Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 411 Mission: 02-2 See You Again
"Ah...um, please..."

After meeting for the first time in several years, Aine was speechless for a moment.

The reason was simple: Nero was followed by a stranger who didn't look very friendly.

"The task you assigned to us has been completed." So it was Li Xi, who was always impartial, who spoke first. For her, efficiency was the top priority.

"Thank you all for your hard work." Nero nodded with a smile, and turned around to see the handsome guy with short silver hair and a cold face standing behind him with a look of resistance.

It looked like he hadn't the slightest desire to deal with a large group of girls, even though he'd come along. So, let him be.

"No..." Gao Songdeng said softly and nodded.

The task Nero had entrusted them with wasn't a difficult one. She simply asked them to deal with the other tree roots emerging from the city while she dealt with Urizen, and to eliminate the demons emerging from the trees. For these battle-hardened and world-weary people, it was a piece of cake.

But even though it was simple, it was still an important task that depended on human lives. Furthermore, the five people from Lost had all flown here, so Nero naturally couldn't treat them unfairly.

"Anyway, I still have to thank you all for your help." Nero bowed and said, "I will prepare the reward for this commission."

"It's troublesome."

After the business-like Q&A session with Li Xi, Nero finally relaxed and returned to his casual mode: "Aine, long time no see~ And the others too, long time no see."

After greeting him, she looked at Shuangshi and asked with a double meaning, "Shuangshi, are you used to living in Fortuna?"

This is also a disguised way of asking about the latest situation over there.

"Thank you for your concern~" Shuangshi replied seriously in a slightly pinched voice: "I'm fine. Sister Ji Liye and Mr. Credo are taking good care of me..."

That's good, that's good.

Nero nodded as he listened, thinking that everything was really fine during her absence.

"Wait a minute?!"

However, the mysterious handsome guy with short silver hair who was listening to the conversation from afar could no longer sit still.

He suddenly interrupted the conversation, grabbed Nero's shoulders with glaring eyes, and demanded: "She said Credo? Credo is still alive?!"

Although they didn't communicate in English because the majority of people here didn't speak a native language related to Latin, he could still make out the names. There was Kyrie in the front, followed by Credo. He didn't even need to think about what that meant.

Before this, he had never even dared to think about this matter.

Aine glanced worriedly at the handsome silver-haired man who looked vaguely familiar but clearly unknown to her. She finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Nero, who is he?"

"Brother?" Lenai, holding a matcha lollipop in her mouth, guessed blindly.

"Eh? Is that the brother you mentioned who sent you to school, Nerolo?"

"No, no." Nero shook his head quickly. "If you insist, they're probably twins, right? His name is also Nero."

"Eh?"

"what?"

Facing Mr. Nero, whose eyes widened anxiously behind him, Nero nodded helplessly: "...Yes. I was planning to tell you slowly."

In short, the situation became increasingly chaotic. With the arrival of the second Nero, everyone was forced to switch to English.

"Is Mundus the guy... summoned by Nanna?"

"Who is Nanna? I mean, who is Asmodeus?" "What the hell do you mean by parallel universe?"

"What do you mean the demonic realms of parallel universes are merging?"

"No, is it true?"

Amidst the questions and exclamations, the people from the Lost Son Demon Hunting Agency finally understood the current situation, and Mr. Nero also gained some understanding of the development of this world.

But what happened next was no longer something that everyone could participate in. The two sides separated again and prepared to embark on their respective return journeys.

After waving goodbye to a few "old friends", Nero and Mr. Nero looked at each other again.

"...Aren't you going to say something?" Mr. Nero asked after a moment of silence.

But Nero just shook his head. "I'm going to call Jillie next, so I have to tell her before I go back. Is there anything you want to ask?"

Mr. Nero also shook his head: "It's okay, you...you fight."

So Nero made the call in front of him.

"Beep-beep-"

After the phone rang several times, it was finally connected. Ji Liye's gentle and polite voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello? Who is this?"

Few people in Fortuna use mobile phones, and Nero also dialed the home landline, so it was not surprising that Jillie didn't know it was her.

Hearing the familiar voice, Mr. Nero's Adam's apple moved noticeably, but he didn't make any sound. Nero glanced at him and said to the other end of the phone, "Sister Ji Liye, it's me."

"Nero?" Jillie could recognize her now. "Oh my God, is it really you? You're back?"

"Yeah, sorry I've been away for so long."

Nero checked the expression of the cold-faced handsome guy again, then asked, "Are you all okay?"

"Of course, Fortuna has been safe ever since the gate to the Demon Realm was destroyed." Jillie asked her concernedly, "What about you? Are you okay being out there alone?"

“There are many difficulties, but they are not big problems.”

Nero replied: "I'm sorry for not contacting you the first time I got back. I've been taking care of some things here and will be back soon."

"That's great! Credo will definitely be happy too."

At this moment, Nero looked at Mr. Nero again, whose face was clearly shaken. His lips moved slightly, and he asked silently, "Do you want to say something?"

He shook his head. So Nero picked up the phone again: "Okay, I'll contact you when I'm almost there."

The call ended. Mr. Nero lowered his head and spoke, his voice trembling slightly, "So... he really is still alive."

"Everything I said is true." Nero knew that the guy in front of him was thinking about his family. He didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only ask dryly: "You said 'still alive in this world', so..."

"..." Mr. Nero covered his eyes with his hands in silence and raised his head: "I was too weak at that time."

"Is that really the case?"

Since he was still blaming himself in this way, no matter how much Nero said, it would only make him feel that he was incompetent. So, indeed, saying nothing was the right choice. Nero patted his shoulder and whispered, "Let's go to Fortuna."

"……it is good."

(End of this chapter)