The Hero Reborn as a Demon King Loli

The reason why Helm was so fast is actually quite simple... that these "traitors" didn't actually bring much important intelligence.

This is similar to what Chloe thought... This organization, which is called madmen and "traitors" by the Abyss Order, simply doesn't want to be bound by the rules of the Abyss Order in order to "liberate" the Abyss... Moreover, their main target is the Demon King's Castle.

It seems they've long wanted to take action against the Demon King's castle or even the Demon King himself.

The Abyss Cult members who caused trouble in the Demon King's Castle some time ago all belong to this "traitorous" organization.

Their actions were also quite perplexing... In addition, most of their so-called "leaders" had already been captured, so Chloe and Lulu felt that their chaotic actions were not particularly important.

The important thing is their "list of members"... Of course, these were also asked by the Black Rum.

Lulum can send someone to deal with the other "minions" in the Demon Realm from this "traitorous" organization.

However, besides the seven "traitor" leaders who were captured in the Demon King's castle, there are actually two other "traitor" leaders who are still lurking in the Abyss Order on the human side... So this is where Chloe has to step in.

Of course, this was not unexpected for Chloe. After all, Chloe had previously found out that not all of the "traitorous" leaders were among those who came to "deliver their heads"... That's why Chloe ordered that they be kept alive so that she could "claim credit" to the Abyss Order and report the situation.

In short, now that Hilmu has obtained the information so quickly, Chloe's next task is quite simple.

That means contacting the Abyss Order and reporting the "traitor" situation to them.

As for how Chloe should contact the Abyss Order,

Well, although she could contact her "contact" in the Demon King's Castle as a member of the Abyss Order, for safety reasons, the "contact" would certainly not deliver the information to the Abyss Order's leadership immediately.

Although Chloe wasn't in a particular hurry to send the information about the "traitors" to the leader of the Abyss Order, she was also worried that if the news was delayed, what would happen if the leaders of the two "traitors" discovered something amiss?

Therefore, the transmission of information still needs to be more efficient... So Chloe finally decided to contact the Demon Queen Stella and pass on the information through her.

Although Demon Queen Stella cannot directly contact the leader of the Abyss Order, she is, after all, "inside" the Abyss Order, so it's faster for her to relay messages...

Of course, Chloe couldn't let Lulum know she wanted to contact Demon Lord Stella... But what Chloe didn't know was that Lulum had developed a "slight" suspicion about the person Chloe contacted because of the "traces" left by Demon Lord Stella today...

Chapter 387: Exposed, but not completely exposed.

Although Lulum respects Chloe's privacy, yesterday's "special" record, coupled with Chloe's somewhat unusual reaction, has made Lulum think about some things more.

She naturally suspected that Chloe had indeed had contact with her mother... After all, Stella's appearance next to Chloe was already suspicious enough.

Stella, who has the exact same name and appearance as her mother, is someone she wouldn't believe is completely unrelated to her mother.

Even Chloe was initially skeptical of this... but Chloe had a soul connection with Stella and also possessed the system, so she was certain it was just a coincidence... while Lulum was actually skeptical from the very beginning.

In short, whatever Chloe was hiding yesterday, judging from Chloe's strange attitude, Lulum had been thinking a lot... to the point that, in her thoughts, she "slightly" eavesdropped on Chloe's "secret" communication...

Logically speaking, Lulu shouldn't have been eavesdropping on Chloe's communications with others. After all, she was only certain that Chloe was hiding something, but not that it was about her mother... Out of respect for Chloe, she should have directly asked Chloe about her suspicions... But, to be honest, she couldn't bring herself to ask.

Isn't this equivalent to asking her to go directly to Chloe and say, "I doubt you"?

If Chloe's concealment is a minor matter, it might actually hurt her feelings...

However, what Lulum is actually more afraid of is... if the truth is really as she thinks, she probably won't be able to accept it...

Even her act of "eavesdropping" wasn't entirely her own intention... It was Blacklum who "eavesdropped" while she was distracted, and it had nothing to do with her... Well, Blacklum has successfully deceived herself.

