The Tale of Hero Alice’s Social Death

opic right now.”

“I don't want to be discussed like this at all,” Alice said while scratching her golden locks.
It had taken her nearly two hours last night to clean out the dirt and grime she had accumulated from the past half a month.
Then, after she came out of the bath and looked at herself in the mirror, she couldn't help but admit that she indeed looked like the young lady of a wealthy family.
This appearance would probably help a lot in concealing her identity as the Hero.
After all, nobody would suspect a young girl like herself to be the legendary Hero.
“Speaking of which, won't the demons find out about me as well?”

“That won't happen.
The human realm's internet and the demon realm's internet are mutually exclusive.
This is because the internet is built using mana, and there is a barrier that separates the human and demon realms' mana,” Zauna explained, shaking her head.
“But it is also possible for some demons to mix into human society and then physically relay information back to the demon realm… I think the possibility of this happening is high.
It might even be possible that news of the Hero's appearance has already spread on the demon realm's internet.”

“This is the worst possible situation,” Alice said, frowning.

While Alice was trying to come up with a plan to avoid getting her identity exposed to the public, Zauna suggested, “Since you're so worried about getting discovered, how about you register a LINK?”

After saying so, Zauna handed Alice her phone.
Meanwhile, displayed on the phone's screen was a social application similar to Twitter and Weibo.

From what Alice could see, Zauna was unexpectedly popular on this social platform called LINK.
Though, it wasn't too surprising since Zauna was a beautiful young lady.
However, Zauna had already stopped updating her LINK for the past three days because of Alice's matter, and some of her fans had even started wondering where she had disappeared to.

“It's this thing.
LINK is a social software, and LINK users typically publish information about themselves through this software and share it with others,” Zauna explained.
“Now that you are the hottest topic on the internet, my suggestion is that you register a LINK account as the Hero and have the kingdom authenticate your account.
Then, you can share your activities as the Hero through this account since there's no risk for your identity to be exposed on the internet.
If you're really worried that your real identity will get out, you can even make some misleading posts.
For example, if you are going to the border to fight invading demons today, you can post on your LINK saying that you'll be going to train in the Gryffin Forest instead.”

“Good idea!”

Alice's eyes glowed in excitement.
Zauna's proposal was indeed excellent.
If she described herself on the internet as a macho man, then nobody would think that the Hero was actually a blonde girl in her teens.

“Hehe, I have quite the good brain.” Zauna chuckled when she heard Alice agreeing to her suggestion.
Then, she took out a brand-new mobile phone from her pocket and gave it to Alice, saying, “I originally bought this phone as a spare, but I've never gotten around to using it.
So, you can have it instead.
I'll just ask the Gryffin Kingdom for reimbursement later on.
Although you've said you don't want to be the Hero, having the identity of the Hero will bring you many conveniences.”

“If you put it that way, becoming the Hero isn't all that bad, I guess,” Alice murmured.
If she wasn't required to fight the Demon King, then taking on the position of Hero would only bring her benefits and no harm.
This was probably another factor contributing to the desires of this world's people to become the Hero.
Apart from glory, one would also get to enter the upper echelons of society the instant they became the Hero.

While having such thoughts in her mind, Alice accepted the phone Zauna offered.
Then, the instant she grabbed onto the phone with her right hand, the phone's information appeared in her mind.

[Weapon: Lilyphone 7+]

[Quality: Not Bad]

[Effect: Mind +2, Control +2, Mana +5]

[Additional Effect: Mana Network (Passive Skill.
You can access the internet using this phone.)]

Fortunately, the system evaluated the phone's quality as Not Bad.
If her right hand had deemed this phone as garbage, she might not be able to use mobile phones in this world.