The Tale of Hero Alice’s Social Death

Chapter 150: Indifferent God

After verifying the reason for the fruit's disappearance and satisfying her curiosity, Alice let go of the fruit.

Alice only needed the Seed of Nature to reconstruct Kristine's body. Since she had already picked one up from the forest, she naturally didn't need to acquire any more. Even if she had extras, she wouldn't know what to do with them. She couldn't possibly sell them, right? She didn't lack money due to her current identity, anyway. Not to mention, it would still be a long time before the fruit ripened, so even if she plucked it now, there wouldn't be a Seed of Nature inside.

It's 1 AM already.

When Alice pulled out her phone to look at the time, she noticed that it was very late already. The school had activities planned for the morning, and it seemed that they would be learning how to better perceive mana from the elves and climbing the Tree of Nature.

However, due to the March Academy's style of operation, students could opt-out from participating in the activities the school arranged during the school trip. Meanwhile, Alice wasn't interested in learning how to better perceive mana or climb the Tree of Nature. After all, her body already possessed excellent sensitivity toward mana, and she had just flown to the top of the Tree of Nature. So, rather than participating in the activities, she could simply use that time to sleep in her room.

Since that was the case, she might as well use the current opportunity to take care of everything she needed to do.

Opening the pouch stuffed with panties, Alice pulled out the small weapon storage that contained the Hero's Sword. Honestly, after receiving the pendant-shaped weapon storage from the dwarves, Alice couldn't help but realize once again how cheap and shabby this small storage box was. If the Hero's Sword could think for itself, it would probably despair at having such a terrible house.

However, Alice naturally wouldn't consider the Hero's Sword's feelings. After opening the weapon storage, she quickly grabbed the Hero's Sword before it could fall and hit the Tree of Nature. Then, gripping the sword with her right hand, she activated Word of God.

It was necessary to activate the Word of God skill to enter God's space. So, whenever Alice wanted to communicate with God, she needed to take out the Hero's Sword. This was a great inconvenience, and Alice couldn't help but wonder if the Loli Goddess could give her the Word of God skill directly.

As this wasn't the first time Alice had used Word of God, she quickly overcame the dizzy experience of having her consciousness brought to a different space and found herself appearing inside the Loli Goddess's small and inconspicuous room.

However, to Alice's surprise, the Loli Goddess wasn't snoring on the ground this time. Instead, she was leisurely reading a comic book on the floor.

Meanwhile, seemingly noticing another presence in the room, the Loli Goddess looked up from her book. Then, when she saw that it was Alice, she curled her lips and said, "It's you again? How often are you going to barge into my place?"

After experiencing Alice's obsession with panties, the Loli Goddess knew that Alice might barge into her room at any time. So, she had decided not to sleep altogether and be prepared to defend herself at all times. Otherwise, if this pervert came while she was asleep, she might wake up to find her panty drawer empty.

"It's not that often. It's been a month already," Alice said as she walked up to the Loli Goddess and sat on the floor beside her. Then, after glancing at the comic book on the floor, she noticed that the Loli Goddess was reading Narto. The series had already ended by the time she transmigrated, so she guessed that the Loli Goddess must be reading the fillers. "I came to ask you a question."

"You want to ask about the Fruit of God, right? I felt someone touching one of the Tree of Nature's fruits just now," the Loli Goddess said. She could already tell what Alice wanted to ask even before Alice stated her question. Then, while giving Alice a grumpy glare, she said, "Not a chance. That's the fruit I like the most. I won't give it to you."

"Must you care about it so much?"

Alice couldn't help but be confused when she heard the Loli Goddess's response. She couldn't understand why the Loli Goddess would be so obsessed over the Fruit of God. Of course, she understood that the fruit must be delicious since it was something even God acknowledged. However, it also had other more important uses.

"I'm mainly here to talk about the Fruit of God's other functions. It can help heal people back to their peak condition. This will be incredibly useful to the elves."

"What does that have to do with me?" the Loli Goddess said with a snort, her behavior making it seem like she didn't care about the elves' existence whatsoever. "I planted the Tree of Nature precisely for its fruits. I don't mind if the elves take the leftover seeds, but the fruits are one of the few pleasures I have in my long life."

When Alice heard that the Loli Goddess was the one who planted the Tree of Nature, she realized that it was the Loli Goddess's right to do whatever she wanted with the Fruits of God.

"I might treat you very well, but there are some things I have to make clear to you." Noticing the confusion on Alice's face, the Loli Goddess sat up from the floor and looked Alice in the eye. Then, in a serious tone, she said, "You might think I am too indifferent to the elves by not wanting to give the fruit to them, but I have to tell you that this is how Gods have to treat their worlds. A God must not carry any personal emotions for the world they governed."

"Is it that serious?" Alice also started taking this matter seriously after seeing the Loli Goddess's serious expression. "But you don't usually look as unfriendly."

"That's only when I am dealing with you. Firstly, your soul doesn't belong to my world. Secondly, I am relying on you to get rid of the Demon King's Power. So, I can naturally treat you more favorably," the Loli Goddess said while wagging two fingers in the air. "If a God gets emotional about their world, every one of their actions might create a problem in the world's laws.

"For example, let's say that you've coded a program. Then, once the program is in operation, you start to find certain lines of code irksome, so you delete those codes with disregard. Your actions might not cause any problems in the short term, but it could lead to potentially devastating results in the long term."

"Why are you having me help you get rid of the Demon King's Power, then?"

Alice understood the point the Loli Goddess was trying to get across. However, when she thought about the Loli Goddess getting her to help deal with the Demon King's Power, she couldn't help but ask a follow-up question.

"The Demon King's Power is different. It might be a product of this world, but it has already transcended the world and begun destroying the rules of the whole world. So, I have a reason to intervene and prevent this world from being destroyed," the Loli Goddess said, shaking her head. "On the other hand, the continued existence of the elves and all other lifeforms has nothing to do with me. All I need to do is make sure that this world doesn't become a desolate wasteland. Even if a war that wipes out half of the global population happens tomorrow, I won't interfere with it in the slightest."

After saying so, the Loli Goddess made her way to the wardrobe behind her and pulled out a green fruit from it. The fruit was none other than a Fruit of God, but this one was much larger than the one Alice saw on the Tree of Nature.

"I am aware of the Fruit of God's abilities. I am also aware that the elves could've avoided a lot of unnecessary casualties if I had not taken these fruits away. However, while it might sound cold for me to put it like this, even if the elves go extinct, it has nothing to do with me. This is because they are nothing more than insignificant parts of this planet, and their disappearance will not affect this world's continued existence," the Loli Goddess added.

"I understand."

Alice let out a deep sigh. Previously, she had always thought that the Loli Goddess didn't behave like a god. Now, she understood why that was the case. It wasn't because the Loli Goddess didn't behave like a god. Instead, it was because the Loli Goddess would only take on the indifference of a god when dealing with her own world.

In the past tens of thousands of years, the only interference the Loli Goddess had made to the world was the creation of the Hero. Even then, she had only interfered because the Demon King's Power was already in the midst of destroying the world's laws and affecting the world's continued existence. Had the Demon King's Power not touched upon the world's laws and only created Demon Kings and waged wars, the Loli Goddess might not have bothered interfering at all.

The only fortunate news for Alice was that the Loli Goddess would behave like a normal person when dealing with her. In fact, the Loli Goddess behaved quite like a child in front of her, which, in turn, allowed her to behave informally around the Loli Goddess.