The presence that guided my gaze told me something.

But I can't hear those words.

This guy is not right, do I know this guy?

I don't know what. But for some reason, I always felt that the person in front of me was familiar.

"You are..."

I tried to ask again, but before that being could speak again, I sensed another being behind me.

When I looked back, I saw that the place was filled with golden light.

Very warm and gentle light.

When I stretched out my hand, my vision was enveloped in dazzling light.

"Kem, Kem"

Kem slowly opened his eyes when he heard the voice calling for him. My vision blurred for a moment, but as I adjusted to the light, Sirona's face came into view.

"Are you awake? How does it feel? ”

\"Ah, it's getting better. \"

After answering Sirona's question, Kem straightened up. Then I noticed that Heiki was sleeping quietly next to Kem. It was as if he was always there for me.

"Xiao Hei, you've always been by my side, I guess you're worried about me."

"Trainers shouldn't let their Pokémon worry about them."

"Don't worry too much, it's going to hurt your health. So Kem, it's almost lunchtime, do you have an appetite? I made some porridge. ”

As she spoke, Sirona showed the bowl of porridge to Cam. Seeing this, Kem's eyes widened in surprise.

"Did you do it all yourself?"

\"I got a little help from Pokémon. \"

\"So that's how Bai Nai is alone\"

"Convinced?"

Kem nodded at Sirona's question.

\"yes. Shirona isn't a show-off person, is she? \"

This time, Sirona's eyes widened without hesitation. Confidence in Sirona. Ricky was taken aback for a moment by what he heard, but soon giggled.

"Hehe, you gave me a lot of trust."

"In addition to your cooking skills, I believe in your humanity more."

"I don't need your cooking skills."

But there is no doubt that this is true. Sirona sighed softly and opened the lid of the container to Kem. Inside is egg porridge, and the warm porridge is steaming.

"If you can say that, you can eat rice too."

"Oh, you're doing even better than I thought."

"Really? Does it look like it's edible? ”

"Oh, I'll go get it."

Kem reached out and took the bowl that Sirona had handed her, but Sirona picked up the spoon as if she had an idea. When Kem tilted her head, not knowing what she was doing, Sirona scooped the porridge with a spoon and handed it to Kem.

“？”

"yes, hehe"

“？”

Kem was surprised by his unexpected behavior. I didn't expect him to come and feed me, and I felt a heat on my face.

Sirona, on the other hand, happily handed Kem a spoon.

"What's wrong? Haven't eaten? ”

"Noahlo."

"Look, ah"

At the same time, Sirona took out more spoons. To be honest, he had enough strength to eat alone and didn't need to go out of his way to feed him, but Kem calmly opened his mouth because he was worried about him.

"Yes"

Sirona smiled contentedly at Cam's mouth opening, and passed the spoon to Cam's mouth. Kem obediently put the spoon to his mouth, put the scooped porridge into his mouth, and swallowed it.

"Copper?"

“… Nice"

To be honest, I was a little skeptical that I would be able to eat it properly. However, Kem's mouth was filled with the taste of ordinary egg porridge, which surprised him.

However, Kem said this because even though he honestly said "delicious," he felt like he was losing. All he had to do was say "delicious" and there was no difference between winning and losing, but Kem couldn't be honest.

"Isn't it? I'm not as good as you, but I think I can make something to eat well. ”

Sirona, on the other hand, doesn't seem to be offended by Kem's false statements. On the contrary, he was in an even better mood.

Shirona understands that Kem's character is dishonest. So, naturally, I understand the true meaning of the word "good" that I just said. For Sirona, who understood the meaning of this sentence, it was nothing more than a compliment. So, it goes without saying, it will make you feel better.

"Well, yes. Yes. ”

Kem grimaced as he put the spoon he had been handed to him into his mouth.

Kem gave up and obediently let him eat the rest of the egg porridge.

"Feast"

"Yes, sorry for the inconvenience. Done"

After drinking the porridge, Kem took a breath and helped Xiao Hei to his feet. The picked up black rubbed Keim with his face as if he was spoiled, and hugged Kem's arm with his front legs.

"Little Black, I never wanted to leave you. I've been watching you by your side, except when eating. ”

I see. Thank you. \"

When Cam gently stroked Blackie, Blackie cried softly.

Shirona placed the bowl on the table and sat next to Kem, watching the two interact cordially.

"How are you?"

"I felt much better after eating.

"Don't overdo it, even if you recover, this busy life is not over yet."

Even if he recovers, the same thing may happen again as long as his busy life continues. Kem regrets what he did and tries not to do it again, but he is passionate about it. Too much enthusiasm can lead to the same result.

