Roy had previously guessed that Gengar’s level had already reached the Elite level, but back then he didn’t have a system, so he was just blindly guessing; now that he knew Gengar’s true level, Roy couldn’t help but be surprised.
An 82nd-level, high-tier Elite Gengar—it was truly worthy of being the Elderly Woman’s Pokémon.
As for the frail old people described in the game who guarded the two orbs…
Don’t joke around; could the people capable of guarding the Red Orb and Blue Orb that awaken Groudon and Kyogre possibly be weak?
When leaving, Roy went to find Yuki again and stated that from now on, Phoebe would come to help Yuki drive away those Ghost-type Pokémon that came to cause trouble, while he himself was going to Rustboro City to attend school.
Although Yuki was reluctant to see him go, she knew that Roy going to Rustboro Academy was definitely not a bad thing; within the academy, Roy could learn more and see more people and things.
Before his departure, Yuki, worried that Roy, being a boy, wouldn’t have prepared everything he needed, stuffed several bottles of general-purpose Potion and energy bars that could replenish a large amount of energy in a short time into Roy’s space bracelet.
Of course, stealing from the funds was impossible; these were all bought with Yuki’s own money.
“Goodbye, Sister Yuki!”
Watching Roy’s departing back, Cleffa, who had originally thought she would be very happy, couldn’t feel happy at all at this moment.
Originally, she should have been very happy that Roy was leaving, but without Roy’s harassment, it felt like something was missing.
Inside the cottage on the mountain, the Elderly Woman seemed to sense Roy’s departure and sighed in her heart, but she knew it was time for Roy to leave.
“Everyone has left, so stop sighing.
Think about how to explain this to that girl, Phoebe.”
Although Phoebe claimed every day that she hated Roy, she would eat all the snacks Roy bought clean, leaving nothing behind.
Ever since her parents went to the Spirit World and never returned, leaving Phoebe with them, it was also since Roy’s arrival that Phoebe had become much more cheerful, with countless smiles appearing on her face.
“Grandma!” Whatever you fear comes to pass.
Phoebe trotted all the way into the cottage, with Haunter following behind her, passing through the wall from the side.
Upon seeing a large bag of snacks on the table, it immediately pounced on it, tore open a bag of potato chips, and started munching on them, asking while chewing, “Grandpa, did you buy this?”
These were snacks that Roy had specially brought back for Phoebe after going down the mountain again last night.
The old man didn’t know how to answer his granddaughter about the fact that Roy had already left, so he could only look at his wife helplessly.
This was even trickier than the battle against two Elite Trainers back in the day.
The Elderly Woman nudged the old man with her elbow, signaling him to speak up and tell Phoebe the fact that Roy had left.
Before the old man could speak, Phoebe started complaining to the Elderly Woman, “Grandma, Roy must have gone to find Sister Yuki again!
This time when I went to see him in the morning, he wasn’t there, and he actually didn’t come home for the night.
You must scold him properly…
No!
You must give him a good beating!”
After saying this, Phoebe raised her little fist and punched the air, and Haunter also imitated Phoebe, throwing a set of clumsy punches.
“Grandpa has something to tell you, which is…”
The matter was already a settled fact; the old man told Phoebe that Roy had already left Mt.
Pyre and was heading to Rustboro Academy.
Hearing that Roy had actually left Mt.
Pyre, Phoebe stood there dumbfounded for a moment, not knowing what to do.
After a long while, she reacted and asked with an expression of disbelief, “Impossible, impossible, you must be working with that idiot Roy to lie to me, right?”
However, the silence of the two old people was the best answer; Roy had truly left Mt.
Pyre.
Seeing that the two old people’s expressions did not seem fake, Phoebe’s eyes gradually turned red, and she ran out of the house trembling, heading towards the foot of the mountain.
“Grandma, I don’t care, I’m going to find Roy!”
But it was already near evening, and the path down the mountain was too dark to see clearly; in the end, it was Gengar who brought Phoebe back.
Looking at Phoebe’s red eyes, the two old people couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache.
Sigh~ He knew it would be like this.
Although Phoebe usually called him “idiot Roy,” in her heart, Roy was equivalent to her older brother.
Although she said she hated Roy, in her heart, she had long regarded Roy as her reliance.
Now that he had left without saying goodbye…
The two old people thought about it and decided to tell Phoebe the reason why Roy had to leave.
Phoebe was still young and didn’t understand anything about family inheritance; she only knew that the Roy who had to be called every day to get out of bed, who brought her snacks, and who called her a “little black coal ball” had left Mt.
Pyre.
“Grandma, can I not have the inheritance?
Can you let Roy come back and stay with me?”
The two old people didn’t speak.
Tears kept streaming from Phoebe’s eyes, and in a short while, she was hugging the Gengar plushie Roy had given her yesterday, crying until she was a teary mess.
Haunter, who was on the side, was immediately at a loss and also imitated Phoebe, starting to cry.
The two old people gave Phoebe the letter Roy had left behind.
Phoebe tearfully opened Roy’s letter.
The first sentence, “Little Black Coal Ball!!!”, felt just like Roy was speaking right by her ear, making the originally heartbroken Phoebe burst into laughter through her tears instantly.
She remembered the first time Roy gave her a nickname; she had chased Roy for a whole day, almost falling off the mountain at the end, and it was Roy who had disregarded the danger to save her.
In the letter, Roy stated that he wasn’t leaving forever and that when Rustboro Academy was on break, he would come back to visit Phoebe and the old couple.
He hoped that the next time they met, Phoebe’s Ghost Power would have improved, carrying on the hope of the Mt.
Pyre family.
He also promised that when he returned, the two of them would have another battle, and the loser would have to wash the winner’s feet.
In the letter, Roy also asked her to find time to feed the Caterpie at the foot of the mountain and help Yuki drive away the troublesome Ghost-type Pokémon.
Do not worry, Roy.
“Hmph!
Who would miss him?
It’s good that he’s gone; I’m going to take over Roy’s room and sleep in two rooms all by myself.”
The two old people didn’t know what Roy had written in the letter that could make Phoebe laugh through her tears, but it was a good thing that Phoebe’s mood could improve.
Hugging the Gengar plushie in her hands, Phoebe picked up an Oran Berry from the table and was about to run out of the house again.
“It’s so late, what are you going to do?”
“I’m going to feed Roy dinner?”
The two old people looked at each other; what did she mean by going to feed Roy dinner?
Hadn’t Roy already left Mt.
Pyre?
It wasn’t until the two old people learned from Haunter that Phoebe had given the Caterpie at the foot of the mountain a new name: “Roy.”