Angewomon's Soul

"Take Over Magic, release!"

Mira raised the Demon Hand she had so disliked. A magic circle flashed, and the hand returned to the soft, pale appearance of a child's.

"Mo Si, look! I've learned Take Over Magic!"

Mira happily showed her arm to Mo Si.

Mo Si had saved Mira and the others, and with Angewomon's appearance as a gentle older sister, Mira and her siblings had actually come to regard her as an elder.

"Congratulations," Mo Si said with a smile.

She was in a good mood too. After these days of meditation, she had finally mastered the third energy within her body: her magical power.

Now that she had mastered her magical power, the next step was choosing what magic to learn.

Influenced by their older sister Mira, Lisanna and Elfman had decided to learn Take Over Magic after mastering their magical power.

After some thought, Mo Si had also decided to learn Take Over Magic.

It was magic that dealt with souls, which made it tremendously significant to someone like her, whose soul had crossed worlds and joined with Angewomon to become a single being.

Besides, the nature of Take Over Magic suited her well.

Other kinds of magic required steady training, growing stronger little by little, whereas the power of Take Over Magic depended primarily on the soul taken over.

In other words, as long as she took over a powerful soul, her strength could leap forward in a short time.

To her delight, learning Take Over Magic went surprisingly smoothly.

Unlike her struggles to sense magical power, mastering it came naturally, as though everything had simply fallen into place.

"Huh?"

Before Mo Si could celebrate, a voice suddenly sounded in her mind.

"Where am I?"

It was her own voice-or rather, Angewomon's voice.

"Who are you?" Mo Si asked quietly.

The voice exclaimed in surprise, "My body is talking?! Why... why is my body moving on its own? Who? Who is controlling my body?"

Mo Si more or less understood. The voice in her mind belonged to Angewomon, this body's original owner.

After crossing worlds and becoming Angewomon, she had not gained any of Angewomon's earlier memories, which showed that their souls had not merged.

She had assumed Angewomon's soul had gone somewhere unknown. She had never expected it to still be sleeping deep within this body.

Mo Si returned to her room in the girls' dormitory. Finding no one around, she felt safe enough to ask aloud, "Angewomon, do you remember where you were last?"

Sensing that she had no control whatsoever over her body, Angewomon was troubled and anxious at first, but soon calmed down and answered, "Humans captured me and took me into a laboratory. They put me in a storage pod, then used anesthetics or something similar to keep me asleep."

That was what had happened to Angewomon after Kurata captured her.

"They were researching Bio-Digimon technology," Mo Si said.

"What's that?" Angewomon asked in confusion.

"It's a technology that implants Digimon into human bodies, turning humans into Bio-Digimon. Bio-Digimon have greater combat power than the original Digimon," Mo Si said.

Angewomon gasped. "Then you... have I become a Bio-Digimon too?"

Mo Si shook her head. "No."

Angewomon breathed a sigh of relief.

Mo Si continued, "That experiment is already over. You were going to become fuel for Belphemon's resurrection."

Angewomon's heart, which had just settled, leaped into her throat again. "Did you say Belphemon? One of the Seven Great Demon Lords?"

Mo Si nodded. "Yes."

Angewomon fell silent in shock. After a moment, she asked, "But now..."

The sights along the way from the library to the dormitory had told her she was no longer in that research facility.

Mo Si explained, "I possessed your body and got you out. As you can see, this isn't your original world anymore. It's a human world with magic."

Although Angewomon did not quite understand what a human world with magic meant, she still said gratefully, "I see. Thank you."

"Can you see this?"

Mo Si pointed at the panel.

[Name: Mo Si]

[Species: Digimon · ultimate · free type · angel type · Angewomon]

[Skills: Holy Arrow, Heavenly Purple Light, Healing Light, Digisoul, Take Over Magic]

[Evolution path: fallen evolution]

[World-crossing countdown: 19 days]

Angewomon looked in the direction Mo Si was pointing, which happened to be the dormitory window. Unsure what was so interesting about it, she asked, "Do you mean that window?"

...She can't see the panel?

With a thought, Mo Si opened the details page for fallen evolution. Besides the existing options of Sukamon, Scumon, ZombieSatanmon, and Myotismon, another possibility had appeared.

LadyDevimon!

With Angewomon's consciousness awake, she now had the possibility of evolving into LadyDevimon, though the chance of success was only one percent.

Evolution really is amazing~

Marveling inwardly, Mo Si said, "Let's introduce ourselves. I'm Mo Si."

Angewomon paused, then said, "I'm Angewomon."

...Of course I know that.

Mo Si smiled. "From now on, we're partners-two minds sharing one body."

At that, Angewomon did not know what to say.

You're already controlling my body, so whatever you say goes.

Fortunately, she was Angewomon. Any Digimon capable of evolving into Angewomon was fundamentally kind, so she did not mind even though control of her body rested in Mo Si's hands.

Had it been a Digimon like Myotismon, Devimon, or LadyDevimon, they would never have let the matter rest, even if they could not regain control of their body.

Mo Si asked, "Angewomon, why did you only wake up now?"

Angewomon replied, "I'm not really sure. I just felt something calling to me, so I tried opening my eyes, and then I woke up."

"Calling?"

Mo Si wondered whether it had been Take Over Magic.

More than ten days had passed since she crossed worlds without Angewomon waking up, yet the moment she learned Take Over Magic, Angewomon had awakened.

Perhaps it was no coincidence. Perhaps Angewomon's soul had sensed the summons of Take Over Magic.

Mo Si voiced her guess. "I learned something called Take Over Magic in this world. It's magic that connects to souls and uses their abilities in battle. Maybe that's what woke you up."

Understanding dawned on Angewomon. That might indeed have been the reason.

Mo Si said, "In nineteen days, we'll return to the original world. We'll have to face the human who captured you, and possibly Belphemon too."

Go back?

Angewomon's heart tightened.

Mo Si continued, "Angewomon, now that you're awake, let's grow stronger together!"

Angewomon said, "I understand. I'll do everything I can to support you."

That sounded a little strange. It was her body, yet she had ended up in a supporting role.

But she did not mind, because she was kind.

"Angewomon, your senses are synchronized with mine, right?"

After making such an uplifting declaration about growing stronger together, Mo Si abruptly changed the subject and asked another question.

The sudden leap in her thinking caught Angewomon off guard for a moment, but she answered honestly, "Yes. Sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch-all five senses are synchronized."

"Then..."

The corners of Mo Si's lips lifted slightly as she raised her right hand and slipped it under her clothes.

"W-what are you doing?!" Angewomon cried in panic.

Their five senses were synchronized, which naturally included touch.