I'm the Owner of the Pokémon Day Care In the World of Pokémon-Chapter 1471: The Depressed Klefki

What Yuga handed over to Latias and Latios were the two Soul Dew that King Robi had once given him. They were what remained of Latias and Latios’s parents after their death.

When the siblings saw Yuga take out those two items, they were beyond shocked. For a moment, they didn’t react at all and just stared blankly at Yuga.

Yuga smiled and said, "What are you spacing out for? Take them quickly!"

Only then did Latias and Latios come back to their senses. Still a bit dazed, they each took a Soul Dew from Yuga’s hands.

At that moment, their emotions were extremely complicated. It was as if they had thousands of words to say in their hearts, but when the time came to speak, they didn’t know how to begin.

Yuga didn’t notice the complicated emotions of the siblings. Instead, he turned to Lapras, who had received the Palkia Gem, and Ninetales, who had received Mew’s Crystal, and said, "You two should try them out and see if they can help you!"

"Lapras~"

Lapras opened its mouth and swallowed the gem. At that moment, the blue orb hidden inside its body activated.

A flash of blue light swept across Lapras’s abdomen, and very quickly, the light enveloped all of Lapras. The blue light gradually transformed into something like a water bubble, and within it, Lapras closed its eyes in comfort.

On the Ninetales side, it used its psychic power to control Mew’s Crystal as it slowly floated toward itself, until the crystal went "whoosh" and embedded itself into its forehead, disappearing from sight.

At the moment Mew’s Crystal merged with Ninetales, its eyes suddenly flashed with layers of hazy violet light—but only for an instant—before Ninetales closed its eyes.

Then Yuga saw a faint pink glow radiating from Ninetales’s body. Its fur, as if drawn by some invisible force, all stood on end and gently swayed, making Ninetales appear incredibly fluffy—like a big fuzzy ball.

Its nine tails also instinctively fanned out, resembling a peacock’s tail on full display.

All of this happened in just over a minute. Once the time passed, Ninetales returned to normal and suddenly opened its eyes. In that instant, a sharp glint flashed across them—so fast that no one noticed.

"That’s it?" Yuga couldn’t help but ask.

That seemed far too ordinary. Yuga didn’t feel any major changes in Ninetales at all. Compared to Lapras’s transformation, it was worlds apart. Lapras was still evolving, and during this process, its aura kept increasing continuously.

Ninetales nodded and replied, "That’s it."

"There really doesn’t seem to be much change... I feel like I got the short end of the stick!" Yuga couldn’t help but complain.

Ninetales rolled its eyes at him in response. Only it knew what kind of transformation Mew’s Crystal had brought it. That kind of change couldn’t be explained clearly in just a few words.

Yuga didn’t dwell on it too long and soon shifted his focus to Lapras.

Unlike Ninetales, who needed to slowly digest the power of Mew’s Crystal, Lapras had the help of the blue orb within its body. It could directly convert the energy of the Palkia Gem for its own use, so naturally, the time needed for its transformation was much longer.

Yuga and the Pokémon all stared at Lapras without blinking, but Lapras’s expression remained serene as it quietly accepted the changes brought by the Palkia Gem.

In the blink of an eye, more than two hours had passed. Lapras finally opened its eyes again, and the blue bubble that had enveloped it suddenly vanished. A deep-blue energy ripple spread outward from its body.

The moment they were touched by that blue ripple, Yuga and the other Pokémon felt a wave of refreshing coolness sweep over them—it was incredibly soothing.

Then Yuga saw bursts of white mist rising around Lapras’s body, making it look like it was riding clouds and mist, giving it an ethereal and otherworldly aura.

But what shocked Yuga even more came afterward.

Lapras’s four fins gently flapped, and in the next moment, Yuga saw Lapras’s figure flicker. It instantly appeared in another spot, leaving only an afterimage behind at its original location. The speed was so fast it was almost unbelievable.

"This... Did you just gain Palkia’s spatial ability?" Yuga said in disbelief.

Lapras had received Kyogre’s blessing and already possessed the ability to manipulate moisture to fly through the air, but its speed had always been extremely slow—so slow that its normal flight speed couldn’t even compare to other Pokémon running on the ground.

But it was different now. Although Lapras still couldn’t travel freely through space like Palkia, it had indeed comprehended part of the laws of space. It could now slightly influence the space around its body, thereby achieving an acceleration effect.

Although this was nothing compared to Palkia’s full abilities, for Yuga and Lapras, it was more than enough.

