Ash rushed up and down the stairs, finally getting everything ready for Beldum to wake up.
Then Ash gazed at little Beldum for a while, unable to suppress the fond smile tugging at his lips.
Beldum was absolutely tiny now, only about the size of a palm, compact and rather adorable.
Beldum falling asleep was perfectly natural. After all, levitating at birth had drained the newborn's energy. Ash was not worried that anything was wrong with Beldum's health; he simply waited quietly for Beldum to wake. When Beldum slowly stirred, it blinked and spotted Ash right away.
At the moment, however, Beldum could only inch slowly across the table.
This left Beldum terribly upset. It twisted its body, trying to float up in front of Ash just as it had before, but with so little magnetic energy inside it to begin with, how could it possibly levitate a second time so soon? Beldum felt terribly wronged, with no way to express it.
Amused by Beldum, Ash thought for a moment before reaching out with both hands to lift it.
Beldum weighed a little over twenty kilograms now, so Ash could still lift it with both hands and a little effort.
"Don't be sad. You'll be able to float again soon."
Ash raised Beldum to eye level and comforted it with a warm smile.
"Dong." Beldum's eye curved happily.
He set Beldum back on the table and carefully wiped its body with the damp towel he had prepared, cleaning off the dried egg fluid.
"Dong-" Beldum narrowed its eye in comfort.
"Hehe, does that feel good?" Ash asked with a smile.
"Dong!"
Next, Ash placed the small, specially made magnets suitable for young Steel-type Pokémon in front of Beldum. The magnetic energy in these small magnets was just right for Beldum