"Hello, Miss Roxanne. I'm Xia You. I'm here to challenge the Rustboro Gym."
"Hello, my name is Misty. I'm traveling with Xia You."
After hearing Xia You introduce himself and seeing his face, Roxanne looked a little surprised.
"It's actually you!!" As she looked at Xia You, Roxanne's voice filled with delighted surprise. "Just a few days ago, we used videos to reconstruct and analyze your battles at the Silver Conference. I never imagined you'd appear before us in person so soon!"
The students beside him all gathered around as well, approaching Xia You with excited faces as though they had met some big celebrity. Not only did they ask for photos together, but someone even produced an autograph pen as if by magic!
Their enthusiasm was overwhelming, but it made sense when he thought about it. After all, these students had yet to leave school. A Pokémon Trainer like Xia You, who had already achieved results at Pokémon tournaments, was someone they would never normally get to meet!
Seeing Xia You surrounded by so many people, Misty couldn't help puffing out her modest chest.
Seeing the person she liked held in such high regard made her share in his glory, and she was secretly delighted!
Unable to escape their attention, Xia You could only spare some time to fulfill the students' various requests. Once their enthusiasm had subsided a little, he finally turned his attention back to Roxanne.
Roxanne wore a smile. "So you've already come to Hoenn. It looks like you're planning to challenge the Ever Grande Conference. I really wish I could see your performance in the arena right away. Oh, since it's you, would you like to battle my main Pokémon? To be honest, after seeing your performance, I've really wanted to face you myself."
"Sorry..."