I don't want to be a heroic spirit

When she helped an old lady who had fallen down, the old lady would grab her arm and say, "There are not many kind young people like you nowadays. I swear in the name of the goddess that I must repay you. So, please write your name and address on this 'Application Form to Become an Axis Cultist', especially your name! You must write it! Write it in the 'Applicant' column! It will also make it convenient for me and my family to repay you in the future."

As she was walking on the road, she met a gangster with a scar on his face, who shouted ferociously, "I am the most evil thug in this town! In this town! I only dare not touch people from the Akusis Cult! So! If you don't want me to do something to you, join the Akusis Cult immediately! If you don't have an application form, I have one here, you can ask me for it directly."

Afterwards, the gangster was knocked down by Nero with a punch and sent to prison.

When Nero was governing the country, she massacred Christians on a large scale and even showed it to her own people as a performance. The reason was that there were many contradictions and conflicts in her country at that time, and she tried to focus all the conflicts of the people on Christianity by spreading the harm of Christianity to the country. This is why the church was so hostile to Nero and regarded her as the "Antichrist" like the "Beast of 666" and the "Whore of Babylon".

However, her plan failed. Her atrocities not only failed to reduce the conflicts among the people, but instead strengthened their fear of her.

To be honest, during the time he lived in Alcanretia, Nero wanted to recreate her atrocities.

Specifically, it involves being crucified, covered with animal skins to be bitten to death by evil beasts, and nailed to pillars to be used as candles.

"Yes, Nero-sister is very powerful." Yunyun's tone was full of sincerity. "That was the first time I saw a Demon King's general so close. He seemed so powerful... It makes you wonder if such a monster can really be defeated by human power. When he reveals his true form, you really don't know what to do."

Youyou was talking about the poisonous slime Hans. Its mountain-sized body was really oppressive when it first appeared. Coupled with its immunity to physical attacks, it made people feel like they had no idea where to start.

“The most annoying ones are Kazuma and Aqua,” Nero complained unhappily. “They keep saying things like, ‘We can’t beat that monster, so run as far as you can,’ and other such depressing things. If they were my men, I’d behead them both for disturbing the morale of the army!”

“Haha! That certainly sounds like something Kazuma-san and Aqua-san would do.”

Alice covered her mouth and let out a sweet laugh like a silver bell. She didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with what Kazuma and the others did, she just found it very funny.

However, when she learned that the poisonous slime was targeting the residents and hot springs of Alcanretia, Aqua showed a rare fighting spirit. It seems that she still has a little sense of responsibility as a goddess.

"But after all, the most powerful one is still Sister Nero!"

"Yeah! I think so too."

Youyou nodded excitedly, her eyes shining like gemstones. "Standing in front of everyone, facing that terrifying Demon King's army leader, gazing at her back was like gazing at the brightest star in the night sky, pointing the way for those who were anxious and confused, and igniting courage. Even now, thinking back on it, I am deeply moved. As long as I can stand by Sister Nero's side, I too will muster up the courage!"

"I think so too! Sister Nero's presence really makes me feel safe. It feels like as long as Sister Nero is around, there's nothing scary in this world!"

Alice and Youyou somehow caught each other's attention and started chatting as if no one was around.

On the contrary, Nero, who was the center of the topic, seemed to be ignored.

"Hmm... Am I welcome or unwelcome?"

Nero frowned, feeling conflicted.

Chapter 313: The Necklace That Can Exchange Bodies

"Hey, Alice, what is this necklace around your neck?"

Nero also knew that interrupting other people's conversations was not a good idea.

But Alice's necklace is indeed very unusual.

Nero felt a very powerful magic power from it, and it was certain that this necklace was a magic item, and it was not an ordinary magic item.

This necklace felt very familiar to Nero, just like Mitsurugi Hibiki's magic sword Grame.

"This? This seems to be a necklace presented to my brother by a noble." Alice placed her hand on the necklace and gently explained Nero's doubts. "However, since my brother is away on an expedition, I have to keep it for him as the representative of the royal family."

Presented by a noble? That's strange.

Judging from the extraordinary magical power, this necklace is most likely a divine artifact like the magic sword Grame.

The artifacts in this world are basically plug-ins for time travelers and are the basis of their survival.

Moreover, the abilities of the artifacts are all different and varied. Even Nero finds the abilities of some of them extremely difficult to deal with.

