Chapter 287 What a Useless Firework, so Beautiful

The watery moonlight spread down, and the entire Caolu Town was surrounded by light green fluorescence.

Xu Qiansu sat there alone, alone.

There was no Gardevoir, no Mali, no Cattleya...and no Pokémon, just himself.

His hand holding the Flute of the Gods slowly lowered and placed beside his legs.

After a moment, he raised his head and asked, "Feng Wang, are you there?"

The sound was accompanied by light green fluorescence, slowly flowing into the night sky.

The bright moon is in the sky and the stars are shining.

No one could respond to him.

The moonlight was like a veil, brushing on Xu Qiansu's face.

He looked at the silver disk-like moon with some trance.

After a moment, he lowered his gaze, tightened his hand holding the Divine Flute slightly, and said slowly: "You must be aware of my origin... If not, you would not let me see Vulpix's memory. , and even allowed me to briefly talk to that girl across the millennium."

The breeze blew by, gently lifting the light green fluorescence around him.

Still no one responded to him, Xu Qiansu said slowly while minding her own business.

"I am not the special one, I was not chosen by you, I am not the Hero of the Rainbow..." Xu Qiansu lowered his eyes and looked at the white jade-like Divine Flute, and whispered: "Your purpose... is to Do you want to observe how a visitor from another world like me lives in this world? Do you want to observe how your world develops?"

The light green fluorescence slowly submerged into the soil.

After a moment of silence, Xu Qiansu stretched out her finger and gently hooked the red thread tied to the Flute of the God... This red thread reminded him of Cattleya.

He took a deep breath.

"I'm not special, nor am I omnipotent. There are many things that I can only watch silently and can't do anything."

"She is so, she is so, even the lily root doll."

A light green fluorescent light floated gently from the heart, passing through the soil and crops. Finally, accompanied by the evening wind, it was blown to Xu Qiansu's face, and then gently floated away.

Xu Qiansu's bones were clearly defined, and her slender white fingers gently wrapped around the red thread on the Flute of the God, and wrapped it in a small circle around her finger.

"Part of my memory was deleted by Cattleya, and to this day, I haven't been able to get it back."

"But when I decided to love her, when I broke into her room in the middle of the night, I can still recall her expression..." Xu Qiansu curled the corner of her mouth slightly and smiled softly, "It was just like I made a mistake and didn’t dare to go home, just like a junior high school girl who walks alone with purpose.”

"So I thought that I didn't make a mistake in this choice... I missed many things and was powerless many times, but at least I didn't miss Cattleya."

"I'm telling you this, you want to tell you..." Xu Qiansu pursed her lips, looked up at the silver moon hanging high in the sky, and said softly: "I am living this hard-won life seriously."

"So if your purpose is what I guessed...then there is no need to be like this."

"This world is not perfect," Xu Qiansu stared blankly at the silver moon, the moonlight shining on his handsome and fair face. "There are dark organizations, careerists, and countless existences outside the moral and legal system. Recently, Many people were killed and injured in the Galar region... They didn't deserve to die, but that was their final outcome... Along the way, I encountered many regrets and experienced many regrets."

"But there is such a Pokémon, even if it has lost its trainer, it will never leave the cemetery."

The faint moonlight shines through the light green fluorescence, layer upon layer, spreading over the entire land.

Xu Qiansu gently raised her palm and looked at the cute but lonely elf ball lying in her palm.

A few minutes ago, this Poké Ball had an inhabitant.

But at this moment... there is nothing inside it.

After Xu Qiansu was silent for a while, she gently held the elf ball, supported the soft ground, and stood up.

He stood alone in the light green fluorescence and whispered:

"So I think the reason why I am here...it must be because there are many people like me who are looking forward to you and eager to see you."

“That’s true even if it’s not as perfect as you imagine.”

By the time Xu Qiansu returned to the Pokémon Center, it was already early in the morning.

At this time, everything is silent.

But someone was standing at the door of the Pokémon Center.

Ma Li stood alone under the street lamp in front of the Pokémon Center. The warm yellow light dispelled the darkness and gently fell on her fair and delicate face.

She seemed to be a little cold. She crossed her arms, her jade-like little ears were a little red, and some white air slowly came out as she breathed.

Hearing the footsteps, her light green eyes looked up.

That snow-white, delicate, pretty face that was a little red in the early morning was so reassuring.

She asked: "Where have you been?"

The tone was as calm and plain as scolding the wife who was supposed to come back at 7pm but ended up coming back at 7:01pm.

"The flames flowing like water waves, the snowfield as vast as the sea, the white snow shining with emerald green..." Xu Qiansu smiled, "There are many miracles in this world, and I just witnessed one of them with my own eyes."

