The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death - Chapter 296

Chapter 296 – Forgetful

Due to Luna’s insistence to serve Alice by herself, Alice, Little Death, Luna, and Andusia were the only people currently in the spacious bathroom. Of course, there was also the unconscious Milu Rabbit, whom Alice had set aside after washing. Meanwhile, because nobody else was in the bathroom, Alice didn’t have to worry about taking out things that she didn’t want others to see.

“Did you have to bring these two things into the bathroom?” After floating over to and stopping in front of Alice, Andusia looked at the two items Alice was holding—This Is Wrong and It’s So Short—with a somewhat strange expression. Despite their awkward names, both of these items were weapons with incredible origins.

Unfortunately, it didn’t matter even if they were powerful weapons made using a portion of the Demon King’s Power’s essence. This was because both of them had severe problems with their appearances; one looked like a dildo while the other looked like an anal plug. With how these weapons looked, neither could be brought into public and shown to others.

If someone were to walk into the bathroom now and saw several naked girls plus the dildo and butt plug in Alice’s hands, a misunderstanding would occur with 100% certainty.

“I don’t have anything better to do while bathing anyway, so I might as well research these two items… At the end of the day, they are weapons made using the Demon King’s Power’s essence. Although they look awkward, they have a great sense of mystery,” Alice explained. Then, she used Psychokinesis Transcendence to analyze the two weapons.

Unfortunately, Alice’s current mana pool still wasn’t enough to cast the complete version of Psychokinesis Transcendence. Her proficiency in the taboo was also at an entry-level only. As a result, she couldn’t utilize the taboo’s analytical ability to its full potential, and her attempt to analyze the two weapons ended with no noteworthy results.

“You’re only wasting your time. Do you think none of us tried to research the Demon King’s Power’s essence after extracting it?” Andusia nonchalantly said as she propelled herself out of the water with mana and landed on Alice’s shoulder. Then, after taking a seat in her usual spot, she continued, “None of the analysis we conducted over the Demon King’s Power’s essence yielded any useful information. All we know is that it is different from the mana we know. Actually, it can’t even be considered as a type of mana.”

“What does the essence look like when extracted? Is it a solid? A liquid? Or a gas? Or is it some ethereal substance like mana?” When Alice recalled that Andusia was one of the former Demon Kings who had laid their hands on the Demon King’s Power’s essence, she curiously asked, “If it’s not a solid, how did you turn it into a weapon?”

“The Demon King’s Power is similar to mana in that both are substances that cannot be seen or touched under normal circumstances. However, when the Demon King’s Power’s essence is forcibly extracted from a Demon King’s body, it will transform into a black substance that’s a mix of gas and liquid… It’s somewhat similar to water vapor, but not quite the same,” Andusia answered without hesitation. “If you leave this vapor-like substance on its own for a bit, it will turn into a relatively tough solid. I used this solid to forge my weapon. If my guess is correct, the other Demon Kings should have used the same process.”

When Alice heard Andusia’s answer, she glanced at Luna and nodded her head. Andusia’s description of the Demon King’s Power’s essence matched the behavior of the Demon King’s Power when it had left Luna’s body. After leaving Luna’s body, the Demon King’s Power had taken on the form of a black solid sphere.

In other words, if the Demon King’s Power hadn’t found a new host yet, it would be roaming the world in the form of a black solid… Unfortunately, the range was too massive. Trying to find the Demon King’s Power through this vague characteristic would be akin to looking for a needle in a haystack.

Alice also wasn’t particularly hopeful that the true Demon King’s Power would be among the items identified by the dogkins’ chief totem. After all, this was the Demon King’s Power they were talking about. Its value would degrade significantly if it could be found so easily.

“All in all, the Demon King’s Power is capable of granting others tremendous strength. However, the Demon King’s Power on its own is strangely weak, and you can easily cut off a piece of its essence so long as you know the way to do so,” Andusia said, shrugging. “Based on my predecessors’ notes, the taboos they developed to steal from the Demon King’s Power aren’t particularly profound. Yet, all of these taboos had worked on the Demon King’s Power without fail. The process is so easy that it makes you wonder if the Demon King’s Power is deliberately letting us steal its essence.”

“It’s doing this on purpose?” Alice frowned. There was indeed the possibility of such a thing happening. After all, it was a fact that the Demon King’s Power was self-conscious. She had proven this when she grabbed the Demon King’s Power with her right hand after it had left Luna’s body. Since her right hand’s ability didn’t work, it meant that the Demon King’s Power had a clear sense of resistance. Not to mention, as soon as Luna had abandoned her hatred toward humanity, the Demon King’s Power had promptly noticed it and left Luna’s body.

Those reactions and actions clearly weren’t mechanical operations. Instead, the Demon King’s Power had carried out those actions with its own judgment.

“If you wish to deal with the Demon King’s Power, the first step you need to take is to create a taboo of your own and use it to drag the Demon King’s Power out of its host,” Andusia advised Alice while the latter got out of the pool and made her way to the changing room. “None of the past Demon Kings have tried to draw the Demon King’s Power in its entirety out of their bodies. Most of them have only thought of extracting a portion of the Demon King’s Power’s essence. However, your ambitions are much greater, so you’ll probably have to put more effort into developing your taboo.”

“…Indeed, I might have to put more consideration into this aspect.”

Alice nodded. Although her initial plan was to persuade the new Demon King to let go of their hatred to force out the Demon King’s Power, after thinking it over, she felt that this was too unreliable of a plan. After all, the new Demon King wouldn’t necessarily be as open to conversation as Luna. Thus, it was necessary to develop a taboo that could thoroughly extract the Demon King’s Power from its new host.

This was where the taboos developed by past Demon Kings might come in handy for Alice.

“By the way, Alice, you should really learn how to be independent. At the very least, you should learn to put on your underwear by yourself,” Andusia abruptly said, interrupting Alice’s line of thought.

When Andusia saw Luna walking over to Alice with a pair of panties stretched out in her hands, it was obvious that the silver-haired maid was trying to help her blonde master put on her panties. So, Andusia did not hesitate to take advantage of this opportunity to make fun of Alice.

Alice curled her lips at Andusia’s laughter. Then, she extended a hand to Luna, indicating to Luna to hand the panties to her.

Luna was briefly stunned by this gesture. Then, she looked behind Alice and saw that Little Death had already put on her clothes and left the bathroom ahead of everyone. In other words, Little Death would not notice what would happen next in this place.

Thinking up to this point, Luna handed Alice the pair of white panties. Meanwhile, Alice grabbed the panties with her right hand and promptly raised them to her shoulder, holding them right in front of Andusia’s eyes.

The next moment, blinding light exploded in the changing room.

“Ahhhhhhhh—”