When she said this, Trish reached out her hand and stroked the heads of the two little ones sitting beside her, but for some unknown reason, the two little ones had no awareness at all of being kidnapped victims, instead, they seemed to be enjoying her caress.
'Could it be that it was her face at work here?'
Seeing this, Aiden's mind started wandering again. After all, Trish's face was a one-to-one replica that Mundus had created based on Eva's face, and one should know, Eva, as a human woman, had actually made a demon fall in love with her…
'So, does being pretty really mean you can do whatever you want?'
Staring at Trish, Aiden began plotting in his mind again. At such a close distance, he was more than fifty percent confident he could rush at her and pin her to the ground.
Even if she knew magic, the time he gained would be enough for the two witches hiding in the dark to rescue Enzo's two children.
By then, even if the Demon King Mundus himself descended, it would be useless. Three against one, their chances of winning were high.
However, just as he was simulating the plan in his head, Enzo's daughter, the little girl named Edna, suddenly stretched out her hands toward Trish and said in her soft, sticky voice, "Big sis, hug!"
'Hey, kid, you're a hostage!'
Seeing this scene, the corner of Aiden's mouth twitched a few times. The little girl's action left him speechless.
But he wasn't in a hurry. Based on what he knew of Trish's personality, she shouldn't go along with the little girl's request.
Yet Trish's next action completely overturned the rescue plan Aiden had drafted in his mind, she actually picked the little girl up, set her on her lap, and her face was glowing with a motherly smile.
'Is this really Trish?'
Aiden admitted that Edna, who inherited her mother's looks, was indeed very pretty and adorable. But there was no reason even a demon would fall for her, right?
Besides, Trish was a demon who had been created, she didn't even have a mother. So where did that maternal radiance on her face come from?
Aiden was a little confused. Although he knew that because of his own appearance in this world, both the plot and the characters' personalities would differ somewhat from the original, wasn't this difference a bit too much?
Blinking his eyes a few times, Aiden didn't know what to do for the moment. Now that Trish was holding Edna, it was impossible for him to act forcefully.
He could also clearly sense that the two witches who had locked their presence onto Trish were now a bit unsettled.
Looks like he could only keep negotiating with her…
Aiden thought to himself, then hesitantly asked, "You… seem to really like them?"
"Yes, I like them very much." Trish nodded, but her face showed a strange expression, "I don't know why, but when I see them, this feeling wells up inside me, like I absolutely must be good to them. Honestly, I don't even know why I'm like this."
'Probably no one knows…' Aiden complained inwardly.
But her words made him realize one thing, that Trish was very likely not going to harm the two children.
But only likely. After all, Trish was a demon. You couldn't judge her by ordinary human thinking.
'So, what should I do?'
Propping his chin with one hand, Aiden fell into thought, his other hand resting on the table, fingers tapping rhythmically as his eyes stayed fixed on Trish holding Edna, ready in case she did anything extreme.
But Trish really was exactly as she said, she genuinely liked the two children. With unskilled motions, she teased them, making the two laugh in giggles.
She seemed to know how to take care of children.
Yet her actions made Enzo, on the side, tremble with fear. Every time Trish's fingernails, painted bright red, brushed across Edna's little face, he felt that this blonde woman would, in the very next second, drive those sharp nails into his child's throat. By now, cold sweat was pouring down his body.
Love clouds judgment. As a father, Enzo could no longer endure it. His face shifted between firm resolve and deep regret, as though fighting an intense inner battle.
Finally, just as Aiden was wondering how to continue speaking, Enzo exhaled like a deflating balloon and said, "I… can take you to see Dante."
"Hm?" Enzo's words made Aiden look at him in surprise.
Brother, back at the bar you didn't say that. Weren't you the one who said you'd never sell out your friend?
But seeing Enzo's expression at this moment, Aiden felt, in a blur, like he was seeing an old acquaintance.
'Barry!'
When Wesker threatened his children, Barry had betrayed the S.T.A.R.S. team, he too had struggled in this same way.
So Aiden could understand.
'Alas, poor parents all over the world!'
Sighing inwardly, Aiden put away the pistol on the table. Negotiations had failed, and there was no need for a forced assault anymore.
Meanwhile, hearing Enzo finally relent and agree to take her to Dante, Trish also let out a sigh of relief in her heart.
Back in Hell, she had coldly executed many demons without mercy, but when it came to harming these two children, she just couldn't bring herself to do it.
Even kidnapping them, she had agonized over it for a long time before doing it, out of helplessness.
She herself didn't know why she was like this.
Shaking her head to cast away the messy thoughts, Trish raised her hand and swept it across the table. A piece of parchment radiating demonic aura appeared out of thin air, covered with strange writing.