Ma Li looked at him and said nothing.

The smile on Xu Qiansu's face slowly faded.

"Where's the lily root doll?" Ma Li's pretty face, which is always calm and cold, has a touching tenderness, and her clear and transparent voice is so soft and soothing.

Xu Qiansu shook his head gently.

"In this way..." Ma Li said no more.

She asked: "Do you remember the man you met in front of the town today? He had many pendants of grass-type Pokémon on his backpack."

Xu Qiansu looked up at her. When Xu Qiansu first met the lily root doll, he had used the power of the waveguide to figure out her physical condition... So when she saw the pendant on the man's backpack, Xu Qiansu understood. Those pendants are Pokémon that have lost their lives on this land one after another.

Ma Li stretched out her little hand, unzipped her bag, put her hand inside, and then took out a small cotton doll.

She handed it over with both hands and said, "It took several hours to work on it."

Xu Qiansu was slightly startled and looked at Ma Li's pretty face in a daze.

After a while, he lowered his eyes and looked at the cotton doll in Ma Li's hand.

The style of the lily root doll... As Miss Marley said, it was indeed made in a hurry, and it was a bit rough to the naked eye.

Xu Qiansu stretched out her hand to take it, and she could feel the softness of the cotton thread with a gentle press.

Zhizhi————

The street lamp above the two of them seemed to be in a state of disrepair. It creaked and flickered, and a flickering light appeared on Xu Qiansu's face.

But no.

A bit of morning light came from beyond the horizon, passing over the land and houses, slowly reflecting on the bodies of the two people, and then slowly covering the two people from bottom to top.

It’s not that the street lights are in disrepair, but that it’s almost dawn.

Falling Spring has passed, and next is the Falling Spring Festival that the people of Caolu Town set up specifically for these grass-type Pokémon in order to thank them.

Ma Li slightly raised her hands to cover her face, and a little warm morning light filtered through her fingers and fell on her face.

A lily-root doll came out of the alley, ran to the sun with its short legs, squinting its eyes in contentment, and the leaves above its head swayed slightly in the morning breeze.

Most Grass-type Pokémon enjoy the sun.

Xu Qiansu looked at her.

"Let's go, I haven't slept all night, it's time to go back and rest." Ma Li glanced at Xu Qiansu, and then walked into the Pokémon Center.

Xu Qiansu looked away from the Lily Root doll and walked into the Pokémon Center.

Before going in, he looked back and was slightly startled.

Oh...it turns out that's not a lily root doll...it's just an ordinary wind fairy.

Back in the room, Xu Qiansu fell asleep.

Today is the Spring Festival, the most lively festival of the year in Caolu Town.

Many tourists come here.

Outside the window, there are lively scenes, laughter is endless, humans and Pokémon celebrate together, and the ten-mile long street is full of flowers.

The sadder and reluctant you are, the more you want to make this festival more prosperous and more exciting than anyone else!

This is the custom and festival that the residents of Caolu Town have carried on from generation to generation.

And what about Xu Qiansu?

He closed the curtains and the room was dark. He lay on the bed and slept in darkness.

Gardevoir knelt on the soft bed, supporting the soft bed with his hands, and looked closely at Xu Qiansu's sleeping face.

"Why aren't you awake yet?" The little marsupial sat on the desk with its small bone stick aside and its two short legs hanging in the air. It looked at Xu Qiansu and asked doubtfully.

The snow witch floated over Xu Qiansu's face. She tapped her chin with her little hand and looked at it for a few times before floating back to the little marsupial, "Because he didn't sleep last night."

"Eh? Why didn't I know?" The little marsupial tilted its face.

"You were sleeping at that time..." Vulpix lay next to Xu Qiansu's pillow. Hearing this, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes, "Snow Demon Girl is a ghost-type Pokémon, and she doesn't need to sleep, so last night She should know what happened."

Hearing this, the Snow Demon Girl blinked her eyes and wrung her little hands gently in front of her, a little embarrassed, "I, I only knew that he went out with the lily root doll last night... I think he wanted to I was alone with Lily Root Doll, so I didn’t follow him.”

After saying that, the Snow Demon Girl lowered her face again, as if she had made a mistake.

"Uh... where's the dream demon?" Vulpix could only look at the dream demon again.

There were four dream monsters, one with Del, one with Mary, one with Lillie... Xu Qiansu was accompanied by a dream monster.

Dream Demon and Snow Demon Girl lowered their little faces together and replied: "I originally wanted to follow...but Snow Demon Girl held me back, saying that she wanted to give Susu and the other Pokémon some time alone."

