Mind Master of the Elf World

Chapter 79 You still say you're not Cynthia! (Seeking monthly votes!)

Under the bright sunlight, the ugly fish gradually shed its dazzling white coat, and its body slowly lengthened, outlining a graceful arc.

Its original yellowish-brown, bumpy exterior gradually became smooth and shiny, and its gradually revealed red eyes were filled with liveliness and vitality.

Its tail, covered in light blue scales and shaped like a fan, gently slapped the water's surface, and the splashing water droplets, refracted by the light, reflected a colorful haze.

click-

Cynthia captured the moment on her phone.

Milotic!
Compassionate Pokémon, a single Water-type Pokémon, the evolved form of Feebas!
It is hailed as the most beautiful Pokémon and is also the protagonist of a real-life "Ugly Duckling" story.

"Woo——"

Milotic emitted a clear and melodious sound, like a flute, and its transformation left the surrounding Pokémon speechless.

Even Cynthia took a while to come to her senses.

Feebas has evolved into Milotic?!

It's no secret that Feebas will evolve into Milotic.

However, the known method for Feebas to evolve into Milotic is through the use of "beautiful scales" and "communication evolution".

Aside from some wild Milotic and some clueless trainers, most Milotic evolve from this.

Trainers don't really have a definitive answer as to why Milotic evolved.

Some say it's because of their excellent upbringing, others say it's because of deep feelings and bonds, and still others can't even explain it themselves.

Those moments and processes of evolution were not recorded, and there is no way to trace them.

To be honest, even Cynthia, who pays close attention to Feebas's condition every day, couldn't quite figure out why Feebas evolved at this moment.

Is it confidence?

Milotic was also surprised by its own evolution, but it didn't seem too unexpected.

It simply felt that all those beautiful dreams from those days had finally come true.

"Woo~~"

It moved closer to Cynthia and nuzzled her cheek affectionately.

Cynthia's Pokémon, including Garchomp, Lucario, Eevee, and Roserade, also gathered around.

Looking at the beautiful Milotic, everyone was extremely surprised.

Even the pitiful-looking Rockruff was lost in thought as it stared at Milotic and Cynthia embracing each other.

After the joy of evolution, Milotic dived into the water and swam nimbly, followed by many Water-type Pokémon.

"very nice."

Cynthia's eyes crinkled into crescent moons as she smiled, placed her index finger beside her crimson lips, and murmured:

"We should celebrate with ice cream."

Should we have vanilla mint ice cream or strawberry chocolate ice cream?

"Roar--"

Seeing Cynthia struggling with the "ice cream struggle," Garchomp waved its claws at the group of Pokémon.

Let's call it a day. Let's call it a day.

It's unlikely a decision will be made before sunset.

"Kou Jie~~"

"Ooh~~"

Haunter and Vulpix were also stunned as they looked at the Milotic photos that Cynthia had taken on Jing He's phone.

So beautiful.
"No need to be envious."

Jinghe rubbed Xiao Liuwei's head.

"When you evolve in the future, you won't be any worse than it."

"Ooh?"

really?
A hopeful little star appeared in Little Six-Tail's eyes.

It suddenly started to crave evolution.

"Hehehe?"

What about me? What about me?

Gastly looked at Jing He, patting itself with its paws, its face full of eagerness.

Jinghe stared at it for a long time.

"Ah, the weather is really nice today."

He turned and walked towards the balcony.

Gastly gripped the edge of the table.

“Gah!! (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻” Hearing Gastly’s “hysterical” voice behind him, Jing He couldn’t help but grin.

Don't you have any idea what you'll evolve into?
Does it really want to evolve into a Picoshi?
He used his phone to combine photos of Milotic's evolution process with photos sent by Steven Stone of Breloom and the others happily entering the ecosystem, and posted them online.

And add a sentence—

There's always a beautiful side to the relationship between humans and Pokémon, isn't there?
Sinnoh region.

"Evolved?"

Dr. Yamanashi, who had just returned from his research, was astonished when he saw the evolved Milotic and listened to Cynthia's brief explanation.

Professor Yamanashi is a leading professor in the Sinnoh region, and his main research topic is the evolution of Pokémon.

His idea was that "would evolution make Pokémon more mature or more 'complete'?"

Not long ago, Professor Yamanashi was actually researching Pokémon with Professor Oak in the Kanto region. He only returned to the Sinnoh region recently after discovering that there were more mysteries in the Sinnoh region that were worth exploring in depth.

But he still kept in touch with Professor Oak.

It was through this online connection that Hirona, who was Dr. Yamanashi's temporary assistant, met Jinghe.

"Eat energy cubes, Baofen (a type of snack), and listen to a bedtime story?"

It doesn't sound like it has met any evolutionary conditions at all.

Professor Yamanashi knows that Cynthia found a Pokémon psychologist online to try to make Feebas more confident and lively.

He and Cynthia did indeed witness Feebas's transformation.

So you call it confidence?
"Shall we get Milotic checked first?"

Dr. Yamanashi put down his bag, took off his coat, loosened his tie, and then said.

"Ah."

Cynthia nodded and assisted Dr. Yamanashi in conducting the examination.

after the end.

“Milano’s stats are all perfect.”

Holding the report, Professor Yamanashi looked at Milotic playing and frolicking with the Pokémon in the pool and sighed.

Cynthia was very happy and pleased about this.

"Compared to those that rely on 'beautiful scales,' naturally evolved Milotic would be more mature, or rather, more 'complete.'"

"Ok?"

"It's not that using 'beautiful scales' is bad, it's just that there are indeed differences, differences in perception."

Dr. Yamanashi slowly explained:
"For example."

"The ugly fish evolves with the help of 'beautiful scales'. It gradually realizes that it is beautiful when others praise it, and realizes 'Oh, I have become beautiful.' It will unconsciously give some of the 'credit' to the 'beautiful scales' and 'evolution' because these are what made it beautiful."

"The ugly fish that evolved on its own was already aware of its beauty before it evolved. After it evolved, it took it for granted that it was beautiful, so of course they would praise it."

Upon hearing this, Cynthia looked enlightened.

One is passive, gradual cognition.

One type is proactive self-awareness.

The final result will probably be similar.

However, Milotic, which evolved by using "beautiful scales," needed a process to gradually shift from passive cognition to self-cognition.

Milotic, which evolved autonomously, established this understanding long ago.

That's why Dr. Yamanashi said that naturally evolved Milotics would be more mature and "complete".

It aligns with his philosophy.

This difference is not so obvious in other Milotic species that have evolved autonomously.

But it stands out particularly on Cynthia's Milotic.

It is a confidence that comes from the heart.

This also makes it more mature and "complete" than many self-evolving Milotic.

"So... the condition for evolution is confidence?" Dr. Yamanashi murmured.

But how to make Ugly Fish confident is probably a problem that will last forever.
"Cynthia, could you give me the contact information for 'Jingzhongzhihe'?"

"Well"

Cynthia hesitated slightly.

But in the end he nodded.

"Hello, I am Dr. Yamanashi."

Jinghe was somewhat surprised to receive Dr. Yamanashi's call. After hearing the reason for Dr. Yamanashi's call, the first thought that came to her mind was...
And you still say you're not Cynthia!

(End of this chapter)