"Is that what the noble presented... a magical item?" Youyou also began to take notice of the necklace, exclaiming in amazement, "I can indeed sense an exaggerated amount of magical power from it, so much more than ordinary magical items can match, but it doesn't look like it was forged in the Crimson Demon Village... Could it be a divine artifact? Where on earth did that noble get it?"

The Crimson Demons were all experts in making magic tools. Nero had heard from Wiz before that most of the magic tools in her shop were purchased from the Crimson Demon Village.

As a member of the Red Demon Clan, Youyou has good eyesight and can tell at once that this necklace is a divine artifact.

Alice also has artifacts, which are her holy sword and scabbard. The holy sword has super strong attack power, and the scabbard can be immune to curses and negative effects and has healing ability. It feels like a weakened version of Altria's Excalibur [Sword of Promised Victory] and Avalon [Utopia of Seclusion from the World].

It should be a divine artifact, but the necklace on Alice looks very plain and simple in style. If it were not for the extremely powerful magic contained inside, it would feel no different from the accessories you can see everywhere on the street.

"Alice, what is the function of this magic item?" Youyou asked curiously.

"No, well... Actually, the method for using this magic item hasn't been discovered yet. It's said that by reciting a specific keyword, one might be able to activate the magic item's power... In principle, there are words engraved on it that resemble keywords, but the scholars in the royal city have tried to investigate and still can't decipher them..."

As she spoke, Alice turned the necklace over to show Nero and Youyou, and there was indeed a line of words written on it.

The key point...isn't this Japanese?

Is this really the divine weapon that the group of Japanese time travelers obtained from the goddess?

As a servant, Nero could also understand Japanese, so he subconsciously read the words engraved on it.

"'What's yours is mine, what's mine is yours, become you—!' What is this ominous keyword?"

Eh? Wait a minute?

Nero suddenly remembered... he seemed to have seen a similar plot before?

Although Su Qing's plot had not been updated to this point when she was following the anime, but... she had read Su Qing's fan fiction before, and it seemed that there was a magical artifact that could exchange bodies.

However, due to the intervention of the protagonist of the novel, the artifact had no chance to play a role, so Nero had no impression of it.

"Huh? Is this an illusion? Is this necklace glowing?"

"This! This situation! Could it be that the power of the magic item has been activated?!"

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling white light emanated from the necklace, enveloping the people on the bed.

"...Strange, it seems like nothing happened?"

Youyou made a puzzled sound.

"Hmm! I had this feeling the moment I saw that text... Should I say it's worthy of being a divine artifact? Even I don't know how to comment on this absurd thing."

When such words were heard, Youyou was stunned.

This tone clearly belongs to Nero.

However, Youyou clearly saw that the person who said such words was actually Alice in front of her.

Especially when "Nero" beside her timidly called out "Sister Nero", Youyou was directly disheveled in the wind.

…………

"My shoulders suddenly felt much more relaxed, but I'm a little uncomfortable..."

Alice stood barefoot on the bed and flexed her arms. "However, the power contained in this body is greater than I imagined... Perhaps, even without the Holy Sword, I can fight the dragon."

Perhaps it was because he frequently switched bodies (spiritual bases) that Nero quickly calmed down after swapping bodies with Alice, even taking the time to observe how Alice's body was performing.

"Hmm... Is this Sister Nero's body? Am I inside Sister Nero's body?"

"Nero" was a little excited, jumping around, and from time to time he made innocent expressions like a child on his face.

On the contrary, "Alice"'s words and actions seemed very mature, and the comparison between the two was extremely awkward.

Therefore, the one with the most complicated emotions is actually Youyou, the bystander.

"So... Sister Nero and Alice swapped bodies?"

"Hmm! It looks like this at the moment."

With his arms folded across his chest... Nero suddenly felt a little uncomfortable with the flatness of his chest.

"A body-swapping artifact... Why would there be such a wicked artifact? What on earth was the person who chose this artifact thinking? Could it be some ugly freak, on par with a goblin, who wanted to use this artifact to look more handsome? Why go through so much trouble? Isn't there a divine artifact that can instantly make you look more handsome... Or maybe that person wanted a sex change?"

Alice muttered to herself.

"No, after all... the existence of the artifact is supposed to help the traveler defeat the Demon King. I don't understand how such an artifact can help defeat the Demon King... Should we just swap bodies with the Demon King?"

