Demon King – Chapter 417 – Is There Progress?

“These two had two kids. They probably gave up the search for the sake of the other one… They had no choice but to swallow the pain and stop looking. After all, there was no hope anymore, the money was gone, and the other child still had to eat.”

The janitor uncle shook his head and went back to the work in his hands.

“So Little Ru’s family went through something like that…”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord was rarely this well behaved. She knew how to read the room and understood this was not the time to joke around.

“Uncle, their child… was it a boy or a girl?”

Thinking of something, the little Demon Lord turned back and asked to confirm.

“A boy… I’ve seen that kid too. Such a sin, running into something like that at such a young age.”

The janitor uncle could not stop sighing.

“So you little girl, you also need to pay attention to your safety. A person only has one life. Once it’s gone, it’s really gone.”

“Mm…”

Turning her head back to look at the family of three below, Eiru’s feelings were extremely complicated.

‘So Little Ru had an older brother. Was that why she was so quiet today, because she came with her parents to mourn him? Forget it. Better not disturb them today…’

Shaking her head, Her Majesty the Demon Lord gave up on the idea of greeting them. They were friends, and she had originally planned to say hello to Liru’s parents after seeing them today, but the atmosphere really was not suitable.

As for why Eiru knew it was an older brother and not a younger one, that was naturally because she knew Liru was only nine this year. With that fact alone, a bit of simple logic was enough to reach a conclusion.

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The incident happened seven or eight years ago. If that boy had been younger than Liru, he would have been at most two years old… How could a two year old possibly run off to the riverbank? Normally speaking, even if they could wander around, the parents would still be watching them, right?

So the conclusion was obvious. That boy had to be Liru’s older brother… Thinking about how Liru lost a brother who loved her so much, Eiru felt a faint ache in her chest.

After all, Eiru also had Lin Miao, an older brother who doted on her. With her relationship with her parents and elders being far from good, aside from her grandmother and her younger sister Eiya, Lin Miao was the closest person to her…

Putting herself in that position, Eiru felt even more heartache for Liru. Being exposed to death at such a young age… Even if it was only classified as missing, that child’s heart must still be hurting badly, right?

Seen this way, the reason Liru ran to this embankment by the river early every morning was clear… She probably could not let go of her older brother. On the surface it looked like playing around, but in reality she was coming here every day to remember him by the Huanglong River, right?

“Tomorrow I’ll buy her something tasty to cheer her up… I won’t disturb her today.”

Letting out a deep sigh, after one last look at the family of three walking silently below, Her Majesty the Demon Lord turned and left the river embankment…

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“Stupid Yuki… I’m back…”

Eiru pushed open the door to Dorm 1503 and greeted the silver haired guy who was busy eating.

With too many people around to make flying inconvenient, Her Majesty the Demon Lord had returned to school by walking and taking the subway. By the time she got back to the dorm, it was already lunchtime.

“Huh? Lu Brat, you’re back so early today? Not staying out to play some more?”

Yuki was a little surprised. He thought his little girlfriend would be messing around outside until the afternoon like the past few days.

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“My mood’s bad, I want a hug…”

Saying that, the little Demon Lord tossed her bag aside and dove straight into Yuki’s arms.

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Wrapping an arm around the girl in his arms, Eiru’s behavior made Yuki feel a bit worried.

“It’s nothing, I just feel bad…”

Turning over to hug Yuki’s waist, Her Majesty the Demon Lord kept rubbing her face against his chest, trying to vent the vague anxiety in her heart this way.

“Be good, I’m here…”

Stopping his eating, Yuki reached out and gently rubbed Eiru’s little head a few times.

“Have you eaten? If not I can order you something… If you’re hungry you can eat mine first.”

“I already ate. By the way, where did Aunt Mu and Stupid Yu go?”

Letting go and turning over again, the little Demon Lord lay limply on top of Yuki and casually asked about their other two roommates.

“Aunt Mu went to pick up girls, Ziyu and Jiaqi went to watch the excitement… I really don’t get those two.”

He bit his chopsticks lightly. Just thinking about it made Yuki want to complain. Were those two going to watch the fun or stir up trouble? A couple was on a date and you idiots went to spy on them. What kind of cat illness is that?

“Well… if it were me I’d go watch too.”

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Hugging her tail in front of herself, Her Majesty the Demon Lord said she could understand those two idiots’ way of thinking.

“Just saying, if you didn’t know I was a girl, and if I were dating someone else, you’d definitely go sneak a peek too, right?”

“No way. Back then I thought you were dating Yunyue, and didn’t I give you two plenty of private space?”

Yuki smiled as he refuted her, stating that as a model youth of the new era, he did not do paparazzi type stuff.

“Oh please… You just didn’t dare to accept it.”

Facing Yuki’s words, Her Majesty the Demon Lord gave a knowing look.

“Tell me yourself, when did you start suspecting that Lu Brat and Little Lu were the same person?”

“Probably the day I first took you to buy a LO dress. That was when I first started suspecting… That phone call was suspicious as hell, and your cooking gave you away too.”

Recalling that day, a smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of Yuki’s mouth.

Thinking about it carefully, he had already started doubting from that day on. Although he had once been misled by the illusion of them appearing together… looking back now, he had actually noticed long ago. He just did not want to believe it and was lying to himself.

“Correction, you only took me to buy a LO dress once… But you really are stupid. If you’d figured it out earlier you should’ve said it earlier. I was tired of pretending too.”

“Really? Who was it that said they were scared on the day we came clean, and even cried?”

“You’re the one who cried! I’m a tough guy! That day… that day it was just windy! The wind blew into my eyes!”

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The little Demon Lord immediately started looking for excuses, but all she got was someone’s indulgent look for a stupid girl…

“Mm mm mm, good tough guy…”

While coaxing her, Yuki lifted the girl in his arms and adjusted her position, letting her sit sideways on his thigh.

“Oh right, Lu Brat, I need to tell you something serious.”

After settling her, Yuki suddenly put on a serious expression, which made Eiru tense up a bit too.

After all, anything related to Eiru’s body was something Yuki never stopped paying attention to. He had never let up on searching for information about Amber Crystal, but due to the lack of clues, there had been no effective progress for a long time.

But sometimes, the clues closest to you were the easiest to overlook… Earlier that morning, Ziyu happened to see Yuki’s search page and provided him with an extremely important piece of information.

“Ziyu’s hometown has an ancestral hall… Inside it there’s a strange blue stone being enshrined. I think it might be what we’re looking for…”

Translator Note

Finally some progress to the main plot, huh?