After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"What on earth is going on?"

With an awkward smile, he looked away and even broke out in a cold sweat that was visible to the naked eye.

"Um... well, how should I put it, I just said something, I lied to you."

"Which one?"

"When you first entered the village, didn't I tell you that everyone in the village had been evacuated? Actually, I was saying that to Rufus, hoping to dampen her desire to attack."

Alicia blinked, clearly not realizing what was happening.

"What?"

"The Duke's army arrived too quickly. How should I put it... there was actually no time to evacuate. So... we could only have everyone in the village hide in their houses and pretend that no one was there..."

The pink-haired girl nodded:

"Oh, so the people in the village... huh!!!? Huh!!!?"

Her face changed drastically when she finally realized what had happened.

She looked around and saw Luna grabbing her clothes, looking at her innocently.

Looking at the houses around, it seemed that there were indeed human figures moving around inside.

Even as the matter was over, groups of villagers - mainly children - had opened the door and come out, looking at him with curious eyes.

Looking at himself again, he still had a sickle on one hand and a claw on the other, wings and tentacles on his back, and his body was covered with scales and snake eyes.

By this time, Alicia finally realized what was happening.

“Nooo ...

A scream resounded through the sky, and Alicia curled up into a ball, hugging herself.

Aize, who had anticipated this reaction, scratched his face in embarrassment.

"Well, I've already told them not to come out or look out the window until I say it's over... but, you know, curiosity is something you can't stop."

"So... uh, I guess your secret is probably about 80%... already exposed. Anyway, I'm sorry... I can't think of a better solution."

Alicia could no longer hear these words.

"Woo..."

In a new round of fear and extreme shyness, Alicia has covered her face and huddled up

Because I was too nervous, I even forgot to change the monster parts back first.

Seeing that everything was fine, the children in the village ran over one after another and surrounded Alicia:

"Sister Alicia? See, I told you it was really Sister Alicia!"

"How did these come about? Are they fake? Or real?"

"Of course it's true! I just broke a tree that thick!"

"Sister Alicia is so awesome!"

"No, don't look, don't look at me like this, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The girl's cries echoed throughout the village, even drowning out the sound of the fireball's explosion.

(There is still one chapter to come today, I am writing it, (′▽`〃) Thank you for your support!)

Chapter 122 After all, I am a monster

As huge fireballs streaked across the sky, causing explosions in the forest, the Duke's army suffered heavy losses, their morale collapsed, and they fled in all directions.

As they fled, more and more people in the village came out of their houses.

Of course, I also saw what Alicia looked like now.

This time the deformation was so extreme that the clothes Alicia was wearing were torn.

So you really can't just change back like this.

Otherwise, it would be social death in another sense.

The children's attitude is mainly curiosity, while the adults' eyes are much more complicated.

There's a touch of fear in it—and no wonder.

Seeing the situation getting increasingly out of control, Anna squeezed out of the crowd that was surrounding her, came to Aize, and whispered:

"Big Brother, we can't go on like this. Can you take Sister Alicia back home and change her clothes first?"

"OK, all right."

Of course Aize had no objection, but it was not easy to separate the gathered crowd.

"Make way! I'll explain it later, just make way first... I said make way!"

"Um, uncle and aunt, excuse me, can you please let me pass... Oops——"

After a lot of effort, they finally squeezed into the crowd, helped Alicia, who looked like a complete stitched monster, up, and under the guidance of Anna, sent her back to her own little house.

The structure of the hut is not much different from the one in Aize. After all, the buildings in this village are all made from the same mold and built in large quantities.

After closing the door, locking it, and drawing the curtains to completely block out the view from outside, Alicia finally calmed down a little.

All parts of the monster, whether claws, tentacles, sickles or others, were rapidly fading away at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing the snow-white skin underneath that looked more like a human.

And just as Aize guessed, Alicia's clothes, which were tight-fitting to facilitate movement, were stretched to tatters.

But she didn't care much about it. She just sighed and curled up even tighter.

