Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 452 Mission: 06-2 Love is Poison
The two joking people disappeared from the singularity, and the golden ladder to heaven tore through the clouds and fell.

"What a troublesome journey!" The pure white Lady of Avalon gazed in that direction, speaking thoughtfully. "But I didn't expect Draco to actually transform back into an ordinary Heroic Spirit. Now, in the eyes of the summoned Heroic Spirits, she shouldn't be someone who must be defeated, right?"

Setant scratched his head. "Yes... that's true. But it still makes me feel uncomfortable."

"This, this——" Locusta seemed so happy that he couldn't speak.

Ritsuka turned around and immediately started seduction mode: "So, how about you just follow me back to Chaldea? As an ordinary Heroic Spirit, there should be no reason for you to refuse, right?"

Draco looked at Ritsuka with disbelief: "Master, could it be that you forgot something else?"

"Something else?"

"That Nero thing? I don't think it matters." Mr. Nero finally let go, deciding not to do anything until something unexpected really happened. "That guy seems quite rational."

Ritsuka nodded and said, "Hmm... I've also been thinking about how to convince Tiamat. I think we could have a good chat."

Draco emphasized in astonishment: "That's a beast! The sixth beast holding the Holy Grail! Don't forget how I threatened you in the beginning—"

"But in the end, you also confirmed that it was just a bluff to help me, right?"

"Well……"

Draco was speechless at the shock of Ritsuka's heart.

"Although the other beasts only came to help me and Chaldea after being defeated and losing their beast rank, all beasts still love humans at heart, right?" Ritsuka added. "Although I'm not quite sure what the Sixth Beast is like, it must be the same."

Ms. Avalon laughed and said, "As expected of a Master, you can actually say such horrible words."

"Are you praising or insulting me?" Setant complained.

"If you think we must stop her, why not first tell us about that Sixth Beast?" Mr. Nero said, folding his arms. "Why is that thing harmful to humans?"

"This……"

Draco was speechless again.

Lady Avalon spoke up to break the ice: "As luck would have it, we've arrived at the Dusk Stairs. Let's go in first and talk."

"It's time to rest again~" Ritsuka was the first to be escorted into this safe area and stretched lazily.

This safe house was the only time she could take a short break during her non-stop journey. As a pure-blooded human, rest was very important.

The others also walked into the cylindrical golden room one after another. The silent Draco and her former favorite, Locusta, naturally fell behind at the end.

"...Lord Nero." The poison master, wrapped in a purple robe, spoke hesitantly: "You still..."

"go in."

Draco waved his hand in a tired voice, interrupting her question: "I... also want to rest for a while."

Locusta nodded with a complicated expression, and the elevator door slowly closed behind her.

Then, the large elevator, the size of a hotel room, shook slightly and began to rise into the sky. "I used to be the being known as the Beast of Sodom."

Draco spoke abruptly, facing everyone in the small room, and slowly said, "It's the Beast of the Apocalypse, or the Beast of the End. Because the Apocalypse is the end of the human world, the Beast of the Apocalypse... is actually the gravekeeper of human history."

"……What's the meaning?"

Mr. Nero once again expressed his confusion, but for the knowledgeable Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had dealt with Heroic Spirits enough times, this was easy to understand: "Could this be interpreted as you being a beast born from the demise of pan-human history?"

"That's right. Because panhuman history was burned, a 'savior'—one with the aspiration to save the world—appeared, and thus Yu, the beast, was able to manifest.

"That's why I needed to collect the wishes of the 'Chaldeans' to grow. In the end, it also led to my own destruction."

Ritsuka quickly asked, "Then how did Nero Alter become a perfect beast?"

Draco shook his head. "I don't know. Perhaps she also swallowed the wish for salvation in some other world and was reborn, or perhaps she inherited the wish from the Holy Grail... I don't know. But now that she has become a beast, she will definitely not let you go. This is her instinct as the sixth beast."

Swallowing the Wish for Salvation? A flash of light flashed through Lixiang's mind. But she couldn't be sure yet, so she didn't say this surprising guess.

She was very sure of one thing - Nero Alter was definitely not someone who would kill her. Their previous encounter at the subspecies singularity was enough to prove it.

"Can you explain in detail the 'principle of the fall' of the sixth beast?" Ritsuka asked again.

The principle of "mercy" of the first beast is salvation with arrogance, and the principle of "return" of the second beast is revenge with anger.

"It's just some boring stuff." Draco lowered his eyes and said, "Indulging in pleasure, falling into filth, and claiming that humanity does not need a savior to save it. This bleak end is the scene of 'degeneration'."

To borrow Samael's last words, the sixth beast is the "beast of hedonism."

Declaring that faith and salvation are useless, and that depravity and pleasure are human nature; thus erasing the protection of faith and killing the savior favored by God - such an existence is the sixth beast.

"So after all, Draco likes humans."

"what?!"

Hearing Ritsuka's answer, Draco widened his eyes: "Are you deaf? I told you that the Sixth Beast is a being that tempts people to fall—"

"As the saying goes, spoiling is a poison that tempts people to fall into depravity," Li Xiang retorted.

That's right. He acknowledged decadence and hedonism, opposed asceticism and progress. Draco's love for humans was actually a poisonous indulgence.

"The future is unknowable, so short-lived happiness is preferable to long-term suffering. Even if it means destruction, even if it means extinction, as long as it is the end of happiness, I will recognize it and send it off. 'Gravekeeper of human history,' that's what it means, right?"

So, Fujimaru Ritsuka concluded: "Draco, this is your love for humans."

Standing in front of the speechless Draco, she raised her hand and revealed the curse mark on the back of her hand again: "In this case, as an ordinary human, I acknowledge your love, the love of the Sixth Beast.

"Because the sixth beast is not a thing that destroys mankind."

(End of this chapter)