I don't want to be a heroic spirit

"Sister Nero! This fried frog thing is so delicious..."

Although she had always been able to enjoy top-quality ingredients like dragon meat in the castle, Alice's eyes lit up when she tasted the frog meat.

"Hmm! Is it delicious? If so, eat more. Anyway, these are all made by the giant frogs you conquered during the day. So it seems that I didn't make any contribution to the conquest. Doesn't that mean I don't have the right to enjoy this dinner?"

"Hey! Why is that? I... I mean! We're originally from the same team, so... so... these giant frogs should belong to our team! You can eat them too, sister!"

Nero was a little amused when he saw Alice blushing and racking her brains but could only come up with a lame excuse.

"Since you've said so, I'll accept it." Nero smiled slightly. "But! I have to show off my skills later! Otherwise, I won't be able to enjoy this meal in peace."

"Begin your anticipation! Even in the midst of a cruel battlefield, my beautiful figure will bloom like a rose! In the name of the Emperor, I will slay all who stand against me!"

Chapter 254 Confession at Night

In the small room, an oil lamp emits warm light.

Nero, who had already showered and changed into a crisp white nightgown, said to Alice, who was still lying in bed, "It's time to go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow to take on a mission. If you can't get up tomorrow because you slept too late, don't blame me for being ruthless. This isn't the capital. Even if you want to stay in bed, no one will indulge you."

"Even in the capital, I will get up early, okay? After all, I still have classes to attend."

Alice sat up in bed, hugged the pillow and looked at Nero.

Perhaps because they were talking about life in the capital, Alice suddenly spoke with some concern, "I wonder how Claire and Rain are doing now. Are they worried about me running away?"

"Hmm! That's for sure. The whole capital might be turned upside down."

Nero patted Alice's head and said, "Don't worry. In Claire and the others' hearts, you will always be a well-behaved and willful child. So in the end, they will definitely blame me for your escape."

"How can that be! My sister is clearly doing this for my own good, it's all because..."

"That's enough. I don't want to hear it. You're definitely going to say something like, 'It's all my fault, it's all my fault,' or something like that."

Nero tapped Alice's forehead lightly, interrupting her.

"I am the Emperor of Rome. I am responsible for everything in Rome. Since you call me sister, you also belong to Rome. Therefore, I will teach you what willfulness means and promise you the right to pursue happiness."

Nero put his hands on his hips and said confidently, even a little arrogantly, "As long as it's something I hope for, I will put it into action and will never give myself the chance to regret it. If Claire and the others think my decision is wrong and want to reject it, then let them try."

"Sister! Are you going to fight with Claire and the others?"

"If nothing can be done, drawing the sword becomes the simplest and most effective method." Nero said nonchalantly, "However, it seems unlikely that a fight will break out. After all, the key point is you. As long as you make your position clear, things shouldn't get too serious."

"Is that right?"

"Hmm! That's right, so hurry up and go to bed. Did you rinse your mouth properly? Did you eat anything after rinsing your mouth?"

"Of course...why is Sister Nero as annoying as Claire and Rain in these places?"

The lights were turned off and the room suddenly became dark.

The bed was not big, at least much smaller than the bed Alice slept in the castle, but it was big enough for both Nero and Alice to lie down.

It was also harder than Alice's bed in the castle. After all, it was made of wood, and it was still a bit hard even with a sheet on it.

Nero still remembers that when he was young, his mother always said that it was better for children to sleep on a hard bed, which was conducive to the healthy development of bones. He didn't know whether it was true or not.

Although he was sleeping with a girl, and a super cute and super beautiful girl at that, Nero felt nothing at all.

Even if your arms are tightly hugged.

"Hee hee hee!"

"What's wrong? Aren't you sleeping yet?"

The arms that were tightly embraced could feel soft. Although it was not visible on the surface, Alice was also growing.

"Because, as long as I think about what happened during the day, I can't sleep at all."

Alice raised her head in Nero's arms, her eyes dotted with stars were as bright as the night sky outside.

With the help of the moonlight outside the window, you can vaguely see Alice's rosy little face.

"Fighting monsters with Sister Nero, completing commissions and getting paid, and having dinner made from the monsters I hunted myself, and sleeping in the same bed like this, reminiscing about the day's experiences together... It's so beautiful, like a dream. What if this really is a dream? I don't want to wake up..."

"If it were me, I wouldn't indulge in dreams. I would turn beautiful dreams into reality, because I have the ability to make dreams come true, huh!"

