"Vee~~"
Its pure, lake-like crimson eyes reflected the dazzling stars.
White ribbons swayed in the passing breeze like rootless duckweed, yet they quickly found their home, wrapping tightly around an arm with utter affection and reliance.
The little one chirped softly, its azure ears trembling slightly like curtains cut from the sky.
Its snowy-white fur rippled in waves beneath the breeze.
It lightly stepped closer on its pale-blue paws, approaching the figure beside it.
"Sylveon."
Xia Yan's face was full of tenderness and affection as he smiled and rubbed its head twice.
"Please take care of me from now on, too."
"Vee~~"
Eevee had successfully evolved into Sylveon.
And because Xia Yan's Eevee had originally been a Shiny Pokémon,
the evolved Sylveon's colors differed greatly from those of an ordinary Sylveon.
Specifically,
ordinary Sylveon were mostly pink, with blue eyes.
But Xia Yan's Sylveon had blue where it should have been pink, while its blue eyes had become an adorable pink.
In truth, Eevee had long since met the requirements for evolution. It was only its inner hesitation and fear of the unknown that had kept it from taking that step.
Today, it had overcome its fear. Even without Xerneas and the Fairy Plate, Eevee would still have been able to evolve.
But,
with the dual boost from Xerneas and the Fairy Plate,
an evolution that would already provide tremendous benefits to a Pokémon now gave Sylveon an enormous amount more.
Among them,
the most apparent point was this.
Under normal circumstances, even with the boost from evolving, a Gym Leader-level Eevee would at most remain Gym Leader-level, perhaps moving a step closer to Sub-Elite Four level.
But now,
with this dual boost—and the two greatest boosts for Fairy-types in the entire Pokémon World—
Eevee had crossed that threshold the