Louisa respects the profession of huntsmen and huntresses. She respects their talents and skills of putting down Grimm, and sometimes even criminals, she respects how they are regarded as a beacon of hope, and she respects how they value true strength above all else. But that does not mean she has to like them. Louisa believes that many who practices this dangerous profession do not honor the meaning of it and just chose to do it for the glory and the perks one gets from being one. The Lien, the fame, hell you can even use it to seduce people into trusting you.

She respects them, but she doesn't like them. She knew this because of how her father raised her. He showed him that Grimm are to be taken down for self-defense lest you want them to take you down. He taught her how Huntsmen, or even people in general, are not to be trusted because they are irrational.

They do things that defy logic and would be held by their emotions. Well, such thoughts are not unwelcome since there are perks to that as well. One of them being is her cousin, Jaune. Emotional he may be, it is not in a way that could be frowned upon. He is Naïve, a bumbling yet honest fool, listens to what she says, and most of all he is loyal.

Which is why when the drunk huntsman came, he was wary of him.

And not because of what her father always told him, but because of what she told him about the drunkard. She revealed to him how the man is an agent of Ozpin. The one man that Jaune must absolutely hide his powers from.

Qrow sat on her father's bedside staring at the floor. While both Jaune and her was at their room's balcony watching the two adults, waiting for them.

"So, these your brats?" The drunk slurred.

Louis removed his necktie and gave a sigh of relief. "Louisa is my daughter and with her is my nephew, Jaune." He pointed at them respectively.

"Nephew? You mean his Erina's kid?" He asked with an eyebrow up.

"Yes. Is there a problem?"

"Nothing, I just never heard of their son being a combatant."

"Ah, I assure you he is a good fighter as his sisters if that's what you're asking."

"It is. Out of all of us you should know how dangerous it is to live in the frontier."

"And how efficient it is a place to be stronger." Louise gave a proud smile.

"You and your need to be strong." Qrow spat. "Reminds me of my sister."

"Well, she had the right mindset, but was wrong in its delivery." He coughed. "I'd never turn back on family."

"I know, I know. Erina would kill you if you did."

Louis looked away with a tinge of red on his face. "Death would be a mercy if I were to cross her."

The two shared a look before laughing and snickering at Erina's expense.

"So, what brings you here anyway?" Qrow asked.

"Well, you're straight to the point."

"Let's cut the bullshit. You only ever stop your duties as an archeologist when you need something as a huntsman."

"I need your assistance in procuring a letter of recommendation."

"For Signal?"

"No, for Beacon."

The drunk looked at the two kids and narrowed his eyes at them. Louisa crossed her arms in a challenging manner while Jaune played a game on his Scroll.

"I see, two recommendations are needed if you want a student into Beacon that never had training from combat schools."

"Yes. One from you and from me." Louis said as he sat down on a chair and watched the drunkard.

"Well, if that's all you need then there's no problem." Qrow stood up prepared to leave.

"And I also want to know how everything is going."

Qrow sighed before nodding his head at Louisa and Jaune's direction.

Louis nodded and approached the two. "Qrow and I will be talking in a moment and I would ask some privacy."

"Right, Jaune and I shall leave the both of you to it" Louisa said, ready to leave with her cousin but was held back when her father took hold of her.

"I just need Jaune to leave for a while. You, you will be staying."

Jaune looked between her and his uncle.

"Don't worry Jaune, this will only take a few minutes. You enjoy the remains of the festivities while you're out." Louis said with a reassuring smile.

Louisa clicked her tongue in frustration since she did not want to stay in a room smelling like that of alcohol. "I'll most probably follow you as well when I'm no longer needed." She crossed her arms and tapped her toes on the wooden floor, a clear sign of annoyance plastered on her face.

Jaune nodded and left the room, not once looking at the drunk huntsman.

"Are you sure this is smart? She's a little bit too young for this." Qrow questioned.

"I leave no secrets with my daughter, Qrow. She knows everything that I know." He smiled.

