"To use Leech Seed to such a degree-how impressive! Which master of the Chisen Family might you be? Would you show yourself and allow this humble maiden to meet you?" Though trapped, Meiji showed not the slightest panic. She looked utterly admiring, her praise seemingly sincere. Paired with her voice, gentle as a spring breeze and sweet as clear spring water, it could fill anyone with boundless pride and make them loath to imprison such a peerless beauty who revered them.
"I'm hardly worthy of hearing a venerable elder call herself a 'humble maiden' before me!" Wearing his Champion's Cape, the exceptionally handsome Wallace emerged from behind a huge rock with a Ludicolo dancing and hopping merrily beside him. He surveyed Meiji inside the vine cage with a gaze of pure appreciation.
"A ven... venerable elder?!" Meiji had intended to use her Heavenly Charm Technique to beguile this handsome, powerful young man. Adding another admirer to her entourage would have been a fine display of her abilities. Who could have imagined he would strike her sore spot outright? Furious, she laughed. "I meant to offer you a drink in friendship, but now you'll have to swallow your punishment!"
With that, an explosive note rang from the pipa in her hands. The front inner wall of the cage formed by Leech Seed burst apart. Just as Meiji was about to blast her way out completely, Ludicolo's already lively dance grew even more exuberant. A mysterious radiance swirled around him, and the same light shrouded Meiji's body. In that instant, she felt as though another consciousness had squeezed into her body and begun fighting her for control. The pipa's music faded, and the green vine cage rapidly regrew, sealing Meiji inside once more.
"I only came out for a casual stroll to