Chapter 475: Face-Face Fruit, Activate
"Sorry Will, I didn't know..."
Diancie lowered her head disappointedly.
"There's nothing to apologize for."
Will reached out and gently patted her head.
Hard.
And it didn't even make much sound when patted.
Not easy to pat.
Won't pat anymore.
"Let me explain, the World's Eternal Tree does not exist in other regions."
Majima, who had once traveled the world, stepped forward and continued,
"But underground worlds also exist in other regions."
"The only thing in this world that can conduct light sources underground is not only the World's Eternal Tree, but also a thing called 'Tree of Beginning Crystal'."
"That ubiquitous stone can absorb and store sunlight and specific energy, and then periodically conduct it underground or to other locations; it can even use the stored solar energy to spontaneously combust."
"However, the day and night of underground worlds in other regions are different from the surface; it depends on the cycle of that kind of stone releasing the light source."
"Don't know what relationship these 'Tree of Beginning Crystals' have with the World's Eternal Tree? I also heard this name from an Aura Guardian back then."
"According to the oldest Elder of our clan's speculation, the Tree of Beginning Crystal and the World's Eternal Tree are products born from the same era. However, from my own observation, the time the underground worlds in other regions were born is much later than those in the Kalos region, and the number is also much smaller."
Listening to Majima's explanation.
Will couldn't help nodding.
This is right.
He was just thinking just now.
If the roots of the Sunlight Tree could even spread to other regions, then this tree would be too terrifying; hard to imagine what its canopy is.
But if it's only in the Kalos region, then it's understandable.
Its canopy might be a certain mountain, a certain piece of land, a certain forest, a certain flower field...
All are possible.
Not limited to necessarily being a part of a plant.
After all, the main body of the Tree of Beginning is a big rock.
However, the Tree of Beginning Crystals still maintaining the survival of some underground worlds is something Will hadn't heard from the Tree of Beginning in the past.
The Tree of Beginning Crystals will periodically emit light, conduct energy...
These are all things Will knew and personally experienced.
Back then, Sir Aaron exactly used the Aura energy conducted by the Tree of Beginning Crystals to quell the war.
The Tree of Beginning also used crystals to conduct sunlight, adding a little warm color to Will's final slumber in his third life.
'That guy the Tree of Beginning is really not a good friend, not even telling me such an interesting thing.'
Will complained internally, then asked another doubt:
"Majima, do you know what's going on with those Pokémon in the underground world? For example, the Tyrantrum and Tyrunt clan, they shouldn't have had the Rock typing in the past, right? Why do they have it now?"
Back then.
Will had seen some resurrected fossil Pokémon in the Alola region.
Basically, every one of them had the Rock typing.
This is not surprising.
After all, the Pokédex already explicitly stated [Pokémon restored through fossils generally possess the Rock typing]; being sealed in rock for a long time has altered the genes of these Pokémon to some extent.
Only those composite fossil Pokémon resurrected by combining fossils in the future don't possess the Rock typing.
But after coming to this underground world.
Will found that Tyrantrum and Tyrunt had no difference from those fossil-resurrected individuals; they seemed to equally possess the Rock typing.
"Isn't it very normal to have the Rock typing? If they didn't possess such a typing, how could they survive in this underground world full of ores everywhere?"
Majima didn't feel strange about this at all,
"No matter what typing they were in the past, in order to adapt to the changes in the survival environment, in order to better continue the species, and even to be able to digest ores as food, their genes of course also had to change. Therefore, an extra typing like Rock appeared; this is actually a human research finding."
Majima turned his head to look at Cynthia.
Seemingly wondering why this human didn't know this matter.
"I only saw someone mention the existence of the underground world in some miscellaneous essays; I thought it was fantasized." Blonde-kun shook her head blankly.
"Perhaps Monet and the others would know."
Will was also stunned for a moment.
Regarding the existence of the underground world.
Although Will saw it for the first time, it wasn't to the point of being unacceptable, just somewhat amazed.
After all, organisms can exist in places like the Diamond Domain, the moving castle in the sea, and inside the Tree of Beginning.
A mere underground primeval world is nothing strange.
Even if in the future in the deep sea, he saw a huge landmass wrapped in a bubble, with various land Pokémon surviving and reproducing on it.
That would also be within his psychological tolerance.
But having expectations is one thing.
Actually seeing it is another.
Having lived for nearly two hundred years.
Will came to a real underground world for the first time; inevitably there would be more things he didn't understand.
In his previous lives, he had never heard any news about underground worlds either.
"Then do you guys have any other business? If there's nothing else, we are going to take Her Highness the Princess back."
"No!"
Diancie shouted loudly, then reached out and hugged Will's tail, looking up at him,
"Will, you promised me."
