Demon King – Chapter 256 – Yuki Gradually Approaches the Distant Truth

“Where is he?” Looking at the empty platform on the fourth floor, Yuki glanced around but didn’t find the figure that should have been there.

He raised his head to glance at the water tower, but it was empty too. Neither his best bro nor that certain silver-haired girl were there.

“Tch… ran off again…” Yuki scratched his head, pulled out his phone, and dialed a number…

“Hey, Jiaqi, there’s something I want to ask you… You mentioned before that Little Lu and Eiya had some sort of health issue, and you said it had something to do with a legend from your hometown…”

Inside the little loft beside the water tower, a certain loli was still curled up under a coat, dozing lightly… because of her small body, she hadn’t been noticed by the person making the call down below.

—An hour later—

“Guuuh～” The alarm went off on her phone right on time. After turning it off, the little Demon Lord stretched, still looking drowsy and weak.

“Why do I feel like I heard Stupid Yuki’s voice…” Yawning, Her Majesty the Demon Lord looked down at the platform below in puzzlement, but didn’t see anyone there. Yuki had already left after making his call when he couldn’t find her.

Since she was only in a light sleep, she was half-awake the whole time. She vaguely thought she had heard her best bro’s voice. But since she didn’t see anyone when she woke up, she didn’t take it seriously.

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“So tired, so sleepy… I’m getting old, my back aches, my waist hurts…” Maybe it was the cold shower plus poor rest. It wasn’t serious, but for the past few days, Eiru had felt slightly feverish and dizzy.

“Uuu…” Puffing up her cheeks in frustration, the little Demon Lord felt like she had no strength in her body at all—military training really was too torturous for a loli…

“Time to gather…” Crawling out and stretching, she neatly folded the coat that had been her blanket back into the loft before shifting back into her male form and yawning her way downstairs…

Time passed, and it was already the morning of the last day of military training. Once the closing ceremony ended, these students… especially a certain loli… would finally be free from this suffering.

“Almost over, almost over, I want to go home, I want a hot shower, I want to sleep…” In the formation, Eiru kept muttering, while Yue Yue, who happened to be standing right in front of her, felt utterly speechless.

But in this time, one thing had left Eiru completely puzzled… about her beloved best bro, Yuki, something about him lately seemed off.

Though he wasn’t acting strange, doing everything as usual… for some reason, whenever he looked at her, his gaze held something different.

That look, full of care, sympathy, and a bunch of other unexplainable feelings, made Her Majesty the Demon Lord extremely uncomfortable—she even suspected for a moment that her best bro had turned gay and wanted to make a move on her…

But then she thought again and dismissed it. Forget the fact that he already liked a different girl, where would the spark even come from? They’d known each other for three or four years already. If something was going to happen, it would’ve happened long ago. And in this whole military training, there hadn’t even been any sort of opportunity for it… ¹ YOU IDIOT AHHHH

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Wait, maybe there was one… did he think I was dating Yue Yue? No way… just because of that? He’s going to abandon the girl he loves just to come mess with me?!

No, no, no, Stupid Yuki isn’t that kind of person… Eiru pushed the silly thought out of her head.

After knowing him for years, there was no way Yuki was the type to suddenly ‘turn gay’. And if he actually dared to pull something like that, she wouldn’t hesitate to let her sister give him a proper lesson…

Speaking of which, how far have Stupid Yuki and Eiya gotten? She didn’t even know when he’d started liking her sister… there wasn’t a single hint beforehand.

Wait, now that she thought about it, Yuki’s gaze… it did kind of resemble the way someone looks at their future brother-in-law? Oh, I get it. They must’ve confessed and things are moving along, that’s why he’s looking at me like that—Her Majesty the Demon Lord nodded, satisfied with her own conclusion. ² YOU FKING IDIOT SANDWICH AHHHHHHH

She’d just ask Eiya after she returned. After all, her sister’s lifelong happiness wasn’t something to take lightly… especially since this should be her first love.

But since neither of them wanted to tell her, they must not want to make it public yet. So she couldn’t ask directly, she’d have to be subtle… which was a bit troublesome.

So Eiru kept thinking while in formation, weighing her words and how to ask about the progress of her sister’s relationship when the time came.

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Meanwhile, the very Yuki she was thinking about was also in formation, running his own calculations—he had to come up with a way to catch Lu Brat and Little Lu together…

Even without solid proof, Yuki was already almost certain his best bro and his crush were the same person—it was only some small details that kept him from being sure…

Since magic was already in play, Yuki didn’t bother sticking to normal thought anymore. He let his imagination run wild…

Were Lu Brat and Little Lu two consciousnesses sharing the same existence? Or the result of a dual personality? How had the two of them even come to be like this?

He still didn’t know if his best bro was primarily ‘Lu Brat’, or if it was actually ‘Little Lu’ leading the way. The fact that they both had distinct, real bodies only made him more confused…

The most reasonable explanation he could come up with was—Eiru was born a girl, but inside her resided a male personality called ‘Lu Brat’ that influenced her…

And after years of living like this, the two personalities had reached a balance, but the ‘Lu Brat’ side took the dominant role… which explained why Little Lu always acted like a boy.

No wonder her family didn’t treat her well… a dual personality like that would easily get her rejected. The health issue didn’t quite fit this explanation, but Yuki wasn’t worrying about that right now…

If that was the case, then what was her orientation? Every time Yuki thought about this, he felt like tearing his hair out. Liking someone with dual personalities was like dating two people at once. Even if he could win over Little Lu, he wasn’t sure he could win over his best bro.

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‘Lu Brat’ was dating Yue Yue, but ‘Little Lu’ had clearly said before that she liked boys… so what the hell was he supposed to do? He couldn’t exactly tear Eiru into two halves, could he?

If Eiru was only one consciousness, or if ‘Little Lu’ hadn’t clearly expressed  that she liked boys, maybe Yuki really would’ve chosen not to fight Yue Yue…

But the problem was that even if ‘Lu Brat’ liked Yue Yue, ‘Little Lu’ didn’t… so Yuki had decided he would still fight for her…

Flirt with my bro all you want, and if my bro agrees, I don’t mind—I’ll even give you two my blessing…

But my wife doesn’t have feelings for you. If you try to take my future wife away with you, that’s something I can’t accept…

Translator Note

FINALLY YUKI’S SINGULAR BRAINCELL MADE ANOTHER NEURAL CONNECTION