Altaria.

  Swablu's mother, had been watching over them all along!

  Looking at the still unconscious Swablu, Torii's thoughts surged, confirming many things: "I should have known long ago, how could your mother not be watching over you at all times? Perhaps even Master Suzu had a backup pn in pce for me, to prevent me from getting hurt..."

  The feeling of being watched that he had once experienced, seemed not to be unfounded?

  His and Swablu's every move, now it seemed, had been observed.

  Yes, he could understand.

  With a slight ease in his heart, when Torii came back to his senses, the Seviper had been frozen solid by a beam of ice, becoming an ice sculpture, frozen before their eyes.

  Ice Beam, huh?

  ...Raising his head, looking at the elegant Altaria hovering in the sky, the undisputed ruler of Mt. Chimney, Torii didn't know what to say for a moment...

  Looking towards the unconscious Swablu, as things stood now, Torii had nothing to say.

  In his view, all of this was his fault as a trainer.

  As a light and delicate sound rang out, Torii and Swablu, at this moment, seemed to be bathed in freshness, washing away all fatigue.

  The effects of the medicine... were also gradually taking effect.

  Five minutes ter.

  Swablu slowly opened its eyes, looking bnkly at everything around it.

  "Are you okay, Swablu..." With Swablu awakening, Torii immediately inquired, and seeing that Torii was unharmed, Swablu seemed to gradually calm down as well.

  Letting out a soft cry, Swablu signaled for Torii not to worry.

  However, shortly after, Swablu saw the elegant figure hovering in the air. The feeling of agitation coming from its bloodline caused Swablu's gaze to fixate, somewhat dazed.

  The connection and resonance of bloodlines, the feeling between Pokémon, was clearer and more obvious than it was for humans.

  Looking at the figure in the sky with somewhat confused thoughts, Swablu was at a loss.

  "She is your mother." Lowering his head slightly, Torii looked at Swablu.

  "She saved you, she saved us."

  Swablu could naturally understand Torii's words, but these things were difficult for it to accept all at once.

  After all, since birth, it had been living with Torii...

  .......

  One hour ter...

  Following Altaria, Torii arrived on Mt. Chimney.

  Torii was somewhat worried at this moment, worried about his failure to fulfill his duties, worried that he had put Swablu in danger, and worried that he wouldn't gain Altaria's approval.

  "Cheep~~"

  "Cheep~~~"

  Seeing Torii's worries, Swablu spoke softly, comforting Torii instead.

  "Let's go." With a wry smile, Torii followed closely behind Altaria, climbing Mt. Chimney step by step.

  "Thud!!!!"

  "Thud!!!!"

  A stone fell, and watching this scene with arm, Torii didn't dare to be careless, climbing carefully.

  Another hour ter, Torii arrived at a mountain peak.

  "This is..."

  This peak was surrounded by clouds and mist, making it difficult to tell that it was a volcanic area. The location was remote, the pnts seemed to be transpnted, and the grassnd and the huge nest actually caused Torii to have several illusions.

  "Is this still Mt. Chimney..."

  Altaria.

  The owner of this pce, had arrived here long ago, waiting for Torii, it had been waiting for a long time.

  Watching Altaria nervously, Torii's heart was pounding erratically.

  Torii had not anticipated this situation at all, and without any preparation, he didn't even know what to say. Torii could only, in this way, steadfastly meet Altaria's gaze...

  "I..." After a long silence, just as Torii was about to speak, suddenly, rumbling sounds came from the sky. Not only Torii, but Altaria also turned its head together to look over.

  With a high-pitched cry, from the sky, from that huge flying tool, a figure flew out. The yellow and white feathers, the gorgeous wings, the sharply contrasting bck and white differences at the beak, all made Torii pause.

  Master Suzu's Pidgeot?

  Then...

  The helicopter slowly descended, nding on this small mountain peak. Master Suzu slowly walked out of it with a smile. At the same time, the surrounding space suddenly reflected ripples, and a small Pokémon with yellow and brown fur, simir to a fox and holding a spoon in its hand, appeared out of nowhere before Torii and the others.

  "Long time no see, Torii."

  "And Altaria, your appearance marks the complete end of the assessment, right? Akazam has already notified me of the specifics through telepathy. Then... what are your thoughts? Will the efforts that Torii and Swablu have gone through together this month gain your approval?"

  Master Suzu rarely had a moment of dignity, looking directly at Altaria, waiting for its answer.

  "The spying in the dark... it wasn't just Altaria, it seems Master Suzu's Akazam has also been by my side all along."

  "What about the assessment results... there isn't much time left before the one-month deadline. But now, due to an accident, Altaria arrived early... Will this affect Altaria's approval..."

  Torii also cast a longing gaze towards Altaria.

  He was very nervous at this moment. For Torii, the month of trials and tributions had allowed both parties to cultivate deep feelings. This was something that casually catching a Pokémon by the roadside didn't have, and... the trust that needed a lot of time to cultivate was an advantage they had from the start.

  For some reason, it really likes to quietly climb onto people's heads and pretend to be a hat.

  Having wings like cotton, it looks like a cotton ball when it gently nds on a person's head.

  Swablu has wings that are as light and fluffy as cotton. This Pokémon is not afraid of people. When it nds on a person's head, it looks like a cotton hat.

  From the scene at birth, until now...

  Even Swablu seemed to understand something, and also looked at Altaria with desire.

  After a long time...

  With a long cry, Altaria fpped its wings, looking at Swablu, and looking at Torii.

  "Leave Swablu, let's go." Pulling Torii away, Master Suzu spoke first.

  "But—" Torii opened his mouth slightly, unable to understand.

  "Let's leave the rest of the time to Swablu and Altaria. As for whether or not you will gain approval, that will depend on what the two of them want. They need to spend time together as mother and child, too." Shaking his head, Master Suzu said to Torii.

  "I understand."

  Torii nodded, slowly putting down Swablu, and said to Altaria, "I will come again in a day."

  "Wait for me... in a day." Gently stroking the uneasy Swablu, Torii spoke softly to comfort it. The two of them had cultivated deep feelings, but Altaria was also Swablu's mother after all, and Torii couldn't ignore their retionship.

  Reluctantly putting down Swablu, Torii and Master Suzu eventually boarded the helicopter together.

  Finally, with Altaria's light and delicate cry, the helicopter slowly ascended, gradually disappearing into the clouds and mist.