"That really is your Wingull."
At the Saffron Gym, Sabrina looked with considerable amusement at the Wingull clinging tightly to Shen Qi.
Wingull had held on to Shen Qi like that the entire way back from the Seafoam Islands.
There was no harm in letting him cling. He was one of Shen Qi's Pokémon, after all. Lilligant and Lopunny merely watched in amusement, without much other reaction.
The only one who got jealous was Golurk. He wanted a hug too.
But... there wasn't really any conflict.
Golurk was 2.8 meters tall, so he held Shen Qi, who held Wingull in turn.
It was strange and comical.
"Where are you going next?"
Twin Academy had been cleared of suspicion, Wingull had been found, and Sabrina was responsible for sending people to keep watch over Pewter City.
Shen Qi could relax a little for now.
"I have to go back to Sootopolis City."
Florges was still over by the Eternal Flower.
Controlling life infinity energy really was difficult to learn. After all, it wasn't a form like Mega Evolution or Dynamax, which had already been researched for hundreds or thousands of years.
"All right. Have a safe trip."
True to her straightforward style, Sabrina said goodbye to Shen Qi without any fuss.
"Oh, right." Shen Qi took out a box. "These are some baked cakes from Principal Gui of Twin Academy. He asked me to pass them on to our companions at the Shallow Leaf Protected Area."
On his visit to the Seafoam Islands, Shen Qi had still officially been a trainee from the Shallow Leaf Protected Area, and Principal Gui had given him local specialties as a parting gift.
"You went to get your Pokémon back and still accepted gifts from them?"
"I paid the boarding fees, okay? And I paid