The room fell silent again.

Because they had just finished taking a shower, the fragrance of the two girls entangled together, and they could even faintly hear each other's heartbeats.

"Thanks……"

Alice uttered a whisper suddenly, like a dream talk, which was shattered and carried away by the evening breeze almost the next moment after it came out of her mouth.

But Nero heard it anyway.

"You are also Rome."

Nero raised the hand that was not held by Alice and gently patted Alice's back, his tone soft and gentle.

"As emperor, it is my duty to fulfill the wishes of the Roman people and seek happiness. What is there to thank me for?"

"People who live in Sister Nero's country are truly lucky."

Alice rubbed her face against Nero's arm, and her voice gradually faded.

"I'm a little... a little envious."

…………

The next day arrived as expected.

Alice looked very excited early in the morning, which made people think of primary school students carrying their schoolbags and looking forward to the spring outing.

"Sister! Sister! What commission are you taking today? Are you going to hunt giant frogs in the wild like yesterday? I want to try those fried frog legs again!"

"Hmm! I already know the reason for your anticipation, but before we go, sit still and don't move. Let me comb your hair!"

After eating the breakfast provided by the hotel, the two headed to the Adventurer's Guild.

It seemed that because they arrived too early, there were obviously fewer people in the guild.

Alice and Nero's goal was very clear, which was the commission wall that could be seen as soon as they entered the door.

Since most of them were commissions for novice adventurers, they were not difficult at all for Nero and Alice, and they completed several commissions in just one morning.

The performance of the two was quite eye-catching. After all, they had appeared in front of the counter to submit orders more than once in this morning. Their efficiency in completing orders was astonishing.

Maybe it’s because they performed so well...

"You invite us to join your team?"

A very strong man found Nero and said that he was impressed by the strength shown by Nero and Alice.

Then, Nero said decisively...

"I refuse!"

The reason is also very simple.

"I can only have beautiful boys and girls around me! Strength is irrelevant because I am already strong enough. As long as I don't want to lose, victory is in my hands. But beauty is the only thing that matters! I will never compromise on this! Whether it's a man or a woman, I have only one requirement! That is that they are beautiful enough!"

Nero said these words in front of everyone.

Chapter 255 Recruiting teammates

After Nero said that "only beautiful boys and girls can be her teammates", no one wanted to team up with her and Alice anymore.

Perhaps what is even more unacceptable is Nero's somewhat arrogant personality, as one can vaguely hear discussions such as "Why are all the outstanding adventurers who have appeared recently such weird people?", "That person a few days ago also claimed to be a goddess and a member of the Axis Cult", "And that Crimson Demon who can only use explosion magic", "They are obviously all good-looking and talented people", etc., which are particularly concerning.

However, Nero didn't care about these remarks and continued to look at the commission wall.

She actually saw something interesting.

"Recruiting team members. Gentle people who will listen even if I talk boringly, who won't make fun of strange names, and who are willing to stay with me even when I'm not on a mission. Looking for vanguard positions, preferably around the same age. The recruiter is a great magician who recently turned thirteen... Why does this sound so heavy?"

Nero's brow furrowed deeply.

"Sister, what are you looking at?"

"Hmm! It's a notice recruiting teammates... for now."

"tentatively?"

Alice tilted her head in confusion, her long, soft hair like golden sand falling naturally under the influence of gravity.

Because in Nero's opinion, what was written on it was more like a marriage proposal than recruiting teammates.

"Hmm! Iris, I remember that besides wanting to be an adventurer and complete commissions, you also hope to have a teammate you can trust with your life, right?"

"Eh? Why are you asking this all of a sudden...Is...Is that so? What's wrong?"

"nothing……"

Nero knew that this recruitment notice was most likely posted by the Crimson Demon girl who could be deceived with just a sentence like "Aren't we friends?"

Nero had read Soharu's fan fiction before. The hero in the novel was called Fang Li. When he first became an adventurer, he was scared away because the recruitment notice was too heavy. Finally, by chance, he joined Sato Kazuma's team and lived a chaotic life ever since then.

Even though the protagonist Fang Li has the ability to defeat everyone, he is still angered to the point of collapse again and again by the four people of Kazuma... Nero actually admires those people very much.

