Arc Of Embodiment (Hiatus) - Chapter 69

Jaune’s been thinking. In the DxDverse, isn’t there a magic that can transform a Youkai, Dragon, and other species into Human? Can’t he use that to help the Xenos blend into the city of Orario? The only problem with this plan is that he doesn’t know how to use transformation magic, but he believes Rossweisse may know.

“I’m sorry, Jaune. Being a Valkyrie, I’ve never needed transformation magic to blend into human society as we look Human,” Rossweisse said.

“Do you know anyone that knows how to use transformation magic?” Jaune asked.

“What about Koneko? I believe she can use transformation magic to hide her ears and tail,” Rossweisse said.

“That’s right! Thanks, Rossweisse! I’ll go and ask Koneko if she can teach her transformation magic,” Jaune said.

Jaune then looked for Koneko, who was in her room. When he entered her room, he saw that she was reading a book, it was a book from Remnant’ The Man with Two Souls’, she was enjoying it.

“Koneko?” Jaune said.

“Hmm? Is there something you need, Jaune?” Koneko asked.

“How much do you know about transformation magic?” Jaune asked.

“Plenty. I can use it to transform my entire body into a different species if I need,” Koneko said.

“Can you teach me how to use transformation magic?” Jaune asked.

“That’s not a problem. Transformation magic isn’t that hard to do, as long as you know what you want to transform into, and the more you know about the being you are transforming into, the better,” Koneko said.

Koneko then proceeded to teach Jaune transformation magic. Just like Koneko said, it was that complicated. It didn’t even require the usage of magic circles.

Jaune entered the Gate of Babylon and headed to the Garden City of Hanging Babylon. He saw that the Xenos were happily farming in the flatlands, while other Xenos, similar to Ray, happily flew around. Seeing this view made him smile. He would rather see this kind of view rather than a fake view like the one in Akame ga Kill.

Jaune then gathered all the Xenos. He told them that he found a way to help them blend in with the surface dwellers. He then showed them transformation magic, this got a lot of the Xenos excited, but some are afraid that they might still get spotted.

Jaune told them that it isn’t detectable. As soon as they transform into Humans, they are going to be indistinguishable from other Humans. The words of Jaune made them feel at ease, as Jaune has never lied to them and has genuinely been helping them. Even Gros was starting to trust Jaune, even if it wasn’t by a lot. Nonetheless, it is progress.

After teaching them for a day, none of the Xenos was successful, but Jaune told them that was alright as he would teach them until they all achieve it.

The lesson on transformation magic would last a week before one of the Xenos finally achieved Human transformation. Seeing a Xenos transform proves that they can transform into Humans, gave them more drive to work harder, and before long, more and more Xenos learned the transformation magic.

Jaune took note that Xenos, who could not speak before, can now talk the moment they transformed into Humans, but they have to learn how to speak, which Jaune gladly taught them.

“Ahem! I want to say that you don’t have to use the transformation magic inside my city. You only have to use it when you head to Orario, as not everyone is open-minded to the idea of Humans co-existing with monsters,” Jaune said.

“I would also like to say that I plan to bring a few friends of mine here to meet you, but you don’t have to worry. They won’t judge you until they get to know you. I’m hoping this meeting would teach you more about interacting with Humans or people in general on the surface,” Jaune said.

Some of the Xenos were not thrilled to meet surface dwellers, but some were excited as they knew it would be vital in learning how to blend in better once they head to the outside world.

Jaune then headed out of the Gate of Babylon; he wanted to inform Glynda and the others that he wanted them to meet a particular group of people. They didn’t know who Jaune wanted them to meet, but they just went with it since they didn’t have anything to do in the next few days, as Jaune told them to rest.

The following day, Jaune told them to prepare to meet the group and not judge the people they will be meeting without getting to know them first. Against his better judgement, Jaune brought Ais along, but he was ready if she was to do something stupid.

“Soooo! Who are these people you wanted us to meet anyway?” Nora asked.

“They are unique individuals,” Jaune said.

“Aha…When you say unique, what do you mean exactly?” Yang asked.

“It’s best if you meet them yourselves, but I have to warn you, don’t attack no matter what you see,” Jaune said. They just nodded.

Jaune then opened a GoB portal to the Floating City. On the other side of the portal, the Xenos who saw the portal panicked as they knew surface dwellers were about to enter.

The next second, they can see a part of a person entering the portal from the other side. A young Siren tried to fly away but instead tripped and fell into the arms of the person entering the portal. When she looked up, in her mind, she thought she was going to get killed, but instead, the person hugged her.

Nora was the first person to enter the portal as she was the friendliest of them all. Only Ruby matches her friendliness.

The moment she entered, she felt something hit her, and she held up whatever it was. When she looked down on it, she saw a young Siren shorter than her by afoot. She found the little thing so cute that she couldn’t hold back the urge to hug it.

When Jaune saw this, he immediately grabbed Ais rapier and stopped it from hitting Gros. Jaune knew that Ais has a hatred towards monsters, but he didn’t think she would attack after he told her not to attack no matter what.

As Jaune grabbed Ais’ sword, out of anger for Ais attacking the Xenos, he put enough pressure on her blade to completely shatter it.

Ais blade was made from orichalcum and had the attribute of Durandal, but it was not enough to withstand the pressure that Jaune was putting it through.

Ais was shocked. She knew just how durable a weapon with Durandal is. After all, she’s been using one since she was a nine-year-old Level 3.. Not even her Avenger skill was able to damage the blade, but here she was, seeing a person squeeze her sword with his bȧrė hand, and it shatters it.