No Bond Should Be Formed? No!

To Dragonite, this autumn had been the longest autumn since Lia had begun to grow old.

Under its care, as selfless and regardless of cost as Lia had once been toward it, the three Dratini evolved into Dragonair.

Led by Little Pink, the Shiny Dragonair Dragonite had first taken in, they had also gained the ability to protect themselves.

This allowed Dragonite to devote more of its daily attention to caring for Lia, whose movements were gradually becoming more difficult.

As the times developed at breakneck speed, the Post Office where Dragonite worked gradually declined. It could only consolidate its operations and survive through its "express delivery" business.

This made little difference to Dragonite. Whether it was the ace mail carrier or the ace courier, it remained irreplaceable at the Post Office.

Its ability to deliver packages to most Regions on the planet within a single day had even gradually become the Post Office's signature feature.

Yet for Dragonite, which had not only failed to age with time but had instead grown even stronger,

even though accomplishing such things became easier and easier, it gradually lost the motivation to keep working.

Dragonite was not sure whether it was because work without Lia accompanying it no longer held any appeal,

or because of the extremely complicated feeling that had suddenly arisen when, after once airlifting a package to the Hoenn Region, it had eagerly returned home carrying Hoenn's specialty, "Slateport City Senbei,"

only to be told by its neighbors that Lia had accidentally fallen. Fortunately, they had found her in time and taken her to the hospital for treatment, where she was currently lying in a hospital bed.

Though the Post Office repeatedly tried to persuade it to stay, Dragonite still chose to resign and devote itself wholly to staying by