The Tale of Hero Alice’s Social Death

Chapter 347: You Have Strange Tastes, Pal

Alice was currently feeling very uncomfortable. This was because she had spent the past hour browsing the "Secret" folder's contents and realizing it contained nothing but lewd images and videos.

Because of her misjudgment, Alice had spent an entire hour looking at hentai in Collins's house

To make matters worse, Collins had an incredibly strange fetish. The majority of his hentai were cross-dresser x muscular man themed. Alice would often find herself getting the urge to throw Collins's computer out the window while browsing Collins's hentai collection.

"..."

Alice took a deep breath as she closed the "Secret" folder. Then, she massaged her eyes that had just experienced a bout of terrorism. Although she didn't wish to judge other people's fetishes, she personally couldn't bring herself to have fond feelings for Collins's fetish.

Yet, despite her dislike, she had no choice but to patiently inspect these images and videos to avoid missing out on any clues. Even though she would only take quick glimpses of the images and fast-forward the videos, she still suffered a huge mental blow. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder if Collins truly had such a fetish or if he was only interested in observing hentai of such genre.

Hopefully, it was only an interest that was limited to the internet. If Collins adopted this fetish in the real world, King Haydn would probably get the urge to make his eldest son disappear. After all, should this fetish get exposed, Collins wouldn't be the only one to suffer social death. Instead, he would bring the entire royal family down with him.

Of course, Alice also knew that she couldn't blame Collins for putting her through such torture. After all, Collins could have never expected that there'd be someone who would sneak into his home, hack into his computer, and look at his hentai collection. If Collins knew something like this had happened, he would probably want to dig a hole for himself to hide.

After verifying that the "Secret" folder wasn't hiding any important information, Alice tried searching through the other folders on the computer. However, she eventually concluded that Collins's computer was no different from the average male otaku's computer. Aside from Collins's hentai collection having a strange theme, nothing else was worthy of note.

Alice couldn't help but feel aggrieved when faced with this discovery. Yet, she had brought this injustice upon herself, so she couldn't retaliate by making a mess of Collins's computer. After taking another deep breath, she bitterly turned off Collins's computer, reset the login password, sat still in the chair, and tried to forget the dirty images in her mind.

If Luna were present, Alice would have probably asked her maid to erase all of the horrific things she had just seen. Unfortunately, Luna wasn't here, so Alice had no choice but to deal with this tragedy by herself.

Whatever. Let's just leave.

After grabbing the magic robe she had set aside, Alice walked out of the bedroom and looked at the shota magician, who had remained standing by the entrance this entire time. As Dark Guards didn't have any excess emotions, the shota magician didn't have any complaints about Alice's command.

When Alice gestured at the shota magician, the other party quickly responded and approached her. Then, Alice wore the magic robe over the two of them, hid their presence using Mana Concealment, and left through the front door.

Before leaving, Alice made sure to reattach the door's lock with her handy LockpCorrection. She made sure to return the lock's concept to its original state with Aspect Separation. Only after doing so did she leave. Unless someone suddenly got an urge to check for footprints and fingerprints in Collins's house, nobody would realize that someone had invaded this house today.

Collins naturally wouldn't notice anything, either. Unless, of course, he had an accurate grasp on where he had put his belongings. Otherwise, he wouldn't notice that someone had been into his room.

After Alice successfully left Collins's house, she found a deserted alley to remove the magic cloak from herself and the shota magician. However, she did not return to her rented apartment after doing so. Instead, she visited a nearby shop and ordered herself a drink and some snacks. She needed some refreshments to make her forget what she had seen just now.

Alice felt that she was probably the first to have ever found out about Collins's fetish. Judging by how many passwords he had kept his secret stash hidden behind, it was obvious he paid close attention to keeping his fetish a secret. Even the hentai collection on his work computer consisted mainly of vanilla hentai. It was only his home computer that contained the strange kind of hentai. Unfortunately, no amount of security could stop Aspect Separation.

While Alice was lamenting her traumatic experience, a pair of hands suddenly appeared behind Alice. Alice's current Spirit stat had already reached an incredible level. So, the moment these hands approached her, she already sensed them coming.

However, Alice did not sense any hostile intent coming from these hands, so she decided not to react and instead see what these hands were trying to do. Sure enough, Alice quickly found her vision robbed as the hands covered her eyes. Then, she heard a familiar voice coming from behind her:

"Guess who I am?"

No matter the world, there were bound to be people who preferred to play such childish games. Alice quickly discerned the person speaking to be Sylvia, the gyaru thief whose panties she had previously stolen.

However, Alice and Sylvia evidently didn't share any connections on the surface. So, if Alice were to say Sylvia's name at this moment, she would probably come under suspicion immediately.

"It's Lilith, right?" Alice said. The only person who could command Lilith and know her was Lilith. Hence, Alice promptly guessed the identity of the culprit covering her eyes.

"Huh? How did you guess it was me? I wasn't the one who spoke." Lilith retracted her hands, surprised that Alice managed to guess her identity on the first try. "Is it my smell? But that's not right. I'm using a different perfume from the past two times we met."

"That's a secret," Alice said, chuckling as she turned around. Then, sure enough, she found Lilith and Sylvia standing behind her. Alice also noticed Kurse standing amidst a nearby crowd, but the man had probably refrained from walking with Lilith and Sylvia as he would stick out like a sore thumb when standing next to the two young girls.

"Fine, if you don't want to say it," Lilith said with her cheeks puffed. Although she was a little dissatisfied by Alice's refusal to satisfy her curiosity, her dissatisfaction was quickly washed away by her joy of seeing Alice.

Alice sat at a round table that could seat four. Alice and the shota magician were sat facing each other, so Lilith took the seat on Alice's left and asked, "What brings you to this place today? You asked me for a student ID for the Royal Magic Tower, so I thought you'd spend these few days in the tower."

"I'm only interested in some of the Royal Magic Tower's structural layout. I'm not here to stay cooped up in it," Alice said, shaking her head. Then, she looked at Sylvia, who sat on the chair to her right, and asked Lilith, "Who is this? Aren't you going to introduce me?"

"Ah, I nearly forgot." Lilith slapped her head. Then, she pointed at Sylvia and said to Alice, "She's Sylvia, my friend. The kind that has a very good relationship with me. She might look like a gyaru, but she's actually very innocent. She's only ever had one boyfriend before. Even then, they broke up shortly after getting together."

"You don't have to mention such things, Your Highness," Sylvia said, her expression darkening a little. "Also, aren't you worse off than me, Your Highness? You've never even had a boyfriend before."

Although Sylvia addressed Lilith using honorifics, Alice could still tell that the gyaru thief shared an excellent relationship with Lilith. Sylvia did not behave reservedly like a normal employee would around their employer.

"I'm different. I'm a celibate, and I haven't found any guy I like yet," Lilith said as she wagged a finger at Lilith. Then, she turned to the shota magician sitting on her other side and continued, "I'm sure I don't have to introduce Alice. You should know her already, right, Sylvia? Then, Alice, who is this little boy?"

After saying so, Lilith skeptically scrutinized the shota magician and continued:

"By the way, this kind of skinlooks a little familiar."

Alice's heart thumped.