But God Forced Me to Reincarnate!

The Maozi Jewel

"Maozi jewel... Finally, it's returned to the Hartmann family...," Dad muttered.

"Are you sure it's genuine?" Mom asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I can feel it. Here, Cass, feel the jewel's energy," Dad handed over the jewel to Mom.

Mom held the jewel and gasped, "This feeling is...?!"

Dad nodded, "Yeah. It's exactly as you think."

"Mom, Dad, what's that? What makes it unique?" Alt-nii was the first one to lose his patience and asked the question I had in my mind, too.

Dad and Mom stopped "being in their own world" and perhaps they finally remembered that their kids were here, too?

Dad took a long breath before his face showed a determined expression.

"Alright, it's explanation time. Look at this jewel, kids," Dad said as Mom handed over the jewel to him again—then Dad proceeded to show the jewel in front of me, Alt-nii, and the twins.

"This jewel is called Maozi jewel, the Hartmann family's heirloom," Dad said, "Do you want to try touching it? Be careful."

He then let Alt-nii hold the Maozi jewel.

"Wow, beautiful!" Alt-nii said as he gently caressed the jewel on his hand.

"Hmm... And it emits a weird feeling somehow," he commented before passing it to me.

"Eh?"

When I touched the jewel, I felt something odd. I felt someone else's presence peering deep into me. Like a cat's sharp eyes, examining someone.

However, the feeling didn't last too long. I took a long stare at the jewel. Beautiful white jewel with this weird bluish light wavering about inside.

"Pretty...," I muttered.

The twins—the original owner of this jewel—nodded enthusiastically.

I looked at them and was about to hand them the jewel, but they lightly shook their heads.

Alright, I'd just give it back to Dad.

"If it's originally our family's heirloom, is there something special about it?" I asked Dad.

After all, I already knew the Grabberton family and the Fumitsuna family's heirlooms. Both of their heirlooms were weapons, so it was easy to tell.

As for this jewel... I imagined it having some kind of magical attribute, befitting a family or a clan of magicians!

Dad took back the jewel and gazed at it.

"Hmm... Yes. If we were to use our special arts while holding this jewel, we would be able to transform into a... cat beastman—or werebeast, to be more exact. And using their power to the fullest extent," Dad explained.

"Eh? C-cat werebeast, transformation, using the power to the fullest extent?" Alt-nii was startled.

That seems like a nice power!

But at that time, I suddenly remembered the limitation of our Transformation art.

It's hard to do and we shouldn't be able to transform into a dragon or werebeast's form, let alone using their power to the fullest extent. We can only transform our appearance, yet the power we have will depend on us. To transform into a bird and fly, we can actually do that by incorporating our magical power.

That alone is already a cheat for us as transformation magic is dangerous and hard in nature.

But this...