The situation was like this... Lulum discovered Chloe talking to a suspicious person, and, overthinking things, she was debating whether to eavesdrop... Black Lulum, Lulum's support personality, certainly understood Lulum's thoughts, so while Lulum was hesitating, she directly activated her eavesdropping and said to Lulum:

“If you don’t want to be the ‘bad guy,’ then let me listen! Don’t stop me! I just accidentally overheard Chloe talking to suspicious people when I was trying to contact her… It was an accident, does that count as eavesdropping?”

"But this isn't about deceiving myself..."

Although Lulum was conflicted, she remained clear-headed. While she clearly wanted to refute Black Lulum's words, Black Lulum, already knowing what Lulum was about to say, immediately interrupted her:

"I already said, I'm not doing this to eavesdrop, but for Chloe's safety! What if Chloe is communicating with some dangerous person, or planning to do something dangerous? I'm doing this just to be on the safe side!"

That's right. Although Helm was ostensibly trying to persuade Lulum not to feel any psychological pressure, he was actually giving Lulum a reasonable excuse to completely deceive herself.

Sure enough, under Helm's "persuasion", Lulum's psychological pressure decreased sharply... so she also "acquiesced" to Helm's eavesdropping.

As is well known, Black Rum, as Rum's auxiliary personality, eavesdrops on Chloe's communications within Rum's body, which is essentially the same as Rum herself eavesdropping...

……

"Huh? You want me to help spread the message? Didn't I say I wasn't interested in this?"

Besides, even if I were interested, don't you know that the cult leader and his 'agents' are all hiding from me? Do you want me to catch an 'agent' to relay messages for you? Do you know how difficult it is for me to catch an 'agent'? And the cult leader has always simply abandoned the 'agents' I've caught...

Simply put, it's hopeless!

This is Stella's response to Chloe after Chloe contacted her.

Although she used several questions to refuse Chloe's "request" to help her deliver a message, and she even made it sound reasonable... Chloe could tell from her lazy tone that she could actually help Chloe deliver the message, but she was just making excuses to refuse.

In other words, Stella the Demon Queen simply wasn't interested in helping Chloe, which is why she refused.

After all, just by virtue of her status as a high-ranking member of the Abyss Order, Demon Queen Stella could easily find a high-ranking member of the Abyss Order in a city or a "person in charge" responsible for contacting high-ranking members, as long as she could help pass on the message to these people.

Helping Chloe was indeed not a difficult task at all... but because Demon Queen Stella was not interested in this matter, and she had no reason to help Chloe, plus the chaos between the demon realm and the human realm might not be a bad thing for someone with such a delicate position as her, she refused Chloe's request to pass on information in this way.

However, Chloe hadn't overlooked the possibility of Stella refusing... so she had already prepared a response regarding Stella's attitude...

Chloe also analyzed the situation based on Stella's attitude... Stella's lazy attitude indicated that delivering this message had little to no impact on her, or rather, not a significant impact. Otherwise, given her playful nature, she would probably have teased her with words...

If Stella refused because passing on this information would affect her side... then Chloe really has no way to deal with it.

The only option left is to consider other methods to get the message out as quickly as possible.

But since Stella, the Demon Queen, is simply uninterested in this matter, Chloe can try to persuade her...

As for how to persuade her? Chloe had already thought of her answer:

"It's just passing on some information... It's not like you have to pass it on to the leader of the Abyss Order, just to tell the information to the higher-ups or relevant personnel of the Abyss Order... I know you refused because you're genuinely not interested, but what if I offered you something you'd be interested in in exchange? Like, for example..."

Just as Chloe was about to state her "conditions for exchange," the Demon Queen Stella suddenly interrupted her. Chloe then heard Stella speak to her in a seductive tone:

"Oh? The only thing that interests me... the only thing you can interest me about is yourself. If you could use your body... cough cough, I mean, if you could come here so I could have a good look at you, I wouldn't mind..."

Hearing Stella's tone, which was so different from before, and hearing the content of her speech, Chloe felt a chill run down her spine.

"Well... the thing I'm interested in can't be myself... Didn't you say you wanted to find the leader of the Abyss Cult? I have a plan that can lure the leader of the Abyss Cult out..."

