NUMBER 10!
REVIEWS:
Pillow43: I am going to try out the song too, but thanks for the review. LOL at the Yang-like pun as well. However, the guys in Hell are more or less going to be like "The Hell bros", no homo. No reverse harem.
Nerdy: ChimaTigon - oh it will be affected a lot. Jaune is no longer the soka wannabe he was in the canon series at this point. He still needs to grow though.
Wolfang: Honestly, I forgot about Markus, but you do make a good point. However, Origin is supposed to be one-of-a-kind in its own way, so if anything I might reveal Markus' semblance as something more inferior to Origin's capabilities.
To everyone who mentioned it: Yes, I am aware this is basically All for One, but for semblances XD Next chapter we will be reading the Journal and find out the details of it.
Zathol: A good review as always. Me and Nerdy would also like to get the visual stuff, maybe I can set up a Youtube channel to showcase it, but we are both kinda broke so we cannot afford an artist we both kinda suck at art. RIP us. Also, good job pointing out the main points of the latest chapter. Judgement's heritage, being Ignium's daughter, is certainly something I enjoy. No one can really use Blood Binder safely for long except for Judgement and Ignium, and Jaune could only use it because of the Elixir poured in him. It still fucked him up though. However, Jaune and his family...Well, read his chapter.
Nerdy: assoina99 - well he still intends to save everyone, it's just that he has more direct companions and family now to care about. Of course there's still one important person missing from this equation.
Nerdy: I want to ask, if we made a p_tre on would you guys be willing to support us? It would really help us get equipment and form a bigger team for this. It would really mean a lot to us.
Big dreams and ambitions on this one. TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOCUMENT! *Jumps down*
The forest was all around Jaune, and the boy couldn't be happier to see it. Finally, he was home. The girls followed behind him as soon as he stepped through the portal, appearing in front of Beelzebub. Maybe it was because he was thinking about how she was doing when he stepped out of Hell? He doesn't know how portals work. But that did not matter right now. All that mattered was that he was home - why did he feel murderous intent?
Looking at Beel he noticed how she was sweating bullets, using her handkerchief to wipe herself as she stared at the one making this presence, making Jaune look to his left as well only to see Lucifer giving Bell a very nasty, and murderous look. The boy honestly gulped as he too was intimidated by it. Now that Ignium's little gift was gone, he could go back to being his normal self. "Ummm. Hi, Lucifer?" Beel said, slightly waving her hand.
"Beelzebub," Lucifer said, not even trying to mask her displeasure at meeting Beel again. "I see you got out of the Abyss."
"Well, I mean, since Jaune here fulfilled his contract for- Wait…" Beelzebub suddenly forgot about her nervousness as he looked at the numbers. She checked the contract, so the angel counted, but the main issue was the fact she was out of luck. Cerberus counted only as one demon girl, not three. Jaune was short one girl. "Jaune, the contract stated that you needed TEN girls, not NINE!"
"Wait, what?" Jaune said, looking at her, then the realization hit him. He completely forgot about the count! Ok, this was bad. He knew for a fact it is not good to screw over contracts, but Beel's was worse. She will get sent back into the Abyss! "Shit!"
"I take it the number is important?" Monica asked.
"Very!" Jaune replied. "For the contract between me and Beel to be complete, I needed ten demon girls, Azazel counting as some exception, but here are only nine!"
"Doesn't Cerberus count as three?" Modeus asked.
"She doesn't…" Beel said, already feeling the creepy and eerie feeling of the Abyss. She had to think about what she could do to escape this situation and fast. With Jaune out of Hell, the contract was becoming undone. She looked at the treeline to see that the sun was starting to rise, meaning she didn't have enough time. But she did have one way to become free. "I am joining the Harem!"
That caught Jaune by surprise. "Beel!" He called out her name, then something else happened. The contract flew out of Beel's pocket slowly and went towards Jaune, its contents changing before him as letters burned themselves on the old paper. He took it in his hands, reading over it. He gasped slightly when he finished, then he looked back at Beelzebub, noticing how her hands had strange, purplish shackles around them. The contract then caught fire completely and the flames went to those shackles, breaking them. Everyone stared in awe at what they saw, even Lucifer was surprised to see the shackles of the Abyss come undone. "Beelzebub...Why? I mean, I never asked you to become part of this, and even though you had to do it so you wouldn't get sent back, why didn't you send me back to Hell instead to search for another girl?"
