Pokémon: My Dad is Kyurem

Chapter 38 Lingering Memories (1)

In the pitch-black place, a figure floated in the air, sinking and sinking, for an unknown period of time—perhaps a moment, perhaps a century, or perhaps there was no concept of time at all.

At the moment when his consciousness finally returned, the sinking stopped, as if he had landed on the ground. Time regained its meaning, and Qi Hao pushed himself up from the ground, shaking his head, which still throbbed with pain.

"?_? Uh, I should be dead, right? What's going on?" Qi Hao looked around, wondering why he felt like he had been to this dark, empty space before.

Just as Qi Hao was asking a question, a huge black square plane appeared in front of him, like a movie theater screen.

"What?! This is... watching a movie?" Qi Hao looked at the large screen in front of him and the empty surroundings, slightly puzzled. "Shouldn't you be given a seat when watching a movie?" (Is this what you're wondering about?!)

No sooner had Qi Hao finished speaking than a large seat appeared beneath him, and Qi Hao sat perfectly in the middle. Then, images began to appear on the screen.

"⊙▽⊙How about another bucket of popcorn?" Qi Hao's attention was drawn to the suddenly appearing seat. Could it be that wishes could come true here?

However, the popcorn did not appear, and then the sound of the eggshell breaking rang directly in Qi Hao's mind. Qi Hao also noticed the image appearing on the screen.

Looking at the screen, Qi Hao seemed to have thought of something. He stroked his chin in thought, then suddenly slapped his thigh: "(╯°Д°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Damn it! When my consciousness hadn't fully integrated into my body, it was almost exactly the same as now! **You still haven't let me go!**"

For some reason, the word "system" was automatically muted when Qi Hao said it.

"? (°A°`) Huh? What's going on? **Education,** management, management, damn it! What the hell is going on?" Helpless, Qi Hao didn't understand why the system was doing this.

"Wife! Look, our second baby is out!" A masculine voice appeared, sounding like the father's, and Qi Hao felt as if he were listening to it.

"Another girl! That's wonderful!" A female voice rang out, most likely the mother's.

"|???| How come it's a girl!** Come out here! I can't accept this!" Qi Hao became anxious when he heard that it was a girl.

However, the image on the screen gradually became clearer, revealing a male Crimson Knight and a female Azure Blade Demon, along with a very excited Tanjiro.

"(???；) Can it be such a coincidence? I was killed while protecting the Azure Flame Blade Demon and my next life just happens to be a Charcoal Servant? That's unlikely. Could it be..." Qi Hao seemed to have thought of something. Suddenly, a pleasant and authoritative female voice rang in his ears.

"**What does it mean? Why can I only imitate your pronunciation but not understand what it means?"

Qi Hao was startled by the sudden sound and looked to the side in a panic.

A purple, transparent figure appeared beside Qi Hao at some unknown time, resembling a piece of crystal clay that had been roughly shaped into a human form but had not yet taken its final form.

"(°ー°〃) No, that thing is meaningless, so what's going on now? What's on this screen?" The figure in front of Qi Hao was most likely Cang Yan Ren Gui, but he didn't understand what was going on. He only knew that the other party seemed to have said something before his consciousness completely disappeared.

Seeing that Qi Hao didn't answer but instead changed the subject, Cang Yan Ren Gui shook his head and said, "Don't want to talk about it? Fine, everyone has secrets. As for the current situation, you'll know after you read about my past."

Upon hearing this, Qi Hao looked at the screen. For Qi Hao, this was equivalent to living again from the perspective of the Azure Flame Blade Demon, but it wasn't a big problem, as Qi Hao had had this experience before.

The past of Azure Flame Blade Demon is also revealed one by one. (The translation is automatic because the perspective is from Azure Flame Blade Demon's point of view.)

At the beginning, Tanjiro's Azure Flame Blade Demon was the princess of their kingdom. Yes, compared to the Metagross leader's tribe of more than fifty Metagross monsters, Tanjiro and his people had tens of thousands of elves, and even had a production line for forging Cursed Armor and Celebration Armor.

