Elf: Is the bear apprentice the weakest? I'll shatter the sky with my fists.

The lace parasol tilted slightly in her hand, revealing her smiling eyes.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." As soon as she spoke, Li Chen naturally took the leather briefcase from her hand.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the hotel to settle in first."

As Li Chen turned around, the hem of his trench coat brushed against the back of Jia Deli's hand.

"Hotel...hotel?"

Suddenly, Cattleya gripped the parasol handle tightly, the pearly white canopy reflecting her flushed cheeks.

She hurriedly covered up her embarrassment with a cough: "I mean... the accommodations arranged by the Alliance do need to be... confirmed first."

"hehe......"

Li Chen let out a low chuckle, and before Jia Deliya could react, his left hand had already slipped between her fingers in an undeniable manner.

"Hurry up."

With a mischievous grin, Li Chen scooped up the frozen Cattleya and leaped onto Reshiram's back.

In the whirlwind stirred up by the white dragon's flapping wings, Cattleya's parasol spun and fell like a dandelion, barely held in mid-air by her superpowers.

When Rahiram's tail flames died down in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse suite at the Grand Kanaz Hotel, Cattleya realized that her hand was still being held tightly.

She tried to hide her flushed ears by fixing her hair, but Li Chen suddenly leaned close to her ear and said, "When are we going to the beach together? There's one nearby~"

"Oh?"

Suddenly, Gadriya raised an eyebrow, her lace-gloved fingertips gently touching Li Chen's chest. "So, our champion wants to see me in a swimsuit?"

Li Chen met her gaze frankly: "I want to see."

His straightforward answer made Cattleya's face instantly flush red, even her delicate collarbones turning a faint pink.

Cattleya frantically twisted the hem of her skirt, the lace fabric crumpling at her fingertips.

"Fine, since you're unwilling, then I'll..."

Li Chen turned around, the hem of his trench coat drawing a graceful arc in the air.

"Don't leave!"

Suddenly, Cattleya grabbed his wrist with such force that even the symbol bird was startled and lost its feathers.

As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized her lapse in composure and quickly let go of his hand. But as if afraid he would really leave, she used her superpower to quietly lock the door.

The midday sun streamed into the suite through the floor-to-ceiling windows, making the patterns on the carpet exceptionally clear.

Suddenly, Gadriya took half a step forward, but stopped abruptly when she was still a hand's width away from Li Chen.

Her fingertips, beneath her lace gloves, trembled slightly as she gently touched the front of his neatly ironed suit jacket.

"Um... Eileen... didn't come along this time..."

Upon hearing this, Li Chen's deep eyes narrowed slightly as he gazed at Gadria's flickering pupils and watched her rosy lips tremble as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Don't you... want to..."

Cattleya's voice grew softer and softer, the last notes almost melting into the scorching midday air.

In that instant, Li Chen suddenly reached out and gently pressed his slender index finger against her soft lips.

He felt a slight tremor beneath his fingertips, and her suddenly erratic, warm breathing.

Some things are better left unsaid.

As he spoke, Li Chen's other hand had already slipped under Cattleya's knees.

Then, he easily picked up the super-powered king and carried him horizontally.

Cattleya gasped and instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Li Chen, I..."

"Cattleya, I'm a little angry right now."

Chapter 611 Is there someone you can't forget, but can't see?

Dusk was falling.

The last rays of sunlight pierced through the gauze curtains, casting a hazy, dark red glow into the suite.

Caldelia sat on the edge of the bed, her knees drawn up to her chest, her messy golden hair falling over her snow-white shoulders.

She watched Li Chen tying his tie, her lips parting slightly a few times, but in the end she just unconsciously clutched the crumpled bed sheet.

A Gardevoir emerged from its Poké Ball, carefully tidying up its owner's lace gloves scattered on the ground, occasionally stealing glances at the silent pair.

Li Chen's cufflinks gleamed faintly in the dim light. He paused suddenly as he adjusted his collar, as if he sensed a hesitant gaze behind him.

Outside the window, the neon lights of Kanaz City lit up one after another, casting flickering light and shadow on the room.

The hem of Cattleya's embroidered robe with Ralts draped over the Persian carpet, overlapping with the shadow of Li Chen's tie, silently conveying unspoken words.

The distant sound of a ferry whistle from the harbor startled the frozen moment in time.

“Li Chen…”

Cattleya's voice was so soft it almost blended into the night, her fingertips unconsciously tightening the silk ties of her nightgown.

Li Chen suddenly turned around and gently placed his index finger to his lips.

Moonlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, outlining his sharply defined profile.

Just this once.

His voice was deep and gentle, yet carried an undeniable decisiveness: "From now on, when we meet again, let's pretend nothing ever happened, okay?"

Cattleya's pupils contracted slightly, as if struck by an invisible superpower.

She opened her mouth, but in the end she just lowered her eyes, letting her long golden hair cover her expression.

