The Hero Reborn as a Demon King Loli

Surely he couldn't possibly be no match for that black-robed loli, could he?

No way...

"Hehehe... It's useless. As long as I don't release the [Mental Cage] I've placed on her, she won't have any desire to escape..." The black-robed loli looked at the expressionless Lucas and, as if she understood what he meant, chuckled and said, no longer pretending to be a middle-aged man.

“Really? But she’s already gone…” Lucas forced an awkward smile and turned to show the black-robed loli behind him.

"As expected, mental magic has little effect on her? But I still have tracking...tsk, is that broken too?" The black-robed loli clicked her tongue in a very displeased tone. But then, she sensed a trace of the abyss from the broken tracking magic.

"It seems I've discovered something interesting... Hehehe, so you were already blessed long ago?" the black-robed loli chuckled softly.

Looking at the black-robed loli muttering to herself, Lucas's gaze gradually turned sorrowful.

"Is that your clone here too?" Lucas said in a deep voice.

"Ah ↑ Ah ↓ Have I been exposed? I didn't expect you to be able to find out it was me... In that case, can you tell me about the little girl who made you come to rescue her personally? Lord Lucas~" The black-robed loli said in a playful tone, as if she was very familiar with Lucas.

Upon hearing the affirmative answer, Lucas wore an ugly expression again and said, "So it really was you? Have you really betrayed me?"

Faced with Lucas's rebuke, the black-robed loli suddenly asked in a chillingly cold tone:

"Betrayal? Who did I betray? The Demon King? Or the Four Heavenly Kings?"

"By joining the abyss, you've betrayed not just anyone, but the world..."

"The world? Oh, never mind then, it's all the world's fault~ Hahaha..."

Seeing the black-robed loli suddenly burst into laughter again, Lucas's sorrow deepened.

Her unstable mental state is a sign that she has been completely infected by the abyss; she is beyond saving...

"Your strength seems to have increased compared to before... Even your clones can use domains now?"

"Ah, that's right, all thanks to the power of the Abyss~ How about it, Lord Lucas, are you tempted? Joining the Order now comes with VIP services~"

The black-robed loli appeared beside Lucas at some point and spoke in a seductive tone.

Upon receiving the invitation from the girl in the black robe, Lucas wore a mocking expression and decisively replied, "Sure!"

……

Chloe actually activated the teleportation scroll immediately after Shadow King Lucas threw it to her.

Anyway, she's definitely a burden to have... As for the mental magic she's under? That thing can be dispelled instantly with a simple switch, without her having to expend any extra energy, which is a bit strange.

Although the Shadow King could have simply left, since he offered to stop the black-robed loli, then let him do it.

Could she possibly stop him?

Please, this is the Shadow King! How could he be so weak as to be unable to defeat a little girl whose aura is so much weaker than his?

Unless that little girl's mental strength is at the level of the Four Heavenly Kings... Hmm—speaking of which, I seem to remember there being one of the Four Heavenly Kings who always shows up?

Chloe shook her head, deciding to put aside these unrelated thoughts for the time being.

She believed in the Shadow King's strength... at least in his ability to escape, and that was enough.

All she wanted to know now was where she was...

After landing, Chloe looked at the bustling street in front of her and was momentarily confused about where she had been teleported to.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man's voice came from beside Chloe:

"Little sister, would you like to buy an apple?"

Chapter 80: Is this melon guaranteed to be ripe?

Chloe was standing at the entrance of an alley when she heard the man's voice. She instinctively turned her head and looked toward the source of the sound.

She saw a burly man with a scar on his face and a ferocious expression, holding a jet-black fruit out to her.

If it weren't for the fruit stand in front of him and the fact that he was promoting his fruit from his words, Chloe would have thought he was there to rob her.

But... a fruit stand? Chloe looked at the fruit stand in front of the uncle with some surprise.

Then, Chloe glanced around at her surroundings.

She was now at the entrance of a small alley, which was very dirty and messy inside, while outside were streets and shops.

There were many pedestrians on the street, most of whom were dressed simply and could be easily identified as ordinary people.

Fruit stalls on ordinary streets... You should know that fruits in the demon realm are extremely rare, since only human territories occupied by demons can produce such small amounts of fruit.

Basically, fruits were exclusively for the nobility; it was impossible for anyone to bring so much fruit to the streets to sell to ordinary people.

