Chapter 87 87: Repairing Magearna
Fleur very much wanted to say:
"Your Highness, your little thoughts are completely written all over your face."
Having a woman help care for a man's Pokémon—the implications were a little too obvious.
Your Highness, please try to be a bit more reserved.
Sigh…
Fleur had a headache.
"The royal family of this generation really makes people worry…"
Raleigh was supposed to inherit the kingdom.
But that child was obsessed with science and only wanted to become a researcher, devoting all his energy to technological development.
Kimia, meanwhile, had little interest in power herself.
And to add another point—
Fleur felt that Kimia was a bit of a hopeless romantic.
The two girls had grown up together and were practically childhood friends.
As far as Fleur knew, Kimia absolutely loved romance novels.
Especially the kind where a knight eloped with a princess.
"Hey, hey, please…"
"At the very least, don't go that far."
If Kimia ran away with someone, Raleigh would probably follow too.
And at that point, the Azoth royal family would truly be finished.
Fleur's family had served the royal house for a thousand years.
She didn't want that legacy ending in her generation.
Please no…
Fleur prayed inwardly.
At least wait until I've been dead for ten years first!!
Naturally, Sora had no idea about the girls' thoughts and plans.
At the moment, he was busy checking the physical condition of his Pokémon.
The examination equipment had been borrowed from the Azoth royal family.
Every piece of it was cutting-edge black technology.
"You're very healthy, Amaura."
"It's just that your body contains too many energy impurities, and the overall purity is a little low."
Sora wasn't worried about his other Pokémon.
The main one he wanted to observe carefully was the newly joined Amaura.
"Wuu…"
"Ah, don't look so down."
Sora rubbed Amaura's head comfortingly.
"The main issue is that your nutrition didn't keep up while living in the wild. After resting and recovering for a while, you'll be fine."
"Wuu!"
The moment she heard she could recover, Amaura immediately perked back up.
"From now on, you need to eat properly, okay? No picky eating."
"Wuru~~"
Amaura narrowed her watery eyes happily and lightly swayed her tail, as if saying, 'I wouldn't do that anyway.'
Adorable.
"Alright, go play."
Sora sent Amaura off toward the lakeside before continuing examinations on Buneary and Sylveon one by one.
The results were excellent.
Despite both originally being wild Pokémon, under Sora's month-long care and adjustments, they were steadily developing in a healthy direction.
As for Volcanion and Bloodmoon Ursaluna—
just looking at their physiques made it obvious they were thriving.
Bloodmoon Ursaluna was absurdly sturdy, practically a monster even among Ursaluna.
Volcanion possessed an astonishing foundation along with traces of divinity.
Nutrition issues simply couldn't restrict a being like it.
The same applied to Victini and Ogerpon.
The two little Legendaries truly lived up to their status.
There was practically nothing to worry about.
"As expected…"
"Magearna is the real challenge."
The primary target of Sora's examinations had actually been Magearna all along.
Magearna wasn't a flesh-and-blood creature.
Her body was made entirely of metal.
The true core of her existence was her Soul-Heart.
And unfortunately—that was exactly where the problem lay.
"What is it? Is something wrong?"
Volcanion stood beside Sora, deeply worried about Magearna's condition.
"There are two issues."
Sora explained:
"Five hundred years have caused severe energy depletion within Magearna's Soul-Heart. Its internal state has become unstable."
"What?!"
"Relax."
Sora reassured Volcanion.
"Don't forget, we have Victini."
"Oh… right. Victini's ability is…"
Universal energy.
And infinite power.
"Bi!"
Victini raised a finger confidently, making a gesture that clearly meant:
'Leave it to me!'
"But honestly, I really have to admire Élifas."
"The concept of a Soul-Heart—a fusion of soul and life energy—is basically black technology among black technologies."
At the very least, Sora was fairly certain he would never understand in his lifetime how Élifas had originally created Magearna.
Fortunately, Magearna already existed.
As long as the goal was merely maintaining her soul, there were many possible methods.
The simplest one was having Victini reorganize the state of Magearna's Soul-Heart directly.
To put it simply—
if the Soul-Heart were compared to a human body,
then Magearna's condition resembled blocked meridians that had resulted in paralysis.
Which was exactly why Magearna often stumbled even while walking.
"You mean… as long as the blockages inside the Soul-Heart are repaired, Magearna's clumsiness can be cured?"
"Dudu dudu!"
Magearna immediately smacked Volcanion with her little hands, clearly dissatisfied at being called clumsy.
"Sorry, sorry! I know I was wrong!"
"Don't poke me with flowers, it tickles, it tickles…"
Volcanion was completely helpless against this younger-sister figure and had absolutely no way to fight back.
"Mm. That's basically the idea."
Sora looked toward Magearna with a smile.
"So?"
"Do you want to become strong like Ogerpon, Magearna?"
"Didi du!"
Magearna immediately began spinning in circles excitedly, expressing that she also wanted to fight for Sora.
Volcanion showed absolutely no intention of stopping her.
Pokémon naturally desired strength.
To them, battle represented the blooming of life itself—not merely simple combat.
And besides, Volcanion also wanted Magearna to possess the power to protect herself.
That was extremely important.
"Then when the time comes, you'll need to train properly."
"Dudu!"
"Haha."
Sora chuckled softly before continuing:
"Besides that, Magearna's body also needs repairs."
That issue wasn't especially serious.
Once the Soul-Heart was removed from Magearna's body, the remaining shell would simply shut down and enter a dormant state.
More accurately speaking—the Soul-Heart itself was Magearna's true body.
Everything outside it was merely a shell.
As long as the Soul-Heart remained intact, Magearna herself would never truly be harmed.
And what was even more interesting—the spherical Soul-Heart in Magearna's chest wasn't technically her true essence either.
After all, Ghost-types existed in this world.
The sphere in Magearna's chest was fundamentally just a container used to stabilize life energy.
Even if the container were destroyed, the life energy itself wouldn't disappear.
For Magearna, it would merely be like becoming a ghost—
an unseen spiritual existence.
If a new Soul-Heart were created, the wandering life energy could be gathered once more, effectively reviving Magearna.
Creating an entirely new Soul-Heart from scratch was a miracle almost impossible to replicate.
But simply repairing one…
Though difficult—
it was far from impossible.
After all, in the anime, Lillie's family had successfully repaired a Magearna before.
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