"Of course, you and your family ideals." He scoffed before continuing. "I'll tell you what you need but not everything. There's a reason it called the 'inner' circle, and last I checked, some runt like her isn't a part of it."

"And yet here she stays, her knowledge of the maidens and relics equal to my own." Louis said with a gentle smile.

As the conversation about her continued her scowl became deeper and deeper, and unable to contain her self she cut between the conversation of the adults and gave a loud sigh.

"Look, can't we get this over with? Your primary concern is my loyalty. My concern is for you to leave this room because your stench is irritating." She spat. "So, why not cut to the chase, yes? My loyalty belongs to my father, who trusts me, and I trust as well. And my father, somewhat believes in your superior's goals despite not agreeing with how things are done."

"Your point?" Qrow asked with an eyebrow up, unfazed by the little girl's anger.

"My point is this, just tell us how the war with Salem is going and maybe, just maybe, we would be inclined to help."

"And why would we need your help?" Qrow asked.

The father-daughter duo shared a look before nodding at each other.

Louis looked at him in the eyes. "Because we have information that may be equal to the importance of a maiden."

Qrow's eyes widened in surprise. Surprise that was enough to brush off the effect of two bottles that he emptied earlier.

He left the town of Grendel and decided to enter the nearby forest, trying to make sure that he's got proper privacy, he pulled out his wireless earpiece that he bought with all his allowance a few months back, and his Scroll. The same Scroll that had the Nicaea app which he received 3 years ago.

He sat down on a stump before looking at the notification message stating that a video has been unlocked. He swallowed and connected the two device and wore the earpiece and booted up the Demon Summoning Program.

"Hey-a Mistah' J!" The energetic program greeted him with glee.

"Hi Tico."

"Whatcha' need?"

"I wanted to see the available video."

"ooohhh~ Its finally starting hm~" Tico giggled with excitement. "I gotcha' Mr. J. Let me play it for you, and with that said, have a nice waaaaaaaaaa~" She pulled out something from the end of the screen and went to the other end, vanishing to nothingness whilst being replaced by the video player. It was cartoonish in a sense, much like the attitude that Tico had.

And it appeared before him. The figure of the huntsman that he met earlier

Qrow. The huntsman friend of Uncle Louis.

And in front of them four figures stood in confidence, their faces obscured for some reason or another, but he was able to notice that one out of the three had a robe on them, obscuring any information about them. He assumed they were assailants due to the way the other girl was crouched down and in pain while the huntsman had his hand atop his abdomen, blood oozing out from the gaps of his fingers.

The hooded stranger raised their hand up and brought it down, bringing lightning to strike them both. The two endured but the lightning completely drained them of their aura. The huntsman said something, but Jaune failed to distinguish what it was as there was no voice coming from the feed. But the girl nodded and ran the opposite direction, or at least she attempted to until her legs were frozen by the same figure who summoned the lightning. The girl fell on all-fours and looked back on her assailants, another flash of lightning came down on the huntsman. The camera focused on the obscured figures only to reveal that the huntsman was nothing but a charred corpse. And then, a hand of one person held out at the woman only for the screen to fade to black.

Jaune let out the contents of his dinner, for the burnt corpse of a person still unnerved him. Grimm vanish when they die, but the fact that a live person that he just saw earlier would be dead was not an easy thing to swallow.

He took a deep breath and let it out when he stopped vomiting. He knew full-well that the lightning that struck and the ice that formed on the girl's legs are magic. After all, he knows how to use them well, he was well-acquainted with the skills used. Though he's only seen the basics, [Zio] and [Bufu]. Recently, one of the demons he got through the demon auction house, a feature that Jaune discovered because of Tico 'forgetting' about it, taught him the basic concept of demon magic, as well as teaching him some.

[Ziodyne] is a kind of magic that unleashes a powerful lightning attack, it brings heavy damage to the enemy and it is the third form of its basic form [Zio], which was already mastered by Jaune but has yet to reach the level of the second form which was [Zionga], although he has learned of [Mazio] which is good as it targets whole groups rather than one being.

