A Nexus Devil (Dxd x Multi Crossover)

Ice, Circles and a Ferret

Jake collapsed, shivering on the cold ground. He was absolutely freezing as Serafall's ice magic coursed through him. He imagined this is what taking a bath in liquid nitrogen felt like! It was not a pleasant experience. Zero out of ten, he would not recommend!

Serafall, meanwhile, was squatting down next to Jake, somewhat giggling at his icicle-like appearance with his completely frozen hair and school robes. "Don't just lie there shivering, Jake! You've got to ride it out. You have to absorb the ice magic I cast on you. Let it flow through you, down to your core. You need to feel the ice and be one with it and all that! At least, I think that's how it goes..." she said the last part somewhat unsure.

"Are you se-serious right now?" Jake was shivering so much that he had trouble pronouncing his words. The half-human popsicle on the ground sputtered out, "I-I don't think it's wo-working."

Serafall, right next to Jake, continued to observe him with her eyes and her magical senses. It didn't look like it was working either to her. That must mean she didn't use enough ice! Another magic circle formed on her hand, and she blasted Jake, who was on the ground, with even more freezing wind from her hands.

When the second blast hit him, Jake went from thinking he was bathing in liquid nitrogen to feeling like he was in the middle of the cocytus itself! "Oh my G-God, why did you blast me with i-ice a-again? R-really Serafall!?" He somehow spoke through even more shivering than before. Serafall, meanwhile, noted that he was able to use Big G's name without any repercussions. She felt like he was really lucky in that regard! He could curse the bastard (in Serafall's opinion) anytime he wanted.

"Oh, there we go! I can see it working now," Serafall said, and Jake, still shivering on the ground, started to feel something happening to his body. The color was slowly but surely returning to his skin, his frozen hair was starting to melt, and his shivering started to lessen as he slowly felt the cold that was literally permeating throughout his entire being just a moment ago start to fade away. Eventually, it just became a pleasant coolness that spread throughout his body.

"Wow, your bloodline really is amazing," Serafall praised. "No wonder everyone supernatural wants to murder you, if you can actually gain immunity to their magics and be able to copy them after only being hit by their spells one or two times!" Serafall couldn't help but admit she was slightly jealous of his ability to learn magic in such an easy but not painless way. Serafall had spent at least a dozen years just to be able to use competent ice magic at all... and here he was learning it within the span of 5 minutes! 'Some people have all the luck.' She thought to herself, 'and those people usually tend to be Gremorys, in my experience.'

Jake was just happy that he was no longer a popsicle! He stood up from the ground and inspected himself physically. He looked the same, but internally, he could now feel something new inside of himself. He didn't feel cold anymore, but at the same time, from the depths of his body, he knew he could unleash ice magic now. He raised his hand and pointed it off to the side as a magical icicle, straight out of Dark Souls, formed in his hand and launched towards a nearby tree! The ice spear punched a hole right through the thick bark upon impact! Jake whistled to himself in appreciation. He also felt like that icy spear he just fired took way less magic than he would have expected it to. 'Does my bloodline grant me cheaper magic casting, when using copied abilities?' He mused to himself. That giant Ice Spear didn't feel like it took any more magic than a normal bombarda.

Serafall smiled at the absolute look of glee on Jake's face. She had seen the same expression on thousands of younger devils the first time they started casting real magic, and not just basic training spells.

Just as Jake was about to launch another icicle for fun, Serafall interrupted him. "Hold on there before you go absolutely crazy and start raining ice death all over this forest. I have one more thing to give you. Hold out your hands," she said.