The Tale of Hero Alice’s Social Death

's remnant soul?

When Alice saw this skill, the first thing that came to her mind was Kristine, the previous generation's Hero who had survived until now in the form of a soul.
However, after putting more thought into the matter, Alice felt that the remnant soul mentioned here should be different from Kristine's intact soul.
Moreover, why did the skill say that she was receiving the Hero's attention? Could there be a Hero's remnant soul here?

After all, this place was the Nature Shrine.
So, it was entirely possible for a remnant soul to exist here.

Immediately, Alice let go of Filia's leg and started touching every movable object in the room with her right hand.
She didn't spare even the items that looked like offerings on the table.

However, even after molesting every object in the room, Alice didn't find anything special.
Most of the objects she touched either received a Garbage or Fine rating.
Out of all of these items, the best one would be the staff inserted on the ground in the middle of the room.

…

[Weapon: Primal Elven Staff – I've Decided]

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: Mind +1000, Control +1000, Mana +2000]

[Additional Effect:

Nature's Blessing (Passive Skill.
You can create nutrition for your body through absorbing natural light.
Your perception toward mana is increased significantly);

Forest's Love (Passive Skill.
The power of your mana is doubled when you are in a forest.
Your enemies will receive the Forest's Curse when they are in a forest.)]

…

When Alice saw the staff's name, she guessed that the naming of all weapons in this world had to be done on the spot.
Meanwhile, the first person to have wielded this staff probably wasn't aware of this rule and ended up speaking unnecessarily, which resulted in this staff gaining such a silly name.

However, this Elven Staff had an edge over the Hero's Sword in that it wasn't a Law-grade weapon.
In other words, its name wasn't a part of the world's laws.
So, the users of this staff wouldn't have to yell out its true name when using it.
They could even advertise a false name to others.

In fact, there was a high possibility that nobody was aware that this staff's true name was “I've Decided.”

Regardless, the Elven Staff was currently held in place in the center of the hall by many green crystals.
When Alice casually tried to draw the staff and found that it refused to budge, she guessed that the elves didn't intend on releasing the weapon for now.

Alice had also tried to touch the pile of green crystals, and the result she got was very simple.

…

[Weapon: Plana Crystal Appreciated by the Elves]

[Quality: Trash]

[Effect: Mana +2]

[Additional Effect: None]

…

Seeing that the green crystals had received a Garbage rating, Alice guessed they were only good as a paperweight.
She could probably draw the staff from the crystals with some physical persuasion if she wanted to.

However, Alice didn't have any use for the staff for now.
Not to mention, there was no saying if there was an alarm set up on this staff.
It'd be terrible if she alerted the entire elven village after drawing this staff.

Looking at the additional effects, this staff doesn't seem like it is carrying the Hero's soul, either.

Alice frowned as she carefully scrutinized her surroundings.
However, she was certain that she had already physically violated every object in the room.
Yet, she still hadn't found out where the Hero's remnant soul was hiding.

That leaves me with only one possibility.

After thinking so, Alice looked down at the unconscious elf on the floor, her mind concluding that one of Filia's possessions must be hiding the Hero's remnant soul.