The Tale of Hero Alice’s Social Death

Chapter 206: Figurine Demon King Andusia

The reason Alice considered the object before her a figurine rather than a statue was due to its small size. It was also very detailed and shaped like a girl. Although Alice hadn't read much of this world's novels, manga, and anime, she still recognized who the figurine was modeled aftershe was the main heroine of a certain anime.

The anime in question was seemingly very popular, and it was practically considered a national-level animation. Alice had also seen many emojis in the heroine's design on LINK. Hence, even though Alice had never watched the anime or even heard of its name before, she still recognized the character the figurine was modeled after.

Normally, one would only use such figurines as a memento. Aside from viewing purposes, it should serve no other function. Yet, when Alice inspected it with Psychokinesis Transcendence, she found the presence of a considerable amount of mana within this figurine.

This was an intriguing situation. After all, there was only one scenario for an item such as a figurine to house manait was being used as a medium to cast magic. However, even if that were the case, there should still be mana flowing out of this figurine. Yet, that did not happen with this figurine. All of its mana was thoroughly isolated within it.

Alice was almost certain that there was something suspicious with this figurine. Although there were a few other decorations in the living room that carried residual mana, according to the feedback Alice got from Psychokinetic Transcendence, this residual mana basically existed only on the surface of these decorations. Their situations were worlds apart from the figurine's situation.

Immediately, Alice walked over to the figurine. The figurine was placed in a wine cabinet in the living room, along with a few bottles of red wine and several other figurines. Judging by the state of the figurine, it should have been placed there not long ago.

Considering that Marion was capable of staying home for several consecutive days just to binge a drama, the married woman probably had an introverted personality. Although her appearance and body were full of mature charm, her mind remained a little childish. So, it wasn't impossible for such a person to come to the living room to admire her figurine collection.

Opening the wine cabinet, Alice raised her hand and took out the figurine. Alice remembered that the name of the character this figurine was modeled after was called Hikari, a magical girl. This was something Alice had learned while reading the discussions of others on LINK.

The Hikari figurine remained motionless even after being held by Alice. It was as if it really was an ordinary figurine and nothing more. If Alice hadn't detected mana inside the figurine with Psychokinesis Transcendence, she might have very well been deceived by it.

"I've found you. Stop pretending."

Alice narrowed her eyes and looked at the figurine in her right hand. She had to admit that the mana inside the figurine was well-hidden. If she had used a simple Mind Search spell instead of Psychokinesis Transcendence, she wouldn't have noticed anything abnormal with the figurine.

However, even after Alice spoke, no movement came from the figurine. The person hiding in the figurine probably thought that Alice was trying to trick her, so she chose to remain silent.

Alice let out a snort when she saw this situation. Then, she began exerting force with her right hand. She also poured some mana into her right hand, granting her significantly greater physical strength. In only an instant, cracks began appearing on the figurine.

Although it wasn't good to destroy other people's belongings, Alice was helping Marion avoid future troubles. Since Alice had already promised Elodie to help her mother in exchange for her help with the dogkins, she naturally had to provide good after-sales service. Otherwise, it probably wouldn't be long before Marion got hit with another Sunset Bug Erosion. At the time, Elodie would probably come to ask her for help again. How much of a hassle would that be?

Even if Alice had guessed wrongly and ended up destroying nothing more than a figurine, Marion was unlikely to say anything about it. A figurine like this might be a limited edition, but it definitely wasn't something out of reach for someone of Marion's status.

Fortunately, Alice was right in her guess. Just when the figurine was about to shatter under Alice's crushing grip, the person hiding inside the figurine finally couldn't bear it any longer.

"You bastard!"

The figurine's expression changed under Alice's gaze. The originally carved face suddenly started behaving like a real person's face, and it was capable of displaying various emotions. Meanwhile, along with the figurine cursing at Alice, a strong electric current suddenly erupted from the figurine, numbing Alice's right hand and causing her to let go of the figurine.

Alice frowned and took a step back in this situation. Then, when she saw the figurine, which was supposed to have no joints, moving like a real miniature person, she couldn't help but become serious.

Things were developing differently from how she had imagined. Originally, she thought this figurine had been transformed into a magic item that could hold souls, just like the Radioactive Soul Stone and Soul Gathering Tablet.

However, judging by the current situation, that didn't seem to be the case. The Radioactive Soul Stone and Soul Gathering Tablet might be able to accommodate souls, but the souls kept within them couldn't move about freely. At most, they could only hover above their containers. The souls could not influence the Radioactive Soul Stone's and Soul Gathering Tablet's movements, either.

However, the figurine before Alice looked like it wasn't just a simple soul-storage device. Not only could it be manipulated to act as a second body for the soul stored, but the soul could even cast magic with it!

Meanwhile, after the figurine escaped Alice's clutches, she jumped into the air and relied on mana to hover before Alice. Then, looking at Alice with a stern expression, she asked, "How did you find me? Even a high-level Truth Search shouldn't be able to detect me."

Search h0sted n0vel for the original.

The figurine was designed after the character Hikari, a magical girl who fought against evil. So, when the figurine was questioning her, Alice couldn't help but feel as if she was the villain in this situation.

After suppressing the strange thought in her mind, Alice stared at the figurine and said, "That's not something you need to know. Youmust be Andusia, right? Or do you prefer I call you Silvias?"

"Oh? You've even figured out my identity already?" Andusia frowned. "Silvias That's a name I haven't heard in a long time I see. So you're the bastard who undid the Sunset Bug Erosion on Marion, right?"

Search hosted.novel for the original.

Andusia's words were akin to an acknowledgment of her identity. Just like Alice had expected, Marion's curse was related to the Ninth Demon King, an antique that had existed several thousand years ago.

Andusia was the one who had used the Sunset Bug Erosion on Marion. So, when Alice reversed the Sunset Bug Erosion's effects just now, Andusia had also felt her taboo losing its effect. Only, she did not suspect Alice to be responsible for reversing her taboo right away due to Alice's young age.

However, things were different now. Since Alice had discovered her presence inside the figurine, it meant that the girl wasn't some ordinary little girl. So, Andusia naturally deemed Alice as the person responsible for undoing her Sunset Bug Erosion.