\"Oh, I see. \"

Hearing Bai Nai's words, Kem himself nodded obediently as if he was aware.

Seeing this, Sirona nodded and put her hand on Kaim's cheek.

"Don't overdo it, I'll help you if I can."

“… Ahh

Kem nodded, turning his gaze back to Blakey. Looking at the black color of Xiao Hei's body, Kem suddenly remembered a dream he had had.

"Black"

“？”

"Oh no, I think I had a dream while I was sleeping"

"What kind of dream?"

Kaim distorted at Sirona's inquiry. I tried to remember what kind of dream it was, but it felt like my memory was blurry and I couldn't remember it clearly. All I remember is a dark world and a voice.

"I don't know dark dreams, sounds. Nothing beyond that. ”

"Voice?"

\"Ahh But what kind of sound is it\"

Even if you try to recall, the memory will not be dug up. Maybe I don't remember the dream very well, but I can remember that I was dreaming, but I don't remember anything else.

Hearing Kaim's words, Sirona's expression distorted.

"The dream may be the same as the boy last time"

Light is trapped in the case of a nightmare that the light solves before the light. Bai Nai sensed a hint of danger and thought to herself that this might be the same thing. If it was the same situation, Sirona wouldn't be able to solve it.

"But is that a nightmare? And I'm back, so you don't know if it's the same. \"

“… Yes.

In fact, as Kem said, the boy's situation is a lot different than before. One day, the boy suddenly stopped waking up and was plagued by nightmares.

But Kem wasn't intimidated. Moreover, he also woke up from his sleep due to the call of Bai Nai. Compared to the previous boy's situation, Kem's situation can be considered just a nightmare caused by fatigue. It was a dream, and I couldn't even tell if it was a nightmare or not. Too weak to relate.

"Nothing. I'm sure. ”

"I hope so. It's fine if you're okay, but if there's a chance you're not good, I'll do anything. ”

"You won't fall again next time."

Kem smiled wryly and gently took Sirona's hand. Then he looked at Shirona and said.

"It's okay, no matter what happens, I'll come back to you."

"Yes, I promise."

Sirona held Kem's hand.

Then, Sirona stood up and picked up the bowl.

"So, first of all, get back in shape."

"Ahh I want to be quiet. ”

Hearing Cam's words, Sirona smiled and left the room with her hand on the door.

"Shirona"

Kem shouted at Sirona's back. Sirona, who was about to leave the room, stopped and looked at Kaim.

"The porridge was delicious. Thank you. ”

"Okay"

Shirona kissed Kaim on the forehead and left the room.

Kaim, who was left behind, exhaled, collapsed on the bed, and closed his eyes again.

I felt my consciousness sink into a deep sleep, and the last thing I saw was small black and red eyes.

ーーーー

"Dreaming, huh?"

I took a shower with Lucario and whispered as I watched Pokémon training. I don't know if the dream Kem spoke of was related to the incident with the boy before. There are many differences between Kem's case and the boy's case, so it is not certain whether they were involved. However, Shirona can't help but feel that Kem's dream is related to the boy's incident.

Kem's dream may not be called a nightmare, but what is this indescribable feeling?

Ever since Kaim told her that he had a dream, a feeling of unease had risen in Sirona's chest, and it had been smoldering. Nothing is certain. It's just what is called intuition.

"Human insight is much sharper than we think. Don't ignore your intuition just because there's no logical evidence. ”

I remember what Dr. Rowan once said to Sirona. I said something similar to Kem, and Sirona herself felt the usefulness of her intuition. It's not a guaranteed thing, but I've realized in my life that sometimes it's necessary.

"Maybe I should do some research."

In addition to analysis, Keim is better at gathering information. Under normal circumstances, they would be able to gather more information if they gave it to Kem, but since Kem himself was in this state, they couldn't give it to him.

"The key word is dreams."

Sirona picked up her tablet and began to collect information using "dream" as the keyword.

After collecting information for a while, Shirona gave Pokémon a break while sorting out the information she had gathered

"I don't think we're going to be able to collect as much as I thought."

I didn't gather as much information as I expected.

I researched various keywords such as "nightmare" and "sleep" based on the keyword "dream", but there was hardly any useful information.

I wonder how Kem collects information

So far, Kem has studied various information and brought us very useful information. I once asked him if it was a ploy to gather information, but he said "no", so it might be a waste of time to ask.

But all this was not in vain. I can only get one copy of this information.

This is an article chronicling the events of nightmares more than fifty years ago. This case is very similar to that of the boy the other day. It seems that more than fifty years ago, there were other nightmarish events in addition to the events in this record, but now the other records are no longer traceable.

