Full and satisfied.
Heiduo bit down on half a sweet potato and headed to Central Lake with Garchomp.
Central Lake had already been packed three layers deep, inside and out. At his height, he could not see a thing.
The noisy crowd made it impossible for him to hear anything, either.
Having a strong physique did not mean he could automatically filter out noise.
Left with no choice, Heiduo once again climbed onto Garchomp's shoulder.
Nearby, several kids who had also failed to squeeze in saw this, their eyes lighting up as they shouted at Heiduo, "Brother Heiduo! Take me with you! Take me with you!"
"Nope. Figure it out yourselves!"
"Ah! Brother Heiduo is hogging it all!"
"Come bite me, then!" Heiduo looked down at the kids disdainfully. Beneath him, Garchomp's fin blades trembled slightly, immediately shoving the ill-intentioned children aside.
"Tch! Cheapskate!"
"Cheapskate, cheapskate!"
The little brats could do nothing to Heiduo. They could only shout in frustration while coming up with other plans.
On Garchomp's shoulder, Heiduo chewed on his sweet potato one-handed and spotted something interesting.
At the center of the crowd.
Aster crouched down and held Higan as the two sisters wept uncontrollably.
The depth of their bond could no longer be described with words alone. Otherwise, Aster would not have been so heartbroken back then that she lost her voice.
Nor would she later have decided to shoulder her elder sister's burden.
Beside them, a Noivern was crying bitterly as well, its enormous bat wings sheltering the two women.
Noivern had been Higan's Pokémon, but Higan had left it with Aster before. Since she had devoted herself to serving Rayquaza, she could no longer care for Noivern. Rayquaza would not permit other Pokémon to live within its territory.
At Aster's feet, a Whismur