His question is a predictable one if only because it's more or less the equivalent to Vergil's question about the swordsman's drive for revenge. But even with the question being predictable, Vergil does not possess an easy or ready-made answer for it if only because it's a question that he's somewhat voided asking himself up until now.
On the one hand, Vergil recognizes everything that his pursuit of power has cost him. He fought viciously and been at odds with his brother for the majority of their lives. He was tortured by his father's enemy and his mother's murderer, and had his own will twisted by that very same demon. By the end, it very nearly cost him his life. Vergil also lost time with Nero, forcing his son to repeat the cycle of growing up without a father as Vergil had before him. And even if Nero didn't particularly need Vergil as he likely did as a child, Vergil was forced to once again abandon him as a consequence of his choices without really getting a chance to know his son. Not truly.
But on the other hand, Vergil was eight years old when Mundus exacted his revenge on Sparda by attempting to kill the entirety of his family. It was his father's power, his dark blade Yamato, that answered Vergil's pleas as he lay there in his own blood, reaching out and crying for his mother and brother. He had been utterly helpless, unable to save his mother, his brother, or even himself until the sword came to him. Seeking out power has been all Vergil has ever really known as part of his survival since then. The regret for all that he lost has really only begun to settle recently by comparison. It leaves him ultimately with a far more complicated relationship rather than one that's resolved.
"I have no desire to seek more of it."
His body is no longer dying, and he stands equal once again with Dante. There's little other reason for him to seek power now. That's the most he can say to the question honestly and without divulging more than he would care to to this stranger.
"Aside from having Yamato returned to me, of course. But that's because it's a blade that shouldn't be claimed by anyone but a Son of Sparda."
It wouldn't be unfair for the other man to assume it's entitlement rather than pure desire for power that motivates that particular desire. As far as Vergil is concerned, Yamato is his birthright. And it is subsequently Nero's birthright as well. It should be with one of them. But there is also perhaps a degree of wanting that power again, too. Vergil has never been without the Yamato for long, and there's a degree to which he cannot shake a sense of vulnerability to be without it. Especially considering the little time he had been without it throughout his lifetime, Vergil was no longer himself or his body was dying.
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On the one hand, Vergil recognizes everything that his pursuit of power has cost him. He fought viciously and been at odds with his brother for the majority of their lives. He was tortured by his father's enemy and his mother's murderer, and had his own will twisted by that very same demon. By the end, it very nearly cost him his life. Vergil also lost time with Nero, forcing his son to repeat the cycle of growing up without a father as Vergil had before him. And even if Nero didn't particularly need Vergil as he likely did as a child, Vergil was forced to once again abandon him as a consequence of his choices without really getting a chance to know his son. Not truly.
But on the other hand, Vergil was eight years old when Mundus exacted his revenge on Sparda by attempting to kill the entirety of his family. It was his father's power, his dark blade Yamato, that answered Vergil's pleas as he lay there in his own blood, reaching out and crying for his mother and brother. He had been utterly helpless, unable to save his mother, his brother, or even himself until the sword came to him. Seeking out power has been all Vergil has ever really known as part of his survival since then. The regret for all that he lost has really only begun to settle recently by comparison. It leaves him ultimately with a far more complicated relationship rather than one that's resolved.
"I have no desire to seek more of it."
His body is no longer dying, and he stands equal once again with Dante. There's little other reason for him to seek power now. That's the most he can say to the question honestly and without divulging more than he would care to to this stranger.
"Aside from having Yamato returned to me, of course. But that's because it's a blade that shouldn't be claimed by anyone but a Son of Sparda."
It wouldn't be unfair for the other man to assume it's entitlement rather than pure desire for power that motivates that particular desire. As far as Vergil is concerned, Yamato is his birthright. And it is subsequently Nero's birthright as well. It should be with one of them. But there is also perhaps a degree of wanting that power again, too. Vergil has never been without the Yamato for long, and there's a degree to which he cannot shake a sense of vulnerability to be without it. Especially considering the little time he had been without it throughout his lifetime, Vergil was no longer himself or his body was dying.