The Hero Reborn as a Demon King Loli

Just as Chloe was in a state of confusion, the black-haired little girl, seeing that Chloe didn't respond to her calls, rolled over and hugged Chloe's arm, looking at Chloe with a puzzled look, as if she thought Chloe hadn't heard her clearly, and called Chloe again: "Daddy?"

So what's going on? I'm just a little girl, why am I being called "Dad"?

Faced with this inexplicable situation, Chloe's mind began to swirl, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

And so, Chloe and this black-haired loli just stared at each other, big eyes... small eyes.

After staring at this black-haired loli for a long time, Chloe felt a bit suffocated... If she kept staring at her like that, she felt like her nose was about to bleed.

So he took the initiative and asked, "Excuse me... who are you?"

In response to Chloe's question, the black-haired loli tilted her head slightly, revealing a puzzled expression, seemingly not quite understanding why Chloe was asking this question.

She parted her cherry lips slightly and said in a dazed tone, "I am your daughter..."

"No, no, no... I don't remember having a daughter who's older than me! Can you tell me the truth?"

Chloe waved her hand and said in an incredulous tone.

Is this black-haired little girl still half asleep? You can't just randomly identify a relative like that!

"Daddy, don't you want me anymore..." Upon hearing Chloe's reply, the black-haired little girl's voice trembled with tears, and she looked utterly aggrieved.

It was as if he had truly been abandoned by his family.

This completely stumped Chloe.

This child doesn't look sleepy at all, so why is he talking nonsense... Holy crap?! He's actually crying?

Seeing the black-haired loli with tears streaming down her face, Chloe panicked.

"Okay, okay, I never said I didn't want you, did I? Stop crying, okay? Let's talk this over..."

Chloe wanted to reach out and pat the little black-haired girl's head as a way of comforting her.

But she discovered that her shoulders had been pressed down by the black-haired loli at some point, and she couldn't lift her hands at all.

"What incredible strength... Even someone as advanced as me can't move..."

Chloe, who was being held down, thought to herself, but in order not to further agitate the still crying black-haired loli, she did not choose to forcefully break free.

Although this posture is a bit awkward, it feels like I'm about to be pushed by this black-haired loli, but let's just leave it like this for now, since no one's seeing anything anyway...

Chloe thought helplessly, just as she was about to try to talk to the black-haired loli, she suddenly remembered something.

Wait... no one saw it?

It seems that since yesterday evening, there has been someone constantly in her shadow, never emerging...

……

Fortunately, Chloe checked and found no Linfield in the shadow, indicating that she had already left her shadow long ago.

Otherwise, Chloe would have to consider how to silence her.

Incidentally, the word "fortunately" was used in support of Lin Fei'er.

In short, Chloe was able to communicate with the black-haired loli relatively smoothly after she calmed down.

"what your name."

"...Stella?"

The black-haired loli blinked her equally dark eyes, seemingly thinking for a moment before giving her name in a somewhat uncertain tone.

"Stella, right? Can you tell me why you call me 'Dad'? As you can see, I can't possibly be your father, can I?"

Chloe spoke to Stella in the gentlest of tones possible, as if coaxing a child.

"But, a father is a father, right? However, if you like, I can also call you Daddy..."

"It's not about how you address me! That's why you call me Dad..."

Chloe's tone was full of helplessness, as if she were talking to a child who didn't understand anything.

"Dad doesn't want me anymore?"

Seeing that Stella's voice was trembling with tears again, Chloe quickly said, "Don't cry! It's not that I don't want you anymore! It's just that I feel your way of addressing me is a bit off. My name is Chloe, you can call me by my name..."

"Then... Father K?"

Why don't you call her Hai Ma? Chloe thought to herself.

So the child still didn't understand what she was saying... She really acted like a child who didn't understand anything.

"That's not what I meant... Never mind, let's leave it at that for now."

