The cold wind howled and the snow fell all the way.
In the inner room under the altar, Kirulian cuddled up to some firelight to keep warm, but at the top of Tianguan Mountain, even with a bonfire, it was still difficult to resist the coldness coming from all directions.
But it doesn't matter, Chilulian has long been used to it... After all, when she was Lalulas, she lived alone in the Muguang Forest in the cold winter.
With the firelight swaying, Kirulian reached out her little hand and took out a bottle of wound medicine that was in short supply from her small satchel.
She relied on the firelight, lowered her eyes to look at her side, and then applied medicine to herself...
Living on the top of Tianguan Mountain, where even the entire Xicui area was extremely dangerous, Chilulian was naturally not immune to injuries.
If the top of Tianguan Mountain is compared to a game dungeon, then this is the area where Pokémon of levels 40 and 50 live, and the original Kirulian was only around level 20 at most.
But Kirulian has always been the Pokémon with the highest talent, the strongest learning ability, and the most resilience among Xu Qiansu's Pokémon.
Surviving here for half a month was so difficult that she became stronger.
Perhaps Chirulian's strength has reached level 30, close to level 40?
But don't worry too much about minor injuries. With the Pokémon's recovery ability, it will heal in a day or two.
The injury on Chirulian's waist has been present for a week.
At that time, in order to search for Xu Qiansu's whereabouts, she kept using teleportation to go to various locations... and she happened to come near an extremely tall ice rock monster that was nearly six meters tall.
The ice rock monster was in a very strange state, with red eyes and a violent expression. When it saw Chirulian, it launched an attack without hesitation.
At that time, Kirulian had used teleportation many times and her mental strength was at the bottom, so she was no match... This injury was caused by her forcefully taking an attack from the ice rock monster, but she also took the opportunity to use meditation to manage it. Recover some mental power and use teleportation to escape.
The ice rock monster was tall and tall, but every move and every skill contained a sense of extreme coldness. Once entangled, it was like a tarsal maggot that was difficult to dispel.
After Kirulian escaped, she slept in the inner room for a whole day before barely recovering.
But even so, the coldness is still wrapped around Chirulian's waist, and it has not improved yet.
Fortunately, Chirulian has modern wound medicine that can suppress the injury so that it will not worsen. Moreover, she has mastered the freezing wind and freezing fist, and can manipulate ice attribute energy. This is supplemented by the weapons that are only distributed on the top of Tianguan Mountain. Pure white tree fruit, so it can be slowly decomposed and absorbed.
Although this method makes progress slowly and is always accompanied by pain, it is fortunately effective. If you continue like this, you will recover sooner or later, and your life will be natural and worry-free.
And Chirulian can also feel that the ice energy in her body is slowly being refined. Compared with before, it may be 20 to 30% stronger...
This energy is, rather, a bit like... the power of the fireball slate in the Vulpix fox?
Is that ice rock monster the same existence as those two dogs?
It's not difficult for Kirulian's smart little mind to understand this.
But what is the identity of the ice rock monster, why is it mad, and what does it have to do with her?
She just wants to find her Xu Qiansu.
Chiruli put the medicine on and gently shook the bottle of medicine, guessing that it could be used two or three more times...
Taking medicine once a day means two or three days... If this power cannot be completely absorbed within two or three days, and the injury continues to worsen, Chirulian may...
Not necessarily. With Chilulian's physical condition, even if the injury worsens, it will still last ten days and a half. This time is enough for her to fully absorb this energy... It's just that it's very painful.
And at that time, they would have to stay in the inner room to recuperate without being able to go out... If during this period, Xu Qiansu came to Tianguan Mountain, but they missed it because Qilulian did not go out to search, then, then... …
Thinking of this, Chilulian immediately stood up and planned to search the outside world a few more times...but the pain in her waist and abdomen reminded her that if she acted emotionally at this moment, the situation would only get worse.
She hesitated for a while, then sat back down, took out a pure white fruit from her small bag, drank it in small sips, then quickly closed her eyes and concentrated on recovering from her injuries.
A slight cold blue halo emerged from Chirulian's waist and abdomen, and then faintly spread to the whole body.
The bonfire swayed, making sparks popping from time to time.
The wind and snow outside the altar are still there.
I don’t know how long it took, but the day went westward and night enveloped the sky.
