Liko felt their eyes on her and froze. She didn't dare move. She really didn't.
She had only wanted to thank Mingyou for saving her and Sprigatito earlier. She hadn't expected to walk in on this.
What do I do? This is terrifying!
"Don't be nervous. They're old acquaintances catching up. Just pretend you didn't see anything. You'll forget it anyway."
Mingyou spoke apologetically. Keldeo and Calyrex's tense standoff seemed to have frightened her. Still, Calyrex could make anyone who saw him forget him, so there was no need to worry too much.
"That's not memory erasure. People simply forget me over time, like a stranger who passes them on the street. But this isn't an encounter she'll forget so easily, so I'll need to..."
Calyrex was about to release his Mental Power when Mingyou hurriedly stopped him. "What are you doing?"
"Letting her sleep soundly."
"There's no need for that. She saw you, and that's that. We have to go back eventually anyway."
Mingyou held Calyrex down and sighed helplessly. Then he looked at Liko, who was still frozen in fear, and said apologetically, "Sorry. Big Turnip was just trying to scare you. He's popular where we come from—the whole village's mascot."
"Mm... okay."
"She clearly doesn't believe me..."
The silence grew awkward. Realizing they really didn't mean to hurt her, Liko put a hand to her chest and said quietly, "I actually overheard what you were talking about... Is all of that true?"
She had been standing there for a while. She hadn't heard Calyrex's Telepathy, but she had heard everything Mingyou said.
Traveling through time, helping a Terapagos that had asked for help, a future destroyed by humans... It sounded like a science fiction story.
"Of course it's n—"
"It's true."
Mingyou cut off Calyrex's attempt to