"Mmm?!" Manaphy was stunned.
"You! You really have Miss Meloetta's singing?!"
"Please, Cheng Tian! Let me hear it! Just for a little while!"
"If you let me listen... I... I could even give you my bathwater!"
Cheng Tian was delighted. You should've said so sooner!
He had been bored before and downloaded the opening ceremonies of the last two years' Pokémon World Championships, which happened to include Meloetta's singing performances.
Luckily, he had had the foresight to dump absolutely everything he carried into Gengar's belly, so his phone hadn't gotten wet.
"Hang on a second!" Cheng Tian immediately reached into his shadow and rummaged around. A moment later, he pulled out his phone. It still had 20% battery.
"Here, listen."
Cheng Tian started playing the video. In it, Meloetta's tiny figure appeared onstage and began singing a moving melody. Thanks to the editing and restoration done in postproduction, Meloetta's voice had even greater fidelity and sounded even better.
At least the Seventh Generation, a kid from this backwater ocean trench, was already utterly enthralled, practically shoving that big face into the phone screen. Manaphy even couldn't help singing along.
Listening to the two beautiful voices, Cheng Tian couldn't help closing his eyes in bliss. He had to admit, Manaphy's singing really was lovely.
When the song ended, Manaphy still wanted more. Never had Manaphy expected to fulfill a wish held for so many years today-not only hearing the singing, but actually seeing what Meloetta looked like too.
That was right. Although the Manaphy line usually liked befriending prestigious Legendary and Mythical Pokémon, they had little contact with Meloetta. Meloetta didn't even know they existed.
Thus, the wish to marry Meloetta had become nothing more than a fantasy.
"Cheng Tian!" Manaphy suddenly ran up to Cheng Tian and began wheedling, looking