“The League’s been like that these past few years. I’ll put pressure on them later.”
Diantha smiled as she smoothly took the report from Cynthia’s hand.
Seeing Diantha didn’t seem inclined to read it, Cynthia added, “It’s not really connected to the attack.”
“Mostly, during the incident, there seemed to be suspicious activity near the forest. Could be poachers.”
Normally, Cynthia might have linked the Legendaries rampage to those “suspicious people.”
But right now, those two Pokémon were still curled up obediently in the Hisui Region, waiting for Elias to give them orders.
Naturally, she had no such worries.
When Cynthia looked like she wanted to say more, Diantha offered a gentle smile and asked first, “And your little boyfriend?”
“It’s been so many days. How come I still haven’t seen him?”
Diantha’s expression turned openly curious.
She’d assumed Cynthia’s boyfriend was sensible—someone who knew better than to interrupt his Champion girlfriend while she was buried in serious work.
But for him not to show up at all after this many days… that was odd.
Had they fought?
Diantha couldn’t help worrying for her friend.
“You mean Elias?”
“These past two days… he’s been tied up with something. It’ll probably be a while before he comes to see me.”
At the sound of his name, Cynthia pressed her lips together.
If there hadn’t been so much piled up here, she’d originally planned to wait and come back together after he woke up.
“As long as you didn’t fight—wait. What’s his name?!”
Diantha had just started to relax, but then something clicked. Her eyes snapped wide as she stared at Cynthia.
“E-Elias…”
Cynthia jolted too, startled by her friend’s reaction.
“What—what is it? Do you… know him?”
She asked carefully.
“Elias… Elias… Elias… Elias…”
Diantha murmured under her breath, her delicate brows knitting together.
It wasn’t that she was being paranoid. The names were literally the same.
But…
“Sorry. I’m overthinking it.”
Diantha shook her head, forcing the thought down.
From what Cynthia said, he was only a rookie Trainer who’d done well in a major tournament.
And he was also much younger than Cynthia.
But Elias… back when Diantha was still a girl, he’d already looked like a young man—someone from the same generation as Lysandre.
The age gap was just too large.
Besides, back then, something had happened to him right in front of Diancie.
So no matter how similar the names were, they couldn’t possibly be the same person.
It was like Lysandre and Pyroar—no matter how alike they seemed, Lysandre still wasn’t going to breathe out a perfectly pure Flamethrower.
Watching Diantha suddenly look faintly lost, Cynthia scratched her head in confusion.
Was Diantha… jealous she was dating someone?
It felt possible!
“When this… Elias comes to see you, remember to bring him over so I can meet him.”
After a moment, Diantha waved a hand.
With a name the same as Elias’s, she wanted to see what kind of person he was.
“I remember he has a Gardevoir, right?”
“I can give him a few pointers, too~”
Talking about her strong suit seemed to lift Diantha’s mood a little.
Even the Gardevoir beside her raised her chin proudly.
Hearing that, Cynthia’s expression slowly turned… strange.
Giving pointers to Elias’s Gardevoir…
An image surfaced unbidden: a shiny Gardevoir trading blows evenly with Giratina.
“Y-Yeah. Then I’ll leave it to you.”
For some reason, she was looking forward to that scene.
…
After parting with Cynthia, Diantha walked all the way to a café in the city center.
“Diancie, you need to keep a lower profile lately.”
She rubbed her temple and sighed, conflicted, at the Pokémon across from her—cloaked in a cape.
On Diantha’s right lay the report Cynthia had handed her earlier.
She didn’t need to guess who the “suspicious people” were. They were Diancie’s people, without question.
Across the table—Diancie took a small sip of coffee, her expression unchanged. Her eyes swept over the report, then slid away.
“I’ve already found Yveltal. This time, it won’t get away.”
Her tone was flat, as if she were talking about something trivial.
Diantha paused, then let out a helpless sigh.
Looking at Diancie—so completely different from before—her feelings twisted into something tangled and complicated.
A few years ago, when something happened to Elias, Diancie had fallen into a bleak collapse.
Or rather…
It hadn’t been just her. When Diantha heard the news, she’d been just as fragile.
She’d even missed the Champion award ceremony back then.
But after that, Diancie had somehow learned the legend of the Ultimate Weapon.
That terrifying weapon—said to be able to revive the dead—gave Diancie a new hope when her heart had already turned to ash.
With Team Flare’s cooperation, and the Carbink clan’s vast assets, Diancie’s power had grown rapidly over the past few years.
In no time at all, she’d locked onto Yveltal’s whereabouts again—the Yveltal that had escaped back then.
Thinking of it, Diantha’s fingers curled slightly.
As Champion, she should have stopped Diancie.
If the Ultimate Weapon was activated, no one could estimate the consequences.
But…
The truth was, she’d been turning a blind eye all these years, too.
Not only had she never tried to suppress Diancie and Team Flare—she’d even done her best to ignore reports about them.
“Diancie… you’ve heard the full legend of the Ultimate Weapon, right?”
Letting out a slow breath, Diantha asked evenly.
“At the end of the story, the revived Floette leaves the King of Kalos.”
“She couldn’t accept that, to revive her, the King of Kalos brought disaster upon this land.”
She stared straight into Diancie’s eyes and asked, word by word, “Can you accept that?”
And yet…
There wasn’t the slightest ripple in Diancie’s gaze.
Under Diantha’s stare, those jewel-bright eyes even carried a hint of contempt.
“Elias isn’t Floette. And I won’t be Floette, either.”
Diancie spoke.
A Pokémon that could abandon the Trainer who gave everything to revive her… wasn’t something she had any desire to empathize with.
Just like Elias back then—who was willing to let Yveltal wreak havoc through the forest just to lure out Xerneas.
From start to finish, Diancie had only ever had one goal—
Activate the Ultimate Weapon, and revive her Elias.
—
This is a fan translation of 养老婆见多了，第一次见养boss的 by 是阴哦. All rights to the original work belong to the creator. Please support them by exploring their original work or sharing it with others if you can. Thank you for reading and supporting my efforts to bring this story to a wider audience!
Reader discussion
0 Comments
Be the first reader to share a thought about this chapter.