The Hero Reborn as a Demon King Loli

But just as Chloe was about to touch Stella, Stella, who was in the arms of her other body, suddenly opened her eyes as if she had risen from the dead…

Well, rather than like a zombie coming back to life, it's more like it sensed something and was startled awake.

Startled awake, Stella jumped out of the bathtub and headbutted Chloe in the chin.

The incident happened so suddenly that Chloe didn't even have time to react before Stella bumped into her.

Who would have thought that Stella, who was sleeping soundly just moments before, would suddenly jump up?

After bumping into Chloe's chin, Stella initially looked at Chloe with some wariness, but after seeing Chloe's face clearly, she paused for a moment, then, as if confirming something, suddenly exclaimed with delight:

"Dad? You're back!?"

"Ugh..." Chloe covered her chin and let out a whimper, which served as her reply.

Honestly, if she hadn't tried so hard to hold back, she probably would have burst into tears the moment she was hit by that "headbutt".

Seeing that Chloe seemed to be in some pain, Stella seemed to realize that she had just dealt Chloe a "heavy blow," and it had a remarkable effect...

So, feeling somewhat guilty, she said to Chloe, "Dad, I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you coming back... I thought someone wanted..."

"It's nothing... It's alright, it's good that you're alert... Besides, you were just bumped into, your dad... is fine!"

Chloe rested her chin on her hand, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace, and then, in a somewhat muffled tone, indicated that she was not injured.

I just feel like my chin is a little crooked from being bumped... I'll get it straightened out later.

It's a small problem...it really is a small problem, don't cry!

Chloe began to deceive herself.

However, the effect was quite good; she managed to fool the child's "physiological reaction" in this way.

……

After Chloe cleaned herself and her other body, she carried Stella's body back to the room.

"So you were just supplying energy to my body?"

Inside the room, Chloe pointed to her own body covered in grass, lying on the bed, and asked Stella a question.

While Chloe was taking a bath with Stella, she casually asked Stella about the general situation.

Stella had indeed intended to help Chloe clean her body, but during the bath, she suddenly realized that Lulum didn't seem to have replenished Chloe's energy that day.

Chloe's physical condition and aura seem to have decreased by half a percent compared to yesterday, which is truly terrifying!

This can't go on...

So, somewhat worried about Chloe's health, she decided to replenish Chloe's magic in her own way. However, being her first time, she lacked experience and accidentally fell asleep comfortably while replenishing Chloe's magic, and...

"It seems like I've overdone it a bit..."

Stella looked at Chloe's body... especially the tangled grass on her head that was hard to clear completely, and bowed her head to apologize to Chloe like a child who had done something wrong.

Seeing Stella blaming herself again, Chloe patted her head and said with a smile:

"It's alright. I'm already very happy that you're thinking of me. Besides, you'll get used to replenishing mana after a few tries. Even if Lulum was just a beginner at first... cough cough..."

"Dad is the best!"

Seeing that Chloe didn't blame her, the innocent Stella immediately smiled happily and threw herself into Chloe's arms.

Chloe looked somewhat awkwardly at Stella, who had pounced on the wrong spot, and fell into a brief silence.

However, she quickly came to terms with it... Anyway, it was all her body, so there didn't seem to be any difference. Maybe Stella was just used to that side...

Then Chloe asked again:

"But I've always been curious, where does your magic power come from?"

"It's the sword in my chest...that sword stores a great deal of magic power; you could say it's the source of my magic..."

When asked about Chloe's question, Stella pointed to her chest and answered without hesitation.

Looking at Stella pointing to her chest, Chloe nodded... No wonder she said that although she absorbed so much energy with the Demon Sword, the energy returned from the Demon Sword was far less than what the Demon Sword absorbed... It really was embezzled by the Demon Sword!

Yes, that's scientifically sound.

However, since Stella was able to use the energy "privately" taken from the Demon Sword to nourish her... she truly deserves to be called her good daughter, right?

The moment Chloe learned of this information, she had already figured out how to "squeeze" the "residual value" out of the Demon Sword.

……

As for Lulum… or rather, Black Lulum, after listening to the reports from Myukia and Tepela, she didn’t really have anything to say.

In addition, the two of them did look rather disheveled... although Lulum knew that they came to see her looking like this in order to play the victim.

So Helum simply sent them away, telling them to go back to their work.

As for their sob story... trying to slack off and skip work? No way!

As for what Hellom will do next? Of course, she'll go home to see Chloe!

Chloe must miss me terribly, right? Thinking of Chloe's reaction when she saw her, Hello couldn't help but smile like an aunt.

In fact, she already knew Chloe had returned when she listened to Tepera and the others' intelligence report.

She gave Tepera a special teleportation scroll to use on Chloe, but she casually added a location tracking function to it... Just as Tepera was reporting, she had already sensed that Chloe had arrived home.

As for why Chloe returned later than Tepera and the others who had finished their business?

It's actually quite simple. In order to protect Chloe who was being teleported, she had also adjusted the teleportation speed of this magic.

The destination seems to be slightly off... but it shouldn't be a big problem.

This was also her first attempt to modify a god-level teleportation spell, and she even turned the spell into a teleportation scroll... This slight error was completely within acceptable limits.

In any case, in her perception, Chloe had already successfully entered the room.

Just as Helum was about to leave, Myucia, whom she had just dismissed, suddenly returned and spoke to her in a different tone:

"My Lord Demon King... my dear niece... do you remember what we discussed before?"

