The next morning was at eight o'clock.
Caitlin opened the door to her bedroom. Usually, she would still be sleeping at this hour. However, she planned to take the small Baby Lugia to the pool in the backyard to play for a while. She had to do it because the child loved the water. She wanted to spoil him.
But when she opened her door, Caitlin saw the door of the room next to hers open as well.
Elesa was walking out of the room carefully, like a thief. When she turned her head, she saw Caitlin.
There was silence.
The hallway suddenly became very quiet. Elesa felt nervous and awkward. She did not want to look at Caitlin. She acted like nothing was wrong and touched her black hair.
Most importantly, Caitlin's face had no expression. Her cold look made Elesa feel cold in her whole body. Elesa knew very well that Caitlin was a strong psychic. If she truly made her angry, they would not even need a Pokémon battle. This thin, elegant lady could throw her out of the window herself very easily.
Psychic powers were very strong.
"Good morning, Caitlin."
After about ten seconds, Elesa could not wait anymore. She looked up, spoke to Caitlin, and prepared to leave. Her heart was beating fast. This was mostly because Caitlin's look was very heavy and strong. However, Elesa was once a world-famous model, so she had her pride.
"Why are you coming out of Damian's room?"
Elesa had just turned around when she heard Caitlin's cold question.
"You stayed the night in your Master's room. Is that what a maid should do?"
Before Elesa could answer, Caitlin spoke again with an even colder voice.
Elesa immediately closed her hands into fists. She felt many different things right now. Last night, Damian used her as a pillow for the whole night, and she did not sleep well at all.
It was true that Damian was very good at first. He did not try to do anything bad. He only held her by the waist and fell asleep. But after he fell asleep, his hand found its way to her chest. He was so experienced at it that Elesa was shocked!
Also, when she woke up in the morning, she felt something was wrong behind her. After she touched the area, she was completely shocked.
She had finally got away from Damian's arms, but Caitlin asked her questions as soon as she left the room. Elesa was in a very bad mood right now.
"That has nothing to do with you, Caitlin," Elesa replied. She turned back to look Caitlin in the eye.
She knew Caitlin was a Champion level Trainer. From the way she talked and acted, she was probably a young lady from a rich family. But so what? She was the one who spent the night with Damian, not her!
Elesa was clearly different from Erika. Erika was naturally gentle and a perfect lady, with only a little bit of mischief. But Elesa was a famous model. Being beautiful, confident, and independent on stage was her normal way of being.
Simply, Elesa did not want to feel bad for no reason. Caitlin was acting like Elesa had tried to be with Damian in a shameless way. As for why she stayed the night—the point was, she did not want to stay the night either! Her chest still felt a little sore even now.
"You are only Damian's friend. You are not his wife, and you are not even his girlfriend, right?"
Elesa's logical words clearly hurt Caitlin.
Because of her strong emotions, Caitlin's psychic powers became wild again. A deep blue light started to glow in her eyes. Her beautiful, heavy blonde hair started to move as if there was wind.
This sudden scene scared Elesa again. She saw that a blue light was starting to glow on her own body too.
Wait, do not be like this! We are only arguing, do not use your powers!
Luckily, after two seconds, the blue light in Caitlin's eyes went away.
Be elegant, Caitlin told herself. She slowly controlled her psychic powers. A moment ago, she actually wanted to lock Elesa inside a statue. But she could not do that.
"Damian is my future husband," Caitlin said quietly to Elesa. She said this to show her share/territory and to give a warning at the same time.
She took slow, elegant steps and walked past Elesa.
"Do your job as a maid well. If you have any other thoughts about him, I will feed you to my Metagross."
Metagross is one of the cold and dangerous Pokémon in the wild according to the Pokémon League. The Pokédex says that a Metagross holds its prey down with its four claws and heavy body. Then it eats it with the large mouth on its stomach.
It eats the prey while it is alive!
Therefore, a Metagross in the wild is as dangerous as a Salamence or a Hydreigon.
Elesa felt cold in her heart. She felt the hair on her arms stand up. She truly could not tell if Caitlin's words were only a threat or if she would really do it.
However, Caitlin did not look back. She walked slowly to the elevator, pushed the button, and waited quietly.