The Snow Demon Girl buried her little head lower.

The corners of Vulpix's eyes couldn't help but twitch, and he sighed softly.

The little marsupial blinked, and then asked, "After sleeping for so long, will he be hungry when he gets up?"

As he said that, the little marsupial took out a tree fruit from his small pocket and said, "I have a tree fruit here~ It was thrown down by the shuttlecocks yesterday."

"Don't pick up and eat anything on the ground." Vulpix scolded softly.

The little marsupial is young and doesn't understand many things. Gardevoir and Vulpix teach her everything she encounters.

And with Teng Teng Snake's character, she didn't bother to say anything unless necessary.

"Hmm..." The little marsupial flicked its chubby little tail, "...it's delicious~"

As she said that, she wiped the fruit with her little paws again, "It's clean now~"

"Speaking of which, the lily root doll told me." The little marsupial turned his head and looked at the window... There were curtains there, so he couldn't see anything.

The Vine Snake was sitting on the bed with his eyes closed to rest. After hearing this, he raised his eyes and glanced at the little marsupial and asked, "What are you telling me?"

"What's the name of this tree fruit..." The little marsupial chuckled, "She told me that this tree fruit is called limpet. It tastes a bit sour, but it can treat frostbite..."

"It feels like she knows everything, like, well..." The little marsupial tilted his head in distress, and then said uncertainly, "It feels like a mother, very gentle~ always taking care of me."'

The little marsupial had never spoken or spent time with her mother...but that was how she felt.

The Vine Snake looked at the little marsupial and said nothing.

"But where is the lily root doll?" The little marsupial stretched out its paw and tapped its chin, looking around, "Is it in Susu's elf ball?"

The Vine Snake blinked gently, its slender eyelashes as thin as cicada wings.

She looked away from the marsupial's face and said calmly: "The Lily Root doll is gone."

"Huh?" The little marsupial tilted its head in confusion, not understanding what the vine snake meant.

Solo was lying on the chair. After hearing this, he looked at Xu Qiansu with his big golden eyes.

Gardevoir, who was kneeling beside the bed and staring at Xu Qiansu, turned his head and glanced at Vine Snake, and asked, "How do you know?"

"We are both Grass-type Pokémon, so of course I know more than you..." Vine Snake's big burgundy eyes looked at the desk... where their Poké Balls were neatly placed.

There are seven in total.

A pure white commemorative ball, an ordinary red and white Pokémon ball, two high-end balls in the style of the Xicui region, a red and white Pokémon ball with scratches, and one with a Q-version Vine Snake sticker. red and white Poké Ball... and a red and white Poké Ball with a Q-version Lily Root doll sticker.

Vine Snake looked away, "Lily Root Doll is very old. I talked to her, and she said that since she was a child, her mother told her that when grass-type Pokémon are about to reach the end of their lives, they have to go northwest. Let’s go and come to a human town full of terraced fields… and then die there.”

After hearing this, Gardevoir withdrew his gaze from the Vine Snake and said no more words.

Soraya closed her eyes, and then slowly opened them. She jumped onto the back of the chair lightly, then jumped onto the bed, and walked slowly to Xu Qiansu's side.

The little marsupial stared blankly at the Vine Snake. After a long while, she tilted her head and asked, "What... does death mean?"

With her age and experience, she can already understand what 'death' is.

But at this moment, she still didn't understand.

This has nothing to do with rationality or not, it's just that... a life that was smiling by your side and talking to you yesterday is suddenly gone... Such a contrast is too huge, so big that the little marsupial can't react.

Vulpix turned his head and looked at the small marsupial and said: "Whether you like a Pokémon or hate it, admire it or hate it, whether you are close to it or alienated from it, there is a premise that cannot be ignored, and that is... She still has it.”

"And now, the lily root doll is gone... Do you understand? Little one." Vulpix stood up, walked slowly to the bed, jumped lightly to the desk, looked at the little marsupial, and said softly.

The little marsupial looked at Vulpix in a daze. After hearing this, she looked away and stared at the fruit in her hand. After a moment, she nodded her head gently.

"So that's it..."

The little marsupial put the fruit into her little pocket. After a while, she stretched out her little paws, covered her eyes, and sobbed.

The Snow Witch floated behind the little marsupial and stretched out her little hand to gently touch her little skull cap.

After crying for a while, the little marsupial looked at Vine Snake, sobbed and asked: "You are also a grass-type Pokémon...will you die too?"

Vine Snake was slightly startled. There was a big problem with the logic of the little marsupial's words, but... Vine Snake still shook his head slightly.

"I won't die."

"……very nice."

When Xu Qiansu woke up, it was already afternoon.

