Jubilife Pokémon Theme Park,
At home.
Cynthia and Li Wei had long since moved into the same suite. Barring anything unexpected, it would also be their marital home.
Past the suite's entryway, the gift Cynthia had prepared sat on the living room table beneath a red cloth.
Li Wei actually already knew what it was.
Something big had happened in the Unova Region recently.
Well... it was a good thing, probably.
While Hiro was in Unova for a tournament, a charity auction had been held there.
All the proceeds would go to charity.
The items up for auction had come from a collector-a collector arrested by the International Police.
Anything in the collector's possession that the Pokémon League could use had been placed in its warehouse.
Anything it couldn't use had been put up for auction.
A large portion of those items were ancient collectibles.
Cynthia had also been invited to the charity auction,
And at the auction's banquet,
Cynthia had won the bid for a Relic Crown.
It hadn't been particularly expensive. It had only made the news because Cynthia had taken part in the auction.
That was because Cynthia had noticed,
Li Wei had a habit of collecting ancient artifacts.
In the suite's study, an Ancient Statue, a Relic Band, and an Ancient Coin sat on the bookshelf.
Now, a Relic Crown was about to join them.
As expected, the moment he lifted the red cloth,
A blue-gray Relic Crown came into view.
The Relic Crown, which had survived 3,000 years, still stood intact before Li Wei.
Although it had inevitably suffered some damage, its overall condition was still satisfactory.
Li Wei really wanted to pretend he was surprised,
But unfortunately, his acting was simply too poor.
His exaggerated performance gave him away immediately.
Li Wei said helplessly,