rpbooks Chapter 616 Higana, Soaked to the Bone
Chapter 616 Higana, Soaked to the Bone
Grandma Long, leaning on her cane, took two steps forward with a smile, tapped the ground lightly with her cane, and said to Li Luochen, "Luochen, have you had any free time lately? This old woman has a favor to ask."
"Although this girl has been out before, she has stayed at home for too long, and her horizons are not yet fully broadened."
"If it's convenient for you, you might as well take her along, let her go out with you to gain experience and see the world."
"It's good for the two of you young people to be together so you can look after each other."
Upon hearing this, Xijiana's face flushed red instantly.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say something to cover up her sudden embarrassment, but her brain completely shut down at that moment, and she couldn't utter a single word.
Granny Long's words were very clear.
What "having someone to look out for you," what "young people together," this is clearly... this is...
Just as her cheeks were about to burn, Li Luochen walked up to her, casually raised his hand, and ruffled her hair.
The warmth of her palm seeped through her hair, making Higana's already chaotic heartbeat even more disordered.
Li Luochen nodded slightly: "No problem."
"That's good, that's good."
Granny Long smiled, her wrinkles smoothing out, and nodded repeatedly as she leaned on her cane: "The matter of the meteorite and the Sky Thrower is in your hands, you two young people. After that, there's nothing more for this old bone of mine to do..."
She laughed heartily, her laughter echoing among the stone walls of the forbidden area, startling several supersonic bats that were perched in the crevices of the rocks.
The laughter contained a sense of relief and joy, as well as a feeling of satisfaction after passing on the torch.
After a thousand years of waiting, she finally found someone she could entrust her life to. This old woman, who had guarded the forbidden area her whole life, could finally rest.
"Grandma Long, we'll be going now."
Li Luochen and Xijiana stood side by side, solemnly bidding farewell to Granny Long.
Grandma Long stood at the entrance to the forbidden area, leaning on her cane, watching the two young people walk further and further away until they disappeared into the winding stone path deep within Meteor Falls.
She raised her withered hand and waved it gently.
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Li Luochen returned to the pool, but this time Xijiana was by his side.
"Hey? Cousin, you came in from here?"
Xijiana looked at the pool, then at Li Luochen, her eyes filled with doubt.
Li Luochen retorted, "That's right, otherwise where would it have come from?"
"You can get out from there."
Higana raised her hand and pointed to the top of her head.
Looking in the direction she was pointing, there was a natural crack high up in the cave's dome.
Sunlight streamed down from there, cutting a hazy beam of light through the dark cave, within which tiny dust particles slowly rose and fell.
"Otherwise, if you walk from here, you'll be soaking wet."
Xijiana lowered her hand, looked down at the bottomless pool in front of her, and said with a hint of coyness, "Cousin, I didn't bring any change of clothes."
She kept her head down, her lips pressed tightly together.
"That's true," Li Luochen nodded, then changed the subject, "but I have Latias, whose superpower can prevent clothes from getting wet."
"Latias?!"
Higana suddenly lifted up.
Her eyes widened, her previous shyness vanished, replaced by an almost frenzied shock and excitement.
Latias, the legendary Pokémon of the Infinite, is the guardian deity of Latios, along with Latios. It is only briefly depicted in the oldest murals of the Meteor Dwellers.
In all her years, she had never seen one with her own eyes, nor had she ever even heard of anyone possessing Latias.
How many legendary Pokémon does her cousin still have that she doesn't know about?
Now it's Latias, what's next?
Li Luochen casually tossed out a Poké Ball, and Latias gracefully appeared above the pond, curiously looking around before finally settling its gaze on Sigana.
Li Luochen skillfully straddled Latias's back and reached out to Higana: "Come on up, you can squeeze in."
Before Higana could even get excited, Latias reacted first.
It turned its head to look at Li Luochen on its back, then at the unfamiliar little girl in front of it, and immediately understood what Li Luochen meant.
Is she asking me to carry her?
"No!"
Latias immediately pouted, her cheeks puffed out, and she let out a low growl of dissatisfaction. Even her signature wings drooped slightly, making her look like a sulking little girl.
It turned its head away, deliberately avoiding looking at Higana, and let out a barely audible snort.
Li Luochen was both amused and exasperated. He reached out and gently patted Latias's neck, coaxing her in a low voice, "Alright, don't be irritable. She's my cousin, not an outsider."
"Whoosh~" (Cousin~)
Latias let out a long, drawn-out groan and glanced sideways at Higana.
After much persuasion, it finally lowered its body slightly, its wingtips twitching gently, which was considered tacit consent.
"Thanks!"
Higana carefully climbed onto Latias's back, shifted around in the cramped space, and gently wrapped her arms around Li Luochen's waist.
She pressed herself against Li Luochen's back, her heart pounding. She didn't know if it was from the excitement of about to fly into the sky or because the distance between her and Li Luochen was just too close.
Li Luochen was slightly taken aback when he felt the soft touch on his back.
You can't really tell from what she's wearing, but she's actually quite well-endowed.
The thought lingered in his mind for only a moment before he dismissed it, raising his hand to gently pat Latias on the back: "Let's go."
Latias nimbly plunged into the pool, and the water surface automatically parted to the sides under the pull of its superpower, forming a transparent film that kept the water out.
The moment she submerged herself in the water, Higana instinctively closed her eyes, only to find that the water around her head was indeed kept out, and not even a strand of her hair got wet.
Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly felt something was wrong with her body.
The cool sensation of her clothes clinging to her skin made her instantly realize what was happening.
When Latias emerged from the water on the other side, carrying the two of them, and landed steadily on the shore, Higana looked down and was completely stunned.
She was soaked from head to toe, her clothes clinging to her body.
It turned out that Latias had only kept the water away from her head; as for her clothes, they hadn't covered her at all.
Latias gracefully flicked the water droplets off its wings and looked away nonchalantly.
Li Luochen flipped off Latias's back, turned around and was about to reach out to help Higana, but stopped halfway through his hand.
The girl in front of me was soaked to the bone; the thin fabric of her clothes was saturated with water and clung tightly to her skin, outlining her shapely curves.
Li Luochen paused for a moment, silently looked away, and then decisively took off his dry coat and handed it to her.
"Put this on first, so you don't catch a cold."
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