Jaden looked at the blade a little closer, and raised an eyebrow.

"...an underwater cavern?" he asked.

"Yep." she replied.

"Lemme see it?" Jaden asked.

"All right, but fair warning, Luke tried to hold it earlier, and it was too heavy for him." Kelly warned him.

"Duly noted." Jaden responded.

She then handed the blade off to him, and as soon as she let go, the sword fell straight down to the floor, taking Jaden with it, essentially.

"...holy crap." he said.

"It's practically immoveable." he commented.

"All right, lemme try this." he then said, as they saw a portal appear below the sword... but the sword just seemed to flip over on-end, away from the portal.

"Hmmm." Jaden mumbled, as Kelly picked the blade up again, with ease.

"Well, I don't know too much about identifying enchantments and equipment mana." he told her. "I'm more of a buff on... well... blades, themselves." he chuckled lightly.

"However, that means I CAN tell you that the sword is a longsword, or bastard sword, whatever you wish to call it, and given the craftsmanship and various little design quirks that I can see... it's old." he told her. "Like... we're taking near the beginning of the Middle Ages, old." he said further. "Around the time of King Arthur, old." he added.

"And yes, that obviously means it's in remarkable condition, considering." he then told her.

"Beautiful gems on it, as well."

"And that's about all I can tell you off-hand." Jaden then finished.

"It's certainly a remarkable blade. And a rare find, indeed." he told her.

"However, if you want something more detailed about what enchantments may be on it, you're barking up the wrong tree, sadly." he then said, shaking his head a little and sighing.

"Vincent might be a good person to go to." he then suggested. "He knows a lot about practically everything, it seems, and I think he's a bit of an expert in equipment enchantments. Or he knows more than your average person." he went on.

"...or if you want a specialist, doesn't Hal Sharp at the Unit in San Diego employ a weaponsmithing dwarf?" he then asked. "Kia's mentioned her to me a few times, imbues passive mana into the weapons she creates." he said further.

"So there's a good chance SHE might know." he reasoned.

"But yeah, Vincent or her would be good next steps."

Jaden nodded in response.

"You're quite welcome." he told her.

"And last I heard, Vincent should actually be at his manor today." he then said.

"I heard from Mom that he's working on some things for his sister... like, Council things... and he'll be BEGGING for a distraction." he told her further with a light laugh at the end of it.

"Odds are he'll be super thankful to you for bringing that for him to inspect." he added.

"Yeah, sure." Jaden responded.

"I admit, I'm curious as to the behaviour of that blade." he told her. "I know there are enchantments to make a blade super heavy, but I've never heard of one that selectively does so." he said.

"And how it reacted with my portal is DEFINITELY something new." he admitted.

"Ordinarily I'd just assume it's protected against tainted mana or something, but the fact that it acted the same way, or at least similarly, with Lucas is... puzzling." he went on.

"So yeah, let me know when you find something out." he finished.

"Sorry I couldn't be more help, aside from identifying the type and general era of the weapon itself."

"See you!" Jaden called to her as she took off.

Her flight to Vincent's manor was uninterrupted and uneventful, and she landed on the pad that was reserved more for her mother, but she was allowed to use it, too. There were also mana sensors on it that let those inside know when someone landed on the roof. Which meant she wouldn't be waiting long when she knocked to enter. She then floated down to the ground, near the back door, and knocked loudly on it.

She was only waiting for 5 seconds, when it was answered by Vincent.

"Oh, Kelly." he greeted her.

"What brings you-" he started to ask, before his eyes immediately focused on the sword she had.

"...let me guess, that?" he asked, gesturing to it.

"...." Vincent was silent as he saw the blade, before shaking his head.

"......right." he said.

"Come in." he told her, stepping into the house further.

"Shut the door behind you." he continued.

"And we're going down to my study." he then said. "I have some seriously thumbing through books to do."

"If you want to." Vincent responded.

"Tell me, what do you know about it?" he asked.

"And have you shown it to anyone else?" he asked further, glancing back at her.

As they walked, and as he asked her the questions, she could sense that he was... not apprehensive about it, but there was a definite seriousness to his words. However, his eyes were in stark contrast to that.

She could see sheer excitement and potential glee in there.

And perhaps... a hint of nostalgia?

Vincent laughed in response.

"He DOES know me." he said. "Then again, my wanting distractions from Council work is not unknown." he then admitted.

"Regardless, that boy does know his swords. Odds are he was able to tell you what kind it was and such?" he asked.

"And that it's from the period of the early Middle Ages." Kelly added.

Vincent just laughed again.

"If my suspicions are correct, he has NO idea how right he is." he told her.

Vincent just smiled.

"That will be a bit of a paradox, there." he told her.

"Not to jump the gun, but if that is what I think it is, it IS indeed classified as a relic. An S-class one, too. But being at the Council or Triad will be the worst thing in the world for it." he revealed.

"It won't hurt the Council. Won't hurt the Triad. It'd be safe there, and nothing would happen." he assured her.

"But it'd be a massive disservice and disrespect to the blade." he went on.

"...sorry for sounding like I'm hyping it up and teasing you, but if my suspicions are correct, you have a legendary weapon in your hands."