And much like the ice skill that he once used, [Bufu], it has a second and third form as well, [Bufula] and [Bufudyne]. Both of which he has yet to reach nor master. He gave another sigh, although he does have a trump card, he never knew that he'd use it. He thought he was the only one that can use magic. Apparently, accidentally learning the skill proved useful.

Problem is, the said trump card can only be used at least once if he wants to use other magic skills. Use it another time and he's aura would be completely depleted. He took another look at his scroll and re-watched the video.

"Tico, you mentioned that the people who I see in these videos are tied to my fate right?"

Tico appeared with a salute. "Yuuuup!"

Jaune scanned the title of the video; Amber Autumn. The blonde concluded that that was the name of the girl in the video.

"Even if I don't know them?" He asked.

"Yes. Nicaea is a dead-face delivery it's an app made by someone, dunno' who though, to deliver future deaths of people you have a relationship with - BUT!" She shouted before Jaune could interrupt. "That was its only function in its 1.0 Version. As you can see from the title screen of the app, it's the 'Nicaea Ver. 2.5', which means that the creator made a few improvements to the application~" She cheered.

"I know about the demon summoning, cathedral of shadows for demon fusion, and the compendium, even the Auction house. Are there anymore that I should know? You know, anything that you forgot again?" Those were the few things he was able to explore and experiment on with the app in the past few years.

Tico nodded. "Gooooood thing you asked, Mistah' J! About that, I may have forgotten a few tiny bits of details." She pouted.

"One of the improvements made is that the people shown here are people who has the high probability of being tied to your fate." She explained. "Think of it this way, People's lives are a thread, like yours, but there are parts of these life-threads wherein your life is tied into a knot with theirs, and it is in these knotted intersections where possibilities outside the realm of reality could converge and or diverge. But be warned, these are probabilities and they are not constant."

"Which means that it could or could not happen." Jaune concluded.

"Correctomundo Mistah' J!"

"Okay, are there anything else?"

"Weeeelll, there is one more."

"What?"

"There's another awesome function that Nicaea included in its 2.5 update!" She jumped around the screen and cheered. "There are now sub-apps that you can use! If you scroll down the menus you can find it in the [Sub] tab. These sub-apps are helpful functions that can make yer' life easier! What they specifically are though? That's something you gotta find out! Anyway, that's everything and anything about the new Nicaea~ This is your navigator Tico-tico signing off until ya' call me again!"

And true enough, after navigating a while he was able to find the tab and saw the list of applications that he can get.

There was a few that caught his eye.

Demon stock expansion 1

and

Skill Expansion.

Usually he can only learn five demon skills and have six demons in the application, but it seems he can add more to them.

"Well, this is useful." He chuckled to himself, he decided to get Skill Expansion 1 in case that he can learn a new demon skill, he chose to hold off on Demon stock expansion as he didn't need any demons for now except for the five that he has. Currently he has the following [Mabufula], [Mazio], [Agilao], [Sonic Punch], and his trump card. As well as five demons, two of which are Pyro Jack and Jack Frost.

Now he has two problems. When and where was the incident going to happen. He assumes that it would be tomorrow, since the dead-face delivery service was supposed to send it before it would happen.

Since the video indicates that it happened during the day, albeit the grey skies, it was too bright to be in the evening. After the second watch of the video he didn't need to guess where it was going to happen.

After all, he was the one who fixed the nearby signpost.

Unbeknownst to him that while viewing the video for a second time Louisa was behind him, watching along with him.

The video ended, and she spoke up with her lips beside his free ear. "What was that, dear old cousin of mine?"

Jaune jumped in surprise, his scroll slipping off his hold before struggling to get it back. "Ugh, Louisa, stop scaring me, will you?" He sighed. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"Their need with me was over so I left them and looked for you, and to my surprise you're here watching a video." She smirked. "Is that a naughty video, Jaune?"

"How much did you see?"

She smiled. "Enough to know that the drunken Qrow dies and that the father knows as the Fall Maiden has been struck down as well."

"So basically from start to finish?"

"Hey. Mistah J?" Tico called out to him through his earpiece.

