Gikon, it could be said, was a technology Takatsuki completely failed to understand, as he couldn't disassemble it for study.
As a consumable used by Soul Reapers, Gikon had a special function: automatic mimicry.
When first created, a blank Gikon was just a simple, basic human shape, with no special features, not even sexual characteristics.
But when the first soul consciousness entered it, the Gikon would change its external appearance according to the subconscious form within that consciousness.
As Filvis's core was inserted into the Gikon by Takatsuki, the Gikon, which originally looked like a pale doll, suddenly began to undulate. Black long hair slowly grew on its bald head, exquisite facial features appeared on its blank face, and its body gradually became curvaceous, transforming from a bare doll into a fair-skinned, beautiful woman with a slender waist…
"Don't look!"
Just as Filvis's new body was halfway through its transformation, Takatsuki felt his eyes being covered.
And not just by one person.
His left eye was covered by Kiana, his right by Mei, and he even felt someone standing between him and Filvis.
Actually, he was still relatively lucky here. Behind him, he heard the sound of Bete the Werewolf being ambushed and knocked down by Tiona: "How can you stare at a girl's body like that!"
"Huh!? I don't care about little girls like that… Puh-ha!"
"You bastard! Are you looking for a fight?!"
Takatsuki only heard a rustling sound, and then Bronya's emotionless voice came: "Alright."
Following Bronya's words, the girls on either side of Takatsuki, who had been covering his eyes, finally removed their hands.
"Seriously, is it really necessary?"
Filvis in front of him was already dressed in a simple cloak. Although a slight lift would reveal the girl's graceful body, at least for now, it was well-covered.
Ignoring the murmuring of the two girls beside him, Heaven's Stairway appeared beside him, placing a hand with a white snake pattern on Filvis's forehead.
Soon, a Disc was extracted.
Essentially, Filvis still only had one personality; it was just that the long-term clone magic had continuously amplified the differences between her two personalities, leading to such a strong reaction after re-fusion.
"Forget it, let's do this for now. I'll wake her up, explain the situation, and then put her memories back."
The Disc is a very mysterious item. As a product of a Stand's ability, it can be seen by ordinary people. However, when it is held by a Stand, it enters the same state as a Stand and cannot be seen by those without a Stand.
So, Heaven's Stairway stood beside Takatsuki, holding the Disc, and then Takatsuki woke up the newly reborn Filvis.
"Um… excuse me, who are you? Where is this? And who am I?"
The newly awakened Filvis was as pure as a newborn child, and her first words were a triple query about amnesia. However, the amnesiac Filvis was much better than her previous frantic state.
"Um… Mr. Takatsuki, Filvis, is she resurrected?"
Lefiya, who had been watching from behind, afraid to approach after she stopped crying, finally mustered her courage and walked over.
She couldn't believe that someone could resurrect a person. Although they had gone through various things, she still hoped her friend could live as a normal elf.
"Yes, pretty much. Her current body is that of an ordinary person, having lost all her power. Also, I just sealed her memories to prevent her from not listening to others."
Takatsuki nodded, indicating that he was leaving the scene to Lefiya and Kiana.
However, neither of them knew what to say. After all, the girl opposite had no memories, and her physical body had been completely replaced. There was no such thing as physical memory, and neither of them dared to directly explain her past to her.
Until Takatsuki couldn't bear to watch anymore.
"I'll do it."
Pushing aside the two indecisive, time-wasting girls, Takatsuki stood in front of the newly reborn Filvis.
Although his aura was imposing, Filvis was not afraid. In fact, she felt a strange closeness to Takatsuki, a closeness of a puppet to its puppeteer.
"Um…"
Before Filvis could say anything, Takatsuki interrupted her.
"Filvis, your former self is dead."
"Dead?"
Takatsuki's opening statement was explosive: "The original you, because you were corrupted by the enemy, became a half-human, half-monster existence, and were controlled by the enemy, becoming our foe. And you yourself were extremely disgusted by this, so I killed you."
"Killed… but I…"
Although she had no memories, she understood death, as she was not a true infant.
"And then I resurrected you. After all, Kiana asked me to save you. Since your disgust stemmed from your body, I put your soul into a new body. Although you have lost all your past power, compared to that monster's body, this body of yours was formed according to your original subconscious appearance. To prevent you from going berserk upon waking, I sealed your original memories. Now you know the situation. What do you think? Do you want me to unseal your memories?"
The words, spoken in less than half a minute, contained an enormous amount of information.
It shocked Filvis speechless.
"Um, please wait a moment, let me process this."
Losing memory would completely change a person, of course, that's based on the premise that one's personality is altered by later experiences. Weather Report in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was like that; Weather Report himself was a rather shy and righteous big boy, who became extremely arrogant after his girlfriend died, but reverted to his original self after losing all his memories.
The Filvis before him was also like this; as an elf, her reborn self was so noble.
Takatsuki did not rush her. After thinking for a while, Filvis finally looked up at Takatsuki.
"I want to ask, what is your relationship with me? Why do I feel a strange closeness to you?"
As Filvis spoke, the circle of girls around them all looked at Takatsuki, seemingly questioning if he had done something.
"Because I resurrected you. Actually, saying 'resurrected' isn't entirely accurate, since your body was created by me, and although your soul is your original soul, it certainly couldn't just enter any random body; the world would have gone chaotic long ago. So, I also made a simple modification to your soul to make it compatible with your current body. Therefore, both your soul and body will bear traces of my magic, which is why you feel a closeness to the magic emanating from me."
