Seeing that they were still marveling at his Pokémon, Xia You clapped his hands, drawing their attention and snapping them out of it.
"All right, first things first. Let's find out what exactly happened."
They were still kids at heart, after all. Only when Ash and the others heard him say that did they realize what took priority.
They looked around. The Sword of the Vale was built like a castle, with many levels, gates, walls, towers, and numerous outbuildings. Just looking around... clearly wasn't going to reveal anything.
"It's so big. Where do we even start?"
"Yeah, we can't exactly split up to search, can we?"
Xia You turned his gaze back to Carlita beside him and smiled slightly. "I think we'll need Miss Carlita to tell us that."
"Me?" Carlita clearly had no idea why Xia You had suddenly brought her up. She looked just as confused as the others. "Why do you think I can tell you?"
That was hardly surprising. Never mind that this was her first time meeting Xia You; she had only known Ash for about an hour. She had absolutely no idea why this seemingly unusual man would mention her now.
Did he know her?
No, that couldn't be right...
Seeing that she was merely looking at him in confusion, Xia You spoke again. "Since you're a local of Eindoak Town, Miss Carlita, you must know this castle well. Surely you can take us to the room where something unusual would be most likely to happen."
So that was it!
Carlita understood at once. So it was because she was a local.
Yet something still felt wrong. She kept feeling that this man hadn't meant that just now, and that he seemed to see right through her.
Strange...
But she clearly had no