Chapter 560: A Broken Mirror is Hard to Rejoin
Only those you care about the most can hurt you the deepest.
When night completely enveloped the sky.
Cynthia sat on the bed hugging her legs alone, looking at the full moon outside the window quietly in a daze.
Even when Eevee walked up to her and gently licked her, it received no response.
And on the cold Mt. Coronet.
There was another figure, bathed in the moonlight, dazedly searching for that blown-away bow, like looking for a needle in a haystack.
On the grass in front of the house.
N, who chose to temporarily separate from his companions and stay at home, told his two mothers everything he had heard tonight.
The mothers exchanged a glance, smiled slightly, but didn't pay much attention to it.
N then had his head patted by his mothers, and was sent back to the Kalos region.
Who knows how much time passed.
The sun rose from the other side of Mt. Coronet, and the warm, genial sunlight shone on a small path between the mountains.
Will, with the help of the morning light, also found the bow that was blown away by the wind.
It was just an ordinary bow.
Without any significance.
But Will still found it and brought it back.
However.
The bow could be found.
Could a broken relationship be easily restored?
Will took out the photo named '[Cynthia's Heart]' from his panel.
On the photo.
A clearly visible crack appeared between the dog and Blonde-kun.
"Awoo~"
The howl of a wolf came from the foot of Mt. Coronet.
Will knew that was Mother Wolf calling him home.
He put the photo away and hurriedly rushed back home.
At the door of the house.
Will saw Mother Wolf lying on the grass at the door waiting for him.
He sorted out his emotions and stepped forward.
Mother Wolf stood up, came up and licked her dog baby's head twice, and then entered the house together with him.
Watching Will stop in front of Cynthia's door.
Mother Wolf nudged his back with her head and gave him an encouraging look.
Will pursed his lips and gently shook his head.
He placed the gift box and the bow he was holding on the ground, turned and left, slipping into Kaoru's bedroom.
Mother Wolf looked at the departing back of her dog baby, helplessly sighing.
Click.
The door in front opened.
Cynthia, her eyes lifeless, looked at the gift box and bow on the ground, and pursed her lips.
She crouched down and picked up the two items from the ground.
Casually placed the bow on the shoe cabinet nearby.
Cynthia herself opened the gift box, took out the soggy and stone-cold donut from inside, and took a bite, her tears falling pat-pat onto the floor again.
This kind of thing.
If she couldn't eat it together with Lucario.
No matter how sweet it was, it wouldn't be delicious.
Mother Wolf's already drooping ears flattened even more.
She walked into Cynthia's room, pulled her blonde daughter onto the bed, and held her in her arms to warm her for a long time.
Smelling the exact same scent on Mother Wolf as on Lucario, Cynthia finally closed her eyes with peace of mind and fell asleep, a bit of sugar crumb still hanging from the corner of her mouth.
In the other room.
Kaoru was awakened by the rising and falling of the quilt.
But feeling the furry touch on her stomach, she relaxed again.
Gently pulled back the quilt to take a look.
A large dog curled up into a ball was snuggling tightly beside her.
No matter how majestic a great general is.
They will also show their fragile side in front of their mother.
Kaoru's eyes softened. She gently placed her hand on Will, whispering softly:
"Just like a little baby."
Will curled his ears up and didn't speak.
"When she was little, I also slept holding Cynthia like this."
Kaoru smiled slightly, opened her mouth, and hummed an unknown lullaby.
Listening to the gentle voice, identical to Cynthia's, by his ear.
Will's consciousness gradually sank.
The next morning.
When Will woke up, it was already high noon. Kaoru beside him was gone, replaced by Mother Wolf.
Who was licking his fur.
When her dog baby was little, he wouldn't let her lick him, so she would wait until her dog baby fell asleep to lick him.
Will's eyelids drooped.
Didn't want to wake up.
Afraid to face Cynthia.
Mother Wolf seemed to see through her dog baby's thoughts and poked Will twice with her snout.
Will's eyes dimmed, and he got up weakly, walking to the door.
He stood there for a long time.
In the room opposite.
Cynthia had also just woken up.
She looked at her mother hugging her and pressed her head against her chest.
"A big girl of thirty, and you're still throwing a tantrum with a little dog?"
Kaoru raised her hand and stroked her daughter's head.
This long golden hair was also one of the symbols she left on Cynthia.
"It's Lucario who's in the wrong."
Cynthia stubbornly curled her lips.
"Just because he protected you very well?"
Kaoru smiled warmly.
"I also want to protect him, but he left me behind."
Cynthia corrected her mother's statement.
One-sided forced protection is not what she seeks.
Mutual protection.
That is what she wants.
This is exactly the source that allowed her to make Riolu evolve into Lucario back then.
However.
The current Lucario has already forgotten.
"It was Mom who told him to protect Cynthia well."
Cynthia curled her lips and didn't reply.
This cannot be Will's reason for pushing her away.
"Hehe, Mom and Lucario also argued over the same issue in the past."
Kaoru suddenly couldn't help smiling.
Thinking of when she was young.
At that time, she and Cynthia had exactly the same personality, and would also get angry over such things.
