Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 470 Mission: 02-3 Secret Invitation

To be honest, I did encounter it.

The problem is that V is no longer alive.

However, Nero did not choose to offer any complicated explanations, but simply said, "He is here."

"what?"

“I am the ‘V’ that I met you before.”

Virgil came out from behind.

“Father,” Nero waved slightly at him and asked, “Are you done?”

"basically."

"what?!"

Both Trish and Lady looked completely bewildered.

Less than a week has passed since the incident in Red Tomb City, and no more than half a month has passed since my meeting with V... How could so many things have happened in between?

"Virgil!" Dante called out from afar, "Come and lend a hand when you're done!"

Virgil looked over in confusion: "Help?"

It turns out that Mr. Dante and Mr. Virgil got into a fight. Fortunately, due to Dante's strong protest, the two of them fought very restrainedly and chose to use playing cards for a verbal duel.

But that's even stranger. Why would they call for Virgil during a literary duel?
Dante's subsequent words answered his question: "Virgil on the other side said he could take on two Dantes by himself! I'm not going to take that lying down!"

“Three is fine too.” Mr. Virgil sat on the sofa with his arms crossed, coldly looking down at everyone: “You can all come at me at once.”

The outcast Dante, caught in the middle, naturally wasn't going to let this go unpunished. He slammed down his gun and walked over, saying, "You've got guts! Let's see how you win!"

If Dante wins, then that sofa will become Dante's personal sofa from now on.

But if Virgil wins...

“…Please.” Trish sighed, covering her forehead.

"Why compare poker of all things?" Lady shook her head speechlessly.

These two "female friends" who knew Dante well knew that Dante was a man who always lost at gambling. They believed that even if there were ten Dantes together, let alone three, Mr. Virgil would still win.

"So, you want me to be the referee?" Virgil was speechless.

They probably think Virgil is the truly neutral character. Among the remaining characters, Nero and Mr. Nero might also have biases.

"Okay. What are the rules?"

“Texas, of course.”

Nero glanced at the three Dantes already seated around the table and couldn't help but feel a little worried for them. It's well known that Texas Hold'em relies heavily on skill, memory, and calculation; in this respect, Nero believed that Dante, as a seasoned gambler, wouldn't lose to Virgil, who rarely played. But how to put it…

Like the two aunts, she believed in Dante's intellect, but not so much in his luck.

The old men were penniless at the moment. After searching around for a while, they finally gave up on the seemingly unreliable option of pizza boxes and chose to use the precious red magic stones as their bargaining chips.

However, its value is only relative to ordinary people; for them, this thing doesn't actually mean much.

In a four-player game, if everyone loses, the last player standing wins. Among the four, there are three Dantes and one Virgil, seemingly giving Dante a huge advantage.

But it just feels a bit unreliable.

“Forget about them.” Trish shook her head and sighed repeatedly, her gaze returning to Nero. “By the way, is that also Dante?” She was referring, of course, to the different Dante. Nero nodded. “His world is quite different from ours, because in his world, Sparta lost to Mondes.”

"...That sounds terrible. And the remaining three are 'Virgil'? The one Dante said was dead?"

"Yes, Uncle Dante's brother—but only the two who look alike are."

Nero singled out Mr. Nero and said, "That's actually Nero."

"...That sounds absolutely terrible."

Trish shook her head again.

Lady held up her fingers and counted them one by one, asking, "Are there only two Virgils?"

“Well… there’s been a problem with the ‘younger one’,” Nero replied vaguely.

Lady didn't dwell on the issue too much. She stared at the different Dante for a while, then said in a low voice, "It's still hard to imagine. In my memory, Dante has never shaved his head short."

If they could see Dante in his darker period, it would be even harder for them to imagine. Nero was deeply moved by the inner thoughts of the two at that moment.

Amidst laughter and conversation, the first round of dealing cards at the card table came to an end.

"gourd."

Mr. Virgil coldly revealed his hidden card, easily crushing Dante in the entire arena.

Trish and Lady both shook their heads, unable to bear watching any longer: "I knew it."

"Oh!" "Damn it!" "Thank goodness I didn't go with them."

The three Dantes each gave a different answer, but only Dante with the lowest card received a death stare from the other two after speaking. He could only helplessly shrug and say, "I only have one pair."

I really can't keep up.

“The second round,” Virgil said calmly.

It seemed Dante was destined to say goodbye to his sofa. Nero stopped looking in that direction and gained a new understanding of Dante's gambling luck.

This can't be... the only game where Virgil can consistently beat Dante, right?
"Let's talk about something else," Trish said, bringing up the topic again: "How was the trip to the Demon Realm?"

Nero nodded and replied briefly, "Many parallel universes of Mondes united, but we defeated them all."

“Oh, I should have known this would happen when I heard those people were from another world!” Lady exclaimed. “This is just too…”

“That’s amazing,” Trish added.

"I believe they won't make any moves for at least several hundred years."

Nero then said...

Ultimately, they did not choose to dismantle the merged demon realm again. The disintegration of the merged, multi-dimensional demon realm would likely cause immense turmoil, and many newly born, still fragile demon realms would certainly be destroyed. What changes the destruction of the demon realm would bring to the corresponding human world, no one could say for sure.

If they choose not to make any changes, at least things are still under control. Nero has completely sealed the gates to the demon realm, so as long as the physical gates to the human realm aren't deliberately opened by "some lunatics," there won't be any problems.

As the dark side of the universe, the Demon Realm, with its rivers of magic formed from death, malice, and souls buried deep underground, is now connected to the Holy Grail within Nero. Therefore, even if a major problem arises, Nero can sense it.

What Nero had to do next was quite simple.

"Aunt Trish, Aunt Lady."

Nero suddenly spoke, looking intently into their eyes, and asked, "Are you interested... in exploring the outside world?"

(End of this chapter)