"Ah! That hurts like hell! Yuto!"
We met not in the contestants' lounge, but in a dim corridor, somewhere with absolutely nothing romantic about it. Baina was beside me when I met up with Yuto.
"Yuto, congratulations!"
"Yes, Yuto, congratulations on becoming the new Champion. That was a wonderful match."
"Thank you both."
The conversation that followed was like an exchange of praise for everyone's hard work.
"Sorry to interrupt, but there's something I want to tell you both, and something I want to give you."
So I asked Mr. Yuto, who had arranged to meet us here.
Apparently, the League had come up with a countermeasure: temporarily detaining Mr. Yuto after the League ended. To escape that, he intended to make a dramatic disappearance during the closing ceremony.
"In other words, I'm going to part ways with them."
Hearing that, we couldn't help thinking.
"Oh, dear..."
"Ah..."
We sighed more deeply than the sea.
"Is that all you wanted to say?"
"Give us back that flutter in our hearts."
"Besides, why did you have to tell us somewhere like this?"
After we teased him a little like that, Mr. Yuto seemed to reflect on his actions. Honestly, there was quite a difference in how well he understood a girl's heart.
"So, what are you planning to do next?"
"For now, I'll head to Mt. Silver and beat Mr. Red there."
"And after that?"
"I'd like to go home first, take care of something on the outskirts, then travel somewhere I haven't been before, like the Unova Region or the Kalos Region."
I see. Of course he would. Somehow, that felt just like Mr. Yuto. Then, just like Yuto-
"Um, Yuto."
"Hm? What is it, Dawn?"
"I-I want to travel all over the place like you, too."
"Really? Then maybe