Kirulian opened her eyes, reached out and gently touched the wounds on her waist and abdomen... and absorbed some more.
Kirulian stood up, stretched out her little hands to rub her aching calves, and couldn't help but rub her arms gently... The bonfire had burned out, and it was so cold.
It was only when Chirulian mobilized the fire attribute energy in her body that she felt a little warmer.
I'm also curious that Lullian has a lot of moves at her disposal, and she can barely cope with various situations.
She walked out of the room, holding her little hands on the stone wall of the altar, and looked up at the sky. Her big amber eyes shone like gems in the moonlight.
The wind and snow have calmed down quite a bit, and I think it will stop next morning.
That's good news.
Chirulian looked outside. The cold wind was howling and the sky was dark. The wilderness was not like a town. There were no lights and could only rely on moonlight for illumination. But it was snowing now and the visibility was extremely low.
But Chirulian still arranged her small satchel, then took steps and walked out.
As a Pokémon, her eyesight is always much stronger than that of humans. Therefore, for humans, in an environment where she can't see her fingers, although her visibility is not high, it is not that low... not to mention that she is a superpower. Pokémon of this type are more accustomed to using their mental power to survey their surroundings.
Going out to search right now, apart from being colder than before... there aren't any major drawbacks.
It's just cold, Chirulian can bear it.
swiss swish ————
Huhuhu————
The sound of Kirulian stepping on the snow mixed with the soft sound of the cold wind.
She walked slowly, judging the coordinates in her heart, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared in the same place with a teleportation... Because of the existence of teleportation, Chirulian could have a place to live without affecting the search range... ...Otherwise, she would have to run around the world like Xu Qiansu.
Tianguan Mountain is vast, the terrain is complex, and Qilulian appears in a strange place amid fluctuations in mental power... It may be said that it is strange, but the snow-covered appearance is no different from the rest of Tianguan Mountain.
Kirulian looked around for a while, then found a direction and walked slowly... She didn't have to walk very fast. After all, she relied on her mental power to search. Walking slower would be easier to mobilize her mental power and allow her to explore. Be more careful.
There was wind and snow all around, the Snow Boy buried in the snow sleeping, Nula sleeping soundly in the cave, the warrior eagle constantly hovering in the sky, looking for food... Thousands of information poured into his mind, Chirulian But there was no confusion at all, and he carefully searched for Xu Qiansu's clues.
Suddenly, about 500 meters away from her, she spotted a fox-like Pokémon running away in a hurry with a fruit in its mouth.
But behind it, there was a circle bear waving its paws and striding to catch up.
Zoroa... Kirulian knew this Pokémon.
Ten days ago, she had a fight with Zoroark in the Xicui area.
At that time, the Zoroark saw her small satchel, and without any explanation, he identified her as a human servant, and launched an attack without hesitation... Although Zoroark's judgment cannot be said to be completely wrong. Compared with the servant, it was strange. Lulian wanted to be Xu Qiansu's other identity.
However, in the face of an attack, Kirulian would not give in. Even after fighting Zoroark for more than ten minutes, she beat him unconscious... However, it can be judged from this that the Zoroark race seems to be hostile to him. Human beings have deep resentments.
"Huhuhu...huh!?" Not long after, Zoroa approached Kirulian and saw a Pokémon right in front of him. Zoroa was immediately frightened and was about to change direction. And escape.
After all, food is a scarce resource in Tianguan Mountain, and any Pokémon that encounters it will basically loot it.
This Zoroa had just left its mother not long ago and was not very strong, so it was naturally scared.
But running on extremely deep snow with her short legs was obviously extremely disadvantageous. Her speed was not fast. Moreover, she was very hungry and almost ran out of energy, so there was no chance she could change direction.
He had no choice but to keep his head down and run straight ahead regardless.
Chirulian raised her eyebrows slightly, this Zoroa... seemed a little different from the Zoroak that day.
What's the difference? Hmm...not so violent? It doesn't look like a ghost-type Pokémon anyway.
Rub rub rub——————
Zoroa kept running and saw that he was getting closer and closer to Kirulian.
It closed its eyes, preparing to endure the next attack.
But no...it passed by Kirulian very smoothly.
Kirulian didn't care about it at all, but instead cast her sights on the circle bear.
