Hearing Nari's sudden complaint, Mingyou felt it would be best to keep his distance from her. He also decided not to tell anyone she liked Kieran. He would act as if nothing had happened.
Akari noticed Mingyou take half a step back and guessed what had happened. Nari was jealous... It was no secret that she had given Kieran chocolate on Valentine's Day. Plenty of people in the League Club knew; they just pretended not to notice.
But Kieran didn't care about that sort of thing. He might not even have noticed. To him, Mingyou was a friend as important as his sister; otherwise, he wouldn't have lent him Porygon without hesitation. Nari, on the other hand, was just an ordinary friend to him...
A little later, Mingyou toured the League Club with Akari. At last, the two of them had a chance to talk alone.
"Is there anyone normal in this club?"
Mingyou couldn't wait to hear the answer.
Akari gave a helpless smile and glanced toward the meeting table. "How could there be anyone normal in a place like this? Normal people don't stand out enough to become members of the Elite Four..."
"..."
"And the one asleep over there is Drayton, the former Champion Kieran defeated. He sleeps all day and plays games all night. He's been held back for years, and he's even a year older than me."
Akari pointed to the boy with toothpaste-shaped hair by the meeting table. Lacey was lecturing him, but he wasn't listening at all. He waved a hand and went back to sleep.
"He doesn't seem very reliable..."
Mingyou shook his head. Could these people really find Meloetta? Then again, one member of the Elite Four wasn't here, and neither was Kieran.
"Where's Kieran?"
"Probably in the Terarium. He usually