Legendary Pokemon Tomb

However.

Latias, who communicated in humanoid form, was an exceptionally unusual existence even among Legendary Pokemon.

Telepathy was commonplace for Legendary and Mythical Pokemon, but humanoid forms were not.

If he could not clearly sense that the maid in front of him truly existed, Tetsuya would have thought she was an illusion Latias had created by manipulating light.

"Hello."

He raised a hand and gave a stiff greeting.

Even Gabite beside him could barely stand to watch.

No, was our Trainer a little messed up in the head?

"Waka waka!"

It stuck out its dragon face and sidled up to her.

Translated into human language, it was probably praising Latias for being strong and amazing—though it did not seem much better than its Trainer.

Still, one could not expect an adolescent Pokemon whose mind contained nothing but eating, sleeping, and getting stronger to say anything earth-shattering.

"I'm not actually as amazing as you say."

The damned thing was...

Latias happened to be very receptive to Gabite's blunt and simple praise. Even her humanoid cheeks turned red.

Perhaps she had not received such direct praise in a very long time.

Thinking about it, that made sense.

Who would marvel at a Legendary Pokemon's strength?

Was that not simply a matter of course?

Moreover, Latias lived on this island. Aside from her own siblings, the only individual she interacted with was Joy.

And she might not even get to interact with Joy.

In such an environment, despite being very old, Latias might not actually have been as mentally mature as Gabite.

That made things easier.

Tetsuya caught on to that with remarkable sharpness.

He was indeed not particularly good at talking to women.

But if it was a Pokemon with a relatively simple train of thought, he could give it a try.