Especially the mentally retarded goddess Aqua, who claims that "if wisdom has a color, it must be blue". Her IQ is usually low, but when she occasionally gets the urge to cause trouble for the male protagonist Fang Li, her IQ is breathtakingly high. She can even persuade Darkness, Megumin, and Kazuma, who are going to capture her in the future, to turn against Fang Li. She also uses passers-by to create false news so that Fang Li can't catch up with Aqua even from day to night.

Nero once suspected that this mentally retarded goddess was possessed by some unclean thing.

When Nero was reading this fan fiction, she made a decision - if she ever traveled to Suqing's world, in order not to follow in the old path of senior Fang Li, she must team up with Youyou!

Because Youyou can really be considered a relatively normal person in Suqing's world, although the result is that as the only normal person among a group of abnormal people, she has never been able to make friends, so she is extremely paranoid about "making friends".

In a secluded corner of the guild, two beautiful young girls with red eyes were eating and chatting.

With their red eyes, one can tell at a glance that these two are from the Crimson Demon Clan, and beside them are magicians' pointed hats and staffs.

"Huihui, how are you today? Did you find a good team?" The Crimson Demon girl with a better figure suddenly asked.

"No, I did go on a mission with someone yesterday... I clearly showed my strength and destroyed that huge monster in one swoop, and they wanted to team up with me, but when I told them that I didn't know any magic other than Explosion and didn't want to learn it, they rejected me."

The Crimson Demon loli called Huihui answered while stuffing her mouth.

"As expected, Megumin is an idiot. I've always thought so. Megumin is definitely an idiot, right? If she could just learn any advanced spell, she'd definitely become the most popular magician, but she chose to learn that explosion spell."

"Don't call me an idiot, Yunyun! I'm telling you, there's absolutely no way I'd learn any other magic! I was born for Explosion Magic! You could say that when you mention the name Megumin, you should think of Explosion Magic, and when you mention Explosion Magic, you should think of me, the world's number one Explosion Magician! All magic other than Explosion Magic is crooked! Anyone who doesn't appreciate the power of Explosion Magic isn't worthy of being my teammate!"

“How could there be another freak like you in this world, Huihui?!”

"I'm sorry, I might have misunderstood what you said just now... Could it be that what you meant was 'People who like explosion magic are all freaks'? I can't ignore that, you bastard! Are you looking for trouble? You're definitely looking for trouble! If you are, then I will let you and everyone else witness the brilliance of my explosion magic!"

“Wait a minute! Huihui, are you kidding me? Please don’t tell such scary jokes in broad daylight when there are so many people here… Why are your eyes getting redder and redder? Was that a joke just now? Please, Huihui, tell me that was a joke!”

Yunyun grabbed Huihui’s shoulders, whose eyes were getting redder and redder, and shook her vigorously, looking like she was about to cry.

Thanks to Youyou's efforts, Huihui didn't raze the entire Adventurer's Guild to the ground with a single explosive magic. This is cause for celebration.

The price is that Youyou has to pay for all the meals for the next seven days.

"Youyou, too, it's time to face reality. How could anyone possibly accept such a heavy-handed notice about recruiting teammates?"

After Huihui said this, Youyou's next words made Huihui spit out the drink she had just drunk.

"No way! Someone came to me yesterday and said they saw my notice and wanted to team up with me... Although that person was an older man who looked about my dad's age, and he said something like, 'You're thirteen? Uncle... No, I'm thirteen too! The notice said you're looking for a vanguard position, right? I'll take care of it! Uncle... I'm a high-level Crusader! I'll protect your little sister,'"

"You rejected him, didn't you? Of course you rejected him!"

"I refused... I refused, but that person kept chatting with me and even treated me to lunch. He seemed like a really nice person. He even said he'd come chat with me again today..."

"Okay, since I haven't released my Daily Explosion yet, I'll give it to that perverted uncle I've never met, but just by the description I know he's a bloated, unshaven, and hasn't showered in half a month!"

"Wait... wait a minute! Why did it become like this again?!"

Just as Youyou was about to try to calm down the out-of-control Huihui again, a voice suddenly sounded beside them.

"Hmm! You are such passionate girls! Your playfulness is like butterflies dancing among flowers. I don't mind such dramas! But please calm down in front of me right now."

When the two turned around, what they saw was a beautiful woman in a red dress with an extremely strong presence.

"Dear girl, are you willing to form a team?"

Chapter 256: Engine Out

"Dear girl, are you willing to form a team?"

Nero brought Alice to find Huihui and Youyou and directly invited them to form a team.