Demon King – Chapter 285 – I Don’t Give Myself Away for Free

“Turns out today it’s you treating me, Stupid Qi?” At noon after class, the little Demon Lord was still sitting on Yuki’s bed, seeing her childhood friend walk in while carrying a box of fried noodles.

“Yuki’s teacher had something to discuss with him, so he won’t be back for lunch today… so he asked me to bring you food.” Setting the fried noodles on the desk, Jiaqi explained to the silver haired girl.

“I slipped out early to get this for you, otherwise I’d have to wait in line for a year… hurry and come down to eat.”

“Oh…”

“How much was this?” Sitting down at the desk and opening her lunch, Her Majesty the Demon Lord asked the most important question on her mind.

“Twenty five. You said you wanted more beef, so I asked them to add extra for you…”

“So expensive… I’ll transfer it to you later. You said Stupid Yuki had something, so what about Stupid Mu and Stupid Yu, are they not back yet?”

“They’re happily lining up at the cafeteria, want to go see how many people are downstairs?” Jiaqi gave her a glare. This girl skipped class every day, so she clearly had no idea how terrifying the cafeteria right after class could be.

“No thanks, I’ve seen it once before… it’s really scary. That’s why I prefer buying ingredients and cooking myself. Of course, if someone else cooks for me, that’s the best～”

Jiaqi silently poked at his food. He wasn’t hearing this kind of embarrassing comment for the first time—his childhood friend would always slack off whenever she could, although she is a demon king. ¹ I couldn’t resist the title drop 😀

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“By the way, Stupid Qi, do you have any good ideas to pass time? Staying in the dorm is so boring…”

“If you’re bored, go to class. Immerse yourself in the ocean of knowledge, then you’ll find…”

“That staying in the dorm isn’t so boring after all, right?” The little Demon Lord cut him off.

“As long as you understand…” Jiaqi scooped another bite of rice. “Be glad you can stay in the dorm and mess around.”

“Tch…”

“Anyway, what do you plan to do later? I mean with romance. Don’t tell me you actually plan to find a boyfriend?” With no one else around, Jiaqi finally asked his childhood friend a question about her lifelong future.

“I haven’t thought about it, I’m just taking things step by step…” Biting her chopsticks and thinking for a moment, Eiru gave a vague answer.

Besides, not counting the problems from her inhuman identity, she didn’t have much time left to live anyway. Really dating someone would just be irresponsible to the other person, wouldn’t it? What’s the point of starting something when she might be gone soon?

“How should I put it, if you really got picked up by some guy, I’d actually feel pretty depressed…” Jiaqi looked at his childhood friend not far away with a helpless face. “We’ve played together since we were little…”

“What? You like me? If you want to date me you’d better think carefully…” Her Majesty the Demon Lord sounded a bit surprised. “Don’t forget, I used to be a guy.”

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“I know, I can’t really explain it… just, be careful not to get tricked by someone. You’re so dumb right now, it makes me nervous…” Scratching his head, Jiaqi didn’t know how to put his feelings into words.

If you asked whether he had feelings, Jiaqi definitely did. After all, this loli was exactly his type in every way… pretty, good personality, and most importantly easy to communicate with—a straight thinking girl like this was basically a dream. No weird miscommunication problems at all.

But unlike Yuki, Jiaqi had never been around Eiru in her loli form, he didn’t have those years of transition and accumulation… so the fact that she used to be male still weighed heavily on him.

So now Jiaqi’s feelings were conflicted. On the one hand he couldn’t easily accept her, on the other hand he didn’t want this childhood friend he’d played with for so long to be taken by someone else.

“Well… for now I’m not really thinking about romance or anything. If you don’t want the good stuff to flow to outsiders, you’ve still got plenty of time and chances.” Speaking with a calm expression, the little Demon Lord’s tone made it sound like she was talking about someone else entirely.

“You make it sound like you’re trying to sell yourself. If Little Ya found out, she’d definitely beat you up…” Jiaqi retorted. “But she did tell me and Yuki to keep a closer eye on you, so you don’t just give yourself away without realizing it.”

“You’re the one who gives themself away! With conditions this good, of course I charge! And my price is really high!”

No, this sounded even stranger, didn’t it? Jiaqi grumbled in his heart, not sure what to say anymore—fine, fine, maybe later he’d just tell Eiya all about her sister’s glorious words.

“Why do I feel like you’re plotting something bad…” The girl’s instincts told her something was off.

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“Not at all, you’re just imagining things…” Jiaqi calmly denied it.

He was only planning to tell her dear little sister about her interactions with Yuki, that wasn’t really bad, was it…

——Divider——

After being busy all morning, Yuki finally returned to the dorm. As soon as he opened the door, he was greeted by a scene that gave him a headache…

A silver haired girl was lying on his bed with her head hanging over the edge, while three boys stood below her, each holding a little snack and feeding her one by one. ² Honestly, peak.

“What… are you doing?” Yuki was at a loss for words, and after a long silence, only managed to utter those words.

“Feeding the loli, want to join?” Jiaqi split off some of his snacks and reached a hand out to Yuki, inviting him to join in their newly discovered game.

“….”

“I can’t eat anymore, save the rest for later…” Waving her hand, Eiru indicated that her little belly couldn’t handle so much. She couldn’t take any more food from these three.

“Wait, don’t pull back…” Yuki suddenly stopped the girl who was about to retreat back into bed, and quickly came to stand before her.

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“I told you not to eat on the bed… there’s crumbs everywhere, where am I supposed to sleep tonight?” Pulling out a tissue, Yuki thoughtfully wiped her mouth.

“I was careful, I ate outside the sheets so nothing fell on the bed.” The little Demon Lord voiced her protest while having her face held and wiped.

“Oh my god, he’s the mother!” Ziyu suddenly shrieked to hype things up. “This is the legendary male mother raising his loli son!”

What kind of nonsense was that? Both Eiru and Yuki thought the same thing at once.

“Pfft, what loli son? We’re good brothers, okay? Stop projecting your relationship with Stupid Mu onto other people!” The little Demon Lord quickly denied it after realizing what was said.

“Pffft!” Jixian, who had just sat down to rest and taken a sip of water, sprayed it all out—what the hell was this? Why was he getting caught in the crossfire while doing nothing?

Translator Note

The translator note ate the macho translator