On Summit Snow Path, the blond youth calmly gave an order.
"Lillie, use Sludge Bomb!"
"Lui!"
The Guzzlord named Lillie raised its tentacles, firing several Sludge Bombs brimming with rich violet light and completely draining the last of the Weavile blocking their path.
Seeing its opponent Out of Battle, Guzzlord happily danced in midair.
Gladion, the youth commanding it, spared no praise. "Well done, Lillie."
The beautiful blond woman beside Gladion also smiled warmly. "Lillie is very suited for battling."
Mohn, standing beside Lusamine, nodded with a proud expression. "Gladion has really grown. Lillie's moves are quite powerful too."
Under their alternating praise, Guzzlord was overjoyed.
However, when it thought of the person full of wicked humor whom they would soon meet, its happy mood immediately soured.
Beside them, a fair-skinned blonde girl—Lillie herself—blushed furiously, twisting her fingers together with a face full of things left unsaid.
Mother, Father, and Brother all sound so strange...
But before embarrassment could overwhelm her, Lillie took several Peachy Peaches from her little bag. Just as before, she crouched down and placed them beside the Weavile lying there as if dead, then jogged off with Magearna toward the front.
Watching Lillie leave, Lusamine and the others exchanged glances and revealed knowing, gratified smiles.
After they left, the Weavile that had been playing unconscious struggled to its feet.
Looking at the Peachy Peaches beside it, Weavile did not wear its usual sly, wicked grin. Instead, its expression was rather complicated.
Its original plan to ambush them while they were distracted vanished without a trace.
After thinking for a moment, Weavile picked up the Peachy Peaches and tossed them into its mouth. After chewing a few times, it felt the paralysis from the poison and its depleted strength ease somewhat.
After casting another complicated glance in