After Mewtwo left, the atmosphere eased considerably. Ye Qing played around with Mew and the others for a while before waving goodbye.
The whole family had turned out to save him this time.
"Gardevoir~"
Only after all those big shots had left did Gardevoir and the others approach Ye Qing.
"Don't feel guilty. Your future achievements won't necessarily fall short of theirs."
Ye Qing stroked Gardevoir's hair to comfort her. A Legendary Pokémon on Yveltal's level was simply beyond what he could defeat right now, so this was no one's fault.
Without their protection along the way, there was no telling how many times he would have died.
"Gar..."
Garchomp looked up at the sky. Once I Mega Evolve, I should be able to put up a fight against Mewtwo, right?
The moment that thought occurred to him, he felt something was wrong, as though a pair of invisible eyes had fixed on him. Realizing this, he hurriedly shook his head to throw the thought out of his mind.
After going through a brush with death, Ye Qing felt much more open-minded, and his state of mind had improved considerably.
Looking at the withered tree Xerneas had become, Ye Qing could not bear to let this place be polluted, so he had Infernape cremate Mu Linsen's corpse.
He also recalled what Xerneas had said when they first met.
No wonder Xerneas had run at the sight of him. Yet even so, Xerneas had still been forced to take tree form.
"Ah!"
Ye Qing sighed, feeling truly innocent. He really had not been the one to start trouble this time!
"Big brother, I've completely mastered Fairy Aura."
Diancie ran up to Ye Qing and spoke happily, though that happiness was mixed with frustration. If she had grasped it a little sooner,