Jaune didn't answer in since his cousin is watching him.

"I think, well, its just my opinion, but I think you should tell your uncle and cousin about this." She said. "I mean, you told your family, why not tell them? You might not know, they may know more things than what you do." She said before turning his Scroll off.

Jaune sighed. "Alright, I'll tell you."

Jaune told Louisa everything about the Nicaea app and how he was able to get the demons he uses for learning abilities and how he gathers them. Including the videos he receives.

Truth be told, now that Jaune thought about it he had no idea why he decided to keep this information all to himself instead of telling them about it. A whim, maybe? A part of him was insisting to stop any attempt of telling them but another part of him wanted to as well. He was torn as he can't seem to find a good reason why he would distrust them back then, but now that he's spent a lot of time with his uncle and cousin, he knew he can give the trust that he was holding back from giving.

And, upon finishing, they went back to their room where the huntsman was gone, and he explained everything to his uncle as well. Devising a plan with them in stopping the video from happening.

Qrow gasped for breath as lightning struck him and the maiden behind him. He kneeled in pain and looked up to see who was it that they were against, but their faces remained covered. He thought could fight them off but one of them was using magic. Magic that summoned the elements and bent it against their will

I thought only Ozpin and Salem can do magic!? He thought to himself.

He looked back. "Go, Run! I'll try to hold them off!" he said before standing up and facing them. He can hear a few chuckles, most likely from the woman in red at the back.

Amber nodded and ran but fell when her legs were covered in ice. He saw the cloaked figure raise a hand up. Qrow knew what this meant. His aura is down, he feels it and so was the woman he tried to protect. He gave a cynical smile as he remembered his nieces, how he wished he spent more time with them last night instead of drinking.

He closed his eyes, ready to feel death's embrace but he heard the flapping of wings and someone shouting.

He opened his eyes to see a duck with an odd helm being ridden by three figures.

His friend, Louis.

A young girl with long brown hair, wearing a mistralian fox mask.

And the one holding the duck's reigns, a young boy with black hair, tied in a ponytail wearing a rabbit's mask who had his hand up, forming a barrier that defended him from the light that could've ended him.

Louis got off and stood protectively in front of him. "Its too early to kick the bucket, old friend."

The girl got off and stood beside Louis as she prepared her sword, upon inspection it was a mechashift weapon, but to what he has yet to know. The girl threw an aura booster at him, and it wasn't the kind that just kickstarts, it's the kind that recovers half at the expense of a few days of rest before fully recovering.

And the boy got off as well, thanking the duck.

The duck glared at him. "For your information, I am not a duck. I am a goose." It said angrily before quacking and disappearing.

Qrow's stupor was broken as he injected the aura booster into his arm and stood up as well.

"What the hell was that!?" He said before standing beside Louis.

"I'll explain later. For now, prioritize the maiden."

Qrow nodded and ran towards Amber, intent on breaking the ice and escaping if things got bad,

The trio positioned themselves.

Louis and the fox girl together against the three.

While the rabbit boy stood against the robed figure.

It was a risky plan but its working nonetheless. They were outnumbered but his demons can even the playing field. Uncle Louis and Louisa will fight together while he will be fighting with his demons.

He summoned two of his most powerful demons in his arsenal. Through fusion he was able to learn that the demons he can summon aren't literally all demons. That he can summon myriad types. Like mythical beasts from old lores based from another world, or even the gods themselves if he were strong enough. But for now, with all the Grimm he's slain, and all the macca he had he was able to call forth a hero of legend from Celtic Myth, one who slayed a guard dog and took up its role as a guardian, Setanta. And a goddess from the Hindu lore, known as the goddess of knowledge, music and arts, and the one who taught him [Makatraja], Sarasvati.

Setanta smiled at Jaune for being called, he stared at the robed opponent in front of him. "A magic-user eh? Let's see if you can escape my spear." He licked his lips.

Sarasvati smiled gently as she played with her strings. "So, you require of my assistance, yes? Then you shall have it, dear."

Jaune readied himself as he stood between his demons.

