Amid inside the egg finally stopped moving.
Not because he didn’t want to move, but because Nahida’s voice was too gentle.
The voice was soft and gentle, like the spring breeze, and like a lullaby to coax a child to sleep at night.
He suddenly remembered the stroking from just now.
Through the eggshell, that small hand stroked over and over, filled with worry, caution, and something he hadn’t felt in a long time.
It was the feeling of being cared about.
After his parents left, no one had ever spoken to him in that tone again.
Amid quieted down, curling up inside the egg, pressing his body close to the eggshell where Nahida’s hand was.
Although separated by the shell, he felt like he could feel the warmth of that hand.
‘Forget it.’
He sighed in his heart.
‘I’m not even a human anymore, what does it matter if I’m male or female.’
‘Anyway, no one will care.’
Thinking this, he began to seriously feel his current state.
Claws.
Antennae.
Small body.
And behind him…
it seemed like there was something?
He tried to move his back and felt a pair of small, thin things flap.
‘Wings?’
‘I even have wings?’
Amid was a little surprised.
He began to sketch his image in his mind.
A light green body.
Big eyes.
Small three-fingered claws.
Two antennae on his head.
A pair of small wings on his back.
This image…
Why is this image so familiar?
Amid suddenly realized.
‘Celebi?!’
‘I turned into Celebi?!’
That Mythical Pokemon hailed as the “God of the Forest” and possessing the ability to travel through time?!
Amid was shocked.
He thought of the Pokemon egg blind box he had bought, thought of himself holding his phone right before dying, with allogene frozen on the screen.
Inside that Pokemon egg blind box…
was it the real Celebi?!
No, not necessarily.
It might be that the egg contained Celebi’s power, or a wisp of Celebi’s soul, or it was simply Celebi’s egg.
In any case, at the moment of his death, Celebi’s power resonated with him, then brought his soul across worlds and arrived here.
And his soul had merged with Celebi’s power.
So he had turned into Celebi.
Lin Yuan curled up in the egg, dazed.
So…
Did he buy a blind box and get the real deal?
He silently recalled that online shopping platform in his heart—the kind of blind box that cost twenty yuan with free shipping, claiming that it “might contain a rare Pokemon,” but in reality, everyone knew it was a scam.
He just did it for fun at the time, spending twenty yuan to buy a little hope.
The result…
The result was real??
Lin Yuan suddenly had a strong urge—he wanted to go back to that world, find that shop, and kowtow three times to the shopkeeper!
Thank you, boss!!!
You are the real boss!!!
No, that’s not right, he should burn paper money for that shopkeeper!
Because that shopkeeper sold the real thing!!
They must have been arrested, right!!
Lin Yuan laughed and rolled around in the egg.
If those Pokemon fans knew that he had bought a real Celebi for twenty yuan, wouldn’t they be green with envy?
And allogene fans—not only had he traveled to the allogene world, but he had also become the Dendro Archon’s cub!
Double fandom ecstasy!
Truly double fandom ecstasy!
‘Celebi!
I am Celebi!
Hahaha!’
He was so happy that the green light on the eggshell became bright, flashing on and off.
Nahida felt the change in the egg.
That uneasy trembling disappeared, replaced by a cheerful, bright pulse.
She was stunned, then curved the corners of her mouth, revealing a look of relief.
“Are you okay now?” she asked softly, as if confirming,
“No longer scared?”
The light on the eggshell flashed again, as if responding to her.
Nahida’s smile deepened.
She hugged the egg back into her arms, pressing her small face against the eggshell, feeling that warm pulse.
“That’s good,” she said softly, her voice filled with a smile,
“I thought something had happened to you…
You scared me.”
Nahida suddenly remembered something, leaned down close to the eggshell, and whispered:
“When you come out, I’ll show you so many, many things.
Sumeru has many beautiful places, there are rainforests, deserts, and so, so many flowers…”
She paused, her tone becoming serious:
“Although I can’t go out right now, one day I will be able to.
When that time comes, I’ll take you to see them.”
Amid inside the egg listened to these words, and suddenly felt his eyes get a bit hot.
He knew Nahida’s situation.
Imprisoned in the Sanctuary of Surasthana for five hundred years, unable to leave this cage.
But she was telling him—wait for me to go out, I’ll take you to see them.
She was promising a future she wasn’t even sure of herself.
Amid suddenly really wanted to go out.
Wanted to go out and tell her: It’s okay, I’ll wait with you.
Even if we can’t go out, I’ll be with you.
But he couldn’t right now.
He was still too small, too weak, and still needed time.
He could only move slightly inside the egg, as if saying—
I heard you.
I’ll wait for you.
Nahida looked at the egg, her smile deepening a little more.