Eternal Flower

May 30th, late spring and early summer.

Even in Kalos, which lay relatively far north at a high latitude, the weather was growing hotter by the day.

Because he was following Xerneas's trail, it took Xia Chen two days to travel from Shalour City to Couplet City, which was not all that far away.

If he had been pursuing speed, two days would have been enough for Koraidon to take Xia Chen around the world two or three times.

But the two Legendary Pokémon were elusive. If they had been that easy to find, the news would probably have spread all over the internet already.

Fortunately, Xia Chen had set aside plenty of time for his trip around Kalos—three or four whole months. Diancie's situation was not especially urgent, either—

Although Diancie and the Carbink had been worrying about the disappearance of the Holy Diamond, the great diamond within the Diamond Domain could actually last for another three to five years at minimum.

She had even more time than he did.

Xia Chen even felt that it would not matter if they could not find Xerneas. At Sylveon's rate of growth, in three to five years, she would surely become a powerhouse capable of dominating the world.

Maybe by then, Xerneas would only deserve the nickname "Little Sylveon," and solving the problem troubling the Diamond Domain would be effortless for her.

Although the thought was rather fanciful, Xia Chen only dared entertain it privately.

In any case, traveling at an unhurried pace, Xia Chen arrived in the picturesque Couplet City.

"To be paired-winged Altaria in the heavens, to be intertwined Floette upon the earth. Who would have thought that a poem passed down in Donghuang a thousand years ago would now become the names of two cities in the north