Demon King – Chapter 396 – You Have Disturbed the Demon Lord

“Didn’t you say they were around here outside? Why haven’t we seen anyone yet?”

Keeping a certain distance as she followed behind Lei Wu, the farther they got from the mall, the more nervous Eiya became.

Whenever she got nervous, she felt thirsty. But Eiya did not want to drink the bottle in her hand. Besides, she still had half a bottle left. Opening another one would be a waste.

The half-finished bottle was in Lei Wu’s hands, and Eiya felt a bit awkward going up to ask for it. More importantly, she simply did not dare get too close to him.

“Almost there, almost there. Go through this and they’ll be waiting ahead…”

Lei Wu pointed at a cross-shaped alley that was not very deep, indicating that their destination was near the exit on the other end.

Another alley… Eiya complained inwardly. Though she felt wary and uneasy, the exit on the opposite side was clearly visible at a glance. As long as she did not linger at the intersection and just ran straight through, it should be fine.

Still, she was only a fourteen-year-old girl. Fear was unavoidable. So once she knew where the destination supposedly was, before Lei Wu could even react, she whooshed forward and sprinted into the alley, quickly reaching the exit on the other side and stepping out onto the roadside.

‘Huff… good thing nothing weird happened.’

Feeling relieved, Eiya braced her hands on her knees at the alley’s far exit.

It had been scary, but that tension and thrill also made her feel a hint of excitement. Honestly, it was kind of fun. Super stimulating.

Of course, fun was fun, but Eiya was not reckless enough to want to run through the alley again just to experience it. Turning around and seeing Lei Wu still walking slowly inside the alley, she could not help but feel anxious.

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“Hurry up already…”

She urged, while scanning her surroundings, yet still failing to spot Yuki or Jiaqi.

“Didn’t you say they were over here? Are you messing with me again?”

She questioned Lei Wu in the alley, feeling extremely annoyed.

Since they were by the roadside, there were still scattered pedestrians around. Eiya’s courage grew, and her guard relaxed quite a bit.

That moment of relaxation proved fatal. With her attention focused entirely on Lei Wu in the alley, Eiya failed to notice a boy deliberately approaching her at a natural pace.

By the time she realized someone was beside her, before she could cry out, a towel was pressed firmly over her face…

—— At the same time, inside the milk tea shop ——

“What the hell? Stupid Yuki is already here and still loitering outside?”

Taking advantage of a lull in customers, the little Demon Lord finally had a chance to check her phone. Seeing the message her sister had sent not long ago, she frowned.

If Yuki had come alone, Her Majesty the Demon Lord might have sensed something off. But since he was with Jiaqi, and likely others as well, him staying outside instead of entering the mall was not strange.

After sending a message to confirm that Yuki and the others had indeed arrived near the mall, Eiru relaxed and let Eiya go look for them.

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“The protection I set up for Little Ya has an upper limit that can withstand several direct hits from a main battle tank…”

She muttered to herself, feeling she was probably overthinking things.

Unless someone suddenly pulled out rocket launchers on the street and bombarded Eiya like crazy, even if she stood in the middle of a road full of speeding dump trucks and danced, nothing would happen to her.

But Eiru overlooked one thing. Because she wanted to avoid causing panic or drawing attention, and because of that theory about kids needing to fall a lot to grow up… it seemed she had set the lower trigger threshold for the protection mechanism rather high.

“Wuh… wuh…”

Dragged into the alley by several boys and dumped into a corner, Eiya had already started sobbing softly in fear.

Terror and regret filled her mind. The unknown substance on the towel had not made her lose consciousness, but it had completely robbed her of all strength.

“Violent loli, you’ve got this coming too? Fell into our hands in the end, huh?”

“That drug took us a ton of effort to get. You’re going to be as limp as a pile of mud all day, hahahaha.”

“Weren’t you really good at fighting back then? Stand up and keep going. Why can’t you stand anymore? Hahahahaha!”

Looking at the silver-haired loli lying there completely powerless, five or six boys laughed wildly, as if they had finally avenged a great grudge.

“Junior, junior. If you’d just behaved yourself back then, you wouldn’t be suffering like this today…”

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Lei Wu rubbed his forehead, wearing an expression of deep regret.

“At least back then I was still willing to give you a decent experience… at worst, I could have knocked you out so you wouldn’t have to feel unnecessary pain.”

Lei Wu sighed, his fake sympathy making his companions burst into laughter.

Eiya trembled from head to toe, whether from fear or anger she did not know. Big tears fell one after another, but she still bit her lip and made no move to reveal her true identity.

At this point, Eiya could already guess that her sister had formed a serious grudge with these people. Even if she revealed who she really was, they probably would not stop.

Not only that, they might even treat her worse because she was Eiru’s sister. In that case, it was better to keep pretending to be Eiru.

Maybe if she endured this once and let them vent their anger and satisfy themselves, the grudge would end here, and they would stop targeting her sister afterward.

Having steeled herself, Eiya decided not to resist. Not that she had the strength to resist anyway. Even so, fear was not something that could be dispelled so easily.

“Cry cry cry, cry my ass! I hate kids crying the most. Shut the hell up!”

One delinquent with dyed red hair stepped forward threateningly.

“Cry again and I’ll make sure you never cry again in your life!”

The threat did not stop Eiya’s tears. Instead, it deepened her fear. She had barely managed to suppress her sobs by biting her lip before, but now she was scared into crying out loud.

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“Shut the fuck up!”

Feeling his authority challenged, the red-haired boy stepped forward, murderous intent on his face, and swung his fist straight toward Eiya’s abdomen…

Inside the milk tea shop, with a sharp clatter, the empty cup in Eiru’s hand fell to the floor.

“Little Lu, how could you make such a basic mistake…”

Xinyue turned her head in displeasure, only to see sheer terror written all over Eiru’s face.

“Senior, I’ve got an emergency! Cover my shift for me!”

Throwing out those words, without waiting for a response, the little Demon Lord had already run out the door.

Maintaining her interference with the perceptions of those around her, Her Majesty the Demon Lord spread her wings and flew into the air. As she sped away from the entrance, she lightly waved one hand, and the mall’s power was abruptly cut. The entire building was plunged into darkness.

The brief blackout caused a bit of commotion, but moments later the power was restored and everything returned to normal.

Only, no one noticed that a small figure, using the darkness as cover, had already vanished from the mall…