Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 440 Parents who love their children plan far ahead for them!

After the Scorpion King sent his past self back to the present, he encountered the past Qingyuan.

Qingyuan then had Sherabi teleport him back to the present.

"thump!"

With a thud, Qingyuan, whose body contained too much spacetime power, collapsed.

He lost his footing and fell directly to the ground in the heart of Viridian Forest.

"You're back!"

Qingyuan slowly got up from the ground and said with some emotion.

Of course, it wasn't that he didn't want to stand up quickly.

His body was somewhat out of control, so he could only slowly climb up by holding onto the tree.

"Nedo!"

Just as Qingyuan was leaning against a nearby tree, preparing to catch his breath, a Nidoking with a weathered look in his eyes slowly emerged from behind the tree.

"Neta! (Long time no see, Qingyuan!)"

Looking at Qingyuan before him, King Nido said with tears in his eyes.

"King Nidoran?!"

Looking at Nidoking in front of him, Qingyuan was somewhat surprised.

If he remembered correctly, this Nidoking should be Achen's Pokémon, which died in the great battle sixteen years ago. How could it be here?

"Ne-do! (I couldn't find you, I'm sorry!)"

Looking at Qingyuan before him, Nidoking seemed to have all his strength drained away, and he sat down on the ground with tears glistening in his eyes.

"How is this going?"

Seeing Nidoking sitting on the ground, Qingyuan quickly went over and used the power of Everlasting to heal it.

Upon discovering that it was not injured, it asked with a puzzled look.

“Nedo…”

Looking at Qingyuan before him, Nidoking's eyes flashed with sorrow. He then recounted to Qingyuan what had happened after Qingyuan left.

In that great battle, Ah Chen did everything he could to ensure their survival.

At the very beginning of the battle, it was directly thrown into the Viridian Spring, becoming part of the Viridian Forest.

However, Butterfree and the others were unwilling to live alone. After instructing the youngest Nidoking to stay here to guard Venusaur, who had lost its ability to fight, and to wait for Qingyuan in the future.

In order to avenge Ah Chen, they launched a suicidal attack on the people who had tried to capture Celebi.

In the end, they only managed to leave the opponent's last champion-level Pokémon behind.

Despite the psychic-type champion's desperate protection, that guy still managed to escape.

What happened next was pretty much what Qingyuan learned from Venusaur.

Although it moved a little faster than Venusaur, Nidoking, whose sense of direction wasn't as sharp, unsurprisingly couldn't find it.

This caused it to blame itself for sixteen years.

"Thump~"

"Bah!"

Upon hearing Nido's words, Qingyuan lost his balance and fell to the ground.

The spatial equipment he had given to Achen had fallen out of the empty pocket of his clothes.

Along with the space equipment, there was also a note covered with densely written small characters.

Looking at the spatial bracelet wrapped in the note in front of him, Qingyuan picked it up with trembling hands.

"To my dear son Qingyuan, hehe, don't say that I learned this phrase from you, it sounds rather literary, but I'm not a scholar, so I'll write this letter in plain language!"

"By the time you read this letter, you should have already returned to the future world, and if nothing unexpected happens, I should have already merged with the Viridian Forest!"

"Don't be sad for me. This is my own decision. The bracelet contains most of my life savings, which I've worked hard for. Although it may not be as much as what you have, it's still a token of my appreciation. After all, a father should always contribute to his son's growth!"

"I will try my best to integrate into Viridian Forest from the very beginning of the battle. I will let Butterfree and the others wait for you in Viridian Forest. Treat them well. They are old guys who have fought alongside me through thick and thin for most of their lives. It's time for them to enjoy their retirement!"

"Don't push yourself so hard. If you get tired, you can find a place to retire. I believe my old buddies will be able to protect you then!"

"Remember what you promised me: don't do anything like matricide, not even for the sake of your own future!"

"Oh dear, this paper is so small! I should have used a bigger one!"

"Son, I'm sorry I couldn't be a part of your growth, I'm so sorry!"

"But everyone has their own mission. Viridian Forest gave me all of this, and I have to step up when it needs me. It's just that you've suffered, my child!"

"In the very end, I want to say that I stand with Viridian Forest, and I will always watch over your growing son!"

The handwriting on the letter gets smaller as it goes on, as if the writer had a thousand words that he couldn't express.

But the paper is only so big, and no matter how small you write, there will eventually be a limit to how much you can write.

As Qingyuan looked at the letter in his hand, tears streamed down his face like a spring.

"father!!!"

Upon seeing the letter, Qingyuan finally uttered the name he had never used before, but sadly, Achen would never hear it.

Only now does Qingyuan finally understand the profound meaning of the book's description of parents' love for their children.

The resources in the spatial bracelet, the Venusaur and Nidoking that had waited for him for sixteen years in the heart of Viridian Forest—all these were expressions of Achen's deep love for him.

"Splash splash splash~"

The moment Qingyuan shouted his words, the surrounding trees began to rustle their leaves even without any wind.

It was as if Ah Chen truly existed with the Viridian Forest and was watching him at this moment.

"Ah~"

Qingyuan paid no attention to this phenomenon, but simply held the letter that Achen had written to him and cried bitterly.

Seeing this, Nidoking, influenced by Qingyuan, also sat down on the ground and burst into tears.

Just like when it first met Ah Chen, it hid under a tree and cried because it was lost and couldn't find its way home.

This time, however, Ah Chen will no longer appear in front of it, stroking its head to comfort it.

"The dead are gone, the living remain."

"The relentless flow of time marches on, and no one can stop its passing!"

"Qingyuan, you need to pull yourself together. I'm sure Achen's spirit in heaven wouldn't want to see you like this!"

"My time is up. Hope we can meet again someday!"

Seeing Qingyuan like this, Celebi from the past said a few words of comfort to him, then clasped his hands in a fist salute to Qingyuan and began to transform into a wisp of light and slowly dissipate in the air.

It is the past incarnation of the present Celebi, and cannot be in the same time and space as the present Celebi for too long.

Hearing this, Qingyuan looked at Celebi disappearing in the air, hurriedly wiped away his tears, and said to Celebi.

Thank you!

"See you again if fate allows!"

Upon hearing this, Celebi smiled and waved at Qingyuan before completely transforming into a wisp of light and disappearing into the air.