Chapter 540: Cynthia's Heart
Rota City's most popular photo studio is closed today.
The Queen personally requested it.
The store manager was also extremely happy.
The reason is naturally because the Sinnoh Champion Cynthia is coming to take a personal wedding dress portrait; this is simply a big advertisement delivered to their doorstep.
In the past two days, the matter of the Sinnoh Champion assisting the Indigo League in severely damaging the evil organization Team Rocket has basically spread throughout the Kanto and Johto regions.
The popularity is huge right now.
The store manager's head is also very smart, knowing to grasp this wave of traffic.
She can directly open branch stores in various cities in the future, so she hurriedly accepted this wave of welfare sent by Queen Ilene.
Inside the photo studio.
Cynthia chose a relatively plain pure white wedding dress.
However.
Plain is how it looks in the eyes of others.
In Cynthia's eyes, this wedding dress looks very nice; what she has always liked is this simple and monotonous style.
"Do you want to wear this? It feels a bit inappropriate."
Will looked at the faded bow hair clip on Cynthia's head and pursed his lips.
This thing.
Was still the first gift he gave Cynthia 12 years ago.
Although she rarely wore it later on.
But this hair accessory bought from a street stall still inevitably faded under the wear and tear of time.
"No, this is essential."
Cynthia shook her head stubbornly, raising a hand to stroke the bow on her head.
Looking at herself and the Lucario behind her in the mirror.
She felt that if she could take a picture at this kind of moment, it would be perfect.
"All packed! We can set off!"
The store manager walked over at this time carrying bags big and small.
Behind her.
There were also photographers, makeup artists, and a group of staff. It could be said they poured out 200% of their energy to prepare for this photography trip.
"Lucario, aren't you going to wear a handsome outfit?"
Cynthia looked at Will curiously.
The other partners more or less dressed themselves up a bit.
"Oh? Need one? We have Aura Guardian replica outfits in our store. Any trainer who has visited our store, with Lucario's figure,
Can completely wear it!"
The female makeup artist beside them had her eyes light up, full of interest.
"No, I like streaking."
Will politely refused.
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A question mark appeared on Cynthia's face.
"Hehe."
Will grinned.
Actually, the real reason is he doesn't want to wear clothes.
Clothes would press down all the fur on his body; that feeling is very uncomfortable and also affects battling.
"Alright, then let's set off."
Cynthia nodded, got up, and walked to Will's front.
She raised a snow-white, soft arm and rested it in the crook of Will's elbow, while her other hand held a brightly blooming red rose—extremely beautiful.
Everyone set off.
The destination was a grassland near the Tree of Beginning.
Heard that a large number of cute-type Pokémon gathered there, and they are friendly to people, very good at acting cute.
Upon hearing this, Cynthia immediately made the decision to go to this grassland to take portraits.
Portraits in the Pokémon world.
Of course, must be taken together with Pokémon!
On the boundless, vast grassland.
Just as the rumors said, a large number of Pokémon in their first evolutionary stage gathered here.
Pidgey, Rattata, Pichu, Venonat, Meowth, Nidoran♀...
These were the relatively numerous ones.
Like Bulbasaur, Cubone, Eevee, Phanpy...
These slightly rarer Pokémon were not entirely absent either.
These little guys were all very smart.
Seeing people coming, they hurriedly rushed up one after another to act cute, asking humans for that kind of delicious food, and incidentally enjoying their massages.
Just like at this moment.
The little guys gathered around Cynthia.
If the store manager and makeup artists hadn't stopped them, this group of little guys would have definitely pounced onto Cynthia and left footprints on her pure white wedding dress.
"Hehe, sorry, today's clothes can't get dirty."
Cynthia waved her hand at the surrounding Pokémon.
Then bent down.
And picked up a Bulbasaur that had quietly approached.
This little turtle was very well-behaved.
Didn't use its mud-covered feet to touch Cynthia, only using its Vine Whip to gently tidy Cynthia's wind-blown hair.
This.
Is called professional!
Seeing Bulbasaur being so well-behaved, Cynthia hurriedly asked Will to take out some of Roserade's canned food and share it with Bulbasaur.
Roserade, like Bulbasaur, is a Grass and Poison-type Pokémon.
This kind of canned food is an excellent delicious supplement for Bulbasaur.
"Da-ne~" (Bulba~)
Bulbasaur hugged the can with its Vine Whip and nodded to Cynthia.
After landing, it hurriedly ran towards its little friends to share the can it got with them.
"So cute."
Cynthia smiled and reached out to touch her cheek.
Click.
The photographer beside them had already started capturing shots unknowingly.
This kind of most natural photo is rare.
Just like right now.
Cynthia found the lens pointed at her, her body uncontrollably stiffened a bit, appearing somewhat uncomfortable.
But it didn't matter.
