Possession Monsters Confirmation

… And so the 300,000 DP post-[Humanization] enhancement Angel Rokufa became a pair with the magic-wielding iron full plate armor merchant Narikin.

Narikin is made of iron full plate armor. I've also taught him the [Storage] skill using a scroll. When [Humanized], he had the appearance of an ordinary person with brown hair, just as I intended.

I'll need to give him a copy of my Narikin mask later. Yeah.

As for Rokufa's appearance—she closely resembled Rokuko. With Rokuko'sRokufa blue hair, the Angel had a halo and glowing wings, giving off a slightly floating vibe as if defying gravity. Her wings weren't growing directly from her body but seemed to appear just above it.

When humanized, the wings and halo disappeared.

"Rokuko… did you tamper with her? You said you wouldn't make her too similar to you, right?"

"… I-I didn't tamper with her, okay? Maybe she just looks like me because I'm a Dungeon Core?"

"You totally did, didn't you?"

"…"

It seemed she did alter the appearance after all. Oh, come on. It's already been summoned, so we can't redo it.

"But she has the same [695] name as me, right!? Of course I wanted to make her look similar!"

"But still… you know that she'll stand out, right?"

"Isn't it better if she looks like me when traveling with you, Kehma? Wouldn't that make you happier?"

"I'm happy, but that's a different matter! You dummy!"

"What do you mean, dummy!? Kehma and Rei are the ones being targeted, not me, so it's safe!"

Ugh, it's true that it's just barely on the safe side!

"Um, Master, what should we do?"

Narikin, who had humanized into a soldier-like appearance, asked hesitantly. Rokufa also stood by, looking troubled.

"Oh, right, Narikin, Rokufa. We need you to become our bodies. Well, it's more like a reconnaissance outside the dungeon."

I informed them that we summoned them to use the [Possession] function so that Rokuko and I could investigate the outside while remaining in the village.

"Yes, understood. Please feel free to use our bodies as you wish."

"We acknowledge your command, Master. We shall do everything according to your and Rokuko-sama's wishes."

"Oh, by the way, you two are supposed to be a married couple. Is that okay?"

"Hey, Rokuko!"

At Rokuko's remark, Narikin and Rokufa nodded seriously. Well, if the two of them are fine with it, then it's fine. Is it really fine? If it is, then it's fine…

We decided to test out the [Possession] function right away.

Rokuko and I each selected monster control from the menu and used [Possession] on the two who were [Humanized].

"Oh, it worked. Roku—Rokufa, how about you?"

"I'm fine too, Keh—Narikin."

Rokufa (Rokuko inside) looked at meNarikin and smiled. It felt just like the usual Rokuko since the face was made to resemble hers. By the way, our actual bodies were lying in bed.

… Yeah, they're just sleeping normally.

"It's amazing; I can feel all the sensations. I've seen the rabbits in the Rabbit Dungeon doing this, but… it really feels like my own body."

"The fact that our original bodies and these ones have similar builds makes it even more so. If there was a big difference, the sensations would apparently be different too?"

With that, Rokuko undid the [Humanization] and spread her angelic wings.

"Wow, wow, this is incredible. It's a new sensation. I mean, my body is floating, what is this? It's fun!"

"Huh. Let me try too—"

I undid Narikin's [Humanization]… Not much has changed, but it seems like I can't actually see with my eyes. Living Armors don't have eyes, after all.

… They didn't have mouths either, so I couldn't chant. I didn't need to chant in the first place, though… could I use magic? When I concentrated on [Fireball], a fireball popped out and shot out.

It seemed like I could use magic without any problems. [Storage]—is this different from my own [Storage]? There's nothing inside. A bit disappointing.

Since I couldn't speak like this, I'd try to redo the [Humanization]—but before that, I tried to speak.

"Kehma, you're making too much noise."

Ah, I see. Then, let's try sending thoughts. Like when talking to the Ring Succubus or Magic Sword Siesta.

[… Ah~, ah~. Rokufa, can you hear my voice?]

"Hm? Oh, Kehma—no, Narikin. Right, so telepathy?"

[It seems we can have a proper conversation with telepathy.]

Rokufa patted methe Living Armor.

"Hey Narikin, can I practice wearing you for when the time comes?"

"Sure, go ahead—but, I made it in my size. Will this be alright?"

"Maybe it'll be fine if I stuff something inside…?"

Having her wear it with her arms crossed in front of her chest while I moved the body… that's also an option.

"Here we go."

[Oof.]

Rokufa started to disassemble my body with a snap. Wow, there's no pain, but my body was being taken apart and there was still sensation. Oh, oh, ooooh.

My disassembled body was grabbed and dragged away. It's hard to describe the feeling other than ticklish.

Rokufa lifted my arm, saying, [Heave-ho]. Looking at it like this, it was a full gauntlet that went up to the shoulder.

"Can you move this even when it's detached?"

[Can I… yep, I can.]

"Heeh, that's interesting."

Rokufa tapped and caressed my detached arm as it moved. Please put it on quickly if you're going to put it on. It's making me restless.

"Combine! … It's cool and feels nice."

"It's really warm on this side."

For now, I had her attach just the arm, and it was indeed too loose. Maybe I should have made it in a female size… Hm? My body is trembling… Whoa!?

My arm shrank like a roughly washed woolen sweater and fit snugly around Rokufa's arm.

The law of conservation of mass was not in play here. What the heck?

"Oh, it seems to have worked out well."

"Rokufa, did you do something? The iron armor shrank, didn't it?"

"Probably due to my special ability, [Full Body Armor Aptitude]. I thought it would be a good match since Narikin was a full-body armor. I didn't expect it to work this well, though. I can move just as easily as if I were wearing regular clothes."

It seems that the ability allowed her to equip armor even if the size was slightly off.

… It was just like an RPG where, as long as the classification and aptitude matched, characters with different body types could share equipment. Well, it's a world where magic and gods exist—Rokufa's an Angel, even—so it's not that surprising, is it?

By the way, when the armor was removed, it returned to its original size. Oh, that was surprising.

Now that we've prepared our possession monsters, we should contact Toy and set out on our journey to investigate.