"Because there was not enough time." She replied, looking down with her usual attitude changed. "There was not enough time for me to gather the strength to open another portal, Jaune. This was the only thing that literally came to mind."
"Wait, so that means Beelzebub is like a sister to me now? I don't know how to feel about that, but everything is cool as long as she doesn't do anything." Justice stated, seeming to simply go with the flow of the situation. "What about Lucy? Any objections?"
"Of course!" Lucifer said, her voice close to being a shout. "Sharing a roof with her is simply un-"
"Ok! Everything is settled! Beelzebub, welcome to the Arc Harem!" Justice said, cutting off Lucifer who turned red from anger and stomped her feet on the ground in her little fit. "Please do not spit acid on the food, thank you very much"
"T-thanks?" Beel said, feeling somewhat uneasy about this. She knew everyone up until Justice, but she did not expect Lucifer and Judgement to be here! Not to mention she halted the building of the house ever since the connection was cut, so the house was not finished. "I do have bad news; the house I said I would build is not finished. Once the connection I had with Jaune, the fly I sent with him, might have been killed. I lost the only way to get notifications, so the house is still in the works regarding most areas."
"I mean, since we are here we might as well help" Judgement suggested. "It'll also be a good way for us to get a bit more familiar with the surrounding area first. I know Cerberus wants to just run and play." True enough, Cerberus was hypnotized by everything around her. "So with that being said...LEAD US TO THE HOUSE WHERE WE SHALL DWELL!" She shouted.
"Very well, very well. Jaune?" Beelzebub turned to him. "I suggest you go back to your own house and make sure everything is ok. The decoys are still there, but I will dismiss them in an hour. Make sure to put Crocea Mors back and get into bed. We shall talk more tomorrow when we finish."
"Actually, can I ask a favor of you, Judgement?" Jaune asked, turning to the grey-skinned demoness who in turn turned her gaze to him. "Can you help me stage something? I have been thinking about this while in the hospital down in Hell; I need a way to explain the fact I have an Aura now and I know just how. The only issue is: It is not going to be pleasant for me."
"Sure." Judgement said. "What do I need to do?"
"Can you cut down a tree and have it fall onto me?"
Nicholas and Juliet were both currently in bed, sleeping peacefully as the night was slowly fading to dusk as the light was slowly creeping into their room through the window. The Arcs were such early risers, being barely six in the morning, but something did make them wake up.
"GAHHHHHHHHH!" A certain girlish scream had them both jump awake, Nicholas recognizing the scream as Jaune's and immediately going to the window to try and see what happened, but he didn't see him there. His wife, Juliet, went to the other window and checked, gasping once she saw her little bunny in quite a bad situation.
Jaune was outside, struggling to get a tree off him. "Nicholas, go help him!" She shouted to her husband who didn't even bother to put pants on, running out in only a tank top and underwear, passing through the living room where the real Crocea Mors was seated, with only a small fly on it that he ignored. He burst through the door and went to Jaune, but he stopped for a moment when he noticed the glow on his leg. However, that was not important right now.
"Hold on, son!" His father shouted and went to the tree. It was quite the old oak and the base of it looked like it was blown off. Unaware to him, Judgement was hiding deeper into the forest along with the rest of the girls. They were watching, not leaving even when the older Arc showed himself. But they knew how to stay hidden. Nicholas grabbed the top of the tree, trying to get a good grip on it, then lifted it up. "Now, Jaune!" Hearing that, Jaune pulled his leg out from under the tree, feeling the pain travel through it for a few moments before his Aura fixed it. Slowly, he stood up, and as his father put the tree down, he looked at Jaune with widened eyes. The boy was looking at his own hands, a white glow around them.
"Dad?" Jaune asked, looking at him. "Is this Aura?" He was faking it right now, trying to act oblivious. But after one week of having it, he thought he was doing a good job seeing how his father barely made a sound. "Dad?"