Soraya was slightly startled, and quickly stopped, but his left paw tripped his right paw, and he immediately rolled several times in the snow.
"Roar!" The Ring Bear strode closer to Kirulian, its muscles bulged, and roared to the sky. Such momentum was enough to make any Pokémon lose its will to fight and become fearful.
The Circle Bear, who is irritable and violent by nature, doesn't care who is in front of him.
boom!
Zoroa hurriedly pulled his little head out of the snow, shook the snowflakes off his head like a rattle, and looked back, only to see the tall, mountain-like Ring Bear, already rolling his eyes and lying in the snow.
Kirulian turned her back to Zoroa and retracted her small fist.
Zoroa looked at Kirulian's back from bottom to top, but he didn't come back to his senses... This was the first time that a Pokémon other than its mother would protect it.
But the next moment, Chirulian crossed the circle of bears and walked forward... without even looking at Soraya.
Zoroa was slightly startled, and quickly followed him. He wrapped the fruit around the tree with his tail, freed his mouth, and couldn't help but said: "Thank you for saving me."
"Ah?" Kirulian looked back at Zoroa who was following him, but looked up and down, "Female?"
"Ah? Aren't you also a female Pokémon?" Zoroa was stunned, not understanding how Kirulian's focus could be her gender.
Chirulian looked away, not wanting to have close contact with Zoroa... What if she found Susu, Susu discovered Zoroa's existence, and subdued her on a whim, then there would be another problem Just a fox?
She said casually: "I didn't save you, I was just unhappy with that ring bear..."
Chiluli paused for a moment and continued to murmur in a low voice: "After all, I have stolen food from a trap bear in the snow before, and then was chased by it."
When Kirulian was still Lalulas, facing the trap bear, she could only flee in panic like this Zoroa. But now, the same snowy night, the same experience, the similar trap bear, but Kirulian is no longer afraid or powerless.
Thinking of this, Chirulian couldn't help but lower her eyebrows, and her big eyes looked a bit disappointed... Such a fact reminded Chirulian of a fact that she had to face.
If she is unable to find Xu Qiansu, then she may... return to her previous life.
There is no father, no mother, and no kin. There is only one Pokémon surviving alone in the cold winter.
Maybe things are different now... Chirulian has become very powerful, very powerful... She can protect herself, can live comfortably in Tianguan Mountain, and even has a chance to become the king of the mountain... She and the former The Lalu Lasi that I once was is no longer the same.
She is no longer the Lalu Lasi she once was!
But no...
Regardless of Chirulian, even after she evolves into Gardevoir, she is still the Lalu who can climb onto Xu Qiansu's shoulders along the hem of Xu Qiansu's clothes, face to face with him, and stare at the research notes together. Brushed.
Even though Chirulian has become very powerful now, even though she is no longer the Lalulas who can be bullied by anyone, she is no different from before.
Because the biggest difference between her and her past self is not her strength, her age, her experience, or her body... but that she has Xu Qiansu by her side.
But at this moment, she couldn't find Xu Qiansu... Just like at that time, she tried her best, ran and ran, ran all night, but couldn't find her mother...
Thinking of this, La Lulas couldn't help but stretched out her little hand and held the shoulder strap of the small satchel tightly.
Soraya looked at Chirulian in confusion, wondering why her mood suddenly became so depressed... But it seemed that it was more than just depression, Chirulian was still suppressing something.
It lowered its little face and followed Chirulian with its head buried in the ground. Suddenly, she raised her little face, tilted her head, and asked, "Is this thing hanging on your body a product of human beings?"
Kirulian didn't answer, just nodded slightly... didn't want to speak.
"Oh... Mom always said that humans are hateful creatures, hateful creatures, but I don't think so..."
As he said that, Soraya raised his head and looked at Kirulian again, "I have a sibling who is also Soraya, but it is the same as you, blue... I met it not long ago, but only from a distance. I took one look at it and didn’t dare to go over and talk to it.”
Kirulian remained silent and was not interested in Soraya's past.
"Because it was with a human at the time."
Kirulian nodded slightly subconsciously, then paused and froze.
She has never seen any trace of humans in Tianguan Mountain.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Soraya twisted his face cutely.
"Go on." Kirulian stared straight at Zoraya, her lovely big amber eyes filled with emotions that Zoraya couldn't tell clearly.
