The Tale of Hero Alice’s Social Death

for a few days.
For this, Alice could only apologize to the elves from the bottom of her heart.
If it wasn't because of all the spies she had encountered, she wouldn't have been so worried about revealing her Hero identity to others.
On the bright side, Alice had already secured the rights to the Fruit of God for the elves, so this could be considered a sort of compensation to the elves.

After getting dressed, Alice walked up to the balcony and looked outside.
Then, she noticed that the situation outside was just like Lalu described.
The elves walking on the streets outside all wore stern expressions on their faces, making it seem like a storm was coming.

It seems I should finish learning those taboos as quickly as possible.
With Abel's help, I should be able to shorten my learning period.

Alice felt that her improved talent for studying must've affected her attitude toward studying.
After all, when she thought about learning more taboos, a sense of yearning and delight filled her body.
Before transmigrating to this world, she had never been so motivated to study before.

“By the way, do you remember what I told you about the fruit that grows on top of the Tree of Nature, Alice?” Lalu suddenly asked after walking up to the balcony as well.
“I'm talking about the fruit that disappears and leaves beside a Seed of Nature after getting plucked.”

Alice froze a little upon hearing Lalu's question.
Then, she asked, “I do.
What about it?”

“Didn't the academy organize a climbing activity to the Tree of Nature's top this morning? Although I wasn't interested in it, I followed the tour and noticed a very strange phenomenon,” Lalu said as she looked at Alice.
Then, in a whisper, she said, “There are five fruits growing on top of the Tree of Nature right now.
Meanwhile, according to previous estimates, these fruits should take at least another 40 years to ripen.
However, when we climbed to the top today, we found that the fruits were growing abnormally fast.”

“Oh? How fast?”

Realization dawned upon Alice.
This should be the result of the Loli Goddess removing the flavor concentration cycle from the Fruit of God's growth cycle.
As a result, the growth cycle had shortened drastically, and they managed to achieve rapid growth in just one night.

“I'm acquainted with the tour guide, so I asked her about it.
She told me that if the fruits continue growing at this rate, they should ripen in a few days,” Lalu said with a hint of joy on her face.
“This means that in a few days, the village will have a new batch of Seeds of Nature.
If that's true, you shouldn't have any problems getting the Seed of Nature you asked for before.”

“Is that so?” Alice smiled.
In reality, though, she didn't really need the elves to give her a Seed of Nature anymore.

…

“We can give you four Seeds of Nature if you really want them.”

At the edge of the Elven Forest, the Elven Patriarch Elway stood facing the demon army with a confident expression.
Evidently, he had also learned about the situation surrounding the Tree of Nature's fruits.

“However, you'll have to wait a few days.
We can give you four Seeds of Nature in a few more days.
Also… We'll also need you to sign a peace agreement to ensure that the demons will not attack the elves for no reason.”

The person responsible for handling negotiations on the demon's side this time was Davis, Alice's acquaintance and Flaman's close aide.
Originally, he had intended on dragging this situation out following Alice's instructions.
However, he didn't think that the elven patriarch, who had still been negotiating with him tentatively this morning, would suddenly agree to his demand for four Seeds of Nature a few hours later.
Moreover, the elven patriarch looked very confident when he agreed to this absurd demand.

This situation put Davis in an awkward situation.
After all, he remembered Alice saying that the elves absolutely could not produce four Seeds of Nature.
So, what was with this situation?