Arc Of Embodiment (Hiatus) - Chapter 52

-Orario-

The next day, Jaune and company were excited to head into the Dungeon again. Ruby and the others even made a plan to slay the Frog Shooters, it was a crazy plan, but an effective one, Jaune was just worried that they may get hurt since one of them is going to act as bait to lure the attention of the Frog Shooter while another is to eliminate it from behind.

Although Jaune was worried, he knew that they need to do this since it is the only way they can push their body over the limit, if they don’t, then they’ll be stuck at the mortal stage. Jaune didn’t want that since he wanted to bring them to more beautiful worlds, but those worlds pose a massive threat that they don’t have the strength to counter.

While the others were preparing to head to the dungeon for the day, Jaune decided to walk around Orario and maybe visit Hephaestus later. While walking around the city, Jaune truly likes the sight of different races getting along, but Jaune also knew that there are those that belittle the weaker race such as the Pallum.

After walking for a bit, Jaune decided to head to the Hostess of Fertility to have something to eat and bring back later when he returns. When he entered the pub, he was greeted by Ryuu Lion, Jaune remembers her from the anime.

“Welcome to the Hostess of Fertility,” Ryuu said.

“Hello,” Jaune said.

“Are you the only one?” Ryuu asked.

“Yeah,” Jaune said while nodding his head.

“Then follow me. Would you like a table or sit at the bar?” Ryuu asked.

“Can I eat at the bar or do I need to sit at a table to eat?” Jaune asked.

“Ah, you can eat at the bar, that’s no problem at all,” Ryuu said.

“Then I’ll sit at the bar,” Jaune said.

“I see, if that’s the case then you can make your order directly to Mama Mia,” Ryuu said.

Jaune sat down at the bar and ordered directly to Mia Grand. The amount of food that he ordered was quite shocking since he ordered everything on the menu and there were about thirteen listed items on the menu for the day.

“Kid, can you finish all those dishes? I don’t like people that order too much and ends up discarding the leftover,” Mia said.

“That’s no problem at all since I plan to eat all of it and order some for takeout,” Jaune said.

“Alright then, but if you waste any food then I’ll ban you from my establishment,” Mia said.

Since it was early in the morning, there was not a lot of customers, that’s why Jaune’s food arrived quickly, the food that arrived are Fried Noodles, Fried Fish, Roast Pork, etc… Jaune scarfed down everything he ordered, it may not be as great as his, but it was good enough and it was nice to eat something cooked by someone else from time to time, he even ordered some Fruit Liquor.

While enjoying his food, a certain white-haired boy and his Loli goddess arrived in the Hostess of Fertility. When the white-haired boy saw Jaune he got excited and called his name.

“Jaune-san!” Bell shouted. Jaune looked at him and called him over to sit next to him.

“Hey, Bell. How’ve you been since the Dungeon incident?” Jaune asked.

“I’ve been doing well!” Bell said. Then Hestia stare at Jaune and started to inspect him.

“What are you doing?” Jaune asked.

“So, you’re the guy that saved Bell-kun from the minotaur? I don’t see it. How did you even save him when you don’t even have any Falna from a God or Goddess?” Hestia asked curiously.

“Absorbing Excelia of monsters aren’t the only way to become strong, for example, me, I can fight against that so-called King Ottar with ease and he wouldn’t even be able to put a scratch on me,” Jaune said.

The people in the pub that heard what Jaune said was cursing him in their heart for bragging. ‘Defeat Ottar? How laughable!’, ‘I bet I can beat that prick even if I’m Level 1! You don’t even have a God’s Falna!’, these were some of the mocking words they are all thinking about Jaune.

To Hestia, Jaune’s words weren’t a joke at all, she couldn’t sense any lies to what he said. She believed that Jaune is either really strong and confident or he is stupid to believe that he would be able to beat the strongest adventurer in Orario without a scratch.

Jaune was able to feel all the mocking stares of the people near him. Normally Jaune wouldn’t care if people believe him or not, but he wanted to teach all the ȧsshole in his vicinity a lesson.

