Diamond smiled at Zara, her white teeth flashing for a second as she nodded affirmatively. "Um. I know it. Is it surprising?" she asked, her lips curling into a teasing smirk, her expression making Zara blush.
Turning her head away shyly, Zara fidgeted with her fingers like a shy maiden as she uttered a response. "Um. I wasn’t expecting it!"
It was completely unexpected. If Diamond had communicated with her using the universal language, she wouldn’t have had any qualms about it, but her language? Now that was surprising.
She was feeling a bit complicated, and her heart didn’t seem to want to settle. It was as if she had just fallen for someone. This wasn’t true. After all, her heart only had one person, Amir.
And where was he, anyway?
As her thoughts were shifting to Amir, Diamond’s voice sounded. "I am a lady of many talents. So, buckle your seatbelt, for you are in for a wild ride!" she remarked, forcing Zara to turn her head to Diamond before bursting into a chuckle.
Her eyes squinted, her chest heaving not with difficulty in breathing but in immense joy, Zara clasped her hands and replied, "Then I guess I better do so. Who knows what big sis is going to surprise me with?"
Diamond’s lips curled upwards, loving the response and answered, "Then I guess I better not disappoint my lil sis!" her brows rising in mischief.
Seeing the two interacting well, the viewers couldn’t help but feel emotional. They haven’t seen their princess having so much fun and such relaxed in a long time.
As loyal fans, the majority were worried that Zara might not have friends. She didn’t have them honestly, otherwise, they would have seen them in her daily broadcasts.
She was always accompanying them, and at times it gets worrisome. After all, she had lost so much because of her illness. And now that she was recovering, didn’t she deserve to have friends as well?
Even kids younger than her do have friends.
With the two teasing each other, they trudged towards the huge oak door which had a plaque on it, beautifully written, ’GEM GALLERY’ making those seeing it curious as to what kind of gems were inside.
When Zara saw it, rather than dying of curiosity about it, she turned her head slightly, bringing Diamond into her view and asked, her head tilting to the side. "Sis, are there gems inside?"
When the question was posed, Diamond was taken by surprise, that a glint of astonishment flashed through her eyes before a smile beamed on her face.
’How can she be so funny and cute?’ Diamond wondered amusedly as she stopped in her tracks facing the door, which was yet to be opened.
Nevertheless, the answer still needed to be said. After all, how could she let the pretty lady hurt her neck for long when she knew the answer already?
Pasting a mysterious smile on her face, Diamond raised her eyebrows as she responded, "How about we go inside and check?" her tone teasing before adding, "You never know what surprises the manor has for us!"
Upon hearing that, Zara sulkily pouted as she straightened her head. "Hmph!" harrumphing at how stingy Diamond was when it came to spilling the beans.
Diamond didn’t give in at all but stubbornly pushed the wheelchair as she said to no one in particular, "Open the door!" her tone commanding, while inwardly rejoicing. She was about to show off.
When the command was issued, what first came to mind to Zara’s team was to rush towards the oak door which looked confusing to the eyes since there was no way to tell where the doorknob was since the door just looked the same from all perspectives.
However, before they could open their mouths and ask, the door suddenly creaked open and, under the watchful eyes of many, the door slid open automatically, rendering everyone speechless once again.
"Sis, is this door perhaps controlled by an AI assistant as well?" Zara blurted her thoughts as she looked at Diamond with awe.
Diamond chuckled lightly as she pushed Zara towards the sliding door and answered, "Um. A special AI assistant controls most of the things at the manor. Your butler will tell you more about this," giving a bit of insight into what was happening there.
Surely upon hearing that, Zara’s eyes were filled with amazement as she asked, "This... then can we as guests command the AI?" very curious about this thing.
Her family were into this kind of business and as far as she was concerned, it wasn’t everyone who could control the AI. Someone needs to have command and control over it, this way, preventions can be made in misuse of the AI no matter how small or significant it is.
"Not really. You need to be a special VIP for you to command it. There are some instructions that you can give to the AI, especially the one in charge of your courtyard. You ..." Diamond began to offer a free lesson to Zara, which opened her eyes more. "We will continue that later; the gallery is in front of us!"
Diamond stopped after a while as she reminded Zara, who seemed more interested in this topic than the gallery which they all came to see.


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