Demon King – Chapter 441 – The Daughter of Amber Crystal from the Past

Both Eiru and Eiya had heard from Jiaqi that no matter whether it was their paternal grandparents’ side or their maternal grandparents’ side, there had once been the birth of a Daughter of Amber Crystal in the family.

On top of that, they did know that they had once had two aunts who had died young while still children. Putting these clues together, the possibility that those two had been Daughters of Amber Crystal was extremely high.

On one hand, this was to find a breakthrough regarding Eiya’s physical condition. On the other hand, it was also to look for clues about the Amber Crystal. The two sisters decided to come ask their grandmother about the details from back then.

Strictly speaking, compared to their grandmother who already suffered from dementia and was increasingly muddled, their parents should have been the better people to consult. After all, if you said those two knew nothing, that would be absolutely impossible.

But because of Eiru’s relationship with them… emmmmm, there was simply no way she would go ask Ei Yuan and Liu Wan about anything. On top of that, for some reason their grandmother could recognize her true form, so comparatively speaking, this was more convenient.

“Back then, when you were confirmed as a divine child not long after you were born, it really scared the whole family half to death.”

While helping Eiru tidy up that silver white long hair that fell past her waist, after hearing their questions, their grandmother began to reminisce.

Eiya, sitting obediently to the side, had a rather complicated expression on her face. Wasn’t the one who was confirmed supposed to be me? Big brother was clearly a boy when he was born, right?

But considering that as time went on, their grandmother’s muddled state had only been getting worse, in this situation, mixing up Eiru and Eiya wasn’t really anything strange.

“Eh? Was it Little Lu or Little Ya… but this hair, it should be Little Lu.”

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Grandma herself seemed not to have figured it out either. Her gaze went back and forth between the two sisters several times, before finally landing on Eiru. Eiya hadn’t taken off her wig, and Eiru’s silver white long hair was still very recognizable.

Grandma continued recalling, describing the past to them. No matter how muddled the old woman was, when it came to memories of the past, her impressions were still very deep.

The so-called divine child was naturally one of the names used for the Daughters of Amber Crystal that had been passed down in Crystal Amber City for who knew how long. Just as Eiru and Eiya had guessed, the aunt of theirs who had died at a little over ten years old had also been one of the rumored Daughters of Amber Crystal.

Because that era happened to be a time when technology and medical conditions were rapidly developing. As society progressed, people’s mindsets were also changing, constantly breaking down all kinds of traditional superstitions.

Eiru and Eiya’s grandparents were the same. Compared to those superstitious explanations with no solutions, holding onto a trace of wishful thinking, they were more inclined to believe that their daughter had contracted some kind of rare illness.

Back then, not to mention treatment, even diagnostic standards weren’t very high. Weren’t many things once thought to be curses eventually confirmed to be curable diseases?

So during breaks from farm work, they would always take their young daughter to hospitals in various county towns. But the result was obvious. This kind of mysterious thing simply wasn’t something doctors could handle. Forget treatment, they couldn’t even detect any problems.

Ei Yuan was also the one among the siblings who doted the most on this frail younger sister. Because at the time, their grandparents hadn’t explained this matter to the siblings, he too had only thought that his sister had poor health and had fallen ill. Whenever he finished helping out at home, he would run over to take care of her and play with her.

And not only did he take extra care of her on ordinary days, things like eggs distributed at school, he would also save them, then secretly stuff them to her to eat after getting home.

Because they were a farming family, their savings weren’t much, and most of it had been spent on treating the child. So given their economic situation at the time, a single egg was an extremely extravagant luxury.

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The irony was that when this little aunt turned five and the characteristics of the Daughter of Amber Crystal began to manifest, their family had enjoyed favorable weather and good harvests year after year, and no one in the household had fallen ill again.

It was exactly like the rumors of the Daughters of Amber Crystal. They were offerings to the gods, using them to bless the family with smooth sailing.

Eiru’s grandparents were so worried over this that their hair turned white. This was something they could never accept. Using a child’s life in exchange for the family’s prosperity, what parent could accept that?

But no matter how they tried everything they could think of, their efforts never brought about a miracle or a reward. In the end, their unfortunate daughter still left this world at the age of ten, with a head of silver white long hair.

“Your father cried the hardest back then. Normally, he was also the closest with Yuan’er… what a sin…”

As she spoke, Grandma couldn’t help wiping away her tears.

“Your mother also encountered something like this. On her side of the family… there was also such a child. So when they learned you became a divine child, there wasn’t a single person in the whole family who wasn’t panicking.”

Holding Eiru in her arms along with that silver white long hair, Grandma let out a deep sigh as she spoke. This white hair was truly an unerasable pain in her heart.

“But Little Lu, you don’t need to be afraid. Nothing will happen to you… you’re sixteen this year, right.”

Grandma hugged Eiru again and stroked her head.

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“As long as you live, that’s good. As long as you live…”

But I’m actually not… The little demon lord cast a complicated glance at her younger sister beside her. Eiya was also lowering her head at this moment. After hearing all this, she didn’t know what she was thinking.

“Back then, why didn’t we think of taking Yuan’er out to hide for a while… she was so young, she hadn’t even properly seen this world yet…”

“So you two girls must live well, treat it as living on behalf of your aunt… but in the end, is it Little Lu, or Little Ya?”

The mismatch between memory and reality once again left Grandma confused.

“And Little Ya, don’t wear wigs and such all the time… I don’t really understand you young people, but for the sake of some trend, stuffing your hair inside like that isn’t good.”

Grandma suddenly threw out a sentence that left the two sisters utterly shocked. Before they could even react, the wig on Eiya’s head had already been reached out and taken off.

“Eh? Little Ya, you too? So which one of you is it? I remember there was only one…”

Looking at Eiya’s identical silver white long hair, Grandma once again fell into confusion. She could no longer figure out which granddaughter was the one confirmed as the Daughter of Amber Crystal back then.

“But you’re already fourteen, so there shouldn’t be any problems either… don’t be afraid.”

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Reaching out to rub the heads of the two sisters who were still completely dumbfounded, Grandma continued muttering to herself, still unable to recover from the confusion.

Translator Note

Such care from Grandmaaa~

Anyway, if Eiru was a girl from birth, then turned into a boy at some point, there’s no way her parents wouldn’t know about that, right…? How can her parents only know Eiru is a boy when her mother certainly gave birth to a baby girl?

Unless, Eiru is not only seal her memories, but also her parents’ memories~

That’s my guess~ Or is there a plothole I missed?