I don't want to be a heroic spirit

"Her name is Alice, but I want you to call her Elise when outsiders are around, for some very complicated reasons."

Nero's words stunned Youyou for a moment. At this moment, Alice came forward and held Yuyou's hand. She looked into Youyou's eyes with eyes as clear as the blue sky and said warmly.

"Although this is our first meeting, since Sister Nero is willing to let you become our teammate, then I am willing to trust you completely... and please do not reveal my real name in front of outsiders. "

"Please forgive me. I can't tell you everything about myself for the time being. Maybe my request is a bit excessive...but please believe me, I have regarded you as my true partner."

Nero noticed that when Alice said "real partner", Yoyo's body shook a few times.

Chapter 258 You can’t stop a person who is determined to seek death

"Hmm! Very good! Another beautiful girl who matches Yu's taste has joined Yu's Roman adventure team. What a happy result!"

Nero said this happily to Alice and Yoyo.

"Yes...yes! I'm very happy too! It's better to say that I'm so happy that I almost cried. It's great to be able to come to Axel and make that announcement in the Adventurer's Guild..."

Yoyo's eyes flashed red due to emotion, and Alice came to her side and patted her back to help her relieve her overly excited emotions.

"I understand, I understand, it is a great blessing to have a partner who can entrust your life to me, but this is the only thing that I cannot do, because as the emperor, I am destined to be an arrogant and unique existence, well... think of something strange Good thing, my head is starting to hurt again.”

Nero nodded seriously at first, then showed a painful expression because of his headache.

Hmm... If there is a Holy Grail, it should be able to alleviate this headache a little, right? So why didn't Yu feed Yu the Holy Grail in the first place?

Hmm... Oh, I remembered that I had fed the Holy Grail to the woman named Morgan who had the same face as Yu.

Yu also fed Morgan to level 120... not only did he use up the Holy Grail, but he also almost vomited from playing the fire dungeon. Why is it so difficult to upgrade after level 100?

Hmm! Yu (Master) is such a partialist!

"Now that we have new teammates, I think you all know the first thing to do next without having to be reminded by me, right?"

"Yes! Yes! I know!" Youyou raised her hands excitedly, like a primary school student who actively wanted to express himself in class and said with bright eyes: "It is to accept commissions and hone the ability to cooperate with others. Right? It’s also to get familiar with each other’s abilities.”

Originally, getting familiar with the abilities of partners should be done before new teammates join the team. If they feel that they are not suitable for each other, they can leave the team, so this is also a kind of test. Megumi has been like this these days, and Several teams made commissions, and then all these teams drove Megumin away.

However, there was no such test link when Yoyo joined Nero's team this time.

Because Nero thinks that he knows a lot about Yuyou, and based on her understanding of the fighting power of this world, there are not many things that can threaten her life even though she may not be able to walk sideways.

Looking at Yoyo who was full of expectations after answering, Nero replied very ruthlessly.

"It makes sense, but it's wrong!"

"Huh?!"

Facing the astonished Youyou, Nero raised the corner of his mouth and said: "What you said is irrelevant! Since new teammates have joined, the most important thing is to celebrate the new teammates! Let’s hold a Nero Festival! Let’s invite the whole town to participate! Let the whole town share Yu’s joy!”

"No... no need to go so far!"

Yoyo seems to have a shy personality, and her cheeks heat up a little when she thinks about the whole town celebrating because she has a teammate.

Imagine it’s your birthday and you only planned to spend it in your room with a few bad friends, but suddenly one of your bad friends bought all the monitors on high-rise buildings in the city to celebrate your birthday all day long. , and an airship flies over the city for a whole day with a huge sign celebrating your birthday. Although some people may find it romantic, more people should find it shameful, right?

"...Yes, if you want to hold the Nero Festival, you have to prepare a lot of things. If you have the Holy Grail, it will be much easier. You can easily bring the whole town to participate in the Nero Festival."

Nero also realized his lack of consideration, and this also made Youyou breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hmm! There's nothing we can do about it... Although Yu's power as emperor is unlimited, the plan for Nero's festival can only be postponed to the future... But the celebration still has to be held, it's necessary! Because The celebration is also in Rome!”

"Hmph! Even though it's not the Nero Festival... I will still make it the number one celebration in the world! That's right! Yu will sing at this celebration! A concert just for Yoyo! "

Yoyo's attention was always on Nero, so she didn't notice that Alice's expression became weird after Nero said he could sing.

"That's right! The Light of Rome! The best, best, and most talented musician in the world! I will sing songs for you with the joy of this encouragement, and it doesn't matter if you cheer and dance to your heart's content! This is something even the gods would envy. The reward! Hmm!”

