The Elder Diamond woke up in a daze, and what greeted him were the serious eyes of Greninja and Noivern, which made him fully conscious.
“Ah… how did I faint? Thank you two, I remember, I think I saw Yveltal? Haha, how could this old man have such a dream? You must be laughing at me!”
The Elder Diamond shook his head and looked forward, but immediately froze in place again.
Inside the Diamond Kingdom, Yveltal's enormous body soared through the crystal pillars of the Diamond Kingdom, beginning to search for something around.
Suddenly, Yveltal seemed to see something, turned and flew in another direction, grabbing onto a crystal pillar, and then, against the backdrop of darkness, like Death Wing, it looked down at Diancie below.
“Princess Diancie!”
The Elder Diamond exclaimed, wanting to rush over immediately, but Yveltal flew away, then found Gengar and Banette nearby.
“Hehe! I thought I was hiding very well~ Eh? The Elder Diamond is awake!”
The Elder Diamond looked at the happy Diancie, then at Yveltal, who had flown to Gui Ling's side, and was completely stunned.
“…………”
“What’s wrong, Elder Diamond?”
“The information is a bit overwhelming, please give me some time to process it, Your Highness…”
Diancie, somewhat at a loss, ran to Gui Ling, looked at the Elder Diamond, and tilted her head, asking,
“What’s wrong with the Elder Diamond?”
“He’s probably scared silly. He should be fine in a bit. By the way, why did you decide to come with me?”
Diancie looked at the cave entrance outside, then at the Diamond Kingdom, her mood a bit complicated.
“I’ve always wanted to see the outside world, to see the so-called beautiful scenery. I’ve been very well protected here, but I… still want to see the outside.”
“After all, you are a princess of a country. Having such a noble status also comes with a great price.”
“I know, so can you promise me?”
“What?”
“When the Diamond Kingdom encounters danger, can you bring me with you to save the Diamond Kingdom?”
Gui Ling rubbed his head, then nodded.
“To be honest, I really didn’t expect you to want to come with me, but if you really become my Pokémon, then we are family, and family helps each other with anything.”
“Mmm! I’ve learned something new! Then, I’ll allow you to be my family~”
“Haha, I also need to be worthy. I haven’t taken you to find Xerneas yet. When that time comes, then you can allow me, Little Princess~”
“Okay~ Okay~ Oh, wait, it seems I only needed to answer once?”
“No need, call me whatever you want. I think, Little Princess, you should do whatever you want, no need to worry about etiquette and such.”
“Eh? Hehe~ Okay~ Okay~”
After a long while, the Elder Diamond finally recovered and led the Carbink to escort Diancie and Gui Ling to the entrance.
“Princess Diancie, Lord Gui Ling, we will send you off here. We wish you a smooth journey! Goodbye!”
“Goodbye, everyone!”
“I will protect Diancie well, please rest assured.”
After the two left, the Carbink then asked the Elder Diamond.
“Elder Diamond! How could you just hand over Princess Diancie to an outsider like that?”
“He is Yveltal’s Trainer. If he wanted to snatch her, he would have done so long ago! It seems he has no ill intentions. If we use Yveltal’s power to find Xerneas, then the Diamond Kingdom will be saved. At the same time, we really did control Princess Diancie too tightly… Princess Diancie said she wanted to see the outside. I would never hand her over so easily to an ordinary Trainer, but if he possesses Yveltal’s power to guarantee Princess Diancie’s safety, then there’s absolutely no problem.”
As the two hurried on their way, night soon fell. Gui Ling, as usual, set up a campsite by the river and summoned all his Pokémon to enjoy tonight’s feast.
Since he didn't know what Diancie liked to eat, Gardevoir shared half of her dessert with Diancie, who happened to be very fond of desserts.
Through this meal, their relationship gradually became more familiar, and they began to chat like close friends.
Gardevoir really liked Diancie, this adorable Little Princess, and Diancie also liked Gardevoir's mature older sister personality. Seeing the two suddenly become so close, Gui Ling and the others tilted their heads in confusion.
“Do girls become close this quickly?”
“Gengar, Gengar?”
“Dang dang?”
“………… (Don’t look at me, I don’t know.)”
“koo-gah…”
But at the same time, a Honedge in the nearby woods was staring in horror at everything in front of it, with a camera on its scabbard.
“This is… a Legendary Pokémon! Yveltal?!”
Marilyn and Argus were completely dumbfounded. They knew what kind of Pokémon Yveltal was, and now they were in a real predicament.
“What should we do, Dad… are we still going to catch Diancie?”
