Just as Cynthia tried to confirm the truth, the Pokémon vanished.
"Ah! It's gone!"
Before Lucia could feel disappointed, however, the Pokémon reappeared, giggling as it flew over her head.
"Wow! That's amazing! You can disappear and reappear!"
As Lucia took an interest in it, the Pokémon puffed out its tiny chest, seemingly basking in her admiration and showing off how impressive it was.
Then it circled in front of Cynthia, who had yet to recover from her shock, trying to catch her attention.
"Oooooh!"
The moment Cynthia saw its figure, she came back to her senses and reached out to the Pokémon. Seeing this, the Pokémon placed its little hand in hers and shook it.
"Wow! You're amazing, Miss Cynthia!"
"It's very friendly, isn't it?"
After playing with Cynthia for a while, it turned its attention to Kaim. Kaim's gaze froze for a moment, but he still held out his hand as Cynthia had, his face as expressionless as ever.
Instead of taking Kaim's hand, however, the Pokémon climbed onto his head and happily tapped on it.
"Blue."
"My goodness. Pokémon really do take to Kaim easily."
"All right, Mr. Kaim! I want to get along with that little one, too!"
"Playing games isn't right."
Kaim reacted to the Pokémon tugging his hair and tapping his head with its tail, despite his irritation. I could see his kindness as a person, and why Pokémon liked him.
"I never expected we'd meet in a place like this."
"Miss Cynthia, do you know this girl?"
Lucia responded to Cynthia's quiet murmur.
Hearing Lucia's question, Shirona nodded and began talking about the Pokémon.
"It was before I was born. An outstanding scientist discovered an unidentified Pokémon in a jungle overseas. It was placed under protection as a newly discovered species and became