"Think about it carefully. You and Alice are both Yu's friends, but only Alice has listened to Yu's music. It's too unfair and cruel. This is not okay! Yu is a wise emperor, from day to night Holding the golden scale and eliminating injustice for the people is within the scope of my responsibilities.”

Alice frowned... After some mental struggle in her heart, she still planned to remind Yoyo, her new teammate, but when she turned around...

"Friends, friends, friends..."

I saw that Youyou's face was flushed and she had entered a strange state.

"Really...really? Miss Nero, do you really regard me as a friend? In the future, when I meet other people, I will also confidently tell others, Miss Nero, are you my friend? No, what's wrong with you stupid woman?" Just asking stupid questions' or 'why can this woman call me by my name so naturally and so familiarly when we have just met'?"

"Hmm! It should have been obvious when Yu asked you to join Yu's team, right? Besides, do you think that people who are not Yu's friends are qualified to be Yu's audience?"

Nero said this with a matter-of-fact expression.

"Friends... friends! Can I finally have friends? I no longer need to be called 'the weird girl who is destined to die alone' by people I know. Finally, I don't have to regard the grass growing on the window sill as I was the only person I could talk to, and I talked to it all day long, and finally..."

A very heavy atmosphere filled the air around Youyou inexplicably.

Suddenly, Nero's hand was held tightly, and Yoyo's face with strange red eyes flashed suddenly in front of Nero.

"Listen! I'm willing to listen! Woo woo woo... the song my friend sang to welcome me... I feel like my life is already perfect. Even if I die after listening to my friend's song, I have nothing to regret... …I will remember this day for the rest of my life, record Miss Nero’s song, and play it every year in the future and listen to it…”

"Hmm! You are really looking forward to Yu's concert. Yu is very happy! But how can the recorded one compare to Yu's? Although the songs Yu sings are definitely as good as the ones in the sky even if they are recorded without soul. It’s a rare song! It’s a beauty that can’t be reproduced in a dream! But you are a very important person to me, and I can sing it for you at any time if you want to hear it!”

"Nero...Nero...wuwuwu...it's so nice to get to know you..."

Looking at Nero and Yoyo hugging each other, Alice, who had already understood the truth, gave up thinking after thinking for a while.

Forget it, that's it, I'm done with it.

Some people insist on seeking death themselves, and you can't stop them at all.

Chapter 259 The Devil in the Forest

Early the next morning, Nero and Alice came to the Adventurer's Guild to continue their commission.

That's right, there were only two people, Nero and Alice, and Yoyo, who had already joined their team, didn't come.

The reason is...

"Hmm! Last night when Yu was singing passionately in the middle of her song, Youyou fell asleep happily under Yu's beautiful singing voice. She must have had a rose-like dream. Even the expression on her face was very sweet. Happy...but I didn’t expect that I would still sleep so deeply the next morning.”

"Um...Sister Nero, I really want to ask...did you check if she was still breathing when you left Yoyo's room?"

Nero looked at Alice and blinked his confused emerald eyes.

"Hmm! I seem to have heard a similar statement before... The more powerful lullaby can make people fall into deep sleep and then sleep to death. I see, you think Yu's beautiful singing voice can already compare with that level of lullaby. Are you okay? But don’t worry, Yoyo was still alive at the time. Although she didn’t know what she was dreaming about, her body temperature rose and her breathing accelerated, but judging from her vital signs, she was still alive and well.”

Alice always feels...Yuyou is a bit pitiful.

However, as the saying goes, one learns from every experience. After personal experience, Yoyo should be able to deeply understand the power of Nero's singing voice, right? Presumably, I won't be as desperate as last night in the future.

"Speaking of which, there seem to be more monster-killing requests than yesterday... Isn't this a novice town? Will there be so many monsters?"

Nero suddenly asked after noticing that there were more parchments on the wall.

"No...I've never been to Axel, but it seems a little strange..." Alice looked up at the several commissions to defeat the one-hit bears, novice killers and cannibals and said, "Clay My son taught me the living habits of monsters. The monsters that will appear in this season should be weaker but larger in number. The monsters that still appear in winter are much stronger, so adventurers should be more active in summer. It's much higher than winter... Theoretically speaking, there shouldn't be multiple monsters of the same level as the one-hit bear."

Even though Alice is a princess who has lived in purdah for a long time, she knows far more about the habits of monsters than Nero, who is a visitor from another world.

"Ah, regarding your questions... I can answer them for you."

As if hearing Nero and Alice's doubts, a waitress came to the two of them with a perfect smile on her face.

"Originally, most of the monsters living in the nearby forest would hide in the depths of the forest. Only occasionally there would be some monsters wandering around the periphery of the forest. The adventurer's task is to deal with those not-so-powerful monsters wandering around the periphery. Monster, very easy.”

