Demon King – Chapter 440 – Strange Communication

After finishing her shift and returning to the dorm, Her Majesty the Demon Lord couldn’t even be bothered to check whether her hair had dried. Exhausted, she washed up, brushed her teeth, then flopped straight onto the bed and closed her eyes.

In the end, Yuki still returned the ring to her, to avoid this stupid girl overworking her brain and using too much magic.

Confiscating the ring in the first place was meant to teach Eiru a lesson, to make her learn to take care of and cherish her own body. If that ended up creating extra burden for her instead, then it would be completely missing the point.

Sitting beside Eiru, Yuki cradled her damp hair. He sighed helplessly while carefully wiping it dry with a towel.

Among the long-lived Demon Clan, the little Demon Lord truly counted as a child. And children, after burning through their abundant energy, generally had fairly high demands when it came to sleep duration and quality.

On top of that, Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s physical frailty caused by mana depletion and various other factors meant that she was practically a sleepy girl.

Knowing this, Yuki naturally didn’t say anything. He let her lie there sleeping on the bed while he quietly handled these minor matters for her.

“Sleeping more and more, you little lazy bug…”

He muttered softly. He glanced at his clearly already-asleep little girlfriend, hands still moving, then turned to look at a certain small creature that was sleeping in sync while being held in Gulu’s mouth.

Over the past few days, he had noticed something subtle. Hulu’s mental state was basically synchronized with Eiru’s.

Whenever Eiru got tired or sleepy, no matter how much she forced herself to stay alert, Hulu would inevitably show signs of fatigue as well.

The most obvious example was last night. A certain girl with ulterior motives had stayed up very late, while Hulu had collapsed early. Yet the next day, Hulu didn’t recover its energy until the afternoon, just like Eiru. It seemed that the connection between them wasn’t merely a simple case of mana circulation.

Unlike a certain girl who loved to push herself, Hulu, driven more by instinct and acting freely, was extremely honest about its own state.

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Sleep when sleepy, eat when hungry, make a fuss when unhappy, bounce around when happy. With no need to think much, it was just like a small animal, never hiding its feelings or forcing itself to endure.

As a complete layman when it came to magic, Yuki had no way to verify or explore the underlying principles, let alone determine the exact nature of the connection between Eiru and Hulu.

But regardless, having discovered this pattern, he could now use this little creature as a much more direct indicator to judge his little girlfriend’s overall condition.

Jixian was still chatting with Xuenan on his phone. As for the single dog Ziyu, all he could do was vent his dissatisfaction at having dog food force-fed to him all day by slaughtering enemies in a mobile game.

“So remember, next time you mess up, you’ll have to wear your ring around your neck as a collar.”

Yuki said with a smile, bending down and lightly pecking the silver-haired girl’s cheek.

Perhaps responding to some connection formed within her dreams, the little Demon Lord hugged Yuki’s arm, let out some soft whimpering sounds, and gently bit down on it.

“Same as always. If the dorm supervisor comes, just say Lu Brat is taking a shower…”

“Yes, yes, she’s taking a shower…”

“If I were the dorm supervisor, I’d want to complain about the person who always showers at this exact time…”

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Days passed one by one, and soon it was the weekend again. With a strange creature that looked like a mix of cat, dog, and squirrel perched on her head, the little Demon Lord finally returned home after a long absence.

Ei Yuan and Liu Wan seemed to have taken Grandma out, and Eiya was also away at her piano interest class today. After confirming that no one else was home, Eiru let out a sigh of relief and removed her disguise.

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‘I’m back. Later I’ll ask Grandma about a few things, and check on your physical condition too.’

Leaning back on the living room sofa, idly rubbing Hulu’s fluffy little head, Her Majesty the Demon Lord sent this message to her sister.

It seemed to be during a class break. Not long after, she received a reply.

‘You’re back? Uncle Ling can’t come pick me up today, something came up. I’ll be out a bit later after school, so sis, come pick me up then.’

‘Call him Dad.’

‘Dad.’

Seeing Eiya’s reply, a cluster of question marks instantly popped up in the Demon Lord’s head. For a moment, she genuinely didn’t know where to even start complaining.

‘I told you to call him Dad!’

‘I did call him Dad!’

‘…’

After typing out a whole string of ellipses, Eiru decisively gave up on this bizarre exchange. She turned instead to the little creature beside her, reaching out and mercilessly kneading its fur even harder.

“Goo yi! Goo yi!”

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Hulu was clearly getting uncomfortable from the girl’s rough handling, and began making protesting noises.

“Be good, let me pat you a bit more… Wha?! You little brat, you actually bite people?”

“Goo yi!”

“Goo yi my ass! You dare bite me, then I’ll bite you too!”

Saying that, Her Majesty the Demon Lord pounced straight at it.

With nothing else to do while home alone, one demon and one beast ended up roughhousing on the sofa for most of the day, until the sound of a door opening came from outside.

Noticing someone returning, the little Demon Lord froze for a moment, then scooped up Hulu in one motion and, like the wind, darted into her room before the person outside could enter.

“I’m back, I’m back.”

Eiya said, carrying two bags of snacks and drinks. Spotting a tightly closed room door, she excitedly kicked off her shoes and prepared to run straight over.

“Don’t eat so much of that stuff. If your mom sees it, she’ll nag you again.”

Ei Yuan said as he came in with her. He grabbed Eiya and pointed at the slippers placed neatly by the shoe cabinet.

“Oh.”

Following her father’s instructions, Eiya obediently changed into slippers, then carried her things and rushed excitedly toward Eiru’s room.

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Using Eiya to help mend Eiru’s relationship with the family wasn’t a bad idea either. Better to leave the time to the two of them. Watching Eiya’s excitement as she ran toward the room, Ei Yuan smiled with satisfaction and chose not to interfere with the interaction between his children.

This was good. The siblings’ relationship had returned to how it used to be. No, wait, it seemed like Eiya was even closer to her older brother than before. But that was fine too. In the future, when they grew up and entered society, they’d be able to look out for each other.

Smiling, Ei Yuan sat down on the sofa and turned on the TV. But he didn’t notice that beneath where he sat, there were traces of unidentified blue-violet and silver-white fur left behind on the sofa.

And strangely enough, as time passed, these differently colored hairs seemed to be broken down by the air itself, slowly dissolving into particles and dispersing. Before long, not a single trace remained on the sofa.

If Ei Yuan, completely unaware of all this, had noticed this strange phenomenon, he would probably have jumped up on the spot in fright.

Because he had seen the same thing before. And that incident had left him with a rather bad impression… or rather, a fairly deep psychological shadow.

Translator Note

Oh cliffhanger~

It seems Dad knows some secrets~?