The cold wind blowing through the open window made Shirona shiver involuntarily. The sky was clear, but the sunlight seemed somewhat forlorn. I could feel winter approaching.
"Winter is coming."
Winters in the northern Sinnoh Region were bitterly cold, with heavy snowfall. Much of its cities, such as Kisaki City at its northernmost tip, lay blanketed in snow.
Mio City received relatively little snow because it was close to the sea, but that did not mean it never snowed.
"I'm getting off."
Depending on the area, snow began falling in the Sinnoh Region around autumn. Snow in Mio City was therefore nothing unusual.
I shifted my gaze from outside to the desk in Cynthia's laboratory. An unfinished Thesis by Kaim on mythology lay there.
"I want more material."
Kaim's Thesis approached mythology from an excellent angle, including its points of contention and references. Cynthia had initially chosen him as her assistant because she had recognized the potential in his eyes. Just as she had expected, Kaim continued to write Theses with incisive perspectives. His reasoning presented no problems, and his Theses were generally well structured. However, he still lacked sufficient evidence to reach a conclusion.
For the past two or three weeks, I had been gathering material and writing while also carrying out my duties as a Gym Leader, steadily working on my Thesis. Still, since this was my first Thesis, some sentences and passages remained awkward. Moreover, doing this alongside a Gym Leader's work was no ordinary undertaking. Perhaps that was why Kaim had looked rather tired lately.
"There are still a few days until the year-end peer review deadline, so I want to do a little more work."
Even merely comparing the existing material and references with the Thesis here yielded decent results. But Cynthia would not tolerate