As she spoke, the waitress stroked her face and showed an annoyed expression.

"However, I recently received news that an adventurer seemed to have encountered a very powerful demon in the forest... Perhaps out of fear of that demon, the monsters that originally lived deep in the forest began to become restless and even appeared in towns. It’s nearby, so there have been more and more requests to defeat monsters recently. How could this really happen?”

"Devil?" Alice looked surprised, and then asked in confusion: "Why are there demons here?"

"We don't know this either."

After the waitress leaves, Nero asks Alice about the demon.

"Demons are not natives of this world, but come from a world called hell. They are hostile to the gods from heaven. The two sides engage in a protracted battle but always win or lose."

Alice explained to Nero: "Devils appear in this world for different reasons. Some are summoned by others, and some come on their own initiative... However, the demons that can come to this world on their own initiative are all very special. A powerful demon."

"A demon from hell, hostile to the gods?" Nero murmured in a low voice: "Hmm...is it also Satan? I am inexplicably concerned about it."

Emperor Nero was regarded as an equal being to the beast of 666 and the Great Harlot of Babylon because of his experiences during his lifetime. The sixth beast in the moon-shaped world, the seven-headed and ten-horned beast in charge of the principle of corruption, is The Beast of 666, the Great Whore of Babylon, and Nero's trinity, the world-destroying beast born by devouring the "Savior" - Draco.

In the Bible, the beast of 666 is also called the Great Red Dragon, and is often considered to be the same entity as Satan, the king of hell.

Nero inexplicably remembered an old TV series called "Devil High School". For some reason, the beast of 666 and the big red dragon were regarded as two entities...

When Nero lowered his head to look at Alice, he found that the other person's brows were deeply furrowed as if she was thinking about something.

"Do you care?"

"ah?"

After coming back to her senses, Alice raised her head and met Nero's eyes.

"Do you care? About that devil."

"Um……"

Alice pinched the corner of her clothes with her little hands and nodded.

Whether it is out of kindness or a sense of responsibility as a royal family, Alice cannot let the devil wander in the nearby forest.

After all, he is an "evil" demon. He always makes people think that the other party has some extremely evil conspiracy.

"Hmm! Devil... I think it's quite interesting, so let's go check it out."

Nero said this to Alice.

In the previous expedition against giant frogs, Nero and Alice went to the plains near the town. There were basically no powerful monsters there, and it was also the most popular place for novice adventurers.

Then, walking a little further, there is a forest where powerful monsters appear, and this is where demons are haunted.

However, the appearance of demons is completely random, and whether you can meet them depends on luck. Although Nero has A-level luck, he is not sure that he will encounter demons today, so he accepted several commissions to defeat monsters.

"Extelion!"

Alice pulled out her legendary holy sword that seemed to be passed down from generation to generation in the royal family, and slashed at a monster in front of her.

It was a strange monster with a head like a teddy bear but a body comparable to Escanor at noon. The head-to-body ratio was completely out of proportion, and the huge size carried a full sense of oppression.

This is the monster called the One-Blow Bear, because not many people can catch its blow.

However, such a powerful monster was easily cut in half by Alice's glorious slash.

Nero, who saw Alice's enthusiastic performance, nodded approvingly.

"Hmm! She is indeed the sister that Yu likes. If Yu continues to slack off like this, he will be outdone by his sister."

After saying that, Nero turned his head and looked at the five one-shot bears approaching him. The original fire in his hand cut through the air and let out bursts of sword sounds, and red flames were wrapped around the sword.

"Fountain of the Saint! Sword of Fire! Dance magnificently!"

Chapter 260 A talent that even the gods would be jealous of

Just as Nero expected, she and Alice did not encounter the demon.

However, they defeated many monsters, which was not a loss.

"Sister Nero! It's almost dark, so..."

Holding the very gorgeous holy sword in her arms, Alice looked at Nero with expectant eyes.

"Hmm! Yes...that's it for today."

Nero also took a look at the sky and made such a plan.

Then, with Alice's expectant gaze, Nero said softly: "Then... let's go back to Axel."

"Eh~~~~"

Alice let out a lamentation of failed expectations, then lowered her head and complained softly, "I thought I could experience sleeping outside today."

"You..."

Nero showed a speechless expression.

"Those who camp outdoors have no other options, so they resort to this desperate measure. But Axel is not far from here, and it's only a few steps away. Why is there any need to camp outdoors?"

"But...but...I often see such developments in the adventure hero stories I read before, where the hero and his trusted companions camp outdoors, and the atmosphere around the campfire is super good..."

Alice said this with a red face, her tone full of envy.

"It is obviously the development that many adventurers want to avoid the most, why are you so envious?"