“This… I don’t want to lose my life either… Could this kid be Yveltal’s Trainer?”
“How about? We just give up? Diamonds are important, but life is more important…”
“I don’t want to never eat chocolate again, let’s just retreat…”
As an invisible spaceship flew away from the sky, the stars appeared. Everyone, by tacit agreement, walked to the river and sat down. Gardevoir also led Diancie to the riverside.
Diancie tilted her little head, looking at everyone gazing at the sky, and curiously asked Gardevoir beside her,
“What’s wrong with everyone?”
“Gardevoir, Gardevoir~”
“Stars? I saw them at the cave entrance before too~”
“What about shooting stars?”
At this moment, Gui Ling pulled Diancie closer, then pointed at a shooting star streaking across the sky and said,
“Hey, what’s going on? Why did the stars suddenly fly away!”
“That’s a shooting star, a very beautiful natural phenomenon. It’s said that if you make a wish to it before it disappears, your wish will come true~”
“A wish?”
“Gengar~”
“Hmm, then I’ll try it!”
Everyone nodded, then clasped their hands together and made a wish to the sky.
However, everyone's wishes were consistent this time: they hoped Diancie could achieve her wish and create the Sacred Diamond to save the country.
As the shooting star streaked across, a purple light suddenly glowed in Diancie's small hand, producing a small purple pink diamond.
“Oh?”
Gui Ling bent down and picked it up, examining the pink diamond carefully.
“It’s a diamond! Diancie, is this the first diamond you’ve made?”
“I don’t know, but it should dissipate very soon, right?”
“Then, can you leave it to me? I’d like to keep it as a souvenir.”
“Of course you can~”
As their evening gathering ended, everyone fell asleep under the moonlight.
The next morning, after everyone washed up by the river, they set off again on their journey to find Xerneas. However, this time, everyone except Diancie tacitly avoided Gui Ling.
“Diancie, stay a bit further from me.”
“Eh, why?”
“Ah, it’s not that there’s a problem, but I basically step into a pit every morning. If you follow me, you’ll fall in with me.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Gui Ling felt his foot go into empty space, and with a darkened face, he fell down again.
“Ouch!!!”
“Gui Ling! Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, I’m fine! My back, though… Noivern, quick, give me a hand!”
After Gui Ling patted the dust off himself, he summoned Yveltal for Diancie to get on, and returned everyone else to their Poké Balls.
“Diancie, you feel the Fairy Aura, Yveltal will fly us over.”
“Okay, good!”
“………… (Hold on tight!)”
After a period of high-speed flight by Yveltal, Gui Ling asked Yveltal to slow down, allowing Diancie to enjoy the beautiful scenery from above.
“Wow! This is my first time seeing scenery from such a high perspective!”
“How is it? Is it beautiful?”
“By the way, does Yveltal always fly like this? Then it must have seen a lot of scenery!”
Yveltal was speechless. It usually just sleeps, then fights when it wakes up, and then sleeps again after fighting. It never has time to look at these landscapes.
“………… (I did see one that was quite beautiful.)”
“What?”
“………… (Many Vivillon flying together towards the sunset, it was indeed quite breathtaking.)”
“I want to go see that too!”
Yveltal's flying speed was extremely fast, thus greatly reducing the travel time. What was unexpected was that when Diancie pointed out the place with the strongest Fairy Aura, it turned out to be the Orléans Forest.
“No, haven’t we been to this place before?”
“………… (Diancie, are you sure this is the right place?)”
“Yes, I’m sure! There’s a very strong Fairy Aura ahead.”
“Then let’s go!”
Upon landing in the forest, Gui Ling had to recall Yveltal due to its large size, then summoned everyone to accompany Diancie in searching for Xerneas.
After two hours of travel, Diancie sensed something and immediately ran forward.
As the Butterfree gathered ahead, a divine deer could be seen standing in the sunlight, sacred and majestic, with Pokémon silently watching her all around.
As Diancie and Gui Ling approached, Xerneas also sensed them and slowly opened her eyes, but immediately ran into the forest.
Diancie immediately chased after her, panting heavily, unwilling to stop even after falling a few times.
“Xerneas! Please wait! Ouch!”
“Diancie! Are you okay?”
“I’m fine! Quick! Chase her!”
When Diancie looked up, she found that Xerneas was already standing still, waiting for her, and immediately caught up.
“We meet again, Yveltal’s Trainer. Your name is Gui Ling, right?”
“Yes, we meet again, Xerneas. We have one more thing we’d like to ask of you… regarding this child.”
Then Gui Ling stroked Diancie’s little head and bowed to Xerneas, while Yveltal also emerged from its Poké Ball.