"Sign your name on the contract, and I'll return them to you." Trish said to Enzo.
Having dealt with demons before, Enzo naturally recognized it as a demon contract. Once signed, it could never be altered.
And if he broke the contract, his soul would be taken by the demon, becoming the most sought-after currency in Hell.
"Wait…"
Just as Enzo walked up to the table, ready to write his name on the contract, Jeanne's voice rang out in the room.
Trish was startled. As a powerful demon, she had actually failed to notice there were other people in the room.
Then she saw two black cats leap into the living room, from outside the window and from upstairs. In the next instant, magical power surged, and they turned into two tall women.
"Umbra Witches…"
With the vast knowledge Mundus had instilled in her, Trish instantly recognized the identities of the two witches. Alert, she stood up and scooped both children tightly into her arms.
Seeing this, Enzo was shocked. Ignoring the witches' cries to stop, he immediately bit his finger and wrote his name on the contract.
Right after, the parchment shone with dazzling red light, this meant the contract was complete.
Bayonetta looked helplessly at Enzo, "Do you even know what was written on there before you signed?"
Enzo said bitterly, "For the children, what does it matter if I sell my soul to a demon!"
The two witches had no way to refute that. They could only sigh together and then stand in front of Aiden, staring straight at Trish.
"Put the children down. Since the contract is signed, until his promise is fulfilled, we can't lay a hand on you." Jeanne said to Trish.
Trish looked at them warily, but still set Ed and Edna down. Yet, the two children, still unclear about the situation, did not leave Trish's side.
Instead, they stood on either side of her long legs, curiously watching the demon contract glowing red.
Seeing this, Aiden covered his face and muttered inwardly, "At this rate, Enzo is definitely going to get fleeced by Trish in the future!"
Actually, ever since meeting Trish, Aiden had never figured out one thing, why did Trish bother to seek out Enzo?
After all, Dante was a half-human, half-demon demon hunter. According to the timeline, he should already have opened his Devil May Cry agency.
There was no way he'd hide himself so thoroughly that even demons couldn't find him. Otherwise, how would he run his business?
But this doubt was soon cleared up by Enzo.
After Trish put away the demon contract, Enzo, helped by his wife, put on his coat and got ready to go out.
"Dante is in this city, just on the other side." At the doorway, he said to Trish.
"He's in this city?" Trish froze for a moment, then frowned, "Then why can't I find him?"
"Because a long time ago, I sold him an artifact that can hide the demon aura inside him." Enzo said.
"It was an ancient magical relic I dug up from European ruins. I bought it cheap from some clueless foreman, it only cost me five hundred bucks."
"Then he really scored big. If you'd sold that to a demon, you could've gotten tons of gold." Aiden sighed.
"Tell me about it." Enzo chuckled. "I was originally planning to sell it to a demon. I'd even negotiated the price."
"But at the time, my friend Dante was being hunted by demons every day, he even said angels had come after him. So in the end, I sold it to him at a dirt-cheap price. Because of that, I even offended that demon buyer."
"Black Knight?" Jeanne thought of the demon knight who had attacked Enzo. It was from his mouth that she had learned of a demon in Hell called the Black Knight.
Enzo hesitated, then nodded slightly. After saying goodbye to his family, he walked out the door.
To Aiden and the others following him, he said, "Honestly, I don't know if it was him. I only contacted him through a middleman that Rodin introduced. All I know is that in Hell he's a big shot, rumored to love chasing power and constantly challenging people everywhere."
'Vergil…'
Hearing "power," and considering the current plot, a name instantly popped into Aiden's mind.
At this moment, Enzo reached his sports car, then glanced at Trish, who had conjured a motorcycle out of thin air, and asked curiously, "I really want to know, what do you want with Dante? Are you looking to cause him trouble?"
"No. I just want to ask him to kill a demon for me." Trish shook her head.
But as soon as she said this, not only Enzo, but Aiden and the black-and-white witches too, all four of them were stunned.
Then Enzo said, half laughing, half crying, "Then you should've just told me straight! He's a demon hunter, his job is literally hunting demons."
"Right now he's worrying about not getting any business! Why go to such trouble, even kidnapping my kids?"
"But I couldn't find him." Trish said matter-of-factly. "Not long ago, when I watched a movie, it said the best way to find someone who's deliberately hiding is to find someone who knows him and use threats to force the information out…"
"That's just something filmmakers use to trick the audience." Enzo said angrily.
Trish shook her head, "But I think it makes a lot of sense."
Enzo, "…"
Aiden, "…"
The black-and-white witches, "…"
"Do you think I did something wrong?"
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