……

Chloe fiddled with her other body... or rather, her original body, unsure of what to do.

How can she return to her original body?

To be honest, she was inexplicably summoned away and given this bizarre body that is neither human nor ghost nor plant.

Although the system contained a panel showing her original body, her attempts to use the system's "switch account" function all resulted in "not connected".

Moreover, this broken system, apart from the identification function, also inexplicably locked the functions of spending money and drawing cards, and it also showed "not connected".

It's like the internet has been cut off.

This is why the system's presence has been so low lately... After all, a broken system that can't switch characters or require spending money to draw cards is not as useful as the armor Lulu gave her.

How exactly can she get the system "connected to the internet"?

Could it be that she has to go back to her original body? But she has no idea how to go back...

If we could retrieve the "dual drive" from the system repository, we could give it a try... but the system repository isn't fixed at all!

And even if it's fixed, it might not be able to connect to the internet...

So we're back to the initial question... How can she return to her original body?

As Chloe pondered, a bold idea suddenly came to her.

Speaking of which, it seems that her current body will disappear if she consumes too much magic power...

What would happen if her body disappeared?

Chapter 161 I think you just don't understand?

Chloe thought about it for a while and still felt that she shouldn't rush things.

We should wait until Lulum comes back and discuss that kind of reckless behavior with her before making a decision.

Anyway, she's already been "out of her body" for several days, so a little more time won't make a difference.

Besides, if she does some research, she might be able to find a way to transfer her body without doing anything reckless.

Chloe had previously tried using the system panel to "switch characters".

She had thought that as long as she touched her original body, she could "connect"... but it was obviously a failure.

Without finding a "connection" method, you can't switch panels at all.

Besides, even after switching to the larger panel, she didn't seem to be able to return to the larger body, so Chloe wasn't particularly hoping to switch panels back to her original body.

That's what they say, but Chloe couldn't find any way to return to her original body.

Chloe sighed. For now, it seemed that she could only try to find a solution with Lulum.

When Chloe contacted Lulu before, she did mention to Lulu how she would return to her original body... but Lulu only said that she would study it after Lulu returned and saw her current body.

Chloe had also wondered if, since her soul could be summoned away, it could be summoned back in reverse.

She had asked Lulum this question before, but Lulum's answer to her was: It can't be summoned.

Spells that summon souls can only summon the dead, not living beings... Otherwise, wouldn't those soul-soring mages be able to manipulate other people's souls at will?

When encountering an enemy, simply summon their soul and then deliver a devastating blow?

You know, no matter how strong a person's physical strength is, their soul may not necessarily be strong...

When Chloe heard Lulum say the truth, she initially thought it made some sense, but... could you explain what her current situation is?

Why was her soul summoned away?

Lulu said she couldn't understand Chloe's question either, as it was beyond her comprehension... that is, beyond her knowledge base.

This is why Chloe had an emotional breakdown when she was first summoned away.

Has anyone ever seen anything like this before?

However, on the other hand, a powerful soul or necromancer could easily extract the soul of a weaker person... but this method requires face-to-face casting, and it's impossible to summon them.

Furthermore, extracting a soul is an offensive spell that will definitely cause some damage to the soul, so Lulum will not use it on Chloe unless there is absolutely no other way.

"So, let's just wait for Lulum to come back... Thinking so much so early in the morning... I might as well go back to sleep..."

With that thought in mind, Chloe simply used her own body as a pillow and lay down.

"No wonder they all love to sleep in my arms... I'm so soft."

Chloe and Stella embraced her original body, one on each side. Chloe was just about to close her eyes and take a nap, but looking at Stella embracing her body, and then at the grass on her original body's head... a bold idea suddenly arose in her mind...

“Connection…connection…maybe we could try a physical connection? Like Stella did before…”

That's right, Chloe's bold idea was to try to physically connect her to her original body using "mistletoe".

Moreover, the more Chloe thought about it, the more feasible it seemed... She had the imprint of the soul contract with "Mistletoe" in both of her bodies, and the space of the contract was also shared.

In other words, her two bodies were originally connected.

"There's no harm in trying... so let's give it a try!"

So Chloe summoned the mistletoe and tried to use its vines to have a "deep conversation" with her other body.

Then Chloe realized that she seemed to have gone a bit too far...

The mistletoe she summoned didn't bind her other body as she expected; instead, it bound herself.

After Chloe entangled herself, she instantly understood why... When she summoned the vines, she gave them the command to "connect me to my body."

These vines don't seem to understand the target... No wonder they seemed stunned for a while when the orders were given earlier...

If these vines could talk, they'd probably just say to her, "Did you hear that? She's the one who told me to do it. I've never heard such a request before..."

"Damn it! It's me next to me! Not me! How could you be so stupid?"

Chloe, who was wrapped up like a dumpling on the spot, couldn't help but mutter curses at the vines.

Upon hearing Chloe's soft curse, the vines immediately released her as if electrocuted... and then immediately wrapped around Chloe's other body.

"It's a connection! Do you understand? It's not about wrapping my body up like a dumpling... nor is it about becoming a mummy! Let go! Don't suffocate my other body!"

Chloe looked at the vines that had instantly and completely bound her other body, and said with some excitement.

With such a commotion, Stella, who was lying with Chloe's other body, naturally couldn't sleep. So she immediately got up, crawled to Chloe's side, tilted her head in confusion, and said to Chloe: