Rota City, Cameran Palace.
The castle's banquet hall.
Li Wei and Steven arrived after picking out their outfits.
Li Wei had figured it out: Steven wanted to buy clothes for Diancie.
Li Wei's Elder Uncle was a famous Pokémon Style Designer. Why wouldn't he take advantage of his own family connections?
Li Wei had actually asked his Elder Uncle to design an outfit for Diancie to wear in Pokémon Contests.
But he had come out to teach this time, and the trip to Cameran Palace had been unplanned, so Li Wei hadn't brought Diancie's formal dress.
Since the banquet was that very evening, there was no time to have anything custom-made. They could only buy something ready-made.
Dressed in period clothing, Steven pinned his Key Stone brooch to his collar.
Diancie, whose fur already resembled a skirt, changed into a princess dress and even put on a wig with twin ponytails.
Standing before a full-length mirror, Diancie lifted the skirt and gave an elegant curtsy.
Steven praised the look. "You look lovely, but I don't think you need the wig. It hides the crown-like diamonds on your head."
Diancie took his advice and removed the wig.
With a helmet covering part of the head, Sirfetch'd looked even more like a true knight.
Lucario, on the other hand, wore no costume at all.
Lucario was also the only species of Pokémon that could attend the banquet without dressing up.
After all, apart from Sir Aaron, the story of the Hero of Aura had another central figure-Lucario.
Shaymin wore a hat made of pink and white flowers.
The distinctive thing about this hat was... its height.
Even standing on all fours, Shaymin wasn't as tall as the hat.
Like Brock, Li Wei chose a period-style cape.
His clothes underneath stayed pretty much