March 7, 2026, League Calendar—a special day that would later be recorded in Kalos history books.
That day, Xerneas, the God of Life, entered the human world for the first and last time.
Lumiose City was especially beautiful in early spring. The towering Yujin Trees lining both sides of Spring Boulevard were in full bloom, their crimson petals drifting down like rain in a slow melody, paving a magnificent road toward Lumiose Central City Park.
This world-famous boulevard welcomed hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the globe every day, yet on one day during the most beautiful season of early spring, only one man and one deer strolled along it.
"Honestly, I don't know this city very well either. You may have put your trust in the wrong person by asking me to be your guide."
Walking beside the majestic Xerneas, Xia Chen felt that the already picturesque scenery had become even more dreamlike.
He truly had not expected Xerneas to agree to his request so readily. He had originally been prepared to have Milotic fly his parents over.
But that did not mean this God of Life was some selfless, loving saint. When Xerneas had first arrived in Lumiose City and caused a huge sensation, it had not allowed those excited people, who looked like zombies, within a hundred meters of itself.
It had even punished several fools who had tried to throw Poké Balls at it.
Xia Chen had thought that Xerneas would probably leave in anger after such an incident, but it had unexpectedly taken the initiative to ask him to show it around the Kalos capital.
And though Xerneas had made its attitude of "keep strangers away" abundantly clear through its actions, the citizens of Lumiose City were still immensely enthusiastic about the arrival of