Zoroa recalled for a moment and then said: "The human was very good to it. He was holding it and grooming it...it looked very comfortable."
"Then what?"
"Huh? Then I ran away...I was afraid that the human would catch me and eat me, although I really wanted to try the feeling of grooming..."
"Any other details?"
"Details?" Soraya frowned and looked down at the small plum blossom mark he stepped on the snow. After thinking for a moment, he added: "Oh, there were three treasures beside the human at that time. Kemeng... Well, I have never seen any of the three, and I don't know their names. Anyway, they are a green snake, a red fox, and a light blue dragon..."
"...Where is it?" Chirulian's voice suddenly became dry and low, as if it was squeezed out from between her teeth, and she seemed to be trying not to cry.
"Hmm... that direction." Soraya thought for a moment before pointing his tail to the south.
Before she finished speaking, she saw that Chirulian was already running in that direction regardless of her physical strength and injuries, stepping on the snow.
"Ah!? Wait, wait a minute!" Zoroa was shocked and quickly ran towards Kirulian.
But Kirulian ignored her and ran as fast as she could in that direction.
"Thank you again, thank you for saving me! I will remember you and thank you forever!" Seeing that he could not catch up with Chirulian, Zoroa had to stop where he was and shouted with all his strength.
Her voice spread far, far away, and soon, a tall figure suddenly appeared next to her.
Soraya looked back with a bit of joy, "Eh? Mom..."
Zoroark didn't say much, he just held Zoroya gently in his arms, and said with a bit of complexity and a bit of relief in his voice: "You don't need to live alone outside... let's go home. .”
The wind and snow howled.
Chirulian ran and ran, the wounds on her waist and abdomen ached faintly. She was panting and exhausted, but her heart was racing.
She didn't dare use teleportation to rush, for fear of missing it.
He had no choice but to keep running, keep running, spreading his mental power around, searching for Xu Qiansu's whereabouts.
As the bright moon slid across the sky, the snow gradually became lighter. Chilulian, who had been running all night, still could not find Xu Qiansu.
The direction Zoroa was pointing might be right, but Xu Qiansu... couldn't possibly stay where he was.
Midway, a Pokémon with super powers was disturbed by Kirulian's mental power and attacked her angrily, disturbing her sleep.
There was also a warrior eagle that was hovering in the night sky and glided down, trying to take away Chirulian's small satchel... It smelled the food in the satchel.
There were also groups of Mahuola who gathered together at night to collect food. Seeing Chirulian alone, they wanted to rob her.
Kirulian was not afraid of them, but her physical strength was limited and could not sustain such a round-the-clock battle, so she had to avoid their sharp edges and dodge them.
She ran away, exhausted, cold and hungry, but still full of excitement.
Finally, she avoided all the Pokémon that came to attack her, took a few breaths, and then continued south to look for Xu Qiansu... However, the terrain of Tianguan Mountain was dangerous, and Chirulian stepped into the snow, but it was a kick. He stepped on the air, and immediately his legs gave out and he rolled down the snowy slope. Such an unexpected situation made Chirulian, who was already extremely tired, unable to react for a moment.
She had no choice but to protect her small satchel with both hands and rolled several times in the snow. Suddenly she felt a strong sense of weightlessness and the tingling sensation on her skin as the biting cold wind whizzed by.
Eh? Fell off a cliff?
It was just a matter of falling off a cliff. For Chirulian now, it was nothing that could hurt her.
She turned her back to the ground and fell downwards with gravity. She opened her eyes and looked with big amber eyes.
I don’t know when the wind and snow have dissipated. The bright moon is hanging high and the stars are shining. We are in the Tianguan Mountains, the highest altitude in the Xicui area. Looking at it like this, the night sky is so close to the ground. The rising sun is about to rise in the night sky with soft colors. Light colors bisect the skyline.
So beautiful.
Kirulian, I remembered that night.
She heard the news about Gardevoir from Brimwen, and immediately searched for her mother all day long, but could not find her mother.
What about now?
Even though she worked harder than anyone else and was more eager to improve her strength than anyone else, Kirulian had done everything she could... but she still couldn't find it.
She couldn't find Xu Qiansu.
rustle----
The soft sound of something treading through the snow.
Snapped.
A hand suddenly reached out from the cliff and held Kirulian's little hand tightly, making a slight sound.
