Demon King – Chapter 403 – The Eiya Sisters Strolling Along the Riverbank

“What were you two doing? You were the ones responsible that day, right? You lost the person and then something like this still happened…”

Inside an office, two plainclothes officers were being scolded by their captain.

The key surveillance target had been lost, and not long after, they discovered her returning home holding her own younger sister. The younger sister, who had been lively before, was limp in her sister’s arms, and the elder sister’s face was dark the entire way back. If they still could not tell something had gone wrong, then their past two years of covert protection would have been for nothing.

Once this went up the chain, it did not take long to trace it back to the group that had been responsible for watching Eiru that day. After further investigation, it turned out the root cause was that they had neglected Eiya, letting her roam freely, which triggered a chain reaction.

“Even if the main protection target is only the older sister, that does not mean you can ignore the younger one. Immediate family and friends just have lower priority, it does not mean they can be overlooked. What if something goes wrong? Do you think she would obediently stay at home?”

“And why do we assign two people as a team? It’s precisely to deal with situations where one person can’t handle everything. Couldn’t one of you have gone over to check on the younger sister while you were at it?”

The captain slammed the desk as he shouted. Thankfully, this time it did not escalate into a major incident. Otherwise, their entire team would probably have faced severe punishment for dereliction of duty.

The two officers also felt wronged inside. They had indeed been paying attention to Eiya’s movements that day. But after discovering that the little girl was just wandering around inside the mall, occasionally sneaking a look outside the milk tea shop to check on her brother or sister, they concluded that she would not leave the mall.

But since the incident had already happened, explanations were meaningless. They both understood that the responsibility lay with them. With good professional discipline, neither argued nor defended themselves, simply standing there quietly to accept the captain’s reprimand.

“It’s inferred that they had contact with a group of hooligans. You can look at the specifics yourselves. The issue isn’t that simple, and how it will be handled from above is hard to say.”

As he spoke, the captain reached out and tossed a report file on the desk to the two plainclothes officers.

At the time, their response had been very quick. They split off part of their manpower to continue covertly protecting Eiru and the others. At the same time, having learned from this incident, they also assigned several people to follow Jiaqi, who was returning to school alone.

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Meanwhile, the remaining personnel conducted a search and sweep of the surrounding area, looking for clues related to the two sisters. But strangely enough, after searching the entire night, they found nothing at all.

Because a certain girl had deliberately left behind a magic expulsion spell in order to prevent others from disturbing someone’s “cheerful party.” Under the unconscious tendency to overlook a certain alleyway, it was naturally impossible for the police to find the whereabouts of Lei Wu and his group.

It was not until the next morning, after the spell was lifted, that they discovered Lei Wu and the others in utter disarray in the alley. It was said that the plainclothes officers present were so affected by the scene that they could not even eat lunch that day.

Although it was unclear whether all of this was the work of a certain little demon, they did indeed find some of Eiya’s hair and other items at the scene, enough to prove that Eiya had come into contact with that group.

Afterward, the evidence that a certain girl had deliberately left behind was also discovered by the police. A notebook stuffed full of incriminating photos, along with various illegal drugs found at the scene, made them immediately realize the severity of the incident.

All the evidence indicated that Lei Wu and his group had indeed harbored ill intentions toward Eiya. Whether they succeeded or not remained uncertain, but the strange condition of the two sisters afterward led to some unpleasant speculation.

There was no evidence on site showing any direct connection to Eiru. Perhaps the group had failed and turned on each other, or perhaps there were other reasons. Regardless, this incident had already been classified by the police as a fairly serious malicious case.

While taking Lei Wu and the others away and preparing to deal with their parents seriously, those above were also troubled over how to confirm the current condition of the Eiru and Eiya sisters.

Were they injured? Had there been psychological trauma? Did they need medical care, counseling, or other assistance? None of this could be determined through covert protection alone. Someone would have to go and make direct contact with them.

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Of course, none of that had anything to do with the silver-haired girl currently strolling along the Huanglong River with her sister, because she was still as shamelessly slacking off as ever…

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“Isn’t Yuki coming too?”

Holding her sister’s slightly trembling hand, Eiya was a bit surprised that Yuki had not come along.

“He only took half a day off. He still has classes this afternoon. I left the GPS on. He can check our location anytime. Otherwise, do you think he’d feel at ease letting the two of us wander around here?”

Shaking the phone in her hand, the little Demon Lord complained that Yuki worried too much, but she really could not argue him down.

“But this place has changed so much… We used to hang out on the West District side before. I remember we could even sneak down under the embankment to watch people fishing.”

Resting one hand on the stone barrier along the embankment, Eiya could not help sighing.

“Because someone fell down a few years ago, and they still haven’t recovered the body. After that, they built all this on the embankment and completely banned entry for unrelated people.”

Not daring to get close to the stone barrier, not even daring to look at the river, Eiru held her sister’s hand, her entire body turned away from the railing behind her.

“True… it’s for safety. But for you, sis, it’s also a good thing, right? At least from far away, you won’t be as scared.”

“It’s okay… honestly, if you really dragged me down there to look, I’d still have to go with you.”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord smacked her lips, indicating that this sort of thing had happened more than once.

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Precisely because she felt it was dangerous and frightening, Eiru was even less willing to let Eiya approach places with deep water alone. Even if her legs went weak from fear, she still had to grit her teeth and stay by her side.

‘There was no helping it. She was my sister. I have to take care of her and protect her.’

“By the way, sis, you’re clearly so afraid of water. Then why did you bring me here?”

Ever since arriving at the riverbank, Eiya had been harboring this question. Taking the opportunity, she finally asked it out loud.

“What are you talking about? Wasn’t it you who wanted to come?”

The little Demon Lord looked completely confused.

‘Sis, is your brain short-circuiting? If you hadn’t asked, would I bring you here? Do I have nothing better to do?’

“I didn’t, though. If we were going, wouldn’t it be to the Huanglong River on the West District side, where we used to go as kids?”

Eiya also threw out a big question mark.

“Did you misunderstand something again or overthink it?”

“No idea… anyway, since we’re already here, if you want to stroll around, then go ahead. Just don’t stray too far from me. If you want to go to the West District side, that’s fine too. I’ll take you flying over later.”

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Finding a stone bench to sit down on, Eiru waved at her sister, signaling that she could move around freely as long as she stayed within sight.

“Wait, sis… look over there.”

Just as the little Demon Lord was about to rest for a bit and calm herself, Eiya’s attention was drawn to something not far away.

Following the direction of her sister’s finger, Eiru saw that not far from them stood a cute little girl whose height was not much different from that of the sisters.

But the girl’s actions at that moment were extremely frightening. She was standing on top of the stone barrier. If someone behind her gave even a light push, she would tumble down the embankment and roll straight into the river below…

The girl stretched her arms out to the sides in a cross shape. Under the shocked gazes of the two sisters, her body tilted slightly forward, and toward the Huanglong River, with its rapidly flowing water, she fell.

Translator Note

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