Demon King – Chapter 342 – The Little Loli Who Buys Gas

“Prices went up again? Wasn’t it just two hundred forty last time? Now it’s almost three hundred?” At a gas station somewhere in the East District, a silver-haired little girl tapped the side of the gas cylinder with annoyance written all over her face.

These days, most households already use natural gas pipelines. Because of safety and convenience, bottled liquefied petroleum gas had gradually disappeared from people’s daily lives.

But the East District still had plenty of older apartment buildings where installing natural gas lines wasn’t practical. So, just like our little Demon Lord, many residents here still had to buy liquefied gas cylinders from nearby gas stations.

Eiru was in an extremely foul mood. It had been a while since she last came to buy gas, but this price hike was ridiculous.

“The prices aren’t up to us. I’ll give you a small discount, two-seventy per full cylinder, but that’s the best I can do…” The young salesman rubbed his temples helplessly. He wasn’t feeling any better about it himself.

After all, he was just a salesman. He didn’t decide the prices. Every time the price went up, people would complain at him, and it wasn’t like he could do anything about it.

Besides, this wasn’t the first time this little girl had come to buy gas. He really didn’t get what her family was thinking, letting a small kid come buy something like this on her own.

But honestly, she was so cute that he couldn’t help but feel protective of her and even wanted to give her a better deal. Maybe that was exactly what her family was counting on.

“Alright, I’ll take two tanks then. Do I need to fill in my address again? You guys still deliver, right?” The Demon Lord confirmed as she pulled out her phone to pay. Since the price might keep rising, she figured buying an extra one now would be safer.

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“Delivery’s included…” The salesman sighed again. “But fill in your address again, will you? There’s too many customers, so it’s hard to look up the last one. I’ll arrange delivery so you’ll get it before dinner.”

“Okay~ thank you, big brother~” After paying, the little Demon Lord tilted her head cutely and smiled, picking up the pen on the table to write her number and address in the delivery logbook.

That soft, sweet smile hit the young man like a critical strike. He glanced helplessly at the pile of heavy gas tanks behind him—he couldn’t bring himself to mention the usual extra delivery fee.

Forget it, he’d just deliver it himself later. Two tanks weighed over sixty jin ¹ 36 kg ; no way was he letting a kid like her carry them home alone.

“Hmhmm~” The Demon Lord hummed a tune as she filled out her details, not noticing the shadow that had quietly approached her from behind.

“Lulu?” Someone suddenly tapped her shoulder from behind, nearly making her scream.

“Wah! Who—? Don’t sneak up on people like that!” Eiru spun around, glaring furiously at the person behind her.

“You again? Don’t you live in the South Port District? Why do I run into you everywhere?” Seeing who it was, the little Demon Lord frowned in disgust. It was that guy her little sister had warned her to be careful around. Was he a stalker or what? Why did he keep showing up wherever she went?

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Their first encounter was in the East District. Then when she went shopping with her sister, he’d shown up again. Even when she returned home in the West District, he was there too. Did this guy ever go to class? Why was he everywhere?

“Don’t be so cold. I just came with friends to hang out. I noticed you here by coincidence.” Agui patted the shoulders of the two boys next to him—they really did seem like close buddies out together.

He wore an awkward smile; for once, he wasn’t lying. Unlike the last time in the West District—when he had deliberately gone there to find her—this time really was a coincidence. He’d simply noticed a flash of striking silver hair while out with friends.

“So you’re here buying gas, huh? Such a responsible little homemaker.” Agui teased as he stepped forward to glance at the notebook, spotting the information she had just written down.

“Don’t call me Lulu, just use my name. Don’t tell me you don’t know—being called that by a guy makes my skin crawl.” Eiru shuddered dramatically. It was one thing when Yueyue called her that, but coming from a guy? Disgusting.

The salesman, seeing that the group knew each other, didn’t say much. And since there weren’t many customers around, he just stayed seated, lazily scrolling on his phone.

“Alright, alright, Eiru little sister…” Agui nodded with a smirk while silently memorizing the address she had written down.

Jackpot. So the last address she’d given him really was fake. She wasn’t as dumb as he’d thought. But that only made things more fun, more challenging and more interesting. ² Yukiiiiii~ Eiru needs you~

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“We’ve heard Agui mention you before,” one of his friends said cheerfully. “He told us there’s a super cute silver-haired loli in the East District, and now that we’ve seen you, he wasn’t lying, hahaha.”

“Yeah, yeah, how’s that saying go? ‘Silver hair and a young face’? Guess that makes you a white-haired loli! Hahaha!”

Hearing their weird jokes, the little Demon Lord felt awkward but somewhat relieved—unlike Agui, these two didn’t seem to give her bad vibes.

“Hey, hey, what are you guys doing? Don’t mess with her.” Agui frowned unhappily. “This one’s mine, got it?”

“Alright, alright, chill, we’re just joking.” The two boys waved their hands. “Just chatting, no need to be so tense.”

“Besides, Agui, don’t tell me you actually have feelings for her? She’s cute, sure, but seriously man, control yourself.”

Damn it, why did I bring these two idiots along? They’re selling me out! If she gets the wrong idea, this ruins everything!

Agui screamed internally but kept his face calm, forcing a smile while matching his friends’ joking tone.

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“What if I said I do like her, huh? Don’t tell me you two don’t think she’s adorable?”

“Careful, man. Jailbait’s five years minimum… be smart.”

“No way, she’s cute, yeah, but I’ve got a wife. I’m a loyal man, and if I ever cheated, my wife would literally tear me apart.”

The two guys clearly took Agui’s words as a joke, laughing and teasing him while the little loli stood there, completely ignored, reduced to a background prop.

Translator Note

Uhh……… :neurosideeyes: I may have taken an unexpected nearly 2 month long break from the novel on accident… grad school applications and finals kinda hit me like a truck…