Demon King – Chapter 238 – A Childhood Friend is Meant to Be Sold

“Big… big… big senior?!” The little Demon Lord froze. Standing before her was none other than Xinyue, the very same senior from the milk tea shop where she worked part time.

“Big senior?” Hearing the girl’s form of address, Xinyue frowned… in her memory, only one person had ever called her that.

But he was clearly a high school boy, so she couldn’t connect him at all with the girl in front of her… could it be his sister or something?

Eiya stood silently to the side, sighing inwardly at how small the world was… her sister’s circle was absurdly small.

“This is my online game buddy I told you about, my great partner… the Sika Deer~” Qi Yi hooked her arm around Eiru’s shoulder, introducing her to her friend.

“And this is her sister, it’s the first time I’ve met her too…”

With Qi Yi’s introduction, Xinyue looked over the two little girls who were way too cute… wait a second, why did they both look so familiar?

“Eiya?” Though the hair color didn’t match, Xinyue still tentatively confirmed.

“Mm~” Eiya nodded; her quiet demeanor completely unlike her usual brash self.

“Huh? You two know each other?!” Before Qi Yi could react, the little Demon Lord had already jumped up in surprise—she had never heard about her senior knowing her sister.

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“Sort of…” Xinyue gave an awkward smile…

But why was Eiya’s hair white now? It didn’t look dyed… it was actually quite nice, and the girl next to her must be her sibling? Both of them were pretty adorable…

After the introductions, the four of them split into pairs to do their own things. Eiru and Qi Yi flopped on the bed with their phones in hand, discussing game stuff, while Eiya and Xinyue sat awkwardly at the table in silence.

“So… what are you doing here?” Deciding the silence couldn’t go on, Xinyue spoke first to the girl beside her.

“I came with my sister and her friend to hang out, we’re going back tomorrow…” Eiya answered politely, though the atmosphere between them was undeniably awkward.

Oh, so that’s her sister… gotta take note of that. It turns out this little princess had an older sister. Xinyue glanced at the other silver-haired loli on the bed—but for some reason, she felt a strange familiarity toward her.

Why didn’t I play the same game… then I could join the conversation too. Hugging her juice cup, Eiya watched her sister chatting happily with someone else, a little sour in her heart.

And she really wasn’t close with the person beside her, they’d only crossed paths a few times… and they had nothing in common to talk about either. It was really awkward!

Eiya had always only acted bratty and willful in front of friends and family… but if she was with strangers, or people she wasn’t close with, she would transform into a typical lady from a noble family.

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Eiru had teased her about this before, though Eiru did admit it was actually good for her sister’s image outside, so she didn’t press Eiya… even if that contrast gave Eiru goosebumps.

Just imagine, someone normally bratty and willful suddenly turning into an obedient, sensible and adorable lady… the first thought would naturally be, “She must be up to something.”

—— Scene Shift ——

Yuki fiddled with his phone, and accidentally stumbled upon a trending thread about the recent Huanghai comic convention. His eyes caught the post with the most clicks and highest average score.

“Little Lu?” Clicking it, Yuki saw a girl who looked all too familiar—she was even wearing the very clothes he had given her that day, so there was no way he was mistaken.

So Lu Brat took her that day? No wonder she came back late… wait, but why did only Little Lu come back that night? Lu Brat didn’t come back the entire night…

Yuki sensed something was off. Honestly, he had never stopped investigating the silver-haired girl—though after learning she was supposedly his best friend’s sister, he had started to restrain himself.

But the girl was an unregistered resident. Even with Yuki’s extensive connections, he couldn’t dig up information about someone who technically didn’t exist… so his investigation had always hit a dead end.

Even now, what frustrated him most was that he still didn’t know the name of the girl he liked. Lu Brat and his sister Eiya should know, but both of them stubbornly refused to tell him… they were siblings after all.

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“Jiaqi, do you know what Little Lu’s name is?” Yuki looked up at his roommate, though he wasn’t expecting much.

“She didn’t tell you?” Jiaqi frowned… that brat really had issues. If she didn’t want others to know, fine, but she couldn’t even bother making up a fake name?

“Wait, you’ve known her for two or three years, and you don’t even know her name? How did you two even get so close?” Jiaqi was speechless at them both, but on the other hand, it also showed how close they were.

“So do you know? If you do, can you tell me?” From his reaction, Jiaqi might actually know, and Yuki got a bit excited.

“Why didn’t you just ask her when we were playing Airplane chess earlier? She chose truth, didn’t she?” Jiaqi scratched his head. “Never mind, I’ll tell you…”

Anyway, Lu Brat hadn’t asked him to keep it secret, so he might as well sell her out. And with that thought, Jiaqi held up one finger on each hand, then pressed them together.

“The two Lu Brats, they… share the same name.” With that last word, his fingers met—bro, that’s as much as I can give you, whether you figure it out is up to you.

“Same name? She’s also called Eiru?” Yuki’s heart jumped. Two siblings with the exact same name? That was way too abnormal.

But facing Yuki’s questioning, Jiaqi only smiled and waved his hand, refusing to answer further. If he said any more, Lu Brat would explode. It was better to let it be.

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Yuki leaned on his chin, lost in thought. He didn’t dare say anything else, but his investigation had made him certain that there was only one student named Eiru at Seventh High. If what Jiaqi said was true, then Little Lu couldn’t possibly be a student there.

Could they be the same person? Were they just messing with me this whole time? But Jiaqi clearly said “two Lu Brats”…

Yuki’s head hurt. He had considered the possibility before, but when he saw the two together, he dismissed it… but now Jiaqi’s words brought that thought back again.

Forget it, I’ll treat them as two people for now… Yuki exhaled and decided for the time being.

Lu Brat, Lu Loli, you two better not be the same person… because if I ever find out you’ve been messing with me all this time, I swear I’ll pin you to the bed and make you scream until you pass out. ¹ wtf…

With that thought, Yuki silently began drafting a plan in his head to test the two of them…

Translator Note

So… Yuki is starting to realize…? But… his threat doesn’t seem very wholesome at all…?