Chapter 70: This Is the Power of Love!
[VIP Chat Group]
[Ash]: That’s it??? It’s just over like that??? I haven’t seen enough yet! What happened after she caught Lugia? What about her adventures purifying the seas with Suicune?!!!
[Pikachu]: Pika, pika, pika!! (Strongly protesting!)
[Gary]: Could you stop wailing? The system said the second episode would be released in seven days. It isn’t as though the series has been canceled.
[Brock]: Honestly, though, I’m reluctant to see it end too. We watched Raina grow from the day she was born until she turned ten. Now that her story has suddenly ended, I feel strangely empty inside.
[Iris]: Exactly! Raina’s story ended just like that. I’m going to miss her~
[Axew]: Axew, axew!
[Dawn]: Me too! We watched her from the moment she was born until now. It really feels as though we watched her grow up!
[Piplup]: Piplup, piplup!
[May]: Come to think of it, what exactly does that reward mean? "Received parallel-world memories"—does an entire set of memories suddenly appear inside their heads?
[Max]: Probably. It should mean they can remember everything their parallel-world counterparts experienced.
[Mallow]: Wouldn’t that mean Misty now remembers marrying Asher, giving birth to Raina, and managing the Gym together with him?
[Lana]: Whoa... That must be years and years of memories.
[Lillie]: From falling in love to getting married and raising a child—all of that was stuffed into her head at once?
[Daisy]: Misty, are you all right?
[Daisy]: Misty???
Cerulean City, Cerulean Gym.
A colossal flood of information surged into Misty’s mind like a tsunami—complete, continuous memories that still carried their original warmth.
She remembered the first time she met that black-haired, golden-eyed Trainer.
She remembered the first time he asked her out. He had arrived on a Dragonite and told her that he wanted to take her somewhere to watch the sunset.
She remembered the day he proposed and personally told her:
"Misty, I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want us to manage this Gym together and turn this place into our home."
She remembered how attentively he cared for her on the day Raina was born.
She also remembered the days after Raina left on her journey, when she and Asher would sit together in the living room. Occasionally, they would glance toward the door of Raina’s room, look at each other, and then pretend that nothing had happened.
Now, all those memories had flooded into her mind.
It wasn’t like watching a movie.
They were living experiences, complete with the emotions and physical sensations she had felt at the time, compressed into an entire span of life and forced into what had previously been an empty part of her consciousness.
She knew that she had never personally experienced those events.
Yet she also knew that every one of them was real—in another world, that was the life she and Asher had shared.
[VIP Chat Group]
[Daisy]: Misty? Misty, say something!
[Violet]: Misty suddenly becoming quiet feels rather strange.
[Lily]: Maybe she’s busy remembering all her sweet moments with Asher?
[Misty]: ...Get lost.
[Daisy]: Oh my~ Judging by that tone, Misty must be secretly enjoying herself!
[Violet]: Well? Well? What do parallel-world memories feel like?
[Lily]: Misty, are you blushing right now? I can’t see you! Send a video!
[Jessie]: So... the reward stuffed every detail of an entire married life into her head? Isn’t that reward a little too twisted?
[Meowth]: Exactly, meow! Just imagining another lifetime’s worth of memories being shoved into your head gives me the creeps, meow.
[Dawn]: But I think the reward is rather romantic~ She now knows how her other self lived in another world and possesses all of those precious memories. It’s almost like... Hmm... being reincarnated with the memories of your previous life?
[May]: In that case, Misty received those memories, and Asher received them too. Doesn’t that mean the two of them have now—
[Raihan]: Lived an entire lifetime together inside their heads?
[Leon]: That’s certainly an interesting way of putting it.
[Iris]: @Asher @Misty, what do the people involved think? Come out and tell us!
[Asher]: Why are so many people mentioning me? What happened?
[Wallace]: You’re still pretending? You received so many parallel-world memories, yet you haven’t reacted at all?
[Asher]: Huh? Oh... Right, right! That did happen!
[Gary]: Why does it feel as though you’re trying to hide something?
[Asher]: No, no, no. I was busy beating up Steven, so there was a delay before my reward arrived.
[Wallace]: I see.
An unknown island.
