Demon King – Chapter 205 – The Pain of Being Unable to Sleep

Two days later, after his parents came back from their hometown, Jiaqi bid farewell to the two little lolis and went home with his father and mother.

Today was still a workday, so both Eiyuan and Liu Wan were out because of work. The little Demon Lord sprawled lazily on the living room sofa, fiddling with her phone.

As for her dear sister Eiya… she was in her room working on her homework. It had to be said, the amount of homework for junior high schoolers these days really was a lot… in some ways, the pressure of the high school entrance exam might even surpass the college entrance exam.

These past few nights, Eiya had been sneaking into Eiru’s room to sleep. Even though both their bedroom doors were locked from the inside, the fact their parents hadn’t discovered it was already a miracle.

“I kinda want to pet Gulu; it’s so unbearable not having a cat to cuddle…” Thinking about the fluffy big cat, the Demon Lord sighed.

Unfortunately, her father and mother were firmly against keeping pets… otherwise she really would have asked Eiya to plead on her behalf and borrow Gulu from Yuki for a few days.

“Lu Brat, you there?” Just as Her Majesty the Demon Lord was busy daydreaming, her beloved best friend suddenly sent her a message.

“I’m here… what’s up?”

“Are you free these days? I’ll take you somewhere…”

“Where to?”

“I saw that this hot spring place has an event, but I don’t know if you can handle it…”

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The moment she saw the words ‘hot spring’, Eiru frowned… damn it, water again? She’d just barely escaped from the water park recently, and now you want me to soak in a hot spring?

“I know you’re afraid of water, but don’t you always ache all over when it rains? Hot springs are good for your body, so think about it…” Unlike her sister’s strange motives, Yuki did seem to be considering her health this time. She really didn’t have a solid reason to refuse.

“Oh right, ask little Lu girl too… doesn’t she also have aches when it rains? I can take care of both of you.”

“Fine, I’ll think about it…” After asking for the time and place, she scratched her head in frustration.

The question of going or not could wait, but if she agreed, only either her male form or female form could go… should she attend in her true body? Or go disguised as a boy?

Should she bring Eiya along? The thought only lasted a few seconds before Her Majesty the Demon Lord denied it. With the way she treated Jiaqi, she’d definitely be a nuisance to Yuki, and maybe even expose her secret.

Just ignore it for now… Scratching her head, Eiru decided to check if her sister had finished her homework.

Just as Eiya clung to her, Eiru herself had also grown more and more attached to her little sister. She hadn’t realized it, but even if she did, she still wouldn’t admit it… but since Eiya was one of the few people who knew her true identity, the little Demon Lord did depend on her.

“Little Eiya, did you finish your homework?” As Eiya was tidying her desk, a small head poked in through the doorway.

“I finished today’s work… what’s up?” Eiya replied as she put her workbook into her bag.

“Nothing, I’m just bored and wanted to play with you…”

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If it were before, when her magic was weak, she would’ve just curled up in her room and slept… but lately she hadn’t been using much magic, and had stored up plenty.

So now, with magic to spare and brimming with energy, she urgently needed something to pass the time.

“Sure, what do you want to play? Do you want to cuddle?” Eiya climbed onto her bed, patting the empty space beside her as an invitation.

“No cuddling, I just want something to do…” Hugging a pillow, Eiru flopped down beside her sister.

“I’ve got two advanced math exercise books Cousin Miao left here…”

“Are you a devil? You want me to do advanced math?” Eiru looked at her in disbelief. “That’s inhuman!”

“I mean… I want you to deliver them to Cousin Miao…” Eiya twitched her lips. “He bought them before, and left them here. We forgot to let him take them last time.”

“Oh, then never mind…” The little Demon Lord plopped back down. “I’m not going out, forget it…”

“I didn’t expect you to. Honestly, you probably don’t even know where Cousin Miao lives now, do you?”

“Emmm… I guess I really don’t?” After living away from home for years and never paying attention to family matters, she truly didn’t know much about them.

“Forget it… anyways, how’s your hand?” Eiya sighed, changing the subject to her sister’s health.

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“Totally healed, my recovery’s super strong!” Eiru sat up and waved her hand at her sister.

“That’s good. Come nap with me… I’ve been doing exercises all day and I’m tired.” With that, Eiya pulled the little loli into her arms and lay down.

“Wait, what? I’m wide awake! Didn’t we say we’d play together?”

“We’ll play when I wake up. If you can’t sleep, count sheep… I need a hug pillow.” With a careless look, Eiya squeezed the loli tighter.

“I’m your brother, not your pillow! Let go! Let me out!” Eiru struggled desperately.

Finally she wasn’t drowsy anymore, her spirit felt normal, and yet this unlucky sister was forcing her to sleep?

“Okay, hug pillow sister, let’s sleep together…”

“Are you even listening to me?!”

But seeing her sister already closing her eyes, the little Demon Lord eventually gave up resisting. After all, she always indulged her… so sleeping a bit was fine.

But she really didn’t know what to do, she had no sleepiness at all and was lying down wide awake. After thinking for a while, she tried her sister’s suggestion… the most traditional method.

“One sheep… two sheep… three sheep…”

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—Demon Lord counting sheep—

“Such a nice nap…” Eiya yawned, rubbing her loli pillow’s hair.

“Five thousand four hundred and thirty-two sheep…” Half asleep, Eiru muttered words that left her sister shocked.

“You didn’t sleep at all?”

“What do you think? Ah… damn, where was I?” Interrupted mid-count, Her Majesty scratched her head in distress.

“Five thousand four hundred something, I forgot the rest…” Eiya replied honestly.

“This is torture! The feeling of not being able to sleep!” Clutching her head in frustration, Eiru almost missed the days when she was exhausted from magic depletion. Being wide awake and unable to sleep was far worse than being tired all day.

Translator Note

I’m sleepy tho 😀 (also, alcohol sucks)