The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death (Pantsu Hero Alice) Chapter 328 - Goodbye Mommy

"I'll be going now. Be sure to take care of yourself."

After Alice chatted with Andusia for some time, the cooldown of the magic robe's Mana Concealment skill finally finished. So, she put on the robe and waved goodbye to Andusia.

"Just go. Don't act like you're my mother," Andusia said as she looked at Alice in disgust. If anyone was to be the mother in their relationship, she should be the one to take on the role instead. After all, Alice was always the one coming to her for help.

However, despite Andusia's reaction, she was quite happy to receive Alice's concern in reality. It had been a long time since anyone had shown concern for her. The last time anyone sincerely cared about her well-being was before she became a Demon King.

Relying on Mana Concealment, Alice concealed her body and aura before sneaking out of the window she came in from. Then, she leisurely walked away from the residential building. After all, if she moved too quickly, she might disturb the airflow too much and possibly alert the guards on duty nearby.

After leaving the residential building, Alice found an alleyway devoid of surveillance before she removed her robe. Then, she walked out of the alley like nothing had just happened. Although Icarus City was the Rhine Kingdom's capital, security in the city wasn't so strict that every alleyway would be under surveillance.

Alice had already learned where she could acquire Living Wood from Andusia. However, because the procurement process might be troublesome, Alice had no choice but to set this matter aside. Only after she was done investigating the Rhine Kingdom's royal family would she try to acquire a block of Living Wood.

Indeed. Try.

According to Andusia, Living Wood could only be obtained from the treants. However, Living Wood was an extremely rare treasure even to the treants, so they typically wouldn't give it away.

Treants were a special race with a tiny population. Rather than say they were animals, it'd be much more appropriate to consider them plants capable of independent m

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