"I have something to eat."
"A side dish?"
"Yes. Legend says Giratina appears in the Ancient Cemetery, so if we go there, we might meet Giratina."
"Where is the Ancient Cemetery?"
"There are three lakes in the Sinnoh Region: Lake Valor, Lake Acuity, and Lake Verity. But besides those three, there's another lake."
Cynthia stood and took an old book from the bookshelf.
"What's this?"
"A historical record from before the Sinnoh Region was called the Sinnoh Region. It's a map of the Emerald Region."
The Sinnoh Region had once been called the Emerald Region. Cynthia did not know exactly when the name Sinnoh Region had first emerged, but it was said to have been around the time people began exploring the region and deepening their understanding of Pokémon.
The terrain shown on the map Shirona spread out was not very different from the present-day Sinnoh Region. At any rate, it had three lakes.
"This is the old Sinnoh Region, right? The area around what's now Jubilife City used to be called the nation's sunlit Yaba."
"In the past, the Sinnoh Region wasn't developed at all. Vast stretches of nature surrounded everything. Back then, people knew little about Pokémon, so they called them terrifying creatures."
"Right, right. We can get along so well with Pokémon now because of everything our predecessors built up."
A world where people and Pokémon could not understand one another. It was a world Hikari could not imagine. She could not imagine what it would be like to live in a world of mutual fear and hatred, yet she could live in the world she knew because others had lived in that one. Realizing this left Hikari with a strange feeling.
"Anyway, back to the point. According to this map, there's a lake around Route 214-or