Aura Guardian, Xia Yan? (Three-in-One)

"Is this Sylveon?"

Having changed into ceremonial attire, the group could only stay at a hotel in Rota City tonight.

Fortunately.

They were all honored guests, and the hotel they were staying in was the closest one to the palace, lavishly decorated in a vintage style.

Sylveon was already exceptionally beautiful.

And for this celebration, the royal family had prepared a great many Pokémon outfits.

Among them was a princess outfit that suited Sylveon perfectly.

Wearing it only made it even more dazzling.

Even Clair, who had always preferred muscular Pokémon, could not help revealing a girlish look of adoration upon seeing Sylveon.

Even though she knew that Fairy-type Sylveon had an extremely strong advantage over Dragon-type Pokémon, Clair simply could not bring herself to dislike it.

"Yes. My next paper will be about Sylveon. By then, you'll know more about it."

Xia Yan smiled as he stroked Sylveon's long, rabbit-like ears.

Its fluffy blue fur was incredibly smooth.

The enthusiasm it had shown for grooming its fur as an Eevee had successfully been "inherited" by Sylveon.

Steven had also brought out the Mawile Xia Yan had given him.

It was another cute Pokémon.

Compared to Sylveon, Mawile seemed much more tsundere.

Since they had only recently met, Steven was still in the process of building rapport with Mawile.

Fortunately, Mawile cared greatly about appearances.

After seeing what its trainer Steven looked like, it was not as dependent on Xia Yan as Sylveon was, but at least it did not reject Steven as its trainer.

Xia Yan had long since announced online that Mawile could awaken as a Fairy-type.

So Lance, dressed in clothes rather similar to those worn by Sir Aaron, the "Aura Guardian,"

sat in his chair with a helpless expression, propping up his head with one hand.