Chapter 299: Bracelet
Monica’s skin rippled beneath her clothes. Dull white energy wrapped up from her bracelet and enveloped her entire body, illuminating the Infernal Armory and sending shadows dancing across the room as if in celebration.
Layers of light separated away and sank into her body. The tint of her skin lightened and paled by several shades. Her fangs sank into her lips, leaving only tiny tips that could have easily been misconstrued for slightly pointy incisors.
Her features themselves had changed little. They remained largely the same, though they grew slightly smaller as she lost about an inch of her height — still leaving her towering over both Arwin and Raen, not to mention Reya.
“Whoa,” Reya said. “That’s incredible! She looks like she could be my sister! Just… really big and beefy.”
There’s definitely a resemblance. It’s kind of like somebody crossed ninety percent of Monica with ten percent of Reya. That must be the effects of her hair in the project. I wonder what would have happened if I’d used one of mine. Would she have gotten even burlier?
Monica lifted her hands. Her gloves were now just a little bit too big and draped over her fingers like she’d stolen them from her father. She ripped both of them off, then stared at her fingers.
Her hands shot up to her face. They ran along her nose, then to her mouth before lifting up to her ears. She grabbed her shirt and pulled it back, staring down it. Disbelief gripped her features in a vice as her arms fell back to her sides and she looked up to Arwin.
“I can’t believe it,” Monica muttered. She spun to Raen and ran over to him, skidding to a stop before she could drive him through the wall of the smithy and grabbing the man by the shoulders. “Look at me! I’m human!”
“No,” Arwin said in a tone that was both soft but firm. “You’re not human. There’s no need to be human. I didn’t, and I can’t, change who you are. I’ve just changed what people see you as. That’s it.”