Xia You understood perfectly well that losing two Pokémon Contests in a row had dealt Dawn a heavy blow. It went without saying that she was now caught up in self-doubt. She had probably even stopped imagining how she would compete with May for the title and was instead worrying about whether she... could make it through the first-round performance judging at this Wallace Cup.
For a girl who had achieved a good result right at the start of her journey and had already begun to feel rather high-spirited, such a slump in form had understandably hit her hard.
Not to mention... this time, it was in front of May.
But she simply could not understand where the problem lay.
She clearly had not made any mistakes in her performances, so why had she been knocked out during the first-round performance judging twice in a row?
Hearing Xia You ask, Dawn froze for a moment before lowering her head, inwardly marveling that this man had noticed what was on her mind too.
"Nothing. I've just been in a bit of a bad mood lately."
Seeing how downcast she looked, Xia You smiled faintly. "It's because you lost those two contests, isn't it?"
Dawn looked at him, her mouth falling slightly open. "Did May tell you?"
"You could say that." Xia You neither confirmed nor denied it. "May has told me plenty about you when we chat."
Walking over to her side, Xia You slowly swept his gaze over her Pokémon, who were watching him as well.
His gaze lingered briefly on Ambipom before he said softly, "You don't have to dwell on it too much, really. Winning and losing are both perfectly normal. Look at May. Didn't she go through plenty of losses early in her journey too? This is