Demon King – Chapter 38 – What? There’s Actually Such a Thing?

Translator Note

Thanks Enncie for the chapter!

“What happened after that? What’s your situation now?”

“What situation? We just went from openly hanging out together to secretly hanging out together…” The little Demon Lord hiding in her sanctuary played with her tail while answering casually.

“Then why did you sound so sad when telling it?” Jixian and Ziyu said in unison.

“How should I know! I wasn’t the one telling the story!”

“What about that girl? I remember Yuki saying that he liked someone… oh I get it, it’s that girl, right?” Ziyu suddenly thought, drawing the curiosity of the others.

“Get lost, I’m not into lolis.” Yuki laughed and cursed. “I only saw her a few more times after that. You’d be better off asking Eiru, since he seems pretty familiar with her.”

“I’m done talking, I’m going to sleep. You guys chat.” I’m more than familiar—I am her!

Feeling guilty, the Demon Lord shut her mouth and pretended to be asleep. Her sanctuary immediately fell silent…

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Actually, that girl had indeed left a deep impression on Yuki. After that, he’d tried asking around about her. But strangely, no one knew who that girl was…

Logically, since the girl wore the school uniform, she should be from the same school. With such distinctive features, surely someone should’ve remembered her…

Though they encountered each other a few more times and talked a bit, whenever it got too personal, she typically evaded the question.

And when he asked Eiru, the only one who seemed to have a connection to her, he had the same attitude—completely refusing to give any real answers.

Given this behaviour, plus the fact that he only ever met the girl on the rooftop… Yuki couldn’t help but feel suspicious.

“Speaking of which, how was Eiru connected to those school incidents? What was that about?”

“There was a connection, but not the kind you’re thinking…” Hearing Jixian’s question, Yuki also felt helpless.

For example, when someone at school lost something valuable and was frantically looking everywhere for it, if Eiru found out, he always found it like magic…

Something like that was just too suspicious, and since Eiru already had a bad reputation, if you didn’t understand what he was actually like, even Yuki might’ve thought that Eiru was the thief.

There were similar cases, like helping others get back their ‘protection fees’, only to be misunderstood as a member of their gang… Because of his terrible reputation, whenever anything involved Eiru, everyone basically assumed the worst.

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“Wow, that sounds so unfair. Does he not want to clear it up?”

“I’ve talked to him about it, but this guy couldn’t care less…” Looking at Eiru’s fort, Yuki held his forehead helplessly.

Other people were always suspicious about Eiru, so Yuki advised him to clear things up. But Eiru just laughed and said he didn’t care.

“As the saying goes, it only takes one mouth to spread a rumour, but you’ll break your legs to stop it from spreading. I’m too lazy to go around and explain… Besides, do you think that this kind of prejudice can be stopped just by talking to someone?”

“Moreover, for someone like me who doesn’t care, this stuff doesn’t really affect me, right?” Said Eiru, as he pulled out a pack of jelly from his bag.

“So you’re just going to do nothing? Wouldn’t it be hard for you to get back in social circles in the future?”

“Pfft… I don’t want to talk to them anyways. Besides, I have you, don’t I?” Laughing as he poked Yuki’s head with his finger, Eiru tore open the jelly but got splashed in the face by the juice.

“Eat, eat, eat… all you know is eating.” Infected by his mood, Yuki couldn’t help but laugh too.

“To be fair, I don’t actually eat a lot, okay?” Looking annoyed, Eiru dumped the entire jelly into his mouth.

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—Back to the present—

“Is this what being a boss is like? So cool, so cool…” The group spoke sarcastically, but there was no response from Eiru’s little fort.

Because the person being discussed had already gone butterfly catching with Old Man Zhou ¹ From a previous chapter, the god of dreams . Our little Demon Lord, having exhausted too much magic power today, had… while pretending to sleep, actually fallen asleep.

“So Yuki, you really have no interest in that girl? Just hearing you talk about her makes me a bit smitten…”

“Saying that I’m uninterested would be a lie—she really is cute… but…” Yuki glanced at the fort and suddenly lowered his voice, as if afraid of waking the person inside.

“I think Eiru is probably dating that girl.”

“What?! He actually is?” Jixian and Ziyu were immediately shocked.

“Shh, shh, shh, keep it down, don’t let him hear.” Yuki quickly got the two to quiet down, then began explaining.

With such distinctive features and that level of looks, it would basically be impossible for nobody to know who she was if she went to their school. So she could only have snuck in from outside school.

Plus, being both familiar with Eiru and always being on the rooftop, Yuki was basically certain this girl was brought in by Eiru.

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“Not to mention how these two are evasive about the same topics—they’ve obviously coordinated their stories. I made a major discovery today that confirmed these two are definitely dating…”

“What?” Jixian and Ziyu immediately became curious.

“Only Eiru was in the dorm all day today, right?”

“Yeah…”

“I had him feed the cat, so I told him my cabinet’s combination. But this afternoon when I was looking for something, I found a little girl’s nightgown in my locked cabinet…”

“Holy crap…”

“I checked the style and size—it’s almost the same as that girl’s. Then I found our dorm room key in the pocket, Eiru’s copy. I secretly put it back in his cabinet and he didn’t notice anything wrong…”

Nothing else needed to be said. The three looked meaningfully toward Eiru’s little black sanctuary…