Who knew what this Ralts had gotten on her head? It was incredibly hard to wash off.
Florges worked at it for ages, finally managing to wash the green liquid off Ralts's head after an enormous effort.
Then Florges carried Ralts over to Charizard and had Charizard dry her off with some heat.
She really was getting the full-service treatment.
Once that was done, Chen Shi picked Ralts up and settled her on his other shoulder.
Ever since Mew had stopped traveling with him, Chen Shi had felt a little strange without something perched on that shoulder.
Now that Ralts was here, she could take Mew's place.
"Ralts~"
Ralts truly couldn't figure out what this human wanted.
If he meant to hurt her, he certainly didn't seem to harbor any malice toward her.
He had even promised to give her something tasty later.
But if he meant her no harm, why did Ralts keep feeling that something was off about the way this human looked at her?
It felt like he was lusting after her body...
Ralts jolted as a possibility suddenly struck her.
This human... could he want to lay eggs with me?
At the thought, Ralts looked at Chen Shi in utter horror.
Before sneaking over to steal food, Ralts had figured the worst possible outcome was death-being eaten by those powerful-looking Pokémon.
But that didn't mean she was willing to lay eggs!
Especially not with a human.
That would be even worse than being eaten!!
Seeing Ralts staring at him in horror, Chen Shi assumed she was afraid he would hurt her, so he immediately said gently:
"Don't be scared, little one. I really won't hurt you. I just want you to be my partner, that's all."
Rather than believing him, Ralts grew even more wary.
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