Xia You had broken his word, though he rarely did.
He had promised Cheryl he would return to the Pokémon Center before dinner to meet up with them, but he hadn't.
Because aboard the ship, certain things had kept him tied up.
And tied up... very tightly at that.
Never mind that afternoon-even that night, he hadn't managed to get away.
There was no field worn out by plowing, only an exhausted ox. But if that ox never tired, it meant the field would be plowed over and over again.
Perhaps because they knew they were leaving, Shelly and Courtney were especially forward that night.
They were like two sponges. Despite having already soaked up plenty of water, they still insisted on squeezing out the last of Xia You's strength.
They seemed to want to keep his scent on them a little longer this way.
But with their ordinary human bodies, they clearly couldn't manage that. Instead, Xia You sent them fleeing in disarray.
This also completely overturned Linda's understanding of such things, as she encountered all this for the first time.
Though she had no experience herself, in today's highly connected society, what was there that people didn't know about?
Not to mention, at her age, she was hardly some ignorant little girl.
Of course, Linda hadn't actually witnessed it herself.
She only knew that Shelly and Courtney had entered Xia You's room, and then she hadn't seen any of them again for the entire afternoon and night.
Only at breakfast the next morning did she see the three of them again.
But to her surprise, although Shelly and Courtney were radiant, their skin looking lovely and their eyes glistening, they still couldn't hide their fatigue, as though they had stayed up all night.
Xia You, on the other