The moonlight was clear as water, and the forest leaves swayed in a gentle dance.
By now, both Misdreavus and Meloetta had returned to the tent to sleep. After all, the concept of "death" did not exist for them.
Dian, however, could not quite let it go.
After all, if someone suddenly climbed out of a mirror one day, stared at you in horror, and said,
"You died..."
And had been dead for eight or ten years, who could possibly shrug that off?
Dian sat at the dining table with a grim expression, his deep eyes flickering ceaselessly.
He was worried not only about himself, but about Misdreavus and the others as well.
The wonders of the Pokémon World far exceeded anyone's imagination.
For instance, many people believed Ghost-type Pokémon neither lived nor died. In reality, even Ghost-type Pokémon experienced "death."
Ghost-type Pokémon were not the same as ghosts, something the ancients had understood perfectly well.
That was why nearly all actual "ghosts" had been sealed away.
Among them were evil spirits that had once been "human," such as the King of Pokélantis, who had tried to control Ho-Oh, only to be destroyed by Ho-Oh instead;
There were also specters that had once been "Pokémon," such as a certain kind of Ghost-type Pokémon that could ignore most Pokémon moves.
The most mysterious of all was the Pokémon civilization... a super-ancient civilization that had worshipped Pokémon as supernatural powers, only to be wiped out overnight by some unknown force.
Even now, that power still existed: Super-Ancient Gengar, Super-Ancient Alakazam...
As Dian's status rose, his understanding of these matters grew ever deeper.
The script of the Pokémon civilization discovered on Mount Miacha in the Kanto Region was almost identical to the script Dr. Metz had discovered at the Oldale Ruins in the