The pale sunlight shines through the curtains.

He sat up and held his head, which was slightly dizzy.

"Gardevoir~" Gardevoir handed him a glass of water and called out softly.

"Thank you." Xu Qiansu pinched Gardevoir's face, drank the water in the glass, got dressed and got out of bed.

The little marsupial grabbed his trouser legs, raised his little face, and stared at him.

Xu Qiansu leaned over and picked her up, scratched her chin and smiled softly.

He walked out of the room and saw Lillie wearing a white dress and holding a white sun hat on her lower abdomen. She was standing in the corridor with her back against the wall next to the door.

Seeing Xu Qiansu, Lillie turned around, her cute little face glowing with joy, "Good afternoon, Mr. Xu, I've been sleeping for a long time~"

Lillie's tone was light and airy, like a forest elf.

"Good afternoon..." Xu Qiansu looked around, "Why are you here? Today is the Spring Festival. Why don't you go outside to play?"

Lillie scratched her snow-white face sheepishly and smiled, "There will be fireworks after sunset... I think I want to watch them with you."

"Okay." Xu Qiansu nodded lightly, then asked, "Where's Miss Ma Li?"

Lillie nodded her toes excitedly, and then said: "Ma Li is out. She asked me to tell you that when you get up, remember to eat."

"Just go out and buy some snacks."

Xu Qiansu nodded lightly and didn't ask any more questions.

The two simply packed up and left the Pokémon Center.

When you come to the street, the lively and prosperous atmosphere will hit you.

Under the setting sun, people and Pokémon cheered.

The grass-type Pokémon used their skills towards the sky, and countless flowers and ribbons fell from the sky.

Even though it lasted all day, there was still celebration.

Lillie was wearing her hat, pressing the brim of the hat with her little hands. She was a little infected by the atmosphere in front of her. With a smile on her face, she glanced at Xu Qiansu secretly, and then asked: "Going out for a walk?"

Xu Qiansu nodded lightly.

The two of them walked down the street, stopping and going.

Along the way, I met Miss Ma Li.

She handed Xu Qiansu a bag of snacks and glanced at his empty hands, "I guess you haven't eaten either."

So Ma Li went out to buy food in advance.

Lillie tilted her face, feeling a little confused and thinking that Xu Qiansu and Ma Li seemed to be hiding something from her.

Finally, the sun sets and night falls...the fireworks that mark the end of the Spring Festival are coming.

The three of them stood on a stone bridge, looking up at the sky.

The whole Caolu Town seemed to be quiet, and the lively atmosphere suddenly became deserted.

The tourists from out of town were a little confused, but they didn't make any noise and just waited silently.

Only the soft sound of the river flowing by could be heard faintly.

Lillie felt a little nervous inexplicably and pinched the corners of her clothes.

She secretly moved a few steps closer to Xu Qiansu.

call out!

Finally, in the cold night, a red fire shot from bottom to top, and then exploded in the night sky. Among the fireworks scattered everywhere, a pattern of the Bulbasaur family appeared.

"It's Bulbasaur! So cute." The tourists said with blushing faces and some excitement.

Whoosh!

Fireworks shot into the sky one after another.

Suddenly, someone shouted.

“Always thank you!!!”

He was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. He shouted loudly at the patterns of grass-type Pokémon emerging from the fireworks, and his voice even sounded a bit tearing.

Tourists don't know why.

But the middle-aged man's shout seemed to turn on some switch. Countless local residents of Caolu Town waved their hands and shouted loudly, loudly, over and over again.

Thank you Pokémon.

The Lunar New Year in Caolu Town...is set up for Grass-type Pokémon.

They thanked them from the bottom of their hearts, just like... Cuixue of Cuixue Town.

Suddenly, the figure of the lily root doll appeared in the fireworks.

Lillie's eyes shone brightly as she tugged at the corner of Xu Qiansu's clothes, "Look, look, it's a lily root doll!"

As she said that, Lillie looked around, and then she was slightly startled, "Huh? Where's the lily root doll?"

Mary turned her head and glanced at Lillie, then explained briefly.

After listening, the smile on Lillie's face slowly faded.

After a moment, she raised her eyes and looked at Xu Qiansu.

The shouts and fireworks all around could not reach her ears.

"Why... Mr. Xu never cries?" she asked.

Xu Qiansu didn't answer.

Lillie stretched out her little hand and pulled Xu Qiansu's sleeve, her eyebrows were lowered, and some tears fell down.

She said: "It doesn't matter, I cry for you..."

Xu Qiansu looked up at the fireworks, and the light from the fireworks burst onto his face.

He said:

"What a useless firework, it's actually so beautiful..."