The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death - Chapter 252

Chapter 252 – Ill Fate

Sitting on Alice’s shoulder, Andusia looked at the girl following closely behind Alice. Then, wearing a strange expression, she asked, “Alice, tell me the truth. Did you do it on purpose?”

“I… I really didn’t do it on purpose…”

Alice didn’t know whether she should laugh or cry. Currently, Kamia was like a child desperate for their parents’ affection as she followed closely behind Alice. The girl refused to move away from Alice, her behavior looking like a mama’s girl. However, the problem was that Alice wasn’t Kamia’s mother. This situation resulted from Alice’s failed manipulation of Kamia’s memories.

Looking at this situation, Alice guessed that she must have accidentally mistook the order of Kamia’s memory code. She thought that the code at the very bottom represented Kamia’s most recent memories. However, it turned out that she had gotten things completely wrong. The memories Alice had replaced were Kamia’s earliest memories rather than Kamia’s most recent memories.

As for whether Kamia’s memories began right after she was born or when she was still in her mother’s womb, that wasn’t important. What was important was that Alice had replaced this segment of memories with the memory of “place absolute trust in Alice and will not refuse Alice’s requests.” Afterward, Kamia’s brain must have tried to sort out the sudden change in Kamia’s memories, and its efforts ended up causing Kamia to treat Alice like her mother.

Moreover, when Alice tried to ask whether Kamia still remembered her real mother, the demoness’s answer left Alice feeling very helpless.

“Mama Cheshire has passed away already, so I only have Mama Alice now.”

When Kamia mentioned the name “Chesire,” a hint of sadness appeared on her face. Her reaction made it safe to assume that she still remembered her real mother. However, because Kamia’s real mother had passed away already, Kamia had put all of her feelings toward her mother onto Alice and firmly believed that Alice was her mother. Kamia also didn’t doubt that Alice was also her mother due to the memory modifications made by Alice.

“Oh my, oh my. I didn’t think mind magic could produce such a strange yet wonderful result,” Andusia said with an undisguised smile. Despite her expansive knowledge and experiences, this was the first time she had seen or heard about such a situation. “Well, Alice, how do you plan on dealing with your daughter?”

“Stop talking. My head hurts,” Alice said while covering her face.

Even though Alice and Andusia openly discussed whether Kamia should go or stay, the person in question did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, she simply held onto the edge of Alice’s cloak, looking very reluctant to part with Alice.

This reaction showed that the false memories Alice planted were doing their job. Only, this effect was established on the basis of Alice becoming Kamia’s mother, and this situation troubled Alice. Although Kamia’s real mother had passed away already, the demoness should still have other family members.

After all, Kamia didn’t look very old. She looked like she should still be in school. Yet, not only did her phone look new, but it even came with an alternative power source. This showed that Kamia came from a rather affluent family. In fact, her family probably possessed a certain degree of influence in the demon realm considering she owned a phone outside the average person’s reach.

“Kamia, who else is in your family? What about your father?” Alice asked. After giving the matter some thought, she decided to ask about Kamia’s family situation for now.

“Papa has also passed away already. Only me and Big Brother are left in our family now,” Kamia answered without hesitation.

Kamia’s behavior was so trusting that Alice couldn’t help but wonder what had happened to Kamia’s memories exactly. After all, wouldn’t a normal person grow suspicious of a “mother” who didn’t know anything about her “family’s” situation?

“Big Brother Gel is a trusted aide of Lady Ellu. He is helping Lady Ellu run Shax Supermarket, a business she owns. He has also helped develop Shax Supermarket into the biggest supermarket chain in the demon realm.”

“Ellu… Ah, it’s her.”

Alice nodded. She didn’t think that Kamia’s elder brother was actually working for Ellu Shax, the Heavenly King of Water. Moreover, it would seem that Ellu Shax highly valued Kamia’s elder brother, which would explain why Kamia was in possession of a phone with an alternative power source. It would also seem that the person named Gel was quite concerned about his younger sister.

Also, it might sound rude, but Alice felt a little relieved when she heard that Kamia’s father had passed away already. At the very least, she wouldn’t have to worry about getting a husband added to her life.

“But why does Shax Supermarket sound so familiar…”

Alice frowned. Since transmigrating to this world, she had only spent a few days in the demon realm. Moreover, she had spent most of that time cooped up in Flaman’s house. So, it was normal for her not to know about the demon realm’s biggest supermarket chain. Yet, when she heard Kamia mentioning the Shax Supermarket, she couldn’t help but find the name familiar.

Of course, Alice knew that part of that familiarity was because Shax Supermarket was named after Ellu’s surname. However, she felt that she had heard of the supermarket even before hearing Ellu’s name.

(When you are done with your task here, come to Prandtl City. There is a Shax Supermarket branch there, and I am the branch manager. You can come to me directly, and I’ll be responsible for sending you back to the human realm…)

“Crap! I remember now!”

Alice slapped her head when she finally realized why she found the name “Shax Supermarket” familiar. The first time she visited the demon realm, she had come here via a smuggling convoy introduced by Rosa. The smugglers’ contact in the demon realm was a male demon with a pale complexion. Meanwhile, this male demon was also the first demon Alice had met in this world.

At the time, the demon had told Alice that should she need to return to the human realm, she could seek him out to do so. He had even given her his name card, and his surname was written on the name card—Bifrons.

Upon remembering this little detail, Alice finally realized why she had found Kamia’s full name so familiar. It was because Kamia’s surname was also Bifrons.

Previously, after getting the Four Heavenly Kings to recognize her as the Demon King, Alice no longer needed to rely on Gel Bifrons to send her back to the human realm. She also thought that she would not have any more dealings with the man. She never thought that she would accidentally turn Gel’s younger sister into her daughter.

“Kamia, listen well. You must not call me Mama in front of others, alright?” Alice said as she grabbed Kamia’s shoulders and looked seriously into the demoness’s eyes. “This is very important, so you must remember it. Do you hear me?”

“Mhm, I’ll go along with your arrangements, Mama.”

Although Kamia didn’t understand why Alice would make such a request, she still agreed to it earnestly.