulpix for a moment.

At the same time, the figures of Dragonite, Windy Hound, Fruitworm, Dragonite, Three Bees and Vulpix in front of him suddenly appeared in his mind.

These children were basically raised from eggs. Dragonite was raised by Luo Mu alone, Arcanine was raised by Luo Mu and Moltres together, and Gnat and Dragonite were raised by Serpentine and Luo Mu together.

Although Luo Mu has not seen Tribeca and Vulpix in the Pokémon egg state, they are indeed young Pokémon that need care.

Not to mention the Pokémon on the farm that were raised by Luo from the initial stage to their final evolution.

In a sense, I am really good at taking care of children.

Although he didn't understand why the Lei Guan Wang asked this, Luo Mu nodded slightly and replied, "I know a little bit."

Seeing Luo Mu's spontaneous self-confidence, the Lotus Crown King showed a thoughtful expression and controlled Pioni to continue speaking synchronously: "You are very humble."

"Okay, do you have some free time? I want to take you to a place."

The Rape Crown King looked at Luo Mu with reserve. Although it had some needs, behind this invitation was more the fact that it had been lonely for too long in the endless years. Even if the person in front of it was not its believer, it still wanted to have more conversations with him.

Rather, it was fortunate that the human in front of him was not his believer.

At least, any of the believers who he could no longer sense would not see his miserable appearance.

A cold north wind blew by, causing the cloak-like wings of the Flower Crown King to flutter slightly.

Luo Mu suddenly saw a sense of desolation and old age from the Lotus Crown King, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. He said softly: "I can accept your invitation, but before that, I hope you can free my companions."

After all, if Pioni is always controlled by the Bud Crown King's superpowers, not only will Mudan be worried, but Luo Mu will also be a little worried about whether there will be any serious sequelae.

Hearing Luo Mu's request, the Lei Guan Wang turned around and glanced at Pioni behind him, with a thoughtful look in his eyes. Finally, as if he had seen through Luo Mu's thoughts, he began to explain.

"Don't worry, this won't have a big negative impact on humans. I'm just controlling him through my mental power to make him speak."

"If you free him, you and I will no longer be able to communicate. After all, my power is too weak to support the establishment of a channel for telepathic communication."

Luo Mu understood the problem that the language barrier might cause the conversation to be misplaced or distorted, which was what the Lei Guan King was worried about. He had already thought about this issue and said, "It's okay. I have a solution for this issue as well."

"Oh?" King Rai Crown glanced at Luo Mu and thought for a moment. Although he was now in a state of desolation, he had not abandoned his decisiveness as a king.

Even if I can no longer afford the cost of losing, since I have already chosen this human being, I will believe what he says and his promises.

The Crowned King nodded gently: "I believe you."

As it spoke, the Lotus Crown King released its mental control over Pioni. At the same time, as if it did not want to be discovered by anyone other than Luo Mu, it rose into the sky and completely disappeared in the next moment.

All that remained in Luo Mu's ears were the last words spoken by the King of the Lotus Crown through Pioni's mouth.

"I am waiting for you in the snowy fields ahead. Just come and find me when night falls on the sky."

Looking at the sudden disappearance of the figure of the Lotus Crown King, Luo Mu was not sure whether the Lotus Crown King used the "teleportation" move. After all, according to his impression, there was no teleportation in the Lotus Crown King's skill pool.

But it is indeed somewhat unreasonable that a legendary elf with psychic powers cannot teleport. Perhaps some changes have occurred now. This is the only explanation Luo Mu can give.

".Uuga!?"

At this time, Pioni seemed to have woken up.

He squatted down holding his head which was in severe pain, muttering nonsense such as "my head is so big" and "it seems not to be bigger anymore". His body was trembling slightly due to the cold outside, and it took him a while to recover.

Luo Mu seemed to have thought of something: "."

It really didn't have any "big" negative impact, it was just a headache for a while.

