At the original point in time, in Alamos Town.
Cynthia had already been waiting there for three days.
Every day, she went to the top of the Space-Time Tower to check, but Chen Shi still had not returned.
With so much time having passed, she could not help growing anxious.
Inside the hotel, Mew let out a yawn.
[Don't worry. This isn't the sort of thing you can come back from in a flash. Just relax and stay here.]
"But didn't we meet Celebi before? It seemed really anxious to get back, didn't it?" Cynthia could not help arguing.
Mew rolled its eyes.
[This time is different. Little Shi was sent away by the Time-Space Duo working together. How could coming back be that easy?]
At that, Cynthia rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on.
If Chen Shi was only gone for a few days, that would be fine. But if he stayed away too long, how was she supposed to explain it when Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen asked?
Was she supposed to tell the two elderly people that their grandson had gone off gallivanting a thousand years in the past?
Wouldn't that just make them worry?
Just then, Jirachi, holding a Pokéblock, took a bite and muttered quietly:
"Shi won't get into trouble. He's doing really well."
Unfortunately, its voice was too quiet for Cynthia to hear.
Mew heard it, but said nothing and did not ask about it.
Only after Chen Shi left did Mew realize it seemed to have forgotten something, as though a stretch of its memories was missing.
That was precisely why Mew was growing more certain.
The human named Autumn from a thousand years ago was most likely Chen Shi.
So it was not worried at all.
Because, just as Jirachi had