Meria's Home.
Even in Jubilife City, where every inch of land is precious, this building still didn't look old compared to its surroundings.
Li Wei had already heard Meria's story from Zorro.
"Hello, we'd like to go inside. This is the proof Zorro, Section Chief gave me."
Zorro had quickly prepared an electronic document for him and sent it to his phone.
Otherwise, without proof, Li Wei would most likely not be able to enter the orphanage and would have to force his way in.
After glancing at the document and Dragapult,
the security guard uncle nodded: "Go in, but keep a close eye on your Pokemon; it's best to recall it."
Li Wei was helpless then; Dragapult definitely wouldn't want to go into a ball at this moment.
Before this, Meria's Home had already received a call from Zorro, informing them of Li Wei's visit.
Upon entering, Dragapult saw the person it had been thinking about day and night.
To the left of the entrance was a large group photo: Meria, wearing a hat and smiling sweetly, with a group of children.
This photo was framed and protected by glass, preserved in excellent condition.
"Grumble~" Dragapult's large head gently rubbed against the glass.
Although the touch was cold, to Dragapult, it felt so real.
"It's a Pokemon!"
"What a cool Pokemon!"
The massive Dragapult and Metagross quickly attracted the attention of the children in Meria's Home.
Drakloak, seeing too many mischievous kids, quickly hid on Li Wei's head, resting its head on top of Li Wei's.
Because Li Wei was over 1.8 meters tall, even if these children jumped, they couldn't reach Drakloak.
"Please wait! No destroy!"
A short-haired woman in her twenties, seeing Dragapult's actions, quickly stepped forward to stop it.
Li Wei quickly stepped between them, "I'm sorry, it's not causing any damage; it just misses Miss Meiliya too much."
"Huh? Is that so?"
Looking at Dragapult's actions, the short-haired woman indeed couldn't refute it.
"Hey, hey, big brother, can you tell me its name?"
A little girl with two pigtails, whose teeth were gappy when she spoke, tugged at Li Wei's pant leg, looking at him eagerly.
"It's Metagross."
"What about it! What about it!"
"That's Drakloak."
"Dra... Drakloak!"
"It's Shinny!"
"Waku Waku!"
"Big brother, why do you have a Pokemon growing on your head? Is it because you're also a Pokemon?"
A group of children surrounded Li Wei, with all sorts of questions coming one after another, making it noisier than a wet market.
The security guard uncle laughed as if no one else was there: "That's why I said to recall the Pokemon!"
He wasn't worried about the Pokemon attacking, but rather accustomed to how these children reacted when they saw Pokemon.
"Everyone, come back!" Several staff members came out one after another and led the children away.
"Kohkin..."
Metagross secretly breathed a sigh of relief; those mischievous kids almost climbed onto its head just now.
Seeing Dragapult, a woman nearing fifty years old had a glimmer of recollection in her eyes.
Especially seeing how nostalgic Dragapult was for Meria in the photo.
She nodded and smiled: "I'm Rosa, the acting director here. May I ask about it...?"
But twenty years had passed; could it truly still be Dragapult? Even Rosa wasn't sure.
Acting director?
Li Wei nodded: "It's Miss Meiliya's Dragapult, and Drakloak is its child."
Rosa showed a heartfelt smile,
"I've finally waited for you, Dragapult. Please follow me; I have something for you."
Li Wei nodded: "Dragapult, let's go first and see the other things."
"Grumble..."
Dragapult reluctantly left, looking back at the group photo every few steps.
Rosa led them to a room. Li Wei threw out a Luxury Ball, "Come out, Lucario."
Li Wei also needed Lucario to translate.
Li Wei already had a ShinnyMetagross, so Rosa wasn't surprised to see another Lucario. She introduced:
"This is Miss Meiliya's room."
Li Wei had some impression of this room; its layout was almost identical to the second-floor bedroom on Wuyin Mountain.
A reclining chair, a bed, a dressing table, and a bay window, even the curtains were the same.
The only difference was a photo frame on the table, which was a group photo of Dragapult and Meria.
In the photo, Meria was caressing Dragapult with one hand, her smile tender and beautiful, absolutely stunning.
If Li Wei could recognize this room, there was no need to mention Dragapult; it fell into memories.
Dragapult sat blankly by the bay window, lost in memories while looking at Meria's photo.
Rosa slowly said: "Then I'll start by explaining the origin of Meria's Home."
Li Wei had already heard this story; it was mainly for Dragapult to hear.
Meria was wealthy, but her life wasn't fortunate; her parents died in a car accident, leaving her only a cold inheritance.
Fortunately, the Dreepy her parents gave her when she was little accompanied her until she was thirty.
Dreepy had been with her for a full 25 years, long becoming her family.
At the age of thirty, Meria contracted a severe illness, one for which there were basically no medical treatments, only the option of surgery.
The surgery was unsuccessful.
After the surgery, Meria could only lie in bed and passed away after about seven days.
She donated all her money to establish a foundation.
The money from this foundation was used solely for the renovation and operation of Meria's Home.
Because there was a lot of money, only operating one children's orphanage allowed it to exist for a very long time.
Rosa was only managing it temporarily; there would be a next director in the future, but the director of this orphanage would always be Meria.
"As for Dragapult, Director Meria had asked us to search for it before she passed away."
Dragapult looked up and met Rosa's gaze.
"Director Meria asked us to tell Dragapult not to wait for her; she had gone to a distant heaven."
"We probably went about ten times, didn't see Dragapult, and were even glad it had left earlier."
"Yet, we never thought that after 20 years, Dragapult would still be there."
Dragapult knew Meria had already left,
but it was still waiting for her.
Only to keep that promise.
As long as Meria appeared, Dragapult could once again become Meria's Pokemon.
"Dragapult, these are Director Meria's... 27 letters she left behind. They can finally be handed over to you."
Ms. Rosa, pulling open a drawer, took out a thick stack of letters, all enclosed in envelopes.
The envelopes were old-fashioned but well-preserved, addressed to Dragapult, with no address.
These were 27 letters, and also Meria's 27 thoughts for Dragapult.
"Grumble..."
Li Wei took them on behalf of Dragapult,
the 27 light letters, heavy as a thousand jun.