Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 362 Mission: 08-2 Humanity
There was one thing Nero knew from the beginning.

The Mendes in the human world was not the full form of Mendes, but merely a shell he had created for himself. Neither this shell nor this human world could withstand his full power.

So, Mondes has weaknesses.

He was able to wield his power freely, crushing Nero and annihilating Sparta, because he, in the human world, was constantly drawing on the power left behind in the other world from the demon world. So—

Then as long as Nero and the others completely cut off the connection between the human world and the demon world, Mondes would immediately become weak and could be defeated by them.

In other words, the door to the demon world must be closed.

But this also raises a problem. How can we close the door to the demon world?
If it was before coming to this world, Nero could easily give the answer: Of course, stab it with the Yama Sword!

But that was precisely the problem. Nero's Yama Blade had been shattered and could not be recovered. During their meeting with Eve, Nero had asked her if she could still sense the other Yama Blade fragments, but the answer was no. Those fragments were not in the Limbo Prison at all; most of them had likely fallen into the demonic realm.

Before defeating Mondes, there was no difference between entering the demon world and seeking death.

Of course, of course. There's another Yama Blade in this world, and that Yama Blade is in the hands of this world's Virgil. But conversely, this also means that Nero must ask Virgil for help to defeat Mendes.

Nero was a little irritated at the thought of being forced to bow to Virgil. However, if she said she wanted to defeat Virgil and take the Yama Blade... since Virgil was also clearly against Mendes, this approach would not only be illogical, but would also be unlikely to gain Dante's support. In this situation, Nero was left with only one option.

That is to let Dante negotiate with Virgil alone.

That's right, it is impossible to bow your head. Even if Nero stabs himself with a sword again, he will never bow to Virgil.

Then Nero became more and more angry and stabbed himself with his cane sword.

Dante, who was walking next to her, was startled: "What's wrong with you?!"

After all, the two of them had already left Limbo and were now walking on the path back to the city. Although there were few people nearby and they wouldn't be seen, this performance art was indeed too advanced.

"No, I'm quite sober."

Jealousy of the Yama Blade in Virgil's hand, jealousy of Dante's sudden trust in Virgil due to their closer blood relationship, jealousy of the fact that Virgil in this world had a happy childhood... In short, the reason why Nero became more and more angry can basically be attributed to jealousy.

This was also the result of Nero's own deliberate indulgence. The jealousy in her heart resonated with the Original Sin Magic Stone, awakening it, and then Nero could use Samael to separate it from his body.

So after drawing the sword, Nero had a shining emerald in his hand.

She sheathed her sword, held the gem in front of her eyes, closed one eye, and looked at Dante's face through the gem.

Dante looked at her with disgust.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't worry."

The power of the "Stone of Envy" is that it can temporarily replicate something that someone else possesses but Nero does not. Nero tried to replicate the power of the "Nephilim", but the result was not surprising.

The upper limit of this thing seems to be a bit low. Of course, it is also possible that Nero himself is not strong enough to do this.

She put the gem away with some boredom.

"I've been wanting to ask this before." Dante, still frowning, squinting, and looking at Nero with a shrunken face, said, "Why do you always pull out these weird things from your body? You're so weak when you don't use them."

"Don't worry!"

Nero glared at him and said, "Can't I be sealed like Sparta?"

"Tsk. And you still say I'm a burden..."

Nero was furious.

Then, in a fit of rage, she kicked Dante in the crook of the knee. "You look like you're getting a massage, sister."

Dante shrugged and walked forward.

"Do you really want to fight again?" Nero asked, drawing his sword.

Dante stopped and turned around, his face expressionless: "Aren't we going to find Virgil?"

"…It's you who's going to find Virgil."

Nero frowned, closed his eyes, and let out a long breath. He sighed, "Do you think I'm ridiculous? I clearly told you not to interfere in this matter, but now I need your help."

In fact, she still hopes that the two brothers will not interfere, at least until their mentality changes.

But she didn't know how to make Dante change.

Dante nodded without hesitation. "Yeah, that's hilarious. But..."

"but?"

"But what's even funnier is that you, a demon, insist that you're human."

Eve's lie defined Nero's identity - she was the child born to Sparda before she fell in love with Eve, so naturally she was the child of a devil and a devil.

So Nero didn't argue. She opened her eyes and looked directly into Dante's. "Is that really funny?"

After staring at each other for three seconds, Dante silently turned his head away.

"Okay, it's not funny. Because I always think of myself as human."

That's right. Even if Nero really was a demon, Dante, as a Nephilim, mocking Nero for thinking he was human would be nothing more than the pot calling the kettle black.

But what Dante said also meant that—

"Until now?"

"Of course. Even demons can think they're human, so why should I think I'm not?"

Nero smiled. This was good news. Even though Dante's mother in this world was no longer human, he still didn't consider himself superior.

"Sure enough, Dante is Dante." She sighed with a chuckle.

Dante frowned. "What do you mean? Are you mocking me for not having read books again?"

Oh no! It seemed like Nero's constant "illiteracy" was causing him a stress reaction. Nero quickly shook his head and said, "You are truly a son of Sparta."

"Don't bully me because I'm uneducated. Do these two sentences really mean the same thing?"

Dante's eyes were full of suspicion.

"Really, really." Nero nodded sincerely.

"……All right."

Finally, Dante put aside his doubts, turned to Nero, and asked, "Then should we go find Virgil?"

"You went to find Virgil. Neither he nor I want to see each other."

Nero repeated it, and finally agreed with Dante: "I'll wait for your good news then."

(End of this chapter)