It worked on the first try!
And it had happened so fast!
Baimu couldn't help being surprised by how quickly Glastrier had submitted.
By rights, even with a day and a half to recover after creating the Radiant Petal, Calyrex should have had little strength left.
The Reins of Unity were that powerful!
He was about to step forward and congratulate Calyrex when the king, mounted on his white steed, turned his gaze on him.
What kind of look was that?
Proud, majestic, and filled with condescending mercy. It seemed to pierce through flesh and see the depths of a person's heart, where they hid everything they dared not reveal.
A powerful sense of unfamiliarity settled over him.
His human instincts urged Baimu to lower his head.
But he did not move. He calmly met the gaze of the Calyrex on horseback, who seemed like someone he was meeting for the first time, and said:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty."
If a trainer could not even look at a Pokémon he hoped to catch, he had little chance of ever forging a bond with it.
And without a doubt,
in the world of Wild Pokémon, staring someone straight in the eye was tantamount to a challenge. Perhaps that was why Calyrex did not answer.
And so,
the air by the lakeside grew still.
Aggron and the other Pokémon tensed, some solemn, others wary, as though a battle were about to begin.
Everyone thought Calyrex, now that he had regained his power, would settle the score for the indignities of the past few days and turn on them.
Instead, he gave the reins a gentle tug.
"Neeeigh~"
Glastrier snorted and bent his legs to kneel.
Calyrex, who had been level with Baimu, now had to look up at him.
He paid it no