Chapter 507: It's No Longer Lucario That I Like
Autumn of the League Calendar year 190.
Cynthia took the stage as the third Champion of the entire Pokémon League.
The two who took the stage first before her were none other than Mustard and Alder.
The former took office in just half a month.
The latter took over a month.
Cynthia took over three months to take office.
It wasn't that Will and the others were playing around on the road or encountered an Elite Four they couldn't beat.
It was merely because a certain Elite Four of the Sinnoh League went on a business trip to the Kalos region and only returned a few days ago.
As for those people in other regions.
The ones who haven't taken office yet are basically all because they can't win.
Lance is stuck by Agatha and Lorelei.
A veteran quasi-Champion-level Elite Four and an Ice-type specialist trainer.
This kid will probably be the last Champion to take office.
Steven's side is struggling a bit facing Dragon Elite Four Drake, but is currently undergoing special training.
Perhaps news of his inauguration will be heard in a few months.
The situation of the invitees in several other regions is about the same as Steven's.
The earlier one takes office.
The greater the reputation one enjoys.
At the same time, the more Champion benefits one can enjoy in advance.
It's just that.
One also has to start working earlier.
Fortunately.
Because all the good guys and bad guys ran to the Kalos region, plus the commotion Cynthia made before was quite big.
So during the initial period of her taking office.
There was basically nothing that needed Cynthia to handle.
Nowadays, Cynthia just consults the Sinnoh League's documents every day, checking the world secrets the Pokémon League has already explored.
Right now.
Will and Cynthia are on the road heading to Snowpoint City in the Alabaster Icelands, in the far north of Sinnoh.
"We can still play for this month, but we have to go back to the Sinnoh League next month."
Will operated the Pokédex in his hand.
Arranging a work schedule for Cynthia like a butler or secretary.
"Go back for what?"
"The Lily of the Valley Conference (Sinnoh League). The winner is qualified to challenge the Champion, and as the Champion of the Sinnoh League, the idol of countless trainers, we have to at least make an appearance."
Will explained.
The tournament winner can directly challenge the Champion, without needing to start from the Elite Four.
This is a mechanism belonging to the anime.
After all.
The Elite Four are busy to death, and can't always stay at the League just to accept challenges.
So they might as well directly challenge the Champion.
If they can even beat the Champion.
Then these Elite Four definitely couldn't beat them either.
Just consider it saving time.
"Oh."
Cynthia obediently nodded.
She isn't interested in these things.
"Out of the forest is snow; it's about time you took off your high heels. There are snow boots in the bag, very warm."
Will glanced at the nude-colored high heels on Cynthia's feet.
This girl, in just three short months.
Transitioned from the original 3 cm low heels to 8 cm high heels.
When Cynthia wears high heels now, her height goes straight to 1.86 meters (approx. 6'1"), almost catching up to him by a few centimeters.
If she ties a high ponytail again.
The visual effect looks even taller than him.
Thank goodness his strength affected his height, and he also has an 'Alpha' tag.
Otherwise.
He really would be a little dog in front of Cynthia.
"No, if it's snow, Lucario can just carry me on his back. Anyway, I'm very light to you, right?"
Cynthia shook her head, stopped in place, and reached out to hug Will's arm.
"I still have to carry the backpack."
"Throw it on the ground."
"?"
"What are you doing? Don't know how to walk anymore, huh? Victini is still sleeping in the bag."
Will reached out and tugged Blonde-kun's ear.
But he didn't use force either.
"But wearing high heels looks so pretty. You think so too, right, Lucario? I know, when I wear high heels,
you occasionally wag your tail happily."
Cynthia took the backpack off Will's back on her own, then pounced onto his back, lying by his ear and muttering softly.
"?... That's because I got annoyed waiting for you to put on makeup."
"Yes, yes~"
Cynthia dealt with it perfunctorily.
Anyway, she had already successfully climbed onto Lucario's back.
So it didn't matter what he said.
Anyway, the high heels are impossible to take off.
After all, if she took them off, Lucario wouldn't carry her.
"Hmph, lazy like a Piplup."
Will snorted helplessly.
Carrying Blonde-kun, he walked forward.
Cynthia is not light.
A weight of nearly 140 jin (70 kg) is no joke.
It's just that for Will, this weight is indeed 'light as a feather'.
"Why Piplup?"
Cynthia leisurely swung her calves,
"I heard from Lorelei and Wallace that Piplup, Pokémon with extremely strong self-esteem, don't like being hugged or carried while walking."
She raised her hand, rubbing the ribbon-like fluff on the back of Will's head.
The high heels on her feet occasionally slipped off her heels, giving a feeling that they could fall off at any time.
"That's because their hair is long but their knowledge is short."
Will curled his lips.
Old acquaintances don't know my current situation, new acquaintances don't know my past.
"My hair is also long."
"Your knowledge is also short."
"Hmph."
Cynthia pouted, stretched her neck and bit Will's ear,
"Saying it as if you know Piplup so well."
"Maybe I was a Piplup in my previous life."
