Demon King – Chapter 312 – “Insurance Mechanism”

“Where did you two run off to flirt? You’re not even taking a nap, class is about to start…” Seeing the couple stroll back in, Jixian couldn’t help but complain.

“Wait? Did Lu Brat fall asleep?” Jiaqi was the first to notice the silver haired girl curled up in Yuki’s arms, with her eyes closed as she slept soundly.

“What did you… do to her?” Ziyu’s words made the three turn their eyes toward Yuki with suspicion. It was like they were saying “I never thought you were that kind of guy”.

“She’s still just a kid, what did you do to tire her out like this? You’re full of sin…”

“No… I’m not taking the blame for this one.” Yuki of course knew what these guys were imagining, and looked helpless. This girl had just fooled around on the rooftop for a bit and then suddenly fell asleep, what did that have to do with him? ¹ Bruh, you’re at least 70% responsible for this.

“Lu Brat told me before that her mental state is tied to her magic reserves… seeing her like this now, it should be fatigue from mana depletion, right?” While explaining, Yuki glanced down at the girl in his arms, who smacked her lips a couple of times in her sleep, and couldn’t help showing the tender smile of someone doting on a child.

“But without her disguise, bringing her back was really not easy…”

Yuki sighed helplessly. With people constantly coming and going through the dorms, being seen carrying a little girl in his arms would definitely cause major trouble. Luckily Dorm 1503 was near the stairwell, and since not many people wandered around outside during the lunch break, he was able to sneak the girl back to the dorm without incident.

“Guuu~” At just the right time, a cute little murmur slipped from her lips. The Demon Lord shrank back into herself and pressed closer against Yuki’s chest under everyone’s gaze.

“Uh, Yuki…” Seeing his childhood friend react so sweetly, Jiaqi swallowed hard.

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“How about we make a deal, lend Lu Brat to me for five minutes… I want to hold a loli too…”

“No, I refuse, she’s my wife.” Without even a second of hesitation, Yuki flatly rejected him, clutching his little girlfriend tightly in his arms.

“She’s still my childhood friend, let me hug her, it’s not like I’d do anything…”

“No way, who lends out his wife to be hugged… though could you help take off her boots? I want to put her on the bed, but it’s hard to do while I’m holding her.”

“Fine…” Following Yuki’s request, Jiaqi moved to Eiru’s feet and tried to help his childhood friend remove her boots.

“Wow, who the hell made these boots? They’re impossible to take off! They’re completely stuck.”

“Don’t yank them, undo the two buckles at the top first, then ease them off…”

After struggling for a while, the two of them finally managed to remove the ridiculously complicated boots. Just as Yuki carried Eiru over toward the bed, Jiaqi’s uneasy voice piped up again.

“Hey, isn’t Lu Brat’s bed over there? Why are you putting her on your bed? What are you trying to pull?”

“Yuki, aren’t you going to class? Wouldn’t it be better to put the little princess in her little black room?” Jixian asked uncertainly, already half guessing what Yuki was planning.

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“I’m not going. I don’t feel safe leaving Lu Brat here alone. Help me ask for leave… I’ll stay with her.” Yuki skillfully undid her ponytail and smoothed her hair before laying his little girlfriend down flat on the bed and pulling a blanket over her.

“Damn, I want to stay with the loli too…” Jiaqi’s words got cut off halfway as Jixian and Ziyu clamped his mouth shut and pinned him down.

“Not to say, but Yuki, you’ve taken too many leaves recently… it could cause trouble. The little princess has stayed in the dorm by herself before, it’s not such a big deal, right?”

“I can’t help it, I just can’t rest easy leaving her alone now…” Yuki’s smile carried a hint of bitterness. Back when he didn’t know her body’s condition, maybe, but now? No way could he let his girlfriend stay alone.

“Fine, just keep it under control… we’ll head back to class.” Jixian gave Ziyu a meaningful glance, and the latter immediately caught on.

The two of them dragged away the thrashing Jiaqi, suppressing his muffling shouts with his mouth still covered, like they were defusing a bomb about to go off just because his childhood friend had been stolen away.

“Phew…” With the dorm door shut, Yuki let out a breath of relief. From the bottom of his heart, he was grateful for his considerate roommates who even thoughtfully locked the door behind them.

“Lu Brat, you absolutely can’t sneak away on me…” Stroking the girl’s cute cheek, Yuki smiled warmly, lay down beside her, and wrapped her in his arms before closing his eyes as well.

——Dividing Line——

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“I told you to find the Abyssal Amber, and you spend the whole time on vacation outside?” At the border between dream and reality, the silver haired girl scolded the identical figure before her, giving her head a few sharp knocks.

“Be reasonable, I don’t even remember once I leave… how is that my fault?” The Demon Lord looked wronged. If she couldn’t remember, how the hell was she supposed to carry it out?

“But you still shouldn’t be off on vacation! Don’t you value your life at all? Though… this really is a problem.” The Insurance Mechanism pulled her tail around to the front, and under the Demon Lord’s strange gaze, removed the ring from it.

“What’s with that look? This ring isn’t part of my body, it’s not sensitive like your stuff.” Noticing Eiru’s subtle expression, the Insurance Mechanism, who could read her thoughts, looked annoyed. “Why is this loli’s mind so dirty?”

“I’ve always wanted to ask, that ring of yours…” The Demon Lord looked like she wanted to say something but didn’t know how to phrase it.

“Indeed, the ring is a symbol of the Demon Lord’s sovereignty, something only direct descendants of the Demon Lord can possess…” Since she could sense the other’s thoughts, the Insurance Mechanism already knew Eiru’s question.

“That thing was given to me by you. I don’t have one of my own… it’s a fragment of the Authority of ‘Time’ you condensed.”

“Time?”

“Yes… you felt it before, right? That one time you woke up suddenly much recovered, you thought it was your final burst of life force?” The Insurance Mechanism explained, as the ring in her hand glowed blue.

“In fact, that was your body hitting a critical point, and I used ‘Time’ to dial it back. That’s what the old you set me here to do…”

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“Now only one last time remains. I’ll restore your body back to how it was before military training, giving you enough time to search…” As her words ended, the blue glow dimmed and the ring dissolved into particles before vanishing.

At the same time, Eiru felt her consciousness growing hazy again. It was the sign she was about to wake.

Watching her fade from the space again, the Insurance Mechanism sighed in relief. The horns on her head and wings at her back slowly turned transparent and disappeared.

“Cough, cough… using a fake voice is such a pain… honestly her voice is so hard to mimic.” The Insurance Mechanism coughed a couple times. As her voice shifted, the white star in her eyes disappeared as well.

She swished her tail, tilted her head, and looked at where the other girl’s figure had vanished, sighing deeply.

“In the end, I can’t help much… you just have to do your best, stupid sis.”

Translator Note

AYO EIYA?