A continuous spring rain began to fall on an ordinary day.
Many Pokémon in the territory disliked rainy weather.
The five Minccino, who had originally planned to go out and bask in the sun to check on the growth of the Berries, could only stay obediently in the wooden house, crowded in front of the wooden window, gazing out at the continuous spring rain.
"Minccino..." the Minccino let out a pitiful Growl.
The rain would wet their fur, a feeling that would make the Minccino very uncomfortable.
"Alright, this rain should stop soon, then you can go out and play!" Draconis said with a smile.
However, when the Minccino heard this, the expressions on their faces immediately became even sadder.
"Minccino..." One of the Minccino looked utterly dejected.
After the rain, the roads would become muddy, and if they ran on them, they would get covered in mud.
This was undoubtedly very difficult for the clean-loving Minccino to accept.
Draconis: "..."
He was also very helpless about this.
Draconis sighed and said, "Before the rain stops, just stay in the house. If you feel damp and cold, I'll have someone light the fireplace for you."
"Minccino!" Draconis was the best!
The Minccino cheered in unison.
"Snivy, Dratini and I are going out for special training. Do you want to come along?" Draconis stood up and asked.
"Snivy." Snivy proudly crossed its arms; it didn't have the same germophobia as the Minccino.
Draconis understood its meaning and nodded, "Alright, if you're afraid of getting dirty, just stand on my shoulder!"
It didn't want to! Snivy thought tsundere-like.
It jumped off the bed, held its little head high, and walked elegantly towards the door.
However, when its foot touched the ground, dirty water mixed with mud immediately climbed up its leg.
Snivy: "!!!"
Draconis walked over from behind, carrying Dratini. Seeing Snivy's appearance, he couldn't help but laugh:
"Come on up, your special training is suspended today. This weather is more suitable for Dratini to practice a special move, so I plan to take it out to try. You can also watch, you might even get some inspiration from it."
Saying that, Draconis squatted down and used a handkerchief to wipe the mud off Snivy's little feet.
Snivy held onto Draconis, although this feeling made it a little unaccustomed... "Alright, it's clean, you come up too!" Draconis gestured with his eyes to the position of his shoulder.
Seeing this, Snivy raised its head proudly and sat on it, crossing its arms.
Hmph, since that's the case, it would reluctantly agree!
Draconis went out with an umbrella. On rainy days, people stayed at home, and there was basically no one in the territory.
They went all the way to the river. Today, the move Draconis was going to teach Dratini was quite special.
It was not an offensive move, but a move that could change the weather.
[Rain Dance: A Water-type move that summons rain clouds for a certain period, causing rain to fall, increasing the power of Water-type moves and decreasing the power of Fire-type moves.]
If they had this move, if the territory encountered natural disasters like drought in the future, Dratini could use it to bring down rain.
"Dratini, the move I'm going to teach you today is Rain Dance." Draconis thought about how Pokémon used this move in the anime, and then explained the effects of the move to Dratini in detail.
"Woo?" Dratini listened, half-understanding.
"Actually, I'm not entirely sure, but I think I can guess its principle of use." Draconis pondered.
That is, Pokémon use their own Water-type energy to sense the water molecules in the air, thereby resonating with them, and then causing rain to fall from the sky.
"Don't rush, let's first feel the traces of raindrops falling and flowing in the air," Draconis said.
Dratini poked its head out of the river, looked up at the sky, and felt the rain constantly falling on its body... Draconis and Snivy stood on the bank together, holding an umbrella and watching this scene.
Speaking of which, before Dratini evolved, it had nothing to do with weather or meteorological powers.
But when it evolves into Dragonair, it will gradually master the power to control the weather.
During this period, even if Dragonair has no wings, it can still fly.
In that distant future, some scholars, after research, found that Dragonair could fly because they could manipulate the power of weather to ride the wind into the sky.
It is precisely because of this that since ancient times, the Pokémon Dragonair has been worshipped as a weather controller by people engaged in agriculture.
Ancient people believed that Dragonair could control the weather, and they would continuously send offerings to the lake where Dragonair lived.
As for whether Dragonair actually has this power, Draconis was not sure, after all, he had never seen a real Dragonair.
All of this could only be known after Dratini evolved.
The continuous spring rain kept falling on Dratini's body. At first, Dratini couldn't calm down to feel it, because its gaze was always attracted by Draconis and Snivy on the shore.
Draconis keenly noticed Dratini's situation and spoke at the right time: "Concentrate, focus your attention, don't be disturbed by other things, we are here with you."
"Woo...!"
Dratini tried hard to concentrate, attempting to sense the abundant moisture in the air.
Water... so much water!
Dratini felt an abundant blue energy surrounding it.
It tried to make contact and connect with it, but that energy seemed to be deliberately avoiding it.
The next second, Dratini opened its eyes.
"How was it?" Draconis asked with concern.
"Woo..." Dratini was a little dejected; it had failed.
"Don't rush, nothing happens overnight. Take your time, if you failed this time, maybe you'll succeed next time," Draconis encouraged.
Dratini quickly cheered up again: "Woo!"
To live up to Draconis's expectations, it closed its eyes again and tried hard to perceive.
An hour later, the rain stopped.
Dratini was forced to interrupt its special training.
Draconis looked up at the gloomy sky, then stretched out his hand towards Dratini: "Let's continue next time, come on, let's go back first!"
Dratini obediently returned to Draconis's arms.
They returned home. Draconis asked the maid to light the fireplace, then told Dratini to go warm up and dry off the water on its body.
Meanwhile, Draconis pondered various matters in the territory.
For example, as of now, with the help of Simisear, the brick kilns in the territory had already produced a large number of bricks, and it was time for them to officially start building more solid houses.
However, just then, Draconis suddenly heard Dratini let out a Growl as if enduring something.
He turned his head and saw Dratini, who was by the fireplace, had crawled to the table and was constantly rubbing its body against the table leg.
The next second, a light actually shone from Dratini's body.
That was... evolution? Draconis was slightly stunned.
No, it wasn't evolution!
Looking at the dragon skin slowly shedding from Dratini's body.
Draconis immediately understood what was happening.
The special training of these days had caused the life energy in Dratini's body to expand to a whole new stage. Dratini couldn't suppress this life energy, so it began to shed its skin!
In other words, Dratini was growing up, becoming stronger.
While Draconis was dazed, Dratini had already completely shed its skin, which glowed with a mysterious radiance.
The light on Dratini's body slowly dissipated, and it straightened up again, looking at Draconis with its big, black, and bright eyes.
Looking at Dratini, which was slightly larger than before, Draconis was sincerely happy for it.
"Congratulations, Dratini!"
"Woo~!"