Chapter 572: The Fifth Life Aftermath (Part 2)
Time moves forward more than a thousand years.
The Era of Magical Beasts.
The Kanto region and the Johto region had not yet been unified.
In a forest located in the northwestern part of the Kanto region, there was a Kingdom of Rota (Cameran Palace).
For a long time.
The Kingdom of Rota had been situated deep in the mountains and dense forests, with little communication with the outside world. Coupled with the inconvenient communication of this era itself, very few people in the entire Kanto region knew there was a kingdom here.
And the scale of the Kingdom of Rota naturally goes without saying.
Actually, in this Kanto region, it was just a tiny kingdom.
But perhaps exactly because of these reasons.
The Kingdom of Rota had almost never suffered from the ravages of war, always maintaining a state of aloofness from worldly strife.
"Your Highness the Princess, last night a dazzling blue light emerged from Mt. Moon. I wonder if an extraordinary treasure has appeared, or if a powerful magical beast is wandering nearby. Do you think we should send someone to investigate?"
A not-so-young maid with chestnut hair lay stealthily beside the princess and said.
She had watched the little princess grow up.
She naturally knew the princess was most interested in these suddenly appearing novelties, so she hurriedly came to inform the princess as soon as there was any movement.
And it was exactly relying on this perceptiveness.
That she could become the personal maid of the sixteen-year-old princess, who had just passed her coming-of-age ceremony, at the age of nearly forty.
"Hm?!"
Lady Rin's eyes darted around. The tacit understanding cultivated over many years.
Made her instantly understand the hidden meaning in her personal maid's words.
Speaking of which.
Ever since her coming-of-age ceremony.
She had been locked in Cameran Palace by her mother day and night, learning those so-called ways of governing a country every day, which was about to bore her to death.
In Rin's view.
The Kingdom of Rota had almost never had a war in a hundred years, and it probably wouldn't have one in the future either. The common people live and work in peace and contentment. This so-called way of governing a country is basically useless empty talk.
Now.
There is unusual movement on Mt. Moon near the Kingdom of Rota.
Her mother couldn't possibly not send someone to investigate the intelligence.
She could completely use the excuse of accumulating experience to go out and play to get some fresh air.
"I'll go find Mother right now."
Rin grinned and went happily towards her mother's bedroom.
The Kingdom of Rota has very few matters that need the Queen to handle.
So as the Queen, Rin's mother could sleep until nine or ten in the morning before getting up.
On the contrary, Rin, as the princess.
Because she had to study with the teachers in the palace, she had to get up at seven or eight every day instead.
Five minutes later.
Under her daughter's endless clamoring.
The Queen, who hadn't had enough sleep, hurriedly gave the green light, driving this pestering daughter out.
However, she specifically instructed Sir Aaron to lead the team and guard from the side.
Sir Aaron.
He is the son of the former minister of the Kingdom of Rota.
Currently only eighteen years old, just two years older than Rin.
At the beginning of this year, he had just gained the Queen's recognition, successfully transitioning from an Aura apprentice to a qualified 'Aura Guardian'.
Aaron and Rin can be considered childhood sweethearts.
Grew up together since childhood.
Even Aaron's Lucario was a dog raised together with Rin.
The ancestors of their two families trace back to before the founding of the Kingdom of Rota.
So this relationship naturally goes without saying, deeply trusted by the Queen's lineage.
The Queen had also always nurtured Aaron as her daughter's future right-hand man.
With Aaron's Aura Power.
She wasn't worried her daughter would encounter danger when traveling.
Because Aaron would take Rin away from the direction of danger one step ahead.
After some preparation.
After dawdling for half an hour.
The impatient Rin finally got her wish and stepped out of the gates of Cameran Palace.
"Ah~ The air outside is just fresh."
Rin sat on Rapidash and stretched her back.
Aaron beside her heard these words and couldn't help smiling and shaking his head.
This princess's personality.
He was truly too familiar with it.
Anyway, nothing inside the castle is as good as the outside.
Even the exclusive mount of the royal family she rode under her—Rapidash, couldn't compare to an ordinary white horse on the streets of the Kingdom of Rota.
Looking at the surrounding guards, they only rode black horses with slightly stronger physiques.
To put it bluntly, they were just ordinary horses.
Completely incomparable to Rapidash, which is a magical beast.
Walking on the streets of the Kingdom of Rota.
The surrounding residents saw Rapidash and the Lucario beside it, and one after another kept a respectful distance.
This is the power and oppressiveness of magical beasts in this era.
Walking all the way out of the Kingdom of Rota.
The guards, including Aaron, all raised their vigilance, constantly watching out for the surrounding grass and bushes.
In these places, a magical beast half the height of a human could dart out at any time.
Other than Rin.
No one could relax in this kind of place during the Era of Magical Beasts.
Only inside the tall city walls could people feel relaxed.
"Hmm hum~"
Rin hummed an unknown little tune, swaying on Rapidash's back.
She looked down at the armor on Rapidash and couldn't help frowning.
This thing didn't have a strong protective effect on Rapidash; it was more of a restricting effect.
