It has been a week since Jaune was in the hospital.
He was bored.
As soon as Jaune woke up, he expected to be released soon, but to his horror, he wasn't.
It was no surprise he was a child that survived a temperature of 49 degrees Celsius, sustaining no health issues. That was a miracle. The doctors would not let him leave that easily.
However, Giallo made sure the doctors did nothing unethical to Jaune. He watched over every test that was made on Jaune. He hounded over them.
Of course, the doctor would not go against a veteran Huntsman, especially a well-known Huntsman in town. They weren't stupid. Everyone in town loved the Arc family.
Hence, when Jaune was bullied, the children that bullied him were punished by their parents, even after Jaune one up them.
The doctors did one last check on Jaune, and he spoke.
"We've done all the tests we can. It shows that Jaune is healthy. No disabilities were sustained with his extreme fever," said the doctor. Every test came back normal. "I don't know how it is possible. The only thing I can say is that it is akin to a miracle, and I am not one to say such a thing".
"With that said," continued the doctor. "I can discharge Jaune".
Upon hearing the words of the doctor, Jaune was happy. The hospital was not a place he wants to stay any longer than he must.
"Great!" said Jaune. He looked at his parents. "Can I leave now? I don't want to stay here any longer. And I promised Beryl, Cyan and Jade that I will help them get better at their things".
"Hold on there, kid," said the doctor. "I don't recommend you do any extensive activities. You just got out of a severe situation. It is best to take it easy for a few weeks".
"Pfft! It's not an extensive activity," said Jaune. He waved off the doctor. "Beryl wants me to help her learn to cook. Cyan needs help learning to play the guitar and piano. Last, Jade wants help with learning how to dance. See? They aren't that extensive of an activity".
Giallo, Amarilla and the doctor looked at Jaune.
The doctor looked at Giallo and Amarilla.
"Your son is joking, right?" asked the doctor.
"Sadly, he isn't. And there is nothing we can do to stop him. An Arc never goes back on their words," sighed Giallo. Then he smiled, as he was proud of his son.
"Right… I still suggest that you ask him to not do those activities for at least a few weeks," said the doctor. He then thought about it. "Well… Cooking and learning the instrument should be fine, but dancing that would be an issue".
Amarilla and Giallo looked at Jaune and saw him smile at them. There was no way that Jaune would listen to them.
Before the end of the day, Amarilla and Giallo packed up everything that they brought to the hospital for Jaune when the doctors told him he would be there for a while.
A few hours later, Jaune was home.
The first thing that happened when he arrived home was getting hounded by his siblings.
They all inspected him to make sure that nothing was wrong.
"Hmm… That's good. You seem fine," said Ivory. She observed and analysed every inch of Jaune as she can without invading his privacy. "I'm glad you're okay, Jaune".
"We all are," said Saphron. When she heard about it, she was the most worried. She was panicking inside, but her parents asked her to look after the others. She had to show the others that everything was okay by being calm. "We're glad you're back".
All was well.
Until the triplets tackled Jaune. They hugged him with all they got. They were so scared when they saw him in their dad's arms bring brought to the car.
"Whoa!" said Jaune. Their tackle surprised him, but he didn't push them away.
"We missed you!" said Beryl.
"Yeah! It was boring without you in the house," said Cyan. Jaune was the one that also does the crazy shenanigans with her.
"Pfft! I wasn't that worried. I was sure Jaune was going to be okay," said Jade.
"Lies! You were the one that was most worried about Jaune amongst us triplets," said Cyan.
"Yeah! You were the one that wouldn't stop pacing around the room and panicking," said Beryl.
"T-That's nothing but lies!" said Jade. She then crossed her arms in embarrassment.
Jaune laughed at the triplets' shenanigans. He missed this. This was the reason he wanted to leave the hospital as soon as he could.
"Come on girls, let's give Jaune some room and let him rest," said Amarilla. She then brought Jaune into his room. "Have some rest, Jaune. You can play with your sisters in the morning".
As Amarilla opened the door to Jaune's room, she saw all the delivery made by OTG. She was confused. How did it appear in Jaune's room? She hid it in the basement and not of her daughters would dare go down there. Not even Saphron.
Out of worry, Amarilla tried to lift one present to take it out of the room, but it was impossible. It wouldn't budge.
"Huh? I don't remember any of them being this heavy," thought Amarilla. She was the one that received all the delivery from the mailman. She was the one that hid them in the basement. How come she couldn't lift them now? She looked at her son and asked him who OTG was. "Jaune? Can you tell me who OTG is? And why he sends you a gift every year?".
"Even if I tell you, you will think I am crazy, or that OTG is crazy," said Jaune. He sighed. He didn't know how to tell his mom who OTG is. "Or maybe you might think that OTG is a suspicious person, but please believe me, if OTG wanted to hurt any of us, he doesn't need to use any tricks. He can obliterate us with a single pinky. No, he wouldn't even need to use his pinky. A sneeze would be enough".
