"Did I make things worse?"
Baimu stood before the wrecked ship, watching the wild Dragapult clan that refused to leave for a long time as he considered the impact on his future plans.
It probably—
Wouldn't be much of a problem, right?
As long as he discussed things properly with the wild Dragapult clan, there shouldn't be any danger to the students.
Maybe he could even bring about a few "romances"!
With hundreds of Dragapult, sooner or later one or two would catch each other's eye, right?
A good thing! This was a good thing!
After giving it some thought, Baimu stopped worrying about it and left with the two newly joined Dreepy.
Because Dreepy Big Sister had ignored him, Dragapult hid back inside his Poké Ball to brood. The poor kid had no idea what he had done wrong. His instincts told him he couldn't keep running away like before, but what was he supposed to do?
The Socially Awkward Dragon was utterly lost.
Fortunately, he was no longer alone. Baimu promised him that once they returned to Platinum Silver Mountain, he would help.
Only then did Dragapult settle down, though he still couldn't help wanting to brood for a while.
They passed through the Spirit World Entrance.
And returned to a reality that appeared no different.
Baimu gently stroked Spectrier's mane and said softly, "Sorry for the trouble a little longer. I'll find a way."
"Neigh~"
Spectrier let out a low whinny. He didn't consider staying here much of a hardship. As a Legendary Pokémon with a long life, he didn't care about such brief measures of time as a day or two, a year or two.
Besides, there was nothing much to do on Platinum Silver Mountain anyway. It was just sleeping somewhere else and chewing on