Nicholas shook his head slightly, mumbling before he set himself straight. "Jaune, what happened? What is up with you at such an early hour?" He asked his son, to which Jaune replied as simply as he could.
"I couldn't really sleep last night, I kept waking up, so when I noticed the sun rising I decided to come outside and enjoy the sunrise. I don't know how that tree collapsed, but…" He moved his leg around, feeling it is in good condition despite the tree falling on it. He honestly expected it to hurt a bit more, but it seems he really did have a lot of Aura. "My Aura unlocked itself!" He stated, feeling somewhat excited at the aspect. He didn't need to fake that too much.
"Jaune…" His father sighed slightly, then he looked back, seeing the rest of the family join them. Well, almost all of them. Saphron was with her wife in Argus and Coral was at Heaven academy, leaving only Sapphire, Jade, and his wife, Juliet, the rest most likely still being asleep.
"What is going on here? I was sleeping when I heard Jaune scream!" Sapphire said, slightly annoyed, but then she saw the tree. She also saw how Jaune's hands seem to slightly glow. "No way, Dad, did you unlock his Aura?!"
"No way!" Jade shouted, running to Jaune in order to inspect his shiny hands. "It's white in color! So pretty~"
"I-I didn't! It unlocked naturally when the tree must have fallen on him!" Nicholas stated, still stunned by the event. He then turned to Juliet who saw Jaune's slight smile and how he was excited about having an Aura. "But, this is amazing!" He half-shouted. "Few unlock their Aura naturally, but I guess having a tree fall on ya all of a sudden does do that to you."
After saying that, however, Nicholas fell silent. Juliet noticed it and looked at him, worried about her husband. They wanted to keep Jaune away from the life of a Huntsman, but with his Aura now unlocked that was pretty much impossible. Juliet was the one to talk now, stopping Jade's little rush. "Alright, alright. Everyone back inside! We can talk more about Jaune's new-found Aura there." She said, and then everyone walked back into the house, Nicholas had taken a detour to his room to get some jeans, but then the rest of the family gathered in the living room, the other sisters - Alice, who is Jaune's twin sister; Lapis, the second youngest, and Silvia, who was barely five years of age.
Jaune sat down, smiling all of the time as he flared his Aura for his sisters to see. They had seen Coral's, but Jaune's was completely white without any trace of another color. He was an Arc alright. But his father did find how he could flare it like that a bit strange. Usually, people do not know how to do it just as they unlock their Aura, but that was not the biggest issue here. Jaune had Aura. Something he wanted him to never have. Not that it was dangerous, but it was an immediate sentence to Huntsman's life. He looked up at Crocea Mors, remembering all of the souls that wielded it and lost their flies in that line of work. "Jaune?" His father called out to him, making the boy look up at his father. "Can you give me your hands?" He asked, and Jaune slowly went closer to his father, a golden glow covering the older Arc as Jaune's entire body glowed white. "Goodness...Son, you have a great amount of Aura for starters. I have never seen bigger amounts at someone who barely unlocked it!" he stated, but then he thought in depth.
Jaune's current Aura reserves were higher than how much he had when he first started. He narrowed his eyes in worry, slightly tightening his hands around Jaune's. If he was right, then one day his son will surpass him in terms of Aura, and since he had it now there was no real way for him to stop him if he wanted to find someone to train him. He managed to get most retired Huntsmen to not try, but if they saw Jaune's Aura amount then they will immediately see the potential it had as well. He held sway, but not enough to stop then if that happened. Retired as they may be, Nicholas Arc was no fool. Some of them were, and still are, stronger than him.
He was not going to risk it.
"With my own soul, I put yours to sleep." Nicholas began to chant, his golden Aura slowly going towards Jaune. No one heard him at first, but as he kept going, all Hell broke loose. "I place this lock on your soul, so the power may never awaken again."
"D-Dad?" Jaune asked, shaking as his father's Aura crawled on to him. Then he felt it. A strange pain roaring into his body that forced him onto his knees. His father was not letting go of his hands.
"Nicholas!" Juliet shouted, putting down Silvia and going to him, trying to push him off Jaune. "What are you doing?! Do not seal his Aura, are you mad?!" She shouted, but he just kept going.