Takatsuki said casually, without any intention of hiding anything: "Your feeling of closeness should be the closeness of a creation to its creator, and it's also because you currently have no memories. Because without memories, you are alone and helpless in this world, so that tiny bit of closeness has been amplified by this sense of loneliness. Once you recover your memories, it should be fine. Or are you not planning to recover your memories? Well, it's your own memories anyway, I don't care, you can choose for yourself."
Hearing Takatsuki say that Filvis was not planning to recover her memories, Lefiya's expression changed, and she wanted to say something but forced herself to hold back, as Lefiya was still a bit timid around unfamiliar people.
Filvis also noticed Lefiya's reaction. She already knew the name of the girl who had rushed to her side immediately after she woke up, but Filvis felt nothing about the other party saying she was her former friend.
However, Takatsuki had already explained, and she didn't doubt it much.
"I'm ready. Although it's fine like this for now, please restore my memories."
Seeing that Filvis had made her decision, Heaven's Stairway, who had been waiting on standby for a long time, moved closer.
He inserted the Disc he held into Filvis's temple. Just as the Disc entered, only a few Stand users could see a crack appear on Filvis's head, just large enough for the Disc to enter. Because this Disc originally belonged to Filvis, there was no obstruction to its entry. With just a push and insertion, Filvis recovered all her memories.
A flood of memories instantly washed over Filvis, leaving her somewhat stunned. She then raised her hands to look at them, quickly touched her body, and, throwing off her cloak, began to feel her skin in front of everyone.
Then Takatsuki's eyes were covered again.
"Alright, alright, I'll step aside, okay? Anyway, everything I needed to do is finished."
No one expected Filvis to suddenly do such a thing, catching them off guard. After all, she was an elf!
But they overlooked Filvis's fervent desire for her body to be restored to purity.
It wasn't until Takatsuki, with his eyes covered, retreated to a distance and then pulled away the two hands covering his eyes that he saw Filvis, in the distance, kneeling on the ground and weeping.
Lefiya was constantly whispering something to her, most likely comforting her.
"Alright, that's done here too. What was it I said earlier? The battlefield is still on the upper floors, right? Let's go, if we're too late, Orario might be blown away."
Takatsuki didn't want to comment much on the friendship between girls. After all, neither of them was someone he liked, and although they were both very beautiful, it had nothing to do with him.
Only a loud bang was heard. When the Loki Familia members and Filvis looked towards Takatsuki and his group, they noticed that the four figures were gone, leaving only a huge hole in the ceiling.
"Wow, that's really exaggerated."
Although Takatsuki didn't ask them to keep it a secret, the few people present didn't plan to reveal it either. At most, they would tell a few elders of their Familia and their main god. The matter of resurrection, though tempting, seemed to have very high requirements.
Meanwhile, Takatsuki had disappeared with the big three.
"Huh? Where are they?"
"I don't know, they probably went up already, didn't they come up that way just now?"
Just as the Loki Familia members hadn't decided how to leave, Takatsuki had already broken through another ceiling, or rather, a floor. In short, it was a wall. He climbed up to the Tenth Floor from beneath its floor.
"Takatsuki!"
As soon as Takatsuki came up, he heard a surprised voice: "Oh, it's Bell. You're here too."
Takatsuki looked at the weapons on Bell. The Nen he had left on both the dagger and the greatsword he carried on his back had disappeared, further confirming to Takatsuki that the fleshy walls here devoured Nen.
"Bell, what's the situation now? How are things?"
Regarding Filvis, after Takatsuki had extracted the Disc, he had his Stand quickly examine the memories within, understanding Dionysus's objective.
Although Takatsuki felt that the plan this scumbag god told Filvis might only be partial or even false.
According to his understanding, these masterminds are usually very good at fooling people and do not trust anyone, even if they inform them of a mission, they only reveal a part of it.
In Filvis's memories, Dionysus's objective was the same as what they already knew: using six fetal orbs to parasitize six giant treants, forming huge Fairy Spirit Pillars, standing in the six corners of the Tenth Floor.
And Dionysus's demand of her was to obstruct or eliminate the Loki Familia members. The bull-like monster that attacked on the 13th Floor was also a type of Fairy Spirit Clone, but it was an incomplete product, its strength not comparable to what Takatsuki encountered, nor to those on the Tenth Floor.
"Bell, what's the situation in each direction now?"
Before Bell could speak, a familiar voice came from him.
"Regarding this matter, allow me to answer you."
"Fels?"
The voice coming from the eye crystal Bell took out was indeed Fels, whom they had met before.
"I remember Lyd gave you an eye crystal, why couldn't I contact you?"
Fels first asked his own question.
"Ah, sorry, I put it in my storage space."
A small, round orb fell from the King's Treasure into Takatsuki's hand. Fels sighed, "Then let's leave it at that. Takatsuki, Orario is in a very critical situation now, and your strength and the Loki Familia's strength are needed."
"As for them, they're still below. You tell me the situation first."
Fels didn't ask Takatsuki to wait for others to explain, directly telling Takatsuki the current situation: the allied forces fighting the Corrupted Spirit were in complete disarray.
Because several large Familias in Orario, especially the Freya Familia, had not arranged for anyone to help, all six front lines collapsed at the slightest touch. Moreover, the green flesh near the Corrupted Spirit would use magic attacks on adventurers, and the situation was now dire.
"Ah, that situation, leave it to me."
Takatsuki thought for a moment and said to Fels, "Let the adventurers come back. Don't make unnecessary sacrifices. I will handle the six Fairy Spirits by myself."
"What?!"
"Takatsuki, this is no small matter. If you fail…"
Takatsuki interrupted Fels.
"Well, you don't have to retreat, anyway, the people I have here are enough. Just watch."