As the horse raised by her and her mother since she was little.
Rin of course trusted Rapidash very much.
But the guards and the common people in the town didn't trust it, so they could only dress Rapidash in this clumsy armor.
"Neigh~"
Rapidash shook its neck, humming a song together with Rin.
"The blue light yesterday seemed to have landed on the peak of Mt. Moon. Fortunately, Mt. Moon isn't high, we should be able to go back early."
Aaron turned his head to look at Rin beside him.
"I don't want to go back early."
Rin muttered.
Another ten minutes or so passed.
Just as everyone arrived at the foot of Mt. Moon.
Rumble rumble—
Suddenly.
A violent tremor spread throughout the entirety of Mt. Moon.
A large number of magical beasts were frightened and crazily rushed out of Mt. Moon, heading towards Rin and Aaron's group.
At first, they were mostly small Pokémon like Pidgey, Rattata, and Ekans.
When they saw this human group had twenty people and a Rapidash, they all detoured one after another.
Rin's group also stood in place and didn't act rashly to avoid startling them.
But the large and super-large Pokémon that ran out later, like Nidoking, Kangaskhan, and Onix, they truly couldn't stand their ground, and one after another gave way to the surroundings.
One of the Nidoking herds looked extremely angry.
When they saw Rin and this group of humans, their eyes simply turned red, and they charged towards them as if disregarding their lives.
"Cover Her Highness..."
Boom— Before Aaron's voice could sound.
A figure, not considered tall in this Era of Magical Beasts, descended from the sky, kicking up a large cloud of dust upon landing on the ground.
"Garchomp!!"
A roar full of deterrence and anger rang out.
The Nidoking herds instantly lost their previous arrogance. Their formation was directly scattered by this roar, and they fled in panic in all directions.
The dust dispersed.
A giant shark-headed dragon standing on two feet stood in place. Its arms, like a grim reaper's scythe, made everyone who saw them shudder with fear.
Rin's group was directly scared into slumping onto the ground.
The only ones who hadn't lost their mobility were Aaron and Lucario.
But Lucario stood in place, its pupils and limbs trembling uncontrollably; clearly, its condition wasn't much better.
Only Aaron calmed down at the first moment.
Because he saw that on this fierce magical beast, there was a human figure.
And a very beautiful woman at that.
"Alright, alright~ Don't be angry, Lucario didn't leave us behind, he'll come back to find us."
A gentle voice came from the big shark's back.
Rin and the others only then noticed that there was actually a human sitting on the back of this terrifying magical beast?!
Unbelievable!
A powerful magical beast that scared off an entire Nidoking herd was actually willing to submit beneath a human.
Exactly who is this woman?!
What relationship does she have with the blue light from yesterday?!
Cynthia hadn't noticed the humans in front of her yet.
She and Garchomp were still facing away from Rin and the others at this moment.
She was focused on comforting the big mother shark.
The injuries sustained in Alamos Town before hadn't healed yet. Garchomp couldn't engage in too much physical activity, otherwise it would be detrimental to her body's recovery.
"Roar"
Garchomp let out a breath of hot air; clearly, she was still a bit angry in her heart.
However.
This was also her unique expression of care.
It was because she cared about Will's safety that she became irritated from not seeing him.
"Excuse me..."
"Hm?"
At this time, Cynthia heard the movement behind her and turned her head to take a look.
When she saw such a group of people standing behind her, she was stunned for a moment, and then her face showed great joy.
Finally saw humans!
After coming out of Will's Aura barrier.
Cynthia found herself inexplicably in the wild.
And these wild Pokémon were obviously different from those she had seen in the past. These Pokémon were larger in size, and either quite aggressive or extremely timid.
Seeing her, they either fled in panic or pounced as if they saw food.
If it were a clueless trainer.
They definitely wouldn't know what was going on.
But Cynthia, as an archaeologist specializing in ancient history and historical legends, realized at the first moment that she might have come to the [Past].
It was just that.
She couldn't be sure.
Whether she was currently in the Chaos Era, the Ancient Era, or the Era of Magical Beasts.
Until now.
After seeing this group of humans, and that Rapidash wearing armor.
Cynthia was certain she was in the Era of Magical Beasts.
And the latter half of the Era of Magical Beasts, the Kingdom period.
"Big sister, you're so amazing! How did you tame this magical beast?!"
Rin bounced up like a little rabbit.
The surrounding guards were scared pale and hurriedly tried to step forward and pull Her Highness back.
But the captain of the guards, Aaron, reached out to stop them.
As for the reason...
Aaron felt a majestic Aura Power from Cynthia.
This is a considerably powerful Aura Guardian!
"Her name is Garchomp, a partner who grew up with me since I was little."
Cynthia looked at Rin's face and felt a sense of familiarity, but she politely introduced herself first,
"My name is... Cynthia, from Celestic Town in the Sinnoh region."
"Sinnoh region? Where is that? And where is Celestic Town? My name is Rin, I am the princess of the Kingdom of Rota. Big sister, can you come home with me?"
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