The room fell silent, with only the soft ticking of the clock's second hand.

In the distance, the neon lights of Kanaz City still flickered.

It's as if this secret connection never existed.

Just as Li Chen's hand touched the doorknob, Gadriya's voice suddenly ripped through the stagnant air.

"why?"

Her fingertips dug deep into the velvet blankets, her voice trembling with brokenness, "It's because I wasn't good enough..."

Li Chen's figure paused for a moment in the warm light of the entryway.

He turned around, his expression in the shadows unreadable.

You deserve better.

Li Chen's voice was soft, yet it was like a blade slicing through ice: "We ultimately live in two different worlds... This brief encounter is perhaps the most suitable ending."

Cattleya suddenly laughed, but a glint of light flashed in the corner of her eye: "What a... high-sounding excuse."

She raised her hand to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear, watching Li Chen's departing figure.

Outside the window, long-winged gulls swept past the Ferris wheel at midnight, casting fleeting shadows.

Li Chen's tie clip flashed one last time in the darkness before disappearing completely with the sound of the door closing.

Gadriya stared at the red mark on her ring finger where the lace had snagged it, then suddenly buried her face in the pillow that still smelled of Li Chen.

......

......

Morning light slanted in through the gaps in the gauze curtains, dividing the disheveled sheets into fragments of light and shadow.

Caldelia stared blankly at the indentation on the pillow, where traces of body heat and a faint scent of cologne still lingered.

She reached out and stroked the wrinkled silk, her fingertips suddenly curling up for a moment, as if she had touched a dream that was too hot to bear.

Cattleya reflexively closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the lingering moisture from the previous night had completely evaporated.

Only the forgotten coat at the foot of the bed, gleaming with a cold metallic luster in the morning light, silently testifies to a night that truly existed...

Outside the window, the early morning airships of Kanaz City were cutting through the clouds, their roar startling the frozen time.

Suddenly, Cattleya buried her face in her palms, her long golden hair cascading down like a waterfall, obscuring all the expressions she hadn't had time to compose.

"People from two...worlds?"

......

......

The morning mist had not yet dissipated, and the sky was tinged with the pale light of dawn.

Li Chen sat on Latias's back, feeling the cool morning breeze brushing past his ears.

They were flying towards Mount Songshen, a dormant volcano that was faintly visible in the morning light, its summit shrouded in a mysterious purple haze.

This is the legendary holy site, the resting place of the crimson jewel and the indigo jewel.

As the altitude decreased, Li Chen could clearly see wisps of white smoke rising from the crater, which turned a faint golden color under the morning sun.

Latias slowly landed on a platform halfway up the mountain.

Li Chen leaped lightly off its back, his boots crunching softly on the volcanic ash.

Before me lay a solemn and dignified cemetery, with stone tablets standing in a staggered pattern in the morning light, and moss creeping up the cracks in the stones.

A faint smell of sulfur wafted in the air, mixed with the freshness of the morning dew.

Li Chen looked up at the mountain peak dyed red by the morning glow, where the two precious pearls were located.

It was fine at first.

The morning light filtering through the thin mist casts a pale golden glow on the stone path.

Li Chen walked forward, his footsteps echoing clearly in the silent cemetery, the damp moss beneath his feet.

But as they walked, the fog thickened.

What began as thin veils has gradually transformed into a surging, milky-white curtain.

The surrounding stone tablets gradually disappeared into the mist, their outlines blurred into gray shadows, as if being slowly wiped away by an invisible hand.

The air became damp and cold, and every breath carried the unique scent of earth and decaying wood from the mountains.

Li Chen stopped and looked back.

The road we came from had long been swallowed up by thick fog, leaving only a hazy, pale expanse.

At that moment, a clear, ethereal voice suddenly rang out from the thick fog.

It seemed to rang out simultaneously from all directions, or perhaps it echoed directly in my mind: "Humans..."

The mist trembled slightly with the sound waves, spreading out invisible ripples in the air.

"Are you... completely at peace with yourself?"

Upon hearing this, Li Chen frowned slightly.

He stopped, and his right hand unconsciously went to the Poké Ball at his waist.

After a moment of silence, he raised his head, his gaze piercing through the thick fog, and his voice was clear and firm: "I, Li Chen, have always acted with a clear conscience."

His words echoed in the mist, carrying an undeniable force.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze for a moment because of those words, and even the drifting mist seemed to stop.

What followed was an increasingly thick fog, which seemed to swirl around me like a tangible substance, making even my breath feel damp and heavy.

The voice rang out again, this time closer, as if whispering in his ear: "So..."

A wisp of mist quietly wrapped around Li Chen's wrist, as cold as the touch of the dead.

"Is there someone in your heart that you can't forget, but can't see?"

Li Chen felt a slight heaviness in his chest, and a long-lost sour feeling suddenly welled up in his throat.

A faint sigh drifted from afar, indistinguishable as either the wailing of the mountain wind or the breath of that invisible entity.