“Old friend, I used to spare creatures out of respect for you. Now I hope you can also grant Diancie a Fairy Aura out of respect for me!”
Xerneas looked at Diancie, then at Gui Ling and Yveltal, and then nodded.
“You seem to have been looking for me.”
“I finally found you!”
“I already know what you truly desire in your heart, so I shall bestow it upon you!”
As Xerneas’s antlers began to shimmer with colorful light, a pink Fairy aura spread outwards from Xerneas.
Feeling the Fairy aura emanate, Diancie comfortably closed her eyes, and at the same time, felt the energy within her body begin to strengthen.
“The one capable of nurturing life is yourself.”
After saying this, Xerneas turned her head to look at Gui Ling and Yveltal.
“Yveltal, I hope you can find your own path during this journey. Gui Ling, if you ever need anything in the future, you can come find me. I am very willing to become friends with you all.”
“Okay! Xerneas, I’ll remember this kindness. If anything ever comes up in the future, just tell us!”
Xerneas nodded, then ran back into the forest, truly appearing and disappearing without a trace.
“Xerneas is that kind of Pokémon, she loves freedom and dislikes being restrained.”
“………… (Restrained? I don’t feel restrained at all by following you.)”
“It’s just an expression, she probably prefers to be a lone wolf.”
Then everyone came before Diancie, looking at her with curiosity.
“Can I really create Sacred Diamonds now?”
“Try it quickly!”
“………… (You can definitely do it!)”
“Gengar Gengar!”
“Dang dang!”
“koo-gah!”
“Gardevoir ~”
“Sound Wave ~”
Just as Diancie raised her hands to create her first diamond, a long tongue directly wrapped around Diancie and pulled her away.
“Diancie!”
A Greninja was seen holding Diancie, and then a ninja walked out of the forest.
“I’ll take Diancie!”
“Riot? The Ninja Bandit?!”
“Everyone!!!”
Diancie was abducted by Greninja, which made everyone extremely angry, and they immediately gave chase.
By the time the Ninja Bandit Riot and Greninja hid in a cave, observing their surroundings, Diancie, in Greninja’s hands, was still struggling non-stop.
“If you want diamonds, I can give them to you! Let me go quickly, I need to get back to everyone!”
Suddenly, behind them, a Delphox immediately used Flamethrower, forcing the two into the water.
Then Delphox used a Fire Blast to knock Greninja away. Marilyn immediately grabbed Diancie, wanting to take her away, but as she was about to leave, she was hit down by several Pin Missiles.
Milis and Argus still had no intention of giving up on Diancie, and they chased after her in their airship.
As the four bandits began to frantically snatch Diancie, after a mid-air struggle, Diancie lost her footing and was thrown down by them. It was then that a huge black figure immediately caught Diancie.
“Huh? It’s Mr. Yveltal!”
“………… (How are you? Not hurt, are you?)”
“I’m fine! Thank you for saving me ~”
Yveltal looked at Diancie’s happy smile and nodded. He suddenly felt that the little thing in front of him was very cute, but when he turned his head and saw those thieves, he immediately showed an angry expression.
“………… (Snatching Diancie right in front of me? You’re not putting me in your eyes at all!!!)”
Yveltal roared, and the surrounding water immediately turned purplish-black, Dark Aura unfolded. At the same time, his eyes turned purple, looking down at the thieves in front of him.
Riot realized something was wrong and immediately ran out, but how could Yveltal let him go? He immediately carried Diancie on his back and flapped his huge wings to chase after him.
“………… (Little one, watch closely! See how I teach them a lesson for you!)”
“Okay! Go a little slower!”
Yveltal immediately used Death Wing after flying into the sky, striking towards Riot’s direction. Greninja and Riot were unable to dodge in time and immediately turned into stone statues.
Marilyn also tried to leave with Delphox, but she was Lock-On by Yveltal, and a Death Wing similarly turned her into a stone statue.
Milis and Argus wanted to quickly get on their airship and leave, but they were stopped by Yveltal, and a Death Wing similarly turned them into stone statues.
In a short while, Yveltal flew back to Gui Ling’s side with Diancie, and at the same time, Greninja and Noivern also brought over the people who had turned into stone statues.
“They… this is?”
Seeing Diancie’s frightened expression, Yveltal gently stroked Diancie’s head.
“………… (They were deprived of life and turned into stone statues.)”
“This… is this considered murder…?”
Yveltal roared, the Dark Aura receded, and the forest returned to its usual vitality.
“………… (Yes, what’s wrong? Little one, you haven’t killed anyone yet, have you?)”
