"Ah?"
When Xerneas finished speaking, the first one to lose composure was neither Diancie nor Su Hao.
It was Celebi, who had been eagerly watching the drama. The news was so explosive that it failed to sit steadily, then forgot in its shock that it could fly, and plunged headfirst into the ground with a smack.
Not caring about its current posture, Celebi widened its eyes and continued listening in on this earth-shattering revelation.
Celebi's pose
After exchanging a glance with Su Hao, Diancie looked at Xerneas, who seemed to be waiting for her answer, and shook her head.
"Mother, I am not her."
Hearing this, Xerneas nodded in satisfaction, its expression full of approval. "That's right. It is very good that you can see that clearly."
"You are her, yet you are not her."
The almost riddle-like exchange between Xerneas and Diancie nearly burned out Celebi's CPU.
Fortunately, Su Hao beside them gave Xerneas an opening to continue.
After stroking his chin in thought for a moment, Su Hao said thoughtfully, "You mean that Diancie and the First Generation Queen Diancie share some kind of even closer connection, one more intimate than bloodline?"
Xerneas was very pleased that Su Hao had picked up on its meaning. After giving him an appreciative look, it continued, "Correct. Just as across the countless vast parallel universes, broader than the cosmos itself, Diancie's birth in every parallel world is connected to me."
"The First Generation Queen Diancie was a special Carbink that bathed in my Fairy Aura, grasped the true essence of Fairy, and completed a Mutation."
"Afterward, the First Generation Queen Diancie, having completed her Mutation, was embraced by the Carbink and became the first Queen of the Carbink in history."
Xerneas began recounting the beginning of everything.
"At that time, the