Take You to See the Sea

"Vee-vui!"

In a garden on the outskirts of Eindoak Town.

Victini sat on the beam of a dilapidated pavilion, swinging its little feet as it held a triple-scoop ice cream cone and carefully licked it with its tiny tongue.

With every lick, it could not help narrowing its eyes and shuddering. The pair of V-shaped ears atop its head twitched constantly as well.

Clearly.

Victini, tasting ice cream for the first time, had fallen in love with the cool, icy sensation.

Togekiss and Eevee each had one too, happily eating away.

Xia Yan leaned against the railing, staring into the distance, lost in thought.

"Vee-vui?"

Sensitive to the unrest in Xia Yan's heart, Victini swished its tail and floated onto the railing beside him.

Before it could say anything, it followed Xia Yan's gaze into the distance.

There lay the only bay in Eindoak Town from which the sea could be seen.

Faintly, waves could be seen crashing against the reefs along the shore, scattering brief, dazzling rainbows beneath the sunlight.

"Vee-vui."

At the sight of the ocean, Victini suddenly slowed its ice cream eating, gazing out at the distant sea with longing in its eyes.

The sea.

It was the place Victini had heard about most often over the past thousand years, yet it was also the place most beyond its reach.

It had heard.

That it was an incomparably vast place.

It had heard.

That it was where mighty waves rolled.

It had heard.

That it was the beginning from which all things were born.

It had heard...

"Do you want to go see it?"

Xia Yan noticed the look in Victini's eyes.

He knew that because of the barrier established by the old king, Victini could not leave the area covered by it.

So for over a