Chapter 474: The World's Eternal Tree
Just like for a mayfly, a short life is a few days, a long one is no more than a few months.
The whole life in their eyes.
In the eyes of humans, is nothing more than a relatively short period of time.
"Why do you sleep for so long? Isn't it very wasteful? There are clearly so many things you can do."
The short-lived species Cynthia couldn't understand, and even felt it was somewhat a waste of God's gifts.
Time.
How precious it is.
Money can't buy it.
Nothing can be exchanged for it.
"But if I don't sleep, I don't have anything to do either. If I can't go out, then staying in the Diamond Domain is a very boring thing; I can only pass the long years through sleeping."
"Is that so? No wonder Lucario loves to sleep; it seems staying with me is very boring. Hmph~ So that's how it is."
"..."
Will was speechless, his expression somewhat hard to maintain. Although he knew Blonde-kun was saying it on purpose, he still explained,
"Hey hey, I love to sleep purely because sleeping is very comfortable; it's not the same concept as her sleeping. I sleep for a few hours at most."
"Is that so."
The corners of Cynthia's mouth slightly curved up; she tried her best to suppress it.
But she still couldn't help turning her head slightly, afraid Will would see her expression at this time.
Lucario.
Really fun.
His ears even perked up.
"Hehe, the relationship between Will and Cynthia is really good, is this the legendary romance?"
"No."
Will shook his head.
"Does Diancie also understand romance?"
Cynthia reached out and gently touched the pink diamond crown on Diancie's head.
The cool, smooth, yet not moist feel was quite unique.
This is a feeling hard to find on other Pokémon.
"Don't understand, no one in the Diamond Domain understands romance, Majima doesn't understand either."
Diancie shook her head blankly,
"What is romance?"
Silence.
"Do Will and Cynthia not know either?"
Diancie looked at the two beside her strangely.
Will and Cynthia exchanged a glance, both able to see the blankness in each other's eyes.
What romance is, is truly hard to explain clearly.
But if it's "love".
Then everyone can have their own understanding.
After all, love is a matter of one person.
But romance requires two people.
Someone who has always been alone, how could they understand what romance is.
"Romance, truly a mysterious and profound emotion."
Diancie sighed.
Will and Cynthia nodded in unison.
Along the way next, Diancie asked Will and Cynthia all kinds of questions.
She is really a child curious about everything.
She learned too many nouns from Majima.
But merely remembering them, without having experienced them, she couldn't fully understand the concepts within.
"Mishi!"
"Mishi!!"
The voices of a group of Carbink came from the side.
Diancie turned her head to look, so scared her two little ears perked up. She hurriedly hid behind Will, hugging his big tail seeking a sense of security.
"What are they saying?"
Cynthia looked at Will curiously.
"Nothing much, just calling 'Her Highness the Princess'."
"Then why is Diancie so scared?"
"Don't know."
Will shook his head.
His tail was being hugged tightly right now, unable to flick at all.
Not gonna lie.
Diancie's strength is still quite strong. If she really exerted force, her strength would be greater than Will's, and it would be even more impossible for her to be knocked down by a Tyrunt.
Speaking of which, these Pokémon that have lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years, even if they slept their way through every day, it's impossible for them to be weak.
"Because... Majima..."
Diancie cautiously poked out one eye, staring at a Carbink that was currently surrounding them.
Will looked following her gaze.
It was a shorty only 15 centimeters tall.
Although this Carbink was the shortest one, his aura was the most overbearing in the whole place, and at the same time, the aura coming from him was also the strongest.
Will estimated this Carbink's strength might be five or six levels stronger than him.
But if they really fought...
Carbink definitely wouldn't be his opponent.
Being 4x weak to Steel-type, how could he fight him?
The reason Will rarely uses Steel-type moves usually is because the powerful part of the Steel-type lies in its resistances; for offensiveness, Ground-type and Ice-type are still the best to use. But this doesn't mean he is unfamiliar with Steel-type moves.
After all.
In the five lives he lived, he existed as a Steel-type Pokémon for two lives anyway.
The years he spent as a Steel-type Pokémon exceeded a hundred years.
Using these Steel-type moves is like directing his own arm; beating an upper Elite Four Carbink is still not much of a problem.
"Your Highness the Princess! Finally found you! How could you just disappear without saying a word, many subjects were so scared the gems on their bodies dimmed!"
The Carbink named Majima bounced over, seemingly wanting to properly reprimand Diancie.
Then the two of them started running in circles around Will.
"Not allowed to run!"
"No!"
"You have nowhere to run!"
"No!"
Will listened to the surround sound coming to his ears, couldn't help feeling a headache.
"Wow, Majima, can actually speak human language?"
At this time Cynthia beside spoke, which was also a rescue.
But the surprise in Cynthia's heart wasn't fake either.