Amarilla raised an eyebrow at her son's words.
"See? You think I'm crazy and I haven't even told you who or what OTG is," said Jaune. "So, I think it would be best that you don't know".
"Sorry, Jaune. But I can't leave it as is," said Amarilla. She can't ignore it. "I promise I won't think you are crazy, or that OTG is crazy".
Jaune sighed. He knew his mom wouldn't let this go. Keeping her children safe is the highest priority.
"Fine. I don't have to say more than this," said Jaune. "OTG stands for One True God".
Okay, Amarilla thought Jaune was right, she believes OTG must be a crazy person.
"See, I told you that's what you'd think," said Jaune. "But none of what I said is false. It is true as true can be".
Truth be told, Amarilla didn't know what to think now. Looking back, the gifts were weird. When it arrived, she couldn't open it no matter what she used. Now, it appeared in Jaune's room, and she can't take it out.
Looking at her son, Amarilla saw nothing but seriousness in Jaune's eyes. Seeing this, Amarilla was surprised.
"Jaune, he looks more mature than a week ago," thought Amarilla. She continued to look at her son. "What happened?".
Amarilla thought about the changes in Jaune. But after a while, she shrugged it off. She needed to let Jaune rest as he just came back from the hospital.
Jaune himself also wanted to rest in his bed. The hospital bed wasn't all that great.
However, he was excited and opened one gift when his mother left the room.
While Jaune was opening one of his presents from OTG, Amarilla headed to her and Giallo's room. She was just as exhausted as Jaune, as she had gotten little sleep in the past week.
As she entered her room, she saw Giallo.
"Giallo, honey. Have you seen the changes in Jaune?" asked Amarilla. It worried her a bit.
"I have. He seemed more mature, right?" said Giallo. "It wasn't hard to notice. Especially when I told him I won't be training him because of his condition at the hospital. If this was Jaune a week ago, he would have gotten angry and ignored us for a little while, but none of that happened".
"Do you think there is something wrong?" asked Amarilla. Then she remembered what Jaune said about OTG. "Earlier, I spoke to Jaune about OTG. The gifts that I hid in the basement appeared in his room. I know the girls wouldn't put it in his room since they don't know where it was, and they would never enter the basement".
"Wait, it appeared in his room?" asked Giallo. He saw his wife store those in the basement. "How?".
"I don't know. Then I tried to take them out of Jaune's room. I couldn't lift it. It refused to move," said Amarilla. She had a worried look. "It was then I asked Jaune who OTG was. Do you know what he said?"
"What did he say?" asked Giallo. He was curious about who would send gifts to Jaune every year.
"He said that he only needed to tell me what OTG meant," said Amarilla. Giallo then gestured for her to go on. The suspense was killing him. "He said OTG stands for One True God".
"Ha-ha-ha-ha! That sounds crazy. Is it his imaginary friend or something?" asked Giallo. He laughed as he asked.
Amarilla looked at her husband as if he was the crazy one. How is it an imaginary friend if it sent him a bunch of gifts?
"You know he was receiving physical gifts in the last ten years, right?" asked Amarilla. "The first gift came on his first birthday; he didn't have a friend then. I don't think a one-year-old would have an imaginary friend either".
"Oh, right, the gifts," said Giallo. "Okay, so the guy might have tricked him into thinking that he was some sort of God".
"That's the thing, Giallo, I don't think so," said Amarilla. She's never seen a gift disappear from its hiding spot and reappear in Jaune's room. Plus, she once could carry it, but now she couldn't. "Maybe we should have thrown it away a long time ago".
"What difference would it have made?" asked Giallo. "If the gift could appear in Jaune's room of its own volition, then if you threw it, it would do the same. Now that I think about it, maybe there is some truth to what Jaune said. I have heard nothing about a technology that would cause a wrapper to be indestructible. I have never heard of gifts disappearing in one place and reappearing in their addressed individual. But it doesn't sound like a God's doing either. I mean, what would a God want from Jaune? Or how would he have come in contact with one, anyway?".
"I don't know, but I can see it in Jaune's eyes. He believes OTG is a God," said Amarilla. "Maybe we should keep a close eye on him. By doing so, we might see when Jaune meets OTG".
"You know, if OTG is a God, he would have sent us a message about this," said Giallo. It was then a bright light appeared on their bedside table. Once it dimmed, they saw a piece of paper. Giallo read it. "Okay! Maybe Jaune isn't kidding".
"What does it say?" asked Amarilla. She was curious. Giallo handed the piece of paper to her, but it was empty. Then, as she held the paper, she saw a vision. It was the message embedded in the paper. "Shit! It's real!".
