The Hero Reborn as a Demon King Loli

This is a city in the eastern part of the human realm. Although it's far from the human capital, it's still quite a prosperous city...

Chloe, wandering aimlessly through the streets, sighed to herself.

This is her second day in the city. As for why she's out shopping? Well, it's because she spent the whole day yesterday in the prison... which is Ilya's place, and she was feeling really bored.

Although Ilya had many books to pass the time, Chloe still found it unbearable to be in that sunless cell.

Maybe it's because of her "grass" racial trait? Anyway, she feels uncomfortable if she doesn't come out and do some photosynthesis.

She contacted Lulum yesterday at Ilya's place... Of course, Chloe contacted Lulum while Ilya was unconscious.

As for why Ilya fell into a deep sleep? Those who know, know...

Anyway, Chloe assured me that she didn't give Ilya the sleeping tea... she forced her to drink it.

Where did her sleeping tea come from? It was hidden under her skirt, of course.

Although Chloe had already told Illya about her situation, and she didn't really have anything to hide from Illya, the important thing was that Chloe didn't want Lulum to suspect anything.

Regarding Lulum... Chloe thinks it's best not to tell Lulum about her situation with the humans for now.

After all, she hadn't had a chance to tell Lulum about her true identity yet.

Furthermore, Chloe felt that it was better to say such important things in front of Lulum.

In short, when Chloe contacted Lulum, she only told Lulum not to worry about her current situation, that she was fine, and that she would probably be able to go back in a few days.

Of course, she didn't tell Lulum how she was supposed to get back in detail, and even when Lulum asked, she just gave vague and ambiguous answers to avoid the question.

However, Lulum seemed to misunderstand her, thinking that she was just putting on a brave face, so he kept expressing concern for her situation and even said that he was trying to find someone to pick her up.

Although Chloe said that Lulum's concern was unnecessary and that she was really fine, she still felt a warm feeling in her heart.

Of course, Lulum wasn't the only one who cared about her; Alesia and Stella did too.

As for Alesia, she didn't get to drink Chloe's blood all day, so she probably had a strong withdrawal reaction. When she saw Chloe on the communicator, she barely said a few words before sticking to the communication scroll, as if she wanted to bite Chloe through the scroll... In short, there was nothing to talk about.

Stella's reaction surprised Chloe. Although Chloe and Stella hadn't known each other for long, Stella, this simple child, who would cry and say "Daddy doesn't want me anymore?" just for asking her to change her address, was surprisingly the calmest one when Chloe suddenly "went away".

Perhaps it's because she and Chloe are bound by a contract?

However, Chloe still understood from Stella's occasional attempts to exchange a few words with her through the soul contract that she still harbored some unease.

So Chloe would send her messages from time to time to comfort her... Of course, Chloe didn't send the messages using the soul contract.

Since communicating via a soul contract would deplete Stella's mental energy, Chloe reminded Stella to use soul communication to contact her less often.

Otherwise, what if there's an emergency and she can't contact Stella?

If we don't use a soul contract to communicate, then what do we use?

Of course, we'd pass notes... Anyway, the contract spaces are connected, and opening them for Chloe and Stella doesn't consume any resources.

Chloe really thought she was incredibly clever.

Of course, when Chloe contacted Stella, she also remembered to ask Stella to send the ring that could shield her aura from her body into the contract space.

So now, she is already wearing that ring.

This ring that shields one's aura is truly effective. Even Ilya, a Saint-level being, couldn't detect Chloe's aura when she wasn't paying attention to her.

It can only be said that it is worthy of being made by the Shadow King and is a top-tier Saint-level item.

This is why Chloe felt safe and confident going out today.

She didn't want to trigger any strange plot twists because of her damned charm.

However, although Chloe didn't trigger any strange events while shopping, she did encounter a strange guy.

A young man being escorted by two senior police officers.

"I really didn't hurt anyone! Those people are robbers! They wanted to steal my belongings!" The young man struggled, trying to explain himself, but the two policemen remained unmoved.

One of the policemen, seemingly annoyed by his fidgeting, kicked him and said:

"Stop talking nonsense! You better behave yourself. No matter what, you have to come with us today..."

"I am a hero! How could you treat me like this..." The young man was in pain and stopped struggling, but he still stubbornly turned his head and said to the officer who kicked him with an unyielding expression.

