Seeing that Lysandre had stopped speaking, Malva assumed he was angry, recalling that only Roy and the leader had interacted earlier...
Malva back to look at Roy's figure at the port, made a throat-slitting gesture, and asked:
"Chief, should we...?"
In her view, since Roy already knew about their plans but didn't join them, Roy might influence their plans.
To ensure their plan can continue, should they simply eliminate Roy?
"Need not."
Lysandre rejected Malva outright, seeing Roy as nothing more than a pitiful man unable to see the beauty in the world.
And his existence was to redeem people like Roy, to let them see the beauty of the world.
Yes, even Roy, who is destined to destroy the world, deserves to be redeemed.
Or rather, if he can't even redeem Roy, how can he create a world that is merely beautiful?
"In the future, the organization must be more careful when recruiting. Also, you should investigate the members' information. Those members who have had particularly painful experiences should organize a monthly ideological session."
"Ah?"
Malva didn't understand why Lysandre suddenly said that.
Is there a problem?
"No... no."
After a while, Malva asked again:
"Leader, does that include me among all the members?"
Lysandre looked at Malva and said:
You don't need to.
Hearing Lysandre's affirmative answer, Malva a sigh of relief; as expected, the leader still trusted him.
Before she could even feel relieved for two seconds, she heard Lysandre say again, "I will personally give ideological lessons to the organization's cadres."
As the cruise ship set sail, Lysandre watched as Roy on the harbor turned into a tiny black dot and disappeared.
Although he didn't find the Eternal Flower Floette on this trip to Hoenn, he successfully saved a lost boy, so it wasn't a wasted trip.
Malva looked at Lysandre standing on the deck, still puzzled. Usually, when they failed to find the Eternal Flower Floette or when the mission failed, Lysandre would lock himself in his room to reflect.
Why does it seem like the leader's mood has improved quite a bit this time?
After seeing Lysandre off at the port, Roy looked at Phoebe, who was still playing on the beach, and called her over to his side.
Phoebe was followed by Little Absol black and red wings flapped back and forth. Just now, while talking to Lysandre, Roy had let Little Absol go to play with Phoebe.
Little Absol is now covered in seawater mud and sand, its entire body turned into a sand blob.
Upon seeing Roy, he pounced on him, getting mud and sand off Roy body in the process.
Then Roy, disdainful of him, dragged him to the beach and used seawater to wash away the mud and sand from Little Absol's body, little by little.
After cleaning up most of the mud and sand, Little Absol felt uncomfortable with his wet body.
Seeing Roy about to help him dry off, Little Absol turned into a little motor, vigorously shaking himself and splashing all the seawater off his fur onto Roy.
Roy, covered in mud and seawater, looked utterly helpless.
There was nothing I could do; it was Pokémon I had caught myself.
"Roy, what did that old man say to you just now?"
Roy answered while drying Little Absol's body with his own towel:
"Lysandre? He's trying to persuade me to do good."
Roy suddenly felt he should switch careers and become an actor, since he had managed to turn a villain into someone who could persuade others to do good.
"That uncle is indeed a good person; he even knew to advise you, you scoundrel."
Roy:???
Roy flicked a small finger at Phoebe's head, but he didn't dare to use too much force, worried that he might accidentally knock Phoebe out.
You dare flicked my forehead!
Phoebe covered her head, ready to unleash a flurry of wild punches on Roy.
Roy took off running, which angered Phoebe, who chased after him. Little Absol, seeing the two of them running, also Roar and followed behind them.
When Roy turned around, he found that Little Absol was covered in mud and sand again.
Well, all that shower I just took was for nothing.
After playing with Phoebe and Little Absol on the beach for another half hour, Roy released Dragapult.
"Let's go, we should also Mt. Pyre. We can't keep the old man and the others waiting."
"Um."
Riding on Dragapult, Phoebe gazed at Roy's retreating figure, lost in thought. Although she had been out playing for a long time, it felt like only a day had passed, and in the blink of an eye, she would have to go back.
Looking back on my experiences these past few days, I realize I might not have gone through as much as I would have if I had spent a year at Mt. Pyre.
Roy, however, had no time to concern himself with Phoebe's mental state, as he had been on guard against Team Magma the entire way.
The Ancient Gengar, lurking in the shadows, is also on standby, and this time Ancient Gengar is all-seeing and all-hearing.
It was thanks to Marshadow's reminder that Roy was able to guide Dragapult to evade the attack from the Sharpedo in the ocean.
However, he hadn't even realized that this was a major mistake on his part as the assistant to the Reverse Hero. He couldn't afford to make this mistake again!
Fortunately, nothing else happened along the way, and it was very quiet. I don't know if the Team Magma was never established or if Maxie simply didn't know anything about them.
After Dragapult landed at the foot of Mt. Pyre, the two old men were already waiting for them at the foot of the mountain.
It looks like we've been waiting for quite some time.
Upon seeing the two elderly people, Phoebe jumped off Dragapult and ran towards them, eventually throwing herself into the old woman's arms.
"Grandpa! Grandma!"
The old woman gently stroked Phoebe's hair. Compared to the old man who was at ease letting Roy take Phoebe out to play, the old woman was very worried.
Now that Phoebe has returned safely, the old woman is finally relieved.
While Phoebe was enjoying her time with the two old men, the Palossand and the Dhelmise on Mt. Pyre also rushed towards Roy's direction.
The Palossand extended its sand-like hand, Dhelmise stretched out seaweed; the two rushed to Roy's side.
The two big guys were afraid that Roy would abandon them, so they stayed close to Roy. They felt much more at ease after smelling the faint fragrance coming from Roy.