Arc Of Embodiment (Hiatus) - Chapter 91

When Jaune and the others arrived in Mantle, they headed straight to the Polendina Household. The house wasn’t large, but it was enough to accommodate both Penny and Pietro. Jaune knocked on the door, and Penny answered it not too long later.

“Jaune! It’s good to see! Oh! I missed you so much!” Penny said.

“I missed you too, Penny,” Jaune said.

“Ahem! I believe you forgot something?” Penny said. Jaune was thinking about what Penny was talking about until it hit him.

“Oh, right. I did promise that after you were able to achieve SSS on a rank,” Jaune said. The promise was simple.

Jaune moved towards Penny and kissed her on the lips, but it wasn’t just any kiss. It involved the tongue. When Willow and Whitley saw this, they were stunned. After all. Jaune was supposed to be Weiss’ boyfriend, yet, here we are, Jaune was kissing another girl.

“Hold on a minute! Jaune, aren’t you dating, Weiss? So, why are you locking lips with another girl?” Willow said.

“Right. I guess Weiss never told you that I am dating multiple women,” Jaune said.

“No! No, she did not. I will be talking to her later about this,” Willow said.

“Huh? I never thought that Weiss will ever share something. After all, she never liked sharing back in the day,” Whitley said.

“That’s different! Also, I did try to make Jaune mine, but it failed since the opposition were all in a league above me, at least they were, back when I started Beacon,” Weiss said.

“Now that’s the Weiss I know,” Whitley said.

“He’s currently out. He is helping the people of Mantle with their tech issues. Since a few weeks ago, the people of Mantle haven’t been having a good supply of energy. Therefore, a lot of the house’s heating isn’t working. And as you know, here on Mantle, heating is essential as it is always cold, well, almost always cold,” Penny said.

“Well, are you ready to head back to Beacon?” Jaune asked.

“I am, but I don’t want to leave until my father gets back,” Penny said.

“That’s fine. We’ll come back later when your father gets home,” Jaune said.

“Don’t be silly, Jaune. You can stay here until my father gets back…. You know, while I was with my father for the past week, he told me stories about you that he heard when he looked for you,” Penny said.

“Well. What kind of stories did he tell you?” Jaune asked.

“He told me stories of the Arknight,” Penny said.

“The Arknight? What is that?” Weiss and Blake asked.

“It is the title that Jaune was given before he became a professor at Beacon. People from outside the Kingdom would tell stories of a knight that would appear when they needed him. He would save them from their dark hour and defeat the darkness that has befallen them. Due to the man being named Arc and wearing a knight’s ensemble, they dubbed him the Arknight,” Penny said.

“That’s because it happened in areas that didn’t have good reception with the CCTS. But now that I built the satellite system, those kinds of information on me will start to appear,” Jaune said.

“What satellite system? I thought the idea of satellites was abandoned because Dust doesn’t work past the atmosphere?” Whitley asked.

“That is true. Atlas gave up on the idea of putting a satellite in space because of Dust’s limitation, but with the power source that I created, it wasn’t an issue at all. You all should have realised that the signals on your scrolls have been better lately… that’s because you aren’t getting signals through the CCTS. You are getting it through the satellite system that I launch a few months back,” Jaune said.

“So, it was you! I know it! When my father told me about the signal on his scroll being a lot better, the first thing that I thought was that you did something. I guess my ȧssumption was right, even if I didn’t have any evidence,” Penny said.

“Wait, wait, wait! If you’re able to launch a satellite to space, does that mean you can go space?” Whitley asked.

“That I do. Why? Are you interested in going to space?” Jaune asked.

“Since I was a lot younger! It was one of my dreams! The first being a Huntsman, and the second to someday go to space. But the thought of going to space was so farfetched that I just dropped it,” Whitley said.

“If you’d like, when we get to Beacon, I can bring you to space along with the others. How would you like that?” Jaune asked.

When Jaune said those words, Whitley faced Weiss and got close to her.

“I don’t know if I’m the girlfriend or you are. And I don’t plan to mess up my relationship with Jaune,” Weiss said.

“Anyway. Why don’t you all get comfortable until my father comes back? It may take him a few hours as he just left when you guys arrived,” Penny said.

“You know. While we wait. Penny can tell us stories about Jaune’s exploit outside the Kingdom before he entered Beacon as a professor,” Blake said.

“That’s a wonderful idea!” Weiss said.

“Or I can tell you the stories. I mean, I am the person in said stories. Plus, I can show you some pictures I took after the incidents. But let me warn you, not all the pictures have a happy ending,” Jaune said.

“That would make a lot more sense. But are you sure that you will tell us the true story and not the exaggerated stories? I have seen people exaggerate their stories,” Weiss said.

“I promise to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” Jaune said.

“Okay, we believe you,” Blake and Weiss said. Whenever Jaune makes a promise, he would fulfil it without hesitation.

Jaune then proceeded to tell them the stories of his time outside the Kingdom. Everyone was surprised that Jaune was self-trained except the people that already knew. They always thought that his father trained him. When listening to the stories that Jaune was telling, Winter gained more respect for Jaune. Whitley became even more of a fan. As for Willow, she understood why her daughter liked Jaune, but she plans to speak to Weiss later about her relationship with Jaune. As for Penny, she was enjoying being in Jaune’s company. She even decided to sit on his ŀȧp.. She was getting bolder and bolder with her actions.