Pokémon Court-Chapter 840: The Night of Fireworks Festival

Under Terrance’s guidance, the three from Petalburg Gym not only took in the sights of Fallarbor Town, but also heard quite a few secrets about its scenic areas from Terrance himself.

These secrets were things that would only be announced after the opening ceremony, and in order to whet May and Max’s curiosity, Terrance really went all out.

In Caroline’s words, Fallarbor Town was practically a kingdom of flowers. Being able to live in a town like this would certainly be very interesting.

Of course, it wasn’t only Caroline who had this idea. Anyone seeing Fallarbor Town’s sea of flowers for the first time would be amazed. But after seeing it for long enough, it actually stopped feeling like much...

"As long as the first impression is good," Terrance muttered to himself as he led the three of them along. After all, aside from the residents of Fallarbor Town, probably no one would keep staring at these flower fields all the time, so naturally there wouldn’t be any aesthetic fatigue.

As for himself, he had already developed that fatigue. After looking at them for so long, the seas of flowers were indeed beautiful, but they also had one trait: they were very monotonous.

Thinking about this, Terrance naturally came up with a solution. Having Pokémon put on performances amidst the sea of flowers, using various moves to accentuate their beauty. It would be similar to the first segment of a Pokémon Contest, giving people a pleasing experience. However, that method wouldn’t be used on ordinary days; it had to be saved for important occasions. After all, scarcity creates value—if it became too common, tourists would lose their sense of anticipation. At the same time, this was also key to Fallarbor Town’s profitability, much like the water performances at Cerulean Gym.

"This is the Pokémon Contest Hall."

Standing before Fallarbor Town’s largest building, the Pokémon Contest Hall, May’s eyes lit up. "In less than a year, I’ll be able to set out on my journey. When that time comes, I definitely want to participate in the Fallarbor Town’s Pokémon Contest."

"Dreaming of becoming a Coordinator? That’s a nice dream. Oh, right—the Fallarbor Contest is being held tomorrow. If you’re interested, May, I can get tickets for you," Terrance said with a smile.

Caroline herself didn’t mind either way, but when she saw the expectant look on May’s face, she could only nod helplessly. "Then we’ll be in your care."

"No trouble at all. Also, if you haven’t found a place to stay yet, Fallarbor Gym still has plenty of empty rooms. If you don’t mind, you can rest there."

Terrance continued his invitation. Fallarbor Town didn’t really have any proper hotels; aside from the Pokémon Center, most accommodations were houses that residents rented out to travelers.

"That’s great! I want to visit Fallarbor Gym!" Max had already casually picked a flower by this point. After examining it carefully and finding nothing special, he subconsciously chose to ignore his wager with Terrance and turned his attention to other things.

"No problem. How about I take everyone to tour Fallarbor Gym next..."

With nothing else pressing to do, Terrance simply brought the three of them into Fallarbor Gym. But at that moment, he suddenly remembered that if he wanted to challenge the Hoenn’s Elite Four, he’d first have to take out Mr. Norman along the way...

The day passed quickly. Under Terrance’s hospitality, the three from Petalburg Gym rested well. The next day, Caroline took May and Max to watch the Fallarbor Contest, while Terrance continued preparing for the upcoming opening ceremony, bringing Beautifly and the Little Beautifly along as he inspected the development of Bug-type Pokémon throughout Fallarbor Town and Fallarbor Woods.

Next, these Bug-type Pokémon would become the most dazzling scenery of the Fallarbor Scenic Area, as well as its extremely important protagonists.

Two days after the Fallarbor Contest, on this day, the population of Fallarbor Town suddenly surged.

During the period when the Fallarbor Contest was being held, the flow of people into Fallarbor Town had already shown signs of reaching capacity. By now, Fallarbor Town was no longer able to accommodate so many visitors.

There were even quite a few Trainers who set up tents outside the town, planning to spend the night in the wild. Faced with this situation, Terrance had no good solution. He had underestimated people’s enthusiasm for the Fallarbor Scenic Area. Although Fallarbor Town had made many preparations for tomorrow’s opening ceremony, they ultimately weren’t meticulous enough, and the town’s size ended up limiting the upper bound of its visitor capacity.

"Fallarbor Town must expand. Also, if it wants stable development, it needs to build at least two or three large hotels."

As Terrance pondered this, night fell and the sky grew dark.

This was destined to be an extraordinary night. Tomorrow would be the opening ceremony of the Fallarbor Scenic Area, and naturally, Terrance intended to make things even bigger.

In fact, the tourists who had already settled in Fallarbor Town, as well as those camping out in the wild, were gradually gathering toward the center of the town.

Under the cover of night, although every household in Fallarbor Town was brightly lit, compared to daytime, the seas of flowers didn’t look particularly eye-catching.