However, based on the fact that Pioni did not have a headache after being controlled in the game, and referring to the lines he said twice in succession in front of the Lotus Crown King, such as "What a big head" and "Broccoli", Pioni's current reaction might be intentional by the Lotus Crown King.

"Mew~!"

As if thinking that Pioni's reaction was a little too funny, Vulpix, who had a very low sense of humor, laughed out loud in Luo Mu's arms, which made Luo Mu so amused that he couldn't help but smile under Pioni's pitiful and condemning gaze.

What should I say?
Although this bud-crowned king has changed to some extent from the bud-crowned king in my impression, it is surprisingly not annoying.

It is better to say that this is like a living being with flesh and blood, rather than a foolish and kind king who has spent countless years on the throne of emptiness and does not know how to adapt.

When Luo Mu brought the shivering Pioni back to his cabin, even though only a few hours had passed since Nemo and the other three fell asleep, it seemed like it was approaching dusk, so they forced themselves to wake up.

At this time, several people were gathered around the burning fireplace, drinking the hot milk that Xia Keya had heated for them, and looking outside frequently, as if they were waiting for something.

When Luo Mu and Pioni just entered the room, a total of five eyes were instantly cast at the two of them. Xia Keya asked, "Stupid dad, and Mr. Exorcist, have you collected any important information?"

Nemo and the others also looked at Luo Mu with hope, as if waiting for his answer.

With a listless face, Pioni patted the snow on his shoulders. He felt his head still aching slightly, and said in a slightly weak voice: "I am also possessed."

"what!?"

The five people immediately exclaimed and looked at Pioni in disbelief.

You know, this kind of situation only happened in the past few days when it was late at night and you couldn't see your hand in front of you!

Could it be that this ghost is so powerful that it can come out and cause trouble in the daytime?!

In an instant, Xia Keya and the others were filled with fear.

Mudan, who was more careful, suddenly realized something was wrong. She looked at Luo Mu from behind her glasses and asked, "Teacher Luo Mu, did you drive 'that' away?"

Luo Mu nodded slightly and said affirmatively: "Starting from tonight, there will be no more possession incidents in this Frozen Village."

"What!?"

Several people cried out in surprise, and the fatigue of the past few days was almost gone. Pioni and Xia Keya looked at Luo Mu, the "exorcist master", as if he were a god, and they didn't know how to express their gratitude.

Luo Mu didn't give them a chance to speak, but explained.

"But this matter is not completely over yet. I need to go out for this tonight, so you guys should just stay at home."

"Also, this incident is not caused by a ghost. It is related to a particular Pokémon. However, I have made an appointment with it, and I have to go alone tonight."

Luo Mu did not reveal the identity of the Lotus Crown King for the time being, and judging from the fact that the Lotus Crown King only mentioned himself, it probably did not want anyone else to follow.

This is true even for Pioni, who was once controlled by it.

Luo Mu decided to wait until everything became clear before telling Nemo and the others the whole story.

Time passed quickly, night slowly enveloped the sky, and the snow seemed to have slowed down after a while.

Even though Nemo and the others were very worried, they even asked to go with them.

In the end, Luo Mu was determined not to let Nemo and the others follow him, nor did he let Pioni follow him.

After all, this is the will of the Crown Queen.

In the end, Nemo and the others had no choice but to go and tell the villagers of Dongning Village that the "haunted incident" would not happen again.

Luo Mu followed the direction indicated by the Bud Crown King when he left, and rode Dragonite all the way to a wilderness called Ice Point Snowfield. Under a tree in the snow-covered world, he met the Bud Crown King who was waiting there.

He discovered that Luo Mu was riding on Dragonite, but the Vulpix in his arms had disappeared. The Bell-Crown King under the tree made a confused sound that Luo Mu could not understand.

"Guanlei. Jijihmm?"

