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Chapter 15: The Birth of Growlithe
🕑 Added 2025-09-06 13:27:55 +0000 UTC[Bewear's mood has improved, happiness +140, received Bewear's gift: "Swords Dance" TM.]
Under the moonlight, Kawaki sat beside Bewear when a message suddenly appeared before his eyes.
He was slightly startled, then immediately understood - his Pain Split had worked.
However, compared to Bewear's current state, this move no longer seemed so important.
After wiping away its tears, Bewear quickly pulled itself together.
Life had to go on. It wasn't alone anymore - it still had its little human, the Daycare, and new companions!
"Guu!"
Kawaki smiled and said, "Yeah, let's work hard together tomorrow!"
After comforting the secretly grieving Bewear, Kawaki let it go get a good night's sleep, while he returned to the bedroom to carefully examine the move he'd just received from Bewear.
[Swords Dance (TM): Performs a frenzied dance to build fighting spirit, greatly raising Attack. Uses remaining: 9999/9999.]
"Swords Dance?" Kawaki was somewhat surprised.
Compared to Sleep Powder and Baby-Doll Eyes, this was an extremely rare move!
The boost that Swords Dance could bring to a Pokémon in battle was terrifying. If you could successfully use it once, even if your strength was slightly inferior to your opponent's, you could probably immediately turn defeat into victory.
With multiple boosts, you could even sweep an entire team with just one Pokémon.
More importantly, he could now raise a Growlithe that could use Swords Dance!
The Growlithe had already mastered three moves through prenatal education: Baby-Doll Eyes, Tackle, and Sleep Powder, leaving exactly two spots for prenatal education moves.
Kawaki didn't hesitate to use his ability on the Growlithe's egg in front of him.
Swords Dance, added!
The next second, the temperature of the eggshell began to rise dramatically.
"Crack!"
As if unable to withstand the power of the Pokémon inside, a fissure actually appeared on this Pokémon egg with its fiery red patterns.
Crack crack crack—
The fissure spread in an instant.
Under Kawaki's surprised gaze, a small puppy head with eggshell fragments on top suddenly poked out.
It was a small dog Pokémon with a wet nose, bright black eyes, and orange fur covering its body.
Growlithe had hatched!
[Pokémon: Growlithe]
[Gender: Male]
[Ability: Intimidate]
[Moves: Tackle, Sleep Powder, Baby-Doll Eyes, Swords Dance, Leer, Ember, Morning Sun]
[Status: Healthy]
[Mood: ️️️Excited]
[Happiness: 50]
[Friendship: 99 (It considers you its closest family)]
[Description: Woof woof woof! —Growlithe]
"Woof woof woof!"
Growlithe jumped out of the egg and sat on the floor, barking while wagging its tail at Kawaki.
Such a cute Pokémon...
Kawaki grinned and said, "Hello, Growlithe. I'm Kawaki."
Growlithe: "Woof!"
Newly born Pokémon were small in size and needed some time before they could grow to normal proportions.
Kawaki could easily pick up the Growlithe with one hand right now.
However, he didn't do that. Instead, he went to the kitchen to get the Moomoo Milk he'd purchased earlier, poured it into a bowl, and pushed it in front of Growlithe.
"Drink up. If you drink plenty, you'll grow up quickly."
Growlithe lowered its head to sniff, then happily began drinking the milk.
This Moomoo Milk was produced by a Pokémon called Miltank. It was incredibly nutritious - whether human or Pokémon, anyone who drank it from a young age would definitely grow tall and strong.
He'd heard there was also a rarer type of goat milk produced by a Pokémon called Gogoat, but Kawaki hadn't seen any in town.
Growlithe quickly lapped up the entire serving of milk. Breaking out of its shell had consumed some of its energy, and it yawned, looking somewhat tired.
Growlithe looked up at Kawaki with wet eyes.
Kawaki was browsing through the moves that Growlithe currently knew. With Growlithe as an example, it seemed the Daycare could introduce a new service.
That would be egg hatching!
Let trainers board their Pokémon here, have them spend time together and lay eggs, then he could nurture those eggs and teach the Pokémon inside moves they normally couldn't learn.
"Hmm, this could actually become the Daycare's signature service."
Kawaki murmured.
The Growlithe beside him saw that Kawaki wasn't paying attention and became somewhat anxious, repeatedly looking up and barking at him a couple times.
Only then did Kawaki snap back to attention and lift Growlithe onto the bed.
"If you're tired, get some good rest here!"
He'd heard that sleeping with Pokémon made it easier to grow closer to each other.
Kawaki slept on a single bed. Though not large, it was still more than enough for him and Growlithe.
Little Growlithe lay on its side in Kawaki's arms. It drowsily opened its eyes to look at Kawaki in front of it, then snuggled into his embrace and fell peacefully asleep.
Meanwhile, Kawaki observed the moves that Growlithe currently knew.
Tackle, Sleep Powder, Baby-Doll Eyes, Swords Dance, Leer, Ember, Morning Sun.
The first four were ones he'd taught through prenatal education, while Leer and Ember were moves that Growlithe naturally knew.
As for Morning Sun... it seemed to be an inherited move?
For Growlithe, this was also a pretty good skill that made up for Growlithe's endurance capabilities.
Baby-Doll Eyes and Intimidate lowered Attack, Sleep Powder inflicted status conditions, Leer lowered Defense, Swords Dance boosted its own Attack, and finally Tackle and Ember provided damage.
A Growlithe with this moveset would absolutely be excellent for battles, specializing in catching opponents off guard.
This Growlithe was definitely a one-of-a-kind Growlithe in the Pokémon world!
With both parents being Elite Four-level Arcanine...
Just how far this Growlithe could grow in the future was truly something to look forward to!
The night passed without incident, and the next morning, Kawaki discovered something.
After a night of sharing the same bed, Growlithe's friendship had actually risen from 99 to the maximum of 100!
Looking at the little Growlithe affectionately wagging its tail in front of him, Kawaki sighed:
"No wonder trainers back then liked sharing their beds with Pokémon—this really boosts friendship fast!"
Kawaki couldn't help but think that if he captured new Pokémon in the future, perhaps he could use this method to grow closer to them.
Like cute little Eevee, fluffy Alolan Vulpix...
Of course, Pokémon like Aggron, Tyranitar, or Gardevoir were out of the question.
The first two were too large - this small bed couldn't accommodate them at all.
As for Gardevoir...
Someone who had seen Gardevoir fan art in his previous life simply couldn't look directly at the idea of sharing a bed with Gardevoir.
Better not.
