The Beast and the Sword Book 2: The Changes

Page 46: The Bigger They Are the Harder they Fall

(Fourth Opening Theme: That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime OP2-Meguru Mono Performed By Takuma Terashima)

-Moments Earlier-

"Prism...! Prism...! Prism... Can you hear me?!"

Prism found herself nearly blinded by a light that had been shining in her eyes as she groaned and blinked rapidly. Various voices overlapped each other as she had found familiar faces looking over her with concern and worry. "Ow..." Prism groaned, "... What the..."

"Prism!" Nolan said as he hugged her, "Thank Gods, you're alright!"

"Uncle Nolan?" She said with a tired voice.

"Oh Prism! We made it just in time!" Ringo said as he ended up hugging her too, "I can't believe that cake actually worked!"

"Ringo wait--" Prism started to ponder before she noticed where she was. She saw Nozel, Rill, William, Charlotte with Yukio and Cadfan in the room with her. They were both in tears as Prism couldn't help but flinch at the looks on their faces.

"Uh--" She said, "--Why are you two looking at me like--EEP!!!"

While Nolan and Ringo were shoved out of the way, by the parents Prism found herself getting tackled by them.

Yukiko had said in tears, "OH PRISM! THANK GODS! YOU'RE ALIVE!"

"WE WERE SO WORRIED!" Cadfan added, "NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!!"

"Uncle Cad--Aunt Yuki.." Prism said, "... What are you guys crying fo--" It soon clicked in her head as she noticed the state of her hand--Or what was the state of her hand, as she noticed familiar black veins had vanished from her body; some of the spirits started to appear around her as they looked just as shocked as she did.

"AAH!!" She shrieked, making the worried parents jump, "THAT'S RIGHT! I WAS SMALL BECAUSE OF A CURSED ITEM! DON'T TELL ME YOU ALL SHRUNK TOO!! ANA LATTA AS ME THIS IS REALLY BAD!!"

"No sweetie--" Nolan reassured her as she calmed down, "--You were small earlier, but luckily we were able to give you the antidote for the Cursed Item that infected you. You're back to normal."

"Wait--What?!" She said shocked before she had been taken back by a puff of smoke which made her shriek.

"Seems like it worked for someone else too." William said.

The puff of smoke cleared up as her jaw dropped at the sight of a familiar person. Jack let out a relieved groan as he cracked his neck.

"Jack!?" Prism said shocked.

"For the record--" Jack said, "--This is the LAST time I infected myself with a Curse for you--KEKE!"

"What?!" She said with worry, "You infected yourself with a Cursed Item!? That was dangerous!"

"KEKE--don't worry about it. I'll live." Jack told her, "But don't expect me to do that a second time!"

The look in Prism's eyes changed as Jack was quick to notice, which made him flinch, "What?! Why are you looking at me like that?!" He said.

"You... Infected yourself with a Cursed Item..." Prism soon enunciated, "... You... Really did that for me? For us?"

"HEY! DON'T GET THE WRONG IDEA!"Jack exclaimed. "I just didn't want to leave it all to the Meathead! If anything were to happen to my student, some's limbs would get chopped off-KEKE!"