Pokémon: Starting From Zero as a Legendary Pokémon

The "opening one's heart" here wasn't merely emotional.

When Élifas created Magearna, his wish had been for her to become humanity's assistant and coexist with humans.

Because of that, Magearna's Soul-Heart would establish a bridge with a human she trusted.

Like a key and a lock—

one key for one lock.

Unless Sora died, Magearna would acknowledge only him as her master.

And only he could repair and cleanse the Soul-Heart.

As for turning the functions installed within the puppet body into Magearna's actual power—the true key lay in the energy and soul within the Soul-Heart.

"Mysterious science is actually mystery plus science."

Raleigh pointed at Magearna's puppet body.

"The scientific part is here."

"As for the mysterious part…"

There was no need to explain further.

The Soul-Heart itself was the "mystery."

Therefore, modifying the Soul-Heart required not machinery—

but the trainer's own heart and spirit.

That was something Raleigh completely failed to understand.

He believed the reason he could never truly advance in the field of mysterious science stemmed from this exact point.

Someone incapable of understanding Pokémon could never become a true mysterious scientist.

"Puru puru~"

Holding his Swirlix in his arms, Raleigh prepared to continue deepening his bond with his little partner.

Before leaving, he handed Sora detailed notes regarding puppet repair techniques, explaining that as long as Sora fully mastered those concepts, he would be able to solve most physical problems involving Magearna's body.

"That kid…"

Sora recalled the first time he had met Raleigh.

The boy had looked utterly devastated, as though his worldview had completely collapsed.

Yet only a few days later, he had regained his vitality and become unexpectedly dependable.

"Puru puru~~"

Watching Swirlix cling tightly to Raleigh while the boy spoiled it with a loving smile, Sora more or less understood the reason for the transformation.

As expected—

Pokémon truly were medicine for healing the human heart.

There was nothing that couldn't be cured by adorable little creatures.

And if there was—

then just add two more.

"Well then, time to think about how to make Magearna stronger…"

Sora officially placed that task onto his schedule.

In addition, he also needed to train Volcanion.

"Magearna's situation was definitely an unexpected delight."

Although he still had no concrete direction yet, Sora already had a rough framework in mind.

As for Volcanion…

"Let's start with some testing."

Sora called Volcanion to the lakeside.

Just to be safe, he asked Volcanion to use Ice Beam and create a training field in the middle of the lake.

"Uh… I can't use that move."

"Huh?"

Sora looked surprised.

"Wait, you're Water-type, aren't you? How do you not know Ice Beam?"

In Sora's understanding, most Water-type Pokémon could learn Ice Beam.

But Volcanion couldn't.

"Uh…"

Seeing Volcanion's helpless expression, Sora awkwardly coughed.

"Alright then. Wait here—I'll find someone to help."

Sora soon gathered Aurorus and several nearby Water-type Pokémon.

Aurorus alone was too weak to freeze the lake with Ice Beam.

So Sora specifically gathered over ten Water-types and had them work together before they finally managed to create a circular ice field nearly fifty meters wide.

"Hiss… kinda cold."

Sora instinctively moved closer to Volcanion, warming himself with the steam radiating from its body.

And honestly—

standing beside Volcanion felt like sitting next to a giant heater.

Pretty comfortable.

"Let's do it here."

Sora signaled for Volcanion to stop.

"Your attacks are way too destructive."

"To avoid damaging the surroundings, this is the only suitable place."

He then instructed Volcanion to demonstrate every move it knew one by one.

"Don't use full power. Just enough to display the effects of the moves."

After saying that, Sora quickly retreated while shouting dramatically:

"Sword, come forth!"

…Ahem.

Actually, he was calling for Victini.

Without Volcanion acting as a heater, the surrounding cold immediately made Sora shiver violently.

At times like this—he needed his portable hand warmer.

"Bini~~"

Victini promptly flew into Sora's arms, continuously radiating warm energy.

"Ahhh… much better."

Sora inwardly sighed in relief.

Having Fire-type Pokémon really was great.

At the very least, he wouldn't freeze to death.

"Begin, Volcanion."

"Ooooh!"

For quite a long stretch of time afterward, Volcanion continuously unleashed moves toward the waters beyond the frozen field.

Water-type moves and Fire-type moves alternated nonstop.

Mixed in were several status moves as well.

"What an insanely deep movepool."

Sora couldn't help admiring it.

Volcanion truly deserved its title as a legendary Pokémon that had lived for who-knew-how-many years.

The sheer number of mastered techniques was dazzling.

So what if it couldn't learn Ice Beam?

Groudon couldn't fly either.

Why be so demanding?

"BOOM!"

"Bang bang bang~~"

"Splashhhh…"

The lake churned violently as steam and waves exploded outward, creating an extremely spectacular scene.

Yet while observing Volcanion's techniques, Sora rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"Alright, stop there, Volcanion."

"Hm?"

Volcanion calmed the energy within its body and turned toward Sora, waiting for his evaluation.

"There's no doubt that you're extremely strong."

Sora would never deny that simply because Volcanion lost to Ogerpon.

"As for energy purification and amplification, with Vee around, you don't need to worry about that."

Victini wasn't particularly interested in direct combat.

Nor was she suited for it.

The Victory Pokémon functioned more like a cheerleader.

As long as she stayed in the back supporting everyone, that was enough.

At most, she'd also handle the task of personally protecting Sora.

And even though she rarely fought—none of the Pokémon on Sora's team could ignore Victini's contribution.

Her importance far exceeded imagination.

Every single Pokémon owed her a huge favor.

"So now, let's talk about your strengths and your future direction."

Just like Ogerpon's traits and Terastal development, and Magearna's mechanical modifications—

what Sora wanted to discuss now was how Volcanion should discover its own path.

"Your typing is Water and Fire."

"As far as I know, there currently isn't a second Pokémon with that exact combination."

"As a Pokémon, you probably don't understand the distinction between moves all that clearly."

"But I've done some research."

Well—

thanks to Kimia, Sora had learned quite a few secrets regarding Pokémon moves.

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