Damian was thinking about how to bring Akari back to his original timeline. If possible, he also wanted to bring Volo back with him.
Watching Volo battle Cynthia would definitely be interesting.
After all, Volo was Cynthia's ancestor. The idea of watching someone fight their own ancestor was very amusing to Damian.
He just didn't know whether Cynthia would be a match for Volo.
Volo's strength was truly immense. Aside from Akari, he was the strongest trainer of this era, or rather, in this era, they were called Pokémon wielders.
Click—
Right then, the door to the wooden hut was pushed open.
Damian looked over. When he saw the person walking in, his eyes lit up slightly.
The Pokémon world truly had no shortage of beautiful women. If the average beauty score for girls in Damian's past life was 70 out of 100, then in the Pokémon world, the average was at least 85, or even higher.
That was not an exaggeration. In this world, it was genuinely hard to find a girl who looked bad.
Perhaps that was just part of this world's genetics.
But looks alone were not everything. A girl's overall impression was also shaped by things like hairstyle, presence, figure, and the way she carried herself.
Damian was already used to seeing beautiful women. He had never lacked them around him, especially since he spent time with girls like Caitlin every day, girls who had beauty, presence, and strength.
Very few women could still surprise him.
But the woman who walked in did.
She wore a black dress that looked like a formal gown. White lace sleeves covered her arms, and a black lady's hat decorated with a white rose rested on her head.
Her face was pale, and she carried a calm, distant air. She walked in slowly, step by step, with an unhurried pace. Her white hair was pinned up.
Her name was Cogita. Her name implied "I think, therefore I am." She was a woman wrapped in mystery.
Even Volo did not know her true origin. He only knew that she knew a great deal, especially when it came to myths.
According to her, it was all passed down from her ancestors.
Of course, for Damian, the thing he liked most about Cogita was that she had white hair.
"Oh my... I didn't expect my hut to have three guests at once today. What an honor."
The corners of Cogita's lips turned up slightly. Her deep eyes scanned Volo and Akari before finally settling on Damian.
Her voice was also very distinctive. It wasn't crisp like a normal girl's. Instead, it had a magnetic, lazy quality to it.
"Could I trouble Akari and the others to introduce me?"
Cogita walked over calmly. She wasn't shy. She smoothed her skirt over her hips and slowly sat down.
She didn't need to be polite anyway, because this was her home.
"Cogita, this is my dad," Akari introduced him immediately, looking very proud.
The calm expression Cogita had been maintaining since she entered the room changed slightly. She looked at Damian and Akari with a strange expression.
Had she heard that correctly?
"Hello. I'm Damian."
"Cogita. You can just think of me as someone who knows a bit about old stories."
Cogita kept a polite smile as she shook hands with Damian.
"Ms. Cogita knows a lot about old stories. Even I don't know as much as she does," Volo introduced her briefly.
"Ms. Cogita, Mr. Damian is just like Akari. He is also someone from another time and space. Furthermore... the two of them do not come from the same timeline."
"Yes. According to Akari, she is Mr. Damian's future... daughter," Volo said.
"Oh~ That is truly hard to believe." Cogita's eyes shimmered. She looked at Damian and Akari in amazement.
Father and daughter, yet from different timelines, meeting in a different era.
That kind of thing was almost impossible to imagine. It really was strange.
"This is the bond that only Dad and I have," Akari said. She looked very satisfied and proud.
Damian smiled when he heard that. Akari really did have a cheerful personality. That was good.
"True. However, this means there are now two people from different times here," Cogita said. She took a small sip of hot tea and seemed a bit troubled.
"So, which one am I supposed to guide?"
"Guide?" Damian raised an eyebrow, pretending to be surprised.
"Ah~ This is a duty passed down by my ancestors. They really left a troublesome burden behind. Why pass something like this down to their descendants?"
Cogita sighed softly and complained about her ancestors.
"Legacy" and "mission" sounded light, but how much pressure did those words put on the generations that followed?
"The legacy of our ancestors can sometimes be a source of honor," Volo said, holding a different opinion.
"Perhaps. But the appearance of someone from another time is still a good thing. At least my descendants won't have to carry such a heavy burden anymore."
Cogita rested her chin on her hand, which was covered by a white sleeve. In her deep eyes, the faces of Damian and Akari were reflected.
"Mhm... I have to say, your faces and eyes really do look alike. You truly are father and daughter. But looking at it this way, Akari's mother must also be a very beautiful woman. After all, she gave Akari such excellent looks."
Cogita's train of thought was a bit unusual. The topic shifted instantly.
"Hehe~ My mom is super pretty!" Akari immediately showed a big smile.
Damian let out a short laugh.
"But it's a pity. Mr. Damian is actually quite my type. If Akari didn't exist, I think a child between Mr. Damian and me would also be very outstanding."
Cogita used her lazy, magnetic voice to say something that stunned all three people present.
Volo's expression turned strange. He looked at Akari and Damian like he wanted to say something but stopped himself...
What he actually wanted to say was: Cogita, if you are really interested in Mr. Damian, it seems like it would be fine to have a child with him. After all, Akari said she has many moms.