"What?! He's actually a hero?" The police officer who had been using excessive force looked surprised when he heard the young man call himself a hero.

"How about that? Scared now? As long as you release Lord Lance right now, I'll forgive you..." Seeing the officer's surprised expression, the young man immediately became arrogant and grinned.

"Oh, I'm just surprised there are so many people claiming to be heroes. You're the seventeenth person to claim to be a hero this month... You young people are all obsessed with novels, aren't you? And the Demon King is already dead, why are you still acting like heroes?" The policeman said with a crooked mouth after seeing the young man's arrogant expression.

"??? The Demon King is dead?"

Upon hearing the policeman's words, the young man who called himself a hero was stunned.

"Alright, just cooperate with us and we'll investigate. Once we've determined you're innocent, we'll release you, provided you really didn't hurt anyone..."

……

It seems that Ilya's novels are really harmful... Chloe, who had witnessed the entire conversation between the two, couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

However, she also learned from the conversation that the people here didn't seem to know that Lulum had become the new Demon King... Was the news too outdated, or had the news of the new Demon King's succession simply not reached the human race?

She'll have to go back and ask Ilya about that.

However, just as Chloe was about to return to the prison, she found Ilya rushing towards her in a great hurry.

"Dude, it's an emergency! Run the hell out of here!"

Chloe: "What's going on?"

Chapter 123 The Hidden Dragon King

"So, what are you doing, running off with me in such a hurry?"

Chloe, who was picked up by Ilya and run towards her residence, said with a bewildered expression.

Chloe was genuinely bewildered. Seeing how nervous Ilya looked, she thought something terrible had happened and that Ilya was going to take her away overnight. She never expected that Ilya just wanted to take her back to her residence.

So it's just taking her back to her place, why are you so nervous?

“Of course there’s something fun… It’s urgent! Come back with me and contact Eustia!” Ilya, who was holding Chloe, immediately replied after hearing Chloe’s question.

"Contact Eustia? Then contact her yourself. Why drag me, a 'dead person,' into this?" Chloe asked, still looking puzzled. She also noticed that Ilya's expression was a little off.

Although she looks like she's in a hurry, Illya somehow seems to want to laugh.

And didn't she just let slip that it was "fun"?

"Of course, it would be very interesting to contact Eustia with you!"

When Ilya answered Chloe, she had already taken Chloe to her residence and locked the space.

Then, she couldn't control her wicked smile any longer.

"As expected, has Ilya fallen back into her tax evasion ways again?" Chloe looked at Ilya's grim expression with a sigh.

She was the one who evaded taxes all those years ago. Now she's more indifferent to the situation and just wants to live a peaceful life. Little did she expect that her "younger generation" would imitate her so well.

Looking at Ilya like this, Chloe suddenly felt old... even though she was only one year old.

"Big brother, you know what? I just received an invitation... Eustia said she's in the Holy Kingdom of the Elves now, and she even invited me to visit your grave. Isn't that interesting? What do you think her expression will be if I contact Eustia now and tell her you're still alive? It'll be quite a sight!"

"Oh, so you want to see that Ice Queen's memes again, don't you? But isn't this enough fun for you? If you want to see that Ice Queen's memes, why do you need to connect remotely? Just bring me directly to Eustia, then you can see her 'live performance'!"

Seeing Ilya's tax-evading act, Chloe played along with a pleased expression and said in a corrective tone.

"Big brother, you really know how to play! Let's go see Eustia now... and reveal your identity when we present you with flowers... I can already imagine Eustia's expression!" Upon hearing Chloe's words, Ilya's eyes lit up, and her tone became even more excited.

But her excitement didn't last long before Chloe gave her a sharp rap on the head, her deadpan expression replaced by a deadpan grin: "Have you forgotten who Eustia was, and who I am now? You want to bring me to her side and tell her I'm still alive? But I've turned into a little succubus? Are you trying to kill me?!"

"Oh, I forgot about that..."

"Be smarter! And I've noticed you're trying to imitate my old way of thinking and behaving?" Chloe said with a hint of skepticism.

"No, no, no..." After hearing Chloe's words, Ilya shook her head like a rattle drum, looking as if her thoughts had been exposed.

……

Chloe's soul has been with the human race for a whole day now; I wonder what's going on with her...

