While Diancie was trying to create a Sacred Diamond, Chen Shi was nowhere near as optimistic as the Diamond Elder.
The Diamond Elder was right that Diancie possessed the ability to create a Sacred Diamond, but could she really do it as she was now?
Chen Shi had his doubts.
Mew, perched on his shoulder, shared those doubts.
Mew gave Diancie a casual glance, chuckled, and shook its head almost imperceptibly.
She wanted to create a Sacred Diamond without even understanding the essence of life?
In her dreams!
Long ago, the First Diancie Queen had told Mew about this.
As the key to the Carbink species' reproduction, a Sacred Diamond could only be created by a Diancie who had grasped the essence of life.
Otherwise, the resulting Sacred Diamond would be nothing more than a pretty stone, with no real use.
"..."
Sure enough, once Diancie successfully turned the phantom image into a solid object, the Diamond Elder hurried over impatiently, staring at the diamond in her hands.
Its eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation.
Yet after only a brief inspection, the anticipation in the Diamond Elder's eyes turned to utter shock.
To its disbelief, it discovered that this was not a true Sacred Diamond, but merely an ordinary red diamond.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?!"
The Diamond Elder could hardly believe its eyes and examined it carefully for a while longer.
Helplessly, it realized that this really was just an ordinary diamond.
Diancie stood rooted to the spot, cradling the diamond, her eyes full of bewilderment.
"Why? I've already become a Diancie, so why can't I create a Sacred Diamond?"
Unable to accept her failure, she refused to give up and tried again.
Again and again!
But even after Diancie was utterly exhausted and had