Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 227 Mission: 09-2 Father and Daughter

Nero's suspicions proved correct. The presence of Sparta's blood within the so-called "Sword of Truth" wasn't simply to prove the sword's authenticity; it was also essential for its effectiveness at the crucial moment. The blood mist flowing into the tree along the blade of the Yama Blade had already begun to repel the other blood, poised to monopolize the final flowers and fruit.

Of course, the Demon Tree's intention was not to bring about its fruition solely through the power of Sparda's blood. However, Urizen, distracted by the Demon Tree's impending fruiting and the appearance of a second Yama Blade, hadn't noticed. V, however, saw further ahead. Knowing the existence of the game "Sworn by the Sword," he quickly understood what Nero had done, but—

Although he could understand all this, he was now even more confused.

Why did Nero have Spartan blood in his body?

Why does Nero have another Yama Blade?

Then came the question, which was led by these two "questions of the century", and which would subvert the relationship between him and Nero:
Who is Nero?

When it comes to this issue, we have to mention another thing: where did the Yama Sword in Urizen's hand, or the Yama Sword that separates Virgil's humanity and devilishness, come from?

Seriously wounded and near death, Virgil wandered the Demon Realm driven only by a single conscious thought. After countless hardships, he finally found the fragments of the Yama Blade, which had been shattered by the Demon Emperor. After reconciling the fragments with the Yama Blade and repairing them, he was able to carve through the Demon Realm and return to the human world.

Therefore, during this period of time, there should be no other holders of the Yama Blade.

Both V and Urizen think so.

Then, could it be that Nero came from some distant future after he and Urizen perished together?

V couldn't help but guess so.

It seemed to make sense, but something didn't seem right.

Thinking about it more carefully, V found the problem. Dante had disappeared before he came to the small garden, and if he died with Urizen, then the bloodline of Sparta would be completely withered.

In this case, where did Nero get the ring with Sparta's blood? Such a strong aura is not something Sparta can leave behind with just a wave of his hand.

Could she be dad’s illegitimate daughter?

After correcting the mistake, V's thoughts turned to an even more outrageous direction.

But this is obviously impossible. Nero's age and the Yama Blade in her hand indicate that she is definitely much younger than V. At least, she couldn't have been born before Sparda left his original world and went to the Little Garden.

Moreover, V was unwilling to believe that his father would cheat on his wife.

In this way, in just a few seconds, V kept weaving conjectures in his mind and constantly refuting them, with an intensity comparable to that of a mathematician trying to prove an unsolved mystery. But no matter which conjecture, it seemed unable to explain the origins of both blood and knife.

In the same short span of a few seconds, the Demon Realm Tree blossomed and bore fruit, as if on a steroid. It was a shimmering, crystalline crystal of blood, encased in fascia. It now beat like a heart, its blood rising and retreating from its surface.

Urizen excitedly reached out to take it, but the fruit was too small for him, like a cherry. This didn't match his expectations. Thinking about it, he realized that it could only be the other Yama Blade that had pierced it, causing irreversible damage.

So he glared and turned to look at Nero, who had caused all this, wanting to kill her to vent his anger.

"You're ruined--" However, just as he turned his head, he saw Nero holding the blood fruit that he failed to take.

V saw this process more clearly, and it wasn't unexpected. The ultimate reward for the gifted game "Sworn by the Sword" was precisely that sweet, transformed fruit that belonged solely to the person who completed it.

In front of the speechless Urizen whose voice was cut off in his throat, Nero opened his mouth with a smile and brought the fruit to his lips.

"you dare?!"

Take one bite.

A rising wave of light blue air blasted away Urizen's tentacles. Nero's eyes glowed red, and her hair instantly turned silver. She raised her hand and delicately wiped the bloody mark left by the fruit from the corner of her lips with a silken handkerchief. The demonized flesh on her heart quickly spread, shattering the jet-black dress into pieces.

"What?" Nero, who was gradually transforming into a demon, chuckled and asked, "As a father, are you really going to compete with your own daughter for snacks?"

V watched with a blank look as Nero retrieved the blood of Sparta through the fruit, revealing Sparta's silver hair and blue magic power that was exactly the same as his own. Countless guesses in his mind were squeezed into a corner by a simple word.

It was a huge word of just one syllable that filled V's entire brain.

"what?"

However, Nero hadn't anticipated that after transforming her Sparda blood into the fruit of the Demon World Tree and swallowing it again, the power she had been unable to fully utilize would actually be fully awakened. The gradual formation of her true "Demon Form" was irrefutable proof of this.

Amidst the explosive surge of magical power, the feather-like golden scales at Nero's chest spread upward along his collarbone toward his shoulders, ultimately extending from the nape of his neck to the crown of his head, forming a wreath-like crown that encircled his long, silver-white hair. Downward and to the left and right, they connected to form a golden breastplate. Dark blue claws extended from his back, encircling his waist, the ends connecting with his tail, trailing to the ground. The wing membranes, speckled with light, resembled the hem of a gorgeous skirt.

She had a handsome face and lively eyes. At first glance, she didn't seem like a cruel demon. One could even vaguely see the shadow of her former demonic form. However, her pair of golden-red vertical pupils still gave her appearance a sinister aura.

Nero's vertical pupils slowly shrank, and his gaze fell on V, who had turned into a wooden man.

However, Urizen was quicker to understand the situation and respond than V. He raised the red crystal in his hand and roared angrily, "My daughter means nothing to me!"

A stream of blazing light rushed towards Nero. Having lost the fruit of the Demon World Tree that he had been longing for, Urizen was clearly overwhelmed by rage: "Only power is everything - that is my power!
“Give it back to me!!!”

"Like a kid whose toy was taken away."

Nero couldn't help but laugh out loud. He covered his lips to avoid the angry attack and teased again: "Could it be that my father has Alzheimer's disease?"

As if reminded by the teasing, V slowly turned his head and his eyes caught up with Nero.

"Nero... is my daughter?!"

　Well, the long-awaited father-daughter reunion is here!
　　I've noticed the requests for updates, but look... even if I add another update, I still won't be able to finish everything you want to see (with good reason). Basically, on the one hand, I can't talk about adding more updates without any manuscripts saved (after all, it's hard to say whether I can use a computer during the Chinese New Year holiday, so I need to save more in the next two months), and on the other hand, the author is already researching the antagonist for the next volume.

　　Wait until I finish the plot of the next volume and save 20,000 words. I will definitely add more when the time comes!
　　But by then you probably won’t be in a hurry anymore (what nonsense).

　　
　
(End of this chapter)