Will smiled slightly, recalling the period when he just became a Piplup in his previous life,
"Piplup's legs are especially short, and their heads are big, making movement very inconvenient. They easily trip even walking on flat ground. Before adapting to walking, they usually have to be carried by someone..."
Cynthia rested her head on Will's shoulder, tilting her head and quietly looking at him.
She listened to Will talk a lot about Piplup.
And gained much more understanding of Piplup, this kind of Pokémon, in her heart.
"I feel like Lucario really was a Piplup in his previous life."
Cynthia murmured.
"If I were a Piplup, would you still choose me as your partner? Your obsession has always been Lucario, right?"
This question suddenly occurred to Will.
But he also wanted to ask Liz and Lorelei.
If I wasn't a Dratini or Piplup, would you still choose me as your partner?
The reason he didn't want to ask Big Cat (Kaoru).
Was because Big Cat is special.
She doesn't care what kind of Pokémon Will is; after all, the name she calls out is always 'Will'.
But after asking the question.
He regretted it.
This question is very stupid.
Just like a pretty girlfriend suddenly asking: If I was two hundred jin (100 kg) when we first met, would you still like me?
No completely strange person.
Would be willing to cross over your exterior to understand your worldview.
After all, one is not looking for some irrelevant person, but someone to be together with for a very, very long time.
[It was precisely because your appearance didn't repel me back then that I wanted to understand you, and that's how the subsequent story happened; but if you were two hundred jin,
then I wouldn't even want to understand you.]
"If it was the me from childhood, then even if you were a Piplup, I would still invite you to be my partner, but I might not specifically wait two years for you."
After thinking for a while, Cynthia said unhurriedly.
"Mm, also..."
"However, if it's the current me, then no matter what Pokémon you are, and no matter how many years I have to wait, I will like you, and there must be a place for you in my team."
Cynthia tilted her head, looking at him close at hand, "Because it's no longer Lucario that I like, it's Will."
Will's eyes widened slightly, turning his head in a trance to look at Cynthia on his shoulder.
The golden eyes with drawn eyeliner are really pretty.
She's so good at flirting.
Will withdrew his gaze, looking forward.
Crunch.
The sound of snow being flattened and compressed sounded underfoot.
At some unknown time.
They had already entered the Alabaster Icelands.
The land underfoot also quietly changed to a snowy ground where snowflakes could occasionally be stepped on.
Don't know if it was because the atmosphere was relatively warm, so they didn't even notice the weather around them getting colder.
"Want to add some clothes?"
Will looked up.
He still doesn't understand the weather of this Alabaster Icelands to this day.
Clearly a large number of volcanoes are distributed here, but why is the sky always covered with dark clouds, and the ice and snow never stop?
"No need, Lucario's fluff is my best clothing."
Cynthia shook her head gently, making herself press even tighter against Will.
"Really planning to go to the Snowpoint Temple?"
Will asked.
This time.
The reason Cynthia wanted to head to the Snowpoint Temple was because she learned about the secrets of the Snowpoint Temple from the Sinnoh League's records.
The secrets of the Snowpoint Temple belong to the highest level of confidentiality.
Only the League Chairman, Elders, Professors, and Champion are qualified to view them.
Because.
That is the place where the 'Colossal Pokémon' Regigigas slumbers.
Passed down from the Sinnoh region back when it was still the Hisui era, it records a massive amount of intelligence about the Hisui era.
But Cynthia's target this time isn't Regigigas.
It's not that she's not interested.
It's that it's simply impossible to have a chance to see it.
The League recorded that the third basement floor of the Snowpoint Temple hasn't been opened again since a thousand years ago; the main door seems to be missing a certain part.
And Will knew when he saw this part of the content.
The Snowpoint Temple here.
Is the [Pokémon Legends: Arceus] version.
Six floors above ground, three floors underground.
The door leading to the underground floors must be opened using the Stone Plate, Icicle Plate, and Iron Plate.
Will doesn't have a single one of these three plates.
Of course, it could also be opened by forceful destruction, such as using a sufficient amount of explosives.
But the price is losing the support of the three core doors.
The entire underground part of the Snowpoint Temple would collapse, and Regigigas would also be forcibly awakened and go berserk due to this commotion.
Their target for going to the Snowpoint Temple is of course the six floors above ground.
A lot of past events are recorded there, making Cynthia extremely curious.
"Lucario."
"Hm?"
"Hehe."
"What?"
"Nothing."
A cool and clear smile appeared on Cynthia's face.
The smile wasn't that brilliant, but in this world of ice and snow, it could still be considered warm.
"Do you still remember that Gardevoir we met at the Nebel Plateau two years ago?"
"Mm, what about him?"
"After he told me about his story back then, I thought about a question for a very, very long time."
Cynthia lowered her eyebrows and eyes, murmuring softly.
"What question?"
"If one day I die, or Lucario dies, then what will happen to the other one afterwards?"
"Then did you think of the answer?"
"I did~ Not telling you though~"
Cynthia stretched lazily and rubbed her cheek against Will.
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