Her personality only changed after getting married.
Love makes a person uncontrollably change themselves to cater to the one they love.
"Eh?"
Cynthia looked up at her mother.
She had never heard her mother or her Lucario talk about this matter.
"Protecting is a principle engraved in the bones of Lucarios and Aura Guardians, and when the two combine together, it inevitably forms a protective personality."
"A protective personality."
Cynthia murmured, listening carefully to her mother's words.
She knew listening to her mother's words could help her understand Will more.
Because her mother was helping her analyze the reason Will would do this from an angle she had never thought of before.
She wanted to understand.
"Mm, a protective personality."
Kaoru nodded gently, saying with a bit of a headache, "This is also what Mom thought of only after having a big fight with Lucario back then. I even specifically went to look up some related content for this. You've heard of it too, right? The story of the Aura Guardian, Sir Aaron."
"Mm."
Cynthia nodded in a daze.
That was when she and Will were taking wedding photos in Dahara City.
The Aura Guardian, Sir Aaron.
And his partner.
The Aura apprentice, Lucario.
When she learned of this matter at the time, she even felt very moved.
Sir Aaron, in order not to let Lucario follow him to the battlefield, forcefully sealed him, and went alone with other Aura Guardians to stop the war, ultimately sacrificing himself on the battlefield.
But looking back at it now...
Lucario is so pitiful.
Having mentally prepared to die at any time, yet inexplicably left behind in place, completely ignorant of everything.
By the time he was released, everything had already passed.
Even the most important person, Sir Aaron, had been dead for a very, very long time.
She and Will.
Are just like Lucario and Sir Aaron.
"Was Mom also left behind by Lucario before?"
"Mm."
"Mom must have been very angry."
"Indeed, I was furious at the time, and had a big fight with Lucario."
Kaoru showed an angry expression on her face, as if returning to the moment of that argument.
"And then? And then?"
Cynthia hurriedly asked.
Actually, she already knew the answer.
Mom and Lucario definitely made up!
But she still had to ask.
"Hehe, someone always has to take a step back."
"Then Mom and Lucario?"
"Lucario's personality is extremely stubborn, just like a mule. In the end, Mom compromised, choosing to let Garchomp accompany Lucario in battle in my place."
Kaoru reached out and stroked Cynthia's head.
Cynthia lowered her head.
Did her mother mean for her to also compromise?
The image of the Gardevoir on the Nebel Plateau suddenly flashed through her mind, and she shook her head firmly.
She absolutely didn't want things to turn out like that.
Therefore.
She would not compromise.
"Alright, you'll make up eventually. You woke up so late, we should go make lunch. You have to help Mom."
Kaoru rubbed Cynthia's head and pulled her out of bed,
"Your bed smells all like little dog."
"It's Mother Wolf's scent."
Cynthia hurriedly said.
She wouldn't admit it.
"It's Lucario's scent."
Kaoru reached out and tapped Cynthia's nose,
"Mom just slept holding your little dog this morning, now the blanket is full of this scent."
Cynthia scratched her head.
Having nothing to say.
Opening the door.
Cynthia happened to see Will opening the door opposite at the same time.
The two looked at each other.
And lowered their heads simultaneously.
Will walked towards the living room.
And Cynthia walked towards the kitchen.
Eevee, sitting on the sofa playing with a ball of yarn, looked at Will who suddenly picked her up, and tilted her head in confusion:
"Eievui?"
The innocent little guy noticed Will's mood.
The exact same mood as Cynthia's.
"It's fine, we have to train today too."
Will reached out and stroked Eevee's big tail.
The little guy is the last member of Cynthia's second team.
Cynthia's second team was already complete.
Sky members: Rowlet, Togepi, Mantyke.
Land members: Stufful, Eevee.
Ocean members: Horsea, Mantyke.
Eevee joined last and hasn't decided what to evolve into yet; it depends on the little guy's own wishes.
"Eievui..."
Eevee's expression instantly dimmed.
Training with Will.
Is so hard.
As Will carried Eevee out of the house.
Cynthia inadvertently turned sideways and took a secret look, only to see Will didn't even turn his head back once.
Her eyelids drooped slightly, withdrew her gaze, turned around and chopped vegetables, so absent-minded that she cut her finger.
At the door.
When Will closed the door, he took a look in the direction of the kitchen.
Only to see that beautiful blonde figure focused on chopping vegetables, as if she didn't care about him at all anymore.
Will's tail naturally dropped, and he closed the door holding Eevee.
Training ended.
Returned to eat lunch.
At the dining table, Kaoru didn't deliberately arrange for Will and Cynthia to sit together either.
The two sat diagonally across from each other at the table.
From beginning to end.
Neither looked at the other.
Like strangers.
To put it bluntly.
With the deep bond between Will and Cynthia.
Once broken.
How could it possibly be repaired by a few words from someone else, or by sitting together and eating a meal.
Kaoru understood this point exactly.
Which is why she didn't deliberately force them to sit together.
Just let nature take its course.
People destined to walk together.
No matter what setbacks they encounter, they will not separate.
There will always be an opportunity.
That will make them reconcile.
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