"I will be the sole key, none shall dare open this lock again. With my soul, I lock yours back, and no force in this world or beyond can-" Nicholas was just about to finish when he saw Jaune's Aura glow brighter and brighter. He felt something strange going on with the sealing process as if he was trying to build a dam to stop a raging river only for it to get taken by the current immediately. His eyes widened as he quickly realized what this was and he couldn't believe it; Jaune's semblance.
"I finally get my Aura…" Jaune said, his voice nearly breaking as he slowly stood up. "AND YOU TRY TO SEAL IT?!" He shouted, then his entire body lit up brightly, blinding everyone inside the house, allowing Jaune to lift his hands, his father still not letting go, and kick him off with an enhanced kick, sending him off over the sofa and onto the floor, holding his side.
The glow died out quickly, allowing everyone to see Jaune again, but this time it felt off. His entire body was glowing, the hybrid mix of his original Semblance and Leon's saying its word. Never in his life had he felt so betrayed, having someone closer to him - his father no less! - try and seal away his Aura! Sealing one's Aura was supposed to be done only to the worst of the worst from what Jaune was aware of, so that means his father didn't even love him?! Everyone stared at him, his sisters, his mother, and even his father looked at him from down on the floor. "All I ever wanted to make you all proud and carry on the family legacy!" He shouted, stomping on the floor and making a few cracks. "That is everything I ever wanted! Yet you refused me each time, and now, when I have my Aura, you try to seal it?! What...WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!"
"Jaune-" His father tried to call out to him, but his words died in his mouth as he saw his son turn around and grab Crocea Mors. "Jaune, what are you-?!"
"Showing you what I am capable of." He quickly drew Crocea Mors from its sheath, the blade getting coated in his Aura at the same time. Finally, after going through Hell, literally, he got a better understanding of how Leon's semblance worked. He felt his Aura rise right now because he was furious at his father, and he didn't just accept it this time but used it as fuel. Luckily, a fly went to his ear, buzzing there. The words, which only Jaune could hear, worked well enough to calm him, letting him drop the sword on the floor. His glow went down, then he looked down at his father and around at his family. They were scared of what they saw.
In the end, Hell did teach him something; it taught him how to be angry and not hide it anymore. It brought release to something he had held within him for years. He looked down on his father, but only for a moment before he averted his look and sprinted up the stairs towards his room, his mother stretching her arm to try and get to him, but she was too slow. Her eyes then went to Nicholas, who was lying on the floor, his abdomen hurting. "What...did you do, Nicholas?" She asked, her voice shaken.
Nicholas, for his part, was terrified. His Semblance, Golden Dawn, was powerful, but what he saw from Jaune eclipsed his. Was that a simple light attack to blind the opponent? No, it was just a side-effect. His Aura barely blocked that strike from him, and he could feel his son's Aura levels rising at that moment. He thought he was doing the right thing, sealing his Aura to prevent him from going on a Huntsman's path. But instead…
He dropped the last drop into the glass and watched it spill out.
"I thought…" He began, only to see the looks Alice and Sapphire were giving him. They were disgusted and scared, even angry at him. The younger ones didn't understand what was happening, which was good, but the most affected one had to be Juliet. Her eyes were shaking, and tears were threatening to spill out from her eyes. "I was doing the right thing…"
"HOW THE FUCK IS THAT THE RIGHT THING?!" Sapphire snapped, letting out a curse in her outburst. Normally, her mother would scold her for swearing near the younger ones, but right now her mind was struggling to process what went down. "YOU JUST TRIED TO SWEAL AWAY HIS AURA! HECK! HE EVEN GRABBED CROCEA MORS AND MIGHT HAVE JUMPED YOU!"
"Why did you do that? Why would you do such a thing?" Jade asked her father. "Jaune has done nothing to deserve that!"
"I-"
"No!" Sapphire said, cutting him off. "You CANNOT justify such a thing!" She looked around, shaking her hands, and walked around for a bit. "Sealing someone's Aura is not even legal!" She added, then turned to him. "That is done only by licensed Huntsman, which you might be, BUT! Only under the condition that the person whose Aura they seal is NOT someone, they hold any relations with! Not to mention you need permission from the Council as well! You had no right, moral or legal, to do that!"