"This happened at the 'Dock Hotel' in the port of Mio."

This marina inn seems to refer to the inn in Myoshi Port. At present, the inn is closed, and even if you look at this record, you don't know where the inn is.

But Sirona could guess the location of the dock inn.

This inn is probably in an empty house near the port, I heard that it has been uninhabited for a long time, and no matter who I asked, they said that they did not know what the empty house was, and it disappeared fifty years ago. If it's a field, no one knows about it.

If this is a record so old, it doesn't help if no one knows about it. In fact, I spent a lot of time trying to find this record.

50 years ago, the inn on the pier was an ordinary inn. However, day after day, the people staying at the inn are trapped in nightmares and do not wake up, and even the owner of the inn is trapped in nightmares, and the captives do not wake up and continue to weaken

Witnessing this tragic event, Sirona's expression distorted.

At the same time, Shirona began to analyze the incident.

One day, I was suddenly captured by a nightmare. Was it just the people who stayed at this dock inn who were captured by the nightmare, or did the nightmare spread throughout the city during this time? The basis of this event will change depending on the situation. That's it. circle

The record left by this article alone does not make this part clear. Putting the matter aside for the time being, Shirona continued to analyze.

It wasn't chosen by Cresela at the time, so the nightmare couldn't be banished. However, at this time, the island of Full Moon already existed, so Creselia must have existed, however, it was impossible to stop this nightmare. If she can't do this, does that mean she's a more powerful being than Creselia? Not only has there been no nightmare in Mai Ou City since that incident. Maybe something triggered her to get stronger?

There hadn't been any other nightmare since the incident at the Dock Inn, until the boy that day. During that time, the culprit gained power beyond Cresalia, and the Juvenile Incident occurred. There's nothing wrong with that at all.

But what I don't understand is why it will become stronger. Without the presence of light, it is impossible to drive away nightmares. Why did it suddenly become popular?

"There must be triggers. You can't get that much power for nothing. ”

Perhaps, but the very existence that caused this nightmare was the counterpart of Creslia. So far, my strength is still comparable to that of Cresalia, so maybe nothing has happened.

Against Cresalia,?

The island on which Creselia is located is Full Moon Island. Perhaps somewhere in the Sinnoh region, there is a piece of land that corresponds to this Full Moon Island. Sirona believes that a clear investigation may be the key to solving the case.

"A pair of full moons. Maybe a new moon? ”

Sirona whispered jokingly as she stroked Vogel, who came to her side. Then he put down the tablet and walked towards his Pokémon.

*

At night

Kem wakes up just as the sun begins to set.

“… Yes"

When I opened my eyes, I saw a black shadow and beautiful red eyes in front of me.

"Negro"

When Blakey confirms that Cam is awake, he rubs his face against Cam's. In response, Kem smiled and patted Heiki.

"Good morning"

Blackie happily indulges Kem. Judging by this situation, it seems that Kem has been watching him sleep.

I got up and picked up Hei as the bedroom door opened.

"Ah, you're awake."

"Ahh

"How are you?"

"I'm doing well. Can I do a handstand here? ”

Judging by the way Kem slid off the bed while saying something light, it didn't look like a lie. Of course, it doesn't look like she's in good shape, but Sirona thinks with a wry smile that she might be able to do a handstand or something.

"Looks like there's nothing wrong with that."

"Ahh

Kem hugged Blackie and broke his neck. I turned my gaze to the clock.

"I slept for a while."

"Your complexion has improved, do you have an appetite?"

"Oh, do you want to make dinner?"

"No, I'm taking a day off today."

When Cam heard this, his face distorted. To be honest, my strength has recovered and I have no problem cooking lightly. But Shirona will definitely not allow anything to happen today. Exudes an atmosphere that makes you think so.

"Where's dinner?"

"Let's go out to eat or order takeout."

"Then let's go deliver the goods, it's troublesome to get out."

Kem said with a soft yawn. Kem wasn't at her best, and Sirona wasn't willing to take her out. Therefore, the decision to deliver food is reasonable.

Sirona said as she handed the tablet to Kem.

"Then you ask me what you like."

"I've barely eaten takeout, what should I order?"

Black, who was being held by Kem, looked at the screen of the tablet that Kem was operating. Among them, Xiao Hei knocked one of them with his paw.

"Blackie, do you like this?"

"Oh, what did Blackie choose?"

When Sirona looks at the screen, a pizza set is displayed. It appears to be a set meal that includes pizza, side dishes, and drinks.