Upon seeing that he had successfully fooled everyone in the livestream again, Asher released a long breath of relief.
Of course, the claim that his reward had arrived late was a lie.
Those memories already belonged to him from that particular reincarnation. How could the system possibly stuff the same memories into his head a second time?
However, he hadn’t expected the livestream to provide no notification whatsoever.
He had nearly exposed himself again!
As for his feelings toward Misty...
To be honest, he genuinely loved her.
No matter when he was asked, Asher would always give the same answer. It was simply that during that reincarnation, he had intentionally or unintentionally ignored far too many things for the sake of completing his mission.
Now that the events of that reincarnation had already been exposed and Misty had received the relevant memories, was there even anything left to consider?
Misty is my wife!!
[VIP Chat Group]
[Professor Oak]: Hmm... This Worldline Access reward is also rather interesting. It can directly influence the future?
[Bill]: The system explicitly stated that Raina’s birth has become an inevitable event in this world. In other words...
[Bruno]: In other words, Asher and Misty are definitely going to have a daughter.
[Lance]: ...Your wording may be crude but accurate. Still, did you have to phrase it so bluntly?
[Daisy]: @Asher, brother-in-law!!! When are you coming to Cerulean Gym to propose? The three of us have already prepared Misty’s dowry!!!
[Violet]: How many wedding invitations should we send?
[Lily]: I’ll order the wedding dress right now!
[Misty]: What are the three of you trying to do?!
[Daisy]: Arrange your wedding for you.
[Misty]: I don’t need you to prepare anything!!!
[Lily]: It’s fine if you want to arrange it yourself. Can you?
[Misty]: This isn’t something I can decide on my own...
[Violet]: Then mention him! Why are you so hopeless?!
[Misty]: ...
[Misty]: @Asher
[Asher]: I’m here.
[Misty]: Um... You—you—you-you-you-you need to come to Cerulean Gym!!! Now!!! Immediately!!!
[Asher]: Right now?
[Misty]: Yes!!! Immediately!!!!
[Asher]: Hmm...
[Misty]: I-if it isn’t convenient for you... I can come to you instead!! Where are you right now? ๐·°(৹˃﹏˂৹)°·๐
[Brock]: Is... Is this really Misty?
[Violet]: This is the power of love!
[May]: Yay! Are Misty and Asher finally going to be together? (≧∇≦)
[Iris]: I’m shipping them! I’m shipping them!!
[Dawn]: Throwing flowers~ Throwing flowers~
[Asher]: @Misty, I’m in Lilycove City~
[Misty]: I’m coming right now!
[Brock]: Two lovers shall finally be united, while this single man is forced to witness it with his own eyes! Why must this world be so cruel?!!!
[Gary]: You should probably stop talking. Don’t ruin the moment for them~
[Brock]: ...
[Ash]: Come to think of it, we still have to wait seven days for the next episode. Isn’t that far too long?
[Iris]: Raina was the protagonist of the first episode. Who will be featured in the second one?
[Wallace]: Hahaha! I hope it’s someone from Hoenn. Then we can see whether the parallel-world Hoenn has even more outstanding Trainers!
[May]: I firmly support Master Wallace!
[Lillie]: I want to see someone from Alola! Excited.
[Misty]: Aaaaaah, it’s too far away! I don’t want to wait another second!! Please, somebody help me!!
[Erika]: Is Misty truly in that much of a hurry?
[Misty]: I want to return to his side as soon as possible!! Please!
[Lorelei]: If you want to travel from Kanto to another region in the shortest possible time, Lance’s Dragonite is probably the only option.
[Iris]: @Lance, sir, could you help her? Please!
[May]: @Lance, sir, could you help her? Please!
[Bianca]: @Lance, sir, could you help her? Please!
[Dawn]: @Lance, sir, could you help her? Please!
[Lance]: ...All right. I understand. I’ll send Dragonite to pick you up.
[Iris]: Long live Lance!!! (≧∇≦)ﾉ
[May]: Long live Lance!!! (≧∇≦)ﾉ
[Dawn]: Long live Lance!!! (≧∇≦)ﾉ
[Bianca]: Long live Lance!!! (≧∇≦)ﾉ