CHAPTER 48

MILTIADES MALACHITE POV

She looked at the beautiful weapon in front of her and gulped.

She sat forward on the couch and moved toward the weapon in front of her only for Jaune to close the suitcase.

She gave him a confused glance and he gave her an embarrassed one in return.

"Sorry. Wrong suitcase." He said and changed the suitcase to show her the weapons Pyrrha and her teammates had made for her.

There were two blades in the Suitcase.

She gingerly picked one of them and instantly realized that they were much heavier than their original size might initially suggest.

They must be made from a similar alloy to the ones used in Jaune's sword Ascalon.

It was a good thing as thanks to their sudden increase in strength, the normal weapons just didn't work out for them.

She knew this because she and her sister had gone out on an outing with Jaune and Pyrrha so that they could try the various weapons kept in the Weapon stores in order to find the weapons best suited for her.

By the end of it, she had decided to discard her twin claws in favor of a pair of dagger because of the versatility they afforded her.

She picked up the second dagger which was an exact mirror copy of the first one.

She flipped the daggers on her fingers.

Then she got up from the chair and went to the other side of the room for more open space and did a few practiced moves with the daggers.

After a few tests, she turned to Jaune and gave him a shy smile.

"These are perfect."

"Pyrrha and my teammates put a lot of effort into making these weapons. Especially the daggers you're holding." Jaune said with a nod "You want to see what else they could do."

She noticed Melanie transforming her Sword into a beautiful handgun in the background and nodded.

Jaune walked up to her and she handed him the two daggers, her heart beating a bit faster as her hands brushed against his own.

He didn't seem to have noticed that as he turned the daggers so that she could have a clear view of them.

"This is how you do it." He said as he pressed the trigger mechanism which folded the blade of the dagger within itself.

Then he connected the two daggers with each other. And just as soon as they connected completely, the folded blades shot out and turned into a long-bladed weapon with a barrel attached to it.

"This is the Shotgun-sword form of the Daggers." Jaune explained, "You'll have to practice with it for a while to get the handle of changing the daggers to this form during mid-battle."

She nodded.

Thanks to the Martial Talent ability that Jaune shared with her and her sister, it shouldn't take them long to get used to their new weapons. Especially with a competent instructor like Pyrrha at hand.

"Now." Jaune said "Pyrrha and Ruby originally wanted to give the daggers a Handgun form as well. But I decided against it."

She gave him a confused glance. She didn't know a lot about weapons but she knew that daggers and handguns make for an excellent combo.

"Why?" she asked.

"Because of this." He said and pressed the trigger mechanism with a shake.

And the two-blade separated at the base along with the magazine and turned into a…

"What is that?" she asked, curious despite herself.

"This…" he said proudly "Is your Rail Gun-Great Sword."

He paused and looked at him with an eager smile. Except that she had no idea how to react to that.

"That… good?"

Jaune blinked at her lackluster reaction.

"This is a Rail Gun-Great Sword!" He exclaimed, "How are you not jumping from excitement."

"Umm…" she glanced down shyly "I don't know what a Rail Gun is." She mumbled to herself.

Jaune of course heard her with his enhanced senses and sighed.

"I am sorry for assuming that you'll know about it." He said "Let me tell you what Rail Gun in general. Or what this Rail Gun exactly does."

She nodded and got ready to listen to his words.

"Rail gun is a linear motor device that uses electromagnetic force to launch high-velocity projectiles. The projectiles generally don't contain explosives and instead rely on the projectile's high velocity, mass, and kinetic energy to inflict damage. You're with me so far?"

She nodded.

"Well. That's what a normal Rail gun does. But this one is special." He said, a giddy look in his eyes that suggested that he'd be wanting to share this detail with someone for a while now.

"Special?"

"Yes. The special thing about this Rail gun is that if you charged it with Lightning Dust, then you can use all 12 rounds inside the magazine at once."

"That… sounds dangerous."

"Exactly!" he said in a rare show of manic excitement "The resulting beam would be so powerful, in theory, that it should bore a hole right through just about any Grimm that could be found out in the wild."

Oh! She could see why he was so excited about this now.

"So this is our last resort weapon?" she asked and he nodded.

"Indeed. I know that you two are powerful and that you'll probably outright murder most of the Grimm out there. But if you ever run across a powerful Grimm that you cannot defeat, then by using 12 rounds of High-Grade Military Dust, you stand a good chance of killing that Grimm or at least injuring it enough to escape from it."

"I see." She said as he returned the Railgun back into its dagger form and handed them back to her.

Then she put the daggers to the side and pulled him into a tight hug.

Jaune seemed a bit surprised by the sudden hug but after a moment, he put his arms around her and returned the hug.

"Thank you." She said after a while as she finally separated from him "Thank you for everything."

Then she moved forward and placed a chaste kiss on his cheeks, feeling her own cheeks redden at the intimate gesture.

She didn't even understand why she was blushing so much when she had kissed his lips before on a few memorable occasions.

"Don't mention it." Jaune said with a kind smile.

"Oi Miltia. Don't go hogging Jaune all by yourself."

Jaune smiled "It looks like your sister is done with the testing as well. How about you come to the Pocket Dimension and train with your new weapons."

She licked her lips, feeling the anticipation in her heart.

"That sounds like a great idea."

"Very well then. Let's go." He said and created a portal in the wall.

"Melanie. Pyrrha. Come." He said and entered the Pocket Dimension, her following him from a few steps away.