Manor Lord in the Pokémon World

Chapter 190 The Kingdom's Treasury

After Tianshi left the kingdom to embark on a long journey in search of infinite energy, the responsibility of daily management and defense of the Diamond Kingdom fell on the shoulders of the cabinet members headed by Minister Fred.

The loyal and devoted old minister knew the weight of his responsibility, and dared not slacken his efforts, especially in military defense.

It insists on training the Little Diamond Guard, maintaining and reinforcing the crystal barrier and early warning facilities around the kingdom, and always guarding against possible threats from the outside world.

Therefore, when the strangely shaped, enormous steel spaceship landed abruptly in the central square of the kingdom with a roar, the entire diamond mining nation's emergency response mechanism was instantly activated.

Within minutes of Minister Fred's arrival, the well-trained Little Diamond Guard swarmed out from the various crystal outposts and quickly surrounded the spaceship.

So when Ark recovered from the dizziness of the space jump and stepped off the spaceship, he saw a group of small diamonds wearing silver-white armor, holding weapons that looked like pens, and even a few holding hoes, all looking at him with hostile eyes.

"Drill!" (A human! It's actually a human!)

Upon seeing a human step off the spaceship, the little diamonds became even more panicked and wary.

Then, they saw a blue Kirlia peek out from behind the human, curiously looking at the scene below the spaceship.

A steel head also peeked out from the right, belonging to a Cocodora, its eyes also filled with curiosity.

Seeing the little diamonds were hostile towards him and pointing unknown weapons at him, Ark quickly raised his hands to show that he had no hostility, and stepped aside to make way for Diancie behind him.

Almost at the same time, Minister Fred finally arrived at the outer edge of the square, panting heavily.

It pushed aside the layers of guards in front of it, and was about to ask about the situation when its gaze unexpectedly passed over the strange human and landed on the figure behind him who was calmly walking down the gangway.

The familiar pink diamond body, the small crown, the flowing ribbons...

Fred's blue fur around his neck bristled with excitement. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief with his short paws, then let out a cry that echoed throughout the square: "Her Majesty the Queen!!! Her Majesty the Queen has returned!!!"

What?! Your Majesty!

Its shout immediately caused a stir among the surrounding crowd, who all tried to jump up and down to get a clear look at Her Majesty the Queen's face.

"Alright, Fred, these are my friends. Let them all step back."

Fangzhou stared in surprise at Diancie as she slowly descended, sensing that her demeanor had changed once again after arriving in the kingdom.

As if she were a completely different person from the one who was just playing cards in a spaceship, Diancie was now truly like a queen. Her tone was calm and unremarkable, but it gave people an irresistible sense of majesty.

As soon as Her Majesty spoke, the surrounding little diamonds put away their weapons and lined up on both sides, clearing a path for Her Majesty.

Under Fred's direction, the other people with small diamonds were also guided to leave in an orderly manner, and the square quickly returned to its usual cleanliness and tranquility.

Then, at Diancie's signal, the Ark's group boarded an extremely luxurious vehicle.

The car is sculpted from pure white crystal, and the wheels are four perfectly cut pink diamonds, shimmering with an extremely luxurious halo under the light refracted by the surrounding crystals.

There was no Pokémon traction or obvious power source in sight, but once Diancie and Ark were seated, the car began to roll smoothly and automatically forward, slowly driving along a wide avenue toward the magnificent palace above, which was formed naturally from countless giant crystal clusters.

Minister Fred also got into the car and sat to the side and behind Tianxi.

It first bowed respectfully to the Queen, then raised its eyes and quickly glanced at the Ark and the two Pokémon.

Fred adjusted his tone and said in a serious manner, as if reporting official business, "Your Majesty, your return is just in time. There is something I need to report to you."

It paused, then said, "Your Highness, it...it's gone...Just earlier today, I was only handling a few urgent documents, and in the blink of an eye, Your Highness vanished from the crystal study where you study! We've searched the entire palace and several places it frequents, but we haven't found it..."

Diancie listened quietly, without showing any surprise on her face.

It simply raised one hand and tapped its fingertips in the air a few times. As if summoned, several extremely fine pink particles of light quietly gathered from the air, the ground, and even the distant crystals, swirling and flowing around its fingertips.

Diancie closed her eyes and concentrated for a moment, as if reading the information left in the light particles.

A moment later, it opened its eyes again, a helpless smile appearing on its lips.

"It's alright, Fred. The child used the 'Diamond Mirror' trick again. Her real body is currently hidden in the shadow of the third crystal pillar on the east side of the Eternal Spring. Just have the guards quietly go and fetch her back without making a sound."

Upon hearing this, Fred was first taken aback, then suddenly realized, a complex expression of shame and relief appearing on his face. He quickly nodded, "Yes! Yes! Your subject failed to see through Her Highness's illusion... I will take care of it immediately!"

It bowed hastily and hurried off to arrange manpower.

Kirlia, standing to the side, looked on with longing.

This is the Queen!

Although the kingdom was running smoothly under the leadership of Fred and the other little diamonds, the return of the Queen gave the kingdom a new sense of direction.

With a wave of its hand, every blade of grass and every tree in the entire kingdom, even every particle in the air, becomes its eyes and ears!

The vehicle slowly made its way into the palace, greeted by a multitude of tiny diamonds.

After passing through the bright and magnificent main hall and the long corridor decorated with diamond murals of past queens, they arrived at a relatively secluded side hall deep inside the palace.

A large, seemingly heavy door blocked the way, inlaid with intricate geometric patterns. At its center was a massive lock made of some kind of dark copper alloy, its design simple and ancient, exuding a sense of historical weight.

It's obvious at a glance that something valuable is being kept behind the door.

Could this be the royal treasury of a diamond-mining nation?

Fang Zhou secretly wondered what was going on, feeling both curious and finding it somewhat illogical that Diancie had brought them directly to the treasure vault.

However, instead of taking out the key, Tianxi reached out and gently waved her hand at the heavy brass lock.

A soft pink beam of light shot from its fingertip and disappeared into the keyhole.

"Click...click click..."

A soft hum of machinery turning came from inside the door; it seemed as if countless intricate gears were meshing and rotating inside the massive bronze lock.

A few seconds later, with a "clang", the brass lock automatically unlocked and fell onto a prepared plush mat.

Then, the heavy door slowly opened inwards with a loud rumble.

As the door gap widened, the interior gradually came into view.

However, what came into view was not the glittering, mountain-like treasure that Fangzhou had imagined.