This is not the demon realm, but the territory of the human race.

Chloe looked at the passersby and thought with certainty.

She hadn't seen any orcs among the pedestrians since the beginning, so she randomly identified a few passersby, and the results spoke for themselves—[Race: Human]

So why were they teleported to the human race?

Chloe glanced at the scroll in her hand, now ruined from use, and thought blankly.

This is clearly a directional teleportation scroll, and its level isn't even that high. With her magic power, she could easily drive it to its destination. Why is there such a big deviation in direction?

She was clearly teleported east of the Demon King's castle, so how did she end up in human territory, which is in the opposite direction? That's really strange.

"But it doesn't matter, I'll just contact Lulum again and ask her to send someone to pick me up..."

Having figured out where she was, Chloe said there was no need to panic at all.

Logically speaking, if a delicate, loli-like succubus were discovered among humans, she would likely be hunted down immediately. She should be hiding, pitifully waiting for rescue, or trying to escape from human towns...

However, she cannot reveal her identity right now because her [Disguise Card] is still in effect, so why is she hiding?

And now that we're here...

"Boss, how much are these black plums... no, I mean apples?" Chloe walked directly up to the fruit stall owner and asked him.

"Want to buy them individually? That's not impossible. They're three copper coins a pound... or I'll charge you one copper coin each?" Seeing Chloe's interest in his fruit, the shopkeeper's face lit up with a smile... but it was a rather menacing smile, as if he were about to pull out a big knife and rip off his customers.

"Hey boss, are you sure this melon is ripe?" Chloe wasn't in a hurry to buy it, but pointed to the melon next to her and asked.

"Guaranteed! If it's not ripe, I'll just swallow it raw! ...Wait, how many apples do you want?" In response to Chloe's question, the shopkeeper confidently pulled out a large cleaver, split open a melon in front of him, and showed Chloe how ripe it was.

Although the boss suddenly pulled out a cleaver bigger than Chloe, Chloe remained completely calm, which just goes to show that the boss was a very honest person... But the strength with which he chopped the melon was just too much...

Chloe, standing in front of her boss, got splashed with juice from a slicing melon.

"Boss, give me ten pounds of apples, and two of these melons too... And boss, has your fruit stand never been doing very well?"

Feeling sticky all over, Chloe said to the shopkeeper with some frustration, and then handed him a magic crystal coin.

"How did you know? I've been open for three days, and you're the first person to buy my fruit... By the way, how did you get those magic crystals?"

Seeing the boss's eyes gradually sharpen, Chloe suddenly remembered that magic crystals were generally used by demons, and humans didn't use them for trade at all.

Although magic crystals can be exchanged for gold or holy crystals at the Adventurers' Guild at a certain ratio, since they are considered spoils of war from defeating demons... they are not a circulating currency among ordinary people.

It's already quite impressive that the fruit stand owner recognizes magic crystals...

However, Chloe still managed to come up with an explanation.

If she just pretends to be an innocent little girl and says that she took this from home, wouldn't that be enough?

How could a little girl like her know so much!

In the end, the shopkeeper happily accepted Chloe's magic crystals... By the way, the shopkeeper only gave three gold coins as change, what a rip-off.

However, the boss was very considerate and recommended a nearby clothing store to her, so that she could take the person she had left in the alley to change clothes.

Chloe then remembered that Elena, whom she had temporarily left in the alley, was only wrapped in a blanket.

When Chloe used the teleportation scroll, she definitely brought Alina with her... she just didn't carry it on her back.

Why is Elena only wrapped in a blanket? After all, the clothes Elena wore before were ruined because of her injury, and Chloe's house doesn't have any clothes that fit Elena's size... Tsk, so what if you have big breasts... Something seems off.

So when Chloe moved her out, she could only find a blanket and wrap her up in it.

After stuffing all the fruit she had bought under her skirt, Chloe immediately picked up Elena, who was completely wrapped in the blanket with only her calves showing, and headed towards the clothing store the shopkeeper had mentioned.

"By the way, that shop owner must have seen that we were teleported here, which is why he believed me so easily. I should have asked him which city we were in... Oh well, I'll just pretend to be clueless and ask the clothing store owner later."

Chloe, carrying Elena towards the clothing store recommended by the fruit stand owner, suddenly remembered this.

Now that they've come to human territory, if this place is close to the city where the Holy Maiden lives, she could consider sending Elena there.

