Wall at the Edge of the Universe

"What is that...?"

Three distant lights flickered continuously like stars. In this dark world, other sources of light had finally appeared besides the Mysterious Plate, filling Su Hao with immense relief.

Although it had felt like he had entered the spatial vortex and spent roughly half an hour being carried in a certain direction by the pink glow emitted from the Mysterious Plate—

Su Hao had no idea how much time had actually passed.

Only when he drew closer to those three stars did Su Hao finally see their true forms. He muttered, "The Lake Guardians?"

Those three star-like beings radiating tricolored light were Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit, known as the Lake Legendary Pokémon.

The Lake Guardians had clearly noticed Su Hao approaching. They all turned their unsurprised gazes toward him; they had long known that Su Hao would come during this time.

Su Hao had already met Azelf and Uxie once before. In his memory, Azelf's speech was always cutting out, as if it had dementia, while Uxie was some kind of squint-eyed monster...

But none of that mattered now. Su Hao skipped right over Azelf and Uxie, looked at Mesprit, whose smile somehow gave him a bad feeling, and held out his hand. "Even if you're one of the Lake Guardians, you can't withhold my reward!"

Mesprit: "..."

Uxie: "..."

Azelf: "..."

They had never imagined that Su Hao's first reaction upon seeing their true forms would be this. Even after living for who knew how many ages, the three lake gods felt a little embarrassed.

It had to be said, that True Dragon from another world really had a sharp eye for people. In Su Hao, they saw the purest form of truth.

Uxie and Azelf silently looked toward Mesprit. In perfect agreement, they decided Mesprit could