Chloe sighed, and just as she was about to ask Stella more about her background, her bedroom door was suddenly pushed open.

"Xiao Yi, are you awake?"

Alesia pushed open the door a crack, poked her little head into Chloe's room, and whispered something.

However, when she poked her little head into Chloe's room, she saw Chloe being pinned to the bed by Stella, unable to move.

Although Stella's action was merely a child's casual remark, it successfully led Irelia to misunderstand.

In short, Alesia, who was guarding the gate, was deeply shocked by the scene.

"Wait, Ilesia, don't misunderstand! It's not what you think!"

Seeing Ilesia standing frozen at the door, Chloe hurriedly said to her.

Wait, I wasn't caught cheating, why are you panicking? Although this position is indeed misunderstood, Alesia might not understand... Explaining it should shut her up... I mean, clear up the misunderstanding.

However, Chloe still thought too highly of Ilesia...

Alesia, who had initially thought there must be some misunderstanding, felt her heart sink when she saw Chloe's panicked expression.

Having read many related novels, Alesia naturally understood what was going on...

"Why... I was here first... Maybe I came at the wrong time..."

Looking at Chloe, who was disheveled on the bed, Ilesia wore a sorrowful expression like a victim before leaving the room and closing the door.

Chapter Ninety-Six: You Came Just in Time (Part Two)

Lulum inadvertently used the search runestone and successfully found a coordinate. Although she wanted to immediately confirm whether her mother was at the location marked by the runestone, she couldn't just go there directly.

She first needed to arrange for Tepera and Miukia to find Lucas's whereabouts.

Anyway, the coordinates marked by this rune stone haven't changed at all, so there's no immediate urgency.

And this is what Lulum thought: If her mother really was in the Demon King Academy, she couldn't possibly have run away in the middle of the night, could she?

Even if her mother really wanted to run away from the Demon King Academy overnight, she would still have to pass through the academy's barrier, right?

She has now focused all her attention on the barrier, and she has also closed the barrier's only exit. Now she knows exactly who wants to pass through the barrier.

If her mother really wanted to leave the Demon King Academy, then she would have to break out of there, and she would definitely be able to sense that.

Deep down, Lulum still hoped that her mother would voluntarily cross the barrier, because that would be tantamount to confirming that she was still alive...

To be honest, finding Lucas wasn't actually that urgent.

Lucas's whereabouts are currently unknown; all that is known is that his last public appearance was when he was in contact with an executive of the Abyss Order.

It is known that although the Abyss Order's executive has strange abilities, he is still weaker than Lucas... Even if the Abyss Order's executive is stronger than Lucas, so what? Don't forget, Lucas's greatest strength is survival. Even his domain is specialized for survival. Even Lulum, who is now at the god level, cannot guarantee that he can catch Lucas 100%.

So he's most likely fine.

Now Lucas has vanished without a trace... Lulum even suspects that Lucas himself hid his tracks.

Even when Tepera and the others used Saint-level tracking techniques at the last place Lucas was last seen, they couldn't find any clues about Lucas's whereabouts.

In Lulum's memory, only her mother could have managed to hide a trace that left Tepera and Muukia without any clues.

Although Lulum couldn't guess why Lucas was hiding his tracks... it couldn't be that Lucas had betrayed the Demon Realm, could it? That's no funny joke.

If Lucas is indeed hiding his tracks, then the hope of finding him is rather slim.

Although the chances of finding Lucas are slim, Lulum can't simply give up the search for him.

It's not realistic to just have Tepera and Miuchia, the two of the Four Heavenly Kings, continue the search.

Putting aside the fact that Lucas's trail is broken and it's unclear where to even begin searching, even if there were clues, relying on Tepera and Mukia to find them would be a waste of their talents and extremely inefficient.

Most importantly, as the four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Realm, Tepera and Mukia are actually very busy.