“No… I haven’t…”
Gardevoir hugged Diancie, covered Diancie’s eyes, and shook her head at Yveltal.
However, Gui Ling looked at these stone statues and came up with a mischievous idea. He conspired with Yveltal for a bit, and then Yveltal removed their petrification effect.
“Ah! We… are alive again?”
The four looked around, only to find that they were surrounded by Gengar and the others.
“Do you have anything to say?”
“Well… we were wrong, you’re still young…”
“Abducting our Little Princess right in front of us, and you still expect me to let you go?”
Riot shielded Marilyn behind him, Milis was hugged by Argus, and the four looked at the already charged Yveltal with some fear.
“Since we’ve been caught by you, do whatever you want with us, kill or skin us, it’s up to you!”
“Aren’t you thieves? Alright then! Robbery!!!”
“???”
“???”
“Huh?”
“What the heck?”
“Do I need to repeat myself? Robbery! Hand over all your valuables! Money! Poké Balls! Don’t leave anything behind!”
“………… (If anyone dares to hide anything, if I find out, I’ll blast you away!)”
The four were completely stunned. All this time, they had been robbing others, and today they were being robbed in return.
“Hey, wait a minute, I don’t want the Poké Balls that contain Pokémon that you’ve caught, I only want the empty ones, after all, those are your partners. But remember to hand over all your money!”
“Our money isn’t on us, why don’t we go back and get it first?”
“You’re full of it! You’re a big-time thief and you’re telling me you don’t carry money? Hurry up and hand it over!”
Just as the four were still hesitating, Yveltal’s Shadow Sneak had already charged up and was about to smash down. The four immediately called a halt, directly pulling out dozens of cards, and five Poké Balls were also handed over.
“Here, here, here! Let’s talk nicely, all our money is here…”
Gui Ling nodded in satisfaction, then told everyone to leave.
“Then we’re leaving, I’ll spare your lives, just remember not to reveal the secret here, otherwise ~”
“We understand, thank you for sparing our lives.”
………………
Upon returning to Diamond Kingdom, Diancie immediately used her diamond-creating energy to begin forming the Sacred Diamond. She tried for a long time without success, but it was much better than before.
“My power still isn’t…”
“It’s okay, Diancie, try again!”
Diancie nodded, exhaled, and once again used all her strength. At the same time, a small pink diamond in Gui Ling’s clothes lit up.
With the shining of the evolution light, Diancie completed Mega Evolution, ultimately using this power to successfully replace the Sacred Diamond.
Diancie looked at her hands and jumped with joy.
“I succeeded, Gui Ling!”
“Haha, congratulations, Diancie, this way your kingdom will be safe.”
Elder Carbink slowly hopped over and nodded towards Gui Ling.
“Lord Gui Ling, you have completed this elder’s test. You may take Princess Diancie with you.”
Gui Ling looked at Diancie, still a little dazed. He took out a Poké Ball, knelt down, and met Diancie’s gaze.
“I still want to ask one more time, are you sure you want to come with me?”
“Yes! You helped me master this power, and I won’t be a burden to you.”
“Ah? No, no, no, that’s not what I meant. I meant that following me might involve a little hardship.”
“On the path of travel, there are both hardships and sweetness. Sister Gardevoir told me this, and I am willing to travel with everyone.”
Then Diancie bowed slightly.
“Then I permit you all to become my family and companions!”
Gui Ling smiled and pressed the Poké Ball on Diancie’s small head.
“It’s our honor, Little Princess ~”
With a flash of red light, Diancie was successfully caught.
“Diancie, welcome to our team! If you ever want to come back, we’ll bring you back together!”
Then Gui Ling distributed some food to the Carbink and made a series of promises to Elder Carbink. Taking advantage of the afternoon, Gui Ling prepared to leave.
After bidding farewell to the Carbink in the cave, Gui Ling once again rode Yveltal and embarked on their journey.
………………
“Wait a minute! Yveltal, I’m stuck in a tree!”
“………… (No… huh? You’re in the air, how did you get stuck in a tree?)”
“How should I know! Hurry and pull me down!”
“………… (Sigh… I’m really afraid that one day your unlucky constitution will get you killed. By the way, where are we going now?)”
“To the town, I think the recent rumors should have died down, let’s go back.”
“………… (You already have your seventh Pokémon now, think carefully about your eighth.)”
“You’ve said enough… let me rest for a bit…”
Thanks to Yasuda, who loves eating braised potatoes with meat, for the like, thanks for your support, boss!
Thanks to Xingchen Zhuye for the Reminder, thanks for your support, boss!