Chilulian was slightly startled and looked up, only to see Xu Qiansu lying on the cliff, reaching out and grabbing her little hand tightly.
The breeze blew by, stirring up some snow, and passed over Xu Qiansu's face, causing the bangs on his forehead to flicker slightly.
Perhaps it was because Xu Qiansu was running so fast that he couldn't help but pant, but those clear eyes that always held a smile were looking at Chilulian without blinking.
Because of the cold temperature, Xu Qiansu's fingertips were a little red, but she held Chilulian's hand tightly.
Looking at Xu Qiansu, Chilulian inexplicably remembered the oath she had made.
This was the oath she swore when she was still in Lalulas, because she couldn't find her mother.
She decided not to call out to those things that would not respond even if she called.
Yes, no matter how much you call, there is no answer, no matter how much you search, you cannot find it. These are normal.
But this kind of thing will not happen to Qilu Lian and Xu Qiansu.
Because when Qilulian was calling Xu Qiansu and looking for Xu Qiansu, Xu Qiansu was also calling Qilulian and looking for Qilulian.
The cold wind stings the skin and makes the eyes sore.
Xu Qiansu looked at Chilulian, her expression did not change much, but little droplets of water fell along the gravity and dripped on Chilulian's face.
"Well--"
Kirulian pursed her lips tightly and let out an aggrieved whimper from her throat. She then swallowed and cried hard with her cute face.
Yes, cry hard.
Kirulian wanted to cry out loud about everything she had experienced these days.
Only cried in front of Xu Qiansu.
…
The continuous heavy snow has stopped falling, and the stars are gradually hiding... The sun is about to rise.
Cattleya stepped on the snow with her small white boots and walked a few steps forward. She immediately stopped and put her hands behind her back. Her blue eyes looked at Xu Qiansu who was sitting on the edge of the cliff, and she sipped her soft cherry blossoms. But he didn't speak, nor did he come forward.
"Huh?" Zoroa stood next to Cattleya. It wanted to approach Xu Qiansu, but seeing that neither Cattleya nor the other Pokémon came forward, it had to stand still. .
It retracted its hind legs and lay down.
The snow was a little bit cold on his paws and butt, so Zoroa put his fluffy tail under his butt and paws.
Much warmer... Zoroa squinted his eyes, and then opened his clear and lovely big eyes and looked at Xu Qiansu.
"So light..." Xu Qiansu sat down on the edge of the cliff, put her hands around Chilulian's waist, weighed her for a while, then put her on his lap and held her in his arms.
Chirulian squinted her eyes in contentment. Even though she was exhausted, she was full of excitement and energy at this moment.
She put her hands on Xu Qiansu's thighs, adjusted her position, and changed to a comfortable sitting position before relaxing, leaning on Xu Qiansu's back, moving the tip of her nose slightly, smelling Xu Qiansu's scent.
A body temperature that I haven't felt in a long time, a smell that I haven't smelled in a long time... Just sitting here, Chirulian already feels very happy.
"Why are you injured?" Xu Qiansu caressed Qilulian's side, then stretched out the waveguide, felt for a moment, and asked.
"Leanne."
He was hit by a very ferocious ice stone.
Chilulian said aggrievedly that although she had beaten the ice rock monster a lot at that time, in front of Xu Qiansu, Chilulian would only talk about how she was bullied.
"It seems that it is the 'King' guarding the Tianguan Mountains. It has the power of Arceus in its body, which is the 'Icicle Slate'. No wonder it is not healed yet..." Xu Qiansu explained in a low voice. He reached out and took out the potion from his backpack. , apply the medicine carefully, and immediately wrap a bandage on the wound.
Kirulian said that there was no need to bother, and that she could absorb all the ice energy in it in a few days.
Xu Qiansu pinched her little face and said, "How dare you absorb energy from unknown sources?"
Kirulian raised her little face and said, "Lianli. (I'm cute and powerful, so I'm not afraid.)"
As he said that, Chirulian suddenly remembered something, fumbled in his small satchel, took out a pure white elf ball, and handed it to Xu Qiansu.
Xu Qiansu took it. Kirulian did not carve anything on the Poké Ball like a small marsupial, but this was the first time Xu Qiansu had conquered a Pokémon ball... To Xu Qiansu, Chilulian, After all, it is the most special thing in this world.
boom.
