After communicating with the Mew of the Tree of Beginning, although it couldn’t restore the totem aura, it used the essence of the totem aura to grant Beautifly part of the Tree of Beginning’s abilities.
“Mew~ Mew~” Mew cried apologetically toward Beautifly, pitifully asking for forgiveness.
After the golden fluid merged with Beautifly, Beautifly gained the ability to devour sunlight. Mew didn’t know whether this ability could compare to the totem aura, but this was all it could do.
“Hm??”
Sensing the changes in its body, Beautifly looked blankly toward the sky and gently flapped its wings.
Sure enough, compared to before, it could now sense the surrounding light much more clearly.
Especially the light of sunlight. Because it had been in contact with the totem aura for such a long time, Beautifly felt an extremely familiar sensation from it.
It was as if sunlight was now something it could obtain effortlessly.
After becoming serious, Beautifly began trying to fire Solar Beam. Then, almost in an instant, countless rays of light gathered toward Beautifly, allowing Solar Beam to become virtually instant-cast!
“Instant Solar Beam? The sunlight here clearly isn’t very strong.”
Albus said in shock. It would have been understandable if it were a Grass Type Pokémon, but this Solar Beam had been fired by Beautifly. Even more frightening, after comparing it to Fujiki’s Roserade, he realized that even Roserade’s fully charged Solar Beam was inferior in power. It was truly magical.
“Bea~utifly!” That still wasn’t the end. Beautifly continued experimenting and discovered… that by using this newly acquired special ability, it could completely accomplish the original version of “Source of Stamina,” endlessly devouring sunlight to restore its stamina.
Although the recovery speed was somewhat slower than when decomposing the totem aura, if Sunny Day were used, then a Source of Stamina surpassing the totem aura state might not be impossible.
Based on Arcanine’s fusion technique of Morning Sun and Sunny Day, Beautifly could naturally also borrow the power of Sunny Day.
Most importantly, Beautifly could feel that the golden fluid had truly changed its body. This kind of change should be permanent, unlike the temporary state of the totem aura.
“Mew, you’ve helped tremendously. Compared to the totem aura, the power of the Tree of Beginning is even more complete.”
After Rotom Pokédex finished its analysis, Terrance spoke gratefully.
Terrance found the development rather dramatic. The thing he had originally wanted to ask Mew about had unexpectedly been completed in this way. It was truly unbelievable.
Although Ash and the others couldn’t make sense of Beautifly’s changes, they understood that Mew and the Tree of Beginning had gifted Beautifly something in return.
Meanwhile, far away on Cinnabar Island.
Countless residents witnessed a shocking scene. A Pokémon with crimson feathers, a long streamlined crest, and a tail churning like flames flew over the island. Its entire body was composed of fire, and its wings were covered in flame-like feathers. As the Pokémon passed overhead, countless Trainers revealed eager looks in their eyes, but the direction it descended toward caused many Trainers to abandon any thoughts of chasing it.
The Pokémon that flew into the volcano of Cinnabar Island was the legendary bird Pokémon, Moltres.
As Moltres returned, Blaine of the Cinnabar Gym revealed a surprised expression.
“That guy… finally decided to come back.”
“By the way, now that Moltres has returned, it’s time to invite Terrance as well. Back then, I made a promise to battle him once. I wonder if he still remembers. After all this time, I never expected that Trainer to have already become an Elite Four. Truly, the younger generation is formidable…”
Thinking about Altaria’s Flame of Life, Blaine’s heart burned with excitement.
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Outside the Tree of Beginning.
After resting there briefly, Brock and Terrance took charge of cooking food to entertain everyone and the Pokémon.
The unique golden energy within the golden fluid had altered Beautifly’s body structure, causing it to mutate and become a Shiny Beautifly—an unexpected gain Terrance had never anticipated.
Cases of Pokémon mutating were extremely rare. Usually, a Pokémon’s genes required stimulation from a special environment over a long period of time to undergo changes. However, considering the power of the Tree of Beginning, such miraculous effects were not particularly surprising.
“Food’s ready.”
After the aftermath of the golden fluid’s rampage had passed, the Pokémon began to play again. After pestering Terrance to learn about Beautifly’s situation, Ash shifted his attention onto Albus.
The two began battling there on the spot, but the outcome was predictable. Ash was once again miserably crushed.
“Mew~ Mew~”
Since this wasn’t the first time it had tasted food made by humans, although Mew looked very expectant, it wasn’t overly gluttonous. Its playful nature still showed more strongly. While the Pokémon were eating, little Mew revealed a troubled expression, realizing that the time for parting had come again.
“Mew, if there’s a chance next time, we’ll definitely come back.”
As if sensing Mew’s worries, Ash suddenly spoke.
After a day-long trip to the Tree of Beginning, everyone had gained something. At the time of farewell, Mew gave many precious Berries to Terrance and the others. On their way back, they also discovered another Time Flower with companion rock.
Without any surprise, the companion rock was swiftly taken by Albus, while the Time Flower ended up in Terrance’s hands.
Although he didn’t know how long the Time Flower could survive, Terrance wanted to bring it back for research.
“Everyone, welcome back.”
After receiving news from the soldiers stationed around the mountain range, Queen Ilene immediately came to see Terrance’s group returning from the Tree of Beginning.
Although nothing could be seen from her expression, Terrance guessed that Her Majesty was probably desperate to know whether they had met Mew.
After all, not every human who entered the Tree of Beginning could see Mew’s true form. The outcome of their journey was extremely important to Cameran Palace.
“Queen Ilene, thank you for your pass.”
After returning, Ash immediately expressed his gratitude.
“It’s nothing. Did everyone successfully meet Mew?” Queen Ilene asked.
“Of course.”
As Ash finished speaking, Queen Ilene’s eyes lit up brilliantly. It seemed this Trainer had truly gained Mew’s recognition. In the hundreds of years of Cameran Palace’s history, not a single person had received such treatment.
“Elite Four Terrance, do you plan to stay temporarily at Cameran Palace next? The construction of the Pokémon Contest venue will still require some time.”
“Thank you.” Holding the Rotom Pokédex, Terrance browsed through the messages on it and said, “But next, I may need to head to Cinnabar Island to handle something.”
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