"Mr. Terrance, do you know these temporary workers?"
After an unspeakable secret transaction.
As James and the others walked into Fallarbor Woods with complicated expressions and continued their work, the administrator of the Fallarbor Woods Scenic Area came to Terrance in puzzlement and asked.
"We've met a few times before," Terrance said casually.
After saying that, Terrance left. What he did not know was that, precisely because of this casual answer, aside from the considerable benefits he himself had promised Team Rocket's trio, those three fellows received another raise the very next day.
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Inside Fallarbor Gym.
Terrance was holding an injured Wurmple, using the Gym's Potion to treat it.
On the way back, he happened to discover a Wurmple that had accidentally fallen from a high place and scraped its body on a stone.
Since this Wurmple's injuries were not very serious, Terrance did not take it to the Pokémon Center. Instead, he brought it to Fallarbor Gym and gave it some simple treatment.
"Little guy, don't be so naughty next time."
Perhaps because he thought of Beautifly when it was young, Terrance smiled faintly. After treating it, he even gently stroked its head.
Just as Terrance was about to say something else, a notification tone suddenly interrupted his thoughts. After Terrance saw who the sender was, he stopped what he was doing.
The sender was Steven. Aside from asking about Terrance's previous battle with Team Magma, there was also something he wanted to ask Terrance to handle, or rather, he had provided Terrance with an important piece of information.
After Terrance tidied up, he immediately dialed Steven's phone and contacted him.
After the two chatted for a few moments, they quickly got to the point. Steven sent over several more pictures, all showing a stone that looked very ordinary.
"What is this?"
"A lunar stone. As the name suggests, a stone from the moon."
"Since the establishment of the Pokémon League, because of that Pokémon's existence, humanity has only successfully landed on the moon twice. On one of those occasions, human astronauts brought back several lunar stones from the moon. These stones have always been extremely precious collectibles of the League. However, later, due to an internal conflict, all the lunar stones were lost. Up to now, only one has been recovered. It is currently stored in the Lumiose Museum in the Kalos region, while the rest still remain missing," Steven said. "And now, another lunar stone has appeared. I feel it may be worth fighting for."
"The lunar stone stored in the Lumiose Museum in the Kalos region has already exhausted all its energy, but this one, because it has been properly preserved, still contains mysterious energy."
Steven did not state the value of the lunar stone, but with Terrance's knowledge reserves, it was not hard for him to guess. After learning this, Terrance immediately said, "Where is it?"
"Seven Stars City, in the local Rock Style Dojo."
Seven Stars City?
Terrance fell into thought and said, "All right. I shouldn't have anything else to do during this period, so I can go take a look."
"Then I'll leave it to you. I can't get away on my end, otherwise I would go see it myself no matter what," Steven said with a smile.
The reason Steven told Terrance the location of the lunar stone, rather than having Devon step in to negotiate, was because this lunar stone might also be useful to Terrance. Compared to obtaining it himself, perhaps Terrance, this Fairy Elite Four, could research even more of the lunar stone's value.
Most importantly, it was said that this lunar stone could not be taken out of Seven Stars City. Sooner or later, Terrance, this expert, would still have to see it in person.
Before setting off, Terrance investigated something. It seemed that Seven Stars City was going to hold Star Festival in five days…
"So the Star Festival Miss Jillian mentioned hasn't passed yet. Since I'm going to search for the lunar stone this time, I can also take the chance to experience Seven Stars City's local customs."
Grass Star Style, Wind Fist Style, Rock Style… As Terrance thought of these Trainer schools, he suddenly grew curious. When would the Fairy type be able to produce a school of its own?
The Kalos region had already established a Fairy-type Gym, and the Hoenn region now had him, a Fairy Elite Four. The development speed of this emerging type was already extremely fast. What it lacked now was only a few representative figures.
The next day, taking the Rotom Pokédex with him, Terrance set off for Seven Stars City.
There was still some time before the date he had agreed upon with Mirage Kingdom. This period was enough for him to make use of.
