The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death (Pantsu Hero Alice) Chapter 11 - Times Have Changed, Alice

Zauna was stunned. The old man following Zauna was also stunned.

Looking at the bewildered faces of the two people in front of her, Alice immediately understood what was going through their heads. After all, the sign had already stated that "Only the Hero can pull out this sword." Not to mention, looking at all the footprints in front of the metal platform, there were probably many people who would try to pull out the sword every day but failed to do so. This only served to further increase the sign's reliability. Meanwhile, now that Alice had turned the sword into garbage with her right hand and drew it out of the platform, Zauna and the old man must be thinking that she was the Hero.

"W-Wait! Let me explain!"

Alice panicked when she thought of the possibility that she might be forced to fight the Demon King. After all, she felt that the way she drew the Hero's Sword was no different than cheating.

Previously, when Alice tried drawing the sword using her left hand, the sealing magic in the sword was still effective against her. This proved that the sword didn't recognize her as the Hero. The only reason she managed to draw the sword now was that her right hand had turned it into actual garbage, which also removed the mana and sealing magic within the sword.

While speaking, Alice hurriedly tried to insert the Hero's Sword back to the metal platform. Before Zauna and that white-robed elder managed to react, the sword had already returned to the empty slot in the platform, perfectly filling it in. Then, as soon as Alice released her grip over the sword, boundless mana instantly returned to the sword. Simultaneously, the sword's sealing magic also started functioning once more.

Alice breathed out a sigh of relief at this sight. Now, all she needed to do was say that this was an accident. If Zauna and the old man insisted that she try to draw the sword again, she would use her left hand to draw it.

After returning the Hero's Sword to its metallic home, Alice turned around to look at Zauna and the old man. However, just

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