The Season of Harvest Returns

Sea God Temple.

Manaphy was leisurely swimming about.

Only in the past two years had the Sea Prince's status begun to carry real weight.

After Groudon and Kyogre fought an earth-shaking battle over Earth's Natural Energy, the strength of those two Ancient Pokémon needed no further proof. Aside from a handful of beings such as Mega Rayquaza, they now stood at the pinnacle of Earth!

And Manaphy, as the Prince of the Sea who could receive Kyogre's help, was living the dream.

It no longer had to be as timid and cautious as when it had first arrived on Earth.

Still, the Sea Prince felt that having only Legendary Pokémon such as Kyogre as backing was not quite enough.

After all, those Legendary Pokémon were all busy, and it felt embarrassed to keep bothering them.

So, the Sea Prince still wanted to cultivate ties with more relatively weaker Pokémon. Guardian God level would do.

Of course, it would be best if it could cultivate ties with a few more Legendary Pokémon. Unfortunately, the friendship of Legendary Pokémon was something one could only stumble upon by chance... For example, if it tried to cultivate ties with Groudon, it would never succeed. Not only would it be warned by Precipice Blades, but it would also lose Kyogre's friendship. Boohoohoo.

"Mana..."

The moment the thought crossed Manaphy's mind, there was a BOOM, and its expression froze. It suddenly sensed someone knocking on its temple's front door.

"Mana!!"

Manaphy's eyes widened. Its temple was hidden so well. Who could it be...?

It swiftly shifted its perspective, borrowing the temple's power to conduct a "Mind Exchange" with the ocean and perceive the scene outside.

Humans... Dragonite... Milotic...?

So who exactly were these people? Manaphy wore a puzzled expression.

It did not show itself. It merely