Although Chloe was indeed frightened, she quickly regained her composure and proceeded with her plan to tell Stella what she intended to say... However, because Chloe was genuinely intimidated by Stella's attitude, she wasn't as assertive as before when she spoke...

Although Stella, the Demon King, felt pleased to hear Chloe's tone and knew she had frightened Chloe, and wanted to continue teasing her, she lost the desire to tease Chloe after hearing what Chloe said and fell into a brief silence.

Clearly, Chloe's "plan" did indeed entice Stella, the Demon Queen.

However, despite her attraction, Stella, the Demon Queen, only paused briefly before smiling and saying to Chloe as if she had figured something out:

"Your so-called 'plan' does indeed pique my interest... but why do I feel like you're trying to fool me? I've tried many methods but haven't been able to lure out the leader of the Abyss Order. What makes you so confident?"

Stella, the Demon Queen, had hit the nail on the head. Chloe was indeed not confident in luring out the leader of the Abyss Order; she was only saying this to maximize Stella's interest.

After all, Chloe understood that Stella, the Demon Queen, was not someone who could be easily fooled.

However, Stella, the Demon Queen, was indeed very interested in this... Having successfully piqued Stella's interest, Chloe then spoke frankly to her:

“Indeed, I’m not 100% sure I can lure out the leader of the Abyss Order… But what if I told him I’d captured 80% of the ‘traitorous’ leaders and had a list of 90% of the ‘traitors,’ and asked the leader to come and take them away?”

"You caught 80% of the 'traitorous' leaders? And you even got a list of 90% of the 'traitors'? How did you manage to do that in such a short time... Never mind, I guess those 'traitors' did something misleading that led you and your mother to catch them? It doesn't really matter... But what makes you think the leader of the Abyss Order is... Oh, I get it..."

Upon hearing Chloe's words, Demon Queen Stella was also somewhat shocked. So, while expressing her shock to Chloe, she began to think about it.

And she quickly understood what Chloe meant... If what Chloe said was true, and she really had captured so many leaders of "traitors" and obtained a "list", then even if the leader of the Abyss Order was not lured out due to caution, those who were lured out were probably "agents" who had a close relationship with the leader.

Chloe's words did indeed convince Demon Queen Stella... After all, it was just a small favor for her to help Chloe deliver the message, and Chloe did want her to have a conflict with the leader of the Abyss Order. So, at most, Demon Queen Stella doubted the truthfulness of Chloe's words, but did not doubt her purpose.

Anyway, Chloe just wants to see "dogs fight"... How could she not know that?

However… although Demon Queen Stella did convince Chloe, and subsequently confirmed that Chloe wasn't lying… she still had some reservations…

"What you said is all correct. I've already had my other clones deliver the intelligence... But there's one thing I need to tell you. Your mother seems to have noticed my appearance at the Demon King's Academy yesterday. Although I don't think I left any conclusive evidence, I won't be able to go to the Demon King's Castle anytime soon... So, the task of capturing them will have to be done by you~"

"Huh? What did you say? You said you were detected by the Demon King? Can you explain to me what happened?"

"Um... I did notice it, but not completely, that's about it... Anyway, just make sure you hide it for me and everything should be fine... Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."

Upon hearing Chloe's raised tone of questioning, Demon King Stella responded to Chloe in a slightly embarrassed tone.

Although Stella the Demon Queen explained to Chloe, it seemed like she hadn't explained it clearly... because she herself wasn't sure if Lulum had noticed anything amiss... and that's why she couldn't explain it clearly herself.

So after saying a few vague words, she hung up the phone with Chloe.

……

After Stella, the Demon Queen, couldn't explain herself and awkwardly hung up the call, Chloe's expression wasn't as serious as expected... instead, she showed a disdainful look.

As for Lulum's awareness of Demon Lord Stella, she had already noticed it long ago... there was no need for Demon Lord Stella to remind her.

She also felt that Demon Lord Stella must have sensed something at the same time as Lulum yesterday, which was why she left in a hurry, and that Lulum would suddenly appear where she disappeared...

She deliberately questioned the Demon King Stella that way just to confirm this matter... It seems she'll have to be much more careful when contacting the Demon King Stella in the future...

Maybe Lulum is eavesdropping on their communications right now?

