The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death (Pantsu Hero Alice) Chapter 286 - Convincing Act

"There is a way."

After everyone pondered in silence for a second time, the first person to speak up was Luna. As Alice's maid, Luna felt she should always remain silent until her master needed her services. So, now that Alice needed help, Luna would naturally choose to speak up.

"What way?" Andusia, sitting on Alice's shoulder, asked as she poked her head out of Alice's golden hair and looked at Luna curiously. She was curious to know what kind of suggestion Alice's taciturn maid had to say.

"With our size, we will definitely attract attention if we were to jump into the fountain. The park's surveillance cameras will likely catch us in the act as well," Luna said as she looked at Andusia. "However, if someone of sufficiently small size jumps in, others will only think that we have accidentally dropped a certain object into the fountain. In that case, even if the cameras capture this scene, nobody will bother to check the surveillance records."

"That makes sense. If a sufficiently small person falls into the fountain, passersby will most likely think that we simply dropped something into the fountain and are unlikely to care," Andusia said, nodding in agreement. However, she quickly realized that out of their group of four, she was the only person whose body was small enough to let others think she was an item. "Wait! Wait! Don't tell me you're talking about me?!"

"It's up to you now, Andusia. No matter how you look at it, your current appearance is that of a figurine. So, all we need to do is pretend to drop you into the fountain by accident," Alice earnestly said as she turned to look at Andusia. "Once you retrieve the item underwater, we'll pretend to grab you out of the water. It's a perfect plan."

"Perfect my ass! Don't forget that my body is made of Living Wood! Living Wood might have mimicked the body my soul represents, but its wooden properties remain," Andusia said, hurriedly making up an excuse to evade this "responsibility." "The fact that your Hubert's Tree managed to affect me says it all. If I

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