Lucian left soon after.
When he came he was alone, when he left he was followed by a Girafarig.
Girafarig used Confusion to carry a large stack of papers after Lucian, looking at his master with a look of pity on his face.
Lucian didn't feel that way, on the contrary, he felt that with so much work on his hands, he had just returned to his normal life.
It sounded like it was really quite mournful...
But we're not all devils, Lucian can still take a break once in a while! Like...two days off a month?
Ahem ahem... those who can, can!
And in the room, Cynthia picks Rope's letter up off the table in a rather bemused gesture then opens it.
Lucario and Garchomp in the corner of the room can't help but hold their foreheads.
[Master, why are your ears so red...] x 2
Cynthia opened the letter with a nervous and blushing look on her face.
[What if this guy writes something shameful in the letter?] x2
Cynthia's face flew up with a cherry-colored blush.
And as the letter paper unfolded, one by one, the words jumped to Cynthia's eyes and then leapt into her heart, leaving a deep imprint.
"Cynthia, see the words.
It hasn't really been that long, to say the least. As I write this, it's been 32 days, 15 hours, and 31 minutes since our last meeting. I didn't keep track of the seconds. Because time passes by every moment, always leaving us with a time period long enough to show our feelings. I don't have the words to express how much I miss you in a second. That's why I wrote down every minute of separation.
As I told you on the phone before, I took on a little girl named Whitley as a apprentice.
I say traveling companion, but it's really just an apprentice.
Chimchar is very lively and quite mischievous for a newborn. Great gift and a good match for my abilities. Thank you for the gift now, I love it.
I know you've been quite curious about where I came from. Although you've never asked me. But what we've been through together is enough to make you suspicious of me. I'm thankful that you didn't ask, because I wouldn't really know how to answer you if you did.
I won't lie to you, and I don't want to hide anything from you. But there are some secrets that I can't tell you for now.
If you are in a position where you can't help but ask, I will answer you. This is my promise.
If you don't ask, I'll tell you too. It won't be now, but please believe that it is in the near future.
In addition to this letter, I also asked Lucian to bring you my gift. A necklace in the shape of a treasure chest, which I made with my own hands (I'm so proud of myself!), and inside the treasure chest is a gold coin. Keep this thing with you at all times. Until the moment you spend the gold coin. The purpose of this gold coin is to buy your life.
Literally buy life.
I hope you never have to use it. But I had to put it on you.
A parchment scroll is not a complicated thing. You just sign your name on the other horizontal line. As for what is written on the parchment scroll, you don't care.
In fact, I still have two things on hand that I intend to give to you, only if I give them to you now, then the things I have to prepare when I propose to you and when we get married will not be enough.
So I'm leaving you a little something to look forward to.
Kanto is my hometown, so I'm going to make my first trip here.
The Kanto trip will be over soon. I'll get to the Sinnoh region as soon as I can, and then I'll pull you off your horse so you can honestly go home and rest.
It won't be long, wait for me.
PS. Don't think about not signing the parchment scroll, it won't do any harm to me, I can sense whether you sign it or not!
PPS. Pull you down from the position of champion and make you take care of my children honestly!!!
PSSS. When I'm done with the Indigo Plateau Conference, let me take you on a trip home. My old home, the place I've always wanted to go back to.
Rope, who was thinking of you."
"Really, who wants to take care of your kids!" Cynthia muttered softly.
But the smile on her face couldn't be hidden in any way.
She took the letterhead back into the envelope and placed it precious into her coat pocket, ready to head back to Celestic Town overnight tonight and hide the letter.
Then she cupped the treasure chest necklace in both hands and slipped it around her neck, and the treasure chest with its gold coins fell into the gully and out of sight.
Finally, she spread out the parchment scroll on the table.
The parchment scroll was covered with unknown but ancient and mysterious patterns and words that were clearly unrecognizable but clearly perceived to contain power.
Cynthia stroked the parchment, which felt as soft and smooth as Marill's fur, and for a moment she couldn't tell what kind of animal's skin it was made of.
Cynthia's finger traced from the top left corner, to the bottom right corner, and found the two horizontal lines.
On one, the name 'Rope' was written. The name of that species of writing was 'Chinese' Rope said it was the writing of his old country.
And Cynthia slowly wrote down the word 'Cynthia' in Chinese, which she wasn't very skilled at writing.
This was something she had asked Rope to teach her in order to be able to peek at Rope's diary that he had written as a child later on.
Rope had kept a diary for a while when she first came to this world. Once she got used to life here, she stopped writing it, but since Rope mentioned it, Cynthia wouldn't pass up the chance to peek at it, or rob it in plain sight.
Rope was also happy to teach her, after all, with how hard it was to learn Chinese characters, it was rare for Rope to see Cynthia's embarrassed side.
And right after Cynthia wrote down her name, a majestic voice that had never been heard before, but made it clear what it meant resounded in Cynthia's heart.
'Contract, established.'
And at the same time, the Arceus in the Initial Between tried to open its eyes, but in the end, it didn't succeed, in different corners of the world, eighteen Arceus with different colored patterns coincidentally looked towards Cynthia's put, but in the next second, it was as if it had forgotten something, and returned to its work.
Between voids, in the company's boss chair, Year yawned and muttered, "Almost forgot to erase the Equal Life Scroll's fluctuation. It's not exactly a rule that this thing gives."
After saying that, Year proceeded to huff and puff in his own chair as if nothing had happened.
And at this moment, Cynthia only felt a warm feeling wrapping her whole body, like she was on a beach with a gentle sea breeze and a warm sun.
And her body was quietly changing.
"Roar? (Doesn't master's face look a little better?)" Garchomp scratched his head with his fin blade.
"Lu...ka...(Isn't the Aura...in the master's body a little too strong????)"
Lucario's face was filled with shock!
[What exactly did Rope send to the master????]
This question would be asked by Caitlin who would arrive here...