Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 414 Mission: 02-5 Even if we meet

When both sides finally put aside their hostility, Nero formally greeted Virgil: "Should I say long time no see, father?"

However, this somewhat formal address was obviously not as relaxed as "Dad". Virgil was also a little uneasy at the mention. "Maybe it is so for you, but for me, it's actually less than a day since we last met."

Mr. Nero exclaimed in amazement, "Time travel really is possible? Wow."

“It’s a little more complicated than that.” Virgil said, looking at him, speechless for a moment: “You…”

But Nero interrupted him and asked, "Does this mean that you don't have time to prepare a gift?"

Yes, even though so much time had passed, Nero still clearly remembered that Virgil had promised to bring her a gift. He couldn't deny his promise.

"Although it is true..." Virgil turned around and saw Nero with the word "unhappy" written on his face. He lowered his head like a loser: "Well, it's my fault for agreeing to this. Let me think-"

As he spoke, he thought about the things he had on him and found that they were really pitifully few. Among the few, there were only -

He looked at his left hand hesitantly, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, what is that Yama Blade in your hand?"

For someone who didn't know Nero's past, the current situation seemed rather complicated. He only knew that he had finally managed to collect the fragments of the Yama Blade in the Demon Realm and repaired them, then cut off his own injuries along with his human part. Then, the story unfolded differently from V and Urizen's perspectives:

After seeking help from Dante to no avail, V challenges Urizen on his own, but fails and is summoned to the Little Garden, where he encounters his own daughter, who is holding the Yama Blade. After a series of inexplicable developments, he finally defeats Urizen.

After defeating V, Urizen was beaten up by Nero, who was armed with the Yama Blade, and Nero—until then, he realized that they were both related to him—and was summoned to the Little Garden. After recovering with the help of the Beast of Six Hundred and Sixty-Six, he was about to enjoy the fruits of victory when Nero appeared again and took the fruit away.

So throughout this entire process, Nero never let go of the Yama Blade. From Vergil's perspective, he really had no idea why Nero had a second Yama Blade, and he couldn't have imagined that Nero was carrying different Yama Blades on both occasions.

“This knife.”

However, when Nero heard Virgil talk about this, unhappy memories suddenly surfaced in her mind. Thinking of the former owner of the Yama Blade, she frowned and curled her lips: "...Forget it, I don't want you to give it to me."

"Um?!"

Virgil froze in place. He couldn't understand how he had suddenly offended Nero.

After staring blankly at Nero for a few seconds, who turned his head away and didn't want to look at him, Virgil shifted his gaze stiffly and cast a pleading look towards the only third person present at the moment.

Mr. Nero was slightly startled by his gaze and shook his head repeatedly: He didn't know what Nero was thinking at the moment. After all, he didn't understand women at all.

The three of them were in a stalemate for a moment.

Not long after, a woman with light hair walked out from the door on the other side of the overpass.

"Is it Nero?" she asked in surprise, "Why don't you come in?"

"Jilie!"

Nero's expression changed in an instant, and he happily walked over there. Mr. Nero subconsciously looked up and was about to raise his hand when he remembered that this Ji Liye didn't know him.

In the end, he could only scratch his head helplessly to cover up his slightly embarrassing hand-raising action.

He then met Virgil's gaze, who was also feeling awkward. Feeling out of place, the two of them looked away, each gazing towards the sea.

The sun is rising and the sea breeze is gentle.

What a beautiful day! Nero and Jillie were already shaking hands. After a few pleasantries like "Long time no see" and "How are you?", Jillie, holding Nero's hand, looked behind him and asked in confusion, "Nero, who are these two?"

Nero turned his head with a bad temper and looked at the two people who were pretending to be cool with their arms folded and scratching their heads looking at the sky, and signaled with his eyes:

"Self introduction."

There was no way to escape. Mr. Nero, pretending to look up at the sky, helplessly lowered his hand and waved over there: "Hey, Jillie... I'm Nero."

"?"

Question marks appeared above both Nero and Kirie's heads, though their meanings were, of course, different. Mr. Nero pressed his hand against the back of his neck and let out a vexed gasp.

"I am really Nero," he added, "but from another world."

"Another world...?" Clearly, accepting this setting quickly was too difficult for most people. Luckily, Nero had already warned Credo about the "outside of this world" scenario before leaving, so although Jillie was still confused, she didn't say much. "What about the other one?"

"..."

Virgil, whose hood had been put on again without anyone noticing, only half of his face was visible. He stood there motionless with his hands folded.

"Um...Excuse me?"

"..."

Seeing Virgil remained silent, Nero's eyes turned hostile: "He is S..."

"I am Nero's father."

Hearing Nero about to talk about something else, Virgil quickly took the initiative to speak.

"Eh? Really?"

Jillie looked at Nero in shock, and Nero, interrupted, curled his lips and added unhappily, "Biological."

Looking at Nero's unhappy face, Ji Liye blinked, as if she understood something: "Ah...Is that so."

She nodded, released Nero's hand, and bowed slightly to the two men behind her. "Anyway, let's invite everyone in. Nero?"

"Ah."

Nero also nodded and walked in alone.

"You two, please come in."

Facing Jillie's smile, Virgil subconsciously glanced at Mr. Nero beside him. However, after taking the most difficult first step, Mr. Nero was now clearly much more relaxed and walked towards the cult headquarters on the other side of the bridge without any burden.

"Thank you." He smiled and nodded as he passed by Jillie. Jillie, on the other side, showed a slightly troubled expression and replied, "You're welcome."

Now Virgil was alone. He kept his face stern for a few more seconds before nodding silently at Jillie and walking over.

(End of this chapter)