Jonni explained everything to her grandpa sparing no detail and broke down several times as she struggled to recount various traumatic experiences and the front she had to put up. The explanation finished, Nora/Grandpa, better understood the lasting fears and continued agitation that Jonni expressed...
Nora looked between the disfigured body and her traumatized grandkid. "So he has to help raise them... so let him."
The color drained from Jon(ni)'s face, understanding that meant him coming back and the limitation of not doing anything that could hurt him being reenacted.
"No! No grandchild of mine is going to be enslaved by a madman... Use the stone to make a videography for his heirs. Make it so he teaches the kids about business, taxes, investments and shares knowledge he would have a unique perspective on... but not the stone or their mother... that's yours to share with them. Then wish that they see the appropriate video each year or every few months and wish that he already set up a slew of tutors... Then he would have had a personal hand in, and helped to 'raise them'... and not need to come back."
It took some time and additional guidance but eventually the wish was made.
Jonni broke down again, this time in relief. The guards had already been mind controlled to be loyal to the DeMorrell household and its occupant's and to have no desires for the magic stone other than to return it to him or his heir's which in this case was currently Jonni. She however was unaware of this and made more wishes to make them loyal to her will beyond her own death or theirs, ensuring her children will always have loyal protectors so long as at least one of the guards continued to exist, even beyond them dying and being resuscitated.
Jonni, an emotional and physical wreck at this point, was beyond reason and tried to enlist Nora, who she trusted unquestioningly, with the wording of the wish to return him to masculinity. The wish was the easy part, the concerns which Nora pointed out, were the literal newborns, and the now hyper loyal staff not attacking him as an intruder. Jonni however was quick to wish that each child had 4 dedicated maids to cover all hours of the day and night, and enough formula to cover any feeding needs for the next 6 months, specially formulated to be better in every way to what any mother could produce. Then she wished that he would be treated as the spouse, owner, and employer regardless of gender or appearance.
"I need my identity back... and the penis that comes with it." Jonni said with disturbing intensity. "I can be their second father, but without the magical coercion did not want to and never chose to be their mother."
Seeing that Jonni needed rest, Nora said, "Okay, make it so that his wish was set up to expire upon waking after his death. So long as he didn't explicitly wish it to be permanent, that should do the trick." Jonni did wish that but also wished it for her family(, former family? Mom, dad, and siblings) now in a position to consider their struggles and not just his own. He also added the expiration to any and all mental or behavioral changed made to him/her which, s/he was aware or unaware of and extended that to his immediate family too, suspecting that her husband ensured they would forget about Jon and their previous identities.
Jonni's deflation was instant. Exhaustion immediately overtook her and she went from fired up to barely standing in a breath. Nora called the guards as she collapsed barely grabbing her.
Jon awoke feeling much better. His new form was not recovering from childbirth, was inherently stronger, and was in alignment with his identity. Within 10 seconds of waking he was masturbating with his morning wood... something he never imagined he would miss.
His maid, saw him and gasped silently, still used to being mute. Not because he was pleasuring himself but because he was suddenly male, where a second ago she was a she... the maid ran out of the room and returned a moment later with a hand mirror, her servant nature having taken over. By that time Jon had already gotten off and hadn't realized he was seen.
Jon looked in the mirror seeing his older male face for the first time in months. He had stubble now. He was now nearly a year older. making him 17 and some months chronologically. He looked like a young man though. He was made to be pregnant at 16, at one of the doctor's visits, not being fully grown and carrying twins was brought up as a medical concern and upon returning home he... she at the time... was wished to be 21 and brought to full maturity. It admittedly, did make the pregnancy easier for a few months, but being pregnant is a drawn out strain on the body and twins is a challenge in its own right. "The kids!" he yelled bursting from the bed.
Jon ran to where he last saw his children, alarming Nora, Lucia, and several guards as he sprinted away toward the medical room, bursting in the room to find it empty. He frantically turned to the alarmed group screaming for his children... His prior wish that he be treated similarly regardless of his gender or appearance kicked in and a guard, confused why he was sure that this was his master's wife, but sure it was, gave the location of the children. Jon eventually found his kids and spent time with his children, similarly the nursemaids were confused by the man calling himself their mother and father interchangeably but felt compelled to accept him as their boss.
Hours later Jon was tired again, this version of his body may have not undergone the physical strain of childbirth, but he had mentally, and the transformation back into a man, and losing his husband, however joyous, was plenty cause for concerns to arise.
Lucia pulled Jon aside when given the first bit of a chance and immediately begged to be returned to manhood. Jon, fully understanding the feeling apologized for not doing it earlier, but hesitated... "You... Your male form was killed off... I can make you male again, but you can't be the heir to the empire... Not because I want to take that from you, but because your life will be surrounded in accusations of insurance fraud and lies. Who do you want to become? I'll do it for you, of course! And thank you for giving me time with my babies. I... I'm sorry I forgot about you but appreciate you letting me have that time without interruption."
Lucia only smiled, she was compelled to act in the utmost professional manner and despite trying constantly to interrupt Jon's time with his kids, couldn't. Even requesting her own reversion was hard because it was inherently selfish and didn't serve the household. The only thing that allowed it to happen was Jon's initial desire to turn Lucia back once he originally found out about the transformation... making it her mistress's, now her master's will, and therefore something nonurgent she could politely remind Jon about.
"Can't you undo that too." Lucia asked.
"Only partially," Jon replied honestly. "The mental effects of normalizing reality changes only goes so far. Your death records are in government buildings. On insurance company records, in the minds of everyone who knew you and knew your father. It will cause issues even with a ton of work. Even if we played it off as your dad was the evil mastermind, your life will sporadically get complicated as a conflict somewhere or another arises and makes its way into your life. You can however make a new life... when your identity is hunted down, they will find you existing here and replicate that data where it needs to be. I'm so sorry. I can return you to your body, for now, to say goodbye to it, but we will need to change it."
With that Jon spoke a wish that the gender change of Lucia would expire and her outfit would return to something she could wear as the man she used to be as it happened. Similarly Jon wished for his safety and security from the guards, and for them to recognize him as the maid.
Jon had so much he wanted to take care of including, managing the death notices/cover up of Mr. & Mrs. DeMorrell, making himself the legal guardian of the children and legal heir of all of Mrs. DeMorrell's assets, figuring out where he is geologically, finding and reconnecting with his family, fixing his grandpa... and now figuring out what to do for DeMorrell's original son, who should probably be looped in on half of these goals if not more.
