"Talk"

'Thought'


"So the one that commissioned the job lives here?"

Nero and Bianca stood before a random ordinary door that could be seen in many other homes, nothing stood out to them, which made him more doubtful on what they are doing

"Mhm, it says it here in the mission details."

Bianca, who was wearing her mask again, was reading through the files carefully and making sure nothing was misinformed or if she overlooked anything, despite her excited and childish actions before, she was clearly taking this job very seriously, which honestly made it hard for him to say she was wrong or anything like that, especially since he knew so little of what was happening.

"I see…"

Nero decided to say nothing for now and let her work, which she then knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer

"By the way, what's the name of the person we're meeting?"

"Jeanne."

"Wait what?"

Before Nero could realize what Bianca said, the door suddenly opened and revealed a very attractive, tall, teacher like woman, with white hair, yellow shirt with red jacket and pants, and cute glasses, the beauty in question was none other than Jeanne, the person that the Masked Imp mentioned, and said mentioned woman couldn't help but hum as she looked at the two young ones before her with careful curiosity and interest

"What a unexpected visit from the son of Belladonna and the daughter of the Xiao Long, plus a Sammael Hellhound, definitely an odd bunch to be in front of my door."

What Jeanne said definitely surprised him, not expecting her to say his true name, though at the same time, he kind of expected her to know something, despite being a trusting teacher who helps out her family, specifically helping out Circe with her magic, he definitely saw her as a mysterious know it all person who works in the shadow

'Hm, I wonder if she has a different life outside of Fortuna…'

Nero now couldn't help but be more interested in what this woman does outside of his home, instead of wondering why she seems to know a lot about him, though his thoughts were quickly interrupted by said lady speaking to them again

"So, I'm guessing you're not here to learn some 'Special Lessons', am I wrong?~"

Jeanne gave them a teasing smirk, which made the devil arm lad blush lightly in slight embarrassment and annoyance, though Eva Xiao Long was too young to get the joke and simply showed her a piece of paper

"Were you the one who submitted this mission to us?"

Bianca tries her finest to speak to her client with such professionalism, not beating around the bushes, to which the person she was talking to took the paper and looked it over a bit

"Ah, I see, please come inside and I'll explain everything that I know."

Seeing as the child was taking this seriously, Jeanne decided to respond the same way, letting the three inside of her home, she took a moment to look around for a bit before closing the door and locking it

"You know, when I made my request, I expected to meet the infamous Son of Sparda and his teammates, not his daughter and nephew."

Jeanne then turned around and looked at them, who made themselves comfortable on the couch in the living room, the nephew leaned forward as he took this seriously while the daughter looked more lax and tried to be cool, but was still obviously paying attention

"My Father, Mother and Aunties were busy, so I decided to take over for them, will that be a problem?"

Bianca crossed one of her legs over the other as she spoke with authority and bravado, which made her partner raise an eyebrow, all the while she was petting and rubbing the head of Sammy, who simply sat on the floor in front of his owner

"Heh, you got spunk, almost reminds me of a certain blonde man I know, whenever he gets serious for once, hm, though I wish he got rid of that silly bunny sweater of his."

Jeanne chuckled as she decided that she already liked her and her interesting personality, taking a seat on a couch chair in front of them and getting ready to start doing some business

"Usually I wouldn't trust children to handle some grown up work, but after hearing what happened to Sanctus, I am more confident in trusting you with this."

Jeanne quickly pulled out a folder and a few pictures before quickly tossing it to them, the Masked Imp caught the folder and wasted no time reading through it, while the son of Belladonna caught the pictures and looked through them, wide-eyed at what he saw

'So it is true…'

Nero nearly crushed the picture out of pure rage and betrayal when he saw all the horrible and disgusting things that was happening at his home, like summoning demons, experimenting on a few fellow knights, and, what honestly caught his attention, a lot of research on his mother and written plans of how to use her, either willingly or otherwise

"Unfortunately, I couldn't get more information or evidence of what they're actually trying to do, unless I wanted to risk getting caught snooping around, but all I know is that it's terrible and will no doubt harm the citizens of Fortuna."

Jeanne frowns softly, clearly sharing the same feeling as the boy with the devil's arm when it comes to knowing that Fortuna was not as peaceful as it first seemed and had a few people that seemed ready to sacrifice a lot for something no doubt evil

"So does that mean you couldn't get the identity of the people who were behind this? I mean besides Sanctus himself?"

Bianca hums softly as she closes the folder and puts it away in her small backpack, looking back at the one who gave them the mission

"Sadly no, like I said, it would be too risky for me if I decided to look more into this situation, in addition, it's not my business to even do this in the first place."

Jeanne then pulled out another piece of paper and quickly gave it to them, to which the two young ones took it and noticed that it was some kind of map with specific marked locations and relevant side notes of the locations on the map

"However, I was able to find a few places that definitely can't be ignored and could possibly help you out in your mission."

Once Jeanne shared everything she knew, Eva Xiao Long wore a satisfied expression behind her mask and nodded at what she was given, quickly getting up from the couch and politely bowing before her

"Your assistance was most helpful, thank you miss Jeanne, we promised to fulfill and complete your request with zero difficulty or mistakes."

After Bianca gave her thanks for what she was given, she was about to turn around and leave

"Come on Nero, let's get started and-"

Before Bianca could take charge, she was quickly stopped by a certain glowing demonic hand grabbing her shoulder, which made her tense up from how tight the grip was

"... Is "SHE" a part of this whole thing?..."

Nero asked this question in a very low tone, as if scared of hearing what the answer would be, he had complete faith in his mother, having little to know doubt that his mother would actually do anything horrible like what he just saw… But he would rather know that now instead of being stuck thinking otherwise.

"... Blake is the only reason why I might be wrong in thinking all of Fortuna is unattractive."

What Jeanne said was enough to make him sigh in relief, sitting back while wearing a much more, very relaxed and calm expression

"Thank you, that was all I needed to hear…"

With no reason to delay things further, Nero quickly stood back up to his feet and started to walk away from the room ahead of his partner

"Come on Bianca, I'm already convinced of what you said."

When Nero said this to her, she quickly snapped out of her tensed expression and glared at him from behind her mask

"I told you I wasn't lying, how dare you doubt me!"

Bianca was beyond displeased as she followed and whined at him, which made him chuckle and continue to tease her with a newfound peaceful smile on his face, while leaving, Jeanne couldn't help but sigh as she watched them close the door behind them, feeling like she did enough and played her part well for the hope of salvation of Fortuna

'Hm… Definitely an interesting pair, just give the girl a hammer and make the boy wear green and you could definitely see the similarities, heh~'


I'm up to suggestions, I already have plans and such, but if you have ideas for what to do in DMC 4, I'm open to listen to them.

(BTW, the reason Jeanne didn't do anything is because she knows who Blake Belladonna is and the consequences of making her upset)