"Lapras~"

Lapras’s figure flickered again and, in the blink of an eye, appeared beside Yuga, affectionately rubbing its head against Yuga’s chest to express its joy.

Yuga, in response, activated his Insight skill.

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[ Lapras (Mutated) ]

Type: Water, Ice

Gender: Male

Ability: Hydration, Drizzle

Potential: Purple

Level: 93

Moves: Sing, Water Gun, Mist, Water Pulse, Rain Dance, Hail, Ice Beam, Safeguard, Hydro Cannon, Sheer Cold, Blizzard, Refresh, Waterfall, Surf, Avalanche, Dragon Dance, Foresight, Body Slam, Dragon Pulse, Icy Wind, Aqua Tail, Signal Beam, Origin Pulse.

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Lapras’s gains were undeniably tremendous. Not only did it grasp a small portion of the space rules, but its level also shot past the Champion le el, making it a true Master level Pokémon.

Yuga patted Lapras’s neck with delight and said, "Not bad, not bad!"

The other Pokémon also sensed the changes in Lapras and came forward to offer their congratulations. Only Latias and Latios were still stunned from Yuga returning the Soul Dew drops to them, standing there in a daze without reacting.

To better understand Lapras’s transformation, Yuga specifically called Absol over for a sparring session. The two Pokémon were nearly evenly matched.

Once Yuga had a general grasp of the changes in Lapras and Ninetales, he said to everyone, "Alright, everyone go back and rest. We’ll meet again tomorrow."

And so, the Pokémon dispersed one after another. Only Chimecho remained perched on Yuga’s head, refusing to leave—it was still sulking.

It hadn’t received either of the two gifts from Yuga, and it felt extremely upset inside.

Ninetales, who also hadn’t left, noticed Chimecho’s mood and let out a light "hmph" as it arrogantly lifted its head and walked off. It was the winner, and it wasn’t going to stoop to such petty behavior!

Seeing Ninetales’s happily swaying tails, Chimecho felt even more miserable. It tugged at Yuga’s hair while mumbling under its breath.

Chimecho wasn’t pulling hard, so Yuga only felt a slight tugging sensation and wasn’t in pain. Confused, he asked: "What’s wrong with you? Why are you messing with my hair like this? If you pull it all out and I go bald, how are you going to make it up to me?"

Chimecho unreasonably demanded that Yuga give it a gift. Yuga, completely baffled, replied, "Why should I give you a gift for no reason at all?"

But Chimecho remained unreasonable—it insisted on a gift. Yuga, unable to take the nagging anymore, tried to bluff his way out and said, "If you promise to double your daily training from now on, then I’ll give you a gift!"

Chimecho was instantly stunned, hesitating between the doubled training and the promise of a gift.

Yuga seized the moment and added, "If you can’t do it, then don’t ask me for a gift anymore. You should understand the saying ’no reward without effort.’"

Thinking back to Ninetales’s smug expression before it left, Chimecho’s head got hot and, surprisingly, it agreed.

Yuga hadn’t expected it to actually agree, so he went along with it and said, "Alright then, as long as you can stick with it for one month, I’ll give you a gift."

Chimecho, now in high spirits, finally left with joy.

The next day, when it saw Ninetales again, Chimecho suddenly became unusually spirited for some reason, acting all puffed up and smug. Ninetales, utterly confused, looked at it with a head full of question marks, thinking it must have taken the wrong medicine.

At that moment, Yuga suddenly called out, "Chimecho, what about the training you promised me?"

Chimecho froze all over upon hearing that, then droopily walked away.

ヽ(゜Q.)ノ? Ninetales looked at Chimecho, then at Yuga, completely unable to understand what the two of them were up to.

Watching Chimecho head off to the Ecopark to train, Yuga finally returned to the shop, only to discover that Klefki seemed a bit downcast, so he walked over and asked, "What’s the matter with you?"

Klefki shook its body slightly, causing the keys on its ring to jingle with a metallic clink.

It raised one of its own keys and asked Yuga very sadly, "Is my key ugly?" freēnovelkiss.com

Yuga looked puzzled. "Why are you suddenly asking that?" That key was broken, with only half of it remaining. It really wasn’t very good-looking.

It turned out Klefki had been ridiculed because of the old, worn-out keys hanging on its body.

Klefki needed to absorb steel ions to maintain the luster of its outer surface, so Yuga had sent it to the Mine sub-Ecopark, which was the most metal-rich area and very suitable for it.