It is fine. She is only another woman Damian is playing with.
Caitlin did not really care about Elesa. Even though Elesa was beautiful and had long legs, did she have any other good points?
Only me! Only I am Damian's final wife!
If it was not for Elesa saying those words that made her angry, she would not have threatened her. Everyone knew that Caitlin was always a very kind and forgiving girl, right?
The time reached eleven o'clock.
Damian finally finished sleeping. He had to say that he slept very well last night. Using Elesa as a pillow was very comfortable.
After washing, he walked out of his room and went to the hotel lobby. Caitlin and Elesa were sitting on the sofa resting. However, he thought the atmosphere between the two of them felt strange.
"Damian, you're awake."
Caitlin was reading a magazine. She looked toward him and gave a peaceful, sweet smile.
"Yeah. Have you guys eaten yet?"
"We ate a long time ago. It is almost twelve now," Caitlin said with a bit of play in her voice.
Elesa felt like she should be hiding. Damian was the one who held her while he slept last night, not Caitlin.
"Alright. I'll grab a bite to eat and then we'll head out. By the way, where are Rosa and Hilda?"
"It seems they have already left Icirrus City," Elesa added.
"I see," Damian said.
After ten minutes of eating, Damian led Caitlin and Elesa toward the north of Icirrus City. After about thirty minutes, the three of them arrived in front of an old, tall tower.
"Is this Dragonspiral Tower?" Elesa seemed to know it.
"So you know about it," Damian smiled.
"If you are from Unova, everyone knows the story of the Dragon God of Unova. And if you learn just a little more, you will know about Dragonspiral Tower too."
Elesa looked up at the old, worn-out tower.
"That is true." Damian nodded.
"Damian, why did you come here?" Elesa suddenly seemed to understand why he had come.
"To try my luck, of course."
Damian smiled. He walked toward Dragonspiral Tower. Caitlin and Elesa followed behind him.
"The legend says that two thousand five hundred years ago, two twins and one Divine Dragon started the Unova region."
"But the older twin wanted Truth, while the younger twin wanted Ideals. Because their goals were different, they had a disagreement that turned into a war."
"The Divine Dragon could not decide who to help, so it split into Reshiram, the dragon of Truth, and Zekrom, the dragon of Ideals," Damian explained slowly.
"And now, N from Team Plasma has woken up Zekrom and taken it away. But the dragon of Truth, Reshiram, has not appeared yet."
As expected, Damian wants Reshiram!
Elesa stayed quiet. When she saw Dragonspiral Tower, she guessed it. There was a theory that Dragonspiral Tower was the place where Zekrom and Reshiram were sealed during the war a thousand years ago.
But was Reshiram really sleeping here? Dragonspiral Tower was old, and people visited sometimes, but no one had ever found Reshiram.
The three of them entered the tower. As the oldest building in Unova, the inside was starting to fall down. Broken pillars were everywhere. Compared to another old tower, Sky Pillar, Dragonspiral Tower was in worse condition. Dragonspiral Tower was over two thousand years old, while Sky Pillar was only a bit over a thousand years old. There was an age gap between them.
However, there was a small surprise inside the tower.
"Are these Team Plasma members?" Caitlin asked as she looked at the members. They were tied up and had tape on their mouths.
"It looks like someone got here before us," Damian said.
He could guess who it was. It was Rosa and Hilda.
Maybe Reshiram is having an audition here.
"Let's go. Head up."
Damian led the two women further up. When they reached the top floor, they saw two young girls.
"Oh? Handsome, you guys came too!"
Rosa and Hilda were quite surprised to see the three of them. They had not mentioned coming to Dragonspiral Tower before.
"What a coincidence," Damian laughed at the two girls. He was not surprised at all.
And then...
Truth. Young man, what is your truth?
This time, the clear voice in his head was not faint. It was very clear. He could tell for sure that Reshiram was indeed inside this tower. The Dragon God of Truth was watching them right now.
"Truth is reality. This world is real. I can feel Pokémon and humans. Ideals are not important to me."
Damian's smile was wild now.
"Reshiram, my truth can handle your power. Come. I will be your partner. I will help you defeat the Black Dragon and its hero."
If not, I will have to use Kyogre to make you listen.
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