Not wanting to let Dragonite freeze in this snowy and icy place, Luo Mu took out the Poké Ball and took Dragonite back under the surprised gaze of Bud Crown. At the same time, he took out a Level Ball and released Victini.

As soon as it left the level ball, Victini began to circle around the Flower Crown out of curiosity.

"Timi~"

Somehow, it saw in the Flower Crown King the kingly qualities that could only be seen in the old king of the Earth People.

This made Victini feel a sense of familiarity and nostalgia at the same time.

The Bud Crown's majestic blue eyes examined the small and cute Pokémon in front of it. It seemed that it sensed some special power from the Pokémon, whether it was an illusion or not.

But due to the language barrier, King Lei Guan wanted to ask Luo Mu but had no idea how to do it.

Luo Mu shook off the snow on his shoulders, grabbed Victini, and said to the Crown of Buds with a smile: "Don't worry, we will be able to communicate soon."

Then Luo Mu looked at Victini and signaled it with his eyes to charge the Crown of Buds.

"Beanie!"

Victini nodded heavily, and took the hand of the Crowned King as she looked at him with surprise and curiosity. A golden aura rose up, and several strands of infinite energy flowed into the Crowned King's body, which was becoming increasingly weak due to the disappearance of the power of faith.

In an instant.

Just like a long drought finally ending in a downpour, the Bud Crown could no longer maintain her shock. While feeling the newly added energy in her body, she subconsciously said through telepathy, "It's unbelievable. Whether it's the sphere that can hold Pokémon or this Pokémon, everything is beyond my expectations."

".Wait, has Gu's power recovered to the point where he can perform telepathy?"

King Lei Guan looked at Luo Mu in shock, and suddenly realized that the choice he made might be the most correct decision in all these years.

"I used the Poké Ball to retrieve Dragonite just now. The Vulpix you saw this afternoon is also in the Poké Ball, so I can carry it with me."

"This child's name is Victini, and it's a little special. You can think of it as being able to create universal energy to support humans and Pokémon, just like what you felt."

Holding Victini, who was smiling brightly, Romu's mouth corners also curled up as he explained everything to the Bud Crown Queen.

"Pokeball Victini" Raphim looked at her hands with a thoughtful expression and murmured, "In this case, I can do it!"

As he spoke, the Lei Guan Wang, who was so excited that he even forgot his name, looked at Luo Mu and invited him, "Just like I said this afternoon, I want to take you to a place, please don't panic."

Luo Mu nodded slightly, indicating that he was ready.

Seeing this, the body of the Lotus Crown King, which was shrouded in a blue halo, floated in the air.

The surrounding space began to slowly distort. Having experienced this many times, Luo Mu knew what would happen next.

Sure enough, at the moment when the space was distorted to an extreme, a feeling of weightlessness came over him, and his eyes blurred. The things in his field of vision changed from a world covered in silver to ruins and ancient abandoned temples.

"This is the Crown Temple?"

At Victini's strange cry, Luo Mu murmured to himself in a voice that only he could hear.

The King of the Flower Crown who had led him here cast his gaze towards the interior of the temple, a space that seemed to be wrapped in some kind of light film, and spoke through telepathy: "I want to entrust it to you."

As he spoke, the Bud Crown used his supernatural powers to bring Luo Mu into the temple and came to a Pokémon that was sleeping soundly on a damaged throne in the temple.

The Pokémon has an appearance similar to a nebula, and the gas that makes up its body ranges in color from purple to light blue.

Its pale yellow eyes were narrowed into slits at this time, and it looked like it was sleeping soundly, with a pair of round blue cheeks under its eyes.

Its upper and lower bodies are inlaid with a golden semicircular hook. There are cloud-like extensions that are constantly shining with starlight at the position of the ears, which look like arms.

Looking at the petite Pokémon in front of him that looked like a nebula, Luo Mu's pupils suddenly shrank and he muttered.

"Cos Mogu?"

(End of this chapter)