The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death (Pantsu Hero Alice) Chapter 278 - Pitiful Flaman

"Hm?"

Andusia, playing with her miniaturized phone in Alice's bedroom, looked up in confusion when she sensed the fluctuations of powerful dark mana coming from upstairs. This was the home of the Heavenly King of Fire, so how could such powerful mana fluctuations be appearing here?

The first thought that came to Andusia's mind was that Alice might be experimenting with another taboo.

However, Andusia quickly realized that something was amiss as this dark mana was different from the dark mana Alice usually used. If she were to describe Alice's dark mana as normal, the dark mana she currently sensed felt like it carried a hint of death. It didn't feel like mana a living person could unleash.

The average person might have difficulty noticing this difference, but Andusia was a Demon King. She had developed her spirit and control over mana to an extraordinary extent. So, she could notice things that the average person couldn't.

Speaking of which, I found the Torres Royal Coin hidden inside one of the previous generation Demon King's taboo books. I also left the coin in one of those taboo books when I set off on my last expedition. Andusia fell into contemplation while caressing her chin. If every Demon King after me also did the same thing, and since Alice had packed all of their taboo books today, she should have found the Torres Royal Coin as well… I see. So, that undead called Little Death has come to find her.

Like Alice had assumed, Andusia knew about Little Death's existence. Only, since she didn't know where Grant, the previous generation's Demon King, would keep the Torres Royal Coin, she didn't bother to mention Little Death's existence to Alice. However, it would seem that the Demon Kings after her had made it a tradition to keep the Torres Royal Coin in one of their taboo books, and Alice happened to stumble into the coin.

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Andusia naturally wasn't the only one who noticed the frightening mana fluctuations coming from the mansion's third floor. Although the others couldn't accurately sense that the mana was

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