Nicholas looked down in shame hearing his own daughter berate him. He knew she was right. If word got out of what he just tried to do, then not only will he lose all connections, influence, and prestige he had earned during his Huntsman days, but he will be arrested and he will lose his family as well. His mind was finally clear enough to look in hindsight and realize that now.
"Fuck!" Sapphire swore again, then she turned to Jade who was standing in silence with her mouth opened, clearly in shock. Sapphire went to her and shook her. "Jade, please go to Jaune's room and make sure he is ok." She asked her sister, which reluctantly nodded and ran to her older brother's room. Sapphire then turned to her father for one last time before looking at her mother. "Mom?" She called out to her, then went to shake her well, causing the Arc matriarch to jump and hold onto her daughter.
"Sapphire, Jaune is- Nicholas tried to, but-" Juliet was trying to talk, but all of this had her shaken to her core. Sapphire was the only one there who could still hold on to her marbles it seemed. Jade came back down afterward, a hop in her steps, making Sapphire turn to look at her.
"Jaune said he wants to speak with Alice and Sapphire, alone," Jade said, then two sisters nodding to each other. "He also said to take Crocea Mors and take it to him as well." Stopping in their tracks they looked back at the family heirloom and remembered the glow around it when Jaune held it. They shivered to recall it. However, Alice kneeled down and took the shield, turning it back into its sheath form before putting the sword in it. Their father did try to object, but one glare from them had him shut up like a sheep.
The two sisters went up to his room and knocked. "Jaune?" Alice called out to him, waiting for an answer. They could hear shuffling inside the room, but then his voice came from the other side.
"Come in." The two sisters nodded to each other and entered the room, only to see a sight they hated. Jaune was walking around his room, putting his clothing and other necessities in a bag.
"Jaune, what are you doing?!" Alice said, dropping Crocea Mors on the floor seeing him pack. "Why are you packing?!"
"I won't live in a house with a man who tried to seal his own son's Aura!" Jaune half-shouted, trying to be angry, which he was, but his voice broke here and there, indicating the restrained tears he was holding. "I am going away! I know there are some nice people out in Ansel who will gladly take me in for a while, then I will try and do some jobs around the village to earn enough and get away from here!"
"Jaune, don't do this!" Sapphire said, going to him and grabbing him by the shoulder. "You don't have to leave us just because of what father did! Please! We need you!"
Jaune sighed. "I know you do not want me to leave, but what else can I do?" He said, then he turned to Sapphire, letting her see his eyes for the first time. "If I stay he will try to seal my Aura again and I cannot count on a simple second miracle!"
"He won't!" Alice shouted. "We will announce the authorities! He tried to illegally seal your Aura, Jaune, he will get arrested!" Jaune scoffed hearing that.
"But then who will support you all?" He said, now truly breaking their hearts. "If I could I would take each of you with me, but I can't...I am not strong enough or able to provide for the entire family, no matter what I would do" He clenched his fist in frustration. "Do not report him. Although he tried sealing my Aura, although he betrayed me, I know he is not a bad father. Stay here and live as you want to live, do not worry about me." He said, but Sapphire noticed something in his speech. He didn't call their father 'Dad' anymore.
"Jaune…" She mused, then she watched as he finished his bag and threw it on his back. "But what about you and father-"
"He is my father no more. Merely a sperm donor" Jaune said before he walked off, picking up Crocea Mors and walking down the stairs to see his mother and other sisters. They all widened their eyes at him and gasped, his father back on his feet but clenching his side due to the pain. He spared his father no look, only looking at the rest of his family as he walked out through the door, then he turned to Jade who was waiting outside.
She was sobbing slightly, having a bit of dirt on her. She was holding onto the other thing Jaune told her to get. He remembered the tree Artorious told him about, but he knew there was no way there was one that old near their house. But then he remembered the stump in the backyard which they all used a table. Judging from the size, that was the tree. He had Jade dig the book, Artorious' journal, for him. "Are you really leaving?" She asked, her voice shaky and sobbing. Jaune looked down to her, his eyes saddened to do this, but he had no other choice. He kneeled down to his little sister, patting her on the head.