What the visitors had come to see wasn’t the sea of flowers anyway. According to the brochures they had received, there was supposed to be a fireworks festival tonight.

Fireworks festival... opening ceremony... sea of flower performance... the blessing of the guardian deity... the kingdom of forest... the Bug-type tournament... these events together formed the entire opening ceremony of the Scenic Area.

Over these two days, Fallarbor Town had arranged many activities. It could be said with certainty that visitors wouldn’t feel bored. All of Fallarbor Town’s charm was encapsulated within them. In Terrance’s view, this was an opportunity—an opportunity to make Fallarbor Town famous.

Whether Fallarbor Town could become an important city in the Hoenn region and a holy land for tourism all depended on the response to this series of events.

Terrance, along with Pupitar, Gallade, and Rotom Pokédex, came up to the rooftop of Fallarbor Gym, lying there and gazing at the starry sky.

While all the tourists—even the children from the Old Green House, as well as May and Max—had run out to wait for the fireworks festival, Terrance did not show himself. Instead, he chose to enjoy this moment alone with some of his Pokémon.

The fireworks festival was naturally to be performed by Terrance’s Pokémon, and as for its duration, it would last several hours.

It could be said that the fireworks would completely dominate the night, granting visitors an unparalleled visual feast.

"It’s starting, Roto!"

With a reminder from Rotom Pokédex, it turned on its recording function, precisely aiming at the first firework rising into the sky!

That was... Dazzling Gleam!

Dazzling Gleam unleashed by Terrance’s Altaria, the Altaria from Mt. Chimney, Carbink, Ninetales, Kirlia, the earliest sixteen Cutiefly, and the twenty Cutiefly that had joined over the past two days—a total of thirty-six Cutiefly!

With more than forty Pokémon unleashing Dazzling Gleam at the same time, and under the influence of Altaria’s Fairy Aura, in almost an instant the entire sky became dazzlingly bright, shrouded in a mysterious and unpredictable radiance.

Faint halos fell from the sky like starlight, cascading down upon Fallarbor Town and startling many visitors. They felt as though they had stepped into a fantasy world, an utterly novel sensation. At this moment, thanks to Dazzling Gleam, the sea of flowers bloomed anew, borrowing its light to display a different kind of beauty.

In that instant, Fallarbor Town was enveloped by Dazzling Gleam. The sea of flowers blossomed into alluring colors, and the visitors were unanimously amazed.

They had never imagined that even at night they could witness the sea of flowers radiating such dazzling charm. These fireworks—illuminating the flower fields and illuminating Fallarbor Town itself—completely won the visitors over. It was the first time they had ever seen fireworks with such exaggerated special effects.

Dazzling Gleam was the first wave of fireworks.

Soon after, May, leaning over the railing and gazing up at the sky, saw the second wave of fireworks.

As the sound reached people’s ears, the sky was painted over with layers upon layers of incomparably brilliant patterns.

"Compared to the fireworks made for the opening of Fallarbor Gym, these are even more magnificent!"

Chisana, who had just returned from Kanto, stared at the successive "firework patterns" painting the sky, murmuring in disbelief.

"Mismagius, Castform, Ninetales, Kirlia, Altaria..." As he guessed the Pokémon hidden behind the fireworks, the more he counted, the more alarmed Chisana became, because he could no longer tell from the patterns and colors of the fireworks which of Terrance’s Pokémon had created them.

"So this is why you didn’t need our help?"

Recalling how he had proactively offered to help Terrance only to be turned down, Chisana now understood. If he had intervened, wouldn’t it have ruined this harmonious scene instead?

This was a night that belonged to the fireworks.

The visitors didn’t leave early, because the fireworks in the sky changed endlessly, with almost no two displays looking the same, fully sustaining their sense of anticipation.

At this moment—

Blue, white, pink, purple, red, green, gold, orange... all kinds of colors filled the sky.

In the next instant—

Golden Pinwheels, Heart of Fragrance, weeping willows, leaves, red lanterns, linked hearts, falling leaves, fountains, whirlpools, dragons soaring and phoenixes dancing... all kinds of patterns swirled across the sky.

"After tonight, even they will probably be very tired, right?"

Lying on the roof of Fallarbor Gym, listening to the overlapping sounds of human voices and fireworks, Terrance smiled.

The fireworks festival lasted a full four hours, with almost no repetition in its displays. Not only were the colors and patterns eye-catching, but its ability to set the atmosphere was also top-notch. While watching the fireworks, many visitors excitedly recorded videos—some sending them to family and friends, others uploading them online. In short, in a single night, before the Fallarbor Scenic Area had even officially opened, Fallarbor Town’s reputation had already spread far and wide through this very means. All of it was thanks to the astonishing coordination of Terrance’s Pokémon—a four-hour fireworks display without repetition!

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