Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 90 Mission: 02-4 Wholehearted
"Hello! (^v^)" [Read]

"Huh?" At night, Aiyin was lying on the sofa in her bedroom, looking at the screen of her mobile phone and made a puzzled sound.

The reason is simple, it is because of the news in front of me.

The content of the message itself was normal, but what was abnormal was the person who sent the message. The owner of the account with the Shinto Sky Tower as its profile picture was Aine's classmate, "Nero Fortuna", who claimed to be her friend and worked part-time at a cafe. After meeting her, they forcefully exchanged contact information.

No, that's a bit rude. There was nothing abnormal about Nero herself; the abnormality was that she would send such a message.

Speaking of Nero Fortuna, she was a beautiful, blond, blue-eyed transfer student, a stellar student with both literary and military talents. According to her own account, her family was once a European noble family with lands and titles. Although her grandfather voluntarily renounced this status upon entering modern society—a fact that made it all the more admirable—Nero remained a true princess, her appearance, demeanor, and manners worthy of the title.

But why did this elegant and reserved girl send a cute emoji in her first message to Aine? This was completely different from her behavior in public.

Rather, was there a kind of "contrasting cuteness"? Aine's deep-seated hostility towards her actually showed signs of dissipating.

"No, no, I can't be fooled." Aiyin shook her head and quickly dismissed the idea: "She is an enemy, yes, an enemy..."

The moment she looked at the screen again, Aine's phone vibrated and beeped for a message.

"what."

Aine was lost and confused. Because this time, the one sent was a cute hamster emoji, still from Nero Fortuna.

After immediately suspecting that she was still asleep, Aine realized that something was wrong - the emoticon package became read the moment it was sent, which proved that Nero already knew that she was staring at the chat interface with her!

It will give people misunderstanding! I am not looking at this interface and smiling foolishly!

Aine quickly typed, pretending she was replying, "Thank you for exchanging contact information with me, Nero-san."

It was also read instantly. It was clear that Nero was also waiting for her reply. Aine quickly exited the chat interface and put her phone aside. This time, it took a long time for it to ring again. Nero's reply arrived.

Aiyin turned on the screen and looked at the quick notification bar on the lock screen. It said: "This is my first time using a mobile phone, so I'm a little slow in typing. Please forgive me. (OvO)"

No wonder it took so long to get a reply. So, it seems this young lady had never seen emojis and emoticons before, and was curious enough to use them? Aine didn't rush to open the message, but waited for Nero's second message.

Because this message was obviously a preview of another one, and since it was a bit long to type, I told Aine not to rush to reply.

Sure enough, another message came: "If you don't mind, can you go shopping with me in Ikebukuro tomorrow? (==)"

Honestly, judging by Wano Country common sense, Nero was a bit too familiar. Even though Aine had known her in school and they were on good terms, this invitation was still a bit too abrupt. It wasn't like she was just flirting, so why was she asking her out after just a few words? But, but, how should I put it… The smile on Aine's face, clearly strained, didn't lie.

It felt good. That was how she felt at the moment.

If tomorrow wasn't a holiday, Aine would definitely pull out her phone after class and pretend to let others see this message casually, and then receive surprised looks from others. After all, this is Nero, who in the class would not look up to Aine then?
She was thinking about how to reply, and she crossed her legs and browsed the video websites she often visited on her tablet. After making a decision, she picked up her phone and opened the chat interface.

Oh, there's really no other way. Nero-san is new here and doesn't know anyone in this place. If Aine doesn't help her, who else can?
At this moment, Chihaya Aine was deeply moved by her own kindness and greatness.

"Of course. If Nero-san doesn't mind, how about we meet at the cafe where you work part-time tomorrow?"

Enter, confirm, and press the send button.

"It's done."

After sending the message, Aiyin threw her phone aside and threw herself into the video website.

"It's done."

The same voice echoed from a spacious yet exquisite high-rise apartment. Nero sat on the rooftop, looking down at the bustling traffic in the night, and deleted the message sent by Aine.

The best and most common way to respond to messages like this, where the sender can see whether the other party has read them, is to not click on them, but to wait until you've decided whether to reply and what to reply to—assuming you can still remember the message, of course. This is how Aine responded to Nero, and Nero responded in the same way.

The claim that she had never used a mobile phone was, of course, a lie. Although she had indeed never touched any electronic products during the sixteen years she had lived in Fortuna, that was only sixteen years of her life. All of this was just part of her character set.

But even though Nero convinced herself otherwise, she was genuinely excited to pick up a smartphone again after sixteen years, and her collection of emojis wasn't just for role-playing. It was hard to tell how much of her performance just now was genuine.

She planned to meet with Aine tomorrow, but of course, she had many considerations. For example, her primary goal was to learn from Aine the identity of the person named "Little Ace." However, this goal was not easy to achieve. Aine would probably not easily reveal such important information to Nero, who was somewhat reluctant to even consider her a friend. Therefore, Nero was prepared for a long-term battle.

Of course, simply going to Aine's house under a different identity to look for her was one solution, but that would easily alert the enemy and, if not handled properly, could easily scare them into hiding for over a decade. Nero was now experiencing the same pain as his uncle Dante—often it wasn't that he didn't want to be serious, but that his opponents would flee the moment he did. Habits had become second nature, and he'd always been that carefree person.

The other purpose was related to the date location she was going to choose - Nero was not sure whether this would work, but it wouldn't be wrong to give it a try.

Nero thought about it and opened his phone, ready to reply to Aine's message.

(End of this chapter)