Completely autistic.

This gave Aize a headache.

Instead, Anna, who was familiar with the house, got busy.

He took out a large towel from the cabinet and let Alicia wrap herself in it, then lit the stove to boil water. While making tea, he could also give his sister a good bath.

After all, her face was now covered with tear marks and dust, which looked really unsightly.

Ai Ze, who had nothing to do, sat opposite her and asked cautiously:

"how's it going?"

"……Um."

After a moment of silence, Alicia raised her head, looked around the house with a faint smile, and said:

"Really...really back here again. After being caught this afternoon, I never thought I'd be able to come back here."

As she spoke, she buried her face between her legs again.

"I thought that even if he was taking advantage of me, even if he had ulterior motives, I had done so much for Duke Brian. He wouldn't... wouldn't... apologize."

The girl said this and sighed deeply:

"I'm sorry, you warned me, but I was still... too naive... I'm sorry, and thank you for everything."

Just a few minutes ago, Alicia was still heartbroken, but thinking about it now, she was really scared.

Want to end things with your own death?

Is it really?

Now that I think about it, it seems more like he was planning to die.

Aize shook his head:

"It can't be helped. You've never had in-depth communication with humans before, right? It's only natural that you don't understand and are deceived."

Rather, if Alicia really understood humans well, she should be able to hide among them perfectly and live peacefully.

With her abilities, she shouldn't be exposed at all.

No matter how similar they look, if they don't understand the complexity of human or demon society and emotions, they will inevitably become like this.

Alicia nodded wordlessly.

Then there was silence.

Only the crackling of the wood in the stove and the bubbling of water in the cauldron still echoed.

Suddenly, Alicia raised her head, looked at Aize and said:

"Can I ask you for this?"

"Um?"

"To survive in this form, I need to understand humans better. So, can I observe you? Can I ask you if there's anything I don't understand?!"

There seemed to be a glimmer of light in the girl's lifeless eyes.

She means it.

But this request made Aize feel troubled.

"Uh, this doesn't seem appropriate, does it? Look, in this world, I'm not a normal person, am I?"

Alicia was going to live in this world, but she was an alien to this world.

Even if I can't leave and have to stay here for the rest of my life, I will still be an outsider.

If Alicia just wants to live a peaceful life, studying herself may not be a good choice.

And the so-called observational learning... isn't it a bit too abstract?

What specifically needs to be done?

It's totally unimaginable.

"If you want to learn... Look, we should treat the people in this village as our compatriots. Wouldn't it be better to learn from them? Although mixed-bloods may have some differences from humans, after all..."

Aize was still racking his brains to think of words to explain, but Alicia suddenly lowered her eyes and became depressed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even the light in his eyes seemed to be extinguished.

"That's it."

"well?"

"I see. Anyway, Aize doesn't want me to study, right? Haha, yes, come to think of it, after all... you see, I'm a monster."

"……Well?"

"It must be disgusting to be stared at by a monster like me, right? I'm sorry, I'm so proud of myself..."

After saying that, he buried his face in his bed again and went back into autistic mode.

This time, Aize is no longer able to deal with it.

What do you mean by not understanding humans? It's only been a few seconds, and you've already mastered moral blackmail!?

Uh, no.

With Alicia's diode-like thinking, maybe she really thought so?

If that's the case, isn't it a bit too much? After all, it's not an excessive request...

It's funny to say that.

Faced with Heidi's moral kidnapping, Aize was able to respond perfectly without any psychological burden.

Because he was 100% sure that the other party was fake.

But facing Alicia, who is already difficult to understand, he is a little confused.

His reputation was ruined.

At this moment, Anna, who was standing in the kitchen boiling water, stuck her head out at the right time and came to finish off the opponent.

"Oh, big brother made me cry. I was only away for a short while, but I was very good at it."

"well?"

"Big Brother, you're an expert at making women cry."

"No, wait? There's something wrong with what you said. Who taught you that? I need to talk to him."