Chapter 586: Disappearance of parents, Aether Foundation?
Although her body language and eyes showed joy, Ming Yi's first words after meeting were arrogant and disgusting: "Huh, why is it you?"
Obviously, this was an external manifestation of Xia Chen's unhappiness because she hadn't come to see her for a long time.
Xia Chen defended himself: "You don't know how busy I am this year. Why don't you come to see you as soon as I come back?"
Mingyi's response was just one word, "Oh."
Seeing this scene, Xia Chen couldn't help but touch the head of his childhood sweetheart whom he hadn't seen for nearly a year.
The tip of the girl's nose wrinkled, and she immediately replied fiercely: "How many times have I told you not to touch my head? It's your fault that I'm not taller than you. You've been touching me since you were a child!"
To be honest, Mingyi is not short at all. On the contrary, at 1.7 meters tall, he is tall everywhere, especially with his long legs...
Of course, Xia Chen knew that he could never reason with a girl at this time. The best way was to block her mouth with something.
"Happy New Year, Mingyi, this is a New Year's gift for you."
Xia Chen handed over a beautifully prepared box. The packaging was the same as the one he gave to Monarch Snake except for the color.
Mingyi reached out and took it, frowning slightly and said, "Isn't it also an energy cube?"
Xia Chen rolled his eyes, "How is that possible? You'll know if you open it and take a look."
The two have known each other for many years, so Mingyi was not polite. She immediately opened the package and found an exquisite bracelet with petals and three gemstones strung on it.
Mingyi recognized the three gemstones. They were the Keystone, the Taispar, and the special wishing star loaded with Galar particles. Naturally, their function was to specialize the three types of spirits.
The petals are a bit strange, the colors are bright like artificial flowers, and there is a refreshing and refreshing fragrance.
And next to these three gems containing mysterious energy, it doesn't look ordinary at all.
what is this flower?
Seemingly seeing Ming Yi's doubts, Xia Chen explained with a smile: "These are the petals given to me by the petals of the eternal flower. They will never wither or dim. I think they are quite beautiful, so I put them together."
Woke up."
Mingyi was very surprised when he heard the origin of the petals being so big, "Ah, this is something from the legendary elves. Wouldn't it be better for Senbu and Gardevoir to use?"
Although the Eternal Flower is not well-known to the outside world, Xia Chen told Mingyi what happened in Carlos some time ago, and she is very aware of the preciousness of these petals.
In comparison, those three gemstones that can be sold for millions outside the world pale in comparison.
Xia Chen waved his hands and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's okay. Before Huayedi left, I collected...ahem...she gave me a lot."
Ming Yi looked at it with empty eyes, you just said "薅", right?
Xia Chen coughed guiltily and interrupted: "Anyway, just accept it. Wearing it regularly may also have the effect of prolonging life and retaining youth forever."
"What you said makes me feel like I'm seventy years old."
Although Mingyi complained, she finally happily took out the bracelet and put it on her hand.
She raised her hand and admired it for a while, with a face full of joy, and then turned to look at Xia Chen: "Let's go, we are preparing to cook dinner. Go and help my parents."
Xia Chen smiled and nodded.
This girl doesn't consider herself an outsider at all.
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Xia Chen had not been to Ming Yi's house for a long time, so Xia Chen made very thorough preparations. Not only did he bring gifts to his uncle and aunt, he also prepared a gift for each of Ming Yi's elves.
After not seeing each other for a year, she conquered two new elves, namely Togekis and Qi Qilin.
The former just made up for her lack of a flying elf that she could ride, while the latter was an elf that Xia Chen had never seen before. It should be the evolved form of Qilinqi in Padia, and it looked a little strangely cute.
Two per year is a relatively low frequency for ordinary trainers to conquer, but Ming Yi and Xia Chen also implement the conquering strategy of "nothing is too expensive, not too many".
The strength of these two new elves is almost at the gym level, and in time they will be a powerful addition to her main lineup.
During dinner, Xia Chen tried again to invite Ming Yi and his family to move to Yuanling Island, but as expected, Ming Yi's parents declined the invitation because the work was inconvenient.
Mingyi's father asked Xia Chen to talk to her alone after dinner. There was an inexplicable solemn look on his eyebrows, as if he had made some kind of decision.
Xia Chen glanced at Ming Yi, who was a little curious. He knew that his uncle probably didn't want her to know about this, so he agreed for the time being.
Dinner ended in a strange atmosphere. Uncle took Xia Chen out and said he wanted to buy some fruit.
Xia Chen glanced at the fruit plate full of fruits on the coffee table, nodded silently, and thought to himself, if you find a reason to have some snacks...
However, this also shows that what the uncle is going to say is not a small matter. Xia Chen didn't say anything more and just changed his shoes and went out.
Sure enough, after leaving the house, his uncle did not go to the so-called fruit shop, but took Xia Chen to a quiet coffee shop.
They found a secluded corner seat where no one was around and sat down, and they casually ordered two more drinks.
Finally, uncle spoke.
"Xiao Chen, you have grown up really fast in the past few years. If your parents could know, they would be very happy."
The growth that his uncle mentioned was not his strength as a trainer, but his changes in the eyes of his elders.
However, my uncle suddenly took the initiative to mention his parents, which had never happened before.
Mingyi's parents would actively avoid this topic when getting along with Xia Chen, for fear of affecting his emotions.
Xia Chen looked stern, as if he understood something. He asked tentatively: "Is what you want to talk to me about the disappearance of my parents?"
The uncle nodded and said solemnly: "Yes, actually, your parents left me something before they left for the last time. Although they said not to tell you, I think... you might want to know."
Xia Chen nodded without hesitation: "Thank you for telling me this. I want to know what it is."
The unexpected answer made Mingyi's father smile, and then he took out a storage ball and handed it to Xia Chen.
Xia Chen took the storage ball, but before he had time to open it, he was attracted by a light golden symbol similar to a cross star on it. Xia Chen was somewhat impressed by that symbol, and his strong mental power allowed him to quickly find it in the Memory Palace.
The source of impression——
That's the logo of the Aether Foundation!
Xia Chen's face gradually became serious. Could it be that the disappearance of his parents was related to the Aether Foundation?
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Xia Chen was very glad that he had played the Sun and Moon generation before time traveling and had a basic understanding of the Aether Foundation.
This is an organization located in the Alola region. Their main job is to rescue and research wild elves.
This even includes research on the ultimate beast!
The ultimate ball that can capture the ultimate beast was developed by the Aether Foundation.
Its leader, Lusamine, is a woman who appears to be full of affection for elves, but in fact loves her to the point of psychological distortion.
In the game, it was her insistence that led to the large-scale invasion of the ultimate alien beasts.
Could it be that the disappearance of his parents is related to the ultimate world?
The expression on Xia Chen's face became more solemn.
He might have expected this when he learned that his parents' disappearance was in the Alola region. Now he is even more convinced of this after seeing that the things they left behind are related to the Aether Foundation.