Demon King – Chapter 252 – Tofu Block Warning

“Hey Lu bro, what exactly do you see in Yue Yue? She actually has a pretty bad reputation among the girls in our class…” a boy leaned over curiously, while the rest of the group pricked up their ears, waiting for Eiru’s answer.

As boys, they didn’t really hate or reject Yue Yue. After all, they didn’t have any grudges against her. It was just that since the other girls in the class excluded her, they also didn’t dare get too close.

That’s the thing with school bullying. Most of it is started by a handful of people, while the rest become bystanders who reinforce it. Luckily, Yue Yue still had Su Qianmeng and Su Qianchen as good friends.

“Not really, I think she’s pretty cute…” Hearing people say Yue Yue had a bad reputation, Eiru immediately thought it must be gossip made up by the girls who disliked her in order to isolate her.

“That’s true, Yue Yue really is the prettiest girl in our class… so Lu bro, you’re just after her body then?” Once the talk opened up, everyone found that Eiru wasn’t as scary as they thought, and the teasing quickly started.

“Uh…” Eiru was a bit speechless, recalling her impression of Yue Yue. “I actually think personality-wise, she’s a really good girl.”

From what Eiru had seen, Yue Yue’s personality was really not bad at all. Despite being isolated and bullied for so long, she never tried to take revenge on them, which showed her kindness and generosity.

She knew how to be thankful and was easygoing, and as long as others were willing, she could quickly get along with them. She was careful and good at looking after others, yet not high-profile or troublesome… this quiet but slightly lively music-loving girl could be considered the ideal girlfriend type for many.

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And from the way she handled things, it was clear she was also very smart. After she was isolated by the class, she quickly found Eiru to act as her umbrella in order to avoid being bullied further.

She didn’t deliberately spread rumors in return but instead used her actions to cleverly create misunderstandings, borrowing Eiru’s name to protect herself. That’s not something just anyone could think of, let alone pull off.

Add to that her cute looks worthy of being voted the class flower, Eiru thought that if she hadn’t turned into a loli, she really might have developed feelings for an ideal-girlfriend-type like Yue Yue.

But then again, why would such a clever and lively girl end up in the problem class? Judging by her behavior, her grades shouldn’t be that bad…

“Anyway, now that it’s basically confirmed you two are a couple, with you protecting her, the girls in the class probably won’t dare target Yue Yue anymore…” a boy shrugged and gave his conclusion, with the rest of the boys nodding in agreement.

“To be honest, we actually don’t get along with those shrews in class either…” With that topic wrapped up, the boys started explaining the class situation to Eiru—since everyone knew she wasn’t familiar with it.

From their explanation, Eiru finally understood what kind of mess Class 22 really was—in short, the boys and girls really didn’t get along.

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Most of the girls liked to gossip, scheme, and stir up trouble, and the boys had been annoyed with them for a long time. But since they were stuck in the same class, they never said it openly.

As a problem class, Class 22 was made up entirely of students with poor grades. Because everyone was basically at the same trash level, they got along happily—at least there was no looking down on others because of test scores.

And since nobody cared about studying, compared to other classes, they actually had more time to hang out and bond, which strengthened the class’s overall relationships…

Of course, that only applied to the boys. Boys found joy in simple things, shared a lot of common ground, and had no problem talking. The girls were different—their side was complete chaos.

Compared to boys, girls were much more prone to competing and forming cliques. To be honest, relationships between girls were far more extreme than those between boys.

If the relationship was good, they would be extremely close, hugging and kissing each other casually. If the relationship was bad… there was endless scheming, backstabbing, and doing everything possible to ruin the other person’s life.

It wasn’t that such cases didn’t exist among boys, but they were much rarer. Before entering society, boys usually had bigger hearts, and if there was a conflict, they preferred settling it with fists. The ones who resorted to underhanded tricks were despised by everyone.

So unlike the boys who blended together as one, the girls of Class 22 were split into multiple cliques. Conflicts constantly arose between them, and they often did ridiculous things that left others speechless.

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“Lights out, lights out, stop hanging around there!” While they were chatting, the scheduled bedtime arrived. With the sound of the bugle signaling lights out, several instructors entered the big dormitory and shouted at the students still not back in bed.

When the instructors appeared, the group of boys scattered like birds and quickly returned to their beds. Eiru did the same, taking off her jacket, climbing into bed, and covering herself with the towel blanket she had brought.

It had been mentioned earlier that many people brought their own blankets during military training. One reason was doubt over the hygiene of the issued blankets, but there was also a more important reason.

What left the deepest impression during military training? Standing at attention? Push-ups, squats, and sit-ups? Or marching in step?

No, no, no, the most unforgettable thing was folding the blanket into a tofu block. ¹ Basically folding their blanket in a clean and precise military style Not that it couldn’t be done, but it was just too troublesome. Not everyone was willing to spend the time to fold it perfectly.

“Instructor, could you show us how to do it?” During the instructor’s demonstration on tidying up the dorm, many people used this excuse to have the instructor fold a standard tofu block for them. Then they never touched it again.

At night, they would sleep under their own blanket, and before leaving, they would pack it away and leave the instructor-folded blanket at the head of the bed. That way, they didn’t need to worry about failing inspection for messy folding.

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Of course, our little demon lord did the same. After tricking her instructor into folding the blanket, it never moved from the head of her bed again. She wasn’t planning on using it anyway—she intended to sleep near the water tower instead.

Her luck was actually pretty good and she managed to trick her instructor. Later on, as more and more people asked for demonstrations, the instructors caught on quickly.

So for the last few batches, after folding the blankets nicely, the instructors smiled faintly… and then deliberately messed them up again.

When the blankets were scattered apart, seeing the group’s expressions as if they had just swallowed flies, Eiru was almost tempted into rolling around laughing in her bed.

Translator Note

Eiru is slowly but surely succumbing to her loli instincts even in her male body… I wonder how long before she starts cuddling people before realizing she’s in her disguise 😀