63.

It was dinner time in Nell's workshop as she invited me at her home. At first I was questioning her sanity as to why would she invite someone who stabbed someone in her shop and she said that its her first time meeting Tony's family. I then cleared to her that his name is not Tony. She said she knows and asked me for his given name and I told her that his name is Dante.

I then asked where the kitchen is as I will prepare some food for them. In those 3 years, I've begged uncle Jouichiro to teach me. My reason is I can't eat pizza that's not made by uncle Jouichiro and he's not always there to cook for us. At first it was hard and my dishes always end up turning into a blob but I wanted to do it anyways. So I trained in my spare time and now I can cook like a normal person, still far from Uncle Jouichiro's level as I want to eat pizza whenever I want. No. More. Black. Blobs.

Nell said that there are few ingredients in the fridge and seeing the ingredients inside. All I can make was an omelette. I diced the necessary ingredients and heated the pan. I then greased the butter and put the egg as well as the diced ingredients. The aroma is good because of butter and served it in a plate after 5 minutes.

I then woke up Dante with a b*tch slap as he immediately woke up. Nell was laughing at Dante's demise.

"That's one hell of a wake-up call you've got there, brother." Dante said grunting as he woke up. He then looked at Nell and said.

"Old bones, you invited my insane brother? You must be insane like him as well." He said.

'When I first met Dante, I can tell he was an arrogant piece of sh*t, but seeing him mellow down because of seeing his supposedly dead brother, alive softened him. He said he was an orphan and his parents died as well as his brother.' Nell thought as she shouted back to Dante.

"At least I'm not a madman who shoots pistol like an uzi."

They argued as I spectated, I even opened a portal to grab a popcorn as I watch them.

They then stopped when they heard a crunching sound only to see me eating popcorn and seated like a boss.

"What? Continue. Don't mind me." I said as they finally stopped.

"A pity. Let's eat, dinner is ready." I said as I put the popcorn in the inventory.

We then had our fill and they were satisfied of my dish. Hah! That was three years of hard work right there.

After having dinner, I motioned for Dante to follow me outside while Nell was washing the dishes.

"'Sup brother, I thought you were dead. What happened to you? How are you alive? Also what is that transformation you did back there. Teach me bout it. I'm sick of having a kid's body, it won't move at will." Dante asked barrages of question to me as I answered all of his questions.

"Well, mother left me in her acquaintance's house. Mother used herself as a bait to lure those bastards away from me. I then trained myself to the limit and here I am. As for that transformation... you need to use your demonic heritage." I said to him as I need him to accept his demonic heritage first before anything else.

"No way. I'm not using that b*stard's bloodline after leaving us to fend for ourselves. I'm sure there's other way to do that transformation you had there." Dante said to me as he is denying Sparda's bloodline in him. I shook my head signifying that there's no other way.

"You need to accept your bloodline Dante. Whatever you do, that bloodline will stick with you. It is a form of power, for yourself. Look at the sword that I stabbed you with. It was sleeping but when your blood flowed through it, it awakened. Her name is Rebellion by the way." I tried to talk Dante about his demon bloodline as he won't be stronger if something is holding him back.

"*sigh* You're right brother. It is now my blood that flows through my vein. Not his." He said as he finally accepted his demonic heritage. He is not dumb, he knows that without power, he won't be able to protect himself.

"Hey, Dante. Did mother ever visited you all these years?" I asked him as I want to know if mother visited Dante because Old Man Nobu said that mother and Dante is alive.

"No. Never seen a shadow nor presence of her. Why'd you ask?" He replied.

"An acquaintance of mine told me in his death bed that Mother and my brother are both alive." I said which made Dante's eyes widen and trembling hands

"I-is it true? What you've said just now? Was it true?!" He said with agitated voice.

"Yeah. Although I only confirmed yours, I don't know about mother. I'm pretty positive that she is alive, from what I've gathered so far, she is a strong sword saint of the church before they knew her relationship with father." I said to Dante to clear some of his doubts.

"I can help you be strong, but I will not be the one who will teach you." I continued making Dante confused.

"Huh? Why? You're pretty strong right?" He asked.

"I'm not pretty strong, I'm hella strong. I've already defeated a God, Dante." I said surprising Dante as he retorted.

"You sonnova gun. Don't lie to me brother, is there even God out there? I don't believe your lie, Vergil. If there is one, where is he when we were separated." Dante said

"*sigh* Dante, we are half-demons. If there are demons, don't you think that there are other races out there?" I said to Dante as he was suddenly hit by realization.

I then told him about the God's Pantheon, Devils, Yokai, Exorcists, Hades' reapers. Dante's mind broke down after explaining all about it and Nell came out and asked what we were talking about and explained to her as well. Although the way they talk to each other is rude, Nell looks at Dante like her own grandson.

"Aunt Nell, if I asked you to join me as a gunsmith. Would you accept it? You know, the largest mercenary platform? The Guild? The CEO there is a family of mine although not by blood, but still a family. We will be expanding to minor countries after solidifying our hold on the major countries. How about it? Want to join the family as well?" I said and looked at Nell's eyes to show that I'm serious about it.

"I'm sorry, Vergil. I'm too old for that. I'm only a gunsmith who repairs the mercenaries' weapons for a sum." she said as she looked at her wrinkled hands.

"Your age is not a problem. I can even make you younger." I said, I have the tarot cards but Hilda, Saeko, and the others are not yet ready to receive its power. Maybe Soi Fon can do it without losing consciousness, but I think I will experiment on myself first before using it to others.

"This..." Nell was contemplating the offer when a kid younger than us shouted.

"Grandmaaaa. The food is so good tonight. What're you doing outside? Hm? A new patron? Uwaaah a fainted person!" The kid said making me chuckle. Nell then gestured for her to come closer as she happily skipped on her way to Nell.

"This is my granddaughter, N-" Nell didn't get to finish what she was saying as the kid immediately introduced herself to me.

"I'm Nico, Nico Goldstein. Nice to meet ya." She said as she extended her hand for a shake hands.

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And another one.

Introduction of Nico Goldstein and making Dante accept his heritage.

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