Diamond blinked, "What are you talking about?"
Xia Huna stood up and stared at Diamond, "Well, Diancie, the Jewel Pokémon, a mutation of Carbink, and also the princess of the Diamond Mining Country, right, Your Highness?"
Diamond, or rather, Diancie, dropped her disguise and appeared before Xia Huna, still looking displeased, "Boring, how did you find out?"
Xia Huna shamelessly sat down next to Diancie, "What if I don't tell you?"
Diancie angrily shook her head, and the two pink gems on either side of her head struck Xia Huna. Xia Huna quickly pleaded, "Alright, alright, I'll tell you."
Diancie then resumed her well-behaved demeanor, sitting beside Xia Huna and waiting for him to reveal the answer.
"Your Highness, this isn't the first time you've seen a human, or rather, a trainer, has it?"
Diancie nodded, "The last time, it seems, was not long ago. Two people holding glowing objects suddenly burst in, and that's when I saw humans."
"Did that person also shout 'diamond'?"
"How did you know?" Diancie was very surprised, and the gems on her body even emitted a faint glow.
"'Diamond' means diamond, they must have been shocked by the diamonds outside. But I didn't expect people from other countries to come to the secret realm of Snowpoint City."
Diancie raised her hands in front of her chest, "No, it wasn't them who came here, but we who came here."
As she spoke, Diancie stood up and floated in mid-air. With her arms spread, the gems on her chest and head emitted light. As the light flickered, the space around Xia Huna began to change. The space, where only diamonds sparkled in the firelight, was instantly enveloped in a faint fluorescence, and the path that had only been wide enough for Xia Huna and Diancie to barely walk was now much wider.
"Welcome to the Diamond Mining Country. I am Diancie, the little princess of the Diamond Mining Country."
This was Xia Huna's first time in a secret realm within a secret realm. "Your Highness, what did you mean when you said you came here earlier?"
Diancie pointed to the Carbink living around them, "All the energy in our Diamond Mining Country is provided by a giant diamond. To maintain the diamond's energy and also to evade those with ill intentions, our Diamond Mining Country has been constantly moving. We only recently settled in this secret realm."
Xia Huna looked at the various Carbink, "So those holes are really homes for the Carbink, right? You lied to me, saying they were for storing diamonds."
Diancie touched her crown, feeling a bit guilty, "But the Carbink really put their diamonds in there..."
After chatting for a while, Diancie suddenly felt something was wrong. She was supposed to ask how he found out who she was, why did it suddenly turn into this?
"Ugh, you distracted me. I'm asking you, how exactly did you discover my identity!"
"The princess called herself Diamond, but Diamond isn't a name a girl would have, even if the name means diamond."
The gem on Diancie's head flickered, "I also think this name doesn't sound good, but I couldn't think of another one."
Xia Huna looked at the gem on Diancie's head, having a strong urge to pry it off. Xia Huna's intense gaze frightened Diancie, "What, what are you doing!"
Xia Huna quickly withdrew his gaze, "Then there's your appearance. Your pink hair is too conspicuous. At least I've never seen a girl with long pink hair."
Speaking of which, Xia Huna secretly poked the diamond on Diancie's crown with his finger, "You must have transformed this, it's very beautiful."
Although she wasn't entirely pleased with Xia Huna touching her crown, being praised as beautiful made the little princess Diancie quite happy. Xia Huna then explained from other aspects how he recognized Diancie.
Seeing Xia Huna talking so animatedly, Diancie stood up and said, "Xia Huna, do you want to walk around our Diamond Mining Country with me?"
Although Xia Huna had seen scenes of the Diamond Mining Country in movies, this was his first time visiting. Walking through the mining country with the princess, Xia Huna felt that life in the mining country was indeed very comfortable, but it wasn't quite suited for him.
After playing with the little princess of the mining country for a while, Xia Huna decided to take his leave. After all, he didn't have much time and still had to rush back to school to deal with the Grand Festival matters.
"Diancie, let's stop here for today. I have to go home."
Diancie came in front of Xia Huna and blocked his path. Xia Huna slightly crouched down, "Diancie, I have things to do, and you are also the princess of the Diamond Mining Country. You have to manage it."
Diancie grabbed Xia Huna's arm, "No, I want to go out and play with you."