It doesn’t feel that simple…

As for body swapping... I feel like there's a higher chance of this happening in the storyline.

"Sister Nero?"

"Hmm... Nothing much, just something that bothered me a little bit."

I looked down at the white dress I was wearing. The golden hair hanging from my forehead was as soft as silk. I curled it with my fingers and it felt pretty good.

Speaking of which, although she is a little young... Alice is indeed a rare beautiful girl. If the so-called goddess of beauty really exists, she would probably be similar to this.

So-called men all have two wishes: to own a super beautiful girl, or to become a super beautiful girl.

If it were her old self, she would have been extremely excited to encounter such a situation...but now, she felt nothing in her heart.

I can only say that habit is really a terrible thing.

Chapter 314: Substitute Class

"Hey, Alice..."

Alice raised her head and looked at Nero... It felt a bit strange to say this.

"Who was the noble who gave you this necklace?"

With his vague memories, Nero remembered... the noble who gave this artifact to the royal family seemed to have some evil intentions, intending to exchange bodies with His Royal Highness the Prince, become one of the most powerful people in the country, and become younger.

"Eh? Why are you asking this, sister?"

Nero tilted his head cutely and said, "I remember the person who gave us this necklace was... Eh? Strange, I can't remember."

A surprising development occurred. No matter how hard Alice tried to recall, she could not remember which noble had brought the necklace.

Something is very wrong. The only thing that is wrong is that the identity of the noble who presented this necklace has been forgotten. No matter how you look at it, it seems wrong.

"Isn't this too weird? Why not just throw this thing away... No, something this dangerous is best destroyed."

As she spoke, "Alice" raised her hand and grabbed the necklace hanging around her neck.

"No! Sister Nero!"

Nero quickly stepped forward to stop Alice, explaining frantically, "This was given to my elder brother. He's not here right now, so we can't handle it without my permission!"

"Why keep such a monstrous thing? Anyway, the noble who presented this thing is definitely not a good person. He definitely has some unknown evil intentions. That's right, he is like a parasite, only absorbing nutrients from the bodies of others. His disgusting way of survival is to survive. He doesn't know how to create value on his own. He is the ultimate selfishness at the expense of others. My country can accommodate arrogant lions and bloodthirsty wolves, but I absolutely cannot tolerate the existence of parasites that survive by sucking the lifeblood of the country!"

Even though they had never met before and even though they didn't know each other's identity, "Alice" had already started to sneer at each other.

After all, Nero never had a good impression of the existence of "aristocrats".

There was a "knock knock" sound, someone was knocking on the door.

After attracting the attention of Youyou and others, the person outside the door also spoke.

"Sir Nero, I thought I heard Her Highness Alice's voice just now. Did Her Highness come to your room again?"

Judging from the voice, it was Claire.

Ah, now it seems like trouble is brewing.

She exchanged glances with "Nero". As expected, she was also extremely nervous, even though she looked like Nero but was actually Alice on the inside.

"Hmm! Claire? I'm... I'm listening to Sister Nero's stories. So many wonderful things happened in Alcanretia and the Scarlet Devil Village. I can't help but feel a little regretful that I wasn't there at the time... Is there something you want to talk to me about, Claire?"

"I feel like something has changed about Your Highness Alice... However, I'm very sorry to interrupt your adventure story, but it's time for class. Today's class is swordsmanship instruction. You can listen to Lord Nero's story after class. Lord Nero and Miss Youyou will be staying in the castle all day anyway."

Going to class...

Suddenly I feel this word is so unfamiliar, I don’t know why.

"Alice, do you have any classes today?"

Alice looked at Nero in confusion, and Nero nodded.

"Yes...yes, I wanted to come see you before class...so it's time already?"

"Then what should we do? You won't be able to attend class in your current state, right?"

Or, just confess your current situation to Claire.

or……

"I'll go in your place."

After a little thought, "Alice" made this plan.

"It's okay. It's just one missed class. It's no big deal. The sky won't fall, and the country won't perish."

"Alice" smiled and used a gentle tone to ease "Nero's" tension.

"There are downsides to being too rule-abiding. Being a few minutes late for class or forgetting to bring homework can make you feel like the sky is falling and your life is over. But in reality, life isn't that easily ruined. Being too rule-abiding can actually make life difficult... This is a rare opportunity, so why don't you go out and play with Youyou? You haven't had any fun lately, have you?"