The exact location is currently unknown, but it is certain to be somewhere in China, a secret realm. They live a prosperous life, and even though her father advocates frugality, they still live much better than other elves.

(Secret Realm: This refers to a habitable space created by a Champion-level or higher Psychic-type Pokémon, or by several Elite Four-level Psychic-type Pokémon working together. This particular instance was created by several Elite Four-level Pokémon.)

And so, Tan Xiaoshi grew up in a happy and fulfilling environment for five years, until that day when the smoke of war rose in the palace. Human troops from the outside world entered the palace, and all the Heavenly Kings except for her parents defected. In just a few hours, the king's personal guard was completely defeated, and the remaining ordinary troops could only struggle to hold on.

That night, Tan Xiaoshi's parents had no choice but to leave the kingdom with her and her sister. The leader of the group of humans was Zhang Zengsong, who still had that same amused expression. The smoke and fire around him made his smile even wider, like a devil.

A flood of emotions surged into Qi Hao's mind at this moment: resentment, confusion, sadness, and even hatred. Qi Hao could only accept them all.

In the end, Tan Xiaoshi and his companions had no choice but to leave the secret realm, as this was no longer their home. However, they encountered an ambush at the edge of the cliff on their only way out. Xia Jie, along with the super-evolved Aggron and the Cat Boss, blocked their path. It was likely that they were Zhang Zengsong's other Pokémon.

The battle was about to break out. Tanjiro's parents cooperated closely and, with the advantage of elemental advantage, they gained the upper hand from the start. However, the opponent's fighting style was extremely vicious. The cat boss would kick his groin or pick his nose (thankfully, they didn't have nostrils). There were also countless reinforcements behind them. The mother, who was of a lower level, was the first to lose her fighting ability and had to retreat to Tanjiro's side, while the father bought time from a distance.

“Children, we don’t think we can hold on much longer. You can try jumping off the cliff. After all, given our physical structure, there’s no river below. Even if you fall hard, you’ll only lose consciousness at most. Once you wake up, run as far as you can.” The mother, covered in wounds, gently stroked their heads, but a fierce determination, as if she were about to die with them, gradually appeared in her eyes.

"No! Let's go together, I don't want to be separated! Waaah!" The older sister cried as she spoke, and although she didn't say anything, she hugged her mother tightly.

"My dear children, you must live well from now on." After saying that, she walked towards her father. "I will teach you one last ability, a unique ability of our royal family."

"Wife!" With the father's call, the mother placed her hand on the father's body. Immediately, part of the armor transformed into a phantom and entered the other's body. The armor automatically changed shape and was put on. The yellow and purple armor blended together and eventually became a black armor. Qi Hao didn't know if he was seeing things, but for a moment he saw a flash of white light.

"This is a unique skill of royalty: Armor. You can only choose one elf in your lifetime to become his armor and protect him." The father and mother's voices rang out at the same time, and then the shoulder armor gathered in their hands, and a cannon shot shattered the cliff.

They both fell, and her last sight was of them transformed into black armor, charging towards their opponent, before she fainted. The screen then went black, with no further visuals.

“(°ー°〃) I will take responsibility for you.” Qi Hao said abruptly after reading it, still maintaining his steady performance.

"You humans have really strange points of focus. Also, why am I in this pose?" The purple phantom clay on the side had changed at this moment. Qi Hao found that he could make people look however he wanted, so he turned her into a white-haired little loli halfway through.

"As our ancestors said, 'White hair and youthful face,'" Qi Hao recited half of the classical Chinese phrase.

"Speak like a human." The dignified-sounding white-haired little girl indicated she didn't understand.

"It's my family's aesthetic sense, anyway, I just like it." Qi Hao revealed a teacher's demeanor.

Azure Flame Blade Demon blushed slightly; this was a direct attack! The effect was outstanding.