Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 353 Mission: 06-1 Starting Again

"This guy is a bit self-righteous."

After the other party hung up the intercom, Dante threw the intercom at his feet speechlessly and crushed it with one foot.

Nero, who was standing nearby, raised his head and asked with an uncontrollable smile, "Don't you think this makes you two more similar?"

"What's the similarity?"

"Of course they are all very self-righteous."

"Okay, okay. I won't argue with you." Dante waved his hand as if he was speechless, turned around and walked outside.

Nero followed him, continuing to poke at his lungs: "You can't just say you don't argue when you can't argue with others, Dante."

"Wrong, I would just take action at that time."

"Then why don't you now?"

Dante suddenly stopped, turned around and drew his "Rebellion" sword: "Okay, come? I'll satisfy you."

"cut."

Nero folded his hands and looked at him calmly, with no intention of drawing his weapon. "Why are you pretending now? Just now I told you to do it and you didn't dare to move."

Dante stared at her with wide eyes, for one second, two seconds... then he instantly lost his temper and put away the knife.

He continued walking towards the door with a stern face.

This reaction made Nero a little worried. It was hard to imagine Dante not daring to fight. Nero was worried that he might have traumatized him.

But it shouldn't be that serious, right? Nero didn't use any harsh measures.

So she quickly caught up with Dante, stuck her head out from his side, and observed the guy's expression.

...I couldn't make out anything, but it was pretty dark. Both the lighting and the expression were pretty dark.

"What are you looking at?" Dante asked unhappily.

"Guessing what you're thinking."

"I just find it kind of funny. Human freedom and the like have nothing to do with me. That guy said something like that and he actually expects me to stand on his side?"

Nero was silent for a moment and fell behind Dante: "Do you really think so?"

"What else? Do you think I'm some kind of superhero?"

Hmm...it seems this Dante doesn't have a very strong sense of morality. Is this also due to his experiences? A life spent battling demons all day long leads to a lack of empathy?
It's understandable, but those who are in danger of losing their own lives certainly don't have the luxury of sympathy for others. Perhaps in Dante's eyes, simply being alive is good enough, and worrying about freedom is a luxury.

Moreover, Dante is clearly a loner, a typical "one man feeds the whole family" type of person, with no one to care about. Perhaps he doesn't have much sense of belonging to the collective "humanity".

At this point, we have to mention Virgil's righteous words, "For the freedom of all mankind." After these words were uttered, although Nero still felt resentful about his previous actions, his favorability towards him was greatly improved. If what he said was truly sincere, Nero would have to look at this man with a new eye. This proves that although Virgil has some of the bad habits of mankind, he also has a love for humanity.

If he was telling the truth.

Now, back to the point. Now that Nero has successfully obtained clues about Sparta through Dante, it's time to search for clues in Sparta's former residence. As the sworn brother of the Demonic Emperor Mendes, it would be difficult for Sparta not to leave clues about Mendes's weaknesses before being defeated and killed by Mendes. It could even be argued that if he didn't leave any clues, then Mendes's attack on him was purely out of boredom.

Virgil's reaction when Dante mentioned the "old house" also indirectly proves this point. He must have learned something very important from that house. "...I say."

Dante suddenly interrupted Nero's thoughts. Nero looked up and saw Dante turned away with a serious face. "You say that, do you think that guy is right?"

"As far as his claim of 'fighting for human freedom' is concerned, then he's definitely right." Nero blinked, a puzzled look in his eyes. "He's speaking from a human perspective. I'm a human, so he's speaking for me. If speaking for me isn't right, then what else is right?"

"Do you really think you are human?"

The topic returned to this point. Nero still answered confidently: "I think I am."

"That actually?"

"If I feel like I am, then I am. That's a philosophy."

Because objectively speaking, the answer to the question "What is a human being?" has many different definitions, and these definitions may not necessarily be shared by the person you are talking to. Even if you use the widely circulated saying that "a person is the sum of all social relationships," there will always be some people among the billions of people who will come out and argue.

In that case, it's better to be subjective. If I say yes, then it is. If you don't agree, you can bite me?

Dante's eyes sharpened.

"I feel like you're mocking me for not having any education," he said bluntly.

"If you think so, then so be it. You don't have to worry about my opinion either."

This is called unified standards.

Dante, realizing he couldn't win the argument with Nero, sighed and scratched his head. "Okay, so if you put it that way, I'm also one of those he helped. Even if I didn't participate, I shouldn't laugh at him—isn't that right?"

Nero uttered something behind Dante that was hard to believe was a compliment: "You are considered quite smart even among those who have never read."

"Don't keep bringing this up!"

That's right, Nero herself thought that was a sarcastic remark because that's what she thought.

"I'm sorry~"

This young Dante was indeed quite amusing to tease, like a large cat that bared its teeth when touched. Nero quickly squeezed in front of Dante, tilting his head and grinning wickedly, observing his reaction.

So Dante gives the classic reaction of a classic tsundere character in this situation. He shows his displeasure through the subtle reaction of his lips, looks to the side to indicate that he doesn't want to talk, and lifts his chin slightly to tell the other person "I will not forgive you easily."

And his eyes were still stealing glances at Nero. To this, Nero could only say: Yes, yes, that's it.

"I finally understand why you hate me."

Samael silently spoke to Nero in his heart: "It turns out that like repels like."

Perhaps they did have some similarities in their love of fun and riddles, but Nero would never admit it. So she ignored Samael and continued talking to Dante.

"So you consider yourself human too? Even though you carry demonic powers."

In response, Dante folded his arms, not even looking at Nero, and replied in a rude tone:
"Why are you being so hypocritical? You've never considered me anything other than a human being, have you?"

Nero laughed.

(End of this chapter)