Jaune flared his aura a bit and those in the area regretted mocking Jaune immediately since they felt the power coming from him, even Mia Grand who was a Level 6 was having a hard time just remaining upright. The pressure that Jaune was emitting was not even close to what he flared when he was at the ORC and a Level 6 was already struggling to stand.

Bell and Hestia though aren’t affected since Jaune put an invisible barrier on them, this protected them from the pressure that everyone was feeling. Looking around, Bell and Hestia didn’t know what was going on since they couldn’t feel anything. Even Ryuu and the others from the back can feel the aura of Jaune.

“P-Please…S-Stop!” Mia Grand begged.

Jaune did as Mia asked. Everyone in the pub started getting scared of Jaune since not even a Level 6 can emit such a terrifying aura, and from looking at Jaune, they can tell that he wasn’t even serious, he was just playing with them.

“Eh? What’s wrong with all of you?” Hestia asked.

“A-ask the person beside you?!” Mia shouted.

“What are they talking about?” Hestia asked after turning towards Jaune.

“Ha-ha-ha! Don’t worry about it. I just showed them what it means to piss off a person stronger than them,” Jaune said with a laugh.

“Uhm, Jaune-san? What did you do to them?” Bell asked.

“Nothing much. I just released my aura to suppress them,” Jaune said nonchalantly.

“That’s so cool! Do you think I’ll be able to do something like that in the future, Jaune-san?” Bell asked.

“Drop the honorific. Just call me Jaune, from where I come from, we don’t use such suffixes. And to answer your question… Yes, yes you can as long as you work hard to get stronger,” Jaune said honestly, after all, the amount of aura he used was only a small amount that others can achieve.

“I-I…I know that we’ve only known each other for a short time, but can I ask you a favour?” Bell asked.

“Sure, go ahead. As long it’s nothing bad, I don’t mind helping,” Jaune said.

“Alright then…Can you help me train?!” Bell shouted with determination in his eyes. He believes that if there was anyone that can help him get stronger, it would be the person that he’s trying to catch up to.

“Are you sure about that? I’ll warn you now. When I train someone, I train them to exceed their limit time and time again, which means that the training regime you’ll get would get harder and harder each day. And I don’t like training people who complain about the training being too hard, if you complain even once, I’ll stop training you, are you alright with that?” Jaune said and asked.

Ooooooh! Jaune’s been waiting for this moment. He wanted to see if Bell would ask Jaune to train him or if he would still be interested in Ais. From the looks of it, Bell has no interest in Ais at all. But Jaune can tell that Liaris Freese is active, which means the feeling doesn’t have to be about love, it can be anything and as long as he holds on to that feeling he would get stronger.

‘Well, shit! It’s a good thing that such a skill did not end up with a psycho,’ Jaune thought. The implication of such a thought would be horrible if it becomes reality.

“I understand!” Bell said.

“Alright then, if you’re sure…come to this address and I’ll test you if you’re worth training. If I believe that you aren’t worth training, then I won’t train you,” Jaune said while handing a piece of paper to Bell.

“Anyway, I’m heading out in a bit. I plan to visit a Hephaestus for a little chat,” Jaune said. He then made more orders to Mama Mia to take away. Jaune did need to worry about the food going cold since he can just store it in his storage ring or his nanite storage.

“You know Hephaestus?” Hestia asked. She knows Hephaestus best since they’ve been friends for a long time, she’s never heard of Hephaestus being friends with a person named Jaune before.

“Yeah. We met a few days ago when I arrived here in Orario. We made a business deal then I helped her with some issue, after that, we’ve been friends since,” Jaune said, he was finally finished eating his food and is now just waiting for the takeaway.

After the takeaway food was given to Jaune, he headed out in the direction of Hephaestus Manor. The people inside the pub were finally able to relax.. Although Jaune released his aura, the atmosphere was still tense since they were afraid that Jaune might do something again if they were to do something wrong.