"You don't have to cry, Jade. I promise I will be fine and I will one day return." A possible lie. "Just promise me to be strong, ok?" The younger girl sobbed once more.
"Ok. Here is the book you wanted." She said, having him the journal, then putting it aside in his pocket. He gave her a small smile, ruffling her hair one last time before getting his bag and Crocea Mors and starting to walk away. He reckoned Beelzebub wouldn't mind adding an extra room for him. Their new house was on the other side of Ansel, no path leading to it, and being a fair distance away within the woods. His family will never know he was so close to his- No.
He looked back just as he began to enter Ansel at the house he grew up in, looking down at the cobblestone path before muttering. "I wonder if that was even my home to begin with." He walked down the path towards the house Beelzebub and the others had been building. He reckoned that they left after he went inside the house, and he knew Beel was the only one to stay around for more.
She was the fly who calmed him, after all. She made a solid point; it was not worth throwing his future away. Granted, he doesn't know if he would've killed his father, knowing for a fact he is not that strong physically and the amount of Aura he was outputting was still a ways away from what he did in Hell, meaning he might've not been able to produce an Aura slash, but…
He is glad Beel stopped him in time. Feeling so angry and letting go like that was...It was the first time in his life he truly felt alive and not like himself. He didn't feel afraid or nervous, or anything. He just felt angry and betrayed to see his own father do that to him. Or at least attempt to. He doesn't know how he did it himself, but he assumed it had something to do with his decided to dub his hybrid one Aura Overdrive since it drove his Aura past his initial limits and kept going. As for Origin, he looked down at the dirty book in his hands, knowing the answers were in there regarding this so-called family semblance.
Back at the girls, right after Jaune had his outbreak, the construction of the house was going relatively quick. Lucifer and Pandemonica were both using magic to move the material around, everything having been already created by Beelzebub and her use of the Abyss' matter to create multiple items and furniture to put into the house. Judgement along with Zdrada, Malina, Modeus, and Justice were sitting on the side while Cerberus was running around, exploring the surrounding area. Azazel was also looking around, notting down everything she could. She had never been to the human realm before either, so this was yet another experience for her to try.
"A bit more and the house will be ready." Noted Monica, then she turned to Lucifer. "Are you sure you want your room so close to Jaune's? The material for the walls might be soundproof, but there is no reason to stand so close just because Beelzebub is living with us"
"I am not worried about Jaune, I am worried about Beelzebub." Lucifer stated. "She might try to act innocent, but I know her well. She is like me, after all, a Cardinal Sin."
"Yes, but her sin is not deceit, it is Gluttony." Monica stated. "If anything I'd be worried about the pantry."
"Say it as you wish, Monica, dear. But the truth still remains; I do not trust Beelzebub one bit, so with the first proof of her trying to pull a fast one on us I will kick her ass back into the Abyss and this time no lucky mortal will break her out of there."
"Whatever gets you going-"
"Guys!" Beelzebub shouted, turning from a fly to her humane form and landing, panting slightly as flying all the way here while trying to dodge a crow tired her out. "It's Jaune!"
"Oh shit, the fucker blew up!" Zdrada shouted.
"No! I mean, yes. I mean, it's bad!" Beelzebub said, earning everyone's attention. She began to tell them about what she saw when she went into the Arc household to make sure Jaune was alright, but even she couldn't have predicted this outcome. And she knew for a fact Jaune didn't predict it either. The plan went down the drain completely when his father tried to seal away his Aura. The girls didn't fully grasp what it meant at first, but then Beel put it in simpler terms she knew they would understand, like making an example saying 'what if someone took away Malina's alcohol and never gave it back for the rest of her life?', which made them all get stiff.
Sealing away someone's power was not uncommon in Hell for troublesome individuals, but even they didn't go around sealing their own blood kin's abilities like that! And for such a lame reasoning too! Each of them felt a nasty feeling wash over them, something similar to anger and pity combined. They knew Jaune for enough time to know he is not someone who deserved this, in fact, as Beelzebub said, he deserved the exact opposite!
