One wore plain-colored clothes and a helmet decorated with wings. Her pale purple ponytail swayed in the breeze, giving her an airy, graceful look.
The Fortree Gym Leader, Winona... Wallace's ex-girlfriend.
Looking at them this way, their temperaments really did complement each other, like lofty mountains and flowing streams, full of musical elegance.
Of course, it would have been even better if Wallace had worn normal clothes.
The other girl Altaria had brought was hardly dressed up at all. Her arms and legs were covered in bandages, and gauze was taped to her face.
"Lisia?!" Shen Qi was astonished. "Why did you come back?"
"I... I was worried... about Slowpoke."
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"Honestly."
Wallace looked at his niece, who had been brought along, and shook his head helplessly. "You went along with her antics too."
Winona's gaze wavered a little. Turning her face aside, she replied, "Lisia was too worried about Slowpoke to rest properly. With me bringing her, she doesn't need to expend any energy."
"Just keep spoiling her, then."
After those few words, Wallace tugged at his collar, turned around, and looked about, seemingly searching for more ritual inscriptions. But out of the corner of his eye, he kept glancing toward Winona.
Winona was much the same. She wandered around, always pretending to glance at Wallace casually. She wasn't one of the People of the Sea of Origin and couldn't read Hoenn's ancient ritual script, so who knew what she was wandering around for.
Standing nearby, Shen Qi was so anxious he scratched his head. Would it kill these two to greet each other?
Couldn't they say something nice?
Ten or so minutes later, the Fossil Maniac Brothers' condition had improved noticeably, and their bandaging was nearly finished. They only needed to be taken outside to