Some snow on the edge of the cliff slid down the cliff according to gravity, and then dispersed in the air and disappeared.
Xu Qiansu put away Kirulian's elf ball, but did not speak any more. Instead, she looked up at the slowly rising sunlight beyond the distant horizon.
Sitting here, the scenery below is unobstructed, and Xu Qiansu can even vaguely see the waterfall he passed by.
Chilulian didn't speak either. She accompanied Xu Qiansu and looked up at the bottom of the cliff, her calves swaying slightly.
The peaceful atmosphere lingered and spread around them.
"Who is she?" Soraya sat on the snow for a while and finally couldn't help but ask.
"Kirulian, if you get so close to Susu again, be careful of her beating you." Vulpix lay lying in the snow, his fluffy and cute tail wagging dissatisfiedly, and muttered to Zoroa.
Soraya twisted her little face, not understanding why Kirulian wanted to beat her, but she didn't want to think about it.
"Oh... Then just beat him."
It responded with a silly smile.
Vulpix snorted lightly, turned his face, and stopped looking at Zoroa.
Xu Qiansu stretched out her hand, pinched Chilulian's soft little face, and then touched her slender waist downwards. Chilulian felt a little itchy and not only giggled a few times...as usual. There is no change in the feel, but there are some things that only Chirulian trainers can sense.
Xu Qiansu retracted her hand and just put her hand on Qilulian's waist to prevent her from falling... Although with Qilulian's ability, Qilulian had to worry about whether Xu Qiansu would accidentally fall. Just go down.
"Lian, Li'anli, Li'anli." Chirulian was silent for a while, and then said.
If only she hadn't evolved, she would have been as petite and cute as La Lulasi... Then she could get into Xu Qiansu's clothes to keep warm if she wanted to, and climb on Xu Qiansu's shoulders if she wanted to. Shoulders, no matter where they are now, sitting so close together is already their most intimate gesture.
"Evolve, or not evolve...it doesn't matter." Xu Qiansu shook her head slightly, but suddenly said.
Kirulian was slightly startled and looked back at him.
"When Vulpix got a Fire Stone, she didn't want to evolve, and I didn't force her..." Xu Qiansu smiled softly, caressing Kirulian's smooth and warm waist, "So naturally I didn't either. I will force you...when the time comes, I will find you an immutable stone."
Xu Qiansu reached out and pinched the small pendant on Qilulian's chest. This was what Xu Qiansu originally reserved for the mAGE evolution stone, but it didn't matter even if it was inlaid with the immutable stone.
Kirulian looked away and did not respond. She just lowered her eyebrows and put her little hands on her thighs.
After a moment, she said: "Liannili... (If I evolve, you can no longer hug me like before...)"
Kirulian does not resist evolution, the only thing she doesn't want to do is this.
Are you bored? Boring? Pretentious? Doesn't it make sense?
No, for Chilulian, she never wanted to forget the feeling of being held by Xu Qiansu.
Xu Qiansu didn't answer, didn't comfort, and didn't try to persuade Chirulian to change her mind... He just held Chirulian's little hand...it was cold.
He took out a red and white scarf from his backpack and wrapped it around Chirulian's neck. His hands kept moving, adjusting the scarf for her, and asked: "Are you warm?"
This scarf was bought by Ma Li for Xu Qiansu in Cuixue Town...it also had a Q version of Gardevoir embroidered on it.
Of course, this Q version of Gardevoir is just an ordinary Gardevoir, not a different color.
Chilulian held the scarf with her little hands and stared blankly at the pattern on the scarf. Her cute little face was stunned for a while, and she couldn't help exhaling a few puffs of white air.
Then she came back to her senses, took off half of the scarf that Xu Qiansu had tied for her, leaned back, wrapped the other half around Xu Qiansu's neck, and then laughed charmingly.
"It's so warm."
Xu Qiansu was startled for a moment, then smiled silly like Chilulian, "It's so warm."
Beyond the horizon, the morning sun finally rises. The warm yellow light dispels the remaining haze on the earth. Wisps of light shine between the faces of Xu Qiansu and Chilulian...
Immediately.
Blue light particles emerged from Kirulian's body, spread, and finally enveloped her...
————Pokémon Research Notes——————
"My...Gardevoir."