Xia Huna pulled Diancie's hand away, "Doesn't Your Highness need to manage the mining country?"
Diancie shook her head, "No, I told you, I'm the youngest princess of the Diamond Mining Country. I have older sisters, and they will manage the Diamond Mining Country when the time comes."
Xia Huna wouldn't believe Diancie's statement. After all, Diancie was a mythical Pokémon, and generally, mythical Pokémon didn't have races. Legendary Pokémon were different, like Latios and Latias; Ash had encountered many of them.
Seeing that Xia Huna didn't believe her, Diancie angrily pulled him towards a huge building that looked like a palace.
"This is my home. I'll take you to meet our Queen of the Diamond Mining Country, she will agree."
Following Diancie into the main hall, Xia Huna's worldview was instantly refreshed. Because including the little princess Diancie who was just with him, there were four Diancie here.
Xia Huna stared blankly at the four Diancie, he could no longer distinguish which one was the Diancie who had been playing with him outside.
It's unclear what the Diancie said, but then two Diancie walked over. One Diancie handed the hand of another Diancie to Xia Huna, "Trainer, we entrust our little princess to you."
Xia Huna looked at one and then at the other, "Are you playing with me? You really want me to go with the little princess!" The little Diancie waved her hands, her gems constantly flashing. It was clear she was very happy.
Xia Huna looked at Queen Diancie, "Is it alright for Your Majesty to do this? Let her go with me?"
Queen Diancie looked at Xia Huna with a kind gaze, "It's alright. She has longed to see the outside world for a long time. It will be good for her to experience it."
...
Xia Huna's training team suddenly became a four-Pokémon lineup. Leaving the Diamond Mining Country, Xia Huna and Diancie walked on the path leading out of the cave. Xia Huna asked Diancie, "Diancie, how can you talk to me?"
Xia Huna could understand Rotom speaking, as Rotom liked to possess various electrical appliances. By possessing devices like phones and computers, with its learning ability, it could simulate the language of the Minglong Country without any problem. Even if it were a Meowth, Xia Huna wouldn't feel it strange for it to speak. But how could a Diancie learn to speak? Was it just because she was a Fairy-type mythical Pokémon?
Diancie proudly raised her head, "I won't tell you."
Since Diancie wouldn't say, Xia Huna thought he could ask the system.
However, the system only had the ability to collect data and couldn't figure out why Diancie could speak. But the system had its own way, "Diancie can impersonate a human to trick you, so what's strange about her speaking human language?"
The system's words made Xia Huna think of another question, "Then how did Diancie turn into a human?"
Diancie shook her head, and her crown turned into a human again, "How is it? Am I beautiful? This Diamond form."
As they were about to reach the outside of the cave, Xia Huna clenched his right fist and hit his left palm, "So that's how it is, I understand."
Diancie's lively dancing slowed down slightly, "Understand what?"
Xia Huna pointed to the light outside the cave, "Because this is the Diamond Mining Country. Because of the existence of the Holy Diamond, Diancie can turn into a human and speak human languages!"
Diancie, exposed by Xia Huna, huffed a little indignantly and turned away, ignoring Xia Huna. Xia Huna then reached out and held Diancie's hand, "Little princess, don't be angry. You look very cute like this too."
Diancie then came to Xia Huna's side, humming a happy tune, and leaned against him.
Reaching the outside of the cave, Xia Huna asked Diancie, "Little princess, can you still communicate with me now?" Diancie shook her head from side to side, indicating that she could no longer communicate with him in the Minglong language.
Xia Huna released Froakie and the others, "Everyone, let's get acquainted."
Froakie, Rotom, and the Tauros, who had just been captured before entering the Diamond Mining Country, chatted with the little princess Diancie outside the ore cave. Meanwhile, Xia Huna was contemplating which Poké Ball to use to capture the cute Diancie.
After much consideration, Xia Huna finally chose the highly valuable Premier Ball, which was befitting the status of this little princess Diancie.
Diancie climbed onto Xia Huna's back from behind. Xia Huna couldn't understand what she was saying and could only guess, "What is it, little princess? Do you want to play together?"
Diancie raised her hands, appearing very happy. Xia Huna had no choice but to put the Premier Ball back in his pocket, and then placed the little princess and his "own son" Froakie on Tauros's back, "Tauros, let's set off towards the sunset!"