It surprised Giallo to hear his wife swear. It was kind of hot.
"Huh? So… Jaune and OTG aren't crazy," said Giallo. Whatever the message was, it made them believe.
"I still can't believe Gods are real!" said Amarilla. Should she pray to them? She thought.
As Amarilla did, Giallo and she heard a loud resounding no.
OTG did not like being worshipped. It wasn't his thing.
"Oh, okay," said Amarilla. The God thing became normal to her.
As Jaune said, if OTG wanted to harm him and his family, a sneeze would be enough.
Back in Jaune's room. The present he opened was the longest one. It was over 150cm long or 59 inches long.
As Jaune opened the gift, he smiled. The sword was a combination of two swords. The Monohoshi Zao from Fate/Stay Night and Greed, from Berserk of Gluttony.
"Well, then. This is a cool weapon. Since it was designed after Monohoshi Zao as well, I must learn Tsubame Gaeshi. It would be blasphemy otherwise," said Jaune. Although he could not wield it properly right now, he will be able to when he turns fifteen. Then Curiosity hit him. "I wonder what the other gifts are".
But before Jaune could open another gift, he saw a piece of paper fall. It was the abilities of Monohoshi Zao/Greed.
[Normal Form – Sword – A sword with a blade length of 150cm. At first glance, it is nothing more than an oversized sword. However, it is an indestructible weapon. The base was Greed, but rather than its black and white colouring, the blade was white, the cross design of the cross guard was gold and shorter than that of the original Greed, it was only a jutting out a few millimetres further than the blade. The grip of the sword was blue.
Ultimate Technique: "Tsubame Gaeshi" – It is a technique where three concurrent arching blades close on the enemy from all sides and create a prison, allowing no chance of defence or evasion. It bends the laws of physics to multiply its existence. It starts with a flash from this world, followed by two absolutely simultaneous, over-lapping flashes that disregard the concept of time and space, producing a slash attack that arrives from three different directions by momentarily using the Multi-Dimensional Refraction Phenomenon to transcend speed, dexterity, feints, and many other elements. (Needs to be learnt. Unlock Lesson at Fifteen)
First Form – Bow – Shoots energy-based arrows when performing the action of drawing the string of the bow. In bow form, it adds homing/never miss capabilities to the arrow shot. Spells can be used with the bow form to add a homing function to the spell.
Ultimate technique: "Bloody Ptarmigan" – Fires off a larger and stronger version of Greed's regular arrows as a single shot that is reminiscent of a laser beam attack. (No learning required)
Second Form - Scythe - Allows for the interaction of non-physical things with the physical, specifically allowing to harm/slice magical spells/constructs, etc, and disrupt them.
Ultimate Technique: "Deadly Inferno" – In exchange for 2,000,000 units of Magical Energy, the blade is infused with a deadly curse that rots away the target's body and prevents regeneration by striking the core of the soul, therefore even capable of killing Immortal beings. Must be used with extreme precision and focus since if the user misses the correct place it will lead to the loss of 2,000,000 units of the Magical Energy used to activate the said technique. (I know, Jaune. You don't have a Magical Energy limit. Use it whenever you need it. No learning is required, except your precision.)
Third Form – Shield – A Fortress as a shield.
Ultimate Technique: "Reflection Fortress" – Can reflect attacks at double the power. (No learning required)
Fourth Form – Staff – In this form, all forms of magic are amplified by 10 times.
Ultimate Technique: "Twilight Healing"– By using 400,000 units of Magical Energy, it can heal all kinds of wounds and diseases. However, if the physical damage the target suffered is too much, the Magical Energy cost will be even greater. Can be used as an Area of Effect with increased Magical Energy requirements. It can't be used to resurrect the dead. (No learning required)
Fifth Form – Gauntlets – Allows the user to control up to 10 black threads, one per finger. Can be used for binding and grabbing objects and people.
Ultimate Technique: "Dimension Slicer" – The threads gain the power to cut through space itself. With an unmatched cutting power, it allows it to shred anything in its path to dust with precision, or it can create a rip in space that would swallow everything in its area. (No learning required)]
"Huh? I get to learn Tsubame Gaeshi when I turn fifteen. Is this the gift that OTG was talking about?" asked Jaune. He asked himself. "If it is, then it's worth it".
Jaune then moved on to the next gift that he got from OTG; it was the next biggest gift.
As Jaune opened it, he knew what it was. It was armour, Fate Graphite/Barbatos' armour on Berserk of Gluttony Volume 3.
The armour was again, like Greed, changed to match the colouring of the Arc family.
The suit was mostly white; however, the inner lining of the jacket is blue and gold, and the trimmings around are blue or gold.
Jaune loved the two gifts that he was given, but he needed to go to bed and rest. He can check out the rest of the gifts another time.
It was a long week.