The Tale of Hero Alice’s Social Death

ed body the Loli Goddess had created for her, Alice's strength had already reached an exaggerated level.
Zauna and Lalu might not have noticed it, but Alice could clearly sense Heris's mana approaching their location rapidly.

Luna and Andusia, who was sitting on Alice's shoulder, had similarly noticed Heris's approach.
However, they didn't know the owner of this mana, so they could only tell that someone was moving closer to them.

“A—li—ce—”

Sure enough, the familiar light-blue car that resembled a Beetle from Earth quickly appeared in Alice's view.
Moreover, Alice had noticed that the animal stickers decorating the car had increased.
She could also hear Heris shouting out her name from a distance.

If the others didn't know any better, they'd think that Alice had ordered a food delivery.

After the light-blue car stopped in front of Alice and the others, Heris jumped out of the car and lunged at Alice.
Then, while picking Alice up like a child, Heris happily said, “Long time no see, Alice!!!”

Heris was in a very happy mood.
Previously, her old man, Flaman, had constantly reminded her to behave politely in front of Alice and respectfully address Alice as “Lord Demon King.” This situation frustrated Heris a lot.

However, now that Alice was trying to hide her identity as the Demon King in front of her human friends, Heris had a valid reason to call Alice by her name.
She didn't need to hold herself back and behave politely around Alice, either.
This meant she could knead Alice's petite face to her heart's content, something she thought she would never get the chance to do again previously.
So, how could she not be happy?

“Cough, cough.
This is Heris.
We will be staying at her house throughout our trip,” Alice said to her companions, her words sounding muffled due to Heris kneading her face.
“Her family is quite influential in the demon realm, so you don't need to worry about your safety.
So long as you don't run around making trouble, nobody will come to provoke you.＊＾＊＠（”

Slap.

Eventually, Alice lost her patience and slapped away Heris's hands.
She felt that her face would deform if she allowed the demoness to continue with her actions any longer.
Initially, her voice only sounded a little blurry when she spoke.
However, Heris's kneading had gotten so overboard that Alice's voice started sounding garbled.

Meanwhile, Zauna and Lalu couldn't help but be surprised by Heris's intimate actions.
They didn't think that Alice had made such a close friend in the demon realm.

Of course, Zauna and Lalu weren't aware that Heris was mainly behaving this way because she was a lolicon and a natural-born socializer.
In their opinions, they believed that Heris was a friend Alice had made in the demon realm and that the demoness not only held great interest in humans but also didn't hold any malice toward humans.
So, Heris made the perfect tour guide for them.

As a side note, Heris didn't know about Zauna's and Lalu's identities, either.
Not that they had any, to begin with.
At most, they could be considered the Hero's companions.
Though, one of them still wasn't aware that Alice was the Hero.

Anyway, in the introduction Alice offered to Heris, Zauna and Lalu were merely friends she had made in the human realm.
Meanwhile, the reason she had invited the two over to the demon realm was to “lower their guard against demons” so that she could “pry more information out of them.”

Simply put, both sides got dragged together by Alice without knowing much about each other's situation.
There was no possibility of Alice's identity as a double agent getting exposed, either.
After all, both sides were intent on keeping Alice's identity a secret from each other.
There was no way they would reveal anything important to each other.