After all, as one of the four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Realm, Tepera and Mukia still have a lot of work to do, such as the taxation and finances of their territories, the conflicts and disputes among their clans, etc. It can be said that the order of the Demon Realm is mostly maintained by them, so it is impossible to let them keep searching for Lucas.

Fortunately, Lucas, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, is now semi-retired. He has already delegated some of his authority to his subordinates. If Tepera or Miukia had gone missing, the Demon Realm might have descended into chaos the very next day.

As for finding a solution for Lucas now... we can only use the old methods.

They used the same methods to find Lulum to find Lucas.

In other words... the only option is for those who were previously tasked with finding Lulum to come back and continue working overtime.

The world where only working people get hurt has come to an end.

In short, that's how Lulum will be arranged for now.

The two Elite Four members had no objections to Lulum's arrangement, as it was arguably the most reasonable one.

They also suggested that it would be better not to publicize Lucas's disappearance, since if it were made public, it could cause a lot of chaos if someone used it as a pretext.

This would increase a lot of unnecessary workload... Lulum agreed with them.

So they bid farewell to Lulum and began arranging for a search for Lucas.

……

After Tepera and Mukia left, Lulum continued to sense the coordinates marked on her by the runestone... well, the location hadn't changed.

Furthermore, it seems that the effect of this runestone will not disappear until she has determined the location of the mark... Although most of the energy in this runestone disappeared instantly after it was used, the remaining small amount of energy is maintaining the mark.

Lulu felt that if she didn't confirm the mark, it could last for several days.

Lulum looked at the magical runestone in her hand and suddenly felt a chill.

This amazing runestone was actually scavenged by Chloe from an "ordinary" member of the Abyss Order. Does that mean... the Abyss Order is already mass-producing these runestones?

Is this technology from the abyss? When exactly did they begin researching this thing called "runes"? And besides finding people, what other powers do these runes possess?

Lulum examined the distorted rune stone in her hand carefully and found some mysterious symbols inside, which should be the so-called "runes".

It seems she needs to find someone to study these mysterious symbols... otherwise, she'll be too passive when facing a new force like the Abyss Order in the future.

Lulum thought to herself.

However, thanks to this runestone, she finally found a clue about her mother.

While it may not be accurate, it's still much better than having no clues at all like before.

Lulum also discovered that the runestone in her hand was not a one-time use item. As long as she waited for the runestone to fully charge, she could even continue to use it to search for Lucas's whereabouts.

As for how this runestone is powered... Lulum understood after using it.

This is a product of the Abyss Order, so the conditions for its charging must be related to the Abyss.

This runestone will actively absorb abyssal energy to recharge itself. The recharging speed depends on the rate at which abyssal energy is injected, but there is still an upper limit to the speed.

Lulum estimated that even if she threw the runestone into the depths of the abyss, it would take 3 seconds to fully recharge.

Although Lulum has now come into direct contact with the Abyss and can be considered a deep Abyss Infected, she does this all in order to seal the Abyss, so how could she use the power of the Abyss?

Lulum doesn't know how to use the power of the abyss, but the abyssal aura leaking from near the seal can be considered a kind of abyssal energy. Lulum estimates that as long as this rune stone is placed next to the seal, it should be able to be fully charged in a whole day.

"Let's go to the marked location first and confirm the effect of this runestone..." Lulum murmured, then immediately set off for the marked location.

……

Soon, Lulum arrived at the location marked by the runestone...

"Isn't this the lab? I was here this afternoon, no wonder it felt so familiar."

After following the mark into the Agricultural Research Laboratory, Lulum couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Moreover, the marking was very detailed, indicating that the location was in the experimental field inside the laboratory.

"Strange, I inspected this experimental field this afternoon as an instructor in the Agricultural Research Department, and I didn't find anything unusual at the time... How did the marker end up here?"

Lulum frowned and muttered to herself, then, still somewhat unwilling to give up, searched the experimental field for any trace of her mother... but to no avail.

Lulum began to think that the markings on this runestone were somewhat unreliable.