Enhancement

That evening, after battling another seven or eight students his age, Su Hao and Carbink trudged home, exhausted.

Su Hao's father probably would not be home for the next few days. Poachers had recently been spotted in the Nature Reserve near Yang City, and as the officially appointed local Gym Leader, Su Hao's father was certainly going to join the search.

As for Su Hao's mother—Ms. Su Qing—she was often away from home as well.

As a research doctor studying the mysteries of Pokémon evolution, Ms. Su Qing often went into Shelter for long periods. Su Hao had long since grown used to it.

When he returned to his room, Su Hao found that a small bed had appeared beside his own.

Su Hao felt a warmth in his heart. He had only mentioned it to his father last night, yet it had been prepared so quickly. His father must have specifically instructed the housekeeper to handle it before leaving on his mission.

Carbink, who entered after Su Hao, saw the extra little bed in the room and looked at Su Hao in delight.

"That's right, Dad prepared this little bed for you. When he comes home in a few days, we'll thank him together."

Su Hao explained that it was something his father had prepared.

"Neh neh~!" (When Dad comes home, Carbink will thank him!)

"Then go see if it's comfortable." Su Hao gestured for Carbink to try it out.

Carbink lay down on the little bed, and Su Hao tucked the small blanket over it.

Before long, Carbink had fallen peacefully asleep.

Su Hao figured that today's battles had drained a great deal of its energy, and Carbink was tired enough to fall asleep the moment it touched the bed.

As he thought this, Su Hao took a fist-sized pink diamond from the System Space.

After taking out the diamond, Su Hao placed it beside Carbink.

The moment the pink diamond came into contact with Carbink, it began releasing gentle energy that surrounded it.

That was right. This was the Pink Diamond from the Beginner's Gift Pack the system had given him after he obtained his Starter Pokémon. Its Rare Rock and Fairy Energy were exceptionally compatible with Carbink.

Seeing Carbink begin to absorb the energy unconsciously, Su Hao opened its Information Panel.

Pokémon: [Carbink] [Mutation 6.5%]

Type: [Rock, Fairy]

Gender: [None]

Ability: [Clear Body]

Level: [8]

Moves: [Tackle, Harden, Dazzling Gleam, Meteor Beam, Reflect, Light Screen, Ancient Power...]

After a day of battles, Carbink's level had risen from five to eight.

At the same time, its progress toward mutating into Diancie had increased by 0.5%.

Su Hao had specifically asked the system whether there was any way to accelerate the mutation process besides waiting for the Diancie Mega Stone to gradually increase its progress.

The system had answered that there was. The ten Pink Diamonds it had initially given him could increase the mutation speed by absorbing their energy, because the energy within the Pink Diamonds came from Mega Diancie.

At the same time, battling and leveling up could also speed up Carbink's mutation.

That was because Carbink was different. Before it was born and throughout its infancy, it had constantly been bathed in Xerneas's Fairy Aura. The "lock" that prevented it from becoming Diancie had already been unlocked.

Other Carbink were different. Without unlocking that "lock," no amount of leveling up would allow them to mutate into Diancie.

In short, Carbink had long possessed the conditions to become Diancie. The system merely accelerated the process.