Leon!
Charizard was incredibly fast, and as it swooped down, it kicked up a powerful gust.
"Xia Yan!"
Leon jumped off Charizard's back and looked at Xia Yan excitedly.
"I was going to pick you up, but then—"
Xia Yan patted Leon on the shoulder. Looking at how mature Leon appeared, he wondered whether Leon had lied about his age.
Still, he said, "Little Leon—ptui, Leon. Next time you head out, don't be so blindly confident. If it hadn't been for that taxi driver, I might've had to go looking for you."
At that, Leon grinned, scratched the back of his head, and laughed twice.
He knew perfectly well about his terrible sense of direction. Even navigation could not cure it.
He had simply been too eager to see Xia Yan, which was why he had gone out to meet him.
He could be said to have watched Xia Yan's entire Champion's Path.
The Galar Region had no Elite Four, so there was no such thing as a Champion's Path there, much less the chance to test one's strength by challenging it.
In the end.
He simply had not battled Xia Yan in a long time and could not wait to have a match.
"Little Leon, don't be in such a hurry. Little Xia is currently doing Restricted Sparring." Mustard said leisurely from his rocking chair.
"Restricted Sparring?" Leon froze, then looked at Xia Yan again. His eyes gleamed with excitement as he asked, "Ultimate Rule?"
Xia Yan's eye twitched slightly. "Beginner."
"Beginner?!"
Leon was dumbfounded.
Making a regional Champion engage in Beginner-level Restricted Sparring?
Was that not a joke?
Before he could speak, Mustard called out, "Next, Little Sword."
"Yes, Master!"
At Mustard's call, a disciple wearing an ordinary martial arts uniform stepped out from the crowd. He had