"Poor Jaune…" Modeus muttered. "He must be so broken right now. So down."
"Indeed." Lucifer said, agreeing with Modeus. "I saw his soul, I know about his little family issue, but even I failed to see this coming. Being betrayed by your own family like that...I honestly expected Jaune to run off without reason in order to live with us at first, then you mentioned the plan in which he lies to his parents, telling them he got a job working for someone who owned a new inn - me - so he could come here often and have even an excuse to sleep over time to time. There goes that plan. In both, he would have wronged his parents to some degree by lying to them, but this? Although I feel sorry for him, this works as he doesn't need to constantly go back and forth to his old place that often. Besides, you can remake his stuff, Beelzebub."
"But that is not the issue here, Lucifer" Beelzebub retorted. "Listen, Jaune will need us, all of us, when he gets here. This is not about being his Harem solely, but being there for him as well. When he gets here we must make sure he doesn't spiral out of control."
"Why would I spiral out of control for?" Beelzebub turned around suddenly, noticing Jaune standing there with the bag over his shoulder and Crocea Mors on his hip. It didn't take long for Jaune to put two and two together. "Oh. I see. That is really nice of you, girls, but I just want some alone time right now."
"I'm afraid we are still working on a room for you and the construction is not safe yet" Monica stated, pushing up her glasses.
Jaune sighed. "Of course. Just my luck" He went to the side, placing his bag down next to a tree then slumping down on it, resting his head on the bark. He had his eyes closed, but he caught the shadow that was looming over him. Opening his eyes he then saw Beelzebub standing next to him. "I said I wanted to be alone, Beel." He repeated
"I know, but I felt like having someone to be next to you would be better" She replied. "Jaune, you know you do not need to hide your feelings from us." He snorted.
"LIke I can…" He sarcastically replied. "You girls can read my thoughts and soul. Pretty sure that bit of privacy is gone."
"Yes, which is why I know that right now you are not really desiring to be alone" Beel said, drawing closer to him. Jaune didn't shake off her hand as she wrapped it around him and slowly leaned his head on her bosom, stroking his hair. "It's ok." She whispered, then she began to wear the slow sobs he was letting out, feeling his hand grab her arm and holding it tight, not to let go. She could feel his tears flow down on her chest, the water going through the fabric of her suit. "Let it all out."
Everyone gathered around them, even Lucifer, to help him understand he was not alone. He might have left his family, left the house where that sperm donor lived, but he was not alone. He had them.
His Harem. Heh. The thought alone made him laugh a bit. Never in his life would he have imagined he would go on such a crazy endeavor through the very depths of Hell and back with a bunch of good-looking girls making up his own Harem. He felt tired as he let his tears flow into Beel's bosom, his eyes getting heavier. He slowly drifted to sleep right there, feeling safe.
He felt like he was truly wanted here. All of them believed in him - hard to do when they saw the display on the bridge. They knew what he could do and how big of a fool his own father was for wasting his potential. But they were not going to do it. Ignium could send Jaune some of the greatest souls in Hell to train him; the likes of Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Caesar, and more. So many souls who would give everything for a change to escape their punishment.
Maybe even some old knights? Jaune certainly fit the knight bill well. But for now, he wept, he closed his eyes, and he drifted to sleep right there, waiting for tomorrow's blessing to wash today away.
*Falls down* Safe landing! 10/10! Anyway, this was one fucking long and intense chapter. If you guys felt like Jaune went too far, need I remind how bad is Aura Sealing? It was hinted at earlier in the story. This practice is possible, but under strict rules. As mentioned, everyone Huntsmen with enough training can do it, but they are not allowed to do it freely as law is clear. THIS APPLIES IN ALL FOUR KINGDOMS!
It is even worse in Atlas, and I am saying this now, where sealing someone's Aura without permission by the Council can be punished with the death sentence.
Nerdy: I want to ask you guys, what did you think of Pyrrha's death in volume 3? Was it good for the story and characters going forward? I personally think it wasn't but I'm curious what you all think.
We only finished chapter 9, when? Yesterday? Well, I guess we had it easier today. My muse was in high spirits.
