Demon King – Chapter 443 – Who Is Inside?

“Little Ya, do you think… if Mom and Dad saw me turn into a girl, would they stop wanting me?”

No one knew how many years ago it was. The little Demon Lord, still young back then, pinched the corner of her clothes and asked her sister for her opinion.

“They probably wouldn’t, right? If they really don’t want you anymore, then I’ll go with you.”

“Pfft. If you did that, the two of them would definitely panic like crazy. They dote on you so much.”

Hearing Eiya’s innocent words, Eiru couldn’t help laughing.

“I only want big brother… big sister? Anyway, I only want you. If they don’t want you, I’ll threaten them. If that still doesn’t work, I’ll just leave with you!”

“Alright alright. As long as you don’t end up disliking me someday, that’s fine…”

“Hmph! You don’t believe me! Let’s pinky swear. If Mom and Dad really kick you out and I don’t take your side, I’ll accept any punishment!”

Feeling that her sincerity had been doubted, Eiya puffed up angrily and reached her hand out toward the other.

Kids didn’t understand much else. In their eyes, a pinky swear was the best kind of promise, the clearest way to show one’s stance.

“Mm, pinky swear… but I wouldn’t punish you. I wouldn’t have the heart to.”

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Smiling, the little Demon Lord hooked her pinky finger around the other’s pinky…

The promise was beautiful, but back then, neither sister could have imagined how the future would turn out. Even when Eiru later sealed away Eiya’s memories, she deliberately left that day’s promise intact…

But after so many years, as Eiya grew up, she gradually forgot many things from childhood. With the memories of related events sealed away, that promise which amounted to no more than a single sentence naturally couldn’t leave a very deep impression on her.

When faced with the turmoil back then over asking Eiru to move out and live alone, the silence Eiya chose ultimately brought her problems on many fronts, problems she herself couldn’t even realize.

In the past, the two sisters stuck together every day. But now, with a part of her soul separated from her for years on end, it also produced various effects on Eiya’s mind and body.

The first was emotional. As time passed, Eiya’s mental and emotional state gradually became unstable, even somewhat split, which were exactly the things Eiru had noticed.

Then came the body. Although the specific reason was unknown, Eiru had indeed separated a part of her soul back then to protect her. But with the two parts remaining separated for so long, the weakness in Eiya’s body that had originally stabilized also began to relapse.

So this, too, was probably the punishment for breaking the promise Eiya herself had once made.

Early the next morning, Her Majesty the Demon Lord opened her eyes on the bed. This was home now. She had to get up before her parents woke up, or it would be ridiculous if she got caught.

Swinging her wings and tail as she yawned, the little Demon Lord made her way to the living room. No one else in the house was up yet. All the room doors were still tightly shut.

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Looking at the old family photo displayed on the living room cabinet, Eiru suddenly felt a wave of discomfort in her heart. Even though her presence existed in the photo, she couldn’t feel her place in this family at all.

“Forget it, think about it positively… at least they didn’t send me off to be the one taking the photo back then.”

She muttered self mockingly, then walked into the bathroom to wash up.

After washing up and grabbing something to eat, she would slip out. Anyway, Little Ya’s body had already been checked. The purpose of this trip home had been fulfilled, and the little Demon Lord didn’t plan to stay any longer in this place that made her uncomfortable.

But while she was washing up, the sound of a door opening came from one of the inner rooms. Eiru was so startled that she hurriedly shut and locked the bathroom door, her heart screaming that this was bad.

Whether it was Ei Yuan and Liu Wan coming out, or Eiya coming out, neither was good news for her. No matter which of the three it was, none of them would let her slip away so easily.

Things like “You finally come back once in a while, do you even have this home in your heart” and similar lectures were things she had heard so many times her ears were about to grow calluses. After all, every time she tried to sneak off after coming home and got caught, this kind of scolding was unavoidable.

Actually, taking a round of verbal abuse and then running off wasn’t that big of a deal. The real problem was Eiya right now. The old version of her who treated Eiru coldly would have been fine. But her sister now, who had returned to a clingy state, really left Her Majesty the Demon Lord at a loss.

It wasn’t for any other reason. This girl was the type who responded to softness but not hardness. Already in a rebellious adolescent phase, the more you told her not to do something, the more she liked to do it out of spite.

But if you spoke to her gently, and then sold a bit of pitifulness or misery along the way, it was very easy to hit the softest spot in her heart.

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In this regard, she was even dumb enough that if there were two identical items being sold to her, one for five hundred and one for seven hundred, the merchant selling for seven hundred would only need to act pitiful in front of her. As long as she wasn’t aware of it, there was a very high chance she would fall for it.

What? You’re asking why Yuki doesn’t fall for this and can still scold her? That’s a food chain compatibility issue. And Yuki’s position in Her Majesty the Demon Lord’s heart was special…

So in front of him, Eiru couldn’t rebel. In her male state it was still fine, but in her girl state, she would be completely held in Yuki’s grip the entire time, with no room to turn the tables at all.

“Little Ya, about that friend you brought back last time, that silver-haired little girl… do you still have her contact information?”

Damn it, so everyone’s awake. I’m not getting away now… Hearing the conversation outside, Eiru felt an urge to curse. The full family combo was something she really couldn’t handle.

“Emmmmm, I do… I think?”

Eiya glanced at Eiru’s empty room, then turned her head toward the bathroom and answered uncertainly.

“Then when you have time, could you ask her to come over again? Mom and Dad have some questions they want to ask her… about her family situation and such.”

You already know my family situation better than anyone else! Hearing this, the little Demon Lord pressing her ear to the door roared internally, so angry she almost wanted to punch the door.

You never cared about me from childhood to now, yet you’re so concerned about an ‘outsider’! In the end, is she your daughter, or am I your son?

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Wait, that phrasing feels wrong. Seems like both are true? No, whatever, you just don’t care about me at all! If you knew that girl was me, wouldn’t you immediately go back to that cold attitude?

Thinking of this, the silver-haired girl in the bathroom stomped her foot hard on the spot in anger.

“Hm?”

The people outside naturally heard the noise from inside. Ei Yuan and Liu Wan immediately frowned.

The sound of a boy around one meter sixty to nearly one meter seventy stomping his foot, and the sound of a frail girl under one meter forty stomping her foot, were worlds apart. Anyone with ears could tell that something was off about the sound coming from inside.

“Who’s in there? Isn’t it Little Lu?”

Ei Yuan and Liu Wan focused their attention on the tightly shut bathroom door. Liu Wan even tentatively reached out and knocked.

They had thought it was their son inside. Now it seemed like there was someone else entirely.