"Setanta, you know what to do. Sarasvati support everyone here."

His two demons nodded at his order and the battle commenced.

Louisa and her father fought evenly against their opponents. It was easy to assess that they wouldn't have stood a chance with how skillful they are, especially the woman firing arrows at them, but the two frontline fighters already fought a battle earlier, even if it's a bit, they must be tired from it.

And not only that but as Sarasvati kept strumming her strings all of them felt power and speed welling deep within them that they couldn't feel before.

Jaune kept casting [Mazio]. His magic struck true as electricity came from his hand striking his opponents, though the damage wasn't much they still struck true. As for the robed one, they couldn't focus their cast with how fast Setanta struck. Sarasvati once told him that magic users are powerful but need focus for their magic to work.

And his idea of boosting speed and strength with her skills [Tarukaja] and [Sukukaja]. They were winning, is what ran through Jaune's thoughts. His gloved hand kept casting, while his family kept fighting.

But he never thought that an arrow would strike his shoulder, stopping him from continuing his attacks, it was in this moment that Setanta was distracted out of worry, unsure as to whether to continue his attack or protect his master. The heroic demon threw his spear up and shouted his skill "[Javelin Rain]!" And a rain of spear came from the sky, hitting his family's opponents, but the arrow wielding woman was able to avoid the attack narrowly before hitting Setanta's throat.

"Setanta!" Jaune shouted before the demon disappeared. He cursed as he called for Tico to summon Hamsa and Jack Frost, at least to help him.

The robed figure got his robe struck as they moved, pinning it to the ground and removing his hood. It revealed a boy with white hair, the same age as Jaune, but his green eyes contained the same mark as his left hand had.

He was fighting against an apostle like him.

The boy clicked his tongue as he took the opportunity of Jaune's surprise and casted his spell.

He heard the woman shouted for the two opponents his uncle and cousin fought to return to her.

The sky darkened and three orbs of electricity floating in circles as if forming a crown of light to show its rule above the clouds.

"Everyone!" Sarasvati shouted with fear on her usually calm face. "Get near those two!" She pointed at the injured Qrow and Amber.

Jaune's family got close to them as ordered and Sarasvati floated to them as well. "Cast [Makarakarn] with me!]" She ordered.

Jaune nodded and shouted along with her as light engulfed them.

Briefly, though softly, hearing his fellow apostle shout in the same language as his. [Thunder Reign].

Lightning crashed on their group but Jaune held strongly to his consciousness. Though [Makarakarn] was absolute in negating magic, it is all dependent on his strength. As the caster didn't cast it once but twice. Sarasvati knew this hence asking for his help, her magical strength most probably drained from supporting them.

Jaune felt the strong energy from the sky, he felt it, his arms getting numb throughout his legs. As if a god who held a spear of lightning struck his body.

When the magic stopped, their enemies were nowhere to be found. But the aftermath was there for everyone to see. A huge area around them was scorched as trees were blackened, others still burning even, Jaune fell to his knees gasping for breath, his left hand burning.

He removed his glove as he saw black markings on each of his fingers' second joint burning into his skin, forming like a ring with lines crawling from the said ring and stopping by his wrist.

"Th-that mark." The girl they saved stuttered as she pointed at him.

Qrow looked at Jaune.

Louis and Louisa glared at Amber as she reveals to the huntsman who he is.

"He's my apostle."

Ayyo everyone, as you all know Volume 6 has been dropped along with some lore progression. I may change a few tidbits in the future but I won't be changing the part about apostles and maidens, cuz its already there and I have plans for it already.

Anyway, around this time Jaune has spent two years already in the grimm frontier hence he's become stronger already, enough to summon Setanta and Sarasvati. Again, put in the reviews the demons you want and they may or may not appear dependent on the situation.

If there are any inconsistencies with the plot kindly state them and I'll see what I can do for an edit and all that. But for now, I hope ya'll enjoyed this chapter as there are more to come!

Love and peace ya'll! Shaniic signing out.

P.S. anyone hyped for SMT 5? :D