"Ah."
Kaim understood how Cynthia felt. She would do whatever she could herself, but she would also make plenty of requests of Cynthia to achieve an even greater degree of perfection.
I'm buried in debt again.
Thinking that, Kaim patted Cynthia and Umbreon on the head.
Kaim drew a deep breath, breathing in the air and the happiness of the moment.
Two days later.
Kaim was doing office work in the Gym Leader's office, typing on his keyboard and filling out documents.
A few days earlier, I had been filling out a report about a sailor's son who had failed to wake from a nightmare. Kaim was completing paperwork for the Pokémon League, reporting that the son of a sailor living near Mio City's harbor had been asleep for several days after being plagued by nightmares. The incident itself had not caused much of a stir, but since its cause was unknown, they had decided to report it to the Pokémon League.
Hikari had resolved the case. Apparently, she had borrowed the power of a Pokémon living on Fullmoon Island. They said the boy had awakened from his nightmare when they found a feather called the "Lunar Feather" left behind by that Pokémon.
"A chosen one...?"
Much like the last incident at Mount Coronet, Hikari often found herself involved with Legendary Pokémon. Kaim had connections with the Lati twins and Celebi too, but those were merely coincidences.
For Hikari, however, dealing with Legendary Pokémon seemed "inevitable." There was ample reason to think she might have been chosen.
After finishing the report, I checked the clock and found it was already time for lunch.
"Noon?"
I had dealt with a challenger that morning and spent the rest of the time on office work, so I felt a little stiff. I