Demon King – Chapter 324 – The Demon Lord’s Trouble

Just as Yuki said, the Demon Lord really did end up dressing herself up prettily and sneaking out of school to slack off and have fun before ending up running into some trouble…

“Um… Grandma, I just helped you up, can’t you maybe…”

“Stop with your excuses, if you hadn’t pushed me how would I have fallen? At my age my legs don’t work so well anymore, and after you made me fall, you think you can just help me up and leave?”

Looking at the old woman in front of her, who looked both furious and utterly righteous, the Demon Lord almost started to doubt if she really had knocked the woman over. But no, impossible. When I came over you were already sprawled by the alley entrance.

As more and more bystanders gathered around, Eiru started to panic. She even had the impulse to just run away. But the old woman clutched tightly at her skirt, and running now would only cause more misunderstanding. She had no choice but to grit her teeth and keep dealing with her.

“Um… can’t we be reasonable? I just saw you sitting here alone and thought I’d help you up. You don’t need to accuse me like this…”

The Demon Lord tried to reason with the clearly faking old woman, but before she finished, the old lady cut her off again.

“Oh you little girl, you have such a pretty face, but such a vicious heart. You knocked me down, broke my leg, and not only do you refuse to take responsibility, you still pretend to be the good one?” Seeing she had the upper hand, this shameless old lady pressed the attack, guiding the opinions of the onlookers.

“No upbringing at all, such a waste of a cute face…”

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“Really can’t judge by appearances, who’d think such a cute kid could be so irresponsible…”

“That outfit isn’t cheap either, she’s dressed so well but after hurting someone she doesn’t even want to offer compensation. Kids these days…”

Listening to the crowd, the Demon Lord forced a smile, but veins were already popping on her forehead. Damn, people these days really throw blame around without even knowing what’s going on?

“Grandma, let me tell you… there’s a camera over there, this isn’t some blind spot.” The Demon Lord forced out a polite smile and pointed toward a spot not far away.

Following her finger, everyone, including the old woman, saw a hidden surveillance camera. Because of its location it was hard to spot unless you looked closely.

“Don’t be stupid, girl. That camera’s under maintenance, it can’t record anything.” Clearly prepared, the old scammer sneered. “Don’t think you can confuse people with tricks. Unless you give me a reasonable explanation today, you’re not going anywhere!”

Her words made the crowd, which had just begun leaning toward Eiru, swing right back. They once again stood on the old woman’s side, condemning the “irresponsible” little girl.

“What a schemer, you really can’t judge by looks…”

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“Unbelievable, how did her parents raise her? And where are they now?” ¹ Not for that reason, BUT HER PARENTS DIDN’T RAISE HER, THAT’S THE PROBLEM

Eiru helplessly covered her face with one hand. Honestly, she wasn’t that worried about public opinion—she was undocumented, they couldn’t trace her even if they tried. But clearing her name still mattered. Nobody likes being blamed for nothing. And from the look of this grandma, unless the grandma managed to extort Eiru, she wouldn’t give up.

Why target me? Because I look easy to bully? Or is it because of these clothes, you think I’m some rich kid? Or maybe just because I was stupid enough to help you up and ended up your scapegoat?

“Grandma, actually cameras under maintenance are always marked with notices. You can see the sign on the pole’s been ripped off. And haven’t you noticed it’s been moving the whole time?”

She was bluffing. The camera was working, but since she habitually used magic to alter her own image on cameras, it couldn’t clear her anyway.

But at her words, seeing the camera indeed still moving, the old woman grew uneasy. She froze, then her eyes suddenly turned sharp toward it.

Then, before anyone could react, she picked up half a broken brick from the corner and hurled it straight at the camera.

Crash! With one loud crack, the supposedly freshly repaired camera was destroyed. Everything happened so fast the crowd hadn’t even processed it yet.

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The Demon Lord was stunned. She looked at the old woman with a mix of horror and disbelief. This one’s ruthless! But isn’t this just shooting yourself in the foot? Now anyone can see you’re hiding something.

Honestly, if not for her age, Eiru would’ve been tempted to beat her up. This was insane. Had scammers really grown this brazen?

She didn’t know if the camera saved video locally or uploaded to the cloud, but either way, destruction of public property was a charge this woman couldn’t avoid.

“Hurry up, pay me! No more nonsense!” Knowing her act had raised suspicions, the old woman dropped all pretense, clutching tightly to the girl’s skirt and revealing her true intent.

“But I don’t have money on me…”

“Oh my leg, how heartless are you? If you don’t have money, call your father and mother, I don’t know how they raised you…” Still clutching her skirt and clutching her leg, she groaned without noticing the girl’s eyes go cold.

Ha, them? Even if I died out here, they probably wouldn’t know.

“How about this, Grandma, I’ll take you to my parents, let them talk compensation with you, okay?” Suddenly smiling sweetly, Eiru’s change of tone left the old woman momentarily dazed.

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“Come on, Grandma… they’re just nearby, I’ll take you there first.” Firmly pulling the woman up, the Demon Lord guided her step by step into the alley…

As the two of them left, the crowd, seeing the show was over, dispersed one by one. Only two young men remained.

“What’s the word from above? Should we step in and clear things up? We saw the whole thing, we can’t just let that girl suffer over some scam.”

“They said to observe and see how she handles it…” Clenching his fist, the other young man’s voice carried an unwilling tone.

The two of them gazed into the alley as the pair of figures nearly vanished, then let out synchronized sighs before following in after them…

Translator Note

We love scammer old ladies… (can you hear the sarcasm in my voice?) [/mfn]