Because the language of this Carbink just now was different from the "mishi mishi" cries of other Carbink, but very clear and sharp human language.
"That's of course; I am an Elder of the Diamond Domain, I already learned the mere human language eighty years ago."
Hearing this, Majima stopped abruptly, proudly puffing out his chest and raising his head.
Bang!
Diancie, failing to brake in time, knocked Majima down at once.
"Sorry, Majima."
"...It's fine, Your Highness the Princess, we should go back. You've been running out for several days; the subjects of the Diamond Domain are all very worried about you."
Majima got up with Cynthia's help, then entrusted a sentence, and then with hindsight looked at Will and Cynthia,
"Right, may I ask who you two are?"
"This is Will, this is Cynthia, they helped me just now, considered my..."
Diancie couldn't finish her sentence.
Because she couldn't understand what her current relationship with Will and the others was.
"Friends."
Cynthia smiled and supplemented for her.
"Oh~ Her Highness the Princess has finally made friends, this is truly worthy of celebration and congratulation."
Majima nodded gratifyingly.
"Does Diancie not have friends in the Diamond Domain?"
"How can subjects become friends with the Princess?"
Majima said as a matter of course.
In his eyes, all the Carbink in the entire Diamond Domain are not qualified to become friends with Diancie, even he, an Elder of the Diamond Domain, is the same.
"Poor Diancie."
Cynthia shook her head and reached out to hug Diancie.
"No! How can you hug Her Highness the Princess!"
"No! I like this!"
This time Diancie resolutely pushed away the bouncing Majima, then turned around and hugged Cynthia.
The feeling of embracing, this is the first time experiencing it.
The body surface is warm, and the heart is also warm; this feeling is very good.
"Very good! Your Highness the Princess, you finally know how to say 'no' to things you don't like! This is a great growth!"
Majima was pushed away.
Not only was he not angry, but he was actually so moved he almost shed tears.
"Huh?"
"You are the Princess, no one in this world can command you; you must know how to say no to things you don't like!"
Majima pressed his face close and said solemnly.
"Then I want to go out to play alone."
"...No!"
"But you said..."
"No!"
"I hate Majima!"
"Hating is also not allowed!"
Diancie turned her head away, hugging Cynthia's thigh seeking comfort.
Will smiled and shook his head; he finally knew who Diancie learned that speaking style from.
Truly a relationship like father and daughter.
"Majima, do you know a lot of things?"
Will spoke looking at that Carbink.
"That's of course."
Majima proudly raised his head; talking about aura alone, it was fully two meters high!
"How long has this underground world existed?"
"...I don't know exactly how long either, but according to what previous Elders stated, these underground worlds had already existed before our Diamond Domain was born."
Majima's face turned red, shaking his head ashamedly.
"Eh, I thought the Diamond Domain was born longer ago."
Will sighed, then sat cross-legged on the ground, "Can you chat with me about the matters of this underground world, especially that Sunlight Tree."
He was very curious.
Not curious about the existence of this underground world or the existence of the Sunlight Tree.
But curious about.
Why his Aura fluctuated just now.
A fluctuation enough to affect his main body.
Did this fluctuation exactly come from Will himself, or...
Come from its previous owner - Sir Aaron.
"Let me tell it, let me tell it."
At this time Diancie beside excitedly raised her hand and bounced over.
"Okay, then please, Diancie."
Will smiled and nodded.
Then Diancie started telling the story between the Diamond Domain, the underground world, and the Sunlight Tree.
In the legends of the Diamond Domain.
The Sunlight Tree is not called the Sunlight Tree, but the 'World's Eternal Tree'.
This world first had the World's Eternal Tree, and only then the Diamond Domain.
The World's Eternal Tree was born at the end of the ancient era tens of millions of years ago.
It transported sunlight and a massive amount of nutrients from the surface to the underground, and thus many rare ores and these Carbink were born underground.
The Princess of the Diamond Domain, Diancie, is exactly a miracle that appeared among countless rare ores and Carbink.
It is also because of Diancie's existence.
That the Diamond Domain can maintain standing unfallen for tens of thousands of years.
However.
The birth of the underground worlds is earlier than the Diamond Domain.
It's unknown how these underground worlds were born.
Anyway, there are many underground worlds in the Kalos region; just the ones the Diamond Domain has already connected to number over twenty, big and small.
Almost every underground world is able to have space for creatures to survive because of the roots of the World's Eternal Tree.
Their existence indeed allowed countless ancient creatures to continue to this day.
"The Sunlight Tree, is there only this one tree? Do other regions have the existence of Sunlight Trees and underground worlds?"
Will frowned and asked again.
~~~
Get early access to 30+ advanced chapters on Patreon!
https://www.pat-reon.co-m/c/Hollowborn
~~~
Every 5 new reviews = 1 extra chapters
Every 150 Power Stones = 1 extra chapter