Fortunately, when I was communicating with the Demon King Stella, I made some minor adjustments to the sound transmitted through the communication scroll as a precaution. Even if Lulum overheard me, she probably wouldn't be able to determine who she was talking to.

Am I being wary of Lulum? It's ironic that I'm being wary of the person I love most because of an enemy…

Chloe thought to herself with a self-deprecating smile.

As for why Chloe thought she could fool Lulum by concealing her voice, it's because the conversations she's having with Stella, the Demon King, are completely inconsistent with the "cold and stern" image Lulum describes...

That's right, Chloe also asked Lulum about the image of the previous Demon Lord in her mind... but the image of Demon Lord Stella has been so distorted by the Abyss that it no longer matches up.

Listening to her conversation now, it doesn't match Lulum's description at all... It doesn't even match Chloe's "tyrannical and terrifying" image when she first met the Demon King Stella, which is why Chloe thought that as long as she concealed her voice, it should be fine... Besides, Lulum might not even be eavesdropping...

That's right, it's Chloe's "belief" and her feeling that "it's not necessarily true"...

But the real situation...

On Lulum's side... after listening to Chloe's communication with Demon Lord Stella, she also fell into a long silence...

Chapter 388 The bridge of the nose was saved.

Because Lulum and the others overheard Chloe's communication with the mysterious figure from the Abyss Order not long after they discovered it, they heard almost the entire conversation between Chloe and the Demon Lord Stella.

After Chloe ended the call, Lulum leaned back on the stool, remaining silent for a long time with a complicated expression, without making any other move.

Clearly, she had already sensed something from Chloe's communication with the Demon King Stella... As for why she had such a complicated expression?

Perhaps it was because Chloe disguised her voice, or perhaps she herself found the truth hard to believe...

In short, Lulum remained silent for quite some time with a complicated expression, seemingly struggling with something. Finally, it was Black Lulum who broke Lulum's silence in her mind:

"So, what are you planning to do about Chloe's conversation with that Abyss Cult guy?"

Blacklum's tone was serious, sounding very formal... But upon hearing Blacklum's serious tone, Lulum, contrary to her usual behavior, spoke hesitantly to Blacklum, who was speaking in her mind:

“I know what you’re trying to say, but… I’m not sure… after all…”

Seeing Lulum respond to her in this way, Black Lulum, who was speaking in Lulum's mind, couldn't hold back any longer. So she came out from the next office, rolled her eyes at Lulum, and said:

"No, what's the point of saying this to me? You can't fool me, or rather, you can't fool yourself. Don't I know what you're thinking? Haven't you already confirmed the identity of the person who spoke to Chloe? I'm asking you what to do next... never mind, if you're still worrying about those trivial things, then let me go find Chloe directly!"

Seeing that Helm had put down his work and come over to complain about him, Lulum knew that he was being too "awkward".

But there was nothing she could do; she still found it somewhat unbelievable… So she shook her head, sighed softly, and said to Helum:

"Alright, alright, I'll stop worrying about it now, okay? I'll just go find Chloe and ask her myself... By the way, I have a lot of work to do today, so you don't need to come along..."

"Can't I even slack off a little?"

"But you don't want to work overtime at night, do you?"

"..."

……

"I'm sorry, Chloe, I didn't mean to..."

After finishing her conversation with Helm, Lulu found Chloe's location, and immediately apologized to her.

As for what happened...

Chloe had just ended her communication with the Demon King Stella not long ago. With nothing to do, she originally planned to exercise, then take a shower and take a nap... That's right, Chloe did her job today.

After all, Chloe's plans for today ended early due to some unexpected events... or more accurately, unexpected events in a positive direction.

She had already taken leave and made arrangements for things in the northern part of the Demon Realm, so she didn't have any plans for today.

But just as Chloe started her warm-up run, Lulum suddenly appeared in front of her, and Chloe, who hadn't had time to fully "brake," fell headfirst into Lulum's arms.

However, Chloe's face did collide with Lulum's chest... Fortunately, there was some cushioning, and Chloe only had a slight pain in her nose. If Lulum had been replaced by a certain pink-haired destroyer, Chloe's nose would probably be in serious trouble...