Klefki had a gentle nature, so it quickly became friends with the Pokémon there. But while it was playing with the Mawile group, one of them suddenly laughed at Klefki’s keys, saying they were worn-out and shabby, and even asked why it didn’t just throw them all away.

Those words hit Klefki hard. It had worked very hard to collect those keys, and they had been with it for a long time. Each one carried its emotions and memories. Being mocked like that was, of course, deeply upsetting.

After Yuga got to the bottom of things, he didn’t know how to comfort Klefki for a moment.

Mawile’s behavior in mocking a companion was certainly wrong, but what it said wasn’t entirely untrue either.

Among Klefki’s collection, aside from the two lab keys (Yuga had later given it the other one too), all the others were scavenged from trash heaps. None of them were in good condition—some were missing arms, others legs—so naturally, they didn’t look very nice.

Klefki said it had been mocked by the awile, but perhaps in the Mawile’s eyes, it had just stated a fact without the intention of ridicule.

Seeing how sad Klefki was, Yuga tried to comfort it: "How about I buy you some nicer-looking keys to replace these?"

Klefki shook its head in disappointment. The keys Yuga bought could never compare to the ones it had collected on its own. Each one it had picked up was imbued with feelings...

Now Yuga was truly at a loss. He hadn’t expected Klefki to be emotionally attached to its keys.

Then he suddenly thought of something and said, "How about this—we try to repair your keys? If they’re fixed up, won’t they look much better?"

Upon hearing this, Klefki’s eyes lit up, and the sadness instantly vanished from its face.

So Yuga greeted Suzuki Koen briefly, then took Klefki out with him.

But Yuga didn’t know much about repairing keys, so he could only ask around in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any useful leads.

Most people, if their keys broke, would just get new ones made or change the lock entirely. Who would go out of their way to repair an old key?

After asking around repeatedly without getting a satisfying answer, Klefki became as disappointed as it had been excited when they first set out.

Seeing Klefki so downcast, Yuga couldn’t bear it and continued asking around. Eventually, a little girl from a neighbor’s house pointed him in a new direction.

She said there might not be anyone who repairs keys, but there were quite a few people who make handicrafts. She suggested Yuga try asking them.

Believe it or not, Yuga actually managed to find someone. By treating the keys as craftworks, that person really was able to repair them.

However, the keys would have to be left with the artisan for a few days, since this wasn’t something that could be fixed immediately—especially since Klefki had quite a few keys that needed repairing.

So, Klefki could only reluctantly part with its keys and leave them behind.

After handing over all its keys, only the two lab keys remained on Klefki’s ring. This made it feel very uncomfortable and unaccustomed. It couldn’t help but constantly shake its body, but the familiar jingling sound it once made was now gone.

Even Yuga felt a bit uneasy watching it, so he asked, "How about I buy you a couple more to tide you over?"

Klefki thought for a moment and then shook its head.

But on the way home, Yuga noticed that Klefki kept twisting its key ring again and again, looking quite agitated and restless.

So he suddenly stopped walking, turned to Klefki, and said, "Can you wait here for me for a little bit?"

Klefki froze for a moment. Though it didn’t know what Yuga was going to do, it still obediently nodded its head.

About ten minutes later, Yuga came running back, panting for breath. In his hand were two finely crafted keys—one was an exquisite silver key, and the other a luxurious golden one. Each was inlaid with a gemstone, one pink and one blue. They were incredibly beautiful.

He hung the keys onto Klefki’s ring and said, "This is a gift for you. Just make do with these for now. When your old keys are repaired, we’ll switch them back."

These two keys were decorative accessories Yuga had bought from a boutique. They couldn’t actually open any locks, nor did they come with any matching locks.

What’s more, they were part of a couples’ set. But since he couldn’t find anything else suitable, he reluctantly bought them anyway.

Klefki gently shook its body. The four keys hanging from it clinked together, producing a crisp and melodious sound. Its previously anxious mood instantly settled—not because of the keys themselves, but because of Yuga’s thoughtfulness and concern.

Klefki looked at Yuga once more, and its gaze was filled with gratitude.

Feeling a bit awkward, Yuga said, "Alright, let’s go home!"

On the other side, compared to Klefki, the little Fletchling that moved into the Ecopark with it was living much more freely and carefreely.

Fletchling had originally only been an orange potential Pokémon. But with the help of an Innovation Potion from Yuga, it successfully transformed into a yellow potential Pokémon. Although even this potential still didn’t rank highly within the Ecopark, Fletchling was nonetheless overjoyed.

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