The best photo had already been captured by the photographer.
"Miss Cynthia, please look here~"
The photographer waved his hand, signaling Cynthia to face the camera.
"Lucario, let's take a picture together?"
Cynthia hugged Will's arm.
A look of irrefutability rarely appeared in her eyes, and one hand even gently pinched Will's tail.
It seemed that as long as Will refused.
She would pinch hard.
"Okay."
Will nodded helplessly.
Cynthia immediately beamed with joy.
She affectionately pressed her head against Will's chest, like a newlywed little wife.
The photographer taking the picture showed a strange expression.
He felt this Sinnoh Champion might be a furry (furry fandom)?
He also didn't know.
He also didn't dare to say.
Just did his job and snapped away click click click.
The scene froze on a small piece of paper.
The bond was forged into eternity on this piece of paper.
Busy for an afternoon.
Finally.
With Will, Cynthia, Garchomp and the others, along with the Pokémon on this grassland, formed a colorful large group photo.
The next day.
Personally seen off by Chairman Goodshow, Gold, and Lorelei, Will and Cynthia boarded the plane returning to the Sinnoh region.
On the plane.
Cynthia took out two photos from her backpack.
She handed one of them to Will.
"This is? Oh, that photo."
Will took it and took a look.
That was the photo he took alone with Cynthia.
The Will in the photo looked somewhat helpless, while Cynthia looked extremely happy.
Seeing this photo.
Will couldn't help but smile knowingly.
"Printed two copies, one for each of us, must keep it well!"
"Mm."
Will nodded.
But felt a bit of a headache.
How should he keep it?
To say the safest and most proper way of keeping it, is undoubtedly putting it into the panel.
That way it can't be lost, and others can't snatch it away.
But the problem is.
The panel only accommodates items with special functions.
This kind of photo...
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In a casual attempt by Will.
The photo in his hand instantly disappeared.
Looking at the panel.
In the held items slot, an extra item named [Cynthia's Heart] appeared.
'This photo... what effect does it have?'
A question mark popped up on Will's head.
For a thing to be put into the panel.
Means this must be an item with special effects.
But.
This is clearly just an ordinary group photo.
If one really has to say what is unordinary about it.
That is undoubtedly Blonde-kun entrusting her feelings onto it and conveying them to Will.
Although the panel could let Will understand right now that this photo was no ordinary object, it had one flaw—it couldn't directly tell him what use the photo actually had.
Will turned his head to look at Blonde-kun beside him.
This big girl didn't know when she had leaned on his shoulder and fallen asleep.
Simply falling asleep in seconds.
Still holding that identical photo in her hand.
Forget it.
Study it slowly later. Will pursed his lips into a smile, rested his head against Cynthia's, and fell asleep.
In the blink of an eye.
Six years had passed.
League Calendar year 200.
Cynthia was 28 years old.
Very much an older leftover woman (unmarried woman).
But she herself didn't care at all, and since her teenage years, she had already determined what kind of life she wanted—to spend her whole life with her partners.
That was the life Lorelei only started missing and yearning for after getting married.
And such a life, when Cynthia was a teenager, was already firmly grasped in her hands.
Setting those aside.
Just looking at her face.
The current Cynthia is almost identical to her in the anime.
The differences are mainly manifested in two aspects: figure and body shape.
The former is a dimensionality reduction strike against the latter.
And today's Cynthia.
Is a genuine League Champion.
Her weakest Gastrodon has a level of Lv. 82.
While Will, at the beginning of this year, just reached the point of Lv. 88.
Under the enhancement of Victini, who is also Lv. 88 nowadays, Will can barely break through the Master threshold, achieving Lv. 90.
Will at this level of strength.
Even without Victini's enhancement.
Relying just on Mega Evolution and the Totem mark, he can also defeat floor-level major Legendary beasts like Lugia and Groudon.
If he has Victini's enhancement.
Going up a tier slightly.
Normal form Rayquaza and normal form Kyurem would no longer be a match.
Seniors like Alder and Mustard.
Their current battling strength is probably already below Cynthia's.
What they can surpass Cynthia in is nothing more than their combat experience and handling of affairs over the years.
But.
With Will, this old foggy, by her side, this aspect wouldn't become Blonde-kun's shortcoming either.
Moreover.
Cynthia has already been a Champion for eight years.
She has long accumulated her own set of experiences as a Champion; where does she still need others to teach her?
During these six years.
The things Will and Cynthia did back then had an increasingly obvious impact on this world.
The changes in various regions compared to the original work are not small.
To the extent that many times even Will doesn't know what kind of things will happen next in this region.
Many things.
Have already deviated quite a bit from the original work.
Like right now, it should be the time point when major events in various regions gradually unfold.
But as of now...
Most of the evil organizations don't have the conditions to do the things they were supposed to do in the games or anime.
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