Pokémon Egg!
In a soft, dry pile of grass lay a Pokémon Egg that gave off a faint glow in the dim cave.
As if sensing Kadabra's approach, the Pokémon Egg actually trembled slightly.
"Yong."
Its voice was extremely weak; only in this secluded cave could it barely be heard.
Xia Yan and Weedle stopped where they were, but Kadabra, upon seeing the Pokémon Egg, did not want to wait any longer. It could not help calling out, urging them to bring it over.
Hearing its voice, Xia Yan came back to his senses. He gave Kadabra a complicated look, then supported it as they approached the Pokémon Egg.
So this Kadabra was a mother.
And for a mother on the verge of death, worrying about her child seemed to be instinctive.
For some reason, Xia Yan felt a bitter taste in his throat and a dull ache in his heart.
Kadabra, like that Drowzee from before, was a product of experimentation. Its mind was highly unstable, and it deeply loathed humans.
Xia Yan and Weedle suddenly found themselves able to let go of its attack.
What Pokémon would not hate and resent humans after being captured and endlessly studied, after all kinds of inhumane experiments were constantly performed on its body?
It was just that Xia Yan had never imagined this Kadabra had a child.
The only thing that could restore its reason when it was enraged and nearly mad was its child—the instinct of a mother.
Kadabra was placed beside the Pokémon Egg.
Its hands rested gently on the egg, its eyes filled with a mother's warmth and deep reluctance.
Unable to see its child hatch, unable to watch its child be born, its only hope now was that its child could grow up healthy and happy, free