Pokemon Rusted Shield/Sword

Raiding Castle Galar

Everyone got into Corviknight taxis. Rose offered to Grant, "Would you like to ride with us? Each cab can only carry four."

"Sure," Grant replied, getting into the cab with Oleana, Bede, and Rose. The taxi took off, giving the four some time to speak.

At first the air was tense and silent until Rose nudged Grant. Grant wheezed under his breath and coughed up a small amount of blood, his wounds slowly growing worse as he stretched his body to thin.

"You alright?" Rose whispered

"I'm fine," Grant lied, "So... I'm gonna say it. Bede is a gym leader now, and Rose and Oleana you still seem to care about him. So... you guys need to talk about all that. Clear the air it's so tense I could cut it with a Honedge!"

Rose spoke, "Bede, as you can probably tell by now, we had every intention of welcoming you home when we knew you would not be caught in the crossfire between us and the royals. Sadly, things did not go as plan. Oleana, as you saw, felt particularly bad about this."

"I understand that," Bede sighed, "But... I'm happy in Ballonlea, I'm gonna be a gym leader and defeat Victor next season. I'm not leaving that behind."

"Bede," Oleana explained, "Rose told me to run an errand when he was relased. You don't have to accept this but..."

Oleana handed Bede some adoption papers.

Rose explained as Bede looked at them, shocked, "Bede, I have grown to love you as my own son and I wish to make my intentions clear. I wish only to see you prosper. You made mistakes but you've grown from them, and for that, I'm immeasurably proud of you. You don't have to accept me as your father, and if you do not, I will still always at least support you. I will respect your choice Bede."

Bede sighed, "I must confess I love you as a father figure but, again I do not wish to leave Ballonlea. Otherwise I would sign these right now. I still love you as my father but the legal sheninagns the paperwork of being family in the eyes of the law entails..."

Rose nodded, "I understand that, but you will not be forced by me to leave Ballonlea, I am content to leave you in the care of Opal for as long as you wish. I will still love you as my family no matter what the law says."

"Same to you," Bede explained, "And that's why I won't be signing this. We don't need legal stuff to say we're family. Grant and I are brothers, but legally speaking, we're just two dudes. That's it."

"Understandable," Rose chuckled, "I love you son. The papers are here if you ever change your mind."

"I love you too dad," Bede smiled.

And thus they arrived outside Castle Galar, around which a storm of red clouds charged with Dynamax energy gathered. Immediately they were surrounded by royal guards in white armor.

"Get ready here they come!" Bede exclaimed as the duo prepared to battle the guards.

After the battle, they entered to find the door to the throne room locked, requiring six keys to open.

"Those knights in colored armor must have the keys," Anabel commented, "Fan out and find them."

The group nodded and broke off into three wings of the castle. Grant first headed into the western wing, which lead into the garden where he fought three knights, each with four to five Pokémon each. Each knight used some combination of the following: Perserker, Duoblade, Gallade, Corviknight, Polteageist, Sirfetch'd, Bisharp, Falinks, and Runerigus. Like many "evil teams" as they are often called, the team had a theme and the grunts would pull from a small pool of Pokémon. This team focused on Pokémon considered to be related to Galarian culture such as tea related Pokémon, the achient past, midevil area, and war in some way.