[Pokemon] Sycamore

Deep and quiet, this was the first thought that came to Xiaotong's mind after seeing it for the first time.

It seems to be integrated with the clear spring water, but it is just a beautiful illusion. The floating shimmering light continuously pours out from the sphere, showing its own extraordinaryness.

"...I don't know how to describe the beauty."

After a long while, Xiaotong, who had been silent for a long time while staring at the drops of heart water that was more transparent than the clear spring water, sighed.

Xiaotong quietly closed her eyes and remained calm, then suddenly opened them. The next second, a faint blue halo covered her eyes.

Turning his gaze to the heart water droplet lying quietly in the center of the pool bottom again, Xiaotong saw another completely different scene.

"Huh?" Xiao Xiao's exclamation couldn't help but escape from her lips, and Xiao Tong's eyes widened slightly.

The light full of vitality is dancing, but it is just a small round bead, but it continues to emit endless soft energy to the surroundings, spreading to the entire pool, pouring down along the countless small water outlets on the edge of the pool, Spreading into the waterway below and extending...

"How about Xiaotong, what is in front of you is a true legend." Qanon asked with full pride.

"Incredible... the endless energy transfer, even the entire Water City may be covered and nourished by it... No wonder Odomare is known as the Water City."

"Ok?"

Xiaotong shook his head when he heard Kanon's puzzled voice. When his eyes turned to Kanon, the blue color in his eyes had already dissipated.

"I mean, it feels really cool to see a legendary treasure in person."

At this moment, Latias, who had been wandering in the air, pressed up behind Xiaotong unwillingly, and rubbed her shoulder again and again, as if to say - I still want to play~ Come and accompany me. Let's play~~

"Haha~ It's very itchy, Latias." The itchy touch made Xiaotong raise her hand and wrap it around Latias' neck, which was covered with short white feathers.

"I'll play with you after a while. Let me read the story recorded on the stone tablet at the back first, okay?"

Turning around, she came to Latias. Xiaotong thought for a moment, then narrowed her eyes and laughed silently. Then she cupped Latias's cheeks with both hands, stood on her toes and placed a pure white pentagon on his forehead. He kissed the spot lightly as a way of comfort.

Xiaotong unexpectedly understood Latias' desire for close contact with her, and was willing to take action.

"WU~" The cry was a little erratic. Latias, who was originally lively and active, suddenly shyly lowered a few feet, stretched out his little paws that were originally folded on both sides and grabbed her like a baby. Xiaotong's clothes.

Although it's a little quieter, isn't it still acting like a spoiled child~

Xiaotong laughed for a while, but couldn't help but rub Latias again excitedly.

While playing around, she also came to the large open space behind the pool and looked at the mudstone tablets with ancient writings and images from an appreciative angle.

"These stone slabs are telling the story that Mr. Ben Gray just told, right?" Xiaotong stood at the edge and looked at the outermost stone slabs arranged in the form of comic strips, and then looked towards the center.

There are no images that are easy to interpret. Instead, there are strings of ancient characters that are difficult to understand, and schematic diagrams of some kind of device that are hard to ignore.

"This is?"

"You haven't been to the Great Holy Cathedral, right Xiaotong?" Seeing the confusion on Xiaotong's face, Ben Gray said with a smile: "If you have been, you will find that this device is different from what is displayed inside the Great Holy Cathedral. The architecture is almost identical.”

Turning his head to look at Latios who was accompanying him, Kanon continued what his grandfather said: "It is said to be a device made by our ancestors that can use Latias to guide the mysterious power of the heart droplets. A device used to protect the island, and these words are the way to use it.”

"According to the legend passed down, if someone with evil intentions uses the Heart Drop, it will cause irreparable regrets."

"Someone with bad intentions? Regret?"

Hearing this, Xiaotong frowned without even noticing it.

Just because of the sudden feeling of disobedience came over my heart.

According to the story I heard so far, the Heart Drop was the power brought by Latias and Latios to drive away monsters. After that, darkness never came to the Water City again——

How could such warnings be passed down from generation to generation?

Are the devices in the Great Cathedral really built to release the power of the Heart Drop?

However, after thinking for a while, Xiaotong let go of the fingers that were gently holding her chin, shook her head with a self-deprecating look and stopped worrying.

No matter what, for now, the legend can no longer be verified. It would be nice to have a happy ending for this story given by history.

Putting aside the doubts in her heart, Xiaotong became interested in a picture at the bottom of the device.

At first, I just felt that I had seen it somewhere before, but the more I looked at it, the more familiar it became.

"Canon, do you know the meaning of the pattern on this slate?"

After hearing Xiaotong's inquiry, Kanon extended his gaze in the direction Xiaotong pointed out, and immediately saw what Xiaotong was interested in.

On the right are two figures stretching out their arms towards the center, while on the left are clearly Latias and Latios, who are also trying to get closer to the center.

The target being chased between the two sides is a double helix mark circled in the center of the circle.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes." Before Canon could say anything, Ben Gray said with a nostalgic tone, "When I was first brought to this garden, I was completely familiar with this legend. I am very curious about the pictures that have not been mentioned before, and I have tried to find relevant documents, but unfortunately the interpretation of the ancient texts has long been lost. Perhaps, the content carved on this stone slab is the only key to deciphering the meaning of the paintings—— "

"I have seen the pattern in the painting."

"……What did you say???"

Under Ben Gray's surprised gaze, Xiaotong immediately took off the backpack that was behind him, unzipped it, reached in and fumbled for a while, and finally found his target.

Taking out a small pitch black box, Xiaotong opened the opening with her fingers and quickly revealed the items inside.

In fact, after leaving Ponkan Island, the island where she met the Crystal Rock Snake, Xiaotong has been thinking about the trophies she obtained at the Rainbow Game Center in Rainbow City.

That is, the pair of beautiful beads given away by the manager of Rainbow Game Center.

Quietly stuck in the soft, cotton-filled box, whether large or small beads, you can find the same double helix pattern as on the slate, different from the lifeless gray on the slate, the larger beads The double helix exudes the intertwined light of lavender and crimson, which complements the translucent beads with a faint multicolored halo.

With its mysterious beauty, the eyes cannot help but be attracted.

One of the purposes of Xiaotong's trip to the Water City was to have the small, transparent bead processed into an ornament that suited her own liking at the famous glass craft factory in Odomare, so she took it with her.

Rather than keeping it in your home, it seems more valuable.

Just like the brooch she gave to Dawu with her own hands.