Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 207 Mission: 06-4 Happiness and Well-being
Nero pretended to look V in front of him carefully, then nodded in agreement with some of Griffin's remarks: "It's clear that he's really lacking love."

She'd been stifling laughter the entire time. Initially, V's outburst of "Mom" had given Nero a chill, but now, the more she thought about it, the more she wanted to laugh. After all, she wasn't some nymphomaniac with a deep, unrequited maternal instinct, and she wasn't sold on V's tactics—though it was undeniable that this kind of weak, loveless playboy would surely appeal to many.

When I get a chance, I have to ask this guy how he hooked up with Nero's unknown mother.

Nero saw V's forced smile and forced a change of subject. "Sorry, please ignore what he said. Do you have any other collaborators?"

"There's no one else. If you really want to defeat that guy in the tree that badly, you'll probably have to try to convince the others yourself."

Seeing how hard V tried to forget about it, Nero let him off for now. But he was afraid that V would remember it sooner or later, and he still had plenty of opportunities.

After answering his question, Nero casually asked, "What are you going to do? I think you seem weaker than me. Why don't you just give up?"

"I'm sorry...I can't do that."

V's bony hands trembled slightly as he unfolded the hardcover book in his hand and recited the contents:

"This is the reality. People are born to face happiness and misery."

He immediately closed the book, looked up at Nero and answered again: "Ever since I recalled my own weakness, this is the only goal that can make my miserable existence meaningful."

“What will it bring you?”

"Peace of mind."

V held the book in his hands, closing and opening his eyes. "I know there's no way I can win, but as long as I don't give up, then at least I haven't lost."

Nero narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about what V's words meant and who he didn't want to lose to.

Both sides seem possible.

"Then let's get straight to the point."

After a moment, Nero reached out to V, tilted his head, and asked, "What's your relationship with that demon?"

V's lips twitched slightly, and he smiled in relief: "It really is impossible to hide it."

Because this is also obvious. Since V said that only he, a descendant of Sparta, can take the fruit of the Demon World Tree, then the demon that occupied the tree must be the same existence. In front of Nero, V described his other half like this:
"That is my evil, my sin, my coldness and rationality."

V looked at Nero's outstretched hand, hesitantly placed the cane in his left hand, and asked, "Can I take this as consent?"

“If you don’t trust your eyes, you’ll never trust.”

An obvious look of surprise appeared on V's face. Because what Nero just said happened to be the same as the sentence V himself said, "Reality is just like this," which also belonged to the poetry collection in his hand, and was written by the same author.

V then joyfully grasped Nero's slender, soft fingers and gave his own answer: "As you wish—that is indeed the way it should be."

The friendly handshake lasted only a moment. Nero quickly but naturally withdrew his hand, turned his back, and wiped it with his handkerchief. He then asked, "I have to ask you the same question—do you have any other collaborators?" V didn't answer directly. It wasn't until Nero quietly put away his handkerchief and turned back to look at him that V replied uncertainly, "I think... yes."

Then Nero added: "Except me."

"Of course, I know."

V opened the poetry collection and showed Nero a letter tucked inside. He said, "The person who summoned me left this for me. It's said that it can help contestants from a certain community to help."

Seeing V's expression, Nero immediately understood: "So you don't know where they are or what they look like?"

V's eyes instantly strayed from Nero's, which was enough to explain everything.

"Sure enough, completely unreliable."

Nero complained without mercy.

V raised his head—a glance at Nero, then avoided her piercing gaze and lowered his head in frustration. He was clearly unable to refute Nero's rant; he had been completely overpowered. But judging by the slight twitch of his lips, it was clear he didn't think Nero was right. It was unclear what this arrogant fellow was thinking when he didn't refute her.

How can you be like a little kid?

This time, Nero didn't voice his inner complaints to irritate V. Instead, he turned around and spread his wings behind him, "Don't be so embarrassing later."

Seeing Nero take off, V immediately realized she was planning to go with him to the location of the Demonic World Tree. He muttered the name "Shadow" and followed her, following the surging shadows.

But before they could get close, another violent tremor erupted from the tree roots that had emerged from the ground. Nero thought of Leticia and Izayoi Sakamaki, who had just passed her and reached their target faster, and she couldn't help but suspect that these people had fought against the person who discovered the tree roots.

This is consistent with her stereotype of Izayoi. A guy who looks like a bad student should be quicker with his hands than his mouth, so it is not surprising that he would fight with others over a disagreement.

However, judging by the vibrations, the blows these two exchanged were both difficult for Nero to deliver without his demonic transformation. If he were in his "Arrogant" form, his impact on the center point might have matched theirs, but it certainly wouldn't have produced such a dramatic aftermath.

Because it was a pure magic attack, if the power had not been deliberately dispersed, it would not have spread so severely. And the two people attacking at this moment—they were undoubtedly using the purest physical strength!
The shockwave traveled along the ground, apparently unaffecting Nero, who was flying in the air. However, V, who was gliding along the ground, was not so lucky. Caught off guard, he was knocked off Shadow's back and fell sideways.

Shadow was also hit by a shock wave, and was directly knocked back from liquid form to its original form, unable to catch V again for a while. And Griffin, who should have played the most important role at this time—

Unfortunately, it was just killed by V himself in a rage, and is now waiting to be resurrected.

Summoning the final trump card "Nightmare" also takes time, and V now seems to be doomed to fall.

So V could only try to protect his head and face, sighing softly: "I jumped into this dangerous world..."

But just as he was about to kiss the earth, an angel couldn't bear it and hugged him from behind.

　It took me a while to look up the information, so I'm a little late. I'm really sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)