The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death - Chapter 192

Chapter 192 – How Many Daughters Do You Have?

King Hatter has found another illegitimate daughter!

Unsurprisingly, this piece of news caused another uproar on the internet. For a time, netizens all over the human realm were discussing this matter.

However, unlike last time, netizens’ discussions weren’t centered around the new princess this time. Instead, everyone discussed how many relationship debts Hatter had gotten himself into during his younger days, how many absurd feats of his remained uncovered, and…how many more undiscovered illegitimate daughters he still had…

“I knew it…”

Hatter wore a bitter look on his face when he read the trending topics on the internet. After arranging for Kristine’s identification, he had been busy with the mountain of documents on his table, and only now did he have some time to take a look at LINK. Meanwhile, just like he expected, almost everyone on the internet was discussing his private life.

Fortunately, Hatter had always been a good king. So, most people talked about him in a joking and teasing manner, and few people actually spoke ill of him. However, it was still an inescapable fact that he had left an amorous impression in the minds of these netizens.

How long would it take to change netizens’ perception of a forever virgin into that of a womanizer? So long as you bring Alice home with you, one month was more than enough.

However, Hatter didn’t agonize over this matter for too long, choosing to think on the bright side instead. Since most netizens’ attention was directed to him, it meant that few people were paying attention to Kristine. As evidence, even though photos of Kristine’s current appearance were already shared on the internet, nobody had noticed that Kristine shared an uncanny resemblance to the previous generation’s Hero.

Of course, the distraction only played a part in preventing others from recognizing Kristine. Another part of the reason was the lack of photos of Hero Kristine’s childhood appearance. Unless there was a distinct feature that made Hero Kristine’s face very recognizable, few people would think that Princess Kristine was actually Hero Kristine. Fortunately, although Kristine was indeed a beautiful girl, nothing about her stood out a lot. So, it was rather tough for anyone to link her current appearance with the previous generation’s Hero.

In addition, Kristine’s name had also been changed. Currently, the name printed on her identification card was Kryst. Although only one syllable was removed from her name, it was still more than enough to prevent others from linking her with Kristine.

Unlike Alice, though, Kristine did not choose to attend the March Academy.

The main reason Alice attended the March Academy was due to her lacking knowledge of magic and her need to study taboos. However, Kristine had long since mastered magic, and her collection of taboos was also more than enough to deal with a Demon King. Thus, she naturally didn’t need to waste time at an academy like Alice.

The only thing Kristine probably needed to learn were taboos capable of damaging the soul. If she hadn’t slacked off on this aspect, Grant could’ve never survived for so long as a soul.

Hence, rather than attend the March Academy, Kristine was more interested in learning about the new technologies available in the world. Although the internet had already existed three hundred years ago, it was still stuck in an experimental phase back then, so it was never made publicly available. Meanwhile, it was only made public a few years after Kristine’s death. As a result, Kristine had never gotten the opportunity to experience the internet and the wonders it brought.

“Your Majesty!”

While Hatter was pondering over Kristine’s matter in silence, Catherine suddenly barged into his office in a hurry. Moreover, judging by her labored breaths, she must’ve run here at top speed.

“Lady Kristine threw Baron Gullah’s son into the city moat!”

Hatter covered his face in agony when he heard Catherine’s report. Kristine might not need to enter an academy due to her profound understanding of magic, but this decision had led to many people setting their sights on her.

Alice had created the image of a magic genius for herself because of her actions in the March Academy. As a result, not many noble children dared try anything funny with her. After all, Alice had the strength to send them straight to the hospital.

However, Kristine, the new “princess,” did not possess such fame. She also didn’t have a violent maid like Luna protecting her. Hence, some of the more anxious noble children who had failed to gain any benefits from Alice shifted their sights over to Kristine.

Meanwhile, the results were as expected. From yesterday afternoon until this afternoon, Kristine had already thrown two noble children into the city moat, hospitalized three noble children, and hung five noble children on a tree in the city park, her actions causing the parents of these children to submit a bunch of complaints to Catherine.

Although the noble children were partly at fault in this situation, Kristine’s retaliation was also a little too severe. For example, one of the noble children she had tossed into the moat last night didn’t know how to swim. His proficiency in water magic was also terrible. As a result, he had nearly drowned to death.

“They won’t dare to rebel for real, so just loosen the inspections on some of their applications. That should be enough to appease them,” Hatter said, sighing. “Also, tell those people to keep their children in check. They can try to befriend Kryst, but if they get bullied because they pester her incessantly, I won’t be hearing any more of their complaints. Don’t think that I’ll keep compromising.”

“Okay.” Catherine nodded, expressing her understanding.

Indeed, if they didn’t give those nobles a warning, they might very well use the excuse of “our children have been bullied by Kryst” to keep asking for privileges from Hatter. Thus, a warning was necessary.

“By the way, what is Lady Alice up to right now, Catherine?” Hatter asked. Previously, he would ask Catherine about Alice’s development every day. However, he had nearly forgotten about Alice thanks to all the trouble Kristine had caused today and yesterday.

“Lady Alice found a new pet,” Catherine earnestly answered when she recalled the report she received from the intelligence department.

“?”

Hatter looked at Catherine in confusion.