Demon King – Chapter 287 – What Did the Demon Lord Witness?

“What’s up with Yuki? It looks like he lost his soul?” Ziyu nudged Jixian beside him, whispering a question.

“Don’t ask me, how should I know?” Watching Yuki sigh, Jixian replied casually, but from his look he could more or less guess what had happened upstairs…

Though Yuki had said he didn’t care and wouldn’t interfere, in the end he still couldn’t rest easy and followed them. When he arrived, he saw the scene of a certain girl, Eiru, curled up in Jiaqi’s arms. At once, his heart nearly stopped.

Lu Brat, my Lu Brat… When he returned, Yuki slumped blankly into his chair, sighing inwardly again and again—he really looked like a man with a broken heart.

Since he was afraid he couldn’t bear it, Yuki didn’t dare look any longer at that time. He fled the scene quickly—so naturally he failed to notice the strange weakness in the loli’s expression.

I’m really dumb, truly… I knew she was silly and cute, but I never thought she could be this easy to take. So why did it turn out like this? If only I had made a move earlier, maybe now she would be the one lying in…

Wait? She often curls up in my arms too… Yuki suddenly realized something—it wasn’t the first time this girl had acted coquettish and snuggled into someone’s arms, was it?

Suddenly he felt a glimmer of hope. Maybe his best friend was just habitually too easygoing, and the two of them probably hadn’t actually become a thing yet…

“What’s he doing? A Yuki face-changing show? Are you rehearsing for a play?” Seeing the wonderful changes on Yuki’s face, Ziyu nudged Jixian again to ask.

“I told you, don’t ask me, how would I know…”

After waiting anxiously for what felt like forever, about an hour later Jiaqi finally returned with Eiru. Seeing that all too familiar petite figure again, Yuki nearly rushed forward to hug her tightly and never let go…

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Once back, the little Demon Lord rummaged in the wardrobe, pulled out a set of clothes, and started climbing into the dark little room.

“Lu Brat? You’re going out?” Watching his best friend carrying clothes to the little black room to change, Yuki felt like the sun had to be rising from the west.

This shut-in girl actually intended to go out? Without anyone even inviting her? That was too unscientific…

“Yeah, I’m planning to go home… I have some things to take care of.” Wearing a white blouse and a brown suspender skirt, her body temporarily recovered, Eiru slowly crawled out from the little black room.

Back in her seat at the bottom bunk, she answered Yuki while pulling a pair of black knee-high socks onto her legs.

“Want me to walk you?”

“No need, I can take the subway back by myself.” She waved him off and stood, then stretched the wings behind her after putting on her shoes.

“Little princess, you’re running off? We’ll miss you…” Ziyu once again ran his mouth.

“Miss me my ass, I’ll be back tomorrow, won’t I? I’m off, bye…” Rolling her eyes, the Demon Lord flapped her wings and flew straight out from the balcony.

“Qi, do you know why she’s going back?” After Eiru left, Yuki still couldn’t help worrying. From his impression, she was someone who hated going home.

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“Because of her sister…” Jiaqi patted Yuki’s shoulder. “Only Eiya could get her to go back…”

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“Dad, it’s the weekend～ I want to eat out…” Eiya dove into her father Eiyuan’s arms, acting spoiled.

Normally, even on weekends, Eiru and Eiya’s parents were busy outside. It was rare for both of them to be home resting like today.

“Where do you want to eat? Go ask your mom first, we can only go out if she agrees…” Leaning back on the sofa watching TV, Eiyuan put down the remote and ruffled his daughter’s hair.

“Eh…” Eiya looked reluctant. “Can’t you go ask, Dad? Mom’s always against eating out… if I ask, she’ll definitely refuse.”

“So all the hard jobs are left for Dad, huh? You’re really a good daughter…” Eiyuan laughed and tapped her on the head. “Sit here, I’ll go talk to your mom.”

“Mhm!”

If only sister were back… but with how much she disliked their parents, if she came back she’d probably be even less happy? Eiya thought to herself as she watched her father’s back while sitting on the sofa obediently.

It’d be nice if they could get along, but that seemed unlikely… Eiya smiled bitterly at the thought.

The resentment between their parents and her sister wasn’t built in a day. Although Eiru always hid it well and hardly paid attention to her parents, as her biological sister, Eiya could see the loathing and impatience behind that obedience.

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Even after she’d understood everything was a misunderstanding, and even reconciled with her sister, Eiya still couldn’t bring herself to persuade her—because she didn’t dare.

Eiru becoming like this was partly her fault, and she lacked the courage to speak up. Besides, she also sympathized with her sister’s plight, even once thinking maybe it would be better if her sister never came home at all…

After some discussion, Eiyuan managed to persuade Liu Wan, and the couple decided to take their beloved youngest daughter out for a rare meal together. Once they’d changed clothes, the three of them went out…

They eventually chose a nice restaurant in a nearby shopping mall. Since it was the weekend, they didn’t want to travel too far.

Because it was busy and they hadn’t made a reservation, they had to wait quite a while for a table. So during that time, Eiyuan and Liu Wan decided to take their daughter to browse the mall.

“Come on, Little Ya, try this dress on…”

“Should we buy some snacks to keep at home? But don’t eat too much, understand?”

“No milk tea, after dinner we can buy one. If you drink sweet stuff now you won’t be able to eat.”

Each holding one of her hands, Eiyuan and Liu Wan led Eiya out toward the mall’s storefronts.

“Oh right, Dad, Mom, I want to buy some…” Rubbing against Liu Wan’s arm, just as Eiya was about to act cute, she suddenly felt something. Her pupils widened, the words stuck in her throat…

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“What is it…” Both parents frowned at her strange behavior, then followed her gaze. Their pupils widened too, noticing that striking silver hair…

“Hello there…” Of course Eiyuan and Liu Wan remembered the girl who had left such a deep impression, so they politely greeted her.

The silver haired girl looked surprised too, but quickly regained her composure.

“Hello, Uncle, Auntie…” She nodded slightly. Though polite, her voice was filled with chilling coldness.

In the complicated gazes of the three, the silver haired girl didn’t look at them again and just walked coldly past as if they were strangers…

“Tch…” She never looked back. After walking quite a distance, she clicked her tongue, her expression utterly disdainful…

Only the faint wetness at the corner of her eyes betrayed her heart…

Translator Note

Eiru, seeing her “parents” spend time with and spoil Eiya, when they had never so much as given Eiru a glance… Sigh…