The moonlight energy contained within the lunar stone was more condensed and seemed to have undergone some kind of qualitative change. It was not something a Moon Stone could compare to. Out of his desire to explore Fairy energy, Terrance also wanted to investigate what secrets were hidden on the moon.
"Fairy energy… what exactly is it?"
That's right… Fairy energy. What exactly was it?
Terrance had already thought about this question many times, but at this moment, he froze, because those words just now had not been spoken by him, nor had he thought them in his heart. They had come from someone else's mouth.
At this time, Terrance had already arrived in Seven Stars City and was sitting in a park plaza waiting for someone. Following the voice, he looked over and saw a familiar figure. Judging from the green hair tucked beneath a hat, it was a girl. Although she was wearing sunglasses, her delicate features could still be seen.
Like Terrance, this person had more or less disguised herself and hidden her identity. There were not many reasons for doing so. The most likely one was to avoid being bothered by people who recognized her.
Through this information, Terrance immediately narrowed down the possibilities.
"Lisia?" Terrance murmured.
The girl holding a copy of"The Secrets of the Fairy Type"and earnestly pondering the final question Terrance had written—"Fairy energy, what exactly is it?"—was precisely Hoenn region's super-popular idol, the super-genius rookie Lisia, who had once fought Terrance in the final battle of the Kanto Region's Grand Festival.
Speaking of which, this Lisia had also done Terrance something of a favor. Her technique of using Fairy energy to touch Grass-type energy and perform a melody had been imitated by Terrance, who then continued to perfect it. However, that was not his most important gain.
From this technique, after connecting it with some other knowledge, Terrance had figured out the origin of Fairy energy and carried out in-depth exploration, gaining a great deal.
However, he had not written those research results in"The Secrets of the Fairy Type". Now that he saw Lisia again, Terrance smiled inwardly and very much wanted to share this result with her.
"Fairy energy actually has many things in common with flame and plant energy."
"Who's there?" Hearing the voice, Lisia abruptly turned her head and discovered Terrance beside her, also dressed strangely.
"Shh…" Terrance slightly took off his sunglasses and smiled. "Long time no see, Lisia."
"You're Terra—" After seeing Terrance's appearance, Lisia cried out in surprise. However, in order not to draw attention, she reacted and hurriedly covered her mouth, looking somewhat pleasantly surprised.
It turned out that Lisia had secretly slipped out behind her manager's back this time. She planned to come to Seven Stars City to watch the Star Festival and relax. Compared with Terrance's Coordinator career, as Wallace's successor, she had been entrusted with too many heavy responsibilities, resulting in Lisia having very little time of her own.
"Senior Terrance, what did you mean just now when you said Fairy energy has things in common with flame and plant energy?" Lisia asked curiously. She had already read this book Terrance wrote no fewer than ten times, but some vague details were still difficult to understand.
Terrance smiled and did not hide anything. The fact that he had been able to figure these things out originally had Lisia's contribution in it. In addition, this girl could be considered the future of the Pokémon Contest line, and she possessed a Pokémon like Mega Altaria. He had reason to give her some guidance.
"What they have in common is life. Do you know what the origin of life is?"
Terrance raised his head and looked toward the sky.
"Fairy energy, fire energy, and plant energy are all indispensable parts that make up life. Of course, something like water is also indispensable, but the connection between them is not as close."
"Fairy energy originates from moonlight, but the moon itself does not emit light; it only reflects sunlight. During the process of reflection, sunlight changes and produces Fairy energy. This is the origin of Fairy energy. In a certain sense, Fairy energy is not only related to the moon, but also to the sun." Terrance smiled. "Sunlight is closely connected to fire energy and plant energy. If you want to understand the essence of Fairy energy, studying Fairy energy alone is far from enough."
It was only after figuring these things out that Terrance finally understood why Altaria had been able to master the Flame of Life. It truly had been a coincidence born of opportunity.
Terrance's research into Fairy energy was still ongoing and had not yet been completed, but he had already walked far ahead of the rest of the world. He believed that one day, he would completely understand the true secrets of the Fairy Type.
"Moonlight… sunlight…" Lisia's gaze froze as she gained some understanding, and she was even more amazed.
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