Translated, didn't that mean Damian had many wives?
Akari's expression became even stranger. The look she gave Cogita said everything.
Damian simply shook his head.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?"
Cogita was clearly confused by the reaction of the three of them. She had obviously just been teasing, so why were their reactions so strange?
"It's nothing. Ms. Cogita, can you tell me specifically what this legacy is about?"
"Of course. Let me think about how to explain it." Cogita didn't push further. She wasn't that kind of person.
"The people from other times... I don't know if you believe it, but my ancestors actually predicted the appearance of the space-time rifts long ago."
Cogita rested her cheek on her hand, her tone sounding emotional.
"And that is my duty: to guide the people who appear from different times and spaces to deal with the space-time rift."
"Because a space-time rift cannot exist for long. Otherwise, the balance of time and space might be destroyed. And the people entrusted with the mission to prevent this from happening are you, the ones who fell from another time," Cogita said.
"Emmm..."
Akari's face looked strange. So this was part of the trial?
Volo and Damian obviously thought the same thing. If that was the case, then Arceus must have planned this a long time ago.
Jealousy appeared in the depths of Volo's eyes again.
Cogita clearly didn't notice what the three of them were thinking. She continued her story.
"It is said that the space-time rift is a hole connecting several dimensions. In the middle of it, in the space at the far end, lives Arceus."
"The past and future are called 'Time.' The four directions and up and down are called 'Space.'"
"From the past to the future is time, which we call Zhou."
"Front, back, left, right, up, and down, all directions, are space, which we call Yu."
"Time and space are woven together to create the universe. Both are necessary and coexist with each other. They have always maintained a delicate balance."
"So, once the balance of time and space is destroyed, this world might cease to exist," Cogita sighed.
"In other words, Akari is the key person who will save this world," Damian said with a light laugh.
He had only entered this Hisui era by accident and couldn't stay long. The role of the person chosen by time naturally belonged to Akari.
And this was the path of the trial Akari was supposed to go through.
"That sounds like a lot of trouble." Akari felt her head spinning. She felt like her journey was becoming a bit too mysterious.
"That must be why you came to this world, Akari."
Volo's smile was still very kind.
After that, Cogita began telling Akari how to solve the space-time rift. Once Akari finished, the heavy burden on Cogita's shoulders would disappear.
They chatted for a while longer. Then, Damian went outside the house to get some fresh air.
"Dad~!"
A crisp, pleasant voice came from behind him. Damian looked back.
He saw his future daughter standing there. Her hands were behind her back, and her smile was exceptionally sweet.
"Come sit." Seeing such a cute and well-behaved girl, Damian's mood improved quite a bit. He patted the spot next to him.
Akari's smile became even brighter. She hopped over and sat next to Damian. She hugged her knees and naturally leaned her head against Damian's shoulder.
"I really haven't seen Dad for a long, long time. That Arceus is so mean. It sent me here and then just ignored me."
Akari grumbled about a certain alpaca. Counting the time, it had been 149 days since she last saw Damian.
"Dad, I really missed you."
The girl's quiet whisper made Damian's heart tremble slightly. This was a feeling he had never experienced before.
To be honest, from the moment he saw Akari, his feelings toward her had always been complicated.
After all, this daughter who suddenly appeared was already so grown up.
But now, it felt a little different.
"When were you born?" Damian asked Akari.
His current relationship with Platinum wasn't that deep yet. Also, he didn't know whether Akari was his only child.
Well, Damian felt Akari probably wasn't his only descendant.
"Mhm~ I heard from my second mom that I was born around the time of the first World Coronation Series," Akari replied after thinking for a bit, blinking her amber-colored eyes.
"The first World Coronation Series, huh." Damian thought about it. According to his original plan, he intended to hold the World Coronation Series next year.
So, next year?
There really wasn't much time left then. Could it be that as soon as he and Platinum got together, they succeeded on the first try?
Damian was a bit confused. His body was extremely healthy. He had every reason to believe that no one in the world could be healthier than him.
After all, his spirit had been blessed by the lake guardians, and his physical body had been modified by Arceus, with the Power of Arceus added on top.
Even before that blessing, his body had always been very healthy.
But none of the women he had been with before, Erika, Elesa, Courtney, and the others, had become pregnant.
He could only say it was luck, or... fate.
"Akari, do you want to go play in Dad's era?" Damian thought for a moment and asked Akari softly.
"Can I?" Akari's eyes lit up, and she looked at Damian expectantly.
"Yes. However, you have to find Dialga first. Go talk to it. It should agree. Or, you can wait for me to come get you." Damian smiled at Akari.
"Mhm, mhm! I'll wait for Dad to come get me! I want to take part in the World Coronation Series in your era too! I'm very strong now."
Akari was very excited, even a bit worked up.
When she thought about how she could battle her birth mom, her second mom, third mom, and fourth mom on the battlefield, she felt extremely thrilled!
According to her little mom, this World Coronation Series was a battle for status among the moms.
If she defeated all her moms, then wouldn't she be... the one at the top?
Akari was very pleased with her own idea.
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