Demon King – Chapter 258 – Yue Yue Got Stood Up

On the rooftop of the teaching building, the silver-haired loli sat limply on the edge of the building with her legs dangling in the air… this dangerous posture and location made people worry she might slip and fall off at any moment.

Of course Her Majesty the Demon Lord dared to pull such a dangerous stunt because she had the confidence to be reckless—if  you can fly, you really can do whatever you want.

“I’m not listening to any speech…” basking in the morning sun, the little Demon Lord declared that only an idiot would stay to listen to an opening ceremony. Running away was the first priority.

“But it’s been two or three days and I still haven’t recovered, this time really was brutal…” she muttered, feeling her aching, weak, and powerless arms and legs—or rather, her whole body was still sore and limp.

Two straight weeks of grueling training and the lack of rest had even forced her demonic recovery ability to go on strike…Go on, go on! I’ll get back to work when you’ve rested enough!

So even after two days of weekend rest, Eiru’s frail and childish body still showed no sign of recovery… otherwise she wouldn’t be sitting here so weakly.

“Guuuh… so uncomfortable…” the little Demon Lord leaned to the side, lying halfway down on the edge of the rooftop. “I really want Stupid Yuki’s hugs and massages…”

Just as she was whining and acting cute, the ring on her tail suddenly delivered her a signal—the magic alarm she set at the stairwell entrance had been triggered…

“Someone’s coming?” Tilting her head, the Demon Lord immediately turned herself transparent before flying up to the highest part of the rooftop to hide…

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After all, on the rooftop she usually reverted to her true form to relax, with her wings and tail all fully exposed. Without that magic alarm, if someone suddenly barged in and discovered her, she’d really be done for…

As for Yuki, that was different. The Demon Lord had opened a backdoor ¹ Oh, she’s opening her backdoor for Yuki? :capoostare2: for her childhood friend, so he would never trigger her magic alarm whistle—maybe because she didn’t mind, or maybe because she secretly looked forward to him suddenly ambushing her…

“Eiru, Eiru, are you here?” The somewhat familiar voice made the hiding Eiru frown—who was that? She sounded familiar but she couldn’t recall exactly who… and besides, who would be that polite when calling for her?

Qi Rong wandered back and forth across the rooftop for quite a while. But forget the black-haired boy that Yue Yue mentioned, she didn’t even see a single shadow up here—was I tricked? Or did that truant brat catch wind and run off?

At least she could confirm one thing: the Eiru in her class probably just had the same name as that little demon. After all, he was a boy—the same boy who left his girlfriend abandoned in the classroom and ran out alone to skip class…

“Fine, I’ll remember you… I’ll definitely deal with you later…” As a newly appointed teacher and homeroom instructor, Qi Rong thought she should find a chance to give that truant brat a proper warning.

She decided she’d ask around about that kid’s history. Is skipping class his routine? Did his previous teachers just ignore it? Covering her forehead helplessly, Qi Rong pulled open the rooftop door and left this damned place…

After the person below left, the silver-haired girl poked out her head and removed her transparency… pondering that person’s identity…

Why did she look so familiar… wait? Wasn’t she that old otaku who hid indecent figurines in her cabinet? How did she find this place… was I sold out?

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That thought barely lasted before Eiru shook her head to deny it—Uncle Li wasn’t that kind of person, and Uncle Qi Fang didn’t even know she was studying here. It had to just be coincidence…

Forget it, back to sunbathing and resting… dressed in the Seventh High uniform, the little Demon Lord found another spot to sit down.

“Don’t listen to that boring speech Stupid Yuki, come up here and keep me company…”

While stretching out her long legs covered in black knee-high socks, she really wished her childhood friend would come help massage her legs…

When Qi Rong returned to the classroom and saw she was the only one back, the students weren’t surprised—she wasn’t the first to try catching Eiru, nor the first to fail at catching him…

If Yuki were here, he would probably give a little speech—many have tried, but only I succeeded… end of story.

“Teacher Qi, don’t bother with him… Eiru’s a special case, even the director turns a blind eye to his skipping.” A few boys in the front row kindly spoke up and quickly offered words of comfort, worried the new homeroom teacher might get frustrated…

“No way, skipping class is bad… I’ll definitely catch him! I don’t believe he won’t return to class even once the whole day…” Qi Rong refused to accept this… how could a student be this unruly? He had to be properly educated…

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The classroom’s right here and besides, his girlfriend’s also here… he can’t run forever. Just wait, she’d catch him for sure.

No, you’re overthinking it, he really won’t come back all day—that was the shared thought of the class.

The students of Class 22 were already used to it. After all, he only showed up really early in the morning… if not for the military training, most people in class still wouldn’t know what he looked like.

So unless Qi Rong caught him in the morning, even if she waited here until the end of time, the truant king of Seventh High would never appear…

Forget it, let’s give this young homeroom teacher a lesson and let her learn how cruel the world is… the classmates all exchanged glances. No one spoke up to warn the indignant teacher, silently reaching a consensus.

But Yue Yue was really pitiful, abandoned by her boyfriend and left all alone in the classroom… Everyone looked back with sympathetic eyes at the last row…

And in that last row, Yue Yue sat gloomily with her chin propped up in her hand while staring at the empty seat beside her, sulking and dazing off.

Even if it’s just pretend, I’m still your nominal girlfriend… running off and leaving me here alone, what’s that supposed to mean? You promised you’d stay in class more, you said you’d accompany me…

I even asked Yuki and found out you liked stockings, so I specially wore these black knee-high socks that I rarely wear with the school uniform dress… I wanted you to see, I wanted to hear your opinion…

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But today you didn’t see, and instead all the other boys got an eyeful… and today, I probably still won’t get to see you…

Full of grievance, the girl who’d been stood up by her crush grew more and more upset. Under the gaze of the whole class, she slumped onto her desk.

Burying her face in her arms where no one could see, Yue Yue pouted her lips in dissatisfaction…

Translator Note

Man, poor Yue Yue. Even though we all know the real reason why Eiru has never given her a thought, she certainly doesn’t feel that way. At least be there for your friend smh… Although, Eiru does need to recharge after the military training…

For premium readers, I miswrote in my TL note last chapter that Qi Rong was Eiru’s senpai. This is wrong, Qi Rong is Qi Fang’s daughter as outlined in the chapter… I fixed last chapter, but also adding here for you guys <3