Demon King – Chapter 434 – The Hardheaded Demon Lord Gets Carried Away

“So you want to ask Hulu to cancel the wish?”

Holding down the little creature on her head, when she heard Ziyu’s request, the Demon Lord was already struggling to keep herself from laughing.

Hulu was naturally the name Eiru gave the little guy. After all, one big cat was called Gulu, so she figured she might as well make it a matching pair or something. Back then Yuki even complained once, saying if you ever raise a dog too, are you going to call it Jili?

“Yes yes yes, I can’t take it anymore. The buff it gave me is definitely messed up. The things coming at me aren’t even human!”

Ziyu was a little agitated. Being pestered all day by all kinds of weird things would drive anyone to the brink.

“Alright then, Hulu. Ziyu says he doesn’t want to keep receiving affection from the opposite se—”

Picking Hulu off her head and into her arms, Her Majesty the Demon Lord had barely gotten halfway through before Ziyu slapped a hand over her mouth.

“Don’t translate it like that! If you screw me over like this, I’ll never get a girlfriend in my life!”

After getting burned once before, Ziyu was on guard this time. Sure enough, this scheming little girl was trying to mess with him again.

“Just say cancel the previous wish. Don’t add anything else. Though if possible, add one about letting me find a girlfriend. She has to be human!”

Ziyu carefully emphasized every point while letting go of the hand covering Eiru’s mouth, because Yuki on the side was already giving him a very strange look.

“Tch.”

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Failing to mess with him, the Demon Lord clicked her tongue and could only obediently pass Ziyu’s words along to the little creature in her arms.

But under everyone’s gaze, the little guy shook its head, looking extremely troubled, and let out a series of pitiful gugi gugi sounds.

“Hang in there a few more days. Hulu’s drained right now, no mana left to mess with things. Just endure it a bit longer.”

Eiru gave Ziyu a sympathetic look, shook her head, and patted him on the back.

“No!!! I don’t want to keep company with a bunch of fat cats, fat dogs, and mosquitoes! I don’t want this! Why is this happening to me!”

A high schooler’s breakdown often comes in an instant. Hearing this despair-inducing news, Ziyu finally snapped.

“Lu Brat, why don’t you think of something for him. And stop laughing.”

Seeing Ziyu beating his chest and stamping his feet, Yuki couldn’t help but feel a bit sorry for him, and at the same time smacked Jiaqi, who was laughing so hard he was practically folding over.

“Emmmm, honestly this isn’t really my specialty?”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord looked a little troubled. Everyone has their own field of expertise. As for Hulu’s weird mysterious operations, she knew a bit, but at this stage Eiru wasn’t very practiced.

“I’m afraid if I mess up, it’ll turn into a super double buff. Then he’ll really take off.”

Spreading her hands, Eiru felt that for safety’s sake, it was better to let Ziyu endure things a little longer.

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“Little Princess, save me! Even if you mess up and make it a super double buff, I won’t blame you. I really can’t take it anymore! Look, there are two mosquitoes flying next to me right now. Mosquito repellent doesn’t even work!”

Grabbing the girl by the shoulders and shouting emotionally, Ziyu looked as undignified as it got. He was honestly just one step away from kneeling.

“Hulu, are our mana compatible? If I recharge you a bit, will something go wrong?” Not daring to take risks but unable to withstand Ziyu’s desperate pleas, the Demon Lord could only try a different approach and look for another solution.

“Goo yi~?”

The little guy tilted its head and let out a long, drawn-out cooing sound like a pigeon. Clearly, it still didn’t quite understand what Eiru meant.

“Forget it, I’ll check myself.”

As she spoke, Her Majesty the Demon Lord pressed her forehead against Hulu’s.

In truth, Eiru had always been bothered by something. Why was it that Hulu, newly born and unfamiliar with the outside world, could understand her words? And back when Hulu was still that piece of puppy stone, she could already feel an inexplicable connection between herself and it.

One thing was certain. Although Hulu wasn’t a demon, it was indeed a product of demons. It gave off a vibe somewhat like alchemical lifeforms or familiars from novels.

As she studied it more deeply now, Eiru discovered that aside from that mysterious connection, the mana inside Hulu was identical to her own in every aspect. Of course, at this stage she didn’t know whether all demon mana was the same model, given that there was no second demon in this world.

Because of this connection, Her Majesty the Demon Lord felt a special fondness for the little creature. Otherwise, even if she understood its behavioral logic and knew it wasn’t intentional, just based on that stunt it pulled on the mountain before, she would have already started all kinds of bullying and torment.

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But thinking about it now, it was strange. Why did it reject me back on the mountain? Did someone make a wish for strangers to keep their distance? But why was Stupid Yuki fine? From every angle, it should have been closer to me instead.

Unable to figure it out no matter how she thought about it, the Demon Lord simply tossed the question aside, planning to think it over later.

“Alright, inspection’s done. I can recharge it. You’re saved.”

After confirming that their mana was interchangeable, Eiru informed the others of the result and began channeling mana into Hulu in her arms.

“Little Princess! I love you!”

Knowing he could finally be freed from this torment, Ziyu was so excited he was already starting to babble incoherently.

“Ahem ahem.”

Yuki cleared his throat from the side, and Ziyu was immediately scared back into sitting properly in his chair.

‘Weird. Does Hulu really drain mana this hard?’

While busy with serious business, Her Majesty the Demon Lord ran into trouble. Beneath Hulu’s tiny body, the amount of mana it required far exceeded her expectations.

She had originally planned to fully feed Hulu, but now Eiru had to change her goal. As long as it could recover from its listless state, that would be enough. Even so, the amount of mana needed still surpassed her initial estimate.

But considering that the little guy’s actual age was a few centuries, eating a bit more was understandable. Thinking that, the Demon Lord increased the output of mana transfer.

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“Hey, Lu Brat, don’t force it.”

After a long while with no result, Yuki sensed something was off and reminded her with concern.

But a certain hardheaded Demon Lord didn’t listen at all. Her childlike temperament sometimes gave rise to a fierce competitive streak. Right now she looked as if she had gotten carried away, biting her lip with a stubborn, defiant expression.

“Fuck. I don’t believe this. I’m a dignified Demon Lord. How can I not even feed this tiny little thing to a normal state?”

“Hey, Lu Brat, what are you doing? Mana isn’t a blue bar for you, it’s a health bar. Calm down!”

Not only did Yuki stand up, the others in the dorm also noticed something was wrong and rushed over, trying to separate the demon and the beast.

“I won’t! I don’t believe I can’t handle even this little guy!”

“Don’t be hardheaded! Let go! Stop!”

“Are you poisoned or something? Calm down!”

As everyone crowded in to stop her, only the big cat and Hulu at the center of it all still looked completely clueless, tilting their heads as they watched the people in the dorm tug and pull at each other.