Altaria had originally intended to stop the two Swablu from eating what Cain had given them, but after hesitating for a mont, she decided not to.
From her perspective, that aroma... yes, it did seem quite good.
After Cain distributed the roasted at to all his Pokémon, they happily enjoyed their al.
For so Pokémon, the quantity might not have been enough, as was the case with Larvitar.
Even so, it made for a good appetizer.
Later, Larvitar could fill up on minerals since no one else could steal his food now.
On the grill, a whole roasted lamb still remained. Cain sliced off a front leg and placed it on his plate, then wrapped the rest in plastic.
Under Altaria’s watchful gaze, Cain took the roasted lamb and slowly approached her.
Altaria, proud and aloof, kept her gaze fixed ahead, completely ignoring Cain’s actions.
Cain, smiling, paid no mind to Altaria’s reaction. He placed the roasted lamb in front of her and said, "Altaria, thank you for your help today. Consider this a small token of my gratitude."
With that, Cain smiled again. Seeing that Altaria still didn’t respond, he turned and walked away.
Altaria’s throat moved slightly as the irresistible aroma wafted toward her.
"Hmm, it really slls delicious," Altaria thought. "Would it be disgraceful to eat food given by soone else?"
But then she reflected, "He said it was a gift of gratitude, and I am the sovereign of this area. After all, I just saved him and provided him protection. Wouldn’t it be appropriate to accept his food?"
"No, no," she told herself. "I must maintain my composure. I must resist."
However, another thought tempted her: "Or just one bite? Yes! Just a small taste, to acknowledge the gesture."
When she finally tasted the lamb, she couldn’t help but enjoy it. "Oh! How delicious!"
Cain had no idea what was going on in Altaria’s mind, but he kept an eye on her movents. When he saw her take a bite, he no longer looked her way.
"Finally, it seems we’ve improved our relationship a little," Cain thought to himself.
After returning to his spot, Cain finished his dinner. When he looked at Altaria again, he saw her with a rib in her beak, nibbling on the at.
When their eyes t, the two white patches on Altaria’s cheeks turned a bit red.
A little embarrassed to have been caught.
Cain pretended not to have noticed and continued cleaning up the leftovers, though he couldn’t suppress the smile forming on his face.
It was rare for such a powerful Pokémon like Altaria to let anyone approach her. That wasn’t sothing that happened every day.
Especially with Altaria, one of the strongest Pokémon on this island. If he managed to establish a good relationship, perhaps he could gain special assistance in the future.
After dinner, Cain didn’t intentionally approach Altaria again. Instead, he took his Pokémon to train in the field.
The five little Pokémon also joined in on the training, leaving the two Swablu watching from the sidelines.
Watching them, the Swablu thought it looked quite fun.
Unfortunately, they didn’t know how to join in and felt too shy to ask Cain. In the end, they flew back to their mother for comfort.
Usually, the two Swablu greatly enjoyed playing together under their mother’s protection, but for so reason, this ti it didn’t feel as fun.
After finishing the nightti training, Cain and his Pokémon retired to the tent.
This special tent was not only waterproof and insect-resistant but also much more spacious than the previous one.
Though it was a bit cramped with everyone sleeping together, the Pokémon liked the warmth of being close.
Only Larvitar and Aron were placed in a specially prepared corner.
It wasn’t that they were excluded, but their weight was simply too much for the others to bear in such a tight space.
Larvitar and Aron felt a little resentful but understood the situation and didn’t complain.
Cain closed his eyes but didn’t fall asleep imdiately. Instead, he activated his system to review the data he had obtained from Team Rocket on improving Pokémon quality.
The system had already analyzed and categorized the information.
Clearly, the data Team Rocket provided had been carefully filtered, omitting anything that could improve Pokémon quality universally.
It was possible that these thods weren’t fully developed or that they didn’t want Cain to uncover them.
However, Cain suspected that these so-called universal thods for quality improvent were probably not entirely effective.
He then focused on thods specific to improving certain Pokémon species.
There were many things ntioned in the report that Cain had never heard of before. Based on the descriptions, Team Rocket likely had access to so of those resources.
This indicated that these quality enhancent techniques were exclusive to Team Rocket.
For Pokémon like Gengar, Honchkrow, and Slowking, improving their quality was more complicated due to their advanced evolution stages.
The report stated that the most opportune tis to enhance a Pokémon’s quality were before its birth or during its evolution.
For Torchic, there was a high probability of success in improving its quality.
The only drawback was that Cain currently lacked the necessary materials to attempt it.
However, one Pokémon in particular caught Cain’s attention, and he couldn’t look away.
Skorupi.
Upon reviewing the system’s data, Cain noticed a thod to enhance Skorupi’s quality.
The best ti to implent it would be just before its evolution or during the evolution process.
Cain carefully read through the information from start to finish.
Skorupi was already at level 39, just one level away from evolving, which would also take it to the advanced level.
"A competition-style enhancent thod?" Cain thought as he reflected on what he had read.
...
The next day.
Cain led his Pokémon back to the Scolipede leader’s territory.
After witnessing their leader’s defeat by Altaria, none of the Pokémon in the area dared leave the forest, no matter how much Cain provoked them.
Additionally, with the leader’s death, there was no clear new leader in the Scolipede territory.
Instead, several of the strongest Pokémon began fighting among themselves to determine who would beco the new boss.
This process wouldn’t be resolved in just one or two days.
Normally, such conflict wouldn’t be a significant problem, as they could wait for a new leader to erge and then rebuild their population.
As Bug-types, they were confident in their ability to reproduce quickly.
However, now they had to face a cunning and formidable enemy.
(End of Chapter)
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