Lulu stroked the face of Chloe's body lying beside her, and thought with some worry.

If she could, she really wanted to go to the human race immediately to retrieve Chloe's soul and her inexplicably new body.

But that's impossible. After all, she hasn't had enough time to leave the Demon King's Castle yet. If she leaves now to find Chloe, it will definitely cause the Abyss to leak... and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Unless Chloe is truly in mortal danger, she wouldn't care about anything else.

But now, seeing her worried expression, Chloe would even comfort her, saying things like, "It's really nothing, this new body will definitely not let anyone discover your demon identity," and "I've already found someone who can take me back, they should arrive in a few days."

This proves that Chloe is fine and there's no need for her to rush to pick her up immediately.

Furthermore, she seems to have found a way to return in a short time... Although it's unclear whether this is meant to comfort her, Lulum felt much more at ease.

Lulu knew that Chloe harbored many secrets, but she had never inquired about them.

Or perhaps Chloe wasn't deliberately hiding her secrets from her; it's just that Chloe hadn't proactively told her about them.

She never intended to ask. Even if Chloe had her own little secrets, so what? As long as she was still her daughter, that was enough.

Even if Chloe had some secrets about her, her emotional fluctuations couldn't be hidden from her.

Lulum can read Chloe's emotions. She could read Chloe's emotions even when Chloe was just a little grass. Chloe really likes her and doesn't hide her "respect" for her at all.

Knowing this was already enough for Lulu... As for Chloe's secret, she believed that Chloe would tell her the truth someday.

However, even though Lulu was much more at ease, she still had to worry, since she didn't know if Chloe could come back on her own... She still had to find someone to pick Chloe up.

Based on the location provided by Chloe, it would probably take her a year or two to get back from there by herself.

As for who to send to pick up Chloe... Lulum definitely wouldn't trust anyone below the Saint level to do so.

Putting aside the question of whether Chloe can be safely escorted back, the mere threat of a Saint-level Abyss Order executive is enough to make Lulum complacent.

But sending Crimson King or Demon King... because these two, as the four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Clan, are simply too classic in appearance, aura, and even temperament. It's fine if the humans don't discover their true identities, but if they are, it would undoubtedly be a declaration of war against the humans.

This is not what Lulum wanted to see.

As for who should send Chloe back so she could feel at ease? She already had someone in mind, but she couldn't get in touch with that person for the time being.

And who is this person? It is, of course, the one who has never appeared, whose true identity is unknown even to humans, the last of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Clan.

Lurking among the human race, enduring... or rather, lurking for who knows how many years—the [Dragon King]!

Chapter 124 should be fine... probably.

"I wonder when I'll be able to get in touch with her again..." Lulum thought to herself as she combed Chloe's hair.

Although Lulum could understand that the Dragon King was, after all, an undercover agent and couldn't always reply to her calls, she was still somewhat anxious.

As for the reason for Lulum's anxiety... well, she was just very worried.

Although Stella is now by her side, able to contact Chloe at any time and sense Chloe's condition, and Chloe herself has repeatedly emphasized to her that she doesn't need to worry about her when she contacts her.

But no matter what, it's good to have another helper for Chloe, after all, Chloe has had quite a few accidents lately, even with her right beside her, she still had this kind of accident...

Lulu felt that things weren't as simple as Chloe had said.

Therefore, for Chloe's safety, Lulum hopes to contact the Dragon King as soon as possible.

Regardless, given the Dragon King's status among humans, he can definitely help Chloe.

Just as Lulum was thinking this, the communication scroll she had placed aside suddenly vibrated.

Lulu quickly picked up the communication scroll and started checking the "Contacts".

This scroll is specifically used to contact the Four Heavenly Kings; the vibration means someone is looking for her.

And Lulum actually knew who was looking for her.

First of all, the Shadow King has disappeared and is suspected of having mixed up with the Abyss Order, so it can't be the Shadow King.

Then she just returned from a meeting at the Demon King's Castle, and Crimson King and Demon King just received their mission from her to investigate that mysterious Abyss Order cadre and Shadow King... It's impossible for the two of them to have results so quickly, right?

So, besides Chloe, the only person who could contact her at this time using this scroll is...

Sure enough, this was a connection from the Dragon King!

After a whole day, the contact finally came!