"Ahem, it's like this, since Diancie wants to go out to play so much, how about letting her follow by our side and go out together?"
Will of course kept his promises, hurriedly speaking.
"No problem, you guys will be in charge for the next few days..."
Majima nodded, then turned his head to order the dozen or so Carbink surrounding them.
But before he finished speaking, Will hurriedly interrupted:
"Wait, too many people will be very conspicuous. You should know there are many humans and Pokémon on the surface who want to capture you guys and Diancie; having Cynthia and me to protect her is enough."
This is a fact.
With such a bunch of Carbink following, it's simply being afraid people wouldn't know the Princess of the Diamond Domain is traveling.
One must know there are people in the world specifically keeping an eye on Carbink, just to find the legendary Princess of the Diamond Domain, Diancie.
"What? No! Insufficient defense."
Majima immediately shook his head.
"It's enough; even adding up this ring of Carbink around here, they still can't beat me."
Will swept a glance around.
Over a dozen Carbink, looking cute is true.
But without some strength in them.
Could this underground world become chaotic because of them?
Could those ancient Pokémon willingly migrate?
None of the dozen or so Carbink were lower than Lv. 60; uniformly Gym Leader-level Pokémon.
This kind of protection is indeed very strong, plus Diancie herself is a Champion-level Mythical beast; the number of people in the Kalos region who could kidnap this Princess of the Diamond Domain probably doesn't exceed one hand.
"That also won't do! Defense work cannot be competent just by having strong strength! These guards of ours are elites carefully selected from the Diamond Domain! Whether it's reconnaissance ability or the ability to read people, they are all at the top level!"
"Coincidentally, I have Aura Power; reconnaissance ability and reading people are both what I'm good at."
"...You are an Aura Guardian?"
Majima froze for a moment, tilting his head doubtfully.
"Lucario are mostly Aura Guardians, don't you know a lot?"
"Very ashamed, I have never met an Aura Guardian like you; looks like I still have a lot to learn."
"Then about this matter?"
"If it's Lord Aura Guardian..."
Majima hesitated for a long time, fully over ten seconds.
Looks like his heart was suffering and struggling very much; ultimately, not feeling at ease still took a heavier proportion.
"Give me face."
Will reached out and patted Majima's little head.
Face-Face Fruit.
Activate.
"Majima~"
Diancie swayed her body acting coquettishly to Majima.
"...Okay, Your Highness the Princess must follow by Lord Aura Guardian's side, absolutely do not run around everywhere, otherwise won't let you out again for the next thousand years!"
"A thousand years?! I won't run around!"
Diancie was startled, her two gem-like big eyes full of panic.
A thousand years is also a very long time for her.
Not being able to go out for so long.
Wouldn't that be as uncomfortable as killing her!
"Sigh~ Your Highness the Princess has really grown up. A grown-up girl is like a fledgling that can fly. There's a saying among humans... clumsy birds fly early!"
"..."
Will and Cynthia were silent.
"Majima, I am not a little bird, nor am I clumsy."
Diancie said innocently.
"This is just a metaphor. Sigh, Your Highness the Princess, you still have a lot to learn; I will slowly teach you when you come back from playing this time."
Majima shook his head, pretending to be profound, then they looked at Will and Cynthia again,
"When Your Highness the Princess wants to come back, please send her to the cave entrance where you came in; I will arrange manpower to wait nearby."
"Okay."
Will nodded.
"Then, farewell forever!"
Majima nodded, turned around, and bounced away taking the other Carbink with him.
He had to go back and inform the subjects of the underground Diamond Domain that Her Highness the Princess had been found and was currently by Lord Aura Guardian's side,
So everyone wouldn't need to worry.
"Farewell forever~"
Diancie waved her little hand saying goodbye to Majima, then turned to Will and said,
"I heard in the history of our Diamond Domain, there have always been some outsiders holding the position of Elder, including Aura Guardians; probably that's why Majima agreed."
"..."
Will and Cynthia watched Majima and the others leave, exchanging a glance.
Whether Elder or not is not the main point.
The main point is, are your word choices correct?
"Diancie, at times like this you should say 'goodbye', not 'farewell forever', you know?"
Cynthia reached out holding one of Diancie's little hands.
"Why?"
"Because..."
Cynthia explained to the Diancie who had already learned things crookedly.
Will beside turned his head looking somewhere.
He was judging the direction back.
The "sky" was getting darker.
According to the previous agreement.
They had to rush back to the waterway to rendezvous with Monet and the others at dusk.
"Cynthia, Diancie, we should go."
"Okay~"
Stepped onto the journey back.
As the light dimmed, this underground world also gradually revealed its ferocious side.
The figures of Aerodactyl flying past started appearing in the sky.
Pokémon also quickly brushed past in the bushes nearby.
The hunting time of the underground world seemed to only start at night.
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