She could at least see Eustia first...

After Chloe left, the fruit stand owner immediately hung up a "Closed" sign on his stall, then muttered to himself as he left.

"Although the person the little girl is hugging is a bit suspicious, the girl does have the aura of the cult, so she should be one of us, right? No, I have to go and confirm..."

Then, the fruit vendor opened a hidden door behind his stall and went inside.

Chapter 81 How strange, let's take another look.

Chloe carried Elena to the street next to the fruit stand and they arrived at what was said to be the only women's clothing store in the area.

Why did Chloe carry Elena instead of on her back or in her arms?

The main reason was that she was a little girl covered in some unknown red liquid, and parading around with this blanket that had her feet sticking out... it was just too conspicuous. After a while, she realized that she was getting 1000% attention.

Chloe is certain that if she weren't a little girl, but a burly man like the fruit stand owner from earlier, passersby would have called the police long ago!

Fearing that someone might actually call the police and cause unnecessary trouble, Chloe quickly used her escape tool, the "carrying pole," to move Elena indoors.

Chloe, who had just entered the store and put Alina down, originally wanted to explain her current situation to the owner of the women's clothing store so that the owner wouldn't misunderstand.

But to Chloe's surprise, she saw a familiar face inside the women's clothing store...

"So, how did you end up here?"

Chloe stared at the familiar face for a long while before asking with a dark expression.

Now Chloe not only didn't need to explain, but she was even shocked by the person in front of her.

"I'm the owner of this shop, isn't this a normal thing to do here?"

The "boss lady," dressed to the nines, spoke in a high-pitched voice, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, in front of Chloe.

When Chloe looked at the burly man in front of her, dressed in a Lolita dress, with a face covered in thick, greasy foundation and bright pink lipstick, speaking to her in a high-pitched, effeminate voice, Chloe almost vomited up the bread she had eaten just hours before.

"Wait, sir, aren't you selling fruit on the next street? Why are you suddenly selling women's clothing here? And could you please stop disgusting me... Ugh..."

Chloe wanted to complain a bit, but before she could finish speaking, she couldn't help but turn her head and make a gagging gesture.

As for why he couldn't help it... it's because while Chloe was speaking, the burly man in front of her, heavily made up, tilted his head, blinked, and pouted, making a look of "confusion" and horror... Then his wig slipped to the side, revealing his shiny bald patch.

Why show this to a child? Are you trying to make them throw up?

However, the shop owner hadn't even noticed that her wig had fallen off, and continued to say to Chloe in her hoarse voice, "Little sister, you've mistaken me for someone else. I've always been the owner of this shop, how could I be selling fruit on the next street?"

After saying that, he seemed a little embarrassed and subconsciously touched his receding hairline...

"Damn it, how did they find out about my flawless disguise?" the seemingly perverted boss thought to himself, completely oblivious to his own ignorance.

As for the boss who was pretending to be stupid, Chloe said, "Do you think I'm stupid or blind? And you're touching your receding hairline, didn't you notice your wig fell off? Put your wig back on and stop pretending!"

However, Chloe only grumbled in her mind for a while before sighing.

Forget it, let's just assume this unscrupulous boss has some kind of peculiar fetish... After all, it's not easy for him to dress like this just to make money.

The reason Chloe suddenly thought this way was quite simple: she was very adaptable, and after taking a few more glances at that eye-searing boss, she actually felt a little more used to it.

It's a really cute little thing.

To be honest, it's quite unique that Chloe's outfit, which has disgusted me with all the cringe-worthy cosplays I've seen before, is actually quite distinctive.

Why does it seem more and more mesmerizing to look at him? It's like watching the Bulgarian Demon King... Chloe glanced at the cross-dressing shop owner a few more times, and suddenly found him somewhat pleasing to the eye.

After all, it's quite rare to see someone dressed in such a uniquely ugly way.

So weird, take another look...

No way, I'd better finish shopping and make a quick getaway... Feeling her aesthetic sense gradually becoming distorted, Chloe slapped her face and finally decided to finish shopping and leave as soon as possible.

"Okay, uncle, move aside a bit, I need to get two sets of clothes."

So after Chloe said that to the shop owner, she grabbed two outfits